ms. degette. >> mr. chairman, i'd just ask if you or your staff have this circular a129 that you referred to, if we could put a copy of that into the record, that would be helpful. >> oh, good idea. yes, we'll do that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. frantz, i want to ask you a couple questions. first of all, the chairman referred to this circular a129. that circular bans subordination in making the initial loans under this doe loan program, correct? >> i don't have -- >> in the making of the initial loans, not in the restructuring. >> that is our interpretation. >> okay. >> clearly, the provisions provided to the origination -- >> the energy act of 2005 that the chairman referred to, that also prohibited subordination in the making of the initial loans, not restructuring, correct? >> correct. >> and the do o e lawyers -- doe lawyers looked at this, and they decided that it would be legal to subordinate the taxpayers' interest in the restructuring of the solyndra loan, is that correct? >> correct.

ms. degette from denver. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. degette: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my dear friend and colleague, mr. perlmutter for yielding to me. this is a difficult week for all of us from colorado. there were two movie theaters in the denver metro area that were showing this premiere at midnight last thursday night. so there were people from all over the community in that theater. they are with their families and their friends. almost the entire employees of a restaurant in colorado, they went to have a fun evening on a summer night and tragedy of course struck that night, unexpectedly, to everybody. i have been overwhelmed as we all have in the delegation by the support of the community for all of the victims of this shooting and their family. the way theommunitiesave come together, aurora and denver and engelwood and all of the communities has been a blessed thing to see for all of us. no one can maksense of the tragedy like this, and the stories that heroism are still coming out every day. the storie

ms. degette from denver. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. degette: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my dear friend and colleague, mr. perlmutter for yielding to me. this is a difficult week for all of us from colorado. there were two movie theaters in the denver metro area that were showing this premiere at midnight last thursday night. so there were people from all over the community in that theater. they are with their families and their friends. almost the entire employees of a restaurant in colorado, they went to have a fun evening on a summer night and tragedy of course struck that night, unexpectedly, to everybody. i have been overwhelmed as we all have in the delegation by the support of the community for all of the victims of this shooting and their family. the way the communities have come together, aurora and denver and engelwood and all of the communities has been a blessed thing to see for all of us. no one can make sense of the tragedy like this, and the stories that heroism are still coming out every day. the

ms. degette: i'm proud to stand here today with my western colleague, mrs.mcmorris rodgers, to speak in support of the hydropower regulatory efficiency act of 2012, h.r. r5892. -- h.r. 5892. it's the largest source of renewable energy in america today, but as mrs. mcmorris rodgers said, it's only 3% of our nation's dams that are producing this power. the hydropower regulatory efficiency act will enable increased electricity production from clean domestic energy sources by removing roadblocks to new hydropower projects. this legislation will create smarter and more efficient permitting processing for more hydropower projects across the nation for easing licensing requirements. in particular, the bill will allow the federal energy regulatory commission to extend preliminary permits for those permits that had been conduct responsibly and to expand the number of hydropower projects that are exempt from ferc licensing requirements. it requires ferc and the regulatory agency to have studies for the potential of hydropower production and increase grid reliability.

ms. degette from denver. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. degette: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my dear friend and colleague, mr. perlmutter for yielding to me. this is a difficult week for all of us from colorado. there were two movie theaters in the denver metro area that were showing this premiere at midnight last thursday night. so there were people from all over the community in that theater. they are with their families and their friends. almost the entire employees of a restaurant in colorado, they went to have a fun evening on a summer night and tragedy of course struck that night, unexpectedly, to everybody. i have been overwhelmed as we all have in the delegation by the support of the community for all of the victims of this shooting and their family. the way the communities have come together, aurora and denver and engelwood and all of the communities has been a blessed thing to see for all of us. no one can make sense of the tragedy like this, and the stories that heroism are still coming out every day. the

ms. degette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. degette: mr. speaker, we get the message. the republican majority wants to repeal the affordable care act. we got that message the last 30 times they tried to repeal it. and after this week the 30 million americans who have lived in fear of bankruptcy because they didn't have health insurance before the affordable care act are left to ask the same question that i've been asking for the last 30 votes -- what would you replace it with? what would the republicans tell the millions of americans with kids with pre-existing conditions like asthma and diabetes who would lose their insurance after this vote? what would they tell the millions of seniors who have lower prescription drug prices and prevention care which would evaporate if this bill passed? what would they tell women who under the affordable care act won't have to pay higher insurance rates simply because they're women? what would th