mr. upton, and the gentlewoman from colorado, ms. degette, will each control 45 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: so recognized. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i care about america's energy future, and i certainly care about america's fiscal future as well. and for those who reasons, i would urge every one of us here to vote yes on the no more solyndras act. on the energy front, i continue to advocate concrete measures towards achieving north american energy independence. that includes improving the keystone x.l. pipeline, it includes increasing conventional and renewable energy production from federal lands and eliminating unnecessary e.p.a. red tape on coal and other fossil fuels. these and other pro-energy measures are part of the all-of-the-above energy agenda that has been championed by the energy and commerce committee here in the house. but support for this agenda also requires us t

mr. upton: mr. speaker, i would yield two minutes to the chairman of the health subcommittee, joe pitts, in support of the legislation. the speaker pro tempore: mr. pitts is recognized for two minutes. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, h.r. 6163, the national pediatric research network act, seeks to address important unmet needs in pediatric health. pediatric research is so important to the health of our children. and it is essential to finding answers for unmet health needs. according to the national institutes for health, there are between 6,000 and 7,000 diseases considers rare -- considered rare that affect 25 million to 30 million people. most of the approximately 7,000 rare diseases are pediatric diseases and often genetic. unfortunately the doctors do not have sufficient therapies to treat them. this bill seeks to alleviate that problem by establishing pediatric research networks in consortia. they will help by coordinating research efforts among participating institutions, concentrating that effort on

i also want to thank the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton, the gentleman from michigan, as well as my ranking member, mr. waxman from california. all of us, all of us have worked together so diligently to make this happen and thank you so very much. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california. mrs. bono mack: i reserve the balance of my time. i have no further speakers. mr. butterfield: i have no further speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. mr. butterfield: i have no further speakers. i will close by simply reiterating what i said the last three or four minutes. thanks good bill. we have bipartisan -- this is a good bill. we have bipartisan support for this bill. it has been expedited to the house floor. i ask my colleagues to join with us and get it passed and let's get it enacted into law. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from calif

mr. markey, the gentleman from from michigan, upton and the gentleman from california, mr. waxman and the gentleman from florida, mr. mica and the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, each will control 10 minutes. and the house will be in order. and the chair would recognize the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, 2008 campaign, president obama plainly declared the policies he supports would bankrupt american coal production. the obama administration has waged a war on coal, coal jobs and the small businesses in the mining supply chain and the low cost energy that millions of americans rely on. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the committee will be in order and the chair would ask members to take your conversations in the back of the chamber, to remove your conversations from the floor, please. take your seats. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, ama

mr. speaker. my colleagues, later today we will begin debate on the rule for h.r. 6213. the no more solyndras act which along with my chairman, fred upton of michigan, i'm proud to sponsor. now, this legislation is a culmination of an intensive, thorough, 18-month investigation by the subcommittee on oversight investigation, which i chair, and will fix the problems we uncovered. specifically the no more solyndras act will phase out the department of energy's grossly mismanaged loan guarantee program by prohibiting d.o.e. from issuing any loan guarantees for applications submitted after december 31, 2011. and provides taxpayers strong new protections for any pending participants in this program. the bill provides greater loan guarantee transparency by requiring d.o.e. to report to congress on the decisionmaking process and of course the details of the loan. the bill also prohibits d.o.e. from restructuring the terms of any guarantee and for kids -- forbids the subordination of united states taxpayers' dollars at any time to private investors. and holds that the department of official informations accountable for their actions by imposing