mr. inslee: thank you. i'd like to speak in favor of this resolution, that commemorates and honors those who were lost in the tesoro explosion in washington state. and this is something that is felt, i think, nationwide, and i appreciate rick larsen and his leadership bringing this for the congress to consider this tragedy. and the reason is maybe two-fold. one, we really look forward to a day in this country that our loved ones can go to work without the fear of them not coming home in these jobs and we hope that this will help focus congress and our continuing efforts to improve safety in the workplace for our loved ones. my son worked at a pipeline project that terminated the tesoro facility and got to know some of these hardworking people. and they were aware the dangers associated with the product they work with, and he was impressed and i think we were all impressed with their dedication to their jobs, and i just want to express from the folks i represent our empathy for the families. i also want to e

mr. inslee: mr. speaker, we have been doing a lot of work here in the house to try to lead the country forward on energy independence and energy security, but there's been great local leadership as well. i want to honor today one of those great local leaders, mr. steve johnson, one of my constituents, who for 23 years has served with distinction as the executive director of the washington public utility districts. steve has had an incredible career leading this group forward which represents 27 public utility districts. it's over 1.7 million citizens. i want to note three of his local -- this local leader's achievements. first he has led to reforms which have been fitted washingtonians who have not had access to high-speed telecommunications available to them. truly a visionary action by steve. second, steve's leadership has always helped to obtain funding for more energy efficiency and conservation projects. he's been ahead of his time. third, he's been a real leader in municipal water systems. stev

mr. inslee: i appreciate an opportunity, thanks for carrying the load here. i just want to in closing note tomorrow, the actress sigourney weaver will be hosting a movie, a documentary called "acid test" and it's a very interesting movie with some very disturbing news about our oceans. and that is that our oceans are becoming more acidic and what this movie discloses, our oceans are actually 30% more acidic than they were before we started to burn coal and oil in the industrial age. and the way this works, the way this movie that she narrates, carbon goes up out of our smokestacks, out of our tail pipes, goes into the atmosphere, then falls into the ocean, goes into solution in the ocean and increases acidic conditions. i don't think probably many people know that our oceans are becoming more acidic. and the concern, of course, is that when you change the acidity level of the ocean, what it does to life forms. and we had a doctor who, she showed us some type lapse photography of what happens when you put a shell like a clam shell in ocean water that will be a

mr. inslee, seriously, i don't understand, i don't understand the argument for example, last week in a "new york times" column. it is including brought on this will be buddies with something along the lines of the issues too interconnected, not fair to do to for. i'm checking the book a trip box that says all of the above. just because, and paul also said we should have effective regulation in this country. i'm in favor of effective regulation. that's like being in favor of a tasty dinner. why would you oppose effective regulation? if you don't have a get effective regulation after 30 years of a lot of people not doing their job, i'm very interested. i would like to see that. and it is striking to me that the best idea of the administration and of our congressional leadership with regard to capital requirements, and systemic risk and so on and so forth is let's get the regulus victory to sort this out and come back to us with details. these are the guys who got it wrong for 20 or 30 is that they are the same guys. later lead the same guys. in the same ideological in a. a bit of a stretch. b

mr. inslee: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend.speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. inslee: after the collapse on wall street and the multiple abuses, the american people are very disappointed that one party in the senate is fill bustering so that we can't -- filibustering so we can't move forward to have a bipartisan wall street reform bill. and the republicans' filibuster kind of makes me remember of the old "get smart" show where we had -- they had the code of silence. when nobody wanted to know the secret, they brought down the cone of silence. and that's what the republicans want to do about wall street reform. they want a cone of silence over the senate so nobody knows whose side everybody is on. we're on the side of the american people to have aggressive wall street reform. the people who are over there filibustering that is wrong. you know, maybe the answer no is the right answer to some things, but it isn't the right answer to wall street reform. end the filibuster, get a vote and let's tame wall street the way it o

mr. inslee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for three minutes. mr. inslee: thank you. i want to congratulate those who have been working on this, the chair and the ranking members, to get this bill through. i want to make two points. this effort is one that reaches in to improve certain areas we may not think of when we think about spectrum. i note the little town of republic in washington in eastern washington where my grandmother grew up and it's a great town but right now you essentially have to shut down the entire city's access to the internet to send one x-ray from a physician in republic to a leader , an expert in seattle, to read the x-ray. you have to shut down the whole town because we don't have enough access in spectrum. making access to spectrum more available helps health care in many, many places across the country. second point i want to make, i met with my law enforcement community last week who are still thirsting for an inoperable standard so we can in fact have interoperability for emergency services radio communications. we still

mr. greenspan -- by phil inslee these columns as he will ask mr. greenspan warned the fed -- why the fed did not focus on these issues before the bubble burst. one california city closed off its downtown due to unstable buildings after a 7.2 magnitude quake centered just south of the u.s. border near mexicali. it was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit that region in decades. space shuttle discovery and seven astronauts rocketed into orbit today are one of nasa's final missions to the international space station. the liftoff, an hour before sunrise, set a record for the most women in space at the same time. it is and then -- it will be an unprecedented for some. the shuttle will rise above the elbows on wednesday. -- the shuttle a ride at the space station on wednesday. a spokesperson in islamabad is claiming that the taliban spokesperson is claiming responsibility for the attack in an war that killed a least three people. there are no reports at this time that any u.s. citizens were among those killed those are some of the latest headlines on

mr. inslee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. inslee: i come to the floor to speak against the significant injustice to both american workers and the american taxpayer. and that is a decision by the air force to extend the deadline for offering bids for the air force's new imperative tanker, which has allowed an illegally subsidized competitor, which has now taken advantage of that to the disadvantage of american workers and the disadvantage of american taxpayers. it is inconceivable to me that we have extended this deadline to allow a competitor to offer a bid that will be illegally subsidized by the european governments. this travesty is allowed to happen, we could lose thousands of jobs, the taxpayers would have been suffering seeing these illegal subsidies and a great injustice will have been perpetrated. this cannot stand. we should continue to fight this grave injustice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose do

mr. inslee of washington for today and mr. ruppersberger of maryland for today and the balance the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise? north carolina. sorry. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, reth rhett their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. poe, today and april 14, 15, 16, and 1020 for five minutes each. mr. burton, today and april 14, 15, and 16 for five minutes each. mr. jones today and april 14, 15, 16, and 20 for five minutes each. mr. moran, today, april 14, and 15 and 20, five minutes each. mr. neugebauer today, five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen, today, april 14 and 15, five minutes each, ms. foxx, today, april 14, 15, and 20, five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oh