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

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

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 the occasions that mark their l

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

in sheffield, one of the terminated stores in the sutton district. there is a dodge dealership in the middle of ford counter. but still a lot of residual buyers and living there, retirees and a planned still going. this dealership is right between that. 100 miles to the west is another dealership near a jeep plant in toledo ohio. the dealer in toledo mend my dealership is held to exact the same standard for govett is absurd >> mr. anderson does gmac own part of the new gm board is gm's still own part of gmac financing? >> tm will own the shares in a gmac. we will own approximately 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers tell me after gmac got the government dollars the immediately raised the interest rate by 6%. they made the dealer paid $10,000 just to be able to stay on, nonrefundable. he had be

and will not rest until hr 2743 becomes law, which already has over 100 cosponsors, congresswoman sutton, congressman hoyer and ben hollen and others who have supported our bill, and we have only been out three days. so thank you for your time and i'll answer any questions.

chairman, for your attention to this matter. >> i thank you, police sutton. members will be coming back and forth as there's a committee two floors up, telecommunications, also meeting. and in that donna christianson has submitted her opening statement. are you going to tell us how you broke your leg? >> well, i wish there was a dramatic story, mr. chairman. although it was in a fairly dramatic place. i did go to guantanamo bay yesterday and fell. and ended up breaking my foot in two places. i hope soon, with the help of the attending physicians, i'll have a boot or a cast or something. that was just yesterday. >> we wish you well. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. >> i am grateful that i do have good health insurance to cover that. i appreciate today's hearing examining one of the truly egregious practices occurring in the individual health insurance market. i want to extend a special welcome to miss peggy raddatz from my home state, from la grange. i thank you for being here and sharing your family's story with us. i know it isn't always easy to discu

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

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 our students for the f

i would like to thank congresswoman sutton in providing this opportunity to represent my fellow dealers. we are losing seven dealerships because chrysler, the bankruptcy court, and the executive branch of our government has acted to deny us our economic rights. this is a public policy issue were the of your time and legislation. since without your intervention to restore our right to franchisees' under state law and approximately 100,000 jobs will be lost, as a nation, can we afford to let this take place? i urge congress to enact hr 2743, the bipartisan economic rights restoration act next week. week. we have a long and proud history with chrysler and gm. the majority of our stores sell these brands and these brands only. none of our stores are dual of other brands. we have a combined 374 years of business relations with chrysler alone. we are passing both chrysler and gm and we want both companies to succeed, we are committed to helping them do so. that is why we are both disappointed and perplexed by their recent actions to terminate us and over 2,000 other dealers. we are not perfec

sutton and 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

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 who complain that this bill is not

sutton, there was a credit card issuers resort to a federal court to compel arbitration of a dispute with a cardholder. although the issue were itself had convinced that in state court. the cardholder had raised a counterclaim governed by federal law. justices scalia, kennedy, souter and thomas joined me in holding that the issue had to stay on the state court track and their petition for arbitration would not be in federal court. the fourth circuit, whose decision we reviewed was on a different ground of the fourth circuit. third and by far the most prominent of this, the court revisited a case and substantially cut back on the scope of automobile searches. once the scene has been secured, police may search the interior of the car if and only if they reasonably believe that the vehicle contains evidence of the offense for which the defendant was arrested in other words, no search for drugs when the arrest is for speeding. careful listeners would have noticed that i emerged in these cases has the swing justice. the only member of the court in the majority in all three of those five i

in addition, we will consider representative betty sutton's bill, the consumer assistance to recycle and save act of 2009 and h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act, for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. h.r. 1886, a pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation enhancement act of 2009. we'll also expect to consider a conference report on h.r. 2346, the supplemental appropriation bill. i was hoping it to consider that tomorrow but discussions between the senate and the house have not been concluded. i yield back. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman and, mr. speaker, i'd say to the gentleman that he just referred to and announced that we would be considering the war funding supplemental conference report next week. and i'd ask the gentleman, does he expect that the very controversial senate-passed provision providing for the i.m.f. money to be included in the conference report? mr. hoyer: my friend yield? i thank the gentleman for yielding. as you know, the senate added the i.m.f. funding to the bill. it is a loan guarantee. we expect the probability is there will be n

i want to thank the bill's sponsor on the house, congresswoman sutton, who introduced the first bill and worked so hard and introduced the bill that was finally passed. i want to thank all of those who worked together on both sides of the aisle to put together something that passed overwhelmingly in the house. it comes to us now in a bill labeled emergency spending. and on behalf of the auto dealers, large and small, across this country, the people who depend upon these businesses, depend upon the making of these automobiles, selling of these automobiles, i would ask my colleagues to please give us the opportunity for a short-term stimulus. this is a matter of a few months. it's less than 1% of this entire bill, which is an important bill for our country, our defense, our troops. this is a small piece of what is in front of us. but for small business people and americans working hard every day across this country, it's a big deal. and it's a chance to help. mr. president, i hope we will. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mr. gregg: how much sometime re

signed with hugh durham at the university of georgia before he signed with the phillies and eddie sutton of oklahoma state recruited him heavily out of indiana. >> rob: no, he could play. he's like an old time baseball player. i think pete rose would be proud to be associated with scott rolen. >> bob: yeah, tough as nails. >> rob: doesn't say a whole lot. not the friendliest guy you've ever met. you'd want eight scott rolens behind you on defense. >> bob: yeah, and he's heltd healthy again. >> rob: oh, yeah. >> bob: he had him 0-2. >> rob: he may be a little gas from that sprint down the first- base line. he came out this inning, started the inning with 87 pitches throab in -- thrown in this game 95. >> rob: if he gets through this inning, it will be his last not just because of the 100-plus pitch total, but he looks a little more tired, run the bases. it's a little humid. don't need to push him too hard. >> bob: that ball flied to left. adam dunn is right there. >> rob: you know something. that looks like a b. p. fastball. >> bob: john browning would be proud. >> rob: if that was a bp f

. >> ray: well as don sutton said for 3 years here, it is the pitcher's job to keep you from losing and it is the offense's job to win ballgames. our pitchers are keeping us from losing because they are keeping us in every ballgame. it is just the offense has been a little short. today, we didn't have the five hits through the 6th inning. we end up with 9. but three runs. we have been averaging 5 coming into the last 10 or 12 days. but the offense will pick back up. it is just the way baseball is. hills and valleys. >> byron: john lannan is a steady performer. to come complete game against the mets. another quality start against the reds. >> ray: res throwing the ball so -- he is throwing the ball so well. he comes up with the big been there. base hit to left field. gonzalez seemed to be the only guy that actually was on. zimm airmails that ball. two on, one out, gonzalez swinging the bat well. scores gomes there and a base on balls to phillips. gomes pops. and that is one thing i have seen john do more and more lately, elevate the fastball after going down. hernandez, 6-3 ground ball.

one of the rejected stores in sutton's dealership has a dodge dealership in ford territory. there are still owners living there. there are retirees. this dealership is right between them. 100 miles to the west, there is another dealership near eight jeep -- near oa jeep plant in toledo, ohio. they are held it to exactly the same standard. that is the absurd. >> mr. henderson, is gmac part of the new gm? does it own part of the gm financing? >> gm will own the shares in the new gmac. 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers tell me after gmac got the government dollars the immediately raised the interest rate by 6%. they made the dealer paid $10,000 just to be able to stay on, nonrefundable. he had been with them 27 years, the last seven months they changed his contract 14 times always with the threat of curtail and micromana

i want to thank you bill's sponsor, rep -- congress woman sutton. how to thank all those who work together on both sides of the aisle to put together something that passed overwhelmingly in the house. it comes to us now in a bill labeled "emergency spending." on behalf of the auto dealers large and small across this country, the people who depend upon these businesses, depend upon the making of these automobiles, the selling of these automobiles, i would ask my colleagues to please give us the opportunity for a short-term stimulus. this is a matter of a few months. it is less than 1% of this entire bill which is an important bill for our country, our defense, our troops. this is a small piece of what is in front of us. for small business people and americans working hard every day across this country, it is a big deal. it is a chance to help. mr. president, i hope we will. thank you. >> tomorrow night is the annual radio and television correspondents dinner in washington. c-span will bring you live coverage, including president obama's speech, begin

proposal which came out of the energy and commerce committee was introduced by representative betty sutton, the threshold for older vehicles would be about 18 miles per gallon. in order to qualify for the credit it would need be a i think it is a four-mile per hour increase for cars and one mile per hour increase for trucks. >> now you mentioned the house. they're set to consider a bill on tuesday. will it get the two-thirds needed for passage? >> it appears headed that way. it's got pretty wide bipartisan support. when it came out of e.n.c. i think it passed 50-4. the only concern is there's been some discussions that the house leadership may attempt to insert it into the support for the war supplemental which could cloud things a little bit. there's opposition to that from the for some conservative republicans but that isn't necessarily related to the chunkers bill as much as some other provisions. >> over in the senate, michigan democratic senator debbie stabinau, there are reports she's working to get this cash for chunkers language added to the tobacco regulation bill the senate is wo

if you would, one of the comments from my opening statement, if this grandiose plan comes to hal sutton, and if there are some americans who believe it is not addressing their healthcare needs, and if they want to go visit a physician of their choosing and decide they want that physician to treat him or her for a specific illness or morality or problem, should they have the right to do that outside of the structure, mr. pollack? >> they should have that right. they may be required to pay an additional amount of money. >> if they want to use their own resources they ought to have that right? >> i do believe that. >> are you aware that isn't included in the present bill? would that give you pause? >> most health plans, even things like epos, we can go outside the network. i assume there will be retained. >> mr. scheck, you agree with that? does anyone in disagree americans ought to be able to opt out fifth they so desire? i was always frustrated when someone stepped between me and my patient and said you can't do that even though i felt it was in the best interest of the patient and the p

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

chairman waxman, chairman emeritus dingell, chairman stupak, representative degette, representative sutton and myself early last week and the draft bills already introduced in this congress h.r. 579 which i chairman dingell and stupak and i introduced this year. the congress has done a lot of work on the issue of food safety in this subcommittee alone we had four hearings on this topic in the last two years. the information we learned during these hearings as well as the numerous conversations we had with stakeholder groups in the fda has been incorporated into the draft before us today. and i believe this draft bill represents a strong, well-thought out approach to improving the fda and its food safety activities. we've heard time and again, that our current food safety system is broken. it's a system that relies heavily on the fda rather than placing the responsibility on the manufacturers to ensure the safety of their products. it's a system that is geared toward responding to food outbreaks rather than one that is aimed at preventing them. and this system does not work. and recent outb

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

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

and will not rest until hr 2743 becomes law, which already has over 100 cosponsors, congresswoman sutton, congressman hoyer and ben hollen and others who have supported our bill, and we have only been out three days. so thank you for your time and i'll answer any questions. thank you. >> thank you, mr. spitzer could do you want and that micah mr. golick and we will hear from mr. golick. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee, thanks for this opportunity to testify today. i'm one of the 789 dealers that chrysler is terminating. i'm here to give my views on the situation and to invite you on what you can do to help us. my dealership is located in a suburb of pittsburgh. we been there since 1935 and been in our present building since 1948. we are a family-run dealership. i'm a third generation to sell new vehicles at our facility. one of the distinction of your subcommittee, contrapuntal, has bought three new deal untrimmed vehicles from us so he knows firsthand what we are all about and how we run our business. my family and my employees have worked very hard to maintain our excellen

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