mr. barton: i yield an additional 30 seconds. mr. burgess: those of us at a certain age, we don't look as good as an incandescent bulb. and another man suffers spectrum fatigue on an incandescent bulb. we need to be able to have the type of bulb that america chooses, not what congress chooses. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. waxman: i am pleased to yield to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. holt: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman and rise in opposition. you know, many have claimed that washington will ban the sale of conventional incandescent light bulbs. my colleague from texas just said he regrets that he would lose this soft glow of the incandescent light. in fact, he can use an incandescent light. it looks like this. it looks familiar. it's what you put in a comic strip saying, i have a good idea. well, not that i am going to ke

mr. barton just a moment, i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. barton: i'm happy to yield. mr. hastings: i'm curious to know if this will cause the price of gasoline to go down in your judgment? mr. barton: if my judgment, if the gentleman would yield, in my judgment providing more full supply for our refineries would liken the possibility that prices would go down. mr. hastings: likely, possibility. i'll take that pretty much as a no. mr. barton: take it as a yes. drives the prices down. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm very pleased to yield to my good friend from virginia, mr. connolly, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague and friend from florida. i rise in opposition to this rule and i rise in opposition on substantive grounds. the rules committee approved for our consideration here on the floor every germane amendment but one, the markey-connolly amendment which would have required a simple certification that the bulk of this oil to be transported

mr. barton. mr. barton: thank you, congressman hoyer. it has been my pleasure to serve for 26 years on the energy and commerce committee with the distinguished gentleman who is having his 85th birthday. what some of our newer members may not know is what a gentleman chairman dingell is and the uniqueness of his character is that he will impact his wisdom to those of us in the opposition party and encourage us to then go out and use it against him knowing that he is smart enough, tough enough and effective enough to beat us at our own game. he is truly a paragon of this congress and will go down in my estimation in history as one of the top 10 congressmen or women of all time. i want to extend him my warmest 85th birthday wishes and get him to guarantee that as long as he is able he will serve in this body because he is truly a treasure for both sides of the aisle. mr. hoyer: i know that all of us -- those of you who are new to this body, what mr. barton has just said, if you want an example of a truly great legislator, a legislator who h

mr. barton: we gained 87 seats in the last election, they gained three but one of theirs is a pitcher from new orleans, cedric richmond, who -- i do want to point out to mr. richmond that the congressional salary is $175,000. the major league minimum salary is $350,000 and i know the owner of the astros and the texas rangers. we want to congratulate our friends. i want to tell you how proud i am of the republican team. we have a lot of new members, they played really hard, they practiced very hard but sometimes it just isn't to be and i want to congratulate mr. doyle and his entire team on a victory well earned and i would yield to my friend from pennsylvania. mr. doyle: i want to thank my good friend, joe barton. it was a great game last night. but not exactly an ecoing game. cedric came within five outs of pitching a no hitter. something i've never seen in the 17 years i've been involved in the game. but in addition to that he had a group of men and women behind him that made every play when we needed to make them, had 15 hits and played almost error-free baseball, one error. when you ca

mr. barton? >> yes, sir. that campaign has been effective in a number of modes of transportation in particular passenger rail, amtrak has a very proactive program. a of commuter promotes see something, say something. it has been widely used across the country in last year dhs adopted a nationwide program that has introduced many critical infrastructure sectors. so we see it as a very effective means by which the public, which is quite familiar with what goes on as they use it each day because of the time they spend on it. for them to understand how to report security concerns. programs that entail reaching out to those who live near their operations or have interest in their operations can become initialized for security as well. >> thank you, sir. mr. rojas. >> i would describe -- everybody is much more alert now as we look out. we just had an incident back in february and they ranking member state in lubbock texas were student was a saudi student -- was arrested after trying to procure some material to deve

mr. markey just said. if you have joe barton and mr. marky on a bill you cover the political spectrum not only of this committee but of a congress and i couldn't agree more with what former chairman waxman and current ranking member waxman said that privacy is not a partisan issue and i do believe as he said that it is time to act and hopefully this hearing and several others we already had with the testimony we hope to hear from our administration officials will lead to action in this congress. i am co-chairman of the privacy caucus and have been an advocate for privacy for almost 20 years in congress. in this year alone i have sent letters, most of them with mr. marky or mr. walden or others to facebook, at&t, sprint, the college board, act and even the social security administration questioning activities they have engaged in that appear to impinge on our citizens's privacy. i have also introduced h.r. 1895, the do not track kids act of 2011. this legislation has five important things. it updates the online privacy protection act of

mr. barton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. barton: i was here back in 1995. i have one of the most conservative voting records in the house over the last 25 years. common sense tells you that our budget problem today is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. and as the first law of ditch digging says, when you are digging a hole, you have to stop digging deeper. president obama's budget does not have a budget deficit of less than half a trillion dollars over a 10-year period. cut, cap and balance may have some technical issues with it, but the basic premise is sound. we need to spend less money short-term this year, we need to spend less money in the next five years and we need a constitutional amendment that locks into place that over time we have to balance our budget every year unlessthere is some act of war or national emergency going on, 2/3 vote to override. vote for this bill later this evening. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i reserve. the spea

mr. barton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. barton: i was here back in 1995. i have one of the most conservative voting records in the house over the last 25 years. common sense tells you that our budget problem today is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. and as the first law of ditch digging says, when you are digging a hole, you have to stop digging deeper. president obama's budget does not have a budget deficit of less than half a trillion dollars over a 10-year period. cut, cap and balance may have some technical issues with it, but the basic premise is sound. we need to spend less money short-term this year, we need to spend less money in the next five years and we need a constitutional amendment that locks into place that over time we have to balance our budget every year unless there is some act of war or national emergency going on, 2/3 vote to override. vote for this bill later this evening. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i reserve. the spe

mr. barton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. barton: i was here back in 1995. i have one of the most conservative voting records in the house over the last 25 years. common sense tells you that our budget problem today is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. and as the first law of ditch digging says, when you are digging a hole, you have to stop digging deeper. president obama's budget does not have a budget deficit of less than half a trillion dollars over a 10-year period. cut, cap and balance may have some technical issues with it, but the basic premise is sound. we need to spend less money short-term this year, we need to spend less money in the next five years and we need a constitutional amendment that locks into place that over time we have to balance our budget every year unless there is some act of war or national emergency going on, 2/3 vote to override. vote for this bill later this evening. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i reserve. the spe

i was on the conference committee with chairman barton and others. mr. chairman, you're exactly right. there was only one no vote on that bill in the house. and chairman barton and ranking member waxman and a bunch of us , even the other bodies sat around for a long time trying to figure out what to do with this standard. i remember it so clearly. when we drafted the new standards what we decided was that determining total lead content was preferable to risk assessment. because what happened with risk assessment is it was dependent on a product by product determination which you couldn't do because of the large number of children's products in the marketplace. and so in addition, although with most chemicals, a traditional risk-base model can work. if you have persistent, accumulative talks, like lead, science demonstrated traditional models are inappropriate and exposures inevitable. and we spent a lot of time in that conference committee talking about what we do about bikes and a.t.v.'s and things like that. so it's not like congress never talked about

mr. barton to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2417 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2417. a bill to repeal certain amendments to the energy policy and conservation act with respect to lighting, energy efficiency and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 233, the nays are 193. one recorded as present. 2/3 not being in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. bishop: i send to the desk a privileged report from the committe

mr. barton? >> yes, sir. that campaign has been effective in a number of modes of transportation in particular passenger rail, amtrak has a very proactive program. a of commuter promotes see something, say something. it has been widely used across the country in last year dhs adopted a nationwide program that has introduced many critical infrastructure sectors. so we see it as a very effective means by which the public, which is quite familiar with what goes on as they use it each day because of the time they spend on it. for them to understand how to report security concerns. programs that entail reaching out to those who live near their operations or have interest in their operations can become initialized for security as well. >> thank you, sir. mr. rojas. >> i would describe -- everybody is much more alert now as we look out. we just had an incident back in february and they ranking member state in lubbock texas were student was a saudi student -- was arrested after trying to procure some material to deve

mr. barton has sought out information from companies about internet advertising and consumers online information. members of the committee have reached out to google about privacy concerns arising from google bose and their collection of data from personal wi-fi networks which i know the fcc is investigating. chairman capt. and myself along with our democratic colleagues sent letters to several mobile operating system providers such as apple asking hard questions about the location based services they provide and about the privacy protection attached to those services. in communications and technology and commerce manufacturing and trade subcommittee had a number of hearings in recent years. we are having this hearing because we want americans to have adequate information regarding their internet use. it is collected, used and shared and to make sure their privacy is protected. we must balance that need with the recognition that regulatory overreach could curb the ability of a entrepreneur is to invest and create jobs in new technologies. it is not clear what legislation if any is necessary but

mr. barton? >> yes, sir.ommuter promotes see something, say something. it has been widely used across the country in last year dhs adopted a nationwide program that has introduced many critical infrastructure sectors. so we see it as a very effective means by which the public, which is quite familiar with what goes on as they use it each day because of the time they spend on it. for them to understand how to report security concerns. programs that entail reaching out to those who live near their operations or have interest in their operations can become initialized for security as well. >> thank you, sir. mr. rojas. >> i would describe -- everybody is much more alert now as we look out. we just had an incident back in february and they ranking member state in lubbock texas were student was a saudi student -- was arrested after trying to procure some material to develop a bomb, and the reason why the student was actually are arrested was because an employee of the carrier company noticed that the elements, the

time people but life jackets on and mrs levy all these things coming together in meetings he was really catastrophic kind of stuff of loss of life. and with tom barton live at the search scene here in tatarstan good to have you with us so twenty four hours later if. this is a recovery rather than a rescue operation tell us more about. it is now more of a recovery operation than a rescue operation we've been talking to the emergencies ministry officials here at that base camp on the bank of the volga. point to where the boat sank and they have shown a video taken by their teams of divers that have been going down to the boat very graphic videos showing those divers exploring the sunken ship and bringing up the bodies. of those divers and those officials have also said that they have pretty much given up hope no finding anyone still alive everywhere that they could have searched for someone who could have survived as pretty much being searched so there's also been seen huge sums told to see over the number of people homeless but it all starts from the fact that it was supposed to hold one hundred forty people but then various estimates have been given