mr. speaker , i thank the gentlewoman from texas for yielding me this time . 
i would like to join in the point that is being made by the gentlewoman from texas to remind all of our friends that when republicans took power in 1994 , they made a solemn promise to the states that they would make sure that there would be no imposition of unfunded mandates on those states , and today we have a chance to redeem that promise by voting `` no '' on consideration of this rule , which waives the unfunded mandate requirement . 
the majority may , if they have not already , attempt to argue that it is a minor mandate and show new and improved cbo estimates showing that the cost of this bill is only $ 125 million over the next 5 years ; and , therefore , i think this warrants at minimum committee hearings in markups that has so far been denied this congress . 
so we are not asking a lot this afternoon . 
and i am impressed by the governors association . 
their letter points out that while they commend the gentleman from michigan ( chairman sensenbrenner ) and the gentleman from virginia ( mr. tom davis ) for their commitment to driver 's license integrity , they find that those bills would impose technological standards and verification procedures on states , many of which are beyond the current capacity of even the federal government . 
moreover , the cost of implementing such standards and verification procedures for the 220 million driver 's licenses issued by the states represents a massive unfunded mandate . 
so they close by urging us to allow the provisions of the intelligence reform act of 2004 to work . 
so i commend the gentlewoman from texas ( ms. jackson-lee ) xz4001990 for making such a very timely and important point of order , and i support her in it . 
