mr. kildee: mr. speaker, as chairman of the house page board, i would like to take this opportunity to express my personal gratitude to all the pages, some of whom we have here tonight, for all they have done to serve so diligently in the house of representatives between the 110th and 111th congresses. i have attached a list of the fine young men who have served this house as pages along with the young ladies who when i first came here were not pages. you have seen the progress of this country, also. i have attached a list of the fine young people who have served this house as pages and i ask that their names be made part of the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kildee: we all recognize the important role that congressional pages play in helping the u.s. house of representatives operate. these groups of young people who come from across our nation represent what is good about our country. to become a page, mr. speaker, these young people have proven themselves to b

mr. kildee. and our colleagues on the republican side of the aisle hopefully will have a good, strong bipartisan vote today on this legislation. because they have given -- you all have given us an opportunity to pass legislation that is a benefit to our economy and a benefit to our environment. we can create and save jobs while addressing the air pollution issue, so important to our children's health. we will do this by allowing americans to trade in their old gas guzzling vehicles and receive vouchers worth up to $4,500 to help pay for the new more fuel efficient cars and trucks. i go into the specifics. i know we heard it over and over again. this cars bill is quite a remarkable piece of legislation. and the timing is perfect. and when they trade in these cars they will strengthen america's auto industry, creating jobs and reducing layoffs and save more than 250 million gallons of gas. this has been tried and true around the world in recent months with great success in germany, for example. it