Educational research. It is so very important as it relates to feed food anding can consult agriculture in particular to make an increase so that the 1890 institutions can again be at the forefront of research. One of my schools in my area, purview a m and Texas Southern university, prepare the leaders for the Agricultural Industry of the future. And so this legislation provides support for the many schools such as alabama a m, purview a m, fort valley state university, Kentucky State University and, of course, they enroll 40 of all africanamerican students. So i am grateful for this amendment and i ask my colleagues to support the underlying bill. Thank you so very much and i yield back. I yield back. Thank you. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. The en bloc amendments are agreed to. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair, a recorded vote, please. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 135 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Duncan mr. Chair, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 135 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Duncan of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Duncan, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina for five minutes. Mr. Duncan i rise today with an amendment to ensure no funds go to the obamaera Clean Power Plan. In 2015, obamas Environmental Protection agency published a final rule for the Clean Power Plan with the intent to reduce co2 emissions from the exesting fossil fuel power plants by 22 by 2030. It set stringent limits on Greenhouse Gas emissions for each state based on the electricity mix. While it sounded well intended, we need to look at the cost of the socalled Clean Power Plan. Families and businesses would be hit the hardest with more Expensive Energy and utility bills and for what . According to a climb tolks, even if climatologist, the amount of Climate Change averted over the course of this ntury amounts to about. 02 centigrade. It is undetactable. Its evident that the Clean Power Plan is nothing more than a feelgood environmental regulation promulgated by the radical environmental left and is base on a trajectory thats negligible all while driving up the cost for average american families. Beyond the effects of the negligible Clean Power Plan, it may be unconstitutional. According to lawrence tribe, they have a trieffective usurping the prerogatives of the states, congress, and the federal courts all at once. This should not become part of my National Energy plan. Because of legal issues, more than half the states in the country petitioned the Supreme Court to pause the Clean Power Plan implementations. That was in 2016. I strongly commend the Trump Administration for taking action this week with the Affordable Energy rule. It paves the way for affordable and clean energy. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and support continued American Energy dominance. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does anyone claim time in opposition . Ms. Mccollum madam chair, i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The chair the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. Ms. Mccollum thank you. Whether or not my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to admit it, Climate Change is real. Its caused by human activity. And it will i should say, even currently now, having devastating impacts. If we dont take bold action to reduce climate pollution, its only going to get worse. I believe we also have a moral obligation to future generations to leave this planet better than we found it. Limiting pollution from power plants is an important part of an overall strategy to limit Carbon Pollution and keep Global Temperatures from rising to levels that will bring unacceptable risks from extreme weather and other Climate Change impacts. Therefore, i was extremely disappointed that on wednesday e. P. A. Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a rule that would repeal the Clean Power Plan, replacing it with a rule that will lead to 1,400 more deaths each year and those, madam chair, are the e. P. A. s numbers. Just think of it. The administration, that is held with the responsibility of protecting marks air and water americas air and water so its fit for human consumption puts out a regulation to limit the pollution that actually increases the amount of pollution that we emit, causing more deaths, more asthma attacks, more trips to the energy room. Every year, we continue to see communities devastated by natural disasters related to our changing climate. We are spending billions of dollars each year helping these communities rebuild in the wake of those disasters. We need action to limit climate pollution, blocking action to limit Carbon Pollution from power plants is a step backwards. At the exact same moment we should be leaping forward towards cleaner forms of energy, so i yield i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Duncan madam chairman, i yield one minute to one of the cosponsors of this amendment, the gentleman from arizona, mr. Gosar. The chair the gentleman from arizona is recognized for one minute. Mr. Gosar thank you, madam chairwoman. Specifically the c. P. P. Aimed to reduce co2 from new and existing power plants. It called for an unrealistic 32 nationwide cut in co2 2032 from 2005 levels. Were grabbing Scientific Evidence and putting a moral cloud on it. Thats exactly the definition what they wanted to talk about and moving new processes. They placed incredible burdens on states. They would increase electrical rates and due to this unprecedented overreach, congress rejected these new regulations using the congressional review act. Specifically, the senate voted on november 17, 2015, to reject these rules and the house followed sues december 1, 2015 suit december 1, 2015. We shouldnt be picking winners and losers. Climate change has been going on for eons of time. Thats why you can have a fossil coming from green river, wyoming thats nowhere close to the ocean. I yield back. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Mccollum i believe i have the right to close. I reserve. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Duncan i yield a minute and a half to another cosponsor of this amendment, the gentlelady from arizona, mrs. Lesko. The chair the gentlelady from arizona is recognized for 1 1 2 minutes. Mrs. Lesko thank you, madam chair. This amendment prohibits funds under this act to enforce two rules under obamas socalled Clean Power Plan. This plan was administrative overreach, plain and simple. It would have mandated the shutdown of power plants and increase energy costs for families across the country. The Clean Power Plan is just another example of obamaera regulations killing american jobs, strangling our economy, and destroying our Domestic Energy industry. The proposed Clean Power Plan would have required arizona, my state, to achieve a 52 reduction in the co2 emissions rate for affected power plants and to achieve about 90 of that reduction by next year, 2020. Hat was totally unrealistic. Arizona has Palo Verde Nuclear plant. It is the largest producing Nuclear Plant in the entire nation, and often arizona produces more energy than they consume, and so we sell our energy and our electricity throughout the southwest. So Arizona Energy is American Energy. E regulations that strangles generators harm American Consumers well beyond our borders. Applaud the Trump Administration for recognizing the harm of the Clean Power Plan and repealing and replacing it with an Affordable Clean Energy rule. The chair the gentleladys time has expired. Mrs. Lesko i yield back. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Duncan madam chairman, i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and with that i yield back. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina yields. Now, the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum thank you, madam chair. To be clear, many states supported, supported the clear energy rules of the Obama Administration because they know air knows no boundary. So one state decides it wont have clean air rules, that drifts into the next state, affecting that States Health and quality of life. So it was prudent for the federal government to step in and set standards. And no one, no ones power plant was going to be forced to be closed. They were just being told to clean up the air so when it leaves your state to drift into the next state, youre not causing asthma attacks for children. I believe we have a moral obligation to future generations to leave this planet better than we found it. Limiting pollution from power plants is part of an overall strategy to protect fruss the worst impacts of Climate Change. We owe it to the next generation. They are watching our actions. I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. With that, madam chair, i yield back. The chair the gentlelady yields. 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, the noes have it. The amendment is not agreed to. Mr. Duncan madam chair, i request the yeas and nays. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Duncan i request the yeas and nays. The chair does the gentleman request a recorded vote . Does the gentleman request a recorded vote . Mr. Duncan yes, maam. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Its now in order to consider amendment number 136 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Blumenauer madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 136 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Blumenauer of oregon. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, madam chair. I yield myself two minutes. The chair without objection, the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Blumenauer this amendment is simple. It would restrict the subsidization of logging roads in the tongass wilderness. There are 5,000 miles of road that are used for logging. They are not eligible for the public, and these roads are subsidized simply because Timber Industry in the tongass cannot sustain itself. It could not exist other than the fact we build logging roads for them. It is a problem on several levels. First and foremost, there is a longterm liability associated with them. Currently, theres some 90 million worth of deferred maintenance. If you do not adequately maintain these logging roads, they become an environmental liability. But more fundamentally, it is undermining this great resource. The true value of the tongass that makes it unique, the true economic driver of the region is tourism and fishing, which is sustainable. Alaska has been damaged by Climate Change more than any other state. The temperature has risen twice what we see in the rest of the country. The tongass is part of the effort to be able to reduce Climate Change by providing a carbon sync. This amendment is carbon sink. This amendment is supported by many taxpayer groups. Alaska wilderness action, earth justice, the sierra club. Because its a prove will he ait waste of tax delash proflegat waste of tax dollars, we have those that have supported this amendment, which has passed congress in the past on a bipartisan basis. I urge my colleagues to look hard at this unnecessary subsidizization of the destruction of this precious resource, making Climate Change worse while undermining the values that make the tongass so valuable. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman reserves his time. Does anyone claim time in opposition . For what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise . Mr. Young i rise in opposition. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Young i thank you, madam. My good friend from oregon, im always amazed how many people in this body knows whats better for alaska. You know, four times in this last two weeks, some of you come out, i know whats best for alaska. This is owe bam wras decision and we appealed it and won in court. This is state land, a lot of it. We have access to and we are going to continue that. You say about Climate Change, old trees dont consume. New trees do. They clean the air out. Old trees do not. We are not talking about really timber here because you cant have timber sale unless its put up for sale. We are talking access across federal lands because state land and federal land in between. We are asking to have access. That is the law. Under the law there was to be no more. Obama changed by regulation. We are changing it again. I dont understand where hes got this information. How he got it. What hes seeing. Where hes gone. You talk about tourism, tourism is great for you people in oregon that want to come to skearks but doesnt support our chools, it doesnt support a growing society. It supports old growth which has no value at all. And look at for a short period of time when it dies. We had 3 forest fires last year because you dont allow roads in an area so we can manage them. Thats wrong. All we are asking is to have what the state was guaranteed by this body. You are taking it away from them saying you dont have access to your lands. Dont you have a right to build anything because you dont have ability to have a road. I stand here as one member represents the greatest state in the union. The largest district. I constantly see people incinerators, game, timber, mining. Why dont you mind your own damn business. This is not yours. Im disappointed the gentleman would do this. You are a friend of mine. Did you ever consult me about this . No. Thats disrespect yul. Maybe we ought to think about something toe make you more respectful to me. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. I just want to remind members to direct their comments to the a chair. Thank you so very much. The gentleman reserves. Mr. Blumenauer i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. Gallego. The chair gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Gallego i want to thank my friend mr. Blumenauer for choosing this bill. For nearly two decades the rules have been property tool for preserving pristine forest, clean water, and wildlife. It has protected taxpayers from subsidizing even costly more road building in national forests. Nowhere is this more needed than Tongass National forest in alaska. Its home to some of the most undisturbed, temperate, old growth rainforests in the world. They are critical sequestration tool and resource for Climate Change mitigation. Despite these facts and the opposition of many alaska native communities, as well as the concerns of the alaska tourism and sportsman industry, the state of alaska has proposed to strip this forest of the protections. Stripping the protection from Tongass National forest will add millions of taxpayer dollars be put into road building projects in one of the most remote wild parts of our country. This amendment does not end the discussion of how and where the roadless rules should be applied in alaska and other states. I