mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 3165, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tonko: thank you. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tonko: i am pleased that today we are considering h.r. 3165, the wind energy research and development act of 2009. the united states has enough wind energy resources to meet all of our electricity needs several times over. but experience over the last several years has shown that many significant technical

mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3165. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 136, h.r. 3165. a bill to provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, and the gentleman from texas, mr. hall, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 3165, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tonko: thank you. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tonko: i am pleased that today we are considering h.r. 3165, the wind energy research and developm

mr. tonko: n: -- mr. tonko: and real life stories that should impact all of us in our process here in the house. representative pingree, i know you have a lot to add. both of you are very strong voice force reform, intelligent reform, and representative pingree. ms. pingree: the good news is we have a lot of of colleagues with voices for reform. most of us have gotten to the point every time we go out to a supermarket, we hold a local meeting, somebody's birthday party, the first 24i7k our friends and neighbors and constituents say to us, when are you going to get that health care bill passed? what's standing in the way? there is so much hard work going on here of dealing with many of these very complicated details. this is a major overhaul of our health care system and i commend my colleagues in congress. we are really putting in a tremendous number of hours to get this right. it's not easy to figure out what it takes to bring down costs, how to make it affordable for americans, the stories that you talke

mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 3246, the advanced vehicle technology act. h.r. 3246 supports the key public policy goals of improving our nation's energy security and our environment. specifically this legislation encourages research and development for a diverse range of near term and long-term vehicle electfication technologies. that will improve vehicle fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and support the united states manufacturing and american workers. we must address our energy problems as we continue to address our economic problems. by doing so, i believe we can ensure that while our economy recovers we will be competitive and secure in the energy sector as well. the passage of h.r. 3246 is indeed vital to addressing both of these concerns. as congress moves through this session of congress we must continue to pass policies that will promote energy efficiency. policies which drill and mind efficiencies as we previously drilled for oil and mined for coal. we must continue to inve

mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. mr.speaker, i rise today to continue to remind my colleagues about the energy crisis we are experiencing in our country. while oil is currently trading at some $69.21 per barrel today, it was at $147 in july of 2008 when we all remember gas prices at over $4 a gallon. we must address our energy problems as we continue to address our economic problems. by doing so, we can ensure that while our economy recovers, we will be competitive and secure in the energy sector as well. as such i was pleased that my bill, h.r. 3165, the wind research and development act of 2009, passed this body last week. i would like to thank my colleagues from both sides of the aisle for the support on my first piece of legislation that passed this full body. we must continue to promote energy efficiency, to drill and mine efficiency as we previously drilled for oil and mined coal. we must also enact policies that promote clean energy jobs and deployment of renewables. finally as my bill did last week, we must conti

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 447 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 447, resolution recognizing the remarkable contributions of the american council of engineering companies for its 100 years of service to the engineering industry and the nation. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspensuspend the rules and agr the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 420, the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution