that this measure, despite its excellence intentions and, ain, very hard work from congressman van hollen, will fall short of its objectives in bringing economic stability to this very difficult region. i'd point out to -- you know, we are doing a lot to open up america to foreign countries. we've had six votes to open up america to foreign sales. but no votes to open up countries to what we sell. it's not enough to buy american. we need to sell american products throughout the world. and in this economic recession, we have three pending trade agreements that would allow us to sell $11 billion of american products around the world to create jobs here in the united states that are being held up, not brought to a vote on the floor. we need to get our priorities right. as we help lift countries up, let's lift american jobs up as well. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas' time has expired. the gentlelady from florida reserves the balance of her time. without objection, the gentleman from california reclaims his time from the gentleman from new york. mr

here is they undercut many of the things and put in a lot of restrictions that as congressman van hollen and i tried to craft a bill together, we wanted to make sure there was enough freedom for these programs to be successful. and the important thing here is can -- you can vote for the substitute. the r.o.s.'s become part of the program -- r.o.z.'s become part of the program when the substitute passes after it replaces the underlying democrat amendment. i thank you -- i think i understand the rule, but to say that we were -- that i was not supportive of the r.o.z.'s because i was supporting the substitute i don't believe is an accurate indication of what -- my time is up. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman virginia tech. mr. berman: the gentleman's point is -- the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: the gentleman's point is incorrect. the republican substitute replaces the entire bill. and therefore were the republican substitute to pass, the

hollen -- -- mr. van hollen: this act delivers on the change that poth because ma has called for in our energy policy. it will strengthen our national security by slashing our dependence on foreign oil by as much a two million barrels a day by 2030, which is as much as we export from the persian gulf today. we'll use those moneys of billions of dollars -- these hundreds of billions of dollars instead right here on homegrown clean energy. we'll create millions of jobs, high-skilled, well-paying jobs that will focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency and do all that without adding a single penny to our national debt. mr. speaker, i especially want to thank mr. rangel, mr. waxman, mr. markey, mr. dingell, mr. inds lee, mr. gordon and their staff for the collaborative effort that went into the final provisions establishing a clean energy deployment administration. as a result of this effort, america is beginning to have an inget, well capitalized bank charged with the exclusive admission of deployi

>> hollen, we have said this to route the past several days. i do not look at his alma reach as having started in the speech and it is not going to and as part of that speech. going all the way back to the beginning of the administration, in ensuring that the this administration was involved early on in the middle east peace process, the president talked about that as being a high priority, interviews he has done, this speech to the parliament in turkey, as well as that speech, and i think he outlined a series of things that the administration will focus on in terms of democracy. >> i am not talking about speeches. what is his next step? >> let me finish and i will give you some action. the president continues to work on the peace process and we will have some readouts a little bit later for you today on some of that. the president will be engaged in dealing with the parties there.

becomes law, which already has over 100 cosponsors, congresswoman sutton, congressman hoyer and ben hollen and others who have supported our bill, and we have only been out three days. so thank you for your time and i'll answer any questions.

now, i have also signed a letter with congressman chris van hollen and majority leader hoyer and over 100 of our fellow members and we sent it to president obama talking about our concerns. the total lack of transparency in how this system is shutting down profitable dealerships. and we want to know from both sides of the aisle whether we can get more transparency an indication how this indeed saves money. the auto companies should be honest with the dealerships and with the american people about how these decisions are being made and they should be nobetted with the dealership should be nobetted with on how to consolidate dealerships in a way to help to find a soft landing for the workers and the communities not in just my district but across the country. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns, for five minutes. mr. stearns: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. stearns: good morning,

becomes law, which already has over 100 cosponsors, congresswoman sutton, congressman hoyer and ben hollen and others who have supported our bill, and we have only been out three days. so thank you for your time and i'll answer any questions. thank you. >> thank you, mr. spitzer could do you want and that micah mr. golick and we will hear from mr. golick. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee, thanks for this opportunity to testify today. i'm one of the 789 dealers that chrysler is terminating. i'm here to give my views on the situation and to invite you on what you can do to help us. my dealership is located in a suburb of pittsburgh. we been there since 1935 and been in our present building since 1948. we are a family-run dealership. i'm a third generation to sell new vehicles at our facility. one of the distinction of your subcommittee, contrapuntal, has bought three new deal untrimmed vehicles from us so he knows firsthand what we are all about and how we run our business. my family and my employees have worked very hard to maintain our excellent reputation. the golick name has

a bill introduced by two -- by several marylanders, including chris van hollen and frank kratovil, h.r. 2743, solves the problem. we need the bill to pass by some miracle. before friday. the speaker pro tempore: ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. moran of kansas. mr. mcclintock of california. mr. bishop of utah. mr. paulson of minnesota. mr. gohmert of texas. mr. broun of georgia. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. smith is we can reck niced for 60 minutes as designee of the majority leader. mrs. schmidt: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise tonight to shine a light on a subject where i do not believe this administration's actions are living up to its rhetoric. whether it was said on the campaign trail or in speeches during his time in office, the president is certainly -- has certainly tried to sound reasonable on the issue of life. but the administration's actions belie its words. during a campaign appearance with pastor rick war on august 167, 2009, then-candidate barack obama made clear that his goal was to, quote, reduce the number of abortions