Nick Rahall

Although not in opposition, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from West Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond) and commend him for all his hard work on this legislation.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the gentleman. I've long supported changing the law so that the funds collected for harbor maintenance are spent on harbor maintenance. They're spent all…

Let me, again, repeat what I said a moment ago. I'm sure the chairman heard me. And I'm asking, once again, that we go to conference as quickly as possible. I gave the reasons in my concluding speech why that is necessary for the sake of…

I know how much time I have left, I think, but just tell me, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. The gentleman has 5\1/2\ minutes.

As we are all anxiously awaiting the chairman to respond with his time, I yield back the balance of my time so that we all can wait with bated breath to hear the distinguished chairman's response to our invitation.

Time check, please, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. Both sides have 10 minutes remaining.

I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New York, a valued member of our Committee on Transformation and Infrastructure, Mr. Jerry Nadler.

May I inquire of the time remaining, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. The gentleman from West Virginia has 18 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Florida has 15\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Back in 1980, former Representative Tom Bevill of Alabama and I inserted an amendment into the Solid Waste Disposal Act requiring EPA to study and then determine how to regulate coal ash. That was in 1980. Today, 32 years later, EPA has…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. McKinley The CHAIR. It is now in order…

I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. DeFAZIO. But for the gentleman to say that we'll just let the States decide whether or not there will be any environmental review of a major new highway project is extraordinary to…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from West Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from West Virginia has 2 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Florida has 23 minutes.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes at this time to the distinguished gentlelady from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the ranking member on our Economic Development and Public Buildings Subcommittee.

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Biggert). The gentleman from West Virginia has 9 minutes. The gentleman from Florida has 23 minutes.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop) at this time, a valued member of our committee and the sponsor of H.R. 14, the other body's bipartisan transportation bill, which is twice as good as H.R. 7.

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller).

I am honored to yield the customary 1 minute to the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, the gentlelady from California (Ms. Pelosi).

I would remind the gentleman from Pennsylvania that the bill he is promoting, H.R. 7, means to his home State of Pennsylvania a cut of $948 million, and it destroys some 32,983 good-paying jobs. For fiscal year 2016, in the State of…

That's about all we're getting out of H.R. 7, too. Madam Speaker, if the other side were serious about creating jobs, they would have worked in a bipartisan fashion in this body, as the other body did, to build a bill that could pass both…

I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. I still agree with that quote. We shouldn't play politics. It has never been a partisan issue. You've made it into a partisan issue, and that quote was when you…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to emphasize that the extension the majority is bringing to the floor this morning is too long, and it will do nothing but continue the uncertainty that…

I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute. Mr. DeFAZIO. The budget they're going to vote on later today would reduce spending by 56 percent on transportation. That is mind-boggling in the face of what confronts our Nation, the…

I and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop) have tried and tried and tried to bring that up and on the floor of the House. Yet we get turned down at every turn in the road. At every corner in…