mr. mckinley: thank you, mr. chairman. let me just build a little bit on some of the remarks that were made earlier about some of the credentials of several -- peter welch and i have had a wonderful working relationship. we both -- we chair the efficiency caucus. we put language into the current energy bill that we're waiting to see what's going to happen in the senate. we've been to the white house for signature on energy efficiency bills. this is something i think he and i really grasp fairly well with this. back when i was in private practice in engineering we designed some of the first leed-certified schools and office buildings in west virginia, working with tonko over in energy efficiency, with the turbans, create electricity to make that more -- turbines, create electricity to make that more efficient. energy efficiency is one of the primary -- areas i like to play with and get involved in. i get to a point -- there's a vast difference dish want to play it back a little bit on what my colleague and good friend, bobb

mr. mckinley has worked with mr. welch to demonstrate trait the bipartisanship in this area is still alive to some degree. regrettablebly that seems to be the only republican support for major efficiency legislation in this congress. consider the recent house vote to go to congress on an energy package that would actually increase consumption by rolling back efficiency. again, how times have changed. could the fsht standard setting process use improvement? of course it could. because there is always room for improvement. despite a revisionist view that disputes efficiency standards over new development the fact is that the standard setting process has always yielded some controversy from one industry participant or another. but these controversies were generally worked out and the results were better products, more efficiency, and often useful changes to the standard setting process. my concern is that improvements simply may not be possible in this current koung. last year when we were working to forge a bipartisan

mr. mckinley has worked with mr. welch to make sure bipartisan is still alive to some degree but regrettably that seems to be the only republican support for major efficiency legislation in this congress considering the recent house vote to go to conference on an energy package that would increase consumption by rolling back efficiency. again how times have change. could the efficiency standards use improvement? of course it could. because there is always room for improvement. despite a revisionist few that dispute over efficiency tand ards or a new development, the standards setting process has yielded controversy from one industry participate or another and the result is better products and more efficiency and often useful changes to the standards-setting process. my concern is that improvement might not be possible in this current congress. last year when we were working on a compromise for furnace standards less than forth right positions taken by certain stakeholders may question the so-called reform efforts. ma

mr. mckinley has worked with mr. welch to demonstrate bipartisan in his area is still alive to some degree, but regrettably that seems to be the only republican support for major efficiency legislation in this congress considering the recent house vote to go to conference on an energy package that would increase consumption by rolling back efficiency. again how times have changed. could the efficiency standards use improvement? of course it could. because there is always room for improvement. despite a revisionist view that dispute over efficiency standards or a new development the standards setting process has yielded controversy from one industry participate or another these controversies were worked out and the result is better products and more efficiency and often useful changes to the standards-setting process. my concern is that improvement simply may not be possible in this current congress. last year when we were working to forge a bipartisan compromise on furnace standards the less than forthright positions

mr. mckinley, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me just build a little bit on some of the remarks that were made earlier about some of the credentials. peter welch and i have had a wonderful working relationship. we both -- we chair the efficiency caucus. we put language into the current energy bill that we're waiting to see what's going to happen in the senate. we've been to the white house for signatures on energy efficiency bills. so this is something i think he and i really grasp fairly well this. back when i was in private practice in engineering, we designed some of the first lead certified schools in office will buildings in west virginia. working with tonka over at energy efficiency with the turbines to create electricity, make that more efficient. energy efficiency is one of the prime areas i like to play with and get involved in here. but i get to a point, there's a vast difference -- i want to play back a little bit on what my colleague and good friend bobby rush from illinois was talking about, the disparity of inco

manchin, congressman mckinley, congressman mooney, and congressman jenkins and all of the other cosponsors of this legislation, to see it become law before it's too late. thank you, mr. president, and i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i would like to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: first of all, i want to thank my colleague, senator capito. we come from the same state and we've known each other a long time. we basically represent the same group of people who have given so much to this country. i want to thank her. this is truly bipartisan. that's what it should be in this body. when you have something in your people and your state or the country is hurting, you don't worry about the politics, whether it be democratic or republican. he reach across the aisle and dot right thing. i want to thank her so much. she's been right up front about this and i thank her so much. this goes clear back to 1946 under president harry truman. at tha