ms. speier: of course. it's whether we have the will. we need to equalize the subsidies that we are providing there and take that money, take $6 billion, retrofit 3.5 million homes and create thousands and thousands of jobs. mr. garamendi: why didn't the republicans vote for that? ms. speier: it's the same reason they sat in this chamber a year and a half ago and chanted over and over again, drill, baby drill. it was like a high school football field and couldn't say it loud enough or long enough or repeat it often enough. mr. garamendi: i wasn't here at that time. you're telling me just less than a year ago -- ms. speier: 18 months ago. mr. garamendi: they sat here and said drill, baby, drill. they said in the moratorium on deepwater drilling, they said drill. you want another oil spill? 48 in the last 18 years plus this big one. that's not the solution. the solution lies in moving to a new energy source, the green technologies, the renewable energy so that it is the sun that gives us the power in the future, so that that young lady doe

ms. speier: madam speaker, i have one question, how long until we do something about our reliance on oil? the amount of oil that has spilled in the gulf since its inception is 65,000 barrels a day, up from 1,000 barrels. do you realize that if we had retrofitted 100,000 homes in this country it would equal the amount of oil that's been spilled into the gulf during this time. i say to ll of us it's time to take decisive action. it's time to rid ourselves on our dependence on oil. we can do so by embracing the home star program that the house has already passed and really what we should do is ask b.p. to put into an escrow account $6 billion, and with $6 billion, do you know what we can do? we can retrofit over three million homes in america. and by the way, we can put to work 160,000 americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, i rise today as the champion of the

ms. speier: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. speier: islamic militants attacked a mosque in a central pakistani city with grenades and suicide bombers killing hundreds and injuring hundreds. they claim to be part of the taliban. the victims are part of the minority muslim sect who have been branded hair teches who should be -- herotecs who should be killed. these cowardly assaults on people of prayer are attacks against people of all faiths and cannot be tolerated. it is time to pass house resolution 764 which expresses the importance of interreligious dialogue and the protection of religious freedom and related human rights for persons of all faith and nationalities in the republic faith of pakistan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. moran: madam speaker, the republican party's ma

ms. speier. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am struck by the questioning offered by mr.ynch when he asked if you wanted to see the program continued. virtually everyone of you said yes. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to see the program disappeared. it would be helpful to us if you can provide to the committee why you think the program should continue. mr. lowman, i think congress man mr. kucinich said he had great difficulty with your current -- which your company. i have a number of cases here that are truly disturbing. they are loans by chase. this couple, a retired school teacher, retired husband. chase has lost four sets of applications. this is a story we hear over and documentation is sent and documentation is lost. when a consumer since it in four times and you cannot find it, that is your problem. it reminds me a little bit of the issue of the mineral mine serve as. basically, if they did not permit the deep verizon rig -- horizon rig within 30 days, it was automatically approved. at some point, the lender had to take responsibility for not hav