mr. wolf: i have no objection and yield back the balance of the time. the chair: the gentlelady from guam. >> will the gentlelady yield for purposes of accepting the amendment? the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. >> we have no objection to the amendment and accept the amendment. the chair: does the gentlelady yield back? ms. bordallo: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the motion by the gentlelady from guam. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. wolf: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from virginia. mr. wolf: a recorded vote. the chair: further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentleman from -- gentlewoman -- the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. the clerk will -- mr. wolf: mr. chairman, striking the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i feel the obligation to make a comment to put things i

mr. wolf: strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from virginia for yielding time to me in this debate. and there is a lot more time yielded for this debate and should have been yielded within the original agreement that came from the rules committee. this appropriations bill didn't come to this floor under an open rule. has been been a deep and long-standing tradition of the house of representatives. it came to the floor under a structured open rule. and under the request that said print your amendments into the record and there will be five minutes debate on each side and we'll go through all of those. anybody would have known all the amendments that were printed would not have been offered. and i will submit this and i don't believe it has been said here, mr. chairman, is that these amendments that were printed into the record laid out the entire amendment strategy of the minority party. and then the majority party took their leisure to thumb d

mr. wolf, mr. frank wolf of virginia was chairman of this committee for a number of years. served on it for a great number of years. we served on it together. he brings to this bill an awful lot of experience and knowledge about it. and that is really helpful as you work up an appropriation bill. and frank, i appreciate your help and assistance on the bill and the credibility and knowledge you bring to it. i also want to thank publicly and personally the chairman of the full committee, mr. obey, for his assistance in developing this bill. mr. obey's courtesy and assistance in the front office has been appreciated and we also appreciate, mr. chairman, the allocation that you have given us for this bill that has allowed us to do what we have to do, however short the allocation may be. i also would like to recognize the staff, the excellent work of the clerk, john and leadership he has provided to the rest of the staff and all of them have done excellent work, which i appreciate. adrian, dixon, diana, derek, tracy, scott, all with the subcommittee. mike and john on the minorit

mr. wolf: mr. speaker, i have a chart showing that this country is pretty much facing bankruptcy. we have $11 trillion of debt. traditionally it has been the practice around here where the republican or democrat to have open rules whereby members could offer the amendment whatever they see fit. the american people realize that we're living in a trying economic time and rightfully expect their elected official to evaluate different spending programs to see whether they should be for or against them. if we cannot even cup um -- come up with a fair process to debate annual spending bills, there is very little hope, there is very little hope, there is very little hope for this country to deal with this. $56 trillion of debt, $11 trillion owed to the chinese and the saudis. the bankruptcy system is coming. we should go back to the rules committee, report out the original bill to allow any member who wants to offer any amendment, otherwise what you're going to do to this process, and i've been here for a few years, you're going to radicalize this process where nobody will feel that they

mr. wolf: i think this will be better and i thank the chairman for allowing me to do this. i rise in support of the bill. and i just want to give you some reasons. one i supported the bill in the last session. two, our military, our military today currently gets six weeks of parental paid leave. and the first person killed in afghanistan was from my district, a civilian alongside of the military. and so for the f.b.i., the c.i.a., the d.i.a., d.e.a., a.t.f., they deserve basically the same thing. secondly, i was the ranking member on children, youth and families years eeg. the leading child pediatrician came in and said at the initial moment of birth, and i have five children and 13 grandchildren and soon to have two more, at the initial moment of birth when the mother breathes on the baby, the bonding process begins. it begins, those early days, weeks are absolutely, positively critical. and so for me on a family issue and a family value issue, i think that's really important. the last thing is, i just want to remind my colleagues that one of the leading people in this con

mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about an issue of great importance to our country. shortly after i returned from a trip to algeria in 1998 where thousands had been killed by terror attacks and in the wake of two u.s. embassy bombings in africa where 267 people were killed, including one of my constituents from mclien, virginia, serving at -- mclean, virginia, serving at nigh robo, i offered a commission. it provided evidence of a growing threat of terrorism. a congressional research service report described the main finding of the commission this way -- it calls on the u.s. government to prepare more actively to prevent the future mass casualty catastrophic terrorist attack. regrettably the commission's recommendations were not implemented until after the attacks on 9/11 when 3,000 people were killed, including 30 from my congressional district. i was disappointed the clinton administration and late they are the bush administration dud not take more seriously the recommendations of the commissi

mr. wolf: i thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, as ranking member on the commerce, justice, science appropriations subcommittee which last week considered the f.y. 010 appropriations bill -- 2010 appropriations bill, i have a keen interest in and oversight responsibility for a host of counterterrorism and related initiatives. the bill which is expected to come before the full house next week includes $7.7 billion to support the work of the federal bureau of investigation, the f.b.i., whose top priorities including protecting and defending the united states against terrorism and foreign intelligence threats. the f.b.i. was intimately involved in a 15-year investigation what's culminated last fall in the holy land foundation that five of its former organizers be being found guilty of illegally funneling more than $12 million to the terrorist group, hamas. . that, a department of justice issue release may 27, 2009, reported that for relief and development and five of its leaders following their convictions by a federal

afe couple of questions for mr. wolf and then i will make a comment. i would like to ask him where he comes from. it appears he has an english accent. how long has he been in the country? where was he educated at? and is he a citizen? host: your question? caller: mr. obama comes out of the most corrupt political system in the united states, which is chicago, cook county. the other system that was more corrupt was in the 20's and 30's and so i think the country ought to know what type of a system this man comes out of. guest: background, sure. i was born in england, raised there, educated there, went to oxford university. came out to "washington post"ed by the financial times and then moved from the early this week. so that makes three presidential election that is i've covered. the proud father of three american children. look, he's a chicago politician. but as people in the circle tell me there are two strands to chicago politics and illinois politics. there is the reformists and the party machine. and obama was never part of the party machine. in fac

mr. wolf's contribution to the bill. mr., mr. -- many, many of his thoughts, yang of one that's not incorporated in the legislation one way or the other, he was a former commirm of the subcommittee and his insight is particularly beneficial. we appreciate that contribution. i support the rule, mr. speaker, and hope that our colleagues will as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back he balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: again, i would like to thank the distinguished gentleman from new york for his ongoing leadership and that of the rule committees. i join with the chairman of the subcommittee on c.g. -- c.j.s. in congratulating the rules committee for constructing this -- this rule but i also congratulate c

mr. wolf is a republican that sent this out. mr. coop certificate a democrat. they understand it. we all ought to understand it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. mr. klein: thank you, madam speaker. it's an honor to be here today to talk in this house about energy. this is a moment in time. i think most americans understand this great opportunity we have to really turn things around in our future in this country. and it's about three principle elements that aren't just tied to high cost of gasoline. it's about national security. it's about a better environment. and probably one of the most important things for this moment, it's about jobs. it's about a new economy. we just talked about national security, i think all of of us understand very clearly, every american no matter where you're from understands the fact that importing oil and a lot of the dependency we have, 60% or so of the oil that we take in the united states comes from outside the united states, and we depend unfortunately on many

that those who are in kind of knee-jerk opposition to this legislation would reconsider because mr. wolf perhaps expressed it best, these are the days that matter, the weeks that matter. we want the healthiest work force, we want the strongest society possible. and if we are to do that, when we are the corporate board of directors of the largest work force, we should lead by example by providing paid parental leave so a child can bond with their parents, get them off to a healthy start. that's what this is all about, a strong society, enabling every child born in america the full opportunity to realize their potential. this legislation enables the federal work force to achieve that objective. it's a noble, national objective and what america ought to be about. let's get this legislation passed. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. issa: how much time is remaining on each side? the chair: the gentleman from california has 6 1/4 and the gentleman from massachusetts has seven minutes remaining. mr. issa: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts. the gentleman from cal

boundaries and as such we are now getting the types of transmission belt and i think you will hear from mr. wolf on the next panel and he has a very interesting transmission project i would come in you to explore with him further because he is in the midwest trying to get large amounts of wind out of the dakotas and to chicago area and i think one of his issues he is talking about is cost allocation across to regions so what i'm suggesting alternately is congress needs to look at an entire structure of planning, citing the cost allocation that is initially deferred to the states and i would say to the states should in fact will tightly solve that problem but if they can't, then the pressure should be there to allow the federal government to step in if necessary. >> this before, mr. wellinghoff. you know, i was the author in 1992 of the wholesale transmission access provisions in the energy policy act that for the first time gave the ferc the ability to force utilities to stop blocking utilities for nondiscriminatory access to wholesale transmission lines so there could be more competition in the

mr. clyburn: i thank chairman mollohan for yielding me the time, ranking member wolf, mr. flake, members of the committee and subcommittee and staff, i very seldom come to this floor, but i do tonight because i consider it to be very, very critical to the education of our young people for us to continue and to expand the partnerships that all of us are trying to develop with the business community in trying to educate our children. most especially those children who live in disadvantaged or what we call at-risk conditions. science south is a hands-on, minds-on program that many of us have worked a long time to develop. and i want the gentleman to know that we aren't talking about my district here. we are talking about the i-95 corridor that has been dubbed the corridor of shame that runs for 200 miles through south carolina. one of the partners he mentioned in his statement is the city of dillan. dillan is not in my district. it is a city made famous by its school district number two on the evening the president of the united states addressed a joint session here in this w

wolf. >> thank you, mr. president. north korea says it should be recognized as a nuclear power. it says that as a precondition for relations with the u.s. and other nations. given its bulletin and response to the recent sanctions and the nature of its nuclear program, is your administration coming to the realization that recognise in north korea as a country that will have nuclear weapons for a long time is one way to go? if so, what influence does that have on your policy options? and to president lee, do you believe your country is currently under threat of attack from the north given its recent rhetoric? >> we have continually insisted that north korea denuclearize. the republic of korea agrees with this position. other allies like japan agree with this position. china and russia agree with this position. the u.n. security council reflects this view. we will pursue the globdenuclearization on the korean peninsula vigorously. we have not come to a conclusion that north korea will or should be a nuclear power. given their past behavior, given the belligerent manner in which the

mr. speaker, in the past couple of weeks, two of our colleagues, frank wolf of virginia, a republican and jim cooper of tennessee, a democrat, sent this booklet around to all of the members. and we get a lot of correspondence and books and leaflets, but i would like to say, i hope you read this. it doesn't take long, but it's extremely important, because it deals with not only with today but with our future and kids' future and our posterity. what it talks about is the debt that we have in this country and where we're going. in the last 10 years, we have gone from 5.5 trillion in debt to over $11 trillion in debt and the debt is escalating at a rapid rate. in fact right now, the projected deficit in the future is up to $56 trillion. and the reason these are expected expenditures is for what programs that have been proposed and have been passed into law by this body and the other body. right now, explicit liabilities include publicly held debt, military and civilian pensions and retiree health benefits, plus other things. that's $12.2 trillion. $1.23 trillion is for leases and so forth and

mr. wolf: you yield back the time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- mr. culberson: i would like to ask for a record vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in the congressional record on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number 19 by ms. bordallo of guam. amendment number 3 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment number 41 by mr. boswell of iowa. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 19 printed in the congressional record offered by the the gentlewoman from from guam on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed.

so i really hope that my colleague and i'm sure mr. wolf will, i really hope my colleagues will do everything they can to make sure that this stays in the piece of legislation. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. schock. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i move that the committee to do now rise -- that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. price: mr. chairman, i believe that the gentleman from illinois was on his feet prior to the gentleman asking that the committee do rise. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia had a preferential motion. mr. price: i thank the chair. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the committee rises. >> mr. cha

mollohan, and our colleague from virginia, mr. wolf, at t