To extend this offshore drilling so that states have a say and states have spoken in South Carolina. And other states as well. With that, i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from arizona. Ouisiana. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, lets break this apart a little bit. So my friend from South Carolina has proposed this amendment because he wants to protect the environment. Because he wants to protect the environment. Lets look at what happens when you do this. My friend sat in the House Resources Committee where we had experts, not people standing here behind the microphone, but real experts who came to the congress, who testified before us and who said, we have looked at this issue when you stop producing energy domestically, we looked at it, and what happens is you import it. Mr. Graves you import it from foreign countries. So, one, youre not stopping the production of energy. Youre just doing it in another country and youre paying them and creating jobs there. Number two. When you do this, you still have to actually ship the energy it. Doesnt just pop up in the sock et energy. It doesnt just pop up in the sock et. Socket. You have a greater chance of threatening your global environment, threatening the coast of South Carolina by transporting it by ship. Look at the statistics. Its safer to do exploration and production activities, to put it in a pipe in the United States. Mr. Chairman, my friend was there and heard the witnesses talk about this. Its important that we make sure that were doing things that dont just feel good, but things that will actually achieve the goal of protecting our environment in the United States. This amendment is flawed. Now, look, the other thing, mr. Chairman, i think thats important is what this prohibits is it prohibits us from actually doing a resource assessment. Maybe theres an assessment and its determined that it doesnt make sense to produce energy there. Lets make an informed decision. Last thing, mr. Chairman, is about ecological productivity. Off the coast of louisiana, where we produce somewhere between 80 and 90 of all of the offshore energy, the conventional energy in the United States and federal waters, we have the second most productive fisheries in the nation. Only behind alaska. Another state that does offshore energy production. We have multiple times more fisheries than my friends home state of South Carolina. So the whole ecological productivity argument is just not supported by the facts. If you support the environment, if you support ecological productivity, if you support american jobs, you oppose this amendment. If you support russian gas, if you support vladimir putin, if you support a dirtier environment, i urge you to vote in support of this amendment. The chair does the gentleman yield back . Mr. Graves i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. I want to thank my colleagues again, especially my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the republicans who have supported this amendment. Cuncun and who have supported mr. Cunningham and who have supported h. R. 1941 as well. I want to thank my colleagues, my conservative colleagues, who support conservation. Id urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in favor of this bipartisan, commonsense amendment, and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from louisiana. Mr. Graves i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The gentleman has requested a recorded vote. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 168 printed in 116119. House report for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Cunningham i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 168 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Cunningham of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Kung ham, and a member opposed cunningham, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Cunningham thank you, mr. Chair. I want to recognize the great work of chairwoman mccollum in finding ways to increase funding for the land and Water Conservation fund. The chairwoman and the members of the committee have shown a strong commitment to this Important Program. And i applaud their efforts. One of the first things that congress did was pass into law the bipartisan lands package which permanently authorized the land and Water Conservation fund. This demonstrate what had we can achieve when we Work Together. What we can achieve when we Work Together, on behalf of our constituents. It not only promotes access to our public lands but helps ensure all americans can utilize these publicly owned resources. It is important that we build off that bipartisan work by making sure that this Important Program receives the funding it deserves in our final spending bill. Lwcf provides hundreds of millions of dollars to states that are challenged with coastal erosion, loss of open space, and trying to balance the need to protect species habitat with urban growth demand it. Also supports demand. It also supports our states and communities by pro proting promoting recreation, responsible Community Development and provides opportunities to get americans outdoors. When lwcf was created, it was agreed that funding from oil and Gas Development would be used to achieve conservation objectives across the country. This program balances Resource Development with conservation and opens access to our public lands for hunters, anglers and back country users. I strongly support lwcf and i appreciate the efforts my colleagues have made to secure the future of this program and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in support of my amendment, as well as the underlying bill. Thank you, mr. Speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise . Mr. Chairman, i rise in opposition although im not necessarily opposed. The chair without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. I thank you, mr. Chairman. Once again, ive been sitting on the floor, i sat in the house, in Natural Resources yesterday, and we heard this assault on oil and gas. Mr. Gosar i want to remind herb that everybody that the only mechanism to fund lwcf is actually these funds from the outer Continental Shelf oil and gas. Its amazing. Its absolutely amazing that we have this rhetorical conversation on the house floor. So, were against having any access to know what the resource actually is, by seismic. We are responsible on behalf of these resources to the American Public, yes, the American Public actually owns these jurisdictions. And what were doing is were leveraging, as the opportunity to fund lwcf. Be careful what youre asking for. Theres a responsible application, weve heard it over and over again from the gentleman from louisiana. Once again, these are an asset of the american people, not South Carolina, not florida, not california, not massachusetts. So responsible applications here, weve got to be taking in good stewardship. With that in mind, i caution everybody that lwcf is the only mechanism for funding, only mechanism for funding is these outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease. Know what the resources are. Youre going to need seismic if youre going to look at alternative energy aspects, particularly wind in regards to permanent moorings. So from that standpoint, i just offer a cautionary plea. Be careful what you ask for. You may end up having no funding at all. And i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Cunningham thank you, mr. Speaker. I now yield one minute to the esteemed colleague from colorado. The chair the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one minute. Mr. Neguse thank you, mr. Chair. I want to thank my distinguished colleague from South Carolina for his leadership on this amendment. With respect to the member from arizona, given his comments, i look forward to him voting for this amendment as well. It is an incredibly important amendment and ultimately this program has been our nations premier Conservation Program for over 50 years. Id like to thank the Appropriations Committee for their work to reprioritize the program after the president s budget actually proposed drastic cuts to lwcf. As a result of their efforts, the bill before us today would provide the highest level of funding for the program in 17 years. I have the great honor of representing the state of colorado and i have seen firsthand the benefits that lwcf brings to our state. Colorado received 278 million in lwcf funding over the last five decades, including for a variety of areas in my district. Rocky Mountain National park, Roosevelt National forests to name just a few. Lwcf not only conserves critical land, it is an investment in Outdoor Recreation economies. Studies have also shown that every dollar invested in the lwcf returns 4. With that, i appreciate the distinguished gentleman from South Carolina bringing forward this amendment and i urge a yes vote. I yield back. Mr. Cunningham thank you, mr. Chair. I want to thank my colleagues for their commitment to the land and Water Conservation fund and for joining me in offering this commonsense amendment and id urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in favor of this amendment. I yield back, mr. Chair. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 176 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 176 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Carbajal of california. The chair pursuant thousand resolution 445, the gentleman from california and a member opposed will each control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Cash cash thank you mr. Carbajal thank you, mr. Chair. I am offering an amendment to make it clear to the administration that we will not sit idly by as they attempt to open up our shores to further oil and Gas Development. We will not allow our treasured Natural Resources to be sold to ig oil and we will not put corporate profits above protecting our environment and our local coastal economies. My amendment would put in place a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling and related activities in the four Planning Areas off the pacific outer Continental Shelf for fiscal year 2020. My constituents on the Central Coast have seen firsthand the devastating impacts of some of the Largest Oil Spills in california history. Like the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. St recently, the 2015 planes all American Plains all american oil spill in my district cost 90 million to clean up. These incidents show us that we cannot afford yet another disastrous oil spill. In contrast, californias Coastal Region generates over 1. 9 trillion of g. D. P. And supports more than 73 731 billion in wages. Future oil drilling would pose a direct threat to our local economies, businesses and tourism, which are tied to our clean oceans and healthy ecosystems. Since the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, there has not been a new or expanded theres no california state waters or one in federal waters since 1984. This policy has enjoyed support from both republicans and democratic administrations. Yet this Administration Today seems tonedeaf to this reality. Instead, they are asking to hold new lease sales in the four Planning Areas off the pacific outer Continental Shelf. I urge passage of my amendment which would protect nearly 650,000 jobs in our region. And now i would like to yield two minutes to representative kill more from the state of washington kismer from the state of washington kilmer from the state of washington. Mr. Kilmer thank you, mr. Chair. I want to thank my good friend, mr. Carbajal, for his leadership on this amendment. Im proud to cosponsor this amendment which would prohibit future oil and gas sales off the west coast, including my beautiful home state of washington. The fact is the people of Washington State dont support drilling off our coast. Our commercial and recreational fishermen who generate billions in Economic Impact for our state dont want to see our fisheries compromised by another disaster like the 1988 spill which released more than 230,000 gallons of oil and affected over 110 miles of our coast line. The 17 native american tribes who have fished throughout the pew jet sound watershed puget sound watershed dont want to see this. Our shell fish growers who support roughly 3,200 jobs in our state dont want to see their jobs threatened. They saw how the deep water horizon spill devastated louisianas coastal economy. Coastal towns, including ocean shores, westport, aberdeen, long beach and others have passed resolutions saying they dont want it. Even former interior secretary zinke in his testimony before the Appropriations Committee last year admitted that the oil and gas industry doesnt want to drill off of the coast of washington because there arent the resources or infrastructure here to do it. He also said, and im quoting here, i think im going to mark down washington as opposed to drilling. Mr. Chair, i believe this body ought to mark Washington State down as off limits to drilling and this amendment does that. This matters to our economy, it matters to our regions identity, the survival of the last 76 southern resident orca left in the world depends on keep the keeping the puget sound protected. So there is a lot at stake here and thats why i urge my colleagues to support the will of the residents of the state of washington and pass this amendment. And with that, i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from california. Cash cash mr. Carbajal id like to reserve my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise . Mr. Gosar i rise in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Gosar we dont need a moratorium off the coast of california but resurgence in economic development. I heard that the last oil spill was in 1969. It is 2019. So 50 years later, technology has been much different. While the local demand for oil in california has dropped over the last 30 years, foreign dependence has increased from 5 to 57 . 135018, california imported Million Barrels of oil from scrabe. Saudi arabia. Leasing in the acres would support an additional 165,000 jobs and inject 15 million to the economy. There are 23 active Oil Platforms in federal waters adjacent to california. Once again, let me repeat, 23 active Oil Platforms in federal waters adjacent to california. These platforms produce nearly 17,000 barrels of oil per day in 2016 and brought in 32. 8 million in royalties in fiscal year 2016. In a state that is importing sfr foreign nations, it is imperative that we take the opportunity to utilize the Domestic Energy supply. 57. 5 from overseas, which is much dirtier than what we produce here. If we are concerned about Climate Change and emissions, we ought to be importing less and looking at what we actually do. Last, but not lease, i would like to remind everybody, we just had a conversation on land and Water Conservation funds. They are funded by oil and gas. Once again, maybe the people that dont want this, you know from their states, maybe they should turn down lwcf funding because it seems contradictory to the conversation. Once again, i want to remind my colleagues that federal waters belong to the u. S. People, not the states of california, florida or South Carolina or massachusetts. And we have a Due Diligence to look at management of those resources. With that, i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Carbajal clearly my colleague from arizona was not paying attention. The last oil spill was in 2014. Again. And i will state what we need to be doing is weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels and investing in Renewable Energy like most progressive countries are doing. The benefit on the west coast of california and on the 24th congressional district, cannot tolerate another oil spill. The benefits of Oil Exploration and development off our coast do not outweigh the risks. We need to keep that in mind when a representative from the state of arizona that is landlocked and hasnt experienced the perils of such oil spills to their economy, their workers, their jobs to keep in mind. Mr. Chair, i reserve. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from arizona. Mr. Gosar i thank the chairman. Once again, yes, i am land locked by california, but im waiting for ocean front property in arizona a the song goes. When we Start Talking about offshore assets for the outer Continental Shelf, there is less jurisdiction in regards to that versus what we do onshore. If we are going to have this leverage to states with offshore assets we ought to be giving states like arizona, colorado, utah, wyoming, more jurisdictions because the law is better on their side than with those offshore. Once again, i find it interesting we have a dichotomy, we are all for water and land Conservation Fund but unwilling to look at the funds to make sure that it is in per pute funded. I urge a no vote. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. I call for a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from will be postponed. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Hill i have an amendment at the desk. Support of this amendment. The clerk amendment number 187 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by ms. Hill of california. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentlewoman from california, ms. Hill and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Ms. Hill it is hard not to see the wildfires. I represent three diverse valleys across northern los angeles and ventura. They have had significant wildfires. 2018 was the deadliest wildfire history. According to the national interagency, 8,527 fires burned the al of 1 million acres, largest area on record. Not only are these fires larger and more frequent but hotter and more intense. He fire tornadoes term. My house was aevacuated. My sisters house was evacuated. This is not the first time i or my family had to evacuate. It has become a common occurrence. Two days after i found i would be coming to washington, three people died in a fire, part of which burned through my district. We have to do more. Im thankful to put this amendment to provide additional funds and highlight the funding that is already in this bill to prepare for and combat and make sure that we do more. These fuds are critical when the Forest Service does not have enough funds, they have to borough from mitigation accounts. This fire borrowing delays the very activities that improve Forest Health. You cannot treat the effects. You have to treat the cause. And why this bill is so important. This bill includes 2. 25 billion in the fire cap adjusted funds. These funds ensure that our firefighters will have the resources they need to combat wildfires without fire borrowing, meaning we will invest in Prevention Solutions that we know work. We will have the cap adjusted fuds for two years. We must Work Together that any agreement has future budget funds and we can make lasting changes. For my community and california and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentlelady reserves. Does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing none, the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Hill i yield to the gentlelady from minnesota. Ms. Mccollum this amendment i thank the gentlelady for bringing it forward. This bill provides substantial funding to prevent and suppress wildland fires. This includes 25 billion cap in adjusted Fire Suppression management for wild and land fire management. And increased by 10 million to advance the climate adapttation and while the Administration Proposed to eliminate the joint fire science program, this bill cludes funding in active levels of 6 million. Hazardous fuel, 27 million. I would like to take this opportunity to remind my colleagues we only have the fire cap adjustment funds for two years. We must ensure any budget agreement includes the cap adjustment. These funds will allow the forest fires without borrowing from nonfire programs. I appreciate the gentlewomans efforts and i support this amendment. And i yield back the time to her. The chair the gentlelady from california. Ms. Hill i ask my colleagues to support my amendment. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by gentlelady california. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by gentlelady from california. It is now in order to consider amendment number 190 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek washington . Ms. Schrier mr. Speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 190 printed in house report 116119. The chair the gentlewoman from washington and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from washington. Ms. Schrier i rise today to speak on my amendment prohibiting funds from being used to undermine the e. P. A. s mercury and air toxic standards. These regulations have been implemented by the power sector and protected children and communities from lead, arsenic from power plants for the past seven years. The administrations proposal to jeopardize mercury standards isnt supported by the power industry. They have sent to ask that the standards be left in place and the e. P. A. Not move forward with its proposal to undermine them. Timized in 2012, the e. P. A. Recognized the significant Public Health benefits. Then the e. P. A. Estimated it would max up to 90 billion in health benefits. Now it is fully implemented and shown to be life saving and preventing premature deaths each year. As a pediatrician, i have seen firsthand the impacts of air pollution. Pregnant women and child are particularly vulnerable when they are exposed to heavy metals with potentially devastating effects on neurodevelopment. What we are talking about is a known Public Health risks for millions of people. We cannot abandon a policy that works to save lives. This prevents deaths and Health Problems like asthma. It is critical that we proket our children and families from the risks posed by mercury and heavy metals and prohibit taxpayer dollars to roll back these safeguards. I yield one minute to my colleague from minnesota. The chair the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Ms. Mccollum i rise in support of the amendment of the the gentlewoman from from washington to block the Trump Administration to reduce air toxic standards. Power plants as has been pointed out have complied with the rule and doing this since 2012 and given huge, huge health benefits. The power sector opposes what the e. P. A. Is trying to do. Unions oppose and states and Public Health communities. I thank the gentlewoman for bringing these amendments forward. I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. Nd i yield back. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. Anyone claim time in opposition . Mr. Gosar the e. P. A. s announcement intended to revise the cost savings behind the aspects and benefits. Exceeded era e. P. A. Y by enefits and absurd double counting. Reductions in nonmercury, though these reductions were achieved under regulations. The financial cost of this 5 mentation is between million annually, im sorry, 9. 5 billion annually. And once again, the rule hasnt even been put out yet. Dont you think we ought to be waiting to find out what the actual rule is before we say nogo because we dont know where it goes. We want to take a look at catastrophic wildfires. Catastrophic wildfires are the largest aspect in regards to contaminant in the air as we witnessed in hazardous breathing times, particularly in montana and california. From that standpoint, i would urge a no vote against this because premature before the rule comes out. And i yield back. The chair the gentlelady from washington is recognized. I ask my colleague double fact his checks. The costs have already been paid by the energy sector. This is something that they do not even want to see rolled back. It protects Public Health and i urge a yes vote on this amendment. The chair does the gentlelady yield . Ms. Schrier i am prepared to close and reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady has the only time remaining. Shes recognized. Ms. Schrier in that case, i yield. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from washington. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Ms. Schrier mr. Speaker, i request a record vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from washington will e postponed. The chair understands that amendment number 194 will not be offered. For what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota rise . Ms. Mccollum i ask unanimous consent that the request for a recorded vote on amendment en bloc number 5 offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. Mccollum, be withdrawn to the end and the question be put to de novo. The chair the clerk will redesignate the amendment en bloc. The clerk en bloc number 5 consisting of amendments 162, d 134, 137, 136, 66, 173, 174, 179, 18 3rks18 4rks185, 186, 188, 189 and 1991 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by ms. Mccollum of minnesota. The chair is there objection to the request of the gentlelady from minnesota . Without objection, so ordered. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. Mccollum. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendments en bloc are agreed to. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair. The chair for what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota ms. Mccollum unanimous consent for mr. Joyce and i to thank our staff on both sides of the aisle the chair does the gentlewoman move to strike the last word . Mr. Joyce mr. Chairman, i rise the chair does the gentleman move to strike the last word . Mr. Joyce i rise as the designee of the gentlewoman from texas to strike the last word. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Joyce i yield to my distinguished colleague from california, mr. Lamalfa. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Lamalfa thank you, my colleague. I rise tonight in support of increasing the productivity of our National Forest land. Somehow america is the worlds number two importer of lumber and at the same time our forests continue to burn at an unprecedented rate. We need to get our forests back in working order. The majority provided 276 million for Forest Products which is an increase of 7 million above the enacted level but 4 million below the president s request. My amendment would support job growth and crease timber production to support Forest Health and promote safe communities. This fund something critical to support the president s executive order on forest management, involves a plan to ell 3. 7 billion and improve 1. 1 million acres of National Forest land to mitigate forest fire risk. Right now there are 150 million dead trees just in my home state of california. If we dont act now to dedicate more resources toward timber management, we wont have any forests left to manage. Instead, watching them burn, foul the air and foul our water with ash. In the meantime, still importing wood products. For example, as a result of the 2018 car fire in west redding, california, which burned approximately 230,000 acres and eight people lost their lives, we also lost the whiskey Town NationalRecreation Area encomtois compassing 318 square miles, which burned to the ground. We need to increase the pace and scale of forest production and wildfire mitigation in a way that makes sense and includes the private sector. 62 of forest lands in my district are faly owned. The remaining private forest in my district generate 73,000 jobs, contributes 4 billion in manufacturing sales, and supports 1. 7 billion in payroll. There should be no reason our federal forests cannot produce the same benefits that result to its employees in the community as the private sector can. Lets focus on protecting Public Health, creating jobs, enjoying the Great Outdoors by re but reducing fire risk, generate Economic Growth to Rural Communities across the u. S. I thank the house for passage of my amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Joyce i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota rise . Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair, i move he committee now rise. The chair the question is on the motion that the committee rise. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the committee rises. The speaker pro tempore mr. Chairman. The chair madam speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h. R. 3055 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. The chair the the speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole whole house on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration h. R. 3055, and has come to nos remain title of the resolution thereon. Come to no resolution thereon. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15 minutes