Mr. Lowenthal i yield the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back his time. The question is on the amendment. Ms. Lesko are we doing a vote . I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from arizona. Aye. In favor say those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider number 4 printed in of house report 116200. Does the urpose gentleman from rhode island seek recognition . Mr. Langevin mr. Chairman, i desk. N amendment at the the chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in part f of house by mr. 16200 offered langevin of rhode island. He chair pursuant to house the gentleman langevin, island, mr. Is recognized. Mr. Langevin thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Atlantic Coast as never been a site of significant offshore drilling and for good reason. In my home state of rhode island and all along the coast, we know the importance of these waters hrough tourism and to the fisheries they sustain. Indeed, waterways are part of life. Y of its part of our identity and who we are. His amendment would instruct g. A. O. To perform a study on the the of impacts drilling in coastal communities and their economies. This study will address how oil and Gas Companies will interact stakeholders, including fishermen. It will explore how the Bureau Management will work with ther federal agencies during citing. It will look into the cost of tourism and the food supply of the affected region. The ly, it will analyze caliber of the data that we have on hand today regarding these of the outer s Continental Shelf and whether used ata can be reliably to engage the impact to drilling. These are all questions that ave arisen during my conversations with fishermen, tourism leaders, and other Rhode Islanders deeply concerned about off our of drilling coast. Mr. Chairman, i believe that ffshore drilling puts the safety of our waterways at risk, which weve seen from numerous includingr the years, the devastating deepwater horizon blowout. Who live in we oit to those who live in our coastal communities to be honest about the damage that can be caused to them. Mr. Chairman, it will take years to recover from the incidents, ike the deepwater horizon spill. The coastal communities and the people that are affected have to the consequences and often continue to suffer. Thats why im putting forward today so we can properly understand the full cost of drilling off our coast. Congressman Hank Cunningham from South Carolina for sponsoring the underlying ill, and i urge my colleagues to support it, and my amendment, nd i reserve the balance of my time. The chair for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition . Mr. Bishop thank you, mr. Chairman. Claim time in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bishop thank you. This amendment is perhaps wellintentioned. Am going to make that assumption. But the problem with this amendment, its not a comprehensive amendment. This amendment is to specifically illustrate what be studied ues will by this g. A. O. Report, and they are all the negative aspects could come from this report. There is no aspect here i totally to lects transcend any kind of benefits that would happen from or gascon s of oil suming. Gas consuming. That would be a true study. Study. Uld be a fair that would be a good study. That will be a valuable study. A t this has done in statement what will be considered, basically skewed what the g. A. O. Will do, so a ve come up with predetermined outset. What will come out from this study because its not comprehensive and it hasnt tried to be inclusive. What you should have done is simply direct the g. A. O. To resources w taking off the table, like this, will affect our dependence on imports from foreign actors like russia, hose environmental standards, whose efficiency standards, and whose human rights standards unacceptable to us usthe in the United States. Doing so, if youd done that, that would have been comprehensive, that would have been an accurate representation, and that would have been a good and decent study. So with that, i oppose this particular amendment because i think it missed the mark. Chairman, i , mr. Yield back. He chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from rhode island is recognized. I langevin mr. Chairman, thank the gentleman for his insights. Nd his i see that this amendment gets information ight that we need. I am opposed to the gentlemans suggestion. If at a later date hell offer such Additional Information to by g. A. O. , i would like certainly like to look at it and perhaps even support it, amendment we e have before us. I believe its well thought out. Gain, its a g. A. O. Study to perform look at the cost of the impacts on drilling on coastal communities, which my directly would be affected, how they will be affected in their economies. Having more information is better. I think this is the right mark, colleagues to support it. With that, i would reserve the time. E of my the chair the gentleman from island. Mr. Bishop mr. Chairman, the original speech, the gentleman from rhode island said he of his back the balance time. Had he not yielded in the first speech . I reserve the balance of my time, mr. Speaker. Mr. Bishop had that been said speech, i would have reserved. Im done with this unless you really want to go on. Urge you to yield back and go on with the vote. Mr. Langevin mr. Chairman, i i need to say and i yield back the balance of my time. From air the gentleman utah will suspend. Yielded. P everyones go forward. The chair the gentleman from rhode island yields . I yield back the balance of my time, mr. Chairman. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the rhode island. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. Chair, theion of the ayes have it. Is ndment is not agreed to. Mr. Langevin mr. Chairman, did are agreed to . S the chair the amendment is agreed to. Mr. Langevin thank you, mr. Chairman. Consider n order to amendment number 5 printed in part f of house report 116200. For the purpose of those for the gentleman es from california seek recognition . Mr. Rouda mr. Chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 5 house in part f of report 116200 offered by mr. Of california. The chair pursuant to house the gentleman from california, mr. Rounda, and each will posed, control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Rouda thank you, mr. Chairman. The coastal and marine economies protection act requires existing offshore oil and gas operations inspections and make payments into the ocean energy fund. My amendment would make this Information Available to the public. Administrations 2018 roposed opening of more than 90 of u. S. Federal waters to at hore oil could endanger least 42,000 miles of our atlantic and Pacific Coast to extreme risk posed by offshore drilling and spilling. To advocate gress on behalf of the People Living in my coastal district. He American People have a vested interest in the health of their environment and the wealth of their local communities. Essential the public is aware of the companies who are extracting oil from our shores them accountable in the event of a disaster or an accident. Impacts more ing than coastal communities. It impacts future generations of americans. Transparency is a key democratic principle. Itizens deserve to know which companies are drilling off our shores, the location of their acilities, and the safety and state of their operations. In orange county, this critical make sure helps generations can come and harbor, to sail newport become junior lifeguards, catch halibut and enjoy our pristine beaches. This amendment is essential to life,ining our quality of and i thank our colleague from South Carolina for his leadership. I urge my colleagues on both to support myisle amendment and passage of this bill. Reserve the i balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the recognition . K mr. Bishop i am claiming time in opposition. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bishop i guess kind of in opposition. There really is no opposition to itself dment in and of except it illustrates some of the problems the democrats have n creating this approach to an Energy Policy coming through here. Because the inspection fees by the amendment, if you tack it onto the bill itself, really are based on the cost of the administration of this particular inspection. Actually it no longer becomes cost of a service. It actually becomes a tax levied the committee. But what it illustrates is a eeper problem on how the democrats decided to put these three bills up here on their energy week. Also maybe indicates why they dont really expect it to go any urther because the offsets are so bizarre. In each of the bills, the democrats have decided to use the rules require an offset. In each of the bills, there is a thats t offset required. For the one well talk about tomorrow, it will be 900 million. This one is 400 million. The next one is 200 million. Havech bill, the democrats decided to use the same offset to pay for each bill. Ironically, if you did the one tomorrow and then you paid or the bill with that offset, then you would have taken that off the table. Thats not good enough here. Now, were using that same pay for this o particular bill. Im sorry. Simply an this is accounting smoke and mirrors trick thats being used by the to actually get these three bills onto the floor. For that, i dont really mind per se, because it doesnt affect the impact of it, but it of trying to y cover the bases and check the and using the money in double and triple amounts. If this offset is actually the were doing offsets in the future, then my parks bill doesnt have a problem going thisrd because you can use money for that at the same time. Although, it is ironic that the money that theyre going to use offset these bills will be reduced because youre stopping he Energy Production in all these areas. Everything comes together in some particular way. Cute. S this is this is not necessarily effective, but its cute and rules for e way the offsets were intended to try and bring clarity to the situation house. The with that ill reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california. Mr. Rouda thank you, mr. Chair. Appreciate my colleagues comments. I do appreciate, i think i hear the other side does support transparency and accountability, which is todays atmosphere of politics to have Greater Transparency and accountability. I am prepared to close, but will reserve the balance of my time until my colleague is prepared close as well. Mr. Bishop ill make it easier for you, ill yield back. Back as well,ield mr. Chair. The chair the question is on amendment offered by the gentleman from california. Those in favor say aye. No. E opposed, in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. To. Amendment is agreed it is now in order to consider number 6 printed in 116200. Of house report the hat purpose does gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Levin mr. Chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 6 of house part f report 116200 offered by mr. Levin of michigan. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 548, the gentleman mr. Levin, and a each will sed, control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. Mr. Levin thank you, mr. Chairman. My bipartisan amendment a moratorium on in the Atlantic Ocean. Id like to begin by thanking my riends, chairman lowenthal, chairman grijalva, and congressman cunningham for this bill and for working with me on this provision. I also thank my cosponsors for their partnership and longstanding commitments to leading on this issue. During seismic testing, ships pull giant air guns through the ocean that release loud pressurized blasts of air into the sea floor in search of oil and gas. The best evidence from scientists tells us that noise from these air guns can disturb, injure, or kill marine animals from zoo plannington, the base of the food web, all the way up to large whales. In addition air gun noise can reduce catch rates for fish and disrupt essential behaviors in marine mammals, including dolphins and whales. I believe we need to be building a clean energy future, but seismic air gun blasts lay the groundwork for more dangerous fossil fuel extraction that is bad for our economy and the environment. Im proud to support h. R. 1941, the coastal and marine economics protection act, because i share the concerns of so many of my own constituents have reached out to me urging congress to reject proposals that open our waters and coast lines to expanded offshore drilling. In the seven years following the 2010 b. P. Deep water horizon disaster, the u. S. Oil and gas industry experienced more than 4,000 explosions, collisions, and related incidents, including 34 oil spills of more than 2000 gallons each. This bill will help us end these disasters once and for all. I thank my friend congressman cunningham for his leadership here. My bipartisan amendment takes an extra step to make this legislation stronger yet. Even if we ban offshore drilling, the department of interiors bureau of Ocean Energy Management could still issue permits for seismic testing in the atlantic. We know, for example, that it is currently reviewing applications from seismic Testing Companies looking for oil and gas beneath the Atlantic Ocean floor. A legal prohibition on seismic testing which my amendment includes is the surest way to prevent such testing in the atlantic, protecting our environment, marine life, and the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions of people involved in tourism, recreation, fishing, and associated sectors. My bipartisan amendment is about saving the whales for sure, but its also about saving people, save our economy, and save our planet. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve he balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves his time. For what purpose does do you rise . Mr. Bishop i claim time in opposition, sir. The chair the gentleman from utah is recognized. Mr. Bishop im opposed to this amendment simply because the seismic activity that we are talking about has not been updated since the 1980s. And so the biggest problem we have here is if youre going to deal with the atlantic you are doing this in the darkness of not understanding or knowing what the scientific results will be. This will eliminate that permanently. So the technology for seismic studies has improved significantly over the years and is Getting Better at all time, but now we have a situation where the underlying bill stopped production on these lands and this amendment would stop any Scientific Study to know what we could have done or what we should do at this time. But it is a little bit more insid with us than that. Insid ue with us than that. This amendment only stops seismic study for oil and Gas Development t doesnt stop seismic study for anything else. If the argument is that the seismic study hurts the animals, that flipper is offended by these seismic studies, all this amendment does is say, flipper can be offended and harmed if you are going to put in a windmill, but flipper cant be offended and harmed if you are going to put in an oil rig. And no one really knows because we wont do the study whether flipper is going to be offended. For all we know flipper is out there laughing at us right now going through this silly exercise. But this amendment is not comprehensive, it doesnt meet the need, and it stops us once again from doing any science to know about it. Once again, this bill, these approaches, this is politics. This is not science, this is pure politics. And for that reason i oppose the amendment and reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Testimony the gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Levin thank you, mr. Chairman. I thank my colleague for his comments. Would only point out that that the seismic testing nvolved in preparing for possible offshore wind is orders of magnitude less disruptive. Its not at all comparable to the seismic testing done for oil and gas exploration. And it doesnt have the anywhere similar level of harm. Thats why its a different matter. I appreciate the gentlemans comments. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from utah is recognized. Mr. Bishop i yield the remainder of my time to mr. Gosar of arizona. The chair the gentleman from arizona is recognized. Mr. Gosar klan i thank the gentleman from utah for yielding. Part of this bodys responsibility is the public charge of looking at the resources of the American People. These resources do not belong to a single state, whether it be South Carolina, california, new jersey, wyoming, or anything else. These are the public charge of the American People to this body of congress. And part of the public charge is to understand what type of resources and the value those resources have to the public charge in regards to the people of this country. So doing our Due Diligence, it is a mandatory aspect that we undertake this charge to understand what that responsibility is to the American People. In some of the next amendments youll see some of that public charge in that regard. So this is an undertaking that is specifically null and void based upon what we owe the American People for the Due Diligence of this body on regards to the ownership of which they have the outer Continental Shelf. Inconsequential application. I ask everybody to vote against his amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from utah reserves. Mr. Bishop yes,s understand it we would have the right to close on this particular amendment because we are defend