mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman. and, mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. keating: i rise to urge my colleagues to support my amendment to h.r. 1231. as our constituents saw high gas prices, oil companies are are reporting profits. these firms are eating up more and more of our constituents' paychecks, and where is it going? only a small portion of the profits are reinvested back in the company to pave the way for efficiencies and research into alternatives to oil. rather, oil companies are providing bumps to stockholders and high bonuses to their company glecktiffs, a pat on the back for high prices at the pump. my amendment would provide transparency for the u.s. taxpayer. the amendment requires the secretary to disclose the executive bonuses for any company that is given a drilling lease. the time is now to hold the largest oil companies accountable. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment in order to provide transparency back to the american

mr. keating: thank you. friend on the other side of the aisle say, they are for the all of the above strategy when it comes to oil. let's be clear. they support oil above all, above medicare, above putting police on the streets, above increasing reading teachers, and above protecting our coastal communities. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: i yield one minute to the gentleman from south carolina another great new member of the resource committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this isn't about oil company profits. this about supply and demand, we don't have the supply necessary to meet the energy needs in this country. you know what? the american people know that we've got the resources here in this country whether it's offshore, on the outer continental shelf, federal lands that are currently under this administration been taken off the table for energy production. supply and deman

mr. keating. mr. keating: i just came here to advance statements here by our fellow freshman and my neighbor from rhode island, because here we are in virtually an empty chamber sitting here talking about jobs. before i came a member of congress just a few months ago, my job and i was fortunate to have one, was the job of a district attorney. now the responsibilities of that job are not well known but one of the responsibilities in our state, when there is a death that occurred in a hospital, it's important that be investigated for any indications of foul play from a criminal standpoint. so as a result, the troopers attached to my unit and my prosecutors reviewed the deaths of people. and i must say just to put this in context in a very personal sense to me, one of the most tragic and heart-wrenching parts of that job was coming upon the scenes of suicide. and in the course of that over the last couple of years, you actually saw situations where people depressed, hopeless, took their own lives and they

mr. keating, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 112-74, on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment 5 by miss tsongas of massachusetts. amendment number 6 by ms. brown of florida. amendment number 7 by mr. thompson of california. amendment number 8 by 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

mr. keating hatcher. 25 years ago when i worked with my father, my father, among other things, was the past president of the georgia association of realtors. i remember one afternoon he came in my office and he said, son, we just hired someone today that's going to be special. hires name is keith hatcher. i want you to look him up the first time you get a chance. a week later i met keith. i was then a member of the georgia legislature. showed him around a little bit. he became the assistant to john coverage the hav venerable representative of the georgia realtors. i knew he was going to a great one and great one he has been. in his 25 years representing the georgia association and landowners and homeowners around our state, he's fought hard for limitations and curbs on the power of eminent domain, fought hard for lower taxes and transfer taxes, fought hard for landlord-tenant laws. he's worked day in and day out for the realtors of our state and has done in in the most professional and comprehensive way anybody could possibly do t he has got another great story to. he face add significant h