the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: madam speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. inglis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. 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

mr. forbes of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 587, the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes, and a member opposed each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. forbes: first of all, i would like to thank the rules committee for allowing me to bring this amendment by making it in order no matter what the motivation or the intentions. i appreciate that opportunity. and i want to make it clear, this amendment is not an addition. it is an amendment in the nature of a substitute that would replace the current bill on the floor. i would like to make clear that this is not a democratic amendment obviously and we will hear from the democratic leadership in a few minutes to make that clear. it's not a republican amendment. and we will probably hear from the republican leadership to that extent in just a few moments, but it is an amendment that

the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: madam speaker, could i request how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining. mr. forbes: madam speaker, i'd ke to yield myself 1 1/2 minutes, please. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. forbes: madam speaker, the distinguished minority leader just said that americans must lead and lead they must. he also indicated that the cost of our failure would be passed onto our children and grandchildren. as one of only 17 members in this body that's voted against every bailout bill and stimulus bill we have passed, i ask the american people who are watching here, what has been the enormous cost of our fail pour that spending all of those dollars and what -- failure for spending all of those dollars and what did you get from it? the american people can lead, they're not stupid. only 33% of them approve what we're doing. we have a choice. only in this body

nature of the substitute printed in part b of the report if offered by the gentleman from virginiaing mr. forbes, or his designee, which shall be considered read, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally controlled by an opponent and a proponent. the gentleman new york -- the gentleman will control 30 minutes of the bait. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to rhett rhett -- to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. waxman: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. waxman: we're taking a decisive action to support america's security and create millions of clean energy jobs to drive our economic growth. this bill, when enacted into law will break our dependence on foreign oiling make our nation the world leader in clean energy jobs and technology and cut global warming pollution. as a result of these new policy settings, we will create millions of clean energy jobs for america and restore our technological le

mr. mckeon: i yield now to the gentleman from virginia, the subcommittee ranking member on readiness committee, mr. forbes, three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. forbes: thank you, mr. chairman, for the opportunity to stand in support of this year's defense policy bill. i'd also like to express my sincere appreciation for chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for their leadership and hard work in crafting a bipartisan bill that was unanimously supported by the armed services committee. i'd also like to thank the -- the gentleman from texas, mr. ortiz, for his friendship and the foresight with which he conducts the readiness subcommittee. this bill does much to address the readiness issues facing the department of defense by providing the navy with $395 million to address both of the navy's short falls in ship repair and aviation maintenance. we fully funded other key readiness accounts that our men and women have the tools, training and equipment this he need. i'm pleased that this bill -- that they need. i'm pleased this bill fully funds the 2005

the gentleman from virginia may continue. mr. forbes: after the house included this funding in the supplemental, the senate included a provision to provide a $100 billion global bailout. in order to pay the bill, the equipment needed by our servicemen and women in action would strip from the supplemental. i do not think any member of this distinguished body believes we should have provided any loan to the i.m.f. or any other international body without first taking care of our men and women on the battlefield. mr. speaker, this bill have some critical components of this motion that would restore 1,600 humvees and combat vehicles, 250 mrap vehicles to protect our soldiers, four additional helicopters and four additional aircraft so our soldiers don't have to drive those roads in the first place and six unmanned vehicles. in addition to fulfilling the wartime needs of our troops, this motion would add $1.2 billion to restore missile defense funding. last year, this congress provided $10.5 billion for missile defense. since that time, north

mr. forbes, and i would yield to him two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. forbes: thank you, mr. chairman. if we don't listen to anything else in this debate, we need to pause a moment and listen to what's happening right now. just a couple moments ago missile defense we heard, quote, unless you have oversight you should not spend money on missile defense or other platforms. and yet the majority and this administration fights us every juncture to deny the transparency we need for that very oversight. this administration came in, the first executive order that they had said, the democracy requires accountability and accountability requires trp and the first things they do when it comes to national defense, they issue gag orders to hundreds of people in the pentagon so they could not talk about the severity of some of these changes and some of the cuts taking place. they classified the inspections on our vessels so we can't know the difficulty we have with mainlt nance requirements. they refuse to certify that the budget wou

the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. mr. forbes: request a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device.