markey. mr. markey: i thank the gentleman. the bill before us today proposes to give away national forestland to the resolution copper corporation so they can build a giant copper mine. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman may continue. mr. markey: there could be between $2 billion and $7 billion worth of copper on this land. who exactly is this company that's going to be the beneficiary of republican majority largess? a controlling 55% of resolution copper shares are owned by the giant mining conglomerate rio tinto. what else does rio tinto own? they own 65% of the world's largest open pit uranium mine. the mine in namibia. their second largest partner in the uranium mine with a 15% stake and two people on the board of directors is none other than the government of iran. the u.n. the u.n. security council has condemned iran for its violations of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and this house has twice enacted strong iran nuclear sanctions and yet rio tinto is in partnership with the iranian g

markey. and in this evaluation they said they have found none, zero, zip of these impoundments to be unsafe. now, that's our own e.p.a. and we're glad they're out there now checking these impoundment areas because -- and i think a lot of this is the result of moving this bill and having now at least a standard for liners. i think in our testimony of the subcommittee, liners are important. liners are what we do in municipal solid waste. liners is what we should do with coal combustion residuals. well, this bill ensures we have liners in the coal combustion residual ponds and facilities. so it's a very -- i think it's time to protect times. it helps for obviously the recycling of this in the industry sector, it helps save jobs. i think the amendment only hurts the passage of this bill. i ask colleagues to vote no on the markey amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts. those in fa

markey: nine minutes. so if the gentleman from kentucky would not mind, we will reserve until the gentleman has -- mr. whitfield: at this time i'd like to recognize the gentleman from tennessee, dr. roe, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for three minutes. mr. roe: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the chairman for yielding. i rise in support of this legislation. we cannot afford to enforce the proposed mact regulations especially when unemployment exceeds 9%. these new burdensome regulations will result in the loss of 8,400 jobs in tennessee. when will this administration learn that further burdening the job creators does not create jobs? this is just another example of failed leadership and it is our duty to the american people to ensure the e.p.a. does not continue down the same path that will only lead to job loss. the new rules affect approximately 200,000 boilers. . they burn natural gas, refinery gas, or other gas to produce steam which is used to generate elect

markey. mr. markey: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 7, 2011, at 12:10 p.m. that the senate passed with an amendment, h.r. 2944. that the senate passed senate 1639. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas, clearing -- clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: to address the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms

markey from massachusetts. mr. markey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mark -- for five minutes. mr. markey: i thank the gentlelady. i rise in opposition to this legislation. if it were to pass the house, we lawmakers would be directing the secretary of transportation to tell u.s. airlines not to follow the law. if we prohibit our companies from complying with laws in other countries we should expect other countries to do the same when it comes to their companies complying with u.s. law. if an effort to protect u.s. airlines, this bill might actually undermine airline security. the u.s. currently requires international airlines to comply with a wide range of u.s. laws when it comes to passenger, baggage and cargo security in order to do business in our country. if we legislate our companies out of europe's environmental laws, our homeland security could be adversely impacted. if european countries decide to withhold their cooperation in response with regard to screening of bagga

markey. >> thank you mr. chairman very much. the focus of today's hearing is to examine compensation fund set up for the residents of the gulf coast who were harmed by the bp spill. however, we addressed that question, think it would be instructive to consider what doesn't work when it comes to conference saving people affected by an oil spill. the 1989 exxon valdez ran aground in prince william sound alaska. a ruptured single-hulled tankers belched up to 750,000 barrels of oil into the frigid waters, killing wildlife and harming the fishing industry. for the citizens of alaska who live near this bill, the event itself was just the first part of an ongoing nightmare. commercial fishing businesses shuttered, recreation and tourism dollars were lost. exxon meanwhile immediately entered into a position of aggressive litigation rather than financial mitigation for the people affected. exxon bought the initial 5 billion-dollar judgment by alaska's courts for years all the way to the united states supreme court. in 2008 nearly two dec

markey. >> thank you mr. chairman very much.the focus of today's hearing is to examine compensation fund set up for the residents of the gulf coast who were harmed by the bp spill. however, we addressed that question, think it would be instructive to consider what doesn't work when it comes to conference saving people affected by an oil spill. the 1989 exxon valdez ran aground in prince william sound alaska. a ruptured single-hulled tankers belched up to 750,000 barrels of oil into the frigid waters, killing wildlife and harming the fishing industry. for the citizens of alaska who live near this bill, the event itself was just the first part of an ongoing nightmare. commercial fishing businesses shuttered, recreation and tourism dollars were lost. exxon meanwhile immediately entered into a position of aggressive litigation rather than financial mitigation for the people affected. exxon bought the initial 5 billion-dollar judgment by alaska's courts for years all the way to the united states supreme court. in 2008 nearly two deca

implicit in congress markey -- congressman markey's question, we will have distributed over $6 billion. >> so how long in contrast with going to court in the first case does not begin until february, how long does it take for claimant to work through the process with you? >> on average, a claimant gets an initial determination within two weeks. 10 days to 14 days. it was not like that in the beginning. ner one nosman bonio doubt reminding. but we have your file, it seems in order, we cut you a check, here are your options, we need more information, but we have greatly shortened the time for an initial contact with the claimant. >> if earlier this week, abc news return to the gulf of mexico to interview shippers -- shrimpers affected by the bp oil spill. when asked about the worst season in 40 years, one shrimpers said that the quality of the shrimp is not there, the abundance is not there, and when asked about what happened, another shrimper responded, there are going to be a lot of boats that do not sale. what do they have for compensation? >> assuming they shrimper or any other fishm

markey: can you inform us how much time is remaining on both sides? the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts has 11 minutes. the gentleman from kentucky has 13 1/4 minutes. mr. markey: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: i thank my very good friend for yielding to me. mr. speaker, a rigorous, peer-reviewed analysis called the benefits and cost of the clean air act from 1990 to 2020 conducted by the environmental protection agency found that the air quality improvements under the clean air act will save $2 trillion by 2020 and prevent at least 230,000 deaths annually. 230,000 lives saved on an annual basis. we could save four times the number of people killed each year in automobile accidents by reducing air pollution. yet just two weeks ago this chamber approved legislation to block the e.p.a. from implementing rules to clean up the single largest stationary source of air pollution. that legislation gave this nation's oldest and dirtiest co

bryson once called the waxman-markey cap-and-trade bill moderate. this was probably the most liberal of all the cap-and-trade bills that were there. i have to say this one thing. i understand i am eight last speaker tonight. what all the speakers who are in favor 6 this have in common is they are all supporting cap and trade with the exception of senator hutchison and she's a retiempleg standpointrd stop and think about it. boxer, feinstein, kerry, mccain, they're all strong supporters of cap and trade. that's what i'm going to talk about tonight because i know where john bryson is on cap and trade. he told some students at the university of california berkeley last year that -- and i'm going to quote now so i don't get it wrong. "cap-and-trade has the advantage politically at sort of hiding the fact that you have a major tax." now, to me, the fact that you're supporting something that's a major tax increase on american people is bad enough, but when you say one of the good things about cap and trade is you can hide the fact that it's a major tax in

markey of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote is requested.hose in support of a recorded vote will rise. a you have is -- a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 162. the chair: on this vote the yeas are 166, the nays are 252, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number two printed in the congressional record, offered by ms. edwards of maryland, on which a the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number two, offered by ms.e wards of maryland. the chair: members will record their votes by el

markey. >> thank you mr. chairman very much. the focus of today's hearing is to examine compensation fund set up for the residents of the gulf coast who were harmed by the bp spill. however, we addressed that question, think it would be instructive to consider what doesn't work when it comes to conference saving people affected by an oil spill. the 1989 exxon valdez ran aground in prince william sound alaska. a ruptured single-hulled tankers belched up to 750,000 barrels of oil into the frigid waters, killing wildlife and harming the fishing industry. for the citizens of alaska who live near this bill, the event itself was just the first part of an ongoing nightmare. commercial fiing businesses shuttered, recreation and tourism dollars were lost. exxon meanwhile immediately entered into a position of aggressive litigation rather than financial mitigation for the people affected. exxon bought the initial 5 billion-dollar judgment by alaska's courts for years all the way to the united states supreme court. in 2008 nearly two decad

agreement between the kurds and the iraqis for example with regard to how could kooks well be shared but markey is signing like he were a tyrant he's signing contracts contracts with china malaysia and underneath those contracts with sixty to sixty percent control and twenty year contracts are exxon mobil royal dutch shell chevron. and other national or private oil companies so the oil the two hundred billion barrels that iraq may have which rival saudi arabia is going out. so some private force is also going to have to be there to do it to ensure that it stays safe but so in that sense and we hear all of this i mean i've seen some really funny pictures today even of president obama superimposed over the famous bush mission accomplished moment the war in iraq isn't over just because our troops are leaving as it would argue three cause still does have subsided to the point where you could say now that it's a low simmering conflict and if the government do what i think they're going to do which is become increasingly authoritarian then we're going to have not saddam hussein return but we're going

markey. now the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. have some entries to what mr. markey was saying it certainly might be willing to work on the concept if he would be willing. and i think that's an important point of our discussion and certainly is something that the members of this committee should look at. let me also just say that i favor renewables. i've got a solar manufacturing company in my district. i'm not aware that got many loan guarantees. and i've got a big wind turbine to know they haven't gotten to celica product a very strong competitor in the market. they do compete against foreign importers for imports of foreign manufacture blade. but just remind people that cheap brazilian plates will not stand up against the harsh texas wins like good old texas played that are made in gainesville, texas. i would encourage people to buy locally when they are buying long wind turbine blade. mr. burner can you answer dr. murphy's question. he asked if there were any other loan guarantee deals out there that work thing in your answer

markey.mr. hall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the witnesses. i thank you for your work in this investigation. let me begin with you, admiral salerno. the jit completed the work of volume one in the case guard part of the investigation in april. there were 50 specific recommendations, 40 of which the coast guard -- the commandant has recently concurred with. is that correct? >> that's correct commissary. >> okay, has the coast guard commenced rulemaking on many of the recommendations clicks >> yes, sir, we have. there is an ongoing project to improve what we call subchapter ran in title 33 cfr come which governs offshore authorities and we are incorporating the recommendations from this report into that ongoing rulemaking process. >> so of these 40 accepted recommendations, how many will be -- will be enforced stay by the end of the year? i mean, what is the timing on this? wiki. really a drumbeat from this room drove faster, permit faster, move faster, let's do more. i guess i would li

i must say as congressman markey whatever criticism one wants to level at bp i know of no case in history, i can't think of one where a company voluntarily put up $20 billion to resolve claims. i think the criticism ought to be tempered by the fact that this is a rather extraordinary -- i think the administration just as the bush administration was able to promulgate this 9/11 victim compensation fund ten years ago i think the administration in getting bp to do this was a major positive step. >> thank you. with the chair's indulgence for 15 seconds the reason i am following this line of questions, the shrimping grounds, that looks as if there will be hard times for years to come. we want to make sure people aren't left out so to speak in the cold. a fairly warm climate but you get my point. the shrimping industry and perhaps others look like they will be hard hit for a long time. thank you. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair notes we're up against a hard time soon and it is going to work out perfectly because we only have one of your questionnaire. my colleague from louisiana has fiv

. >> thank you chairman hastings, ranking member markey and members of the committee. thank you for the invitation to testify today. as one of my colleagues made clear in our company's first appearance before congress in may, 2010, halliburton looks forward to continuing to work with congress to understand what happened at macondo. and what elective -- collectively we can do in the future to ensure oil and gas production in the united states is undertaken in the safest most environmentally responsible manner possible. i want to again express my condolences to the families who lost loved ones. weibel never forget the deaths, injuries suffered, and members of our industry nor the consequences that the oil spill had on people living and working in the gulf of mexico region. in the period before you on to ensure you and your colleagues that halliburton has cooperated with the investigation into how and why the deepwater horizon incident happened. from the offset, halliburton has made major -- excuse me senior personnel and other employees available to brief members and sta

when you start manipulating it and waxman markey at the end of today by building in basically diminishingthe price signal for the consumer will need to talk about in this book over and over and over again what changes people's have it is an increase in price. i remember as a kid my mom saying to me we don't own p&g qtr your bedroom light off. that resonates, but it seems that that is a very hard political road to walk when it you were going to get angry -- >> guest: that's why if you sort of -- i think right now the bad economy jobs and unemployment, these are the dominating questions and concerns about the economy, and you approach energy issues because they are important differences than of the prime where there is a wealth affected and there is a fear factor at work and so that is what you do. that is why you go back and see no congressmen vote, no congressman is going to vote for gasoline tax to buy a more efficient car that is what happened in europe. the way that we do about it is behalf fuel efficiency standards as the way to do it and it's just it kind of reflects our culture. >>

and when you start manipulating it and, you know, waxman-markey at the end of the day by building in, by basically diminishing that price signal for the consumer, i mean, you talk about in this book over and over and over again -- >> guest: right. >> host: -- what changes people's habits is an increase in price. remember as a kid my mom saying to me, di that, we don't own psc and g, turn your light off. >> guest: yes, exactly. >> host: and that resonates. but that's a very hard political road to walk when people are -- >> guest: yeah. that's why, well, that's why if you sort of, i mean, that's right. i think right now the bad economy, jobs, you know, unemployment, these are the dominating questions, the concern about kind of the weakness of the global economy.

years and don't have a high-profile like daimler did or toyota for that matter but again, sergio markey on who is the ceo of fiat and also the ceo of chrysler was an outsider. one of the themes and lessons i think i take away from my coverage of the industry is an outsider bring something to the party in detroit. for the longest time outsiders were not welcome here. their ideas were suspect and they didn't understand the business and they didn't have the experience. allen mullally of ford prove that was a fallacy and an executive with experience and vision can succeed in auto industry wide applying sort of the basic turnaround principles. match your marketeer production, improve your products for consumer, what do consumers really want and stick to a plan. he has come and and seen the good in chrysler, seen what chrysler is capable of doing. which may be people close to it had soared and give -- sort of given up on. he was applying a lot of the fiat engine technology chrysler. this could be a new car built tyranny in the back 40-mile per gallon passenger car through fiat technology and

markey. >> mr. grippo, a few straightforward questions. say you are considering a loan guarantee of the -- company and the price of the product company sells have declined by 63% over the last several years, including the more than 20% since february. without knowing anything else about the company does that sound like a bullet to the high risk or low risk project? and i am sorry, could you restate that? i want to make sure i am understanding. >> the product that sells dropped 63% in 20 years and 20% since february. a high risk or low risk? >> the price of their product is falling? assuming the costs of the company are not commensurately falling it would have risked to it. >> what it the same company's business model was predicated on demand for its product expanded dramatically the due to fundamental changes in the market people just were not buying the product like everybody thought they would. what does for the increase or reduce the financial risk of the company? >> again, let me ask you to repeat that so i understand the assumptions.

markey. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr.markey: i thank the gentleman from arizona. mr. chairman, the new deal was a jobs plan. president obama has put forward a jobs plan. h.r. 1904 is not a jobs plan. h.r.1904 is a massive payout to multinational mining giants wearing a jobs plan as a disguise. and that disguise is slipping. real jobs are about making wise investments in businesses and technologies that put americans to work. this bill just gives billions of dollars in copper to foreign mining companies for free. so let's do the math. estimates vary on the value of the copper. from $2 billion t $7 billion or $8 billion. so let's just split the difference down the middle and say that the copper might be worth $5 billion. the jobs claims for this bill vary wildly as well from 500 to 5,000 jobs. now, there's a good reason to believehe jobs numbers will be on the very low end, but let's be optimistic and take the highest jobs claim possible, so supporters of this bill are going to giveway $5 billion in hopes of creating 5,000

jon: i mentioned the opposition of congressman markey earlier. what do you think chances are getting this legislation passed? >> hope it is a no-brainer. it is right thing to do. the house already voted on similar language that was much broader and less specific couple of years ago. and it passed overwhelmingly the house. the senate has voice voted the same concepts a couple of times. so once its is on the floor i don't think you can argue against of the logic of what we're trying to do. the reason we have specifically listed this bill basically interior department said if you don't list specifically what can be waived for the border patrol to do their jobs of patrolling we won't accept it. so we listed what has historically been listed when we had to build the fence. those were the same laws that were put, allowed to be suspended for the purpose of building the border fence. jon: congressman rob bishop, republican of utah. thank you. >> thank you. jenna: sort of have home on the range playing the background. jon: where the animals roam. jenna: a

i must say as congressman markey whatever criticism one wants to level at bp i know of no case in history, i can't think of one where a company voluntarily put up $20 billion to resolve claims. i think the criticism ought to be tempered by the fact that this is a rather extraordinary -- i think the administration just as the bush administration was able to promulgate this 9/11 victim compensation fund ten years ago i think the administration in getting bp to do this was a major positive step. >> thank you. with the chair's indulgence for 15 seconds the reason i am following this line of questions, the shrimping grounds, that looks as if there will be hard times for years to come. we want to make sure people aren't left out so to speak in the cold. a fairly warm climate but you get my point. the shrimping industry and perhaps others look like they will be hard hit for a long time. thank you. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair notes we're up against a hard time soon and it is going to work out perfectly because we only have one of your questionnaire. my colleague from louisiana has fiv

something that concerns me and it's not a part of this investigation were this discussion with the waxman markeyained in the provision providing credit payment to companies that would sell carvin offsets to other companies that were not as green or clean that never materialized and i worry that some of these projects were developed in an environmentally that the secretary for someone thought that these credits would be there, the sales would be there to other companies and that did not materialize because of the legislation never got through the senate were signed into law. if you take into account at any level? >> if we are aware of it we would definitely take into account and if we can analyze it we would provide input to energy on it. >> can i ask you one follow-up you have an inspector general what treasury, right? has that individual been involved at looking into this activity? >> the inspector general is looking at our activity in providing -- >> mr. chairman, can i ask the report be made available to the committee when it is completed? >> yes, you can ask that. >> thank you. you've been g

markey for five minutes. >> fhs you a few straightforward business questions give us say you are considering a loan guarantee for a come any in the price of the product sells has declined by 63% over the last several years, including more than 20% in f

a shortcut to it, but i think if you see in the natural resources committee by ranking member ed markey has proposals on how we can save tens of billions of dollars in his area of jurisdiction. we have proposals about jobs, small business creation, of course, the small business committee takes the lead on that but that's something that's impacted by the ways and means committee and by the appropriations -- by other committees as well. so i want -- i urge you to take a look through. i think you will be impressed by it. but it all comes under the framework, big, bold, balanced. it takes about how we can save money, how we can make -- we can have savings that do not hurt our economic recovery. . the distinguished whip has said we have to have growth in order to reduce the deficit. and it's very interesting reading. it really won't take you that long. it is, i think, a very important document because it's realistic in what it proposes to achieve the goals that we set out to do. >> could you comment on the abortion bill, the g.o.p.'s bringing to the house floor tonight? >> you want to get to

i think we got one from maybe possibly to from joe barton and ed markey. at 50,000 feet of course we share general privacy concerns. and that also reminds me about another point, which is really important. i think to make in the privacy space. i said before and i think everyone here knows this, that it is a particularly vitriolic time in washington. privacy is one of the very few issues where there's a lot of bipartisan support and interest, and i think that actually it is critically important for all of us in the room, whether you are a company or -- is an area where we can work with congress possibly towards an acting the privacy legislation to we haven't taken a position on things like that as security. and also just to sort of raise awareness. so, going back to your question about consumer involvement i actually think one way is by making this a high profile issue. >> one last question. okay, two more questions. >> then we will take one from the non-press audience. >> tony from political. when you were talking but the ad icon, it got me thinking about

were to pass any of these bills whether it go back and be the mccain-lieberman bill or the waxman-markey bill, these cap and trade bills that would be -- be giving us around a $300 billion to $400 billion of the tax increase, if that happened, would it reduce emissions? her answer was no. logically, you look at it. if we do it in the united states it's not going to change the emissions because this isn't where the problem is. the problem is in china and india and in mexico. anyway, the cost of these regulations are just unbearable for our economy, and here we are with over 9% unemployment, and we're very norton my state of oklahoma because we have diversified and our unemployment rate is down at 5.5%. nationally, it's a disaster. so regulations are a very important part of this and i just wanted to make sure, mr. president, that we say -- make it very clear it's not just the regulations that come from the environmental protection agency because this regulation that we're talking about is going to be for -- is going to be from the usda. with that, mr. president, i'll yield the floor unles

markey's amendment would require that these foreign companies pay a simple royalty to the united statesoften all minerals extracted from this site. if mining is done on u.s. land, the american people should be able to share in the profits. finally, what's most disturbing about h.r. 1904 is a complete lack of respect for sacred native american sites. that will be swept into mining operations. native people won't even be able to comment on the land transfer until after it has occurred. now, i have seen that often in our area. i represent native americans, seminoles and others, and repeatedly where developers have gone forward not just in mining but the artifacts of our great history in this country have caused us to pause. and we should be very careful with this particular measure because we don't want to repeat that that i have seen happen time and again in florida. that's insulting and completely disrespective -- respectful to native traditions and culture. and my friends on the other side of the aisle should be ashamed by the blatant mistreatment of native americans by this bill. mr. l

in the other body, the principal sponsor, congressman ed markey, worked with chris smith of new jersey congressman michael burgess of texas, two very strong conservatives. over the years here in the senate, i have been honored to have senator chams, -- senator chambliss, senator burr, a number of colleagues on both sides of the aisle say that this makes sense, both for older people and for taxpayers. so in the next few days, madam president, senators are each going to hear from about a hundred health care groups around the country, making the case for the congress, starting with the super committee, going on through our work in both the senate and the house, to have the congress get serious about dramatically expanding, massively expanding the number of older people who are cared for at home where they want to be, which will result in savings to the taxpayers at the same time. and this is something that should not be allowed to be delayed or put off any further. after decades of talking about how it made sense and studying it and having some pilot projects and some demonstration projec

markey, he strongly supports it, and i want to offer it in his place. manufacturing facilities and other industrial sources release toxic mercury into the air. these emissions travel through the atmosphere and eventually deposit to land or water. once deposited the mercury can build up in fish, shell fish and animals that eat fish. consumption of fish and shell fish is the main route of mercury exposure to humanless. e.p.a. and f.d.a. have warned women who are pregnant of childbearing age or nursing that they should limit their consumption of certain types of fish and avoid others entirely due to mercury contamination. e.p.a. cremeant kiln rules are designed to cut emissions of mercury as well as other hazardous air pollutants. e.p.a. estimates that the rules will reduce mercury emissions from cement kilns by 16,400 pounds or 92%, compared with projected levels. e.p.a. looked at how these reductions would effect the emissions that are deposited to land or water, e.p.a. estimated that the cement rules would reduce mercury deposition by up to 30% in the w

markey's amendment would require that these foreign companies pay a simple royalty to the united states often all minerals extracted from this site. if mining is done on u.s. land, the american people should be able to share in the profits. finally, what's most disturbing about h.r. 1904 is a complete lack of respect for sacred native american sites. that will be swept into mining operations. native people won't even be able to comment on the land transfer until after it has occurred. now, i have seen that often in our area. i represent native americans, seminoles and others, and repeatedly where developers have gone forward not just in mining but the artifacts of our great history in this country have caused us to pause. and we should be very careful with this particular measure because we don't want to repeat that that i have seen happen time and again in florida. that's insulting and completely disrespective -- respectful to native traditions and culture. and my friends on the other side of the aisle should be ashamed by the blatant mistreatment of native americans by this bill. mr.

and i guess the last one was a house bill that was the waxman-markey bill. these bills were all aimed at what we can do in this country to restrict our use of co2. and obviously, there is no disagreement on this line that if we unilaterally in the united states of america reduce our co2, it's not going to affect the co2 emissions worldwide, because this isn't where the problem is. and even the administrator of the e.p.a., the one that was appointed by president obama, lisa jackson, one i have a great deal of respect for, i asked her the question on the record, i said if we were to pass any of these bills, the ones that i just mentioned that would have the effect of the kyoto treaty but just on the united states in reducing anthropogenic gases, would this have the effect of reducing co2 emissions? she said no, because as i pointed out this would affect only the united states of america. i take the argument one step further and say it would have the effect of increasing, not decreasing, emissions because as our manufacturing base has to find power to generate

thank the leaders from both sides of the aisle, particularly chairman hastings and ranking member markey of the natural resources committee and my very good friend, john fleming, for their support of h.r. 670. i'd also like to note also that the language of h.r. 670 previously, as my good friend has noted, passed the house in the 111th congress by a vote of 416-0. as we know, sometimes happens, however, though favorably reported from the committee on jurisdiction, the other body took no final action. so i hope that members of this house will join me today in making a second effort to get this bill enacted into law. the northern mariana islands is the only united states coastal jurisdiction that does not have ownership of the submerged land off its coast. h.r. 670 corrects that irregularity and provides the same ownership rights over the submerged lands surrounding the northern mariana islands as are provided by federal law to guam, the u.s. virgin islands and american samoa. this bill provides equity to the people of the northern mariana islands. it returns management to those who know i