mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that the remainder of the bill through page 56, line 24, be considered as read, printed in the record and open to amendment at any point. the chair: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i move the committee now do rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises.

mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. assuring funding for the modernization of our nuclear weapons stockpile is our most national security issue in our energy and water bill. the secretary of energy must certify to the president that our nuclear stockpile is reliable. it's absolutely essential that these funds be put in the bill and kept in the bill. wet years of level funding that -- with the years of level funding that we put on, that's why the 2010 nuclear posture review concluded that additional funding was essential to ensure that our infrastructure was adequately maintained and that our warheads receive the refurbishment it needs to remain reliable and effective. and there has been strong bipartisan support for carrying out the recommended increases in modernization funding. this amendment unacceptably strikes funding for these which are urgent and long overdue. i strongly urge my colleagues to make defense a pry are the and to vote no on -- priority and to v

mr. frelinghuysen: mr. in opposition to the amendment. i do appreciate the passion of both these gentlemen for coastal restoration. i know it's a high priority for his district and his state and of course the focus is louisiana and they have tuffered greatly. the bill before -- suffered greatly. the bill before us includes $10 million to continue studies, engineering, and design work on various components of their program in louisiana. that is more than 9% of the entire investigation's account dedicated to continuing work on coastal restoration in louisiana. the committee has had to make some tough choices in this bill, though. while overall funding for the corps of engineers has increased slightly above the president's request, unfortunately it is reduced by 4% from fiscal year 2012. the construction account specifically is also slightly above the president's budget request but that it's still a reduction of almost 13% from fiscal year 2012. the corps has numerous projects already under construction that w

mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition and to claim time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: thank you, mr. chairman. i certainly share some of my colleague's concerns. we should not be spending -- sending department of energy money overseas, it doesn't benefit our citizens or undermines our own competitiveness. we cannot assume that all energy cooperation is,ble -- objectionable and -- is objectionable. and it would eliminate both a proper role for federal funds and directly benefits america. let me first point out, these research centers are not a donation to china. they are funded in equal parts by china and the united states. they actually support three consortia centered in west virginia university, the university of michigan and the lawrence berkley national lab in his own home state. they fund research at seven american national laboratories, five american universities and 40 american companies, institu

mr. frelinghuysen, mr. visclosky, members of your committee, subcommittee, and staff for a job well done. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i'd like to recognize ranking member of the committee, mr. dicks, for such time as he may consumement the chair: the gentleman from washington voiced for such time as he may consume. mr. dicks: thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, i would like to commend chairman frelinghuysen who i've enjoyed working with, both here on the defense subcommittee and ranking member visclosky on their efforts to continue in the tradition of bipartisanship and cooperation. i knee all the members of the energy and water subcommittee -- i know that all the members of the energy and water subcommittee and their staff have worked hard to get this bill forward and get us to where we are today and want to commend our chairman, mr. rogers, for again representing us with an ope

mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that the remainder of the bill through page 56, line 24, be considered as read, printed in the record and open to amendment at any point. the chair: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i move the committee now do rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 5325 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 5325 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings toda

mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and ex---clue extraneous material on the further consideration of 5323, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 667 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5325. will the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5325, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on tuesday, june 5, 2012, the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. flores,

mr. frelinghuysen: this is the last energy and water bill mr. dicks will be participating in and i say on manufacture of our committee we always know that you're fully engaged in every subcommittee where you are so prominent. we want to thank you for that. and let me say, too, that we're pleased we built in our bill some common ground for energy policy across our nation. most importantly, as i said in my remarks, the national security segment. what we need to do to make sure that our nuclear stockpile is reliable that we proceed with cleanups, things that we do relative to naval reactors and the next generation of nuclear ballistic submarines and the comprehensive energy policy that's dreblingted not only toward -- directed not only toward research in the future but trying to minimize rising gas prices which have affected every american pocketbook and lastly, we've done it with a lot less money. we're actually in some cases close to the 2008 level, somewhere between 2008 and 2009 and while some people may like to condemn us, we've done our best

mr. frelinghuysen: i rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. let me reassure my colleagues i share a concern for fixing the infrastructure that was damaged last year. we committed $1.7 billion to the corps of engineers last year for that very purpose. the bill before us now already funds the flood control and coastal emergency of the president's request of $30 million. in addition, the motion would increase funding for the u.s.-israeli agreement to 50% of last year's level. this is completely unwarranted. in is a completely unwarranted increase since our bill already maintains funding for this very important program at last year's level even while we have cut so many programs within our bill to stay within the budget. mr. chairman, we put together a strong bipartisan bill which supports a comprehensive energy policy. it maintains a strong national defense and it maintains the fact that we keep america competitive and keep america open for business. in that regard, mr. chairman. in case there is any question, if members care about the harbor mai