i yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: i want to talk about a clearly necessary provision in this bill. the fleet modernization provision. but i do want to say just two mings briefly. comment on what has been said here by the minority. i really think that they are looking for reasons to vote no, no matter how illegitimate they are. regarding this issue of the release of photos, the president has said and i quote, i will continue to take every legal and administrative remedy available to me to ensure that d.o.d. detainee photographs are not released, end of quote. secondly on the i.m.f., a commitment was made at the g-20. in this carries out the u.s. commitment. it is not

mr. speaker, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman, chairman levin from michigan. mr. levin. i'll be glad to. mr. barton: i have two nonmembers of the ways and means committee that i'd like to go out of order to get us in balance so mr. camp and you could balance each other. mr. rangel: i yield to the gentleman. mr. barton: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from new york one minute, mr. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. barton: and i'd like to thank mr. rangel for his courtesy. mr. lee: i like to thank the gentleman for yielding. my community knows too well that washington typically overregulates and hides the costs to taxpayer. this bill is being over 1,100 pages in length and 50 pages dedicating to regulating light bulbs. in order to garner enough votes, the majority has tried to shift the most punitive costs of this bill to later years so they can get it passed. early on it will be the government footing this enormous bill with your tax dollars. and then down the road the subsidy will shift to consumers will pay directly to sust

and yet, our friend, mr. levin, was talking about the issue of the automobile industry in this troop funding bill. then i listened to our friend from texas talk about, from houston, talk about darfur. one of the most troubled spots on the face of the earth, an issue that does need to be addressed and the challenges of meeting the needs of children in texas. very, very important issue. but not as part of a troop funding measure. now, mr. speaker, as i said through the very thoughtful work of the appropriations committee last month, we came to this floor with what president obama and i believe a majority of democrats and republicans in this house would like to see us achieve. and i know the american people would like to see us achieve, and that is bipartisanship. bipartisanship is a word that is used all the time around here, all the time. everyone talks about the need for bipartisanship. how important it is. the speaker in her opening address here as we began the 111th congress talked about how she wanted to work in

mr. levin: madam president, first i want to thank senators harkin and brownback for the initiative that they have taken, for their leadership in bringing before the senate this healing resolution, this formal apology for slavery and racial segregation. the resolution before us presents us with the opportunity to address face-to-face the unconscionable, the object horpbt acts of slave -- abhorrent acts of slavery and its aftermath. the apology resolution describes some of the gravest injustices of slavery. families enslaved and torn further apart after family members were sold separately, stripped of their names and heritage, a system of forced labor that persisted for 250 years, brutal and unspeakable acts of violence against slaves. the injustices continued well after the 13th amendment to the constitution ended slavery in our nation because jim-crow laws disenfranchised former slaves and subjugated them as second-class citizens. after presenting detailed findings regarding slavery in the syst

mr. levin. >> i have to non-members of the ways and means committee that i would like to go out of order to get us some balance. >> i yield to the gel them. >> alike feel that to the german from new york one minute, mr. lee. i want to thank mr. rangel for his courtesy. >> the people in my district note to well that when washington applies itself to a problem, it over regulates and hides the true cost to the taxpayer. with it being over 1100 pages in length and 50 pages dedicated to regulating light bulbs, in order to garner enough votes, the majority is trying to shift the most punitive costs to laborers so they can get it passed. early on, it will be the government putting this enormous bill with your tax dollars, and down the road, the subsidy will shift to consumers who will pay directly to sustain this program to hire, job killing enterprises. either way, is the taxpayer that bears the burden. we need to focus on an energy solution that rewards innovation using american made energy, not try

mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: mr. president, what is the time agreement? the presiding officer: the majority has 36 minutes remaining. mr. levin: i would ask unanimous consent that i be yielded four minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: mr. president, one way to stimulate a key party of our economy, the auto sales, is to establish a cash for clunkers program that would provide a voucher for those with conscious -- for new vehicles. it will allow people to purchase new fuel-efficient vehicles and both stimulate the sale of new vehicles and reduce overall fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time by providing incentives for the purchase of new more fuel-efficient vehicles, this will provide a much-needed boost to the auto industry including manufacturers, dealers, suppliers and

mr. levin: i thank mr. upton, i think i'm using two of your minutes. we know there's a major restructuring of the auto industry going on as we're here today. there are a very simple truth. if there's not increased demand, that restructuring cannot succeed. i think only rigid ideologues would say it's impossible to stimulate demand. there's been a historic drop in demand for vehicles in this country. it's about one half of what it was not so long ago. and it remains true globally. this is not only a national phenomenon, it's a global phenomenon. other countries have acted and i salute representative sutton and all who have worked on this to step up to the plate for the basic manufacturing base of the united states of america and i yield back some of the time you graciously yielded to betty sutton so i could speak. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. at this point it's my privilege to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from washington, repr