mr. bartlett. mr. bartlett. mr. bartlett votes aye. mr. reyes votes no. mr. thornberry votes aye. miss sanchez votes no. mr. jones votes no. mr. mcintyre votes no. mr. akin. mr. akin votes aye. mr. brady, mr. brady votes no. mr. forbes, mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes no. mr. miller, mr. miller votes aye. mrs. davis, mrs. davis votes no. mr. wilson. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. longamin votes no. mr. low biondo votes aye. mr. larsen votes no. mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. klein votes aye. miss bordiao votes no. mr. rogers votes aye. mr. courtney votes no. mr. franks votes aye. mr. lobesack votes no. mr. schuster votes aye. miss tsongas votes no. mr. conaway votes aye. miss pingree votes no. mr. lambborn votes aye. mr. kissle votes no. mr. witman votes aye. mr. heinrich votes no. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. owens votes no. dr. fleming, dr. fleming votes aye. mr. garamendi. mr. garamendi. mr. kofman. mr. kofman aye. mr. critz votes no. mr. rooney, mr. rooney votes aye. mr. ryan, mr. ryan votes no. mr. plats votes eyement mr. rupersberger votes no. mr. ridgel votes

mr. bartlett makes that case as well as anyone. that's the concern about consulting off alternatives. we really do need to develop them. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. recognizing the gentleman from ohio mr. turner for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm going to reluctantly be speak wig some concerns rp to the amendment. in reading this, i'm concerned that, of the language and wlan its application might be. i want to associate myself with the statements of prior member whose

mr. chairman, overall, chairman bartlett has developed an excellent proposal for our members to consider. i urge them to support the tactical and land portion of our chairman's mark. and i yield back, mr. chairman. >> before entertaining amendments, is there any discussion on the subcommittee's report? gentleman from ohio, mr. turner is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank chairman bartlett for his commitment to our industrial base and for his work with the heavy brigade combat team production lines. the issues of being concerned with those lines going cold, this administration had planned to close down production facilities for perhaps a period of three to four years. and in doing so, we would lose both the intellectual capital that the people who worked there would move on to other things. and the production capability techniques to take us to the next generation. the chairman is protecting that in this. one of the facilities commonly known as the tank plant is very concerned as what would happen to their long-term capabilities if the administration's

mr. bartlett, five minutes. >> thank you. i want to thank mr. turner for taking the time last evening to discuss this issue with me on the floor. we keep watching for north korea and iran to develop ha missile to reach us. there's no real threat to him having done that. i would suggest that's not really the threat. the threat is very imminent now. i spent three days in north korea. and has to people may be evil. they are not idiots. and if they launch from their soil they know of an absolute certainty our satellites would pick that up, and within about 30 minutes they would be vaporized. they are real threats. but the threat is not that they're going to launch a missile from the soil. the threat is that they're going to launch a shorter range missile from a ship off our coast. and then the ship will be sunk and fingerprints will be difficult to find. so we really, really need missile protection on our east coast. i don't know if geometry would permit that all up and down the coast or not. and would be more for an amendment that said we were goin

mr. bartlett? votes in. . >> mr. thornbury votes no. ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. sanchez votes aye. >> mr. jones? mr. mcindire. mr. mcintyre. mr. aken votes no. mr. brady. mr. brady votes aye. mr. forbes, mr. forbes votes no. mr. andrews. mr. andrews votes aye. mr. miller? no. >> mr. miller votes no. 34rs davis? mrs. davis votes a ye. mr. wilson votes no. mr. larson votes aye. e. mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper votes aye. mr. klein. >> no. >> mr. klein votes no. mr. ronlers. mr. rogers? mr. courtney mr. courtney votes aye. mr. franks votes no. mr. lobe sack votes ayep. mr. conway votes no. mr. pingrey votes aye. mr. kissel. mr. kissel votes aye. >> mr. whitman votes aye. mr. hinrich votes aye. mr. kauffman? mr. kauffman votes no. mr. critz votes aye. mr. rooney votes no. mr. ryan? >> aye. >> mr. ryan votes aye. mr. platts? >> mr. rupersburger votes aye mr. johnson? >> no. aye. >> mr. johnson votes a ye. dr. heck? >> no. >> ms. hockel votes aye. >> mr. schilling votes no. ms. spear votes aye. mr. runyon votes no. mr. scott votes no. mr. griffin. >> no. >> mr. griff

mr. bartlett votes aye. mr. reyes votes aye. mr. thornberry votes aye. ms. sanchez votes aye. mr. jones mr. jones? mr. mcintyre. votes aye. mr. akin votes aye. mr. brady votes aye. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes aye. mr. miller votes aje. mrs. davis votes aye. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. langevin votes aye. mr. lobiondo votes aye. mr. larsen votes aye. mr. turner votes aye. mr. turner votes aye. mr. kline votes aye. ms. bordallo votes aye. mr. rogers votes aye. mr. courtney votes aye. blchlt franks votes -- >> will the clerk please suspend. before everybody rushes out, can i thank all of the members for the great job you've done and sherry chris from the council and your team, thank you very, very much. last call of the house staff, both committee and personal, please stand. thank you very much for a great job. and now you may continue. mr. loebsack votes aye. mr. shuster votes aye. ms. tsongas votes aye. mr. conaway votes aye. ms. pingree votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. kissell votes aye. mr. wittman votes aye. mr. heinrich votes aye. mr. hunter? votes aye. mr. owens

mr. bartlett for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, the development of the lcs did not follow the usual development of a class of ships in the navy. it was the dream of admiral vern clark, he saw it as a solution as to the wars we are now fighting where there was a lot of activity in the literals. to t to the contract left before the mission was completed. early in the development of the ship, the navy changed the rules. the ship was bid with commercial design. criteria. the navy then said that it needed to meet navel surface vessel rules, which obviously would result in increased costs. the $220 million figure was really never the cost of the first ship, it would be the cost of ships during production. there's a lot of information out there about this ship. considering how hastily the ship was put into production, the ship has gone along with other classes of ships quite well. the second ship from the marionette marines receives very high accolades from the navy. there's some lessons to be learned from this development and t

mr. bartlett for my comments he would like to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would first like to thank my good friend mr. reyes for all of his help and thank you to a first class staff. thank you so much. the tactical air and land forces committee as a subdivision of this subcommittee, the mark gives first priority to the war fighter by providing equipment needed to support our forces in combat, active guard and reserve. over $2 billion in the president's budget request is recommended to be authorized to address urgent operational needs fo

mr. bartlett for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. the development of the lcs did not follow the usual development of a class of ships in the navy. it was the dream of admiral vern clark. he saw it as a solution to the problems we faced and the kinds of wars we are now fighting where there was a level of activity in the literals. the contract was left before there was analysis of alternatives, where the mission had been competed. during the early development of the ships the navy changed the rules. the ship was bid with commercial design criteria. the navy then said that it needed to meet naval surface vessel rules which obviously would result in increased costs. the $220 million figure was really never the cost of the first ship but the cost of ships during production. there has been a lot of misinformation out there about this ship. considering how hastily the contract was put in production the ship had really gone compared with other classes of ships quite well. the second ship from marinet marine they say has very high accolades f

mr. bartlett. five minutes. >> thank you. i want to thank mr. turner for taking the time last evening to discuss this issue with me on the floor. we keep watching for north korea and iran to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile which will reach us. and we perceive there is no real threat to us until they have done that. i would suggest that's not really the threat, that the threat is very eminent now. i spent three days in north korea, and these people may be evil, they are not idiots. and launched from their soil, they know of an absolute certainty, our satellites would pick that up. within about 30 minutes they would be vaporized. they are real threats. the threat is not that they're going to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile from their soil, the threat is they're going to launch a shorter range missile from a ship off our coast. then the ship will be sunk and fingerprints will be difficult to find. so, we really, really need missile protection on our east coast. i don't know whether a single site of, whether geometry would

mr. bartlett. >> an amendment at the desk. >> will the clerk pass out the amendment. reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. >> chair recognizes gentleman for the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, uner its terms and conditions and government mandated plas discourage competition from qualified nonunion contractors and skilled employees who represent 86% of the u.s. construction work force according to bureau of labor statistics data. studies have found that pla mandates increase the cost of construction between 12% and 18% compared to similar non-pla projects subject to prevailing wage laws. this amendment ensures fair, open and competitive bidding by all qualified businesses competing for federal construction contracts authorized by the -- ndaa. a government mandated pla is a contract in which the government requires contractors to negotiate a prehire collective bargaining agreement, with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction pro

mr. bartlett, for five minutes. >> thank you. shortly after i came to congress, we had a brack round and one of my bases was closed. this base, port richie had been in operation, i think, since before the civil war. it had a very large housing complex there, several hundred houses. it's quite remote and no nearby place for families to live so many of the families lived on the base. their kids played there. before driers, they hung their clothes out on lines and they had picnics there and then we closed the base. then we had to have a very large expensive cleanup because there had been some firing ranges there in some times past. let me emphasize our families had lived there for 100 years, their kids had played there. it was good enough for them to live on and play on but it wasn't good enough to give away. we spent a number of millions of dollars before we could give it away. one of the reasons that we don't see savings from brack rounds is because of the enormous cleanup costs. i think that if it's good enough for our military p

mr. bartlett for any comment he is would like to make. >> i would like to thank my good friends for all of his help and special thanks to a first class staff. thank you so much. it gives first priority by providing the equipment needed to support our forces in combat. active guard and reserve. over 2 billion in the president's budget request is recommended to be authorized to address urgent operational needs for the war fighter to include counter ied activities. in department of defense did not request funding for the national guard four major programs include issues related to body armor. the industrial base. the air force global hawk unmanned ircraft body armor provided to the war fighter cuts continues to meet all current survivability performance standards. proposed language highlights the efforts to assess option for providing body armor specifically designed and fitted for the female soldier. the army budget request for fiscal year 2013 would result in a production peak for vehicle modification -- production break for heavy vehicle operation programs. which the army indicates could l

mr. bartlett record a quite >> mr. bartlett is not recorded. mr. bartlett report aye. >> mr. chair? >> how is mr. loebsack record it quite >> mr. logo sack is not recorded. >> no. >> mr. courtney is not recorded. mr. courtney votes no. >> anyone else not recorded? mr. rogers is not recorded serve. anyone else here not recorded? clerk will report the tally. [inaudible conversations] >> wister chairman, terry 32 aye those in 22 no votes. >> i was mr. shuster recorded? >> mr. shuster is an aye, sir. >> thank you. but with the total tally again? >> 32 aye those, 36 no. the amendment is agreed to. >> the committee postponed 30 further proceedings offered by ms. sanchez. number 209 that strikes section dirty to a two-man team changes to the defense nuclear facilities safe the board and shall now resume those proceedings. question i recurs on amendment offered by ms. sanchez. the clerk will call the roll. roll not [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> how is mr. whitman recorded? >> mr. whitman

mr. bartlett's spoke from a scientific point of view. the threat of a missile being fired from iran is probably not what we should be looking to but a threat from maybe a ship. if i remember correctly, president reagan demanded that gorbachev to other wall -- or downs of the cold war is over and i am not sure about any secret deals that the president has our flexibility and i don't think that has any bearing on this argument. it only served to confuse the argument and muddy the waters. with a bat, i want to speak strongly -- in a time when we should be more prudent with the dollars we are spending i offer my strong support of mr. garimendi's amendment and i yield the rest of my time to him. >> everyone in this room including those from the west coast spent nearly 3/4 of our days here on the east coast. our personal concern is no less than any other permanent residence. we all care deeply about every american citizen. it is rather disingenuous and incorrect to make an argument that those on the west coast are not concerned about the east

mr. bartlett for the purpose of offering a motion. >> mr. chairman, i move to adopt the subcommittee report of the tactical air and land force as amended. >> so many in favor will say aye. those opposed will say no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. we will now hear and then hear from the senator from ohio, for any comments you would like to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i want to thank also my ranking member, ms. sanchez for her coworker on this mark we have worked hand-in-hand with the minority at a time when we open the newspaper and we hear everyday of the threats of north korea and iran, and the increased concern that we all have of the ability to place our homeland at risk. our bill takes up the issue of the defense of our homeland, and also the issue of sustaining the deterrent and the important aspects of missile defense. the bill also authorizes the cleanup and mark directs us to seek a cost analysis and estimate by the dod office to cost assessment and program evaluation for nuclear warhead life extension and new silly

mr. bartlett: thank you. i rise today to urge my colleagues to join me in saluting the 150th heritage celebration which is now known as the great frederick fair of frederick county, maryland, and i've been attending it for 50 years, it will take place may 19 and 20. our civil war influence outbreaks were among the events which precluded consecutive exhibitions since the inception of the first fair with competitions and exhibitions of livestock and other entries organized by the frederick county agricultural society in 1821. the first such event was entitled the cattle show and fair and was held on may 23 and 24 in 1822 as george colleaguer's task earn. today the frederick county agricultural society still exists with 250 life members. the next venture was the farmers club organized on november 22, 1849, which then held an exhibition where the maryland school for the deaf now stands on october 12 to 14, 1853. the present site of the fair was purchased in the early 1900's', construction began with the grandstan

mr. turner is recognized for five minutes. >> i want to thank chairman bartlett for his commitment to the industrial base and for his work with the heavy brigade combat team production lines. the issues of being concern with those lines going cold this will close down production facilities for a period of three to four years. we would lose the intellectual capitol of the people who worked there. and the production capability techniques to take us to the next generation t chairman is protecting that. it will happen to their long term capabilities if the administration's position was allowed to stand. thank you. >> any other discussion? are there any amendments to the sub committee's report? mr. chairman, i have an amendmen amendment. >> without objection the reading will be dispensed with. >> i just think we're running down the path with this thing. the chair recognizes the gentleman for the purposes of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment is the one in the f-35 that everybody is told you're supposed to vote against. and i want to say at the outse

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