Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. As are you and our other colleagues, I am happy to see this process coming to a conclusion. The successful conference report that we're debating today domonstrates our ability to take on…

I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, our colleague from the State of Florida, John Mica.

I yield such time as he may consume to our colleague from Texas, Representative Farenthold.

I would like to include in the Congressional Record an exchange of letters between the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure concerning H.R. 3800. I am pleased to report that we are currently in…

I thank my colleague for offering the amendment, and I rise in support of it. Mr. Chair, this amendment recognizes the unique and special character of historic ships and would keep in place the current EPA vessel discharge program for…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would remind the two previous speakers from Massachusetts and California that we're not in any way talking about EU passing laws governing the behavior of our planes or anyone else…

I thank my chairman. I rise in support of the bill before us, H.R. 2887, the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011. House and Senate negotiators have worked for the last 5 months to resolve the issues between the…

I inadvertently did not vote on the Carney amendment to H.R. 1892. I would have voted for adoption of the amendment.

Let me just conclude by urging my colleagues to support this 21st extension with a very, very modest change from a purely clean extension in that it yields to the Senate for a provision that's included in the Senate bill to eliminate…

I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica).

I reserve a point of order on the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Rahall of West Virginia moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 2553, to…

I withdraw my point of order, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is withdrawn.