mr. sarbanes. the speaker pro tempore: the sglelt is -- the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. sarbanes: i want to commend my colleague, mr. altmire, for introducing this resolution to designate the week beginning may 2 as national physical education and sport week. that'd president will be launching at bell multicultural high school in columbia heights here in the texas d -- here in the district of columbia, a new physical finance challenge. it brings the kind of focus to physical finance and sports and nutrition that congressman altmire has signaled which this resolution. again, i commend him for bringing that attention to this issue and i urge support of this resolution. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. payne: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers but would like to urge that house resolution 1373 be passed. we also in my district on saturday will be having a community meeting dealing with obesity in line with president -- with first lady obama's initiative to combat obesit

mr. sarbanes. the chair will entertain up to 10 more additional one minutes % on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: thank you, madam speaker. this week congressman glenn nye and i introduced the sweep act. this legislation would require an independent bipartisan commission be established to review federal programs and make recommendations for those that should be eliminated, consolidated or have their funding reduced. most importantly, this bill would require congress to have an up or down vote on the commission's recommendations. there are many programs that have about lived their original purpose. the sweep act will help us weed out programs that are no longer needed and help our bottom line. this bill is part of a comprehensive 10-bill package that i'm either co-sponsoring or writing to help tackle our national debt. each of the 10 bills in my pl

mr. sarbanes blocked -- mr. dodd and mr. sarbanes blocked those reforms in the senate. luckily some members from the other side have noted this failure. in 2008 president clinton said i think the responsibility that the democrats have may rst more in resisting any efforts by republicans in the congress or by me when i was president to put some standards and tighten up a little on fannie mae and freddie mac. it is unfortunate that we lost that battle. our housing market, our financial sector, and the broader economy are dealing with the consequences of that very systemic shock that the fed had anticipated and warned us about. today despite what some may claim, we are not advocating for the elimb -- elimination of the g.s.e.'s tomorrow but we want them addressed in this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. frank: it's wholly inaccurate because of the incomplete his

mr. sarbanes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm convinced when all of this is looked back at and inquiry is done, that we will determine that, years ago, really, mms handed over to the oil industry the keys to the kingdom. they have taken full advantage of that. what we are about is we have to get the keys to the kingdom back, because the industry does not seem to be able to act responsibly on its own. when you look at the resources available to mms, the lack of resources, you look at the lack of issuance that will also be part of this story. in the industry, mms is like a fly buzzing around my head. it is a joke. we got to figure out how to make the agency more relevant so that the industry actually tears when they show up for an inspection. -- cares when they show up for an inspection. people do not get enough pay to be recruited. there is an industry person telling them this, that, and the other, weaving and bobbing. it is not a fair fight. we have to get back to where the industry actual cares when am mms inspector -- an mm