ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. at this time, it's my honor to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman rim tuss and a leader in this effort as well, congressman john dingell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. dingell: i rise in strong support of this fine bipartisan bill. the consumer steens recycle and save act, authored by my friend and colleague ms. sutson of ohio. i commend her and her bipartisan co-sponsors for their work on behalf of this. the bill has the support of the obama administration, the u.a.w., domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers, suppliers, and dealers. it also will result in meaningful reductions in vehicle fleet and carbon emissions and fuel consumption while providing much-needed stimulus to our ailing automakers and economy. i express my deep gratitude to chairman waxman, mr. markey, mr

ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: gentlelady. -- the gentlelady is recognized. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i rise on behalf of 2,000 people who are in the assembly plant in my district. i rise for the 159,000 ohioans with auto-related jobs and the three million to five million americans who rely on the auto industry to provide for their families. i rise today on behalf of the environment as we turn the corner to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve fuel economy and to help reduce our reliance on foreign oil. i rise today on behalf of consumers throughout our great country who continue to struggle during this global recession. and i rise today as the proud sponsor of the consumer assistance to recycle and save act, also known as the cars act. and i want to

ms. sutton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. press about the appeal process and i talked up the state law and under the state laws about the country it is my & and that you can terminate for just cause you can terminate dealerships. is that your understanding, mr. henderson? mr. press wasn't certain. >> i have the same recollection. there are provisions but they depend bistate but yes in general for cost. >> when you say they depend or maybe differences but they all have some sort of just cause standard; is that correct? >> i can't answer the question. >> i can tell you in ohio there is a law that allows termination based on just cause so we can go with that understanding. let me ask you how many dealerships did gm closed last year based on a just cause under the state laws? >> i will have to get back to you i don't have an answer. >> do you have any idea? >> no >> and how many are easily did to close during the bankruptcy? >> as we talked about, we will move from approximately 6,000 to approximately 3600 overtime. >> okay. 2600

ms. sutton. and the cars act that she mentioned is cash for clunkers as we call it. she was the lead author, as well as myself and mr. dingell. in fact, it went through the committee. we website to the floor and we had votes on the floor this week and we got it passed. it's actually now in conference so the cash for clunkers, hopefully, next week we can have that done. so this committee has always been supportive of the auto industry, no doubt about that. last but not least, mr. welch from vermont opening statement, 3 minutes, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and mr. walden i really appreciate you calling this hearing. i'm going to be reat the pettive. the reason i'm going to be repetitive, this is a catastrophe for every community where we have car dealers that have been doing a good job and you guys know it. i mean, mike doyle was talking about the family dealerships. i was talking to the handys 52 years, providing good service in the community and they get a letter telling them no. wade walker is here from vermont, one of other great car dealers who have been p

ms. sutton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for four minutes. ms. sutton: thank you, mr. speaker much and i thank the gentleman, my good friend from new york, for the time and for his leadership. i also want to thank chairman obey for all of the hard work he has put into developing this bill that will fund some of our nation's most critical needs, including funding for prisons and law enforcement initiatives related to the southwest border, along with promoting important scientific research and development. this bill provides $30.6 billion for investments in science, technology and innovation, including $6.9 billion for the national science foundation. whose grants in the past have allowed researchers in our colleges and universities to discover fundamental particles of matter to develop carbon 14 dating of ancient of artifacts and to decode genetics of virus, to name just a few. it provides $1 billion to the science, technology education and math for our students -- from graduate students all the way down to kindergarten. so we are going to educate

ms. sutton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for four minutes. ms. sutton: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman from new york for his leadership on the rules committee and for the time. i rise today in support of the rule and the underlying bill. but as we prepare to send the war supplemental to president obama, i would be remiss not to express the deep concerns that i have about the bill not including an exit strategy for military operations in afghanistan. and while i support the supplemental, i am also strongly supporting representative mcgovern's bill to require an exit strategy from afghanistan. fairness requires it. our brave soldiers need to know we have a plan and we are looking out for them. and out of fairness to the 185,000 soldiers who have been subject to the stop watch policies since 9/11, the supplemental that we're about to pass today will provide $500 per month in monthly payments. and the use of stop loss has prevented mothers and fathers from returning home to their children. from families and friends for gathering for

ms. sutton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of this legislation, and i want to thank the chairman for his leadership and for working with me and other members of this house to address our concerns about manufacturing and jobs in this bill. this bill isn't perfect. i have yet to see a bill that is. but the status quo is not the right choice. we must unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of this country and provide the economic opportunities that our constituents need. this bill is part of that mission. it's not the entire answer to all that ails us, but let there be no mistake, this is a jobs bill. this bill has support from groups that represent workers. the united states steel workers, the u.a.w., the c.w.i., and the afl-cio are all urging a yes vote on this legislation. madam speaker, the people i represent are facing difficult times. they're looking for jobs and sometimes they can't find them the way they used to. the inaction of the past has cost them dearly. there are those w

ms. sutton? >> thank you come mr. chairman. i want to add of course as you can see who stayed here at the end as was pointed out the car act we passed this week represent braley, and our original cosponsor and chairman stupak and chairman dingell were involved in the process of getting that bill done and it is intended to have a concrete impact because we do believe that mr. keikenapp said, we want for chrysler and gm to be a success because it is linked to our work communities and jobs and the food it puts on the tables of the people we are honored to represent and so it's painful for us to be here and in this position but the payment that we feel listening to this is nothing compared to what we have heard displayed here on the folks losing their dealerships and i want to thank all of you that came here today to put a human face and perspective about cost of what is going on on this major problem so thank you for coming and mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. we do want you to be successful. >> thanks, and that c

ms. sutton. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you dr. hamburg for your service and for all that i am confident you are going to do to improve food safety in this country. as i mentioned in my opening statement, ohio has been hit hard by issues arising from food safety. in the past year there have been 105 cases of salmonella reported in ohio and sadly three deaths resulting from the most recent peanut butter strain. a constituent of mine who unfortunately died from salmonella poisoning -- a contract in a nursing facility, and just in april of this year and cuyahoga county there were three incidents of illness from e. coli and another death this time a seven year-old girl. so this is an urgent issue for the people i am so honored to represent. i mentioned that i introduced to protect consumers act which was a bill that would give the fda mandatory recall authority and i'm happy to see that it is a part of this comprehensive bill. and i would just like to get a little bit more of your opinion about the need for a recall authority and this

ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i rise today to stress the importance of reforming our health care system this year. every day americans with health concerns worry not just about getting well, but whether they can afford to get well. statistics show that the average american family already pays an extra $1,100 in premiums every year for a broken system that leaves 46 million uninsured americans and millions more who are insured without the care they need when they need it. americans spend more than any other population on health care, yet we are no healthier for the investment. president obama and this congress want to change this dynamic. we must make quality health care more affordable and accessible to every american, man woman and child -- man, woman, and child. we must enact a health care system, promote a health care system, ensure a health care system that will work for our constituents and be worthy of this great nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance

ms. sutton have joined us on our work on this bill. we are about to try and find an agency which is all, which does not have either the personnel or the revenue or the money or the resources which it needs to do its job. and we are about for the first time since 1962 when i was a young member of this body to try and see to it that it gets its authorities updated to deal with the real problems in the world of trade and in the world marketplace. i'm pleased that we are taking the necessary steps to advance this legislation and address the important issue of food safety. i'm hopeful that we will shortly be doing something with regard to pharmaceuticals. i want to thank the witnesses who have joined us today and look forward to hearing the testimony. doctor hibbert, welcome to the committee. congratulations on your confirmation. i was encouraged by the early recognition of food safety is a problem that needs to be addressed. the administration food safety working group is a signal to how serious the president considers this issue and i wan

ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. at this point it's my privilege to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from washington, representative jay inslee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for two minutes. mr. inslee: i request permission to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: i want to point out we know this is going to help the auto industry, but i want to point out how it's going to affect con so -- consumers. consumers will save 100,000 gallons of gas a year because of the fuel efficiency of the car. that's $250 -- 250 million gallons of gasoline we otherwise will not be burning. the reason i point this out is there is a benefit to the environment in our efforts to stop global warming in this bill. mr. israel and myself had earlier introduced a piece generally in the same direction heading with the leadership of betty sutton and bart stupak. some argued that the efficiency provisions of this bi