s and these energy management systems, now walking for wal-mart, home depot, costco, saving them 20% to 25% on their energy costs. those are savings that companies like those can reinvest back into their business, but if you ask the c.i.a., talk to the joint chiefs of staff, a national security issue. and why would we want to depend on foreign sources of energy to supply our own military here in the united states? we address the national security issue we create jobs here in the united states and we help to address the carbon issue here causing global climate change. these are the issues we need to tackle as a country and we can't be afraid to do it. we can't be afraid, madam speaker to make the tough decisions, to push the tough policies, to make sure that 10, 20, 30 years from now, when people look back and say, what did they do in 2010, 2009, in the united states congress, to try to address some of these problem we can say we answered the call, made the tough decisions and the country was bet off for it. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: unde