mr. doyle for an opening statement, please. 3 minutes. >> thanks, mr. chairman. thanks for holding this hearing and i want to thank you personally for allowing jim goalic from goalic jeep chrysler a constituent of mine and someone in my district for allowing him to testify today. i didn't have a prepared statement, mr. chairman i just want to make a few comments. my friend joe barton says maybe we're in a new era and i fear that maybe he's right, you know, growing up in pittsburgh, i've had the privilege of representing pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and the turtle creek in congress. we're blue collar kids. our dads and grandfathers made the steel that go into a lot of the steel in your cars. we look after one another from pittsburgh. we buy from our own. we were taught never to buy foreign cars where i grew up. the thought never would occur to us. we buy american and we buy from the people we know. i remember mr. gatti had the local pharmacy on the corner. he's long gone. there's no more family pharmacies left. it's all the big box stores. mr. tamerello had the hardw

mr. doyle, a minute with an option for another one if he needs it and i want to point out that the essential role he played in making sure this legislation protected those industries that are vulnerable to trade that might be at their disadvantage. i yield to him. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doyle: today we have a historic opportunity to create thousands of clean energy jobs, to secure the country's energy future and give our kids and grandkids a brighter planet. we do that while protecting our industries like steel, aluminum, cement, and our rate payers, residential and industrial. i was prows to work on this bill with my colleague, jay inslee, to level the playing field for trade pressures so we don't lose jobs. this bill wasn't going too cause jobs to be lost. this was a job created bill. you don't need to take my word for it. i have a letter from the international worker of the steel -- international president of the steelworkers union, people wh

boucher, mr. doyle, mr. inslee, mr. green mr. butterfield, mr. stupak mr. rush. i mean so many members, including members off the committee, like henry cuellar from the state of texas who worked with us on natural gas-related issues. we will not be here unless we had the cooperation of so many members across the full spectrum of the house. during this process we have received valuable input and expertise from other leaders in the house like chairman rangel on trade issues, chairman peterson on agriculture issues, amongst, again, many others. the legislation we have before us today is the most important energy and environment legislation to ever have been considered in the history of the united states. the consequences for our country are great unless we act to deal with these issues. this legislation sets a new course for our country creating millions of new clean energy jobs while reducing our dependence upon imported oil. and when it becomes law and it will, for the first time in the history of the united states congress, for the first time in the history of ou

. >> mr. doyle for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i'm a co-sponsor and it took me about two seconds to sign that bill. >> is your microphone on? >> in -- you say you have a very objective methodology to determine what dealers survive and which dealers cannot. you can feed the dealer data into a computer and have a very objective criteria and

-- i know you don't answer for him but just in your wisdom as a leader, why would a member like mr. doyle from pittsburgh be out stumping for this bill now if he thought it was going to kill jobs in fuel country? >> you have to ask him. >> well, do you think he's under some sort of undue pressure of another kind? he was against it when it came out and he made pains to explain all the concessions he got yesterday that this would not hurt jobs in his steel industry. >> listen. import protections. think about this. we've provided tens of billions of dollars to bail out the auto companies. we're telling the auto companies the kind of cars they're going to produce. frankly, i think the car that most americans don't want to buy. and for them to succeed, they're going to have to find every way they can to whit el their costs. one of the big costs in producing automobiles is steel. and so if they're looking for the best price on a pound of steel, what are they going to do? they're going to look at the united states and go, "well, i'd love to buy that american made steel, but you know, it's 30 or

james gollac, mr. doyle, you want to say a few words. >> thanks, mr. chairman.it's a pleasure to welcome my friend at today's hearing. jim and his family have been at the same location in pittsburgh since 1935. a business that's still owned and operated by his family. they started with a hudson franchise and then they sold cars from amc, jeep, and later eagle. several mergers later, they were a successful jeep dealer until 1999 in 2000 they acquired the chrysler franchise and now they are a chrysler jeep dealer and have sold over 10,000 new and used vehicles over the last few decades. they have consistently held the highest customer satisfaction rating for sales and service in the state of pennsylvania. and i welcome you, jim. >> next is mr. duane paddic of new york thanks for being here. last but not least, is mr. frank blankenbeckler iii of waxahachie, texas. frank is here with his son, austin and thank you for coming. joe, do you want to say anything about your witness? >> is it time to introduce them? >> it is. i just did a half-hearted i have. >> thank you,

mr. chairman. >> i am pleased to welcome a constituent to our hearing today. in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one canadian province. prior to her appointment to the wisconsin psc, commissioner naz ar worked as an attorney and practiced extensively in the areas of electric and water utilities representing rate payers and utilities. she helped to create the first stand alone transmission company, otherwise known as atc and helped to cite a 210 mile extra high voltage line in wisconsin and minnesota. in addition to all of these credentials, i can also tell you what she eats for breakfast and grow in her vegetable garden because as you all know she is also my partner. i

mr. chairman. >> i am pleased to welcome a constituent to our hearing today. in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one

doyle doyle thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. t