mr. gutierrez: to have my amendment called up at this point. the chair: the clerk wl designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 21 printed in house report 111-498 offered by mr. gutrrez of illinois. the chair: thgentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. gutierrez: in 2009, the occupational safety and health admistration ined $87 million for safety violations at a texas city refinery, many of which were identified after the 2005 explosion and then ignored there. as recently as two months ago, b.p. was fined another $3 million at the toledo, ohio refinery, similar to those identified in the 2005 texas city refinery explosion. no steps were taken to fix the safety violations. b.p. is a bad partner for the u.s. government. but rise today to say that b.p. stands for too many broken promises, broken lies and broken laws. my amendments simple. it would require that the secretary of defense consider disbarring b.p. if they find they are not

mr. gutierrez. mr. gutierrez: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, the initials b.p. used to stand for british petroleum. but now it stands for bearing people, or bearing precious natural resources under a sea of oil. here's what a b.p. anabuser of our safety, environment, and legal system should stand for, b.p., banned permanently. today i ask my colleagues to end any and all federal oil drilling leases for b.p. and begin an people civil and criminal investigation to examine the existing leases under b.p. almost a month into one of the worse man made virmentse or econo

mr. gutierrez, i have a question for you. during your stay with the government working for the bush administration, did you ever consider placing immigration point across the border? in other words, where people leaving this country would possibly be searched and the things they are taking into mexico would be questioned? this is particularly relative to the arms being moved into mexico supplying the gains. these arms are not available in mexico. i have travelled extensively into mexico over the past 10 years and when i do travel i always keep in my possession a photocopy of my passport and my driver's license and i've been stopped numerous times by mexican police both state and federal and never had any trouble. obviously, knock on wood. most of my mexican friends in southern mexican -- southern mexico are wonderful people and very hard working in family oriented. host: what is your question? caller: during your stay with president bush, have you ever considered whether people moving out of this country should be possibly se

mr. gutierrez, on which further proceedings were postponed and the yaste prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 21 printed in house report 111-498 offered by mr. gute year ezz of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device.. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 372, the nays are 52. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 42 printed in house report 111-498 by the gentlewoman from calornia, ms. eshoo, on which further proceedings were postponed and the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the c

mr. gutierrez: thank you very much, mr. speaker. this is from b.p.'s website, says our code of conduct is the cornerstone of our commitment to integrity. mr. speaker, i'm sorry, the -- ok. just what is the code of conduct ? the code of conduct is we aim for no accident, no harm to people, anno damage to the environment. this is from their website. well, b.p. is zero for three. so i ask everyone, where's the integrity? if they don't even meet their own guidelines. there have been debts. the worst ecological disaster -- deaths, the worst ecologicalcies disasters, and we know they don't have solutions ready when the disaster occurs. we have to have a satisfy record of integrity and business ethics when we grant someone a contract. today i have an amendment to end the $2 billion that we purchase each and every year with taxpayer dollars from b.p. for our department. let's disbar them because they should be banned permanently. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the h

mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, here's an excerpt straight from b.p.'s website, quote, code of conduct is the cornerstone of their commitment to integrity. you can't make this stuff up. it goes on to say, quote, great companies are built on trust. trust is earned, it says, through an achievement of consistently high standards of behavior and care. wait, it gets better. the document also says that among the quote basic rules you must follow at b.p. is to always, quote, make sure you know what to do if an emergency occurs at your workplace. straight from b.p.'s website. well, 40 days into one of the worst ecological disasters of our time, b.p. has yet to meet its own commitment in its website to its own integrity. if the code of conduct is consistently violated, then that employer, contractor would be terminated. the american people should demand no less. today i plan to introduce an amendment to the department of defense authorization bill to begin the process of terminating b.p.'s business with the american people. please join me in supporting my amendm

mr. gutierrez: yesterday i urged my colleagues to stop drilling leases from b.p. if congress can stop b.p. stop government leases then b.p. should stand for ban permanently. but why stop here? we must go further. today i urge my colleagues to join me to can sell all federal contracts to b.p. how much money are we talking about? in 2009 alone, the department of defense paid at least $1.5 billion to b.p. $1.5 billion with a b. in other words, big profits for them. we need to audit and stop our taxpayer dollars from going to b.p., a company pumping millions of barrels of black poison into our water and towards our shore. let's ban permanently b.p.'s black poison and eliminate b.p.'s big profits along with their british pollution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute to address the house. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. about a month ago today w

mr. gutierrez: thank you. madam speaker, the old joke around congress is that the senate is washington's legislative's hospice, a place where good bills go and die a slow death. i hope this joke will be proven wrong. unfortunately, many of the reforms passed in the wall street reform and consumer protection act of 2009, including strong consumer protection and much-needed reform to the industry are being watered-down. the latest victim of this appeasement and most egregious example of the appeasement example on the other side for wall street lobbyists is here, the removal this week of the dissolution fund. i hoped it would act like your car insurance, by discouraging risky behavior. let's say like a bank like goldman sachs drove a new ferrari down the road with little regard for traffic or public safety. it would then be assessed more in fees to drive safety and look at all the posted signals. goldman can drive its ferrari anyway it wants and when it crashes the american public has to pay. the speaker pro temp

mr. gutierrez: thank you very much. it's impossible without talking about b.p. -- without getting angry talking about b.p. i want to add one more b.p. to the mix. be proactive. this week i will introduce an amendment to the department of defense re-authorization bill that will call on the secretary of defense to consider barring b.p. from government contracts. disbar b.p. we hear that the cleanup may take years or may last forever. we hear about investigations that may take years or last forever. instead of looking backwards and who should pay, let's be proactive and take steps this week to ban permanently from federal contracts the serial abuser of thamerican trust. i urge you to support my amendment to the d.o.d. re-authorization and ban b.p. from federal contracts. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection