tiahrt of kansas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from kansas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. tiahrt: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, earlier this year the obama administration told us the stimulus bill was going to be the salvation of our economic woes. they predicted unemployment would top out at 8% and they claimed that jobs would be created or saved immediately. well, we've been significant amount of time since it was passed and our economic woes haven't changed. in fact, the numbers are in stark con draft to who we see today. unemployment is headed toward double-digits. just this week cn thrvings reported that americans saw $1.3 trillion of wealth vaporize in the first quarter of 2009. despite the massive spending -- government spending, foreclosures continue. car keelership -- dealerships are closing and layoffs continue. home values have continued to decline and the stock market is down 40% from

improving as congressman tiahrt mentioned the quality-of-care. thanks to chairman l. b.'s leadership the recovery act has already included in critical resources to buy health care seceded infections. as well as new support for prevention and wellness programs that can keep americans out of the hospital in the first place. .. . bob to support a wide range programs. the funding in hanses nursing schools, increases access to healthcare, works with minority and low-income students, and places an increased emphasis on ensuring that america's senior population gets the care and treatment that it needs. finally, the 2010 budget will support our department as it were to protect the health and safety of our citizens. as the recent outbreak of the new h1n1 flu virus reminded us, h h s has a significant and critical role to play in preparing for an responding to the outbreak that threaten the health of the american people. -- the outbreaks that threaten the health of the american people. it allowed them to do their work when it first presented itself. and the americans when the reso

tiahrt: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. tiahrt: madam speaker, this administration and the democrat congress are pushing us towards aure peaian socialism through more government control. this week it's the energy economy. this week we are scheduled to consider the waxman-markey cap and tax scheme that will cap our growth and tax all of us. in 2005, theure peaians implemented the emissions trading scheme or e.t.s. it has increased household energy cost by 16%, and industrial energy cost by 32% in just four years. with no measurable effect on greenhouse gases. the heritage foundation projects waxman-markey impact on america will be a 74% increase in electric prices, a 90% increase in energy prices, and at least $ -- 850,000 jobs lost every year. the energy bill for the average american household will go up over $3,000. that's exactly what the authors want. president obama recently stated in the only cap and tax scheme that it will work

tiahrt: that is correct. my fellow kansan, the distinguished member of the second district of can a. ms. jenkins, has worked hard on this issue. the region is experiencing high growth due to the ongoing troop buildup of fort riley. the city of manhattan, kansas, and riley county are cooperating to provide municipal level services among the corridor near fort riley. strong interest has been expressed in the area by the developmental community. and there have been limitations on future growth on the manhattan's west side. in the 2003 update of the manhattan urban area comprehensive plan, which was a joint planning initiative with the city and county, specifically identifies the k-177 gateway area as a potential urban growth corridor if municipal level services are provided. that's why the city could not wait on the sewer line project. it is already underway and being managed by the county. the city will be responsible for the design, bidding, and overseeing the water project. the cost of both the water and sewe

this as a country that has gone from here to watch list of the cusp of tier 3 -- gone from tiahrt ter 2 watchless on the cf tier 3 -- watch list on the cusp of tier 3. one of the things we find very important and i cannot stress enough of is fighting human trafficking is something that was established in the clinton administration. the first lady hillary clinton and that time worked very hard on it. it was something the bush administration was very committed to working on once they came in. the same is true of the obama administration. today's president of the secretary seining information both here and abroad is a marker as far as a continuation of the commitment of the persian ministration to fighting human trafficking in modern slavery but shows continued efforts by in hillary clinton and the obama administration. people like myself 11 federal prosecutors, how we are investigating the cases, we are seeing a lot of positive responses to its. elk we will see an improvement in the coming year as far as the counter trafficking response. there is a notion that because we are in a time o

tiahrt, department of commerce based at the embassy in beijing met with government officials at the chinese ministry of information technology and industry and the chinese ministry of commerce to express concern regarding the chinese government requirement all computers sold in china include internet filtering software. we are concerned about its potential impact on trade, the free flow of information and serious technical issues raised by the software. we believe there are other programs which provide users with a wide range of choices for shielding minors from inappropriate content which is the invincible rationale for this. we've also asked chinese to engage in a dialogue how to address these concerns. >> do you feel like -- you talked about how this commercially -- other commercially available products do you feel this is being used in a simply nefarious, you know, domestic spying or to keep an eye on chinese citizens? >> i think what we are concerned about is the ostensible reason for this, which is an applaudable reason to try and prevent minors from being exposed to pornography. it's

tiahrt. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i will try to confine all of my questions in two minutes. we are on a path to single-payer healthcare the start with effectiveness a concept of having a subsidized public insurance company compete with a private sector i think we will get further down that path. you have heard of this committee many would prefer a single-payer system. i would like to see your organization consider some competitive methods of approaching the problem. in many states including kansas we require everybody who drives to have car insurance. the result is we have a fundamental insurance package for automobile, for car insurance. we could do the same thing for a basic health care policy that includes a certain number of visits to physicians, clinics and putting hospitals, we could have an annual physical which i think would be very good including counseling for a healthy lifestyle which would avoid a lot of cost in the future. we could have an annual dental visit which many people need as well. and it would provide -- we could provide tax incentives for everybody to

tiahrt, did you have one more question before we shot down?madam secretary, let me add my voice to their earmarks of congressman mccollum on reimbursement rates. these reimbursement disparities or outrageous people putting this bill together in the end will understand they would make a big mistake if they would take for granted the support of people from states like wisconsin and minnesota. if this outrageous disparity in reimbursent isn't correct to a significant degree. i were states feel like we have been taken into those outrageous disparities are going to have to shrink significantly if we are going to get a product that everybody can support. with that, thank you for coming. i am happy to see you where you are and we look forward to working with you and we will see you again. the committee is adjourned until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. >> the committee will come to order. we meet today to hear the distinguished chairman of the federal reserve, benjamin bernanke, testify on the recession that is plaguing our economy and on the prospects of r

tiahrt: i thank the chairman. . mr. dicks: i would like to yield -- if i could be recognized again. i want to welcome -- yield two minutes to congressman connolly of virginia for the purposes of a colloquy. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: i thank the chair and i thank my distinguished friend, chairman of the subcommittee. heritage programs have been proven to be effective vehicles in improving tourism and conservation. many citizens have worked with members of congress to designate new heritage areas. one of the areas is the journey through hallowed ground. i appreciate the chairman including funding and other heritage areas in his markup. i ask if he perceives an opportunity to see that in financial cycles and i yield? mr. dicks: i thank the gentleman for acknowledging this important program. would the gentleman agree that a critical component for freing additional dollars would be to have our existing heritage areas move towards self-sufficiency mr. connolly: i gee with the chairman in order to expand upon the existing program we mu ensure that

. >> i would suggest a lot of senator tiahrt's concern. i have got a very limited time and let me ask you one last question here. u.n. the chairman and a dialogue and i think express concerns about long-term care. it is obviously a huge problem for the country in terms of how you find it. there are a lot of folks who clearly star moving assets early. habte thought about or are you considering an expansion of healthcare, savings accounts, again with the idea that over a lifetime you could build up a certain amount of capital and use that to do for a long term healthcare costs? i'm not saying is a solution for everybody but the more people you pull out of the system that way or allow them to operate that way the less public cost of might have. >> i have not been engaged in that particular discussion. iowa's engaged over a number of years and i know it's been a proposal before congress for years, that looked at everything from tax credits to incentives for individuals to do more purchasing of private long-term care policies. i think the balan

tiahrt of kansas, amendment by mr. cuellar, amendment number 98 by mr. hodes of new hampshire. amendment 63 by mr. nunes of california, amendment number 111 by mrs. blackburn of tennessee, amendment number 71 by mr. burton of indiana, amendment number 97 by mr. price of georgia, amendment number 100 by mr. jordan of ohio, amendment number 114 by mr. reichert of washington, amendment number 59 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment number 79 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 76 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 105 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 104 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 107 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 87 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 86 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 85 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 91 of mr. flake of arizona and amendment number 84 by mr. flake of arizona. es us as the bailout nation. second of all, i believe, as do many economists, that the federal reserve ought to be concentrated on military policy, tied to inflation -- on monetary policy, tied