I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, I just want to reiterate once again--and this is understanding that people in our great country have different views--I certainly understand what happened in southern California some 40…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, according to the U.S. Census, the State of California's largest import is petroleum. Let me repeat that, Mr. Chairman. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the State of California's…

I would totally agree with you. Progress in any way is beneficial. So I appreciate the gentleman's accepting the amendment.

My intent, Mr. Chairman, is to hold that 1\1/2\ minutes at the end of the overall debate in case the gentleman says something that needs to be responded to.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the former chairman of the Natural Resources Committee and the former chairman of the Transportation Committee, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young).

The proposal of the gentleman from Louisiana has merit. I commend him for proposing it, and I do urge its adoption. The goal of revenue sharing in the bill is to allow States the flexibility to use the money they want with their local…

How much time do I have left, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would just point out, the underlying bill vastly expands the number of States that would be eligible for revenue sharing to far beyond those four States that the ranking member mentioned. But when our committee held a markup on this…

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn).

The Administration's plan effectively reinstates the drilling moratoria that were lifted in 2008.

I think it needs to be brought up to date.

I also have serious concerns about the tax and fee increases on American energy production.

We must set priorities and make tough choices on how to cut spending.

The Department is also pursuing new regulations on hydraulic fracturing on public lands.

Increasing taxes on energy production is misguided policy that, obviously, will just increase energy costs.

The bottom line is that we should not be increasing spending for land acquisition when the government cannot maintain the land that it already owns.

Increasing taxes on American families and businesses is not the solution.

I would like to thank Chairman Gallegly and Ranking Member Lofgren, as well as Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Conyers, for holding this important hearing on 'Regional Perspectives of Agricultural Guestworker Programs.'

Agriculture is Central Washington's leading employer, and is heavily dependant on a reliable water supply.

Regulations and associated litigation have hijacked these projects, to the point where their very purposes have been compromised.

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones).

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 381, nays 7, not voting 44, as follows: [Roll No. 35]…

Water supply certainty has a profound and direct impact on Central Washington, where the economy is heavily dependent on irrigated agriculture.

I'm pleased that this legislation is moving forward. I know this has been something that has been worked on by my friend and colleague from Washington for some time, and I'm glad we have finally gotten this far. And hopefully now that it's…