mr. inslee-ily: -- mr. inslee: number 14. the chair: offered by mr. inslee of washington. mrs. biggert: i reserve a point of order against this amendment. the chair: a point of order is reserved. the gentleman from washington. is recognized for five minutes. mr. inslee: thank you very much. madam chair, one thing that i think there is universal anger about, republicans and democrats, independents, alike in this country is the lack of responsibility the huge mall feesance that got us into this economic pickle we are in. to my knowledge there has been not one person go to jail as a result of the economic collapse precipitated by the shenanigans and outride criminality of -- in the highest financial places in the land. and all americans, i think, are very angry with justifiable reasons about that. and if you read any of the books about the collapse on wall street, you will share that anger. if you read any of those books. we do not want to see that replicated in this scandal regarding the mortgage servicing situation. we are now advised that there are multiple cases of people sign

mr. inslee of washington. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part a of house report 112-34 offered by mr. miller of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 170, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. miller, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. now the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. miller: thank you, mr. chairman. i first of all want to assure the gentleman from texas that if he's worried about the debt burden that children being born today face, this program, unless one of those children takes a job on wall street within the next two years, like the talking baby in the etrade ads, they aren't going to have to pay for this program. this program is going to come to the financial sector. that was the promise made in the tarp legislation and unless they plan to break that promise and i'm beginning to get the feeling that they are, this is not going to be something born, a cost borne by innocent taxpayers but by the industry they thank creates the myths. now,

mr. inslee: mr. speaker, one thing we share on a bipartisan basis is we like to -- republicans and democrats -- breathe clean air. we don't want to see our kids be exposed to aggravated asthma problems. that's why it's very disappointing that the republicans are trying to threaten a government shutdown if they don't get to pass their dirty air act. now, their dirty air act is a bill they want to pass, and i'm not making this up, they want to pass a bill that would make it illegal for the environment protection agency to enforce the provisions of the clean air act that will reduce air pollution. this is amazing to me, you want to shut down government if you don't shut down government in enforcing pollution. i've always thought the american people thought that was a really bad idea. so i want to share with my colleagues proof of this. in polls done in 19 congressional districts recently, including the speaker's own district in ohio, 68% of americans said that we should move forward with the e.p.a. in t

mr. inslee: mr. speaker, middle class americans around the country are very concerned about what's going on in wisconsin. for two reasons. the first reason is that they fundamentally understand that while we all have to tighten our belt, and they have seen workers do that in wisconsin to give up various rights under bargaining agreement, they understand fundamentally that we can't solve this problem by attacking the middle class. second, that they understand that the shenanigans that went on last night in wisconsin is an assault on some democratic principle that is we have long enjoyed. we have long enjoyed the right to petition our government for redress of grievances. it's right there in the grand old document that we took an oath to. and fumly this is a reduction -- fundamentally this is a reduction in the ability of americans to work together to speak with one voice to and with their government. this will not abide. we have to respect the middle class. we have to respect democracy. and move forwa

mr. inslee for five minutes for questioning. i am sorry. [inaudible] ms. chakowsky for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. the alumni governor quinn has sent a statement from illinois that outlines the many benefits of the affordable care act. among other things he points out that the medicaid expansion will cover 700,000 new adults who will have health insurance coverage, many for the first time in their adult life. he has the affordable care act is helping to make comprehensive health insurance affordable and accessible to all americans while providing the flexibility to allow governors to implement policies that benefit the citizens of each unique state. in a one night we do not see the affordable care act as an alternative or distraction to the urgent need for jobs and economic growth. we see the laws that vital part of our economic recovery. mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent that governor quinn's full statement be included in the full hearing record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you. governor barbour, you have talked about the rea

mr. inslee. >> i was excited by your comments about prospective gains in solar. i just read that the folks that started will make a big investment in a group that -- that started google. could you tell us why you think we could get these big advances in solar, and what do you think realistic projections are for those offenses? >> within a decade, there somewhere between a 50% drop and a 70% drop in the cost of. that includes the installation costs, the electronics cost, the full cost. we do not know which of the technologies will work, because silicon continues to make dramatic strides, and we are looking at dramatically changing the costs of the manufacturing. there are wonderful ideas out there that are being pursued by companies and researchers. there are a number of technologies. if you look at all of the companies, and all of the companies are looking at each other, we also need to increase the efficiency. we expect it to make climbs in efficiency. the thin film technologies are also beginning to make significant increases. so, there is a great deal of excit