the honorable judy biggert of illinois. the honorable bill shuster of pennsylvania. the honorable kay granger of texas. the honorable charles w. boustany jr. of louisiana. the honorable k. michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader.

i'd like to thank my good friend from missouri, congressman russ carnahan, and congresswoman judy biggert, for their leadership on this issue as co-chairs of the high performance buildings caucus. buildings consume 40% of the energy in the united states. this is more energy than any other sector of the economy. deployment of high performance buildings can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. i recognize the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability in the building sector. on april 28 of this year we held a hearing entitled pushing the efficiency unfortunately, r&d for high-performance buildings. we are -- h.res. 492 creates a better public awareness of high-performance buildings and the need for continued research and development for innovative efficient technologies. i urge all members to support h.res. 492 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. olson: madam speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 492, supporting the goals and ideals of high-performance bui

judy biggert from illinois, she's chairman of our oversight committee, and she performed a lot of -- ranking member. what did i say? ranking member. i'm getting ahead of myself bay year and a half. but, judy, i appreciate your work. shelly capito in on the housing is our ranking member on housing. scott garrett who's our capital markets ranking member. jeb henserling who's financial institutions. ron paul worked on this plan. has endorsed it. he's not here. congressman miller supports the plan. so we have come in a united way. we have two other people who have worked on it also. we have tom price who is a senior member of our committee and mike castle. mike is not here. most of you know mike. he's very involved over the past few days in making some decisions. but they are very supportive. and then we have our vice chairman of the committee, randi nugenbauer. we've met with randy's office and he has scheduled all the meetings and we have had several meetings. we've ironed this thing out and we knew we needed to get it right. let me say this, financial services, regulatory reform and th

judy biggert from l.a. is the chairman of the oversight committee and she performed a lot of -- with the allies say, ranking member? [laughter] i'm getting ahead of myself by what, a year and have? judy, i appreciate your work. shelley capito on the house and is our ranking member on the house and scott garrett, capital markets and the member. jeb hensarling whose financial institutions. from paul worked on this plan and has endorsed it. he's not here. congressman miller supports the plan so we have come to the united way and we have to other people that worked on it also. we have tom price, senior member of the kennedy and mike castle, if most of you know mike is very involved over the past few days making some decisions, but they are very supportive and then we have the vice chairman of the committee, randy neugebauer in fact as we met the past two months we met in randy's office and he's scheduled all the meetings and we have had several meetings. we have all ironed this thing out and we knew we needed to

the honorable judy biggert of illinois. the honorable bill shuster of pennsylvania. the honorable kay granger of texas. the honorable charles w. boustany jr. of louisiana. the honorable k. michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. obey: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 2346 making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and agree to the conference asked for by the senate. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2346, an act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam s