mr. crawford: i rise in opposition to mr. babin's amendment. while well intentioned this delay would endanger public safety by giving commercial vehicle operators the ability to exceed the federal hours of service limits. congress passed the moving ahead for progress 21st century act to issue rule making requiring the use of e.l.d.'s in commercial vehicles. congress again affirmed the requirement in the fast act and fiscal year 2016 premises this eamerican trucking association was in lock step with congress at each instance and thousands of fleet owners adelose country are taking steps to adopt this technology and train drivers as congress intended. after five years, they have completed the rule making and done so in the proper way by conferring with industry and congress and i can appreciate my friends in the agriculture industry, some of my closest friends, i serve on the ag committee as well as the transportation and intrastrudgeture committee, would like to see -- and infrastructure committee, would like to see a delay. perhaps the gentlema

babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chairman frelinghuysen. i really appreciate that. i'd like to echo what everyone has said, especially my colleagues, mr. green and others who are from texas who mentioned how we pulled together. i want to rise in strong support of this disaster relief bill for those that have been impacted by this terrible storm. my district is in texas 36, and it was totally devastated. all nine counties have been declared federal disaster areas. the entire district was underwater. a vast lake from houston over to the louisiana border, the devastation is truly heartbreaking. i've traveled to each county and assisted in the recovery efforts and i met with the victims. this bill provides desperately needed resources and help our fellow americans put their lives back together again and rovides a hand-up, not a hand-out. in the midst of this devastation, the entire world is seeing the resiliency, compassion and determination of the people of texas. i am truly

and amendment number 58 by mr. babin of texas. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote series. the chair: the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 15 printed in part b of the report 115-295 by gentleman from iowa, mr. king and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 15 printed in part b of house 115-295 by mr. king of iowa. the chair: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-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.] funding everything from the department of agriculture, to the state department, the epa, etc.. that a governmentwide spending bill. they're doing it in

babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chairman frelinghuysen. i really appreciate that. i'd like to echo what everyone has said, especially my colleagues, mr. green and others who are from texas who mentioned how we pulled together. i want to rise in strong support of this disaster relief bill for those that have been impacted by this terrible storm. my district is in texas 36, and it was totally devastated. all nine counties have been declared federal disaster areas. the entire district was underwater. a vast lake from houston over to the louisiana border, the devastation is truly heartbreaking. i've traveled to each county and assisted in the recovery efforts and i met with the victims. this bill provides desperately needed resources and help our fellow americans put their lives back together again and rovides a hand-up, not a hand-out. in the midst of this devastation, the entire world is seeing the resiliency, compassion and determination of the people of texas. i am truly

mr. weber: well, i thank you, dr. babin. the enormity of this storm and the debt of gratitude we owe our first responders cannot be overly stated. my friend, judge ted poe, saw plenty in his district but he took it in stride as he always does with any challenge because he's a texan and he's a fighter. and judge, that's just the way it is. i yield to you. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman. i appreciate it, congressman weber, for the time you have allowed us to talk a little bit bout hurricane harvey and what folks did down in the texas area. while it was still raining hard, i get a phone call and i looked at the area code ony cell phone and i said, i think that's massachusetts. and sure enough, it was representative kennedy from boston, massachusetts, call me saying he would do whatever he could to get bostonians' first responders down to texas to help out. and that's what happened, as already been mentioned by all of my colleagues tonight. both sides of members of congress working on this issue to help with harvey. beto o'rourk