mr. lowenthal: thank you. remember, what the gentleman from washington is saying that if we remove the extraordinary circumstances part of seeing whether in fact we grant a categorical exemption, what my amendment does by saying no, that the public must have an opportunity if we are going to grant an exemption -- which we think is fine -- but what is wrong finding out there will be a significant impact on health and safety? what is wrong finding out if there will be a violation of federal, state, local or tribal law? what is wrong in understanding what are the limits of access to ceremonial use of sacred sites? he says that this imposes by asking these questions, before we give an exemption, that this imposes regulatory red tape. that's exactly the opposite of what the nation needs, it's more bureaucracy. it's just the opposite. this protects the nation. this allows us to understand when we're given categorical exemption, that we're protecting the public health of the nation. i urge an aye vote on my amendment

mrs. lowey: this is the final mendment to -- mr. lowenthal: this will not kill the bill. mr. speaker, transparency and public disclosure ingredients to successful public policy and i would dare say so -- > the house is not in order. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california eserves to be heard. the gentleman from california. mr. lowenthal: my amendment would provide just that, transparency and public disclosure of the hydraulic fracturing operations that are now prolific in so many states. do t now, our communities not have reliable or complete formation about fracking operations. communities have the right to know. if the public has the right to know what ingredients are in their food, don't our communities need to know what they are going to pump past their drinking water. don't our communities have the right to know where the oil and gas industry is going to store these millions of gallons of unknown chemicals and constam natured slurry. does the public have the right to know about public land use changes, doesn't the communities hav

jackson lee of texas, amendment number 3 by mr. lone that will of california, lowenthal umber -- f california, amendment number 6 by ms. jackson lee of texas, amendment number 7 by mr. polis of colorado, amendment number 8 by defazio of oregon. the unfinished business -- on which the no, sir prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 113-271 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speak

lowenthal. those ports are one of the major engines of international trade and economic growth. and from those ports, those great cargos move on the railway harborsghways and other in orange county and great harbor of san diego, which is important for the military. any time you happen to get to san diego, you will see the aircraft car years there from the u.s. navy and other critical equipment and ships of the u.s. navy. all of that is important. but here in my district -- i'm oing to put up another map dch and this is where i really get involved. this is a map of obvious san francisco bay here with harbor of san francisco, port of san francisco, the port of oakland and the contracosta coast but as delta. into the this is the largest delta on the west coast and one of the great inland deltas, more than 1,000 miles of waterways. i represent half of that, sacramento river and san joaquin river and then coming down here in the san joaquin valley. these areas are all protected by levees. and the rivers are confined by those levees and many of them are more than 100 years old and the

the clerk: leave of absences requested for mr. lowenthal for today, mr. ray dell of florida for november 18, 2013, through december 31, 2013, mr. rush of illinois through november 21, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert is recognized for of minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, it's my honor to i gnize good friends who have tremendous respect from the state of florida, congressman desantos for such time as the may consume. mr. desantos: i am struck by having been here to witness something that i think is pretty neat. we had a newly sworn in member take the oath of office to become a member of this body and part of it is neat because he got endorsed by "duck dynasty" which i know a lot of people leek but it was neat because i think it reminds us what our duties are here. he was asked to take an oath of office here in the well of the house and that oath was very si