the appropriations committee, mr. obey, how the majority would handle another occurance that occurred last year. but when mr. dreier began asking his question, the rules committee chairwoman did not allow mr. dreier from going forward with the question. the rules committee chairwoman explained the ruling by saying, the hearing on the underlying legislation was complete and the committee was now considering the supplemental funding bill. a bill that is an appropriations bill, just like the underlying legislation. and yet, the chairwoman found that asking the appropriations chairman about the upcoming appropriations process during a hearing on an appropriations bill was inappropriate. i think that was unfortunate. please let me quote chairwoman slaughter's report from 2004. restrictive rules block dual-elected members of congress the opportunity to shape legislation in a manner that they believe is in the best interests of their constituents and the nation as a whole. they also blocked and i continue quoting, the full a

it is a good start to the appropriations process. i'd like to highlight just a few areas, adding onto t what the chairman has mentioned. the bill funds those projects that address the most serious risks to safety and health such as repairs within the utility tunnels that underlie the capitol complex and projects that remedy deferred maintenance in our buildings. if we don't address the maintenance backlogs, the price tags, we know, will just increase down the road. the bill continues the architect of the capitol's efforts to improve energy efficiency with over $14 million in funding designated for this purpose. within the brother o library of, we add money for infrastructure. for about a decade now there has been no increases to i.t. within the brother of congress and yet most of the use -- within the library of congress and yet most of the users are library of congress i.r.s. this was the highest priority of our brairn of congress, mr. billington. this investment will ensure the millions of people who access the library through its

lewis with reference to the appropriation bill that none of us like the omnibus appropriation bills. in order to pass appropriation bills individually, you have to take appropriately significant time. but if you take so much time that you can't possibly get them done, then you are left at the end of the day with an omnibus appropriation bill, which nobody likes. in discussions with mr. boehner and mr. cantor and mr. lewis, mr. obey and i have tried to come to an agreement. on time constraints. there was a discussion on the floor during the course of the rule between mr. obey and mr. lewis with respect to the time constraints and at that point in time, that was not possible. subsequent to that, there were further discussions between mr. obey and mr. lewis in which there seemed to be some progress, perhaps that was possible. as a result we proceeded with the preprinting requirement i know some people felt was an unnecessary constraint, but it is, after all, the opportunity to give notice to members what amendments can be anticipated. but i know i've discussed it on your side of the ais

appropriations but no such appropriations shall be increased by more than 10%. section 104, any costs incurred by a department resulting from personnel actions taken shall be absorbed within the budgetary resources available to such department. section 10 5, the requirements set forth by section 112 of division b of public law 110-161 are hereby adopted. section 106, the secretary may furnish services in order to support the operations that persons are authorized pursuant to public buildings, cooperative use act of 1976. section 107, the administration of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is authorized to use with their consent subject to the limits of available appropriations the land of any department instrumentality of the united states or any state, for purposes related to carrying utt the responsibilities. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? mr. boswell: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: administered by the national oceanic

section 205, not to exceed 5% of the appropriation in this act may be transferred to such appropriation but no appropriation shall be increased by more than 10%. section 206, the attorney general is authorized to extend the personnel management demonstration project. section 207, public law 102-395, section 102-b shall extend to the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limitations. section 208, none of the funds may be used for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the federal bureau of prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. section 209, none of the funds may be used by federal prisons to purchase cable television services or other audio-visual or equipment used for recreational purposes. section 210, none of the funds available shall be expended for centennial or other major new information technology program in excess of $100 million. section 211, the notification and thresholds set forth in

he went on to cite what he considered his obligation to move the appropriations bills on schedule. as a matter of fact he was kind enough to hand out to the members of the rules committee this copy of proposed schedule. i understand his concern. but the reason precisely for the high number of amendments that were filed yesterday was because the majority had abandoned the use of the traditional open appropriations rule and they had required members to preprint their amendments. that forced members to submit all of the amendments that they conceivably thought they might wish to introduce, to consider, even if they eventually did not plan to offer them. under the previous rule members were also barred from making germane amendments to their amendments, changes to their amendments so members submitted duplicative amendments to cover all possible angles. members have an obligation to their constituents to represent them on appropriations bills and to represent the interest of their communities. yes, even though 120 amendments were set for debate, the reality , mam speaker, is that we ne

the senate should begin floor consideration of the appropriations bill to ensure an appropriate time is given to examine and vote on amendments to the bill. we believe the senate should pass at least eight of the appropriations billings by the august recess. we will consider using all available procedural tools to guarantee regular order for appropriations bills. noting your intentions, we hope you'll plan accordingly as you work with the leadership of the house to develop the legislative calendar for the rest of the fiscal year. thank you for your time and consideration. signed by every one of the republicans, including my opinion friend from south carolina. now i have here, the manager of now, now i have here a wild-eyed liberal from nebraska, ben nelson. if this is not place to start there is no one with a more measured place than the senator from nebraska. he's an experienced legislator. he's been governor of the state. he understands problems. he's in addition to that a fine person. why can't we move to this bill? i say to my friend from south carolina, we're happy to work on a

whereas the omnibus appropriations act of 2009 constitutes nine of the 12 appropriations bills for f.y. 2009 which had not been enacted before the start of the fiscal year. whereas the omnibus appropriations act of 2009 spends $19.1 billion more than the request of president bush. >> madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members on both sides of the aisle will remove conversations from the floor. members will take their seats. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: whereas the omnibus appropriations act of 2009 spends more than extending the resolution for 2009. whereas the house considered h.con.res. 25, the democrats' budget proposal for 2010. whereas the congressional democrats' budget proposal for h.r. -- f.y. 2010 proposes the sixth high annual deficits in the united states history, whereas the budget proposed for f.y. 2010, h.con.res. 25, proposes to increase the national debt to $7.1 trillion over five years, $5.3 trillion more than compared to the level on january 20, 2009. whereas congressional republicans produced an alte

a 16% increase, the level of spending under this legislative branch appropriations bill. and we all recognize the need for capitol police and staff and oversight of the executive branch, those are all critically important things. but our colleague from georgia, mr. broun, offered an amendment that would simply provide a .5% reduction, .5% reduction and yet the majority chose not to make even that amendment made in order yes, there were larger proposals for cuts and we know there is a tendency on this bill, that's why we've had a bipartisan agreement that this is the one of the 12 appropriations bills that we do have a structured rule on. but to not with a 16% increase in the bill to not allow the house to work its will and have a chance for even a .5% reduction in that rate of growth, that's not what the american people want. that's not what the american people want. and so the death of deliberative democracy was the history that was made yesterday, mr. speaker, because this is in fact the first time that this kind of action has been taken. and unfortunately it has begun

as a result of allowing for advanced appropriation in the budgets, tomorrow the appropriations committee will hold a hearing on the military construction and v.a. spending bill that contains $48.2 billion in advanced appropriations for the v.a. for fiscal year 2011. this represents a 15% increase over fiscal year 2009 levels and a step in the right direction for veterans health care. many people have compared advanced appropriations to a family budget. a family needs to know how much their income is before they know what they can spend. i think that about sums up why we need this bill. i think it's about common sense and being responsible. as the business man i never tried to make a purchase without knowing what my budget was going to be. i had to plan ahead and have a road map for all of the company's finances. because the v.a. is a direct provider of services, they need to have the same ability to plan ahead. it's about delivering a quality product. i urge my colleagues to take this giant step in improving the v.a.'s ability to deliver quality health care services to our nation's veter

that's an appropriate focus and i'm grateful for that. and all too often in this body, the first americans have been the last americans. that is certainly not the case in this bill. the chairman in particular deserves extraordinary credit for the effort and resources he has put behind native american concerns in law enforcement, education and health care. it is one of the best efforts we have seen in over a decade. in conclusion, madam chairwoman, i hope we can work on the spending and the prioritization, but i appreciate the process and i'm confident we can improve this bill as we work it through. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. dicks: i would like to yield myself two minutes for the purpose of having a colloquy with the gentleman from oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i seek the chairman's assistance with an important matter involving the choctaw nation of oklahoma which he has been helpful in understanding and i'm proud that my friend from ok

i rise in opposition to this legislative appropriations bill. while i appreciate the work that's been done in putting this bill together, i think it's been a disservice to the american people that the amendments that were filed by so many members on our side to actually cut the growth of spending in this bill were not allowed to come to the floor and ruled out of order. i think it's a sad day when someone attempts to cut spending in a bill that in this case grows government by the size of 7% is ruled out of order and not allowed to be debated on this house floor. i think what's happening now and we saw this yesterday, there was a $64 billion piece of legislation that was brought before congress yesterday, which represent add 12% growth. 12% growth in government at a time when americans across the country are cutting their spending because we are living in tough economic times. there are some people in this leadership in congress don't get the fact that people want us to cut spending here in washington and not spend at record levels. i think it w

i think the request is appropriate. it's absolutely necessary for an area that got hammered by the hurricane. i urge defeat of the amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. members are reminded to address their comments to the chair. mr. flake: may i ask the time remaining. the chair: the gentleman has two minutes. the chair: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. mr. culberson: every piece of legislation directs which parts of arizona do you have? you've got -- mr. flake: the east valley. mr. culberson:e let's say congress passes a piece of legislation to designate funding for kidd peak observatory. erbil congress passes designates funding. we have to be fiscally responsible -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i'm a slow learner. let me remind the gentleman, this district, harris county, received $1 million when they aplide for the funding, before the earmarks started, two years ago. last year -- three years ago. two years ago got $1

chairman, if this is june, it must be appropriation season. and so today, i'm pleased to present to the house the first of the appropriation bills for fiscal year 2010, h.r. 2847, the commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriation bill. while the summer may be hot and humid, as is typical in the nation's capital, our days and nights need not belong for the house to fully consider this and the other 11 appropriation bills in regular order, or so we hope. i want to thank the ranking member of this subcommittee with most sincerity for his assistance, help, counsel, guidance in the development of this bill. 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 pu

appropriations act. i yield back. mr. cantor: madam speaker. i thank the gentleman. i'd say to the gentleman he's noticed two appropriations bills for next week. commerce justice science and homeland security appropriations bills. and madam speaker, i'd ask the gentleman does he expect the house as is its custom to consider these bills under an open rule? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. it certainly will be our intent to proceed with an open rule on the consideration of the commerce, justice, state bill. i guess it's science now bill. the intent of course as the gentleman knows based upon our discussions is that we will finish all 12 appropriation bills individually between now and the 30th of july. this will give the senate and house the opportunity to agree on a conversation -- conference report on the 12 appropriation bills and hopefully enact those bills and send them to the president prior to the onset of the fiscal year october 1. if we do that, of course, it will be unusual

we have appropriated $660 million of this amount for the m.r.a. of interest to members and as was discussed during the rule we also include in that -- within the budget an allocation for the clerk of the house of $4.6 million to finally replace the antiquated 33-year-old voting system that we use here electronically in the chamber so we no longer have to have it held together by the duct tape that its inner workings are held together by. $325.1 million is provided for the capitol police. that's sufficient to maintain their current officer strength. there was a request we did not fund to increase the number of officers. it was felt although the capitol police is working diligently toward getting their fiscal house in order and chief morris is to be commended for that, they are not quite there yet and arding to the strength of theirs for did not make sense until they -- of their force did not make sense until they get a handle on their overtime and who is where in the capitol police structure. $607.4 million is included for the library of congress a

as reported by the homeland security appropriations subcommittee. it's the product of extensive information gathering and animal sis with 15 hearings touching every department of homeland security component. the bill provides the resources and the direction that the department needs for the coming fiscal year. this bill also reflects our subcommittee's tradition of bipartisan cooperation initiated by its first chairman and now ranking member, hal rogers. i want to thank the distinguished ranking member for his advice and help in making this about eighter bill and for his staff, too, for working so closely and constructively with us. we agree on most of this bill and i believe this is a bill that every member in this body can get behind. in total the bill contains 42 -- $42.625 billion in appropriations for the department of homeland security. this is $2.6 billion or $6.5% above the comparable fiscal year 2009 amount and about 1% below the administration request excluding coast guard overseas contingency operations. this level reflects our share of t

his remarks were not only appropriate, but well guided in terms of what mr. regula meant to our part of ohio, but what he meant to america. you know, campaigning through the district and having the occasion to work with congressman regula while i was in the state legislature, people knew him not as a conservative, not as a liberal, not as a democrat or a republican, but just as ralph. and that type of leadership, that type of portrayal of american politics is what we should all rise to emulate. he was a man of his word and integrity and a man who believed in the constitution. and he told me, he said, when you go to congress, john, make sure that you protect the constitution. and in particular, the fact that we own the checkbook. we write the checks. we appropriate the money. we here in congress are responsible for the taxpayers' dollars. he was responsible for millions and millions of dollars coming back to the state of ohio, whether it was research in fuel cell technology or whether it was the first ladies' library that his wife had a brilliant idea to ancho

so here we are, we are starting the annual appropriations process. 12 appropriation bills that will spend nearly $1.5 trillion that we do not have. $1.5 trillion we are going to have to borrow from the american people and further imprison our kids and grandkids. and you would think that as we are debating the spending of this $1.5 trillion that the majority would do as it has done for most of our history and allow for an open debate. allow for a process that protects the franchise of each member of this body. but, no, we couldn't do that. there were conversations over the last couple of weeks about how to limit this process. and i made it clear to the majority leader and to the chairman of the appropriations committee that i wasn't going to agree to limit the ability of members to participate in this process as we try to control spending in this body. i made it very clear to mr. obey and to mr. hoyer we would work with them in an open process to facilitate it to try to maximize the number of bills that could be finished before the august recess. but apparently that wasn't good enough. so

appropriations for this department, there were 178 amendments. offered. we didn't shut down the process and deny those people the chance to offer the amendments and say their piece about what constituents thought about the bill. we simply went through them. two days. after a certain period of time, we were able to work out unanimous consent agreements amongst the members of the body to reduce the time allotted to each amendment. or we substituted a colloquy with the other offerer of the amendment, instead of offering the amendment, and that satisfied them. they had their day in court, so to speak. other amendments were not offered. this is nothing new. this is the practice of this honored institution to allow members to offer their thoughts and opinions and amendments. if it takes time, that's what democracy is all about. it may not be pretty. the making of sausage is not pretty. that's what we're in the process and business of doing. you're shutting down the members of this body who have legitimate, no order amendments -- in order amendments, almost in t

it's an issue that should be considered under the regular appropriations process under the leadership of my california colleague, mr. lewis and mr. obey, not in a troop funding bill. then we listened to our very good friend from detroit talk about the automobile industry. a serious challenge that we as a nation are trying to address. i personally believe that the notion of continuing to see the government more and more involved in this area is not the right thing to do, but it's a debate that will go on. and yet, our friend, mr. levin, was talking about the issue of the automobile industry in this troop funding bill. then i listened to our friend from texas talk about, from houston, talk about darfur. one of the most troubled spots on the face of the earth, an issue that does need to be addressed and the challenges of meeting the needs of children in texas. very, very important issue. but not as part of a troop funding measure. now, mr. speaker, as i said through the very thoughtful work of the appropriations committee last month, we came to this floor with what president obama and i

section 522, none of the funds appropriated in this act to the office. secretary may be obligated for a grant funded under such headings. section 532, none of the funds shall be used to fund any position designated as a principal federal official for robert t. stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act. section 524, none of the funds may be used by the united states citizenship and immigration services to grant immigration benefit unless background checks required by law have been received by united states citizenship and immigration services. section 525, none of the funds may be used to destroy any horse belo

this interior appropriations bill is a bill that respects our environment. i'd especially like to thank chairman dicks for his leadership and i'd also like to thank him for my amendment to increase funding for the atlanta assistance stateside assistance program. the state assistance program is one of the most successful federal-state-local partnership programs in the history of the department of the interior. the lwbc program assists communities in creating new public parks, preserving open spaces and creating jobs. the states, cities, counties, and towns that apply for and accept funding from the lwcf state assistance grant program agree to match the federal investment on a dollar for dollar basis and often match significantly more than the federal share. since its inception, it has provided fund for over 41,000 state and local projects in 91% of all u.s. counties. there's not a congressional district that has not been impacted in a positive way by a project. having said that, madam speaker, i want to rise in strong opposition to an amendment that will be o

whereas the omnibus appropriations act of 2009 constitutes nine of the 12 appropriation bills for fy 2009, which has not been acted before

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the appropriation that passed last night was managed by an appropriations subcommittee chair that by all the news reports is under investigation. he received the gavel from the speaker of the house, she knew it was -- he was under investigation, two years ago he recused himself from discussions. we've not heard any announcement as to that announcement being lifted or any subpoenas may have been served may have been withdrawn or been shut down. there's no announcement whatsoever. how can we have confidence in this congress if the speaker declares the intelligence community be lying to congress if the rules committee shuts down the debate, if this house is recessed in the middle of important business if an impeachment of a judge is shut down so you can raise money, or if the chairman of the subcommittee who is managing the funding for the f.b.i. is being investigated by the f.b.i.? this congress has a long ways to go to get where they're going. i would just conclude with this, mr. speaker. i'm going to paraphrase joe welch. let us not assassinate this process further. you've done enoug

i'm encouraged through this bill the appropriations committee has helped to ensure that all visitors touring the u.s. capitol have equal and adequate access, whether they be part of a tour, led by our talented c.v.c. tour guides, or by our hard working staff and interns. additionally, this bill increases funding by $40 million for the library of congress. an institution which not only provides a vital resource to congress, but also preserves a universal collection of knowledge, history, and creativity for current and future generations. $15 million of these funds will help modernize the library's information technology infrastructure to make the library and its unique resources more widely available to congress and the broader public. mr. speaker, this legislative branch appropriation bill strikes a pragmatic balance between the growing demands upon this congress and the legislative branch and the economic realities that nation is facing. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina, for what purpose do you ris

says appropriations has increased nearly 12%. the spending binge is unacceptable and on behalf of my constituents who are sitting at the kitchen table and many times cutting 50%, we need to move forward with spending reductions and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: rise in opposition to the amendment, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, an across the board cut to this bill of 5% is really disastrous. i would say that just as a general proposition, cuts that are indiscriminate, that affect every account in a bill, whether it's this appropriation bill or any other appropriation bill, are really one of the -- one of the best reasons to oppose them is for that reason. they're indiscriminate. they affect every account in the bill. and that, of course, means that someone has not done a thoughtful precise in going through and trying to find

we have other appropriation bills that we have to work on. we have health care. we're going to move as far as we can on that during that period of time. so we have just a lot of work to do. i also, mr. president, on july 14 there, wil, there will be nor 2:00 p.m. this is an arrangement i made with one of the senators and this will be good for the entire body. so july 14, there will be no votes after 2:00 p.m. mr. mccain: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: madam president, i have an amendment at the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, proposes an amendment numbered 1367 to amendment number -- 1366 to amendment number 1365. mr. mccain: madam president, i ask further proceedings -- further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: madam president, the amendment's simple, very simple. it strikes from the bill an earmark of $200,000 for the durham museum in omaha, neb

shapiro talked about, i think it will be appropriate to have higher capital, higher margin standards for that dealer. you mentioned a letter earlier from caterpillar. i think they could absolutely customize and make sure that they hedge their risk. but if their risk is a little different not that stashed, it's probably almost the same capital. bit if their risk is really quite different, then it's hard to value that risk, and then the dealer on the other side might have to put up even more capital. but risk, if i might say, is risk, and if it's really highly standardized, we want to make sure the dealers have enough cushion in tough markets. enough cushion and tough markets. >> so are we saying or inability to standardize the risk means the risk is higher? >> generally in markets it does mean that. that's not always the case but if you can't standardized product but if you see other people trading in that product the risk is been harder to unwind, it's not a technical term but so if the commercial enterprise wants to enter into a transaction it probably means ten or 20 or hundreds of

>> the requirements are appropriate importers will be required to register with the fda and is part of good practices they have to ensure the products have been grown in accordance with these standards. we believe that is an appropriate step to be taken know when envisions going searching around for every farmer around the world nor every farm in america that simply will not be the case for the authority should be there for fda if they need to investigate, but the basic responsibility we'll lie with the importer or the food manufacturer. >> does your organization represent organics? >> yes we have a number of organic suppliers in our group. >> i have a statement i think we have cleared it with your staff from the frozen food institute to be inserted into the record. >> chairman dingell? >> thank you. like to commend the panel for their very helpful testimony. i would protect the like to address my questions to ms. bailey with gm may. welcome. by to follow-up and thank you for the way in which gm may have then working with the staff to resolve the difficulties which we can find out like

section 143 of division a of the consolidated security disaster assistance and continuing appropriations act 2009 is amended. section 546, in general, strike subparagraphs a through c that appear within section 426-b, division j of the consolidations appropriations act 2005. section 547, clarification of fee authority. in general, fees described in the immigration and nationality act for fingerprinting services and other necessary services may be collected whened a minutestering the program described in section 244 of such act. section 548, section 550-b, public law 109-295 is amended. section 549, the secretary may collect fees from any nonfederal participant in a conference conducted by the department of homeland security. section 550, federal emergency management agency, tracking industry security grants account, $5,572,000 is rescinded. section 551, none of the funds may be obligated for full squail procurement of advanced -- full scale procurements of advanced monitors. section 552, as part of a plan regarding the proposed description of any individual who is detained at naval stati

to date only 32% of the funds appropriated for this program through the recovery act have been spent. i understand that e.p.a. plans to obligate all the recovery act funds before they begin a solicitation for the 2009 funds. it could be well into 2010 before the 2009 funds are spent. . president obama's request for deera, and this bill provides that. i will work with you, mr. calvert, congresswoman matsui has talked to me about this, e.p.a. and stake holders in hopes of improving and streamlining its grant-making process and ensure the proper level of funding in 2011. mr. simpson: i will work with you over the coming year to improve the deero granting process to ensure that applications are processed and grants are awarded and work with you in the coming fiscal years to secure morrow bus funding for this program that truly is a win-win-win situation stimulating the economy, improving air quality and reducing emissions that are among the greatest contributors to global warming and thank mr. calvert for bringing this to our attention. and i reserve the balance of our time. the chair: th

transmission facilities and developers should have resource as a federal siding authority under appropriate circumstances. it would be helpful even if limited only to transmission facilities needed to reliably meet renewable energy goals. third, if congress determines there are broad public interest benefits in the transmission system necessary to meet the goals discussed and then congress should consider clarifying the commission's authority to allocate costs of such infrastructure to the load serving entities or part of an interconnection where it is appropriate to do so. of course, the commission would need to ensure as it does today that these costs are allocated fairly to the appropriate entities and that due deference is accorded regions that work together for mechanisms that garner cost support. it's important to recognize the issue is not how to choose between nearby renewable resources. both should be part of the mix of energy resources to achieve our national goals. and appropriately allocating the cost of transmission facilities needed to connect remote resources should not disru

buyer on the military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill. so as to not have a repeat of that unfortunate incident, i propose to change the rule to allow members to make amendments -- changes, rather to their amendments. i remind measure members that by voting no on the previous question, members will not be voting to kill or to delay the up-to-date lying commerce, justice and science appropriations bill. i encourage all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote no on the previous question so that members will be given the opportunity to make changes to their amendments if necessary. i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment and extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question and having said that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i'd like to thank the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart, for his courtesies in this debate and for his very able managemen

you have been supportive of me when you thought that was appropriate. you have taken me to task when you thought that was also appropriate. and you actually have been a teacher for me today. thank you for that. >> senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i know you got to go to lunch. i appreciate your patience. you have done a very good job of testifying before the committee. i just talked to the white house a moment ago, rahm emanuel, he's indicated to me the president will not let these photos see the light of day. he would prefer the congress to act. have you seen the lieberman-graham amendment that would prohibit the release of these photos for a three-year period if the secretary of defense certifies them to be a danger? >> i have not seen that. >> i will get it to you. do you agree with me it would be the preferred route in terms of impressing the court congress would act on this subject matter rather than executive order? >> i think that having congress act would be a preferred way. >> give us a stronger hand and better way to deal with this

so it is subject to appropriations every single year. it will be outside to be kept -- >> i didn't hear that, what? >> it will be outside the 302b cap. you will get this allocation and get this on top of it. >> yes, but it's still subject to appropriations transfer. >> when you're outside the 302b cap you're funding this outside the budget. so this becomes an off-budget event for all intents and purposes. >> senator enzi, i think that's right. i thought we'd worked that out. i thought we'd worked that out. >> so you can actually score this. >> that's right. but before, i still congratulate the creativity of the staff. >> if the objection is to mandatory spending, well, then, i plead guilty. of course, it's mandatory spending if that's your objection. i thought you had a different type of objection. my objection is it's mandatory. you'd think as an -- that i would be opposed to a mandatory funding, but sometimes i think it's necessary, and i repeat for emphasis sake why it's necessary. if you pit prevention moneys and wellness moneys that

this title maybe cited as the science appropriations act of 2010, title 4 related agencies, commission on civil rights, salaries and expenses, $9,400,000. equal employment opportunity commission, salaries and expenses, $367,300,000. international trade commission salaries and expenses, $82,700,000. legal services corporation, payment to the legal services corporation, $440 million. the chair: the gentleman from texas, for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. the clerk: amendment number 6 prohibited in the congress record offered by mr. hensarling of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from texas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas but would first bring the house tord to order. the gentleman deserves to be heard on his amendment. the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. chairman. never in the history of congress have so few voted so fast to spend so much and inde

i would just say to the leader, i hope that he will move on with doing the appropriations in an appropriate order so that as we've -- as i mentioned, we will have at least eight of those passed by recess so we can do our citizens work in the most appropriate manner. mr. president, i yield the floor, and thank you for the time. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i rise today to honor a proud son of almagordo, new mexico. army specialist chris kerth died on thursday, june 4, after his vehicle was struck by an antitank grenade. he was 23 years old. in iraq, chris was responsible for escorting convoys, but this job description conveys none of the risk or the courage involved in the job. the military can secure a town or a base, but somebody must still travel the roads that cannot be secured. christopher kerth was responsible for undertaking this act of courage. chris knew how dangerous this job could be when he began his last mis

this bill, this appropriations bill, interior appropriations, increases spending from last year by 17%. now, i would ask how many americans out there are going to see a 17% increase in their salaries this year? how many companies are going to be spending 17% more on their marketing budget, on payroll, on anything else? and also today the congressional budget office issued a report on the debt and the deficit and i would encourage members to read it and look at it. it essentially says that we can't keep it up. it is unsustainable. mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? mr. campbell: i'm afraid i don't have time. you have time remaining. that is basically unsustainable. madam chair, i understand this is only $150,000. but the journey of 1,000 miles does begin with a single step. and if we can begin by starting to not use taxpayers' money for charitable contributions, not using taxpayers' money for nonfederal priorities, not using taxpayers' money for earmarking it to private companies without bids, then we begin that single step and i would be happy to yield to the gentleman what time i ha

broun: there are funds appropriated. that's in this bill to establish this unneeded, totally -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. broun: i'm against establishing that. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no.

it seemed like the appropriate thing to do. s open the other issues. we have walked into the opening of these issues for the good of putting the, the best possible footing in these circumstances. the fiscal stimulus was an important part of that. we can all talk about the various elements of these programs. nobody will agree on everything. the size of the program i thought was very important. that adds to all the challenges. the challenges remain and they need to be dealt with by all of us. we have to make choices about the level of spending, how much will be funded, that it should be funded, and position ourselves going forward. im understand people may think that we face challenges, but we have our responsibility to provide financial conditions would support sustainable growth and price stability. those of very important. we will pay great attention to that in conjunction with everything else that is going on. this is not a time where you can demonstrate to everybody that price stability will be maintained and sustainable growth will be provided for.

but then there's appropriations.so you can authorize anything you want but it has to come through appropriations. >> and be voted on. >> authorizations tend to be in general. they are not specific. they tend to look at what's needed out there, and authorization -- we never appropriate authorization levels. i wouldn't say never, but hardly ever. >> i'll get you the list of the ones you do. but you also appropriate things that are not authorized as well. to the tune of about $280 billion a year. >> well, there's a lot of things that are not reauthorized. usually there's an initial authorization but they've not been reauthorized very true. >> let's go to amendment 110. >> 110. we've got revenue progra47 new this bill. 20 in this title. which is going to require a significant increase in the federal workforce. this is just simple and said, if we're going to ask american people to be a whole lot more efficient, to pay down our debt, to pay for this, that we ought to at least add some efficiency in washington. the purpose

-- at appropriate time and appropriate speed to ensure that we don't have an inflation risk down theroad it is not going to be an easy call, but we'll have to balance the risk on both sides. not going too soon, and stunting the recession, not going too late and having inflation, but we will get price stability after we get out of this -- out of this recession. >> thank you. >> miss lummis. >> dr. bernanke, thank you for being here today. i want to visit a bit about that balance between taxes and spending in the medium term. if congress just increases taxes to eliminate the deficit in ten years, let's say, without cutting spending, could that have an effect on our economic recovery, a negative effect? >> as i was trying to make the distinction earlier, in a economy in recession, tax cuts or tax increases have two effects. one is the incentive effects which are more long-term effects. but also withdrawing purchasing power, taking away income from consumers. and in a short-term, recessionary situation, i think that latter effect is more important. if you raise taxes during a recession,

would you think that it's worthwhile to do you think it appropriate to have a mandate that the court take cases like a terrorist surveillance program? >> i'm not familiar -- i've not read it -- your proposed statute. i'd be a little concerned about -- i don't know, you know, i've -- i'm not sure it's been done in the past but it's a separation of powers concern about mandating supreme court review in a particular matter. obviously, the courts' jurisdiction can be defined. >> well, congress has the authority to do that and it's done it in a fair number of cases. >> right. my only concern would be not a technical separation of powers question because i think congress probably does have that ability but whether or not it's an appropriate use of congress' authority. i've not had a chance to you have radio the proposed bill. and i'd have to look at that before i can make a comment in a more intelligent way. >> would you take a look at the proposed legislation and respond? mr. chairman, i ask consent that a letter that i sent to attorney general holder be included in the record concerning

it could be this one or many others that exist in this bill or in many of the other appropriation bills that we'll look at this year. and i think, madam chair, that the people of this country would be better served if we saved this money, didn't spend it, didn't borrow it and tried to have a little better rein on some of their money. and with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. dicks: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: first of all, i want to say we strongly oppose this amendment. we have checked on this project. we think this is a great project and think it's worthy and provides a lot of public good. and i would be glad to yield to my friend from new york, mr. mchugh, to further discuss this project. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. mchugh: i thank the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee and also my dear friend, zrashede ranking member of the subcommittee and indeed, the appropriations committee in general for recognizing the

that wasn't appropriate use of funds. but instead of spending time rooting out that kind of waste, we are saying, we don't like the way you did that, so we are going to do some of our own. so we have a duplicative program. in the end we end up spending more money and more money. that's why the budget increases for this agency every year. we simply cannot continue to do that. when we have a $2 trillion budget deficit this year alone. at some point we've got to say, we've got to save taxpayer money. spend it wisely. and do it in a way that actually addresses risk not seniority. or not committee -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: happy to yield to my friend from new jersey. mr. rothman: i thank the gentleman. my friend from arizona does not, madam chairman, dispute the validity and the importance of coordinating emergency communications throughout the united states. nor does my friend from arizona dispute that this project would be -- represents five pilot projects a

but there's no appropriation here for it. and then on page 164 we authorize another $5 billion and there's no idea where this money comes from. page 165, green banking centers, we're not going to do houses and commercial properties and multifamily housing, now we're going to have green banking centers. the federal banking agencies shall pry guidelines encouraging -- prescribe guidelines encouraging the establishment and maintenance of green banking centers to provide any consumer who seeks information on obtaining a mortgage home improvement loan, home equity loan with additional information. are you kidding me? and i've heard of blackmail but now i know what greenmail really is. on page 170, the top of the page, section 299-f, the general accountability office reports on availability of affordable mortgages. really? after we drive the price of every mortgage up in america we're going to help them to do a report on affordable mortgages? guess what? they're going to be a hellf a lot more expensive. page 173, the secretary of h

it is not appropriate by the end of this present session, we will have a parliament -- we will have a new statutory code of conduct, so we can all go back to our constituents and tell them we have understood you. >> i am grateful to you for his work on the commission. he has done a good job and should be applauded for the time he has given up to discharge his responsibilities. there is no way that members of the public will see this house has in any way having dealt with the problems unless we can pass that legislation as quickly as possible and unless the review of the last 4 years is done in such a way that an independent auditor can confirm the regularity of people's expenses. these humility to recognize that this is going to be done as a matter of urgency and the audit can be done, the publication of the expenses ordered by the courts, the sooner the better. >> it is not the government's job to decide how the house of commons should use its time in examining government legislation. at the center of the house of decision making, the timetable. >> that is exactly what the chairman o

motions would be in order and that any statements relating to any of these matters appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read and that the president of the united states be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection, swithout obj. mr. reid: i ask consent, mr. president, we now proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 814. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 81, 4 a bill to provide for -- s. 184, a bill to provide for a conveyance of a parcel of land held by the bureau of prisons of the department of justice of miami d da e county, florida, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask un