mr. lamborn of colorado, as well as the house bill sponsor, mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona, for their leadership on house bill 1513 which passed on the 30th of march, 2009. mr. speaker, s. 407 would increase effective as of december 1, 2009, the rates of compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. . it includes veterans disability compensation, clothing allowance, dependency and indemocratnyity compensation to surviving spouses and children. mr. speaker, this is an important annual authorization which provides much-needed assistance to our nation's veterans and i encourage all my colleagues to support the bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: does the gentleman have further speakers? mr. boozman: no, sir. mr. filner: we have no further speakers. mr. boozman: i'd like to thank john hall and ranking leb doug lamb born on these is

bill forward. and i most sincerely thank them for the efforts. we couldn't do it without them. mr. chairman, in brief summary, this bill totals $46.4 billion and increases $6.7 over last year, but it is $200 million below the president's request. $30.6 billion in science, technology and innovation, an increase of over $1 billion. within this level, the bill provides $6.9 billion for the national science foundation and $18.2 billion for nasa. for n.i.s., the bill provides $781 billion and noaa and the committee continues to provide resources consistent with the path identified. it also considers the science and research conducted at noaa and at nasa as critical to the nation's science enterprise just as that performed by nist. for law enforcement and department of justice, the bill provides $27.7 billion, $2 billion for d.e.a. and $1.1 billion for a.t.f. bureau of prisons addresses long critical shortages in staffing and education and drug treatment and state and local law enforcement. the bill provides $3.4 billion restoring in large part reductions proposed by the administration. p

mr. john mchugh for all of his help, confidence and advice. we wish him god speed. and i ask my colleagues to support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: i yield three minutes to my colleague, my friend, chairman of the subcommittee on terrorism, unconventional threats and capabilities, the gentleman from washington, mr. smith. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized for three minutes. smith smith i rise in support of the national authorization act and discuss briefly the portions of the bill contained under the subcommittee that i chair on terrorism, unconventional threats and exabets and i thank ranking member miller from the great state of florida for his support for this bill. we work in true bipartisan fashion on the subcommittee, following the lead of our abled chairman who does the same with the full committee and in large part as a result of that, we produce a very good product. i want to thank the chairman for his overyou'll leadership. it places the priorities exactly where they belong, first and foremost on our troops a

thanks to all the great staff work on this bill. mr. speaker, as has been pointed out the bill before us today honors the special sisterhood of women. most of them in their 80's, who share unique place in american history. these women have been mothers and grandmothers, teachers and office workers, nurses, business owners, photographers, and dancers. one was even a nun. but before that they were pilots for the united states army corps during world war ii. they are heroins, women air force service pilots, or wasps, were the first women in history to fly america's military aircraft. between the years of 1942 to 1944 these courageous women volunteered to fly noncombat missions so that every available male pilot could be deployed into combat. more than 25,000 women applied for the program, but only 1,830 qualified women pilots were accepted. unlike their male counterparts, women applicants were required to be qualified pilots before they could even apply for the army and air force military flight training program. all together 1,102 women ea

mr. speaker. having no more speakers on the bill, i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: we have no further speakers. i would conclude if you yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas. mr. boozman: since the gentleman has no more speakers, again i would ask that my colleagues vote for this bill. i appreciate mr. filner's hard work on the bill. i think it's a great step in the right direction. and then also i'd like to thank ranking member buyer for offering a good amendment that i think helped the bill also. with that urging adoption i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1016, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. filner: mr. speaker, i think

mr. gohmert: i tried to get a copy of the bill. we have out here on the table 2454 that has 1090 pages in it. i understand there are another 300 pages that was added in the middle of the night. how do i get a copy of the other 300 pages that people here on the floor hadn't had a chance to read or see? where do we get that before we slam this, cram this down on the american people? the speaker pro tempore: the amendment is printed in the rules committee report. mr. gohmert: in the rules committee report. and, madam speaker, where would i get that report? the speaker pro tempore: the rule was passed earlier today. mr. gohmert: i'm sorry. the speaker pro tempore: the rule was passed earlier today. mr. gohmert: the rule was passed earlier today. the speaker pro tempore: the rule was passed earlier today. gomefwome that says basically we're -- mr. gohmert: that basically says we're going to the floor without people getting a copy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not asking a parliamentary inquiry. mr. gohmert: well, i'm asking

mr. wolf's contribution to the bill. mr., mr. -- many, many of his thoughts, yang of one that's not incorporated in the legislation one way or the other, he was a former commirm of the subcommittee and his insight is particularly beneficial. we appreciate that contribution. i support the rule, mr. speaker, and hope that our colleagues will as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back he balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: again, i would like to thank the distinguished gentleman from new york for his ongoing leadership and that of the rule committees. i join with the chairman of the subcommittee on c.g. -- c.j.s. in congratulating the rules committee for constructing this -- this rule but i also congratulate c

the bill also displays a willingness to put our national security interests in the hands of the vaguely defined international community. mr. chairman, because of the fundamental weaknesses and the core problems with this bill that have not been addressed, i will not be able to support this bill. i urge my colleagues to also oppose h.r. 2410 and vote no on final passage. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the vice chair of the house foreign affairs committee, the chairman of the subcommittee on middle east and south asia, mr. ackerman. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. ackerman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act, and i want to commend our chairman, the gentleman from california for his commitment to this legislation which i believe is a reflection of the gentleman's enormous dedication to

bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield one minute to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee and the ranking member on the house budget committee, the gentleman from wisconsin plmbing ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mechanic, this -- mr. speaker, this bill is not about science and costs and benefits, it's about ideology. if you look at the costs and benefit the goal of this bill is to reduce warming by .2 of a degree over 100 years. hit our economy with this massive tax increase on homeowners, on people buying gasoline, heating their homes, hit manufacturing at a time when our competitors will not do this. this bill will result in jobs leaving the midwest, in jobs leaving america and going to other countries. for every one ton of greenhouse gases we reduce what will china do? they'll increase greenhouse gases by three tons that means more dirty air. more greenhouse gases. what will the u.s. have achieved? t

motion to recommit would replace the authorization bill with the iran refined petroleum sanctions bill that mr. berman introduced earlier this year, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen. this bill would impose badly needed sanctions on iran. we feel that this bill is the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediately. the legislation currently has 155 co-sponsors, with wide bipartisan support. this legislation would mandate the state department to open immediate investigations into alleged violations of the iran sanctions act. this legislation would implement sanctions on companies who do business with iran. this legislation implements sanctions on those who supply refined fuels to iran. and this legislation expands sanctions on iranian exported petroleum -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman from indiana deserves to be heard. the house will be in order. the gentleman from indiana. mr. burton: mr. speaker, this legislation expands sanctions on iranian exported petroleum and petroleum byproducts as well as those who help faci

castor-bilirakis amendment, an amendment i introduced jointly with my good friend and colleague, mr. bill lack is -- mr. bilirakis of florida. serving in combat operations, they would be provided with a monthly postal benefit that they can transfer to their families or to a charitable organization so they can afford to send care packages and other communications while they are serving bravely overseas. just think of the benefit to our brave men and women serving in combat operations, a benefit to their morale, a boost in their morale when they receive that letter from home, when they receive that all-important care package. now th effort, mr. speaker, has been ongoing for many years. it has been included in past defense authorization bills, passed the house last year only to be taken out in conference. it is time to get this provision enacted as a standalone bill, h.r. 707, the home front to heroes act. we have more than half of the house of representatives as co-sponsors. it's time to get this done finally, and i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gent

clearly, a bipartisan bill sending the message that this congress stood for our troops and nothing got in the way. unfortunately, mr. speaker, we now find a conference report that will make its way to this house that is vastly different from the bill approved in a bipartisan way. number one, mr. speaker, the provisions in the conference report that will make its way to this floor seemed to put the rights of terrorists before the security of america cans -- americans. . when we see that this body wants to somehow remove language prohibiting the transfer of detainees at guantanamo bay to u.s. soil. when this house allows for that transfer, what that says is we are willing to take on untold risks at the expense of the security of the people that our troops are trying to protect. next, mr. speaker, we have seen the conferees take out language that would prohibit the release of photographs that we no will endanger the lives of our troops. our commander on the ground in iraq, general owed yare know was very clear -- odierno was very clear in his admonition a few weeks ago, our troops will be in greater harm's way and spe

mr. scott: with that i support the bill and urge my colleagues to support this important bill. thank you, mr. chairman, for your work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: i yield myself 15 seconds before i yield to mr. pitts. we just experienced something somewhat revolutionary. we have a bill before us that has a placeholder in the bill. we are passing a bill with a placeholder to be determined later. i have never seen a final passage on a bill that had a placeholder in the bill. with that, mr. pitts a member of the committee, from pennsylvania, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: like all of us, i believe we should work to decrease the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in our atmosphere and be good stewards of the earth and its resources. i do not believe it will accomplish a dramatic decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. yet i do believe it will have a crippling effect on our economy for years. no matter how you doctor or tailor it, it is a na

and this bill, mr. president, i'm sorry to say, is absolutely not a bipartisan bill. we're having a bipartisan discussion. we're all very friendly and civil to one another. chris dodd is doing a tremendous job of sitting in for senator kennedy. we all like him. but we know what a bipartisan bill is. it's when 15 or 20 of us from different sides of the aisle sit around a table and start from scratch and take our best ideas and put it together and get 60 or 70 or 75 votes or something. we've done it much times on energy, on intelligence, but we're not doing it on this. we're presented with a bill last thursday -- or some of a bill -- and told this is how it is. we'll have a lot of discussion about it. but this is the way we're going to it. wend to start over. if we did start over, we should be able to agree that every american should be covered. we should be able to agree that it should be at a cost that each american could afford. we should be able to agree at that preexisting conditions don't disqualify you and that prevention and wellness is encouraged. we should be

mr. dicks: we appreciate you yielding time. and i just want to say to my colleagues that i believe this is an extraordinarily good bill. mr. simpson and i worked together on a bipartisan basis to craft this legislation. our staffs worked together very effectively. and we had an open process, an open subcommittee markup where any member could have offered any amendment that they wanted. we had a full committee markup where any member of the appropriations committee could have offered an amendment, either side of the aisle. and many were offered. and i just want you to know that i understand mr. simpson's statement here. he feels badly that we don't have an open rule. i would have preferred an open rule. but, when we took control of the house, all of a sudden, we had an extension of time on these bills. and i can remember the last year i was the ranking member, mr. taylor was the chairman. i think we went about eight hours. the next year when i became chairman, it was over 20 hours. it was an exhaustive process. and i just think we have to remember that we've got to get past these 12 bills. the greatest sin in my judgment is

mr. peterson: i thank the gentleman and i look forward to working with him on this bill as it moves through the legislative process. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: i yield myself 15 seconds to explain what they just said. what they said is you've got something in the bill we don't agree with, but we're going to let you put it in the bill with the understanding that we'll take it out later on. i want to yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the committee, mr. waled run of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. walden: i want to talk about a couple of things here, process, cost, and language. this is the 309 pages printed at 1:34 in the morning and submitted to the rules committee sometime around 2:49 this morning. nobody, it's impossible, i can't imagine anybody has read this i just discovered they've changed the hide roe language so hide roe, -- hydco, they used to -- hydro, they used to say it counted, now they chave changed it. it's page after page of -- of technical changes with major impact. nine commi

mr. boccieri: this bill is about putting america first. we heard this all through the last campaign about how we need to invest in america, we need to protect american jobs. congresswoman betty sutton has stood up for american jobs and put new meaning to putting old betty back in the garage and putting new cars on the streets. that's why it's imperative that we pass this bill. 25% of ohio's economy is based on how well or how poorly the automotive industry performs. 560,000 new vehicle registrations alone in ohio last year. that averaged 150,000 per dealership in ohio. that is about putting americans back in american-built cars. i yield back my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from ohio reserves this egentleman from michigan is recognized. >> i yield two minutes to the distinguished republican whip, mr. cantor, of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i rise in reluctant opposition to this bill. it was my sincere

mr. chairman, madam speaker, i think it's our moral and our ethical imperative and our responsibility to support this bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: madam speaker, we reserve the right tclose on the debate, so i will now look for the other side to complete their statements. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: i have a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his request. mr. price: madam speaker, it's been estimated with great accuracy that between 2.3 million and 7.2 million jobs will be lost each year with this bill. i would ask unanimous consent that the house rise for a moment of silence to recognize those who will lose their jobs because of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves the right to object. the gentleman has objected. mr. price: i thank the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: we reserve our time, madam speaker. we only have three

mr. chairman, i'm not aware of any bills. >> not only am i not aware of them, if anybody in my company is doing i would like to reprimand them or perhaps let them go. >> , will you commit, mr. press and mr. henderson, will you commit to sending out a letter, a correspondent, a message to your employees of your company's that such intimidation would not be tolerated? >> we had a caulfield conference call with all of our field organization prior to starting this, and that was exactly the instructions that was given to them, to make sure that this was done in a very positive manner to stack my question was a witch put that in writing and senator everybody? >> absolutely. i would like to know if anybody in our compa did that if you have information i would -- >> here's the e-mail from one of the. >> if you have such an e-mail, why don't you give it to one of the members so they can ask more specifically on the. mr. henderson. >> mr. chairman, i will put that in writing. >> so i take mr. press and mr. henderson you will put that in writing for us. thanks. let me ask this. mr. henderson, it's m

mr. doggett to explain the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doggett: thank you very much, chairman filner, and thank you, ranking member boozman, for the leadership that each of you provided for those who have served our country. the return of a soldier or sailor to civilian life is a tradition as old as the republic itself. just outside this house chamber in the great rotunda of the capital is a portrait of general george washington residing his command in the continental army at the close of the revolution. in his farewell orders to his troops in november of 1783 he praised the brave men retiring victorious from the field of war to the field of agriculture. he urged his soldiers to participate in all the blessings which have been obtained and asked rhetorically in such a republic who will exclude them from the rights of citizens and the fruits of their labor. washington reminded this country of its duty to support these new veterans. he said so that the officers and soldiers may expect considerable assistance in recommencing the civil occupa

i'd ask the gentleman does he expect the house as is its custom to consider these bills under an open rule? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. it certainly will be our intent to proceed with an open rule on the consideration of the commerce, justice, state bill. i guess it's science now bill. the intent of course as the gentleman knows based upon our discussions is that we will finish all 12 appropriation bills individually between now and the 30th of july. this will give the senate and house the opportunity to agree on a conversation -- conference report on the 12 appropriation bills and hopefully enact those bills and send them to the president prior to the onset of the fiscal year october 1. if we do that, of course, it will be unusual and it's an ambitious schedule. but because of that it will be necessary for us to consider these bills in an effective but also efficient fashion. and stay within time constraints that will allow us to accomplish those 12 bills within that time frame. i'm hopeful that as mr. obey and mr. lewis proceed and the subcommittee chairs proceed that we c

mr. hall: i stand here to speak on this bill. i have some misconceptions about it, but i intend to vote for this bill. i can't vote against this bill because it benefits people that have served this contry, that have suffered for this country. and i never in the 28 years i have been here voted for a bill that affected adversely any veteran or any person that stood up for this country, and i admire and respect mr. skelton the author of this bill. i disagree with the way he has funded it and want to point that out. i would also point out i have a letter addressed to mr. skelton that he's not had the time to receive it because this bill was introduced yesterday and it's on the floor today. that's a little hayes -- hasty but this is an important bill and a bill that needs to be passed. but i'm torn today as i rise to speak on h.r. 2990 on the one hand i support the visions in the bill, retired pay benefits for reserve members and compensation benefits for service members, but where i'm torn is how the chairman, my good friend, mr. sk

mr. matsui: we object. there's three hours on the bill. mr. session: i would like to see if we could extend by one minute this debate on both sides. ms. matsui: we object. mr. sessions: madam speaker. good morning. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentlewoman extended me these few minutes that she has given us to debate this very important bill. i rise in opposition to this lockdown rule and the underlying legislation which, if passed, the "wall street journal" correctly notes will become the biggest tax in american history. after limited committee hearings and only one markup on this 1,200-plus page bill the negotiation that is have brought this bill to the floor have completely excluded republicans and ignored our good ideas on how to stop the most economically devastating and job killing parts of this bill. . for example, during the bill's brief deliberation during committee, republicans offered three commonsense amendments. one to susp

mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> yes, sir, do i in its current form. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. forbes of georgia moves to recommit the bill to the committee on armed services with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith the following amendment. at the end of title 10, insert the following new section, section 1055, availability of funds for missile defense in certain vehicles and aircraft. a, funding, one, procurement of aircraft army. the amount otherwise provided by section 101-1 for procurement of aircraft army is hereby increased by $92 million of which, a, some is to be available for helicopters and, b, $60 million is to be available for the procurement of ch-47 helicopters. two, procurement of weapons and tract combat vehicles army, the amount otherwise provided by section 1013 for procurement of weapons and contract veeblings army is hereby increased by $797,800,000 of which, a, $138,400,000 is to be available for the procurement of striker

mr. murtha is exactly right this the defense part of this bill was put together in a bipartisan fashion, all of the members of the subcommittee had an opportunity to be involved. mr. murtha also mentioned the -- some of the things it does or almost does. let me tell you what it doesn't do. we know the problem with the mrap's. we all pushed as fast as we could to build more for iraq. but that's not a good vehicle for afghanistan. there are 110 fewer mrap a.f.v.'s this the lighter -- a.t.v.'s, the lighter vareabout designed especially for afghanistan's rugget the rain, 110 fewer if we pass this bill with the reduction. there are three fewer blackhawk helicopters, we could probably work with that, two fewer chinook helicopters, these helicopters are really important. because of the capability that they have to reach higher altitudes and in afghanistan, we are dealing with higher altitudes. three fewer ah1z helicopters, $190 million less for u.a.v.'s. let me take a minute on u.a.v.'s. some of the u.a.v.'s, the preddor specifically, was a creation oaf the congress. the military didn't want to

our own president has said that his cap and trade bill, which is the one that just passed will cause electricity rates to skyrocket, skyrocket, mr. speaker. that does not sound good when you are talking about a product that goes into every manufactured product in this country. that's not a good idea. this bill also, mr. speaker, nationalizes the building codes. no longer will you look to your planning and zoning commission or city council as to how the building code should be. you are going to have to look at the federal government. some bureaucrat in washington, d.c. is going to decide whether or not you can build a house and what the standards should be. congratulations. thank you so much, mr. 10th amendment. m.i.t. has a study this will cost every family in america $3,100 for implementation of this bill. all of the pain that's associated with this bill and quite frankly there is a lot of pain and we will begin to see it as the details unfold. what do we get? i asked a climate scientist who feeds his family basically looking at this issue. if which pass this bill, can you in fact measure after 40 or 50 years the positive impac

bill. to see just how far out of the mainstream this approach is, mr. speaker, look no further than the vote on the motion to instruct conferees that we had just this past friday. it was a republican motion which handily passed the house by a vote of 267-152. mr. speaker, by a vote of 267 -152 this house called for a clean bill that restores full funding for the troops and keeps in place the protections to prevent the release of information that could potentially endanger our troops. that strong bipartisan vote just this past friday in favor of this motion indicates how much support in this house there is for a clean, bipartisan, full troop funding bill. for those of us who naively thought the funding of our troops was the one issue, the one issue, mr. speaker, that could not be politicized, this is a very, very sobering moment. clearly the democratic leadership cannot help themselves. even when bipartisanship would be the easy choice, they were compelled to move in the exact opposite direction. so, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to reject this rule,

mr. klein, for bringing this issue to the floor. as the gentleman knows, the bill under consideration calls for a report on military working dogs. mr. klein's legislation would surely take the next step with a grant for therapy dogs for our disabled soldiers and veterans. i look forward to working with the gentleman from florida to ensure that congress stands behind our soldiers as well as our veterans. mr. klein: i thank the chairman of the armed services committee and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2647. the chair: the gentleman from missouri reserves his time. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield now to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman, the ranking -- ranking member on the oversight and investigation subcommittee, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized twor two minutes. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. and i'd like to take a moment to highlight some important aspects of the bill. the members and the st

authorization bill has yet to be signed into law, mr. chairman, is it your intention that t.s.a. utilize funds provided in this bill to train additional k-9 teams and i yield? mr. price: i thank the gentleman and i recognize the important role that k-9 teams play in screening perishble items like fruit and vegetables. it's my intention that t.s.a. use a portion of these funds to train additional k-9 teams for air cargo screening. mr. hastings: reclaiming my time, mr. chairman, i'd like to thank you for this clarification and again for the ranking member, mr. rogers, and for your attention to this important issue. i look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that the 100% air cargo screening requirement is met without unnecessaryly harming cherry growers and with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam speaker, i rise for the purpose of entering into a colloquy with -- i'm sorry, i want to yield three minutes for purposes of a colloquy to the gentleman from illinoi

bill. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> i request permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the current debate over the iraq and afghanistan supplemental is a perfect example of what frustrates americans about washington. the folks in my district and across the country want congress to pass a clean funding bill for the troops. plain and simple. they currently don't want us playing politics with the bill to fund men and women currently in harm's way. yet that is exactly what some in congress are trying to do using the oldest strict in the book by attaching billions of dollars in barely relevant spending to an emergency war funding bill. but it's not just the american people that we are frustrating with these political games. how must congress look in the eyes of those we have sent to fight on our behalf? this body should not attempt to t

mr. waxman's state, i have great respect for him, the primary spon soffer the bill, less than 4% of california's electricity comes from coal. in mr. markey's state, less than 24% of the electricity comes from coal. in missouri, more than 85% of the electricity comes from coal. we're not the top state. we're in the top 10, we'll be affected by this dramatically but so will everybody from, say, pittsburgh to wyoming. this is going to impact utility bills unfairly. it will impact job opportunity unfairly. frankly, the jobs we lose in our part of the country and the country generally are not likely to relocate somewhere else in america. they're more likely, these manufacturing jobs, use lots of energy to locate in a country that has less environmental standards than we do. the ultimate lose-lose. we lose the jobs you put more of these things in the air than you would otherwise and americans suffer because of that. in our state, the estimate is that utility bills would go up 40% in the first five years, 80% in the first 10 years and even more after the various allowances are gone. this is unfair to a

mr. gohmert: since there are no other speakers, i would continue tone courage my colleagues to support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: i thank the gentleman for introducing the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2661 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection they have motion to reconsider is laid on the disable. without objection, the title amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. scott: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass house resolution 540. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 5

mr. obey would never agree to a time agreement before a consideration of a bill. now, mr. speaker, we're nearing the end of the time for debate on this rule. i think we've had some very important issues brought forward by my distinguished colleagues who have come to share this debate this morning. this is a bad rule because it does not allow for amendments to be offered on the floor for people to work their will here. i do want to correct a couple of things that were said earlier this morning by my colleagues in terms of uninsured americans. i think we have to do this every single time it's brought up. my distinguished colleague from florida said this earlier. there are 47 million uninsured americans. there are not. despite those claims, and i'm quoting from crisis of the uninsured, 2008, by the national center for policy analysis. we have 12 million illegal aliens here. we have 14 million uninsured adults and children who are qualified for programs but have not enrolled. we have 18 million people who are uninsured who live in households with annual incomes above $50,000 w

the bill for us today -- before you today, mr. chairman, includes provisions to ensure that the congress will have sufficient opportunity to weigh in on that plan when it is submitted to preclude most activities prior to that. the bill does not permit this legislation before us tonight does not permit detainees into the united states during fiscal year 2010. it doesn't permit the transfer of detainees to the u.s. for detention or prosecution purposes until two months after we've received the plan. it doesn't permit the transfer of detainees to foreign countries without notification and certifications to the congress and doesn't provide any funds for activities relating to the gitmo closure. this will ensure that we have additional opportunities to debate this issue when the administration requests a budget amendment or a supplemental to fund this plan. we've established a good process for consideration of this issue and it should allow to play out before we start parentaling a plan that we don't even have before us. this bill postu

mr. young had funding for dod and milcon spending. the third motion of the senate bill prohibited the transfer or release of guantanamo detainees. all three amendments were defeated in a party-line vote by the house conferees. as i prepared to cope -- to close, let me make an additional point. much has been made of the total cost of this emergency supplemental. i know for the record that the conference agreement is $106 billion, which is $14 billion more than the president's request, $9 billion more than the house-passed bill, and $15 billion more than the senate- passed. we have increased funding for everything except for the troops. arguments about maintain some level of fiscal responsibility certainly rang hollow when we bring up the truth funding bill. this is a troubling pattern that is being repeated in many of our funding bills. in closing, it is a shame that a process that began in a spirit of bipartisanship has concluded in such a partisan manner. we began as a united bipartisan house seeking to support our troops, but ended this process by appeasing be very me

mr. speaker, it's the only sizable source of funds within this bill that doesn't directly fund our troops or equipment. now, mr. speaker, i know why nuclear cleanup is being used by both parties as a piggy bank. i absolutely don't support those actions and i will vote against those actions. but in doing so i want to be clear that it is in the appropriations process where cleanup money becomes real. insufficient funding in the appropriation process would have real and serious consequences on cleaning up these sites. the cleanup program simply cannot sustain continued appropriation reductions without jeopardizing progress, breaking legally binding commitments to states, and increasing long-term cost to taxpayers. mr. speaker, for 15 years i have worked in a bipartisan way to raise awareness of the federal government's cleanup obligation and to remind my colleagues again that the effort at these sites help us when both world war ii and the cold war. i will continue to stand up for cleanup where needed. in doing so, i am determined that the effort to promote cleanup be a bipartisan effort. wi

bill that's filed. that is the s. 370 that meets the will -- the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma has one minute remaining. mr. inhofe: i thank the chair. and so this bill -- this bill that i have, s. 370, will give people in this chamber an opportunity to vote to keep the detainees, to keep the terrorists out of the united states of america. and i would say this, if there are some people who would be voting for the supplemental as it is right now, at least they would have another opportunity to express their will as they've expressed on two other occasions, that we don't want the detainees, we don't want the terrorists tried in america or to be detained in -- within the united states of america. so with this, it's my hope that the majority will allow an immediate vote on the bill that i have filed, s. 3706789 i yield the balance of my -- i have filed, s. 370. i yield the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mr. gregg: i understand the chairman wishes to close and so i'll just use -- speak and then yield back the balance of our time and yield to the chairman for his closi

mr. speaker. the federal government must reach out to assist local police departments in keeping our communities and our schools safe. this bill will provide a critical service to many needed communities. and i thank those folks who brought it to the floor and particularly mr. cummings, my good friend from maryland. and i'm glad we can stay, most of us, on the topic at hand. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. issa: i thank the gentleman. and we believe that the precious time on the floor needs to be well spent and we certainly support that we are well spending it. this is an important piece of legislation. it's important because in fact we in the federal government need to team with cities and localities around the country to ensure that we not distort where prosecutions are made. i fully support this legislation because in fact it will with all due respect to my colleague it will relieve the cities and the counties from often choosing a federal venue rather than local venue if we help them protecting their w

mr. latta: we've got to be able to compete against the world and this bill will kill the ability to do that. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. waxman: madam speaker, it's my distinct honor to yield to the chairman emeritus of our committee who has been the leader in fashioning so many important legislative proposals that are now law and are serving our country so well, the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: madam speaker, i thank my good friend from california for his kind remarks , and i express my appreciation to him. madam speaker, i rise in support of the clean energy security act. but before i address my remarks, i want to congratulate you on your distinguished service here and wish you well in the future. and express my personal distress that you are leaving us. now, my colleagues on the republican side, they are very anxious

mr. speaker, i'd say more than that what we believe is currently from the reports is that the bill would eliminate $5 billion from the defense spending directly for our troops and provide that $5 billion credit towards the guarantee that the united states would have to provide to the i.m.f. mr. speaker, even further we understand that in this provision in the bill, in essence we would be providing for more money for foreign countries in terms of a global bailout than we would be for our own troops. even more troubling part to many of us, mr. speaker, is the fact that the i.m.f. program allows eligibility for countries like iran, venezuela, zimbabwe, burma, and others. and that these countries, mr. speaker, are not necessarily in pursuit of policies that help the national security of this country and given the fact that our president has said, we don't have the money, how is it, mr. speaker, and i'd ask the gentleman, does he think that we ought to be delaying the funding of our troops by including the provisions that we just spoke of? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding

mr. issa: i'm declining on this bill. i'll pick up on the next one. thank you. mr. nadler: ok. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. this resolution condemns the murder of dr. tiller. it condemns the murder of people who are murdered in church and places of worship. it condemns the practice and it has become a practice of seeking to change the laws of this country, of seeking to intimidate women from availing themselves of their rights, of their constitutional right to an abortion, of intimidating doctors from availing themselves of their constitutional right to perform medical procedures that are legal, that they believe are moral by threats of murder and mayhem. i was glad to hear mr. smith say that the pro-life movement is nonviolent, and i'm sure that most of it is. but unfortunately it's clear that there are some people, a small minority, who believe themselves part of the pro-life movement who are not nonviolent. and i trust that everyone in this house today, and these

the travel promotion bill is critical for our economy. mr. president, tourism and travel generate $1 trillion in economic activity every year. $1 trillion. in its first year this bill will create 40,000 new jobs. mr. president, there isn't a state in the union that doesn't depend on tourism. i can remember the first time i went to a place -- we had a democratic retreat in west virginia. i walked out -- i'm sorry in virginia. pardon me -- in virginia. i walked out in my room, and i saw this huge body of water. i thought, gee, i didn't know we were on the ocean. it was just a huge, it must have been a mile at least to the other side of that body of water. it was the james river. it was a river. now the reason i mention that, mr. president, i've had the good fortune of traveling around virginia, and it is a wonderful place to go to visit. there are all kinds of tourist attractions in virginia. mr. president, every state is about the same. every state has its unique possibilities. i've been to virtually every state in the union, and there are so m

this incredibly complex, enormously expensive bill which was introduced on january 26 was passed less than three weeks later, just 24 hours -- 24 hours, mr. president -- after all of its details had been disclosed to the public for review. at the time i argued that spending this much borrowed money in the middle of a recession on a bill that had been rushed to the floor was extremely irresponsible. at a time when millions are struggling just to make ends meet, washington had no business borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars to pay for government golf carts and a.t.v. trails in the name of economic stimulus. this week senator coburn has categoried some of the other outrageous contained in this bill. here are just a few. the town of union, new york, received a $578,000 grant that it didn't request for a homeless problem it claims it does not have. florida is planning to spend $3.4 million in stimulus money to build a 13-foot turtle tunnel at lake jackson. that's more than $225 million per foot. this one takes the cake. in north carolina, $40,232 in federal stimulus money will pay for the salary -- the salary -- of someone whose job is

mr. sessions: thank you, madam speaker, i appreciate the opportunity to move forward on this important bill. madam speaker, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the cost estimate for h.r. 626 from the congressional budget office. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. sessions: madam speaker, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to have information provided the national -- from the national federation of independent businesses known as nfib, their information about opposing, strongly opposing this bill. into the record. spro the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. sessions: at this time, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. lake. mr. lake: i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding and i rise to oppose the rule and legislation in consideration of h.r. 626. having run a business, i understand how important it is to look out for workers and be supportive, especially in these difficult economic times when families are making tough choices with regards to how they spend their money and their time. i believe this

mr. peterson is chairman of the house committee on agriculture with respect to their concerns regarding this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, general leave is granted. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. now i would like to yield for such time as he may consume to the lead sponsor of this measure, a very diligent member of congress and part of our leadership team, mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. larson: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, mr. lynch, chairman, you've done an outstanding job, along with the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz in outlining what this bill does. before i begin, i'd like to thank, because this has been such a nonpartisan effort in so many respects and a commitment on first and foremost on the part of the oversight committee to take a bill whose genesis evolved out of the last session and make it a better bill and perfect it. to those ends, along with mr. lynch and mr. chaffetz, i would especially like to thank chairman ed towns. mr. towns has down such a great job in marshalin

bill. again, mr. chairman, thank you for your excellent work on the bill and for including these important sections that i urged. i look forward to voting for this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: we reserve at this time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: the gentlelady reserves? the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time. mr. berman: in that case, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from american samoa, chairman of the committee on asia, pacific and the global environment, mr. faleomavaega. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: i rise in strong support of h.r. 2410 and thank the gentleman from california, the distinguished chairman of the committee on foreign affairs for his leadership and his ability to bring this bill before the floor. although there are

i remember bringing a bill to the floor, mr. speaker, that allowed every day members just had to file their amendments in the congressional record a preprinting requirement so in the morning we'd wake up and find out what amendments might be offered and then we would deal dispatch positively or negatively with those amendments. it was open. today we have a very much closed rule. not on things where there's consensus. sure, there's some republican amendments, but on areas where there is significant and fundamental disagreement, especially an amendment that i had hoped to offer, i had been precluded that right. i want to say to my colleagues, i didn't do that when i chaired the subcommittee. and i worked very hard in a bipartisan way with my friends and i do consider you on the other side of the aisle friends to ensure that we all got our voice, we all had an opportunity to express ourselves. in committee i offered and amendment to establish a global office on women's issues. it lost on a party line vote. every democrat voted agai

bill. i want to commend chairman gordon, mr. hall, dr. lipinski, and dr. ehlers for introducing it. i also thank chairman milltory bring this bill to the floor and i'd like to insert an exchange of letters between chairman gordon and chairman miller into the record at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baird: it's also important to acknowledge the hard work of staff on this bill. i'd also like to thank the former staff director of the research and science education subcommittee, jim wilson, for his important work on this topic before he retired last year. h.r. 1709 has the support of many scientific societies, businesses, and education organizations including the national science teachers association, the business higher education forum, american chemical society, and the triangle coalition. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. olson: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1709, the stem educat