doyle. ms. sutton from ohio, please. >> thank you, chairman stupak, for holding the hearing and thank you very much for inviting one of my constituent dealers, ellen spitzer to testify here today. mr. spitzer is losing seven of his dealerships. in addition there are two other chrysler dealerships in my district that are being eliminated. across ohio 47 chrysler dealerships are being eliminated in the ohio auto dealers association estimates and 130 gm dealerships may be cut. the impacts of these decisions on families and local economies will be substantial. and we heard from the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania and i associate myself with his remarks. on average 43 people work at a dealership in ohio where the average pay is $44,000 a year. with these closings, millions of dollars of income will disappear with the jobs and those jobs are lost on top of the 2,000 auto manufacturing jobs that will be eliminated by the closing of the chrysler twinsburg plant, the gm mansfield metal center p

doyle, mr. inslee, mr. green mr. butterfield, mr. stupak mr. rush. i mean so many members, including members off the committee, like henry cuellar from the state of texas who worked with us on natural gas-related issues. we will not be here unless we had the cooperation of so many members across the full spectrum of the house. during this process we have received valuable input and expertise from other leaders in the house like chairman rangel on trade issues, chairman peterson on agriculture issues, amongst, again, many others. the legislation we have before us today is the most important energy and environment legislation to ever have been considered in the history of the united states. the consequences for our country are great unless we act to deal with these issues. this legislation sets a new course for our country creating millions of new clean energy jobs while reducing our dependence upon imported oil. and when it becomes law and it will, for the first time in the history of the united states congress, for the first time in the history of ou

doyle: we encourage efficiency in our markets at the same time giving them a level playing field with their competitors. we do the same thing in the electricity markets. every one of my constituents get their electricity from coal. we protect rate payers. 35% of allocations in this bill goes to protecting rate payers. this is not a job loser. this is not a rate hike for consumers. $173 a year for the average family in america as a result of this bill. that's a small price to pay for a cleaner planet and more jobs for america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: i want to yield one minute to the distinguished represent from -- representative from washington state, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hastings: i thank the gentleman for yielding this bill was written in a fantasy land where unemployment isn't reaching 10%, thousands haven't lost homes to foreclosure and millions haven't witnessed half their retirement savings disappear. by imposing this national e

i was talking to governor down regent alice talking to governor doyle. more people are seeking help from the state. we have a lot of pressure on our budget. i have already promised that reform cannot add to our deficit over the next 10 years. to make that happen, we have already identified hundreds of billions of dollars worth of savings in our budget, savings that will come from steps like reducing medicare and payments to insurance companies. i will be outlining hundreds of billions of dollars more in savings in the days to come. even with these savings, reform will require some additional up- front resources. that is why i have proposed that we scale back how much the highest income americans can deduct on their taxes, take it back to the rate that existed under the reagan years. we could use some of that money to help finance health-care reform. [applause] in all these reforms, our goal is simple, high quality health care at the lowest possible cost. we want to fix what is broken, build on what works. as congress moves forward on health care legislat

[applause] your outstanding governor jim doyle is here. give him a big round of applause. [applause] lieutenant governor barbara lauten is here. give barbara a big round of applause. congressman steve cagen is here. congressman. your own mayor, jim smidt. [applause] . and milwaukee mayor tom baret is here as well. i want to thank all the tribal leaders of wisconsin who are with us here today. [applause] and they couldn't be was but i want to acknowledge the great leadership that you're getting in the united states from your senators. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is a town hall meeting. but if you don't mind, i want to make a few comments at the outset, sort of to frame the discussion. and then we'll get to the fun part and you guys can bombard me with questions. as i said, i want to thank southwest high school for hosting us. i especially want to thank -- [applause] i especially want to thank laura for sharing her story. it takes courage to do that and it takes even more courage to battle a disease like cancer with such great determination. and

and we now see mike doyle and you see that he's grinning from ear to ear, just congratulate him and tell him to take pity on the downtrodden republicans who didn't quite have the stuff last night. [laughter] >> on this hearing, mr. chairman, i do want to thank you, thank mr. boucher, mr. sterns, mr. rodanovich, for working in a bipartisan fashion to protect the privacy and security of every american's personal information. i'm glad that we are working on this in a bipartisan way. i especially appreciate chairman roush's agreement to act on the republicans' data security bill. that bill has implications for the broader privacy discussion, and i hope that that bill will move forward in the full committee. along with congressman markee, i cochair the congressional privacy caucuses. so i'm glad that we are working on these issues in a bipartisan way. i myself every few days hit the delete button and clean out all the various cookies on the computers that are in my office and at my home. it's amazing to me how many of those accumulate. and most of the time without absolutely any knowledge of

mike doyle addressed the concerns of the steel industry and other trade vulnerable industries.he chairman of the ways and means committee worked with us to make sure that the interests of low-income families are fully protected. and the chairman of the agriculture committee made sure the legislation addresses the concerns of farmers and makes them part of our energy future. the need to act is clear and urgent. there is a national security imperative to act. this legislation at long last begins to break our addiction to imported foreign oil and put us on a path to true energy security. there is a scientific imperative to act. the evidence on global warming, on the consequences of carbon emission is overwhelming, and we have based our bill on the science. and there is a moral imperative to act. we have obligations to protect and preserve the environment for our children and the generations that follow. and there is an economic imperative to act. this legislation is an enormous jobs bill for america. it will promote investment and growth for decades ahead, creating jobs for the ne

your outstanding governor, jim doyle, is here. please give him a big round of applause. [applause] lt. gov. barbaro walter -- barbara lawson is here. your congressman is here. your own mayor. [applause] milwaukee mayor tom barracket is here as well. i want to thank the tribal leaders who are with us here today. [applause] they couldn't be with us but i want to in knowledge great leadership you're giving in the u.s. senate from herb kohl and russ feingold. give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is a town hall meeting, but if you do not mind, i want to make a few comments at the outset to frame the discussion, and then we will get to the fun part. you guys can bombard me with questions. i want to thank southwest high school for hosting us. [applause] i especially want to thank laura for sharing her story. it takes courage to do that, and it takes more courage to battle the disease like cancer with such grace and determination, and i know her family is here, and they are working and fighting with her every inch of the way. laura's story is incredibly moving, but

doyle from pittsburgh be out stumping for this bill now if he thought it was going to kill jobs in fuel country? >> you have to ask him. >> well, do you think he's under some sort of undue pressure of another kind? he was against it when it came out and he made pains to explain all the concessions he got yesterday that this would not hurt jobs in his steel industry. >> listen. import protections. think about this. we've provided tens of billions of dollars to bail out the auto companies. we're telling the auto companies the kind of cars they're going to produce. frankly, i think the car that most americans don't want to buy. and for them to succeed, they're going to have to find every way they can to whit el their costs. one of the big costs in producing automobiles is steel. and so if they're looking for the best price on a pound of steel, what are they going to do? they're going to look at the united states and go, "well, i'd love to buy that american made steel, but you know, it's 30 or 40% higher than the steel we could get from china, korea, india. and what's going to happen ." >>

by understand governor jim doyle, who i know you are very familiar with, has applied a waiver to extant senior care through 2012 which would allow this successful program to continue. can you tell me the status of the waiver application and whether or not we can hope to achieve that weaver? >> senator as you know that 1115 program is the only one left in the country where the state only drug program is being conducted and i know it is wildly popular and it's been enormously successful treat you will be pleased to hear not only did my good friend, jim leal apply for the waiver continuation before i got to the office but was in my office three days ago and will fly in the request to make sure i did not forget and as you might be aware the president is going to green bay wisconsin on their state to talk about health reform and i don't doubt he is going to hear something about this popular program. it's my understanding we are in the final stages of review that people in the agency are aware of model me how popular it is but how successful it's been and i am hopeful we will be able to give

doyle for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i'm a co-sponsor and it took me about two seconds to sign that bill. >> is your microphone on? >> in -- you say you have a very objective methodology to determine what dealers survive and which dealers cannot. you can feed the dealer data into a computer and have a very objective criteria and

in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one canadian province. prior to her appointment to the wisconsin psc, commissioner naz ar worked as an attorney and practiced extensively in the areas of electric and water utilities representing rate payers and utilities. she helped to create the first stand alone transmission company, otherwise known as atc and helped to cite a 210 mile extra high voltage line in wisconsin and minnesota. in addition to all of these credentials, i can also tell you what she eats for breakfast and grow in her vegetable garden because as you all know she is also my partner. i welcome her to our subcommittee. >> thank you, con

in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one

number one, mike doyle and i added an amendment that would prevent job leakage. we do not want to see jobs go to china if china does not adopt a vigorous climate control system. we built into the bill a provision to help steel workers and aluminum workers and pulp and paper workers, that they would receive 15 percent of all of the allocations and that would prove it -- prevent any job loss going overseas associate with the program. also a spur to other nations to follow our lead. we are the leader of the world still, and we ought to leave. it acts as a spirit of them to act. second, a provision that would essentially recycle the money. basically this is a system where we limit pollution, which we have been very successful in doing, and we make polluting industries pay for permits, and then we recycle that money back to consumers in several ways. the first 35% of all the value will go back to consumers through the utilities, the regulated utilities. they will be required to get the money back to consumers and a variety of ways. rate reductions to help consumers in

doyle, you want to say a few words. >> thanks, mr. chairman.it's a pleasure to welcome my friend at today's hearing. jim and his family have been at the same location in pittsburgh since 1935. a business that's still owned and operated by his family. they started with a hudson franchise and then they sold cars from amc, jeep, and later eagle. several mergers later, they were a successful jeep dealer until 1999 in 2000 they acquired the chrysler franchise and now they are a chrysler jeep dealer and have sold over 10,000 new and used vehicles over the last few decades. they have consistently held the highest customer satisfaction rating for sales and service in the state of pennsylvania. and i welcome you, jim. >> next is mr. duane paddic of new york thanks for being here. last but not least, is mr. frank blankenbeckler iii of waxahachie, texas. frank is here with his son, austin and thank you for coming. joe, do you want to say anything about your witness? >> is it time to introduce them? >> it is. i just did a half-hearted i have. >> thank you,

i want to thank congressman inslee and congressman doyle for putting forth a proposal to provide 15% of the free allowances to emission intensive industries to address competitive concerns, especially in the chemical industry. if a manufacturing facility is energy intensive and trade exposed, allowances will be provided that facility on a production output basis, providing rebates for both the direct and indirect costs and complying with the climate program. it will level the playing field while encouraging emission reductions. the bill also protects the domestic refining industry while creating a climate change practice. our domestic refiners will face a competitivsa

doyle doyle thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. t