mr. inslee of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 257, the gentleman from washington, mr. inslee, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. inslee: thank you, mr. chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: the beaches and shoreline and the economy of the state of washington. this amendment is quite simple. it would simply say we will not allow the federal government to run over the state of washington on issues of drilling off of our coastline, that we won't be shackled to thisant kuwaited policy of drilling without -- this antiquated policy of drilling without reasonable protection, without first addressing the issue of rampant speculation which is exposing my constituents to $4 a gallon in the state of washington. and we should be developing new clean energy sources. i want to i address each one of those. basically our position is we don't think in the st

mr. inslee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: we should oppose this bill not because it is too strong but because it is too weak. americans do need relief from $4 a gallon gasoline and they are not going to get it from this bill either in the short-term or the long-term. the reason they won't get relief in the short-term is we're not drilling in the right places. we need to drill speculators, not just wells. even goldman sachs recognizes that a significant portion of this huge spike in prices is due to rampant speculation in the market. but this bill doesn't do a single thing about that short-term reason for this short-term price, we need to drill speculators not just wells. but secondly, in the long-term, this bill does not give us what we need. my friends across the aisle told us they were going to give us an all of the above energy strategy. they haven't given us an all of the above strategy. they have just given us an all of the below strategy. because the only thing they are thinking about are these archaic technologi

mr. inslee of washington. the chair: the gentleman from washington, mr. inslee, an a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. inslee: we're offering a simple amendment that will make it much easier for wounded warriors to obtain access to adaptive recreational congresswomen. we have these proud men and women coming back from the field of battle with obviously very, very severe wounds and what we have found is some of the best things they can to to get back with their lives and professional development is to have access to adaptive recreation, both services and equipment. i know some of these folks do incredible things with paralysis, skiing with severe injuries, riding adaptive boiks, people who lost their vision, wounded warriors, getting back up on the slopes and it's been a tremendous thing for these men and women to help restore their confidence, rebuild their strength and get back into the swing of things. our research has shown this works both from a psychological and a physical standpoint

mr. inslee of washington. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-74, by the gentlewoman from massachusetts, miss tsongas, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5, printed in house report number 112-74, offered by miss tsongas of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes the chair: on this vote the yeas are 195. the nays are 223. the amendment is lost. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in house report 112-74, by the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, on which further proceeding

mr. inslee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: we should oppose this bill not because it is too strong but because it is too weak. americans do need relief from $4 a gallon gasoline and they are not going to get it from this bill either in the short-term or the long-term. the reason they won't get relief in the short-term is we're not drilling in the right places. we need to drill speculators, not just wells. even goldman sachs recognizes that a significant portion of this huge spike in prices is due to rampant speculation in the market. but this bill doesn't do a single thing about that short-term reason for this short-term price, we need to drill speculators not just wells. but secondly, in the long-term, this bill does not give us what we need. my friends across the aisle told us they were going to give us an all of the above energy strategy. they haven't given us an all of the above strategy. they have just given us an all of the below strategy. because the only thing they are thinking about are these archaic technologi

mr. inslee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. we should oppose this bill not because it is too strong but because it is too weak. americans do need relief from $4 a gallon gasoline and they are not going to get it from this bill either in the short-term or the long-term. the reason they won't get relief in the short-term is we're not drilling in the right places. we need to drill speculators, not just wells. even goldman sachs recognizes that a significant portion of this huge spike in prices is due to rampant speculation in the market. but this bill doesn't do a single thing about that short-term reason for this short-term price, we need to drill speculators t just wells. but secondly, in the long-term, this bill does not give us what we need. my friends across the aisle told us they were ing to give us an all of the above energy strategy. they haven't given us an all of the above strategy. they have just given us an all of the below strategy. because the only thing they are thinking about are these archaic technologies of drill