mr. speaker , i yield myself the balance of my time . 
mr. speaker , there has been a lot of rhetoric thus far on the rule , and i suspect there will be a lot of rhetoric when we debate the bill ; but there is one underlying thread here that needs to be mentioned . 
it was mentioned by the gentleman from utah ( mr. bishop ) xz4000291 , the gentleman from california ( mr. cardoza ) xz4000650 , and the gentleman from maryland ( mr. gilchrest ) xz4001490 . 
that is that the endangered species act needs to be updated . 
i came here 10 years ago , and this is one of the big issues that was very important to my constituency when i first ran . 
there was talk then about amending the endangered species act , but there was no agreement at all . 
we did get a bill out of committee . 
unfortunately , it did not go any further . 
but now we hear today that there is 90 percent agreement on the need to change the endangered species act , but there is violent 10 percent disagreement on what those means should be . 
i contend that is huge , huge movement from where we have gone in 10 years . 
i do not know what the reasons are , but i expect the reasons are the inflammation of the existing act . 
so with that , mr. speaker , i urge support of the rule . 
mr. speaker , i yield back the balance of my time , and i move the previous question on the resolution . 
the previous question was ordered . 
