base where pilots will fly missions and it's turned mr hayes from spite of the inmates told r.t. that violence represents bunker busters might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could kill a swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these the bunker busting bombs actually helicopters are inevitably going to make this worse they could bring about a civilian casualties in libya and i think also reek of desperation maybe making all of the new ways and for a lot of very expensive bomb over the last couple of months but i think they're done very little well they've ripped the democratic initiative from the libyan people and taken it into the hands of a small elite of western leaders through the no fly zone was implemented as soon

mr. hayes, thank you. and i thank you for the efforts that you have made. i think the president's announcement this week as it related to alaska and the efforts on the annual lease sales up in pra, the permitting, i think these are positive signals. obviously, we want to make sure that they translate into action and reality. so we will be working with you on that. mr. hayes, i want to single you out here and thank you for your efforts to try to reach or resolve on cd5 in the npra. i think we recognize this is politically important. it speaks to what senator hutchinson and bingaman were talking about earlier. i think we recognize that we have a lot to do. but we've got to find a path forward there. so i want to continue working with you on that. secretary, i want to ask you just for a little bit of clarification here because you have you have -- you have discussed the various incentives that you wish to put in place to advance increased oil and gas. when i think of things, i think of encouraging

but mr. hayes, i want to simply -- single you out here and thank you for your efforts to try to reach a resolve on cd-5 in the npra. i think we recognize this is critically important and it speaks to some of what senator hutchison and senator begich were discussing earlier about the coordination within agencies. i think we recognize we have a lot to do, but we have to find a path forward there. i want to continue working with you on that. secretary, i want to ask you for a little bit of claire if i -- clarification here. because you have discussed the various incentives that you wish to put in place to advance increased oil and gas production. and when i think of incentives, i think of positive things that would encourage you. and in your comments you suggest appending the mineral leasing act to allow -- amending the mineral leasing act to allow for basically a shorter period of time than the 10 years in order to prompt -- and prompt the producers to move more quickly. well, as we have discussed in

on the same day that chairman of the oversight committee did virtually the exact same thing to mr. hayes, the deputy secretary of the department of interior, advising him not to answer a question because he's under oath, implying that certainly anythi the deputy secretary might say would be untrue. mr. speaker, we need to do better. regardless of political affiation, the american people demand it. civility and common respect are not signs of weakness or capitulation. they are hallmarks of a functioning democracy. you know, an apology probably won't be forthcoming but civility must be restored to this house or at least school monitors to prevent spitballs without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. i was shocked yesterday at the exchange that occurred between our colleague from north carolina, patrick mchenry, and elizabeth warren, the woman who has been cast by president obama to establish the new consumer financial protections bureau. you know, to have a woman of impeccable academic credentials, a woman who for years predicted what was going to happen, had a p

mr. hayes, i want to single you out here an thank you for your efforts to try to reach a resolve on cd-5 in the npra, i think we recognize this this is critically important and it speaks to some of what senator hutchinson and senator ba given were discussing earlier. we've got a lot to do but we've got to find a path forward. i want to ask you just for a little bit of clarification here because you have discussed the various incentives that you wish to put in place to advance increased oil and gas production. and when i think of incentives, i think of positive things that would encourage you and in your comments, you suggest amending the mineral leasing act to allow for basically a shorter period of time than the 10 years in order to prompt the producers to move more quickly. well, as we have discussed in alaska, we've got some pretty specific issues there that don't allow for prompting, prompting is not going to get us any further, any faster, we've got about a 60-day exploration period per ye

on the same day that chairman of the oversight committee did virtually the exact same thing to mr. hayes, the deputy secretary of the department of interior, advising him not to answer a question because he's under oath, implying that certainly anything the deputy secretary might say would be untrue. mr. speaker, we need to do better. regardless of political affiliation, the american people demand it. civility and common respect are not signs of weakness or capitulation. they are hallmarks of a functioning democracy. you know, an apology probably won't be forthcoming but civility must be restored to this house or at least school monitors to prevent spitballs from being thrown around in committee hearings. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair decla >> the house returns for legislative work at noon eastern. members will finish a peal -- a part of the new health care law. the house begins debate on 150 amendments to the defense programs bill. live coverage of the house when members gavel back in here on c-span. president obama is on day three o

mr. hayes, i want to single you out and think you for your efforts. i think you recognize this is critically important and it speaks to some of what my colleagues were discussing earlier in response to senator manchin's question. i think we recognize we have a lot to do. i want to continue working with you on this. secretary, i want to ask -- just for clarification -- because you and discussed the various incentives you wish to put in place to advance increased oil and gas production. when i think of incentives, i think of positives, things that would encourage you. in your comments, you suggest amending the mineral leasing act to allow for basically of a shorter period of time than 10 years in order to prompt the producers to move more quickly. as we have discussed in alaska, we have specific issues there that do not allow for prompt -- prompting is not going to get us going any further any faster. we have a 30-day expiration. . 60-days is it it. if what it does is restrict the ability of the producers in terms of gaining or what their lease might be

mr. chairman, i rise -- i offer the amendment. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number four printed in house report 112-73, offered by ms. hanabusa of haye. -- of hawaii. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from haye, ms. han due -- -- from hawaii, the -- the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hanabusa, and a member oppose each will control five minutes. ms. hanabusa: the amendment i propose is a simple amendment. title 43, section 1340, entitled geological and geophysical explorations is what is the subject of h r. 1229. specifically, subsection d entitled drilling permits. under that subsection, the secretary -- it states the secretary offer us an approved exploration plan to drilling any well in accordance with such plan. what the amendments are proposing here today and what my amendment is addresses is what is set forth as page four and i propose that it amends after line 6 and includes a subsection three, which addresses the worst case discharge scenario certification this amendment requires the secretary shall not issue a permit without certifying that the applicant first has calculated a worst case discharge scenario for the