mr. carnahan: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carnahan: i rise today in strong support of house resolution 1407, supporting the% goals and ideals of high performance building week. in 2008, my colleague, representative judy biggert, and i came together to create a high performance building caucus. with any conversation about energy future and clean energy jobs must involveeour built environment. investing in building, energy efficiency measures is the most immediate an% effective way to reduce carbon pollution, lower energy demand, create good-clean energy jobs and save american families and businesses money. the build's environment has a larminger impact on tte overall environment than many think. each year our homes, offices, schools, and other buildings account for about 40% of our total energy consumption. they consume 70% of all electricity from the grid, 60% of all raw materials, and 12% of all potable water in the

mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. speaker. small businesses are the engines of our economy and their success is critical for our economic recovery and long-term economic growth. 60% of new jobs are created by small businesses, and over half of this country's economic growth since world war ii has been from innovation and new technologies. we can and should empower the businesses and entrepreneurs who make our economy go by creating favorable conditions for businesses to start to expand and to put people back to work. that's why i urge my colleagues to support the small business jobs and credit act designed to increase small business lending, help small businesses hire new workers and expand their operations. when i talked to small business owners back home in missouri, the number one issue they identify as an obstacle to hiring people is access to credit. we must continue to focus on promoting our small businesses to grow this economy and to get people back to work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balanc

and president clinton and i was talking about it, and governor carnahan of missouri, and i said, you know, mr. president, we can't let people go back in those areas that were flooded, and you know that he supported it, h.u.d. supported it, and we were able to buy out on a volunteer basis and relocate people out of the floodplain so it would never flood again n. missouri alone, we bought out over 40,000 pieces of property. and in missouri, a little town, 18 businesses and 100 and something residents, when governor carnahan and i went there, the mayor proudly took us in to city hall and showed us high water marks with the dates on the wall. they kept moving their shelves up to protect the city reference. we relocated that spire town except one small business, and that was the mayor's business, a small engine repair shop. and we built a new school that was seismic resistant and also tornado resistant. it was one of the dome schools with natural lighting coming in to it. in iowa, we bought i don't know how many residents along the river, and what was unique about it, all of the property we bought

governor carnahan, missouri, and i said, mr. president, we cannot let people go back into those areas. do you know that he supported -- the senator supported with that money -- we were able to buy out and relocate people out of a floodplain so that they would never be flooded again. in missouri alone, we bought out over 4000 properties. in missouri, a little town, 18 businesses, 107 residents. when the governor and i went there, how the bamir proudly to bust into city hall and showed us the high water marks with the dates. they kept moving their shelves up to protect the city records. we relocated that entire town, except one small business -- and the mayor's business of a small engine repair shop. we built a new school with seismic resistance. it was also tornado-resistant. it was domed with natural lighting coming into it. in iowa, we bought out i did not know how many residents along the river. what was unique about it was that all the property we bought out -- we put the restrictions on it where no one could ever build there