mr. burgess. mr. burgess: please join me in the pledge to our flag and our country. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. burgess: madam speaker, i rise -- request permission to rise and address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: the supreme court will take up the president's health care law, the so-called patient protection and affordable care act. this was signed into law march of 2010. now, the justices will consider, if the federal government, indeed the united states congress, exceeded its authority by requiring that every american purchase health insurance by 2014. the american people have made it very clear throughout this process. give us the reforms that will address the problems, but don't tinker with w

mr. burgess is recognized to yield time for someone who will actually debate the bill. >> hey, you coward, you're a coward, you blame everybody else. >> here's the problem with going on your show. you start ranting. the only way to respond is almost to look as borish as you. >> this is bull. this is why americans don't trust the government. >> no, your stupidity gets in the way of rational discussion. the collective campaigns that were run by most republicans were beneath the dignity of a democracy. i'll be honest with you, i think rick perry is jealous of me and he's why. he's very jealous someone can tell people what he thinks and not have to repudiate it or go back on it. i did not think i had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by newt gingrich being the republican nominee. it still is unlikely, but i have hopes. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy, as obama has expressly supported this policy. why are you supporting it? >> let me -- >> a real solution. >> when you ask me that question, i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question

mr. burgess? >> aye. >> mr. burgess votes aye. mrs. blackburn? also plaque burn votes aye. mrs. myrick votes aye. mr. bilbray? mr. gingrey? mr. gingrey votes aye. mr. scalise? mr. scalise votes aye. mr. gardner? mr. gardner votes aye. mr. griffith, mr. griffith votes aye. mr. barton? mr. barton votes aye. mr. up son mr. upton votes aye. miss degette. miss deget votes know. miss schakowsky. miss schakowsky votes no. mr. rose votes know. mr. castor, votes no. mr. markey votes no. mr. green? mr. green votes no. miss christensen. miss christensen then votes no. mr. dingell? mr. dingell votes no. mr. waxman. mr. waxman votes no. chairman sterns? >> chairman turns sternses vote aye. >> mr. sullivan votes eye. . . >> well -- first of all, it's the department of energy. who also is involved the department of management and budget because they review the decision so our committee asks d.o.e. for information and we got 65,000 pages from them including correspondence that they had with the white house about this loan. some people at omb had a different opinion about solyndra. so we asked o

mr. burgess. please. >> thank you. commissioner hall, we talked a moment ago before we broke about the manufacturing there and we are beginning to see some upticks there and the influence of other sectors on the manufacturing sector particularly interested in i guess what is broadly characterized as, in the mining which would include the oilfield expansions and some of the bright spots in the country are areas where domestic production of oil and natural gas has really come forward in a big way in literally the last decade, over the last 15 years. but do you have any thoughts on the barnett shale where i live, eagle fort shale in south texas or in pennsylvania, the effect that the development in these areas has had not just on the mining sector but on the manufacturing sector? >> yes. i don't know a lot about the specifics but i can tell you that the mining your has been somewhat recession-proof. we need to have job growth in mining throughout the recession and this month we had about 5000 jobs in mining. it is not a b

mr. burgess, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, thank you for being here and thank you for your generous time spending with the committee. i want to say at the outset i think solar energy has a place in the future of this nation but i'm not saying what has happened with solyndra underscores i think it has set become the prospect for perhaps some time. let me ask you a question. you said earlier it is and ttable what happened some of these were going to f l fail. in fact, the first two out of three projects that you approved have failed. the president has said it could be as high as a 50% failure rate. what is an acceptable failure risk for this type of project? >> i would say that given the total credit subsidy that was appropriated and set aside, the $10 billion which $2.4 billion for the 1705 program, if we approached something on that number, that would be very bad. i personally don't think we are going to get anywhere close. if you take the loan program in its total, not only 1705 but atvm program, it with -- >> let

mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. it was about a week ago that the joint select committee announced that they were unable to reach an agreement in finding $1.2 trillion in cuts before their deadline. now, could they have done this without really breaking a sweat? the answer is yes, they could. the entire target for which they were reaching, $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion could have been cut with a single act, repealing the affordable care act. $1.5 trillion in new spending that this country cannot afford is contained within the confines of the affordable care act. look, washington needs to quit pointing fingers and get back to work if we expect to put america back to prosperity. washington should cut. families do not the luxury of missing their deadlines and neither should washington. americans must reduce their deficit and we need to put people back to work. the house has passed more than 25 bills that would affect employment. 25 of these house-passed bills are stalled in the senate. you can find out more about them

mr. burgess votes aye. mrs. mireck. mr. gingry. mr. sculley is. mr. gardner. mr. griffith. mr. barton. mr. upton. mr. upton votes aye. [reading roll] mr. waxman? mr. waxman votes and no. the chairman votes aye. >> mr. sullivan? >> mr. sullivan votes aye. >> the clerk will report the results. anyone else wishes to vote? if not, the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, there were 13 ayes, nine nays. >> the ayes have it, and the motion is tabled. >> in motion to strike the last word. we have but an unfortunate situation of the solyndra bankruptcy. i think it is important that the committee investigate how this happened, not only to find out how happened in the past but to make sure it does not happen in the future. this is involved? first, it is the positive energy. those who make the decision. who else is involved? the office of management and budget. there is correspondence with the white house about this one alone. some people love a different opinion about solyndra, so we asked omb for their information. before they had a chance to get it from the congress, the committee

mr. secretary, thank you for coming i want to express similar sentiments as dr. burgess and others express. i strongly support all of the above energy policies. frankly, in our country, we are sadly lacking a real energy policy. we have to use all the things we have, including wind and solar, but clearly we can see those technologies and still not advance to the levels they need to. it is a question of the solyndra loan -- $535 million of taxpayer money that has been lost. how did we get to this point? one of the big issues i have struggled with is when we get to this question of subordination and the loan restructuring, if we go back and look at the law -- this is the law of the united states -- ed it seems clear to those of us who looked at the law, you cannot put the taxpayer at the back of the line when you come to the decision of whether or not you are going to restructure. first, this is the actual restructuring we got from your agency. this is the document that initiated the restructuring of the loan, including the subordination of the taxpayer. is this your signa