mr. driehaus? mr. driehaus: i appreciate that. spicking up on that point, the cfpa is critical to giving consumers information but if you go down to number five, strerntening community banks. so much of the problem occurred outside of the financial institutions in the first place. many of the subprime mortgages, many of these bad loans didn't originate with community banks. the community banks were doing the right thing. there was no regulation of the behavior of these nonfinancial entities system of for the first time, the cfpa will step in and provide regulation over the product itself. so it doesn't matter how you structure your entity to avoid regulation, the regulation will come in the form of the product. so if you're offering a consumer product which is determined to be a bad product for consumers, you will be pointed -- prohibited from offering that, regardless of the type of entity you are. this is important. because you know, banks are very wary of regulators, for good reason. especially community banks, who have regulat

mr. tonko: thank you, representative driehaus. and representative garamendi. and i'm sure you have final statements. mr. garamendi: you have been foveringt right in pointing -- forte right in pointing out the differences between the republicans and the democrats. jobs, we talked about it. all house republicans voted no. the business assistance act, 93% of the republicans note voted no. health insurance reform, all house republicans voted know. student aid, republicans voted no. cash for clunkers, 55% of the republicans voted no. the hire act, 97% of republicans voted no. we passed many of those and many of those are law. wall street reform passed this house. every republican voted no. american workers, 93% of republicans voted no. small business infrastructure jobs act, 98% voted no. every effort that has been made to advance the economy has been done by the democratic party and it's working as you so carefully pointed out. thank you for bringing this to our attention and giving us the opportunity to point out the extraordinary contrast. our efforts to move the

mr. driehaus. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dry house -- mr. driehaus: i thank the gentleman from new york for yielding. this is a critical issue and i share his concern with regard to stripping of the authorization for the competitive engine. just this past year the weapons system acquisition reform act of 2009 was passed by this congress. it passed by a vote of 411-0, and i would draw members' attention to section 202. the acquisition strategy to ensure competition throughout the lifecycle of major defense acquisition programs. that includes the joint strike fighter and it's propulsion system subject to those provisions. as a matter of fact, mr. speaker, the alternative engine has been funded every year since 1996. the house has voted nine times to support the competitive engine. $299 -- $2.9 billion has already been invested in the engine. and now that it's 75% complete, now it's been qualified for production in 2012, now as both engines are approaching the starting line ad starting blocks, the folks from connecticut, want to suggest they sho

mr. driehaus: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to pay tribute to one of cincinnati's great citizens, donald spencer. donald spencer's philosophy in life was when you leave this world it should be beater place because you have lived. he certainly made this world a better place. donald spencer lived life to the fullest and touched many as a community leader, a teacher and a real estate broker. he was born march 5, 1915, and he died yesterday, may 4, 2010. donald spencer was the first african-american real estate broker with the cincinnati area board of realtors but teaching never left his blood. a life-long resident of cincinnati, he helped pave the way for african-americans in education as well as real estate during his career. having graduated from wal nut hill high school before earning his bachelors degree and masters degree from the university of cincinnati by 1940, mr. spencer embarked on an 18-year teaching career at douglas, stow and bloom high schools. he opened his real estate office concurrently with the last

mr. driehaus. the chair: the gentlem is recognized for two mines. mr. driehaus: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the chairman for yielding. mr. chairman, we will soon be considering an amendment, the pingree amendment, that would strip away competiti for the competitive engine program. this congress on nine different occasions has stood up for competition. as recently as this congress. the weapons system acquisitio reform act of 2009, where the house passed the conference report 411-0. and in section 202 we talk about thacquisition strategies to ensure competition throughout the life cycle of majorefens acquition programs. it's estimated, mrchairman, that 5,000 engines will be ordered for the joint strike fighter. 5,000 engines. and the proponents of is endment would have us do away with the competition, dpite the fact that this congress has invested almost $3 billion in this competition today -- to date. now that we're up and ready, now that the competitive engine is ready to move forward, they want to say, stop. stop the race before it even starts. we know better than

mr. driehaus, to expand rebate eligibility to replacement storm windows and doors which will particularly help historic homes, to improve energy efficiency and maintain the historic integrity of the house , a homeowner may prefer to install new windows and doors. h.r. 5019 is a well-crafted measure that will create jobs and boost domestic manufacturing while saving families money and reducing energy consumption. i urge my colleagues to support the manager's amendment and this important underlying bill. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. sessions: i yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lee: i believe this is the wrong approach. it's another government boondoggle, costing taxpayers over $6.5 billion. even more frustrating is the fact at last year's so-called stimulus, we haven't used up the billions of dollars that were allocated for the energy efficiency programs. so, again, let's just keep spending money that we

mr. driehaus: that's why federal procurement has long been for the federal vernment. but right marry contractor responsible for the f-35 joint strike fighter engineoesn't want to play by the res. they want to be declared the winner of the race while all the contestants are still at the starting line. the develoent of a competitive is 75% complete and expected to be available to the military five years ahead of initial projections. the competiti contractor has ice offered a fixed price to complete this project, suring production won't be burdened with cost overruns. i urge all my colleagues to do what's responsible for taxpayers and responsible to our men and women in uniform, support the joint strike fighter competitive engine program. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> unanius consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the ntleman is recognized. >> tha you. mr. speaker. mr. roe: many reports incate house democrats will not only t pass a budget but they won't even try. it's no surprise that t