an amendment by ms. eshoo regarding limiting funds for contracts with business entities that do not disclose political expenditures. an amendment by mr. flake regarding limiting funds for advanced research projects, agencies, energy. amendment by mr. flake regarding limiting funds for fossil energy research and development. amendments by mr. frelinghuysen regarding funding level. an amendment by mr. gotow regarding the bacon act. amendment by mr. graves regarding limiting funds to be used in contravention of the 2006 missouri river master manual. amendment by mr. hastings of florida regarding limiting funds to be used in contravention of executive order number 12898. amendment by mr. hafings of washington regarding limiting funds for the mcnairy shoreline management plan. amendment by mr. hastings of washington regarding limiting funds for the office of nuclear security. amendment by mr. hastings of washington regarding limiting funds for federal energy regulatory commission project number 2342. amendment by m

ms. eshoo: madam chairman, i rise to offer an amendment. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 prohibited in house report 112- 181 offered by ms. eshoo of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 370, the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. eshoo: thank you, madam chairman. it's always good to see you in the chair. pipeline safety is not a subject that we can afford to take lightly. on september 10 of 2010, last year, a natural gas explosion in san bruno, california, just north of my congressional district and congresswoman spire's district, killed -- speier's district, killed eight people, injured dozens of others and destroyed 55 homes. this is from a natural gas explosion. since 1938 congress has attempted to promote natural gas pipeline safety but the horrific explosions like the one in san bruno, california, continue to occur every year someplace in our country. it's a

rush, amendment number three by ms. eshoo, amendment number five by mr. cohen, amendment number six by mr. rush, amendment number eight by ms. hanabusa of hawaii, and amendment number 10 by mr. kucinich of ohio. excuse me, that last amendment, is amendment number 11. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number one printed in house report 112-181 by the gentleman from vermont mr. welch on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number one printed in house report 112-181, offered by mr. welch of vermont. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in favor of taking this vote by a recorded vote will rise and be counted. 5 sufficient number having ruzzen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote, followed by a series of two-minut

ms. eshoo: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. eshoo: i just listened with great curiosity to the comments that were made about the so-called intent of the legislation. i don't see my colleagues on the other side bringing forward legislation that you have the power to pass given the number of votes that you have for full disclosure. if you are opposed to a draft executive order, if you're opposed to my coming to the floor and blocking every time i offer an amendment for disclosure and transparency, change it. you were for it before you went against it -- the republicans were. that's what the record is. so i rise in opposition to representative cole's amendment, which blocks disclosure of contractor political spending. now, this is not to create any kind of list, you know. you can come up with all kinds of things about why you are against something and then try and label it. this is about disclosure. this is about sunshine. this is about

ms. eshoo. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. ms. eshoo: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank mr. berman, our distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, not only for giving me this time but for his conscience. because that indeed is what this is about. and his unflagging leadership on so many issues. and your endorsement an strong support of this bill i think both -- says to the entire house that a person steeped in the background of the issues of the entire world is for this. i want to pay tribute to mr. wolf for his i credible advocacy on this issue relative to religious minorities for so long. it's an honor to have worked with you to bring this to a realization of not only legislation but to bring it to the floor and i salute you. are a gentleman and i, too, are a man of great conscience. mr. speaker, i think today we are here on something that really distinguishes the united states of america. from the founding of our nati

ms. eshoo: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise for the third time this year to call for a trans-- for transparency and disclosure in our system and throughout our government. this appropriation bill will spend billions, hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars next year and a huge portion of it, a portion that's impossible to quantify, will go to contractors. some are small, others rank among the world's largest companies. and as we meet today, the work force of contractors in afghanistan is the same size as the work force of the uniformed personnel there and since 2005 we've spent approximately $12 billion on contractors in afghanistan. and today there are more private contractors, i mean, listen up, everyone, there are more private contractors than uniformed personnel in iraq and we spent $112 billion on contractors in iraq since 2005. the federal government does business with thousands of contractors who receive billions of dollars in taxpayer money. they should be required to disclose their spending, their pol

ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i come to the floor today with a coat of many colors. little unusual to do this, but i'm very proud of it. and i think everyone will recognize this because this is the traditional white coat that doctors wear. it was given to me by the passionate residents at the children's hospital in my district and all of these pockets hold notes. and the notes were signed by the doctors and the nurses all in support of a remarkable program in our country that has trained thousands of pediatricians and pediatric specialists over the last 12 years. it's the graduate of the children's graduate education program. it was first created in 1999 because there was a shortage of pediatricians in our country and subspecialists, and this program today has been wildly successful. increasing the number of pediatricians by 35%. congress needs to approve this and keep in place those that take such good care of our children. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore