perlmutter: thank you, madam speaker. i do want to compliment my friend from california on his debate and his comments and his remarks. and his complaints. some of them are legitimate. but what we're here today to deal with is the security of the united states of america. he's complaining about an 85% increase in spending when my friend knows full well that spending came about because of tax cut the prosecution of two wars and the collapse of a banking system and an emergency in the united states of america to get us back on track and to change the direction of this nation. now what we're dealing with in this bill and the reason we need to bring it to the floor and act, not delay, not delay like we saw last week, with members circling the well, changing their votes, time and time again, or presenting amendments where they add a million, subtract a million to have an amendment. mr. dreier: will the gentleman yield? mr. perlmutter: i will not. i will close. we are here because this is one of our most important responsibilit

the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from colorado, congressman perlmutter. mr. perlmutter: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed with s.con.res. 30, commending the bureau of labor statistics on the occasion of its 125th anniversary in which the concurrence of the house has requested. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from wyoming, congresswoman aluminum miss, is recognized for one -- congresswoman lumm simbings, is recognized for one minute. mrs. lummis: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. lummis: i rise

perlmutter: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. let me read a letter from the national association of realtors. the national association of realtors supports h.r. 2998, the american clean energy and security act which addresses a broad and global array of issues. in closing, the national association of realtors asked for the favorable passage of this. as do duke energy, american electric power, b.p. amicle, g.e., the american institute of architects. this bill is designed to help with national security, the climate and jobs. my friend, mr. poe from texas, says just vote no. well, that's the party of the status quo. just vote no. we like the status quo. it is time for a change, ladies and gentlemen. we can't afford the status quo, and this bill brings us in that change and a new direction. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: madam speaker, i have one more person who wanted to be recognized and then we'll be prepared to close. w

perlmutter and i will forgo any questioning and wait until the second panel or yield to one of my colleagues on the other side. >> that concludes this panel and we will call the next panel. thank you very much. >> as the next panel comes forward they do so with my apology. i'm going to experiment with new rules in every important panel and i appreciate and look forward to learning from them. we might have to do today hearings and have one major panel each day. we will be monitoring this -- >>> here is our present policy. we are ready, willing and eager to stop the bombing just as stop the war. >> telephone conversations from the final months of lyndon johnson's presidency on vietnam, you and appointees and the troubles for his book for the supreme court justice. listen saturday morning at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span retial, the baltimore area at 90.1 fm, online at c-spanradio.org at xm satellite channel 132. >> now house republicans unveiled their plan for on regulating the financial markets. it differs in many respects from the legislation favored by congressional democrats and the white hous

perlmutter, and allowed debate to continue last night and proceeded to work through the amendments. instead after one minority amendment, they halted the floor process so that the rules committee could meet late last night. by the time the meeting was over at almost 2:00 a.m., the house could have actually considered already a number of the amendments and most likely could have agreed by unanimous consent, which is the tradition on appropriations bills, to limit time on remaining amendments and the debate time. if after debating for a reasonable amount of time the majority sincerely came then to the

there's a bill winding through congress now and the author of this is congressman perlmutter from colorado. that bill called the green act, a very good bill. another important part of the bill is reduced carbon emissions from major u.s. sources by 17% by 2020 and over 20%. complementary measures such as investments and preventing tropical deforestation. now again, this is an important piece of the puzzle. the united states needs to do its part. i hear people from the other side of the aisle say, china and india? what about china and india? what about other places? if america sets a mark down there that we are going to cut our carbon emissions, that sends a possible signal and enhances our ability to our neighbors around the world and say you have to cut yours, too. america is leading out there in front and doing the right thing not simply saying we are going to change our carbon emissions when other countries change theirs. the united states needs to take the responsibility and help lead the way. so very important and very happy that the united states is taking its responsibility to reduce

perlmutter: good morning, mr. speaker. in just over 100 day, the recovery act is already at work. providing immediate relief for hard hit communities and families. creating and saving jobs and jump starting thousands of shovel-ready projects all across america. our economic problems were not created in 100 days and they'll not be saved in 100 days. but thanks to the recovery act, we are meeting with the greatest economic challenges in at least a generation. there are early signs of progress across the country. for instance, the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit has helped get the housing industry back in shape. there will be work on 1,129 health centers in all 50 states. we'll begin work on 107 national parks, we're going to start rehabilitation and improvement projects at 98 airports and over 1,500 transportation projects. there will be 135,000 education jobs, improvements on 90 veterans' hospitals and medical centers. throughout the country the recovery act is working and with that i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska

perlmutter, and i will forego any question and wait until the second banner or i will yield one of my college on the other side. >> that concludes this panel and we will call the next panel. thank you all very much. we will begin, we have already made our opening statements. with a return witness who we appreciate having before is. >> thank you, very much mr. chairman. this is i think my fifth or sixth time being before the committee but the first time you spelled my name wrong so i would appreciate if we could correct that in the record. >> yes, sir. , we will do that. we just want to differentiate you from the big fish will be discussing. >> okay. appreciate that. thank you very much. mr. chairman and members of the committee, i'm in the india bull and unprecedented position of agreeing with both sides, and with most of it, said in a here today. but i think there is a mistake to say that we object to the government getting involved in compensation. the government is already deeply involved in compensation, often inadvertently and what of the things i want to talk about today is remo

i hereby appoint the honorable ed perlmutter to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to 30 minutes and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes. the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan, is recognized for five minutes. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may proceed. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, we have now spent approximately $200 billion, $200 billion on the war in afghanistan against a foe that has almost no money and equipment especially in comparison to ours. now we are about to take up a supplemental appropriations bill later today that will provide many billions