mr. inglis today for five minutes, mr. olson, june 18,er to five minutes and mr. akin, june 18, today, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein material. mr. spratt of north carolina for five minutes, mr. altmire of pennsylvania for five minutes, ms. woolsey of california for five minutes and ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. spratt of south carolina. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to assume the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker.

mr. inglis from south carolina. mr. inglis: thank you, madam speaker. last night in spartanburg, south carolina, we had a town meeting and folks were joining in this debate we are having here this week in washington about climate legislation. there were folks who spoke passionately about the need to take action. and i'm in agreement with them. there is a need to take action and to discharge a stewardship obligation. then there are others there who really didn't buy the science of climate change. so there's a good discussion a. good debate. there's going to be a debate here on this house floor, perhaps by the end of the week. and, madam speaker, what i'd like to say tonight is that there is a need to act, but there's a need to act in way that wins a triple play of this american century. if we play this right, it really is an opportunity to do three things simultaneously. one, improve the national security of the united states. two, create jobs. and three, clean up the air. so let's get about the triple play. it starts by stoppingp the current cap and tra

mr. inglis: i thank the gentleman for yielding. my colleagues, here is an exchange in the foreign affairs committee that was very instructive when it comes to abortion and this bill. our colleague, chris smith, the tireless advocate for the unborn, was asking questions of secretary clinton. secretary clinton said these words to our friend, chris smith. so we have a very fundamental disagreement, she said, and it is my strongly held view that you, chris smith, are entitled to advocate and everyone who agrees with you should be free to do so anywhere in the world and so are we. so who is the we? if that we means the federal government, the united states of america through its state department, the secretary of state speaking we, then there's a real concern about whether this would then become the policy of the united states to advocate abortion overseas. so our friend, chris smith, proposed an amendment that was rejected by the rules committee that would have clarified this issue by saying that the u.s. will not lobby countries to, q

mr. inglis: i thank the gentleman for yielding. this is not the time for a tax increase. it's not the time for another wall street trading scheme and it's not the time to burden american manufacturing. it is the time to inspire innovation through amendments like mr. forbes' and to come together to find a solution that breaks our addiction to oil, that creates new energy jobs and that cleans up the air. we can get there if we stop this cap and trade, do some fresh thinking and then come together for america's sake around a revenue-neutral tax swab. it would start with a tax cut on fica taxes, then an equal amount, we would shift the tax onto carbon. we could then apply that tax to imported as well as domestically produced goods, just like the fair tax. we'd just be changing what we tax. we'd be swapping a fica tax cut for a similar tax on carbon. the accountability of a revenue neutral tax swap would cause old fuels to lose out to new fuels. we'd be building nuclear power plants and free enterprise would deliver the triple play of this american century. ladies and gentleme

mr. inglis today for five minutes. mr. gingrey today for five minutes. and mr. souder today and also for june 24, 25, and 26 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. connolly: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into that the following members may be permitsed to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks, and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california. mr. george miller of california. ms. kaptur of ohio. and mr. brady of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. as dangerous to the public's health and well-being as government-run health care is in europe and canada, we have our own

mr. inglis, both democrats and republicans that supported this particular amendment. at this time i'll yield to the chairman. mr. mollohan: i thank the gentleman and commend him for his efforts in this area. it's environmentally conscious and appreciate his amendment to the bill and we accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: if there's not any other opposition, i stand with the chairman's recommendation and i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. if there's no opposition, the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. price: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. further proceedings on the amendment will be postned. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. price: i have an amendment made in order by the rule at the desk, number 96. the clerk: the clerk -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 96 pri