mr. murphy of new york. the chair: pursuant to the resolution, the gentleman from new york, mr. murphy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. murphy: i am deeply concerned with the nation's fiscal mismanagement. we learned that in fiscal year 2009, federal agencies are estimated to have made $98 bling in improper payments. you don't have to be a democrat or republican to know this is unacceptable. it's just common sense. my simple amendment to this bill reiterates that all the funds authorized in this act must be spent in compliance with the manuals of standards of ethical conduct for the employees of the executive branch. it's our duty to allocate dollars in a measured, responsible way. we know congress must do more to reen in wasteful spend -- to rein in wasteful spending. it's our job to make sure money is allocated in the appropriate way by federal agencies. we are far too accustomed to federal dollars being used inappropriately. the homeland security's office of inspector general noted that $240 million of

murphy: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, chairman mollohan, i appreciate your leadership on this issue and allowing me to partner with you on this important piece of legislation. mr. speaker, we need to continue to get our economy back on the right track. this bill is about boosting american technology and innovation. it's about making things in america again. right now, at an office building outside of washington, d.c., over a million patent applications sit gathering dust. hundreds of thousands have yet to be looked at for the first time. those applications could be the next iphone, inext netbook or the next google. but the agency tasked with reviewing those applications can't keep up so they sit and they sit, often for years. in fact, the average time that it takes a patent to be approved is about 30 months. but when you consider that today technologies often become obsolete within 18 months or less, it is clear that a process that takes two 1/2 years is simply two long and it hurts our competitiveness

mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back up to the front. please identify yourself. thank you. >>

mr. murphy: thank you. i rise today to congratulate and commend the saratoga springs race course. in just three days it will open its doors and embark on its 142nd consecutive season. the saratoga race course has a critical impact on our local community, contributing both its historic and economic value to upstate new york. saratoga is the oldest continuously operating thoroughbred race track in the united states and the oldest organized sporting venue in the entire country. the grave yard of champions, as saratoga is so often known, has a rich history of competition in 1973 secretariat was defeated after winning a triple crown. others like gallant fox and man h on h warp have also been -- man-o-war have also been bested there. the race is held each year at the saratoga summer meet and it's the most important thoroughbred event each summer. every year people from across the nation and the world come to experience saratoga's wonderful atmosphere and heart-stopping races. perhaps that's why saratoga has been recognized by "sports illustrated" as one of the world's great sporting ven

mr. murphy: thank you very much, ms. wasserman schultz, representative tonko, representative jackson lee. everybody should look at the chart next to representative tonko. it's not a coincidence that from month to month to month in the last year of the bush administration we lost more and more and more jobs. and then immediately upon the new president, president obama, taking office we started to lose less and less and less jobs to the point where we are adding jobs to the economy. it's because the stimulus has worked, it is because it is infusing new money into the economy, it is because tax rates are the lowest in this country since 1950. people have more money to spend than ever before. it's because we put money in the hands of teachers and firefighters and police officers and renewable energy companies and solar companies and advanced battery technologies companies, the leading edge of our economy is creating jobs. it's because manufacturing is coming back. in june, 9,000 new manufacturing jobs in this economy. since

mr. murphy: we shouldn't advertise one rate and give them another. last year we saw the credit card act to prevent these kinds of scams. and we also worked this year to close the medicare part d doughnut hole. last month our seniors started receiving $250 checks to close that hole. and by 2012 -- 2020 it will be gone entirely. no seniors should have to choose between purchasing drugs and medicines they need or putting food on their table. and no senior should be scammed by credit cards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. stearns: good morning. mr. speaker, as the owner of the new york yankees, george steinbrenner was known to his bravado, but to the people of my district, he was known as a gentleman horns farmer, owner and community leader. he had a tremendous impact on north central florida. in 1969 he bought t

mr. murphy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. murphy: madam speaker, excuse me, i thank the distinguished gentleman from the science and technology committee, mr. gordon, and i'd also like to thank both chairman gordon and ranking member hall for their generosity in letting me voice suggestions to this very important piece of legislation. as this legislation demonstrates, congress will not allow the deepwater horizon incident to end safe exploration for american energy resources. if america fails to produce our oil, we weaken our national security and lose good-paying jobs. i commend this and want to call particular attention to the work of the national energy technology laboratories. these workers have scientific expertise related to fluid flow, imaging, fire science and ultradeep water and can integrated research across academia national labs and industry. the labs have unique capabilities related to the containment of high pressure fluids, gas under extreme conditions like prediction of material behavior. it has a critical role

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to you and the committee for bringing this bill before us. there's $13 billion in this legislation for construction. that's more in the last four years combined than any four-year period since the 1940's. that will mean transformal things for our veterans. i want to briefly highlight this afternoon what it will mean for the people that will do that work. we've lost two million construction jobs in this recession and the associated general contractors of america estimate that almost 400,000 construction jobs could be created just by this bill alone. that's good news for jobs in this country. but we can have even better news if we make sure that the materials used to build those buildings are bought here in america as well. many of us have been working very hard on reinforcing our buy america law. this construction funding presents us with a unique opportunity to not only serve our veterans, not only honor our commitment to them but also grow the types of jobs in construct

mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back up to the front. please identify yourself. thank you. >>

mr. murphy: i thank the speaker. what will world leaders saying last weekend about their troubled economies? german's chancellor merkel, budget cuts are needed. prime minister david cameron. those countries that have big budget deficits like ours have to take action. "the washington post" headline says president obama to spend to half deficits. the budget deficit is equal to gross domestic product while other nations are tightening their belts, washington is borrowing chinese money belts. by year's end the national debt will reach 62% of the g.d.p., the highest level since world war ii. the more washington spends, the more it borrows, the more interest rates, the more taxpayers must spend on interest payments to chinese and foreign debt holders. the first rule when you are in a hole, especially a $13 trillion hole s. stop digging. american families understand just because there are checks in the checkbook doesn't mean there is money in the account. that's the message from main street to wall street. is anybody listen

mr. murphy? >> thank you very much, madam chair. i know we're about to go to votes and secretary salazar, you've been great to spend time with us. i appreciate your response to mr. burton's question. we could be for days on end if we would play single individuals that were upset that one particular federal official didn't visit them. i think we're very lucky to have you in this position. so many of us have been impressed by your immediate and robust response to this tragedy and mr. bromwich, you have a reputation as a no-nonsense administrator in everything you've done, and i think you're the right guy for the job. i just have a couple of quick questions. one relevance of funding source is moving forward. the reorganization as you split into three different entities will require more people in and of itself and three directors and three officers of congressional relations and we know that we need more people to do the inspection work. as you look down the road at how you think the agency should be funded and you look at a potential d

mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back up to the front. please identify yourself. thank you. >>

mr. murphy? >> thank you very much, madam chair. i know we're about to go to votes and secretary salazar, you've been great to spend time with us. i appreciate your response to mr. burton's question. we could be for days on end if we would play single individuals that were upset that one particular federal official didn't visit them. i think we're very lucky to have you in this position. so many of us have been impressed by your immediate and robust response to this tragedy and mr. bromwich, you have a reputation as a no-nonsense administrator in everything you've done, and i think you're the right guy for the job. i just have a couple of quick questions. one relevance of funding source is moving forward. the reorganization as you split into three different entities will require more people in and of itself and three directors and three officers of congressional relations and we know that we need more people to do the inspection work. as you look down the road at how you think the agency should be funded and you look at a potential d

mr. murphy? >> thank you very much, madam chair. i know wre about to go to votes and secretary salazar, you've been great to spend time with us. i appreciate your response to mr. burton's question we could be for days on end if we would play single individuals that were upset that one particular federal official didn't visit them. i think we're very lucky to have you in this position. so many of us hve been impressed by your immediate and robust response to this tragedy and mr. bromwich, you have a reputation as a no-nonsense adminirator in erything you've done, and i think you're the right guy for the job. i just have a couple of quick questions. one relevance of funding source is moving forward. the reorganization as you split into three different entities will require more people in and of itself and three directors and three officers of congressional relations and we know that we need more people to do the inspection work. as you look down the road at how you think the agency should be funded and you look at a potential diminishi

mr. murphy: in water bury, connecticut, where unemployment today is 14.1%. everybody wants to talk about jobs. the people of water bury have never shied away from hard work. it has a rich history of manufacturing making 24i7ks from boulder dam in colorado. today the unemployed in waterbury aren't just sitting on their hands waiting for a job to drop in their lap. unlike some on the right who try to suggest, they are not looking for a handout, either. they need help getting through this recession. outside the city limits of d.c. patience is running thin with republicans playing politics with people's ability to buy groceries and simply make ends meet during tough times. we can come out of this recession stronger than ever, but congress needs to do the right thing and extend unemployment benefits for people in waterbury and across this country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe:

mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the pride that they should. and please excuse if i manhandle the irish manner of speaking. this is a joke told to me by one of my friends. he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dollars in

mr. osuna. might the arizona lawsuit be fought in the courts? what might the next steps be? >> there is a question behind her. >> tiffany murphy with the institute for the study of diplomacy. with the law, the briefs were excellent. if you had anything to do with them, kus. it mntions foriegn policy, but it does not describe that a lot. is says foriegn policy, but it does not expand on that. i was wondering if you could? >> yes. >> ok. in terms of the next steps, i wish i knew what the reaction willbe. the law takes effect july 29, as you know. there will be a hearing sometime before then, likely, or arguments before the federal district cot. they will be hearing this challenge. the department has asked for an injunction, meaning stop the law before it takes effect. the emphasis has shifted to the federal judge here. as to what happens after that, it will be riding on what the judge decides on the injunction. apart from, again, some of the other civil-rights implications with the law, which will continue to be monitored, a the foreign policy front, the complaint does make the foriegn policy argument because, as you have seen,

mr. osua. might the arizona lawsuit be fought in the courts? what might the next steps be? >> there is a question behind her. >> tiffany murphy with the institute for the study of diplomacy. with the law, the briefs were excellent. if you had anything to do with them, kudos. it mentions foriegn policy, but it does not describe that a lot. is says foriegn policy, but it does not expand on that. i was wondering if you could? >> yes. >> ok. in terms of the next steps, i wish i knew what the reaction will be. the law takes effect july 29, as you know. there will be a hearing sometime before then, likely, or arguments before the federal district court. they will be hearing this challenge. the department has asked for an injunction, meaning stop the law before it takes effect. the emphasis has shifted to the federal judge here. as to what happens after that, it will be riding on what the judge decides on the injunction. apart from, again, some of the other civil-rights implications with the law, which will continue to be monitored, and the foreign policy front, the complaint does make the foriegn policy argument because, as you hav

mr. osuna. might the arizona lawsuit be fought in the courts? what might the next steps be? >> there is a question behind her. >> tiffany murphy with the institute for the study of diplomacy. with the law, the briefs were excellent. if you had anything to do with them, kudos. it mentions foriegn policy, but it does not describe that a lot. is says foriegn policy, but it does not expand on that. i was wonderingif you could? >> yes. >> ok. in terms of the next steps, i wish i knew what the reaction will be. the law takes effect july 29, as you know. there will be a hearing sometime before then, likely, or arguments before the federal district court. they will be hearing this challenge. the department has asked for an injunction, meaning stop the law before it takes effect. the emphasis has shifted to the federal judge here. as to what happens after that, it will be riding on what the judge decides on the injunction. apart from, again, some of the other civil-rights implications with the law, which will continue to be monitored, and the foreign policy front, the complaint does make the foriegn policy argument because, as you have