ms. biggert and created a 14-member council and they were empowered to set up a hotline. and if they got things from the hotline and the web site that were complaints about the banks, what did they do them? they september them to the financial regulators who failed to do things in the past. that's what they preferred. they opposed then and i believe continue to oppose an independent regulator whose primary role is the consumer. as the gentleman from north carolina pointed out, they want to give the bank regulators to cancel what the consumer regulator does but it's not reciprocal. if they think the bank regulators have been too lax, that is not reciprocal. they have never liked consumer protection. and finally, i want to say they do the banks a disservice and i stress again, the banks were not the problems here, particularly the community banks, they apparently think that a bank has to protect consumers, they will fail. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from west virginia is recognized for four minutes. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. chairman. i wou

ms. biggert and created a 14-member council and they were empowered to set up a hotline. and if they got things from the hotline and the web site that were complaints about the banks, what did they do them? they september them to the financial regulators who failed to do things in the past. that's what they preferred. they opposed then and i believe continue to oppose an independent regulator whose primary role is the consumer. as the gentleman from north carolina pointed out, they want to give the bank regulators to cancel what the consumer regulator does but it's not reciprocal. if they thin the bank regulators have been too lax, that is not reciprocal. they have never liked consumer protection. and finally, i want to say they do the banks a disservice and i stress again, the banks were not the problems here, particularly the community banks, they apparently think that a bank has to protect consumers, they will fail. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlady from wt virginia is recognized for four minutes. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. chairman. i would li

biggert and ms. waters for their excellent work for a job well done and the people of this country thank you, too. so that we can pay our insurance . the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? mrs. biggert: madam chairman, may i inquire the chair how much time each side has remaining? the chair: the gentlewoman from illinois has 20 minutes, the gentlewoman from california has 16 1/2 minutes. mrs. biggert: thank you. with that i would yield two minutes to the gentlelady from michigan, candace miller. the chair: the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized. mrs. miller: thank you and i certainly thank the gentlelady for yielding some time to me and i hate to rain on this bipartisan parade, i know this is a bipartisan effort here, but i think this program needs to be eliminated, not be reformed. and i would start with this basic premise. why in the world is the federal government in the flood insurance business? if you read the constitution, wha

ms. biggert and created a 14-member council and they were empowered to set up a hotline. and if they got things from the hotline and the web site that were complaints about the banks, what did they do them? they september them to the financial regulators who failed to do things in the past. that's what they preferred. they opposed then and i believe continue to oppose an independent regulator whose primary role is the consumer. as the gentleman from north carolina pointed out, they want to give the bank regulators to cancel what the consumer regulator does but it's not reciprocal. if they think the bank regulators have been too lax, that is not reciprocal. they have never liked consumer protection. and finally, i want to say they do the banks a disservice and i stress again, the banks were not the problems here, particularly the community banks, they apparently think that a bank has to protect consumers, they will fail. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from west virginia is recognized for four minutes. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. chairman. i wou

biggert, ms. waters, chair bachus, rahm frank, and the -- ranking member frank, and the committee to dig into the details to ensure fema has the tools it needs to address the properties costing the program the most. this is going to go a long way towards helping people out of the cycle of flooding and will help reduce the heavy drain that these properties have on the flood insurance program. thank you. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. biggert: thank you, madam chairman. i yield 2.5 minutes to the gentleman from tennessee -- texas, mr. canseco, another great member of the financial services committee. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. canseco: thank you, madam chair. i'd like to thank chairman biggert for her leadership on this bill which makes vital reforms to a troubled program. madam chairman, we are all well aware of the importance of flood insurance. back in texas

ms. schakowsky: i thank the chair. the e.i.a. seeks to reduce energy costs. -- mrs. biggert: i want to commend them for the commercial energy buildings survey, known as cbes. they had a request for $5 million for e.i.a. in 2012, roughly $9 million above the f.y. 2011 levels. unfortunately, they included language i'm concerned about. does the gentleman from new jersey consider the program a priority for e.i.a.? mr. frelinghuysen: will the gentlelady yield? mrs. biggert: i yield. mr. frelinghuysen: i agree it's an important resource for the building sector. it provides an increase for the energy information administration and with funding available, i expect that an update of the consumer building survey will be funded. mrs. biggert: i thank the chairman. i serve as co-chair of the high performance building caucus with representative carnahan of missouri. many members of the high performance building coalition have come to us to express their concern about an updated program since the data is nearly a decade old. changes have been made since the last one was published in 2003.

thank the chairman, chairman biggert, and the chairman of the full committee, chairman bachus, and theals ranking member, mr. frank and the ranking member in the committee, ms. waters for their leadership. what we don't need now is to have the other side try circumvent this process with a disaster relief billism urge my colleagues on this side and that side to support the underlying bill and reject the motion to recommit. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks -- the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. >> i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 18 of rule -- clause 8 -- clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a five-minute vote on passage of