mr. tiahrt. the chair: the gentleman is recognize for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. tiahrt: i thank the gentleman from california. this is a very important amendment. i think the very important that we understand what's at play here. the current plan by the president through executive order is to close guantanamo bay down. now this facility is a state-of-the-art modern facility. it includes the right strategy as far as layout of the facilities, it also has a modern new courtroom, state-of-the-art courtroom well suited to handle the challenges that we have in trying to deal with these detainees, these self-proclaimed terrorists. now i've been to guantanamo bay twice, i've been to other facilities like fort leavenworth. the idea of moving these self-professed terrorists to american soil is a bad idea. the a worse idea to put this tell in our prisons. we've had two incidences within the last month where american citizens have been recruited by radical islamists in our own prisons when they were released -- prisons. when they were released they committed acts of terror in

mr. tiahrt: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. tiahrt: madam speaker, this administration and the democrat congress are pushing us towards aure peaian socialism through more government control. this week it's the energy economy. this week we are scheduled to consider the waxman-markey cap and tax scheme that will cap our growth and tax all of us. in 2005, theure peaians implemented the emissions trading scheme or e.t.s. it has increased household energy cost by 16%, and industrial energy cost by 32% in just four years. with no measurable effect on greenhouse gases. the heritage foundation projects waxman-markey impact on america will be a 74% increase in electric prices, a 90% increase in energy prices, and at least $ -- 850,000 jobs lost every year. the energy bill for the average american household will go up over $3,000. that's exactly what the authors want. president obama recently stated in the only cap and tax scheme that it will work

mr. tiahrt: that is correct. my fellow kansan, the distinguished member of the second district of can a. ms. jenkins, has worked hard on this issue. the region is experiencing high growth due to the ongoing troop buildup of fort riley. the city of manhattan, kansas, and riley county are cooperating to provide municipal level services among the corridor near fort riley. strong interest has been expressed in the area by the developmental community. and there have been limitations on future growth on the manhattan's west side. in the 2003 update of the manhattan urban area comprehensive plan, which was a joint planning initiative with the city and county, specifically identifies the k-177 gateway area as a potential urban growth corridor if municipal level services are provided. that's why the city could not wait on the sewer line project. it is already underway and being managed by the county. the city will be responsible for the design, bidding, and overseeing the water project. the cost of both the water and sewe

mr. tiahrt. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to go back to the first, compared effectiveness. we were for did million dollars the stimulus bill passed on to your agency and it is to determine the optimum procedure or pharmaceutical for a given some them. as we experienced with jenny when she came to our office, she lost access to the best solution for some time because of medicare. how would you apply comparative defected this? will you allow it to be used like it was ford jenny joe with a ration healthcare or will you use it as an advisory tool for physicians and clinics and hospital so they can make the best decision in how to apply the information they have? >> congressman, let me start by saying aye, in my service as kansas insurance commissioner for eight years, i spend a lot of time and energy fighting the rationing of healthcare, which i saw each and every day frankly being conducted by private insurers, who were making treatment choices and overruling medical decisions of doctors in terms of drug application, medical procedures, so i share your gold that, in transformi

mr. tiahrt. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i will try to confine all of my questions in two minutes. we are on a path to single-payer healthcare the start with effectiveness a concept of having a subsidized public insurance company compete with a private sector i think we will get further down that path. you have heard of this committee many would prefer a single-payer system. i would like to see your organization consider some competitive methods of approaching the problem. in many states including kansas we require everybody who drives to have car insurance. the result is we have a fundamental insurance package for automobile, for car insurance. we could do the same thing for a basic health care policy that includes a certain number of visits to physicians, clinics and putting hospitals, we could have an annual physical which i think would be very good including counseling for a healthy lifestyle which would avoid a lot of cost in the future. we could have an annual dental visit which many people need as well. and it would provide -- we could provide tax incentives for everybody to

mr. tiahrt: i thank the chairman. . mr. dicks: i would like to yield -- if i could be recognized again. i want to welcome -- yield two minutes to congressman connolly of virginia for the purposes of a colloquy. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: i thank the chair and i thank my distinguished friend, chairman of the subcommittee. heritage programs have been proven to be effective vehicles in improving tourism and conservation. many citizens have worked with members of congress to designate new heritage areas. one of the areas is the journey through hallowed ground. i appreciate the chairman including funding and other heritage areas in his markup. i ask if he perceives an opportunity to see that in financial cycles and i yield? mr. dicks: i thank the gentleman for acknowledging this important program. would the gentleman agree that a critical component for freing additional dollars would be to have our existing heritage areas move towards self-sufficiency mr. connolly: i gee with the chairman in order to expand upon the existing program we mu ensure that

mr. tiahrt, did you have one more question before we shot down?madam secretary, let me add my voice to their earmarks of congressman mccollum on reimbursement rates. these reimbursement disparities or outrageous people putting this bill together in the end will understand they would make a big mistake if they would take for granted the support of people from states like wisconsin and minnesota. if this outrageous disparity in reimbursent isn't correct to a significant degree. i were states feel like we have been taken into those outrageous disparities are going to have to shrink significantly if we are going to get a product that everybody can support. with that, thank you for coming. i am happy to see you where you are and we look forward to working with you and we will see you again. the committee is adjourned until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. >> the committee will come to order. we meet today to hear the distinguished chairman of the federal reserve, benjamin bernanke, testify on the recession that is plaguing our economy and on the prospects of r

mr. tiahrt of kansas, amendment by mr. cuellar, amendment number 98 by mr. hodes of new hampshire. amendment 63 by mr. nunes of california, amendment number 111 by mrs. blackburn of tennessee, amendment number 71 by mr. burton of indiana, amendment number 97 by mr. price of georgia, amendment number 100 by mr. jordan of ohio, amendment number 114 by mr. reichert of washington, amendment number 59 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment number 79 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 76 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 105 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 104 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 107 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 87 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 86 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 85 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 91 of mr. flake of arizona and amendment number 84 by mr. flake of arizona. es us as the bailout nation. second of all, i believe, as do many economists, that the federal reserve ought to be concentrated on military policy, tied to inflation -- on monetary policy, tied