bart gordon -- chairman bart gordon was instrumental in bringing to the floor in 2007. we had strong bipartisan support in passing that legislation, i'm pleased to say, and, again, we are here today to re-authorize the competes act to spur innovation, invest in cutting edge research, modernizing manufacturing and increasing opportunity. i thank you for your remarks, mr. perlmutter, and your leadership on this subject as well. as a result, new industries will provide good jobs for our workers, markets for american products, we'll expand, we'll reassert our leadership throughout the world and give future generations a better chance to realize the american dream. it's about jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. simply put, this legislation supports our efforts to keep america number one following president kennedy's lead to keep america first, and following the call of president obama at his inauguration tore swift, bold action now -- for swift, bold action to do just that. the competes act will keep us on the path to double scientific research over the next 10 years, create jobs with i

bart gordon, this great congressman, has done our country a great service and i want to thank him for his leadership in this effort. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. gordon: madam chair, we're coming to the end of the discussion on this bill, so let me just, again, thank the staff, the minority and majority staff, the members who have put so much time into this. this is not only a good substantive bill, it is a good bill by process. we had 46 hearings on this bill resulting in three different subcommittee bipartisan markups that went to a full committee bipartisan markup which brought this bill to the floor today. this is a good bill. in 2007, the original authorization, received 367 members that voted f

i certainly take bart gordon at his word and will work with him. i think we should have the words available to instead of that serve those to veterans. what's available to them is very important. we'd like to have that in the bill. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: as my friend from texas says, we have worked together long and hard on many issues and we are certainly -- we are going to continue to work to try to get this language exactly where both parties are seeking it in good faith can agree. to me it seems shall receive is better than make available but we are going to work to get that together. i yield two minutes to the chairman of the research and science education committee, dr. lipinski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of this bill. as chairman of the research and science education subcommittee, i want to thank dr. ehlers not only for his

i certainly take bart gordon at his word and will work with him. i think we should have the words available to instead of that servehose to veterans. what's available tothem is very important. we'd like to have that in the bill. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: as my friend from texas says, we have worked tother long and hard on many issues and we are certainly -- we are going to continue to work to try to get this language exactly where both parties are seeking it in gd faith can agree. to me it seems shall receive is better than make available but we are going to work to get that together. i yield two minutes to the chairman of the research and science education committee, dr. lipinski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of this bill. as chairman of the research and science educatiosubcommittee, i want to thank dr. ehlers not only for his support

speaker, i want to compliment our chairman, bart gordon, and i'd like to compliment congresswoman fudgeand our ranking member, mr. hall, for this resolution because it is greatly important. and i support h.res. 1213, a resolution in support of improving participation in the stem field, stem, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. as a member of the house education and labor committee and the house science and technology committee, it is absolutely clear to me that our country's ability to develop, prosper and compete among -- will depend upon investing in our children's education and in the scientific community. . a central piece of this effort must be to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to be involved in stem at the k through 12 undergraduate, and graduate levels so they can, if they choose, turn their education into a career. they don't have to take the careers of stem, but they have to make that choice by the time they get to college. so that's why i sponsored the patsy t. mink scholarship which into law ush signed in 2008 as part of the higher act. ion re-a

actually, and certainly not least, i'd like to commend both science committee chairman bart gordon and ranking member hall on their leadership on green chemistry and their willingness to work with us on this particular amendment. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and green chemistry promises a ton of pollution prevention. again, mr. chairman, i urge all of my colleagues to support this important amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 26 printed in part b of house report 111-679 -- 479. -- 111-479. it is now in order to consider amendment number 34 printed in part b of house report 111-479. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. boccieri: i is have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: --

i now yield as much time as he may consume to the honorable bart gordon who represents the district just kind of south and i guess southeast of davidson county. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. cohen: as much time as the gentleman consumes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. gordon: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank my friend, mr. cooper, for bringing this legislation. i want to thank our neighbors in rising to support h.res. 1337. my district in middle tennessee was among those devastated by historic rainfall and subsequent flooding on may 1 and 2. seeing this kind of devastation just breaks your heart. many tennesseans were displaced, including my mother. while it was just temporary, inconvenient for her, and i'm grateful for that, for some it was an ongoing disruption. for others it was a life-changing event. even as many people in tennessee return to normal routines, those families who were most affected will still be working to rebuild their lives. those families will continue to need our compassion and support through th

the competes act that is on the floor now with the leadership of bart gordon is really a triumph. it is a bill for the future about staying on a path, doubling investments in national science foundation, to focus on energy development and the education of our people to have them be able to take advantages of the jobs, the great new clean energy jobs for the future. so i salute chairman gordon for his remarkable leadership. the bill got over 350 votes in the last congress. now it is being reauthorized and we hope that it will get a very strong bipartisan vote as well so we can send it over to the senate in that way. speaking of the senate, as you know, they're focusing on the you wall street reform legislation. we look forward to their finishing that so we can go to conference and send a very clear message, never again will recklessness on wall street cause joblessness of main street. the recklessness of some, not all. we won't paint everyone with the same brush. enough to lose 8 million jobs in our economy. again, joblessness on main street is being people concerned about losing t