mr. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. we have a process problem. last week the rules committee issued a notice for amendment submission for this bill, 16 amendments were submitted 12 from democrats, four mr. republicans. we really should be having an open, robust and lively debate. but no. the amendments, debate this afternoon, will be really quick. because all six natural resources bills up this week with all six of those bills, this is the only bill that was open to any amendments and republicans made only one, this one, this fossil fuel industry wish, that was the only one made in order. republicans have made a mockery of what they promised. and boasted about in the early days of the congress. they guaranteed it would be a robust and open process. half the time the rules committee isn't even open. but when it is, it's cooking the books. like we see this week. with this one single amendment for us to debate. you know, with other bills that have been up this afternoon, the so-called mining regulatory clarity act, my colleague, representative leger