markey on that approximately alternatives, you're not going to be with mr. markey on ythld? >> my concern is we're regressing. we're going backwards rather than forward. and i know that you can say other countries may not follow our lead but that's not what should determine what we do in this country when we have the ability to be leaders. soap i think i won't be -- of course i won't vote for this amendment but i appreciate my colleague from massachusetts making a really important point that i think you'll be able too revert to in future testimony and hearings in this exact room years from now when you're trying to explain what didn't happen that you promised here . >> gentleman yields back. >> i want the counsel's opinion, does the markey amendment apply to crude oil and refined products or just refined products? >> both. >> the gentleman from california. >> could you elaborate on that, please? >> the markey amendment says it applies to -- that the condition applies to any crude oil enrichment transported by keystone xl and all refined products whose origin was via importat

markey a debt of gratitude. i would say all the women of the world probably are very pleased to know now that panty hose is a refined product. they may be a little disappointed in china and taiwan and south korea to know they can't go shopping and get panty hose made in america. and this business about the tooth brush, i guess it's okay we can sell a tooth brush on a stick but not a tooth brush on a plastic handle. mr. markey's amendment is not a good amendment. i know he's been looking at it, thinking about it and i hope he'll decide to withdraw it because it really doesn't make a lot of of sense. >> time has expired. >> does mr. dingell seek recognition? he's the only member on the minority side that doesn't peak on this amendment. >> have a splendid amendment to be offered later but i don't seek recognition at too time. >> the gentleman from louisiana, dr. cassidy is recognized. >> i'm struck to the hostility to the blue collar jobs that this amendment expresses and i keep wondering why are they so hostile to

do we have to listen to markey one more time? gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, i'm glad -- i heard our colleague from massachusetts give those of us from texas, to louisiana, to oppose it. let me start out by saying we've produced steel in our mporthe i minnesota. are we going to announce that we can't export steel? i have this battle sometimes in my own caucus that chemicals and refined products are manufacturingand our goal in ou to have manufacturing capability here and so we can export to the world. we h granted, louisiana and texas has much of them. i don't mind sharing them. if somebody else wants a refinery i'd help you why would we say that you can't export a product that's produced in our country? we want all the natural gas that we want, we have a glut and we have to begin to export it or use it for other things. whether it be use it for transportation fuel, more utility companies hopefully will go to natural gas because it's the cheapest available. i guess in almost my lifetime. but

markey, is recognized. mr. markey: i thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. markey: unfortunately according to the congressional budget office, these drilling measures the republicans are bringing out on the house floor today, together, would only raise $4.3 billion over 10 years. less than 1/10 of the revenue shortfall needed to fund our highways. in reality this bill amounts to little more than a give away of our public lands to big oil under the guise of funding our nation's transportation projects. and most estimates are that no new revenue will be produced. that is usable for this transportation bill. under the united states -- across the united states oil production is at its highest level in nearly a decade. natural gas production has reached levels we have never seen before in the united states. oil production on public lands offshore is higher than it was during each of the last three years of the bush administration. accord

markey a debt of gratitude.ld say all of the women of the world probably are very pleased to know now that pantyhose is a refined product. they may be a little disappointed in china and taiwan and south korea to know that they can't go shopping and get pantyhose made in america and this about the toothbrush like it's okay we cancel the toothbrush on a stick but not a toothbrush on a plastic handle. mr. markey's amendment is not a good amendment. i know she's been looking at it, thinking about it and i hope the gentleman will decide to withdraw it because it really doesn't mean a lot of sense. >> your time is expired. does mr. dingell seek recognition? he's the only minority member who hasn't spoken. >> i have an amendment to be offered later but i don't seek recognition at this time. >> the gentleman from louisiana, dr. cassidy is recognized. >> i agree with mr. baliles. it's time to have a little truth. i'm struck by the hostility to the blue-collar jobs that this amendment express's. and i keep wondering why a

markey: i have an amendment designated as markey 54 at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 18 printed in house report 112-398 offered by mr. markey of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 547, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey and a member opposed will each control phi minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. markey: last year, exxonmobil made $41 billion in profits. together the top five oil companies made a combined $137 billion in profits. you would think that every time these larming oil companies extract oil from public lands offshore and the gulf of mexico, they'd be required to pay the american people a fee, a royalty, to do so since the lands are owned by the people of the united states. well, you would be wrong. because as a result of an oil company court challenge to a 1995 law, oil companies are not paying any railities to american people on leases issued between 1996 and 2

markey: mr. chairman, i am the last speaker on our side, so i would appreciate if the majority could -- mr. mcclintock: and i am on the last speaker on our side. mr. markey: would you tell us, mr. chairman, who has the right to conclude debate? the chair: yeah. the gentleman from california. mr. markey: the gentleman -- the chair: the gentleman from california has the right to close. mr. markey: the gentleman from california has the right to debate and could you tell me how much time i have remaining? the chair: one minute. mr. markey: while i yield myself one minute in order to just say this. if we don't do anything else here, at least we should say that we're going to use science. we're going to use the best available knowledge about science to ensure that this legislation does not invoke the law of unintended consequences, that we understand what we're doing, and i don't know why the republicans have this aversion to using modern science, but i'll tell you this. this is going to be a defining

markey: i thank you. this amendment would require a study to investigate potential economic impacts from a variety of risk that oil development in the outer continental shelf poses to local tourism and fishing economies in florida. while we actually had a real-world study for 87 days during the b.p. spill as we saw in 2010 with the b.p. oil spill, oil can wreak havoc on a coastal community meaning a disaster for tourism and fishing, seafood industries, these disasters can and do happen putting hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars at stake. it is important for the public to know the risks associated with allowing oil companies to drill off of our coast, but we should be protecting our beaches in florida, california, in new jersey and massachusetts , not just requiring a study of how huge a disaster, a spill would be for these states, we should be protecting the lives and the livelihoods of the people of the gulf by taking the lessons of the b.p. spill and turning them into new laws. but ne

certainly waxman-markey." well, we defeated them all. now, what the president's trying to do is do through regulation what he couldn't do through -- through legislation. i only say that because i'm in -- i'm in agreement with the chairman of the committee, senator boxer, on most of what she just said because of the significance of this. and i i think most people, i'm going to repeat what i said yesterday, i guess it was or the day before. when rankings come out historically since i've been in the house and the senate and i came to the senate in 199 , i'm always ranked among the most conservative members. my good friend, senator boxer, is ranked among the most liberal members, progressive, liberal, and -- but what i appreciate about her is she is a sincere liberal. she understands in her feeling the government should be involved in more things than i think they should be involved in. but one area and i haven -- hasten to say this again and again and again, while i may

markey also was here and wants to speak. i'm asking mr. markey, do you want some of my time? would you like some of my time? maybe it's not -- okay. i'll do it. i'm -- i come from an area that is energy producing as well, and i am very impressed with, i have one image in my mind, because it was you, mr. pool, when you were in charge of the blm for the city of california and i was newly elected who escorted me for the first time to see what we call the shangri la of the west. the credo plain eastern portion of san los business pispo county the land was 300 years ago in which all of the vested interest, the mineral rights, the cattle ranchers and all of the stakeholders have found a way to preserve the natural history, under the leadership of the blm and also make that an economically viable area. oil and gas industry have all had their role there, and i picture this pipeline going through this plain and i'm very concerned that we take the time that's needed to preserve in the midwest what i know from my area to be the possibility of protecting the land as well as furthering ec

markey, is recognized. mr. markey: i thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. markey: unfortunately according to the congressional budget office, these drilling measures the republicans are bringing out on the house floor today, together, would only raise $4.3 billion over 10 years. less than 1/10 of the revenue shortfall needed to fund our highways. in reality this bill amounts to little more than a give away of our public lands to big oil under the guise of funding our nation's transportation ojects. and most estimates are that no new revenue will be produced. that is usable for this transportation bill. under the united states -- acro the united states oil production is at its highest level in nearly a decade. natural gas production has reached levels we haveever seen before in the united states. oil production on public lands offshore is higher than it was during each of the last three years of the bush administration. according to

markey. >> i thank the gentle lady. last week, fbi director, robert mueller testified that cyber threats will soon surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the united states. we know from the department of homeland security that there have already been threats to the utility sector. we also know that russia and china have probed our electricity grid to find vulnerabilities. our economy hinges on our reliable flow of power with losses that go into the billions of dollars with every major blackout. our national security also depends upon it. since 99% of the electricity used to power our military facilities, including critical strategic command assets comes from the commercially-operated grid. last september, i asked all five commissioners on the federal energy regulatory commission under our jurisdiction to name the number one threat to electricity reliability. all five commissioners agreed, cyber threats are the number one threat to the grid. in 2009, the full energy and commerce committee unanimously passed th

markey, for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a little bit of history. back in 1995 newt gingrich took over as speaker. first thing the republicans did was attach a rider to the budget each year prohibiting an increase in fuel economy standard, prohibiting it, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99. then george bush took over as president and they did not add the rider anymore because bush was going to do it anyway. and so we go all the way to 2007 and you have a case massachusetts versus epa and you have my language which is going to increase fuel economy standard to 35 miles per gallon within in decade and increase it dramatically beyond and kbifs the authority to announce the new standard is 54.5 miles per gallon for our country by 2026. which by the year 2030 will back out 3.4 million barrels of oil a day. we're in a mess because the republicans were prohibiting that increase from 1995 until after they finally lost the congress. if they had not prohibited it but put stronger standard on the books, we'd be telling iran right now, we'd be telling the saudi arabians w

markey. and the clerk will report the title of the bill. >> amendment to hr-3548 offered by mr. markey of massachusetts. >> and the gentleman from massachusetts for is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment and the staff will circulate the amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. the keystone pipeline would carry some of the world's dirtiest oil right through the middle of our country, whether it is the carbon pollution that spews into the skies or the oil spills that could foul our drinking water, there is no dispute that the environmental consequences attached to transcanada pipeline will be grave. but we have been told repeatedly that it's worth it. that it will lower gas prices even though transcanada proje s projects -- the transcanada project would rise because it can charge more for keystone oil in the gulf than it does in the midwest. we have been told that the pipeline will create tens of thousands of new jobs even though it turns out that the number of jobs has been grossly inflated and only about five or 6,000 temporary construction jobs will

. >> joining me now is congressman ed markey, democrat from massachusetts. congressman, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> so, the republican talking point is that in 2009, the president promised he'd cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. now jack lew said for the first time, austerity is not for today. so, do you agree with that? when would be the time? >> look it, at the point that the president was saying that, it was not clear that the bush economy had pretty much collapsed and that we were going to lose hundreds of thousands of jobs a month where are you going to find common ground? how are you going to get this done, congressman? >> i think that's a question for the republican leadership. both sides of the field, republican leaders have said that their principal goal is to make sure that barack obama does not win a second term. that's their bottom-line goal. and so, whether or not they want to walk across that middle aisle and begin to work with the president in a bipartisan fashion, that's their choice, but i think what the presi

>> congressman ed markey has been sounding the alarm because air cargo often travels on passenger aircrafthe united states comes in internationally. that cargo does not undergo the same level of scrutiny as the cargo on planes that fly domestically. >> al qaeda's best bomb maker targeted the weakness, a plot so sophisticated it would confuse authorities on three continents. >> we do know that the packages originated in yemen. >> from the terrorist group, al qaeda, and the arabian peninsula. >> the last two serious attempts to export to the united states both began here and both involved the same expert bomb maker, and both involved the same powerful and incredibly hard to detect explosive petn. >> he knows al qaeda's bombers well. >> we're talking about a new generation of very skillful builders. >> if we don't put in place comprehensive safe guards internationally, we should expect on a yearly basis they will try to find some way of using a passenger plane as a way to attack us. >> master bomb maker ib raama l.a. sira is imaginative and ruthless. in this al qaeda video the man in the red

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markey of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. spourtspurt -- those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device this will be 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 167 -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 168. the nays are 254. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 18 printed in part a of house report 112-398 by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment.

markey of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 566, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. markey: our amendment is simple. it would ensure that state law is upheld and that the best available science is used when making decisions about the complex california water system. instead of using cutting edge science, the republican bill would take us back to 1994. so let me ask you, are you willing to give up your 2012 iphone for a 1994 brick of a cellular phone? how about giving up your prius for a ugoh or using a phone book instead of facebook? would you rather fold a map or use google maps? the answers to these questions are easy. and so is this one. would you trade the science of california water in 2012 for 1994's science? if your answer is no, if your answer is, you want to use the

get out of here [ laughter ] >> i'm joined by congressman ed markey, democrat from massachusetts andrgy and commerce committee, and let me get your reaction to what i heard speaker boehner say. >> well, first of all, we have the largest amount of drilling going on in the united states in eight years. greater than the drilling that was going on during the bush administration. so, i wished that it would at least give president obama credit for doing more drilling than president bush did, but at the same time, the republicans have is also in the last year zeroed out the money for wind, for solar, compromised the ability of the environmental protection agency to increase the fuel efficiency of the cars that we drive so that we don't have to import so much oil from of seas, and as they build the keystone pipeline, or they proposed to do so, they don't want a restriction on it that the oil can stay here in america, and that oil is going straight to china or europe, and what is the point of us building the pipeline, if it does not stay in the united states. so the republicans have a big pro

the waxman-markey bill which is not considered conservative had initial price cap of $25 per ton.s, if you set the rules for the market to incorporate the externality, you usually do it much more cheaply than if you just go and diddle with the market for somebody's pet project. >> you have interest far outside of the utility industry. i promised our listeners and viewers a man of letters. when i look at your charities, they are astounding, the things you have done with your family of foundations and the things you have done directly yourself and they extend from these props. you have an interest in shakespeare and sophocles and educational, across the board, ecumenical, if i might say so, a holocaust undertaking, and a utah elegist -- and in egypt elegist. -- and an egyptology this party when you find time for this and how was your day divided up between this extraordinary step besides electric interests? >> the other interests are probably taking more time than the electricity because i am slowly handing authority over to chris crane who will succeed me at exelon. you can get ast

i worked closely with chairman thompson and representative ed markey to push for in-fluinclufe 100% scanning. all must be scanned by nonentruce difference equipment and radiation technology before being loaded on a vessel bound for the u.s. unless the secretary of homeland security extends the deadline by certifying it is not currently feasible. in short, this provision requires scanning of all cargo containers before they arrive in this country. we understood that we must not wait to impose security measures until containers reach the united states. scanning containers in the u.s. port is not sufficient. if there is a nuclear bond inside a container and it is detected by radiation in miami or los angeles, it may very well be too late. reading the cargo manifest is not enough. trusting certain shippers is not enough. we must verify the contents of the containers at the point of origin before they're loaded on a ship bound for america. so the law is designed to do just that. when i introduced a free standing bill on this topic and pushed for inclusion of these provisions, i understood that ac

america is he's entertaining -- >> the house member committee that defeated it by ed markey of massachusetts which would prohibit oil exports. again, the debatd on that keystone xl pipeline. the committee approves that pressure that would take the short away from the president and put it in the handses federal regulatory mission. the senate not likely to make up the measure anden almost certain veto if it passed by the president. the legal of conservation voters announces its rank of lawmakers on inning and giving 31 senators and 24 members of theous a 100% score. while 13 earned a zero score. they run one of the environmental movement's biggest political operations and the organization analyzed 11 senate and 35 house votes in the first season of the 112th congress. this is the governor's affairs vp. here's what she said to say. >> in 2011 the leadership braced a truly breathtaking assault on the environment and public health, the breast which make your the most antiinenvironmental in our nations hit. the two 11 scorecard is a sad tessment to the radical nature of the hpt turg the first sess

markey calling me for china and opening up before his or for the market of chinese investments in you'll add or soul and we'll take measures you should take more measures to prevent the protectionism in us than time to trade for two chinese the rest of the traders so i think right now all the future dependence by that's rolls nations will be to your china has the stones mean a very munchie in these years and so i think china. will provide help to size rights conditions on the order so we be nieve germany and the front of the particular law and european countries have enough resources to assure they are programs if only. rights concerns are smaller rescue for example for greece even for spam and. right just to expand on that china is of course europe's largest trading partner given that you touched on this certainly beijing will feel it has to help prop up its e.u. partners otherwise the chinese economy would suffer as well. well yes your euro you saw the biggest destination for chinese exports and this was her first off nice year chinese export has declined quite quickly and you came to

ed markey, his amendment failed 14-37 that republicans claim would with curb account reliance on oil from unstable nations. also a proposal put forth by john dingell from michigan. his amendment using the same process that was used by previous administrations, again all of this part of the ongoing debate over the keystone xl pipeline. the senate is not scheduled to take up the measure. let's hear from congressman john dingell on his proposal. >> you will note, my dear friends and colleagues, that this amendment is going to utilize the procedures set forth by president george wfrl bush on april 30, 2004 with regard to the permitting of the pipeline. the amendment would require that approval and permitting processes follow clearly understood processes established by president george w. bush. my friends in the majority who have been pushing so hard on this issue are concerned about the amount of time it's been takinging to approve the permit to build this pipeline. in the executive order in question, president bush established a timely process in which an issue like this can can be cons

use the software now congress is also deciding to get in the mix democratic representative edward markey has released draft legislation called the mobile device privacy act which would require companies to disclose when they've installed monitoring software what that software is and who can read it he said in a statement to the hilt consumers have the right to know and to say no to the presence of software of their mobile devices that can collect and transmit their personal and sensitive information now all of that seems pretty obvious the fact that spy software is being installed on over one hundred forty million americans phones without their knowledge or permission should make congress just as angry as it makes me which is very now of course that doesn't mean that the government is innocent congress seems to find out to excuse me seems to find the time to be outraged about almost everything except for your privacy they make time to hold committee hearings on occupy d.c. vote on every single post office name in the country but when it comes to people's privacy the outrage is pretty mut

markey raised, and that is this oil coming from canada is going to end up export it out of the u.s. and i'm going to read this verbatim. he said them in this memorandum provides data and analysis about a number of issues. it concludes that refineries in u.s. will likely consume additional canadian oil sands well in excess of what would be provided by the keystone xl pipeline. it also concludes that exports of canadian oil sands, port arthur are highly unlikely. now, when you hear this argument that, as the president stated in his decision not to make a decision, he said that one of the reasons he was not going to make a decision was that he did not have sufficient information to make a decision and congress did not give him enough time. as i had stated in my opening statement, this pipeline has now been under study for 40 months. in the fall of 2011, a supplemental draft of environmental impact statement was issued by the state department after months of public hearings, along the proposed route, the state department issued its final environmental impact statement, and in that final

markey was here and wants to speak, do you want some of my time? i will do it. i come from an area that is energy producing as well, and i am very impressed. i have one image in my mind, you were in charge of blm for the state of california. who escorted me for the first time to see the shangri-la of the west, the eastern portion of san francisco county, a fragile ecosystem that gets the remnant of 300 years ago in which all of the vested interest, the mineral rights, the cattle ranchers, all the stakeholders have found a way to preserve the natural history. and also make it economically viable area. the oil and gas industry has had their role there. a picture this pipeline going through the plains. i am very concerned that we take the time that is needed to preserve, in the midwest, what i know from my area to be the possibility of protecting the land as well as rendering economic interests. i see this latest attempto short circuit the review process. i want to ask you because i know your expertise and i have a number of army corps projects that have had the pl

markey also was here and wants to speak, i'm asking mr. markey, do you want some of my time? would you like some of my time? maybe it's not -- okay. i'll do it. i'm, i come from an area that is energy producing as well, and i am very impressed with -- i have one image in my mind because it was you, many pool, when you were in charge of the blm for the state of california, and i was newly elected who escorted me for the first time to see what we call the shangri la of the west, the chor rizzo plain, eastern portion of san luis obispo county, a remnant of the way the land was 300 years ago in which all of the vested interests, the mineral rights, the cattle ranchers and all of the stakeholders have found a way to preserve the natural history under the leadership of the blm. and also make that an economically-viable area. um, oil and gas industry have all, have their role there. and i picture this pipeline going through the chorizdo plain, and i'm very concerned that we take the time that's needed to preserve in the midwest what i know from my area to be the possibility of prote

representative markey, a democrat, two others signed the letter, sending it to the president, asking him to tap the reserve. obviously the sense is this might provide some temporary relief to the high gas prices that are expected to continue to rise, at least accord thog the experts. from the white house, they're not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out. aides here are saying all options remain on the table. perhaps a little bit of a hint we got last week from secretary geithner, he said there's a case for the use of the reserves in some circumstances. but he went on that they're still evaluating the administration. in fact, the obama administration did it last summer, responding to the loss of the libyan oil. 30 million barrels, then dating back to 1977, 1991, 2000, 2005. the message from the white house is they don't want a temporary fix. this requires a long-term solution, not some kind of, quote, silver bullet, suzanne. >> yeah, dan. if they did this, would it actually work. would gas prices go down? white house believes? >> well, i think the experts will look at this and

one example is ed markey. he is an important leader and champion.s to make sure we score the votes, and also give a shout out to the champions. host: republican line. marion. caller: i am a retired nuclear engineer and i have been protecting the environment for over 30 years. mr. gene karpinski is not telling you that the epa is attempting to regulate the water. i taught environmental law for many years. he is trying to regulate arsenic to less than what happens in nature. we have had the epa go as far to an attempt to make it almost impossible for small water systems to comply with these regulations. we have a system of people at the epa, and i like them a lot, that are trying to regulate industry out of existence. i am talking about small water systems in small communities. we probably have better water than most large communities, but our are cynic might not fall within the categories. you cannot maintain it at less than what happens in nature, and that is what epa is trying to do. host: let's get a response from gene karpinski. guest: nobody wan