mr. forbes: madam speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. the ranking member of the energy and -- the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise in strong support of the forbes' amendment. this is not -- of the forbes amendment. the majority party which controls the rules committee ruled out of order and didn't make it in order on the floor either the republican leadership comprehensive substitute or the energy and commerce committee comprehensive substitute. so they did rule in order mr. forbes' substitute and i will guarantee you, this is better than the base bill. it doesn't wreck the economy. it does include and account on the ingenuity of the american people through an incentives package to unleash the productivity and the innovativeness of our folks in the united states to find new solutions to our energy and environmental problems. but it doesn't have this boondoggle cap and trade program that will wreck the economy, deindustrialize america and make us a second rate economic power. it is no

mr. forbes of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 587, the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes, and a member opposed each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. forbes: first of all, i would like to thank the rules committee for allowing me to bring this amendment by making it in order no matter what the motivation or the intentions. i appreciate that opportunity. and i want to make it clear, this amendment is not an addition. it is an amendment in the nature of a substitute that would replace the current bill on the floor. i would like to make clear that this is not a democratic amendment obviously and we will hear from the democratic leadership in a few minutes to make that clear. it's not a republican amendment. and we will probably hear from the republican leadership to that extent in just a few moments, but it is an amendment tha

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 vehicles, b, $162,400,000 is to be available for procurement of high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles, c, $197 million is to be available for the procurement of family medium tactical vehicles and, d, $300 m

mr. forbes: i'd like to yield the balance of my time to the distinguished minority leader, the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. boehner: let me thank my colleague for yielding and, madam speaker, congratulate you on your upcoming marriage and your new job and all of us on the republican side of the aisle thank you for your service to this institution, your service in the chair and good luck to you. my colleagues, we've been through a very difficult time in our economy. we had the great economic shocks of last fall and we've seen unemployment climbing month after month after month. now at some 9.4%. earlier this year we passed a 1,100-page bill that no one had read that was supposed to be about putting the american people back to work again. it was supposed to be about stimulating our economy and all we heard during that debate was about jobs, jobs and jobs. it's pretty clear that what the bill really ended up being was nothing more than spending, spending, and more spending. because since that bill passed, some $1 --

mr. forbes, three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. forbes: thank you, mr. chairman, for the opportunity to stand in support of this year's defense policy bill. i'd also like to express my sincere appreciation for chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for their leadership and hard work in crafting a bipartisan bill that was unanimously supported by the armed services committee. i'd also like to thank the -- the gentleman from texas, mr. ortiz, for his friendship and the foresight with which he conducts the readiness subcommittee. this bill does much to address the readiness issues facing the department of defense by providing the navy with $395 million to address both of the navy's short falls in ship repair and aviation maintenance. we fully funded other key readiness accounts that our men and women have the tools, training and equipment this he need. i'm pleased that this bill -- that they need. i'm pleased this bill fully funds the 2005 background for the army, air force and navy so it can be completed by september, 2011. howeve

mr. forbes: thank you, mr. chairman. if we don't listen to anything else in this debate, we need to pause a moment and listen to what's happening right now. just a couple moments ago missile defense we heard, quote, unless you have oversight you should not spend money on missile defense or other platforms. and yet the majority and this administration fights us every juncture to deny the transparency we need for that very oversight. this administration came in, the first executive order that they had said, the democracy requires accountability and accountability requires trp and the first things they do when it comes to national defense, they issue gag orders to hundreds of people in the pentagon so they could not talk about the severity of some of these changes and some of the cuts taking place. they classified the inspections on our vessels so we can't know the difficulty we have with mainlt nance requirements. they refuse to certify that the budget would meet our shipbuilding plan as required by law. they refuse to eve

mr. forbes, or his designee, which shall be considered read, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally controlled by an opponent and a proponent. the gentleman new york -- the gentleman will control 30 minutes of the bait. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to rhett rhett -- to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. waxman: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. waxman: we're taking a decisive action to support america's security and create millions of clean energy jobs to drive our economic growth. this bill, when enacted into law will break our dependence on foreign oiling make our nation the world leader in clean energy jobs and technology and cut global warming pollution. as a result of these new policy settings, we will create millions of clean energy jobs for america and restore our technological leadership in clean energy. we are also protecting consumers. the bill tackles big problems that have bee

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mr. skelton: let me flash back to a previous amendment. the akin-forbes amendment, i received a letter from the assistant secretary of defense dated today regarding that amendment which reads in part, while the department supports transparency in government we find the amendment as written as overly burdensome and counterproductive in meeting the security challenges of today. the next person i yield to, my friend, my colleague, also a member of the armed services committee, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney. for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. courtney: i rise in support of mr. skelton's outstanding work on the underlying bill and to support that portion of the en banc amendment that sets up mental health screening set up by congresswoman delauro and myself. this is probably the most admirable issue admiral murrellen addressed, the stress levels of troops. general odierno had a number of us over in december, his biggest concern was the uncomfortable and outrageous number of suicides occurring in theater. i

mr. forbes. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. mr. forbes: request a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device.