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IS ON ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK --
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK.
I ASK FOR THE
YEAS AND NAYS.
THE
YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED.
THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE
YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
ORDERED.
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
THIS WILL BE A FIVE-MINUTE
VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 238,
THE NAYS ARE 185.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON
THE TABLE.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI, MR.
HARPER TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
AGREE TO S. COHN 2738 ON WHICH
THE YEAS AND NAYS WERE ORDER.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE
TITLE.
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 28, AUTHORIZING THE
USE OAF MANSPATION HALL IN THE
CAPITOL HAVE ITORS' CENTER IN
AN TOVEPBT AWEIRD THE
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
COLLECTIVELY TO THE 100TH
INFANTRY BATTALION, 442ND
INFANTRY COMBAT TEAM AND
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR
DEDICATED SERVICE IN WORLD WAR
II.
THE
QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREA TO
THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS WILL BE A FIVE-MINUTE
VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 424,
THE NAYS ARE ZERO.
2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS
LAID UPON THE TABLE.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR.
DENHAM TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
PASS S. 846 ON WHICH THE YEAS
AND NAYS WERE ORDERED.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE
OF THE BILL.
SENATE 846, AN ACT
TO DESIGNATE THE COURTHOUSE IN
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, AS
THE CHRISTOPHER S. BOND UNITED
STATES COURTHOUSE.
THE
QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE
BILL.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 407.
THE NAYS ARE TWO AND TWO
MEMBERS RECORDED AS PRESENT.
2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED
AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON
THE TABLE.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CONNECTICUT SEEK
RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY
HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO
REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS
AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL
ON H.R. 2608.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER,
PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION
405, I CALL UP THE BILL H.R.
2608 WITH A SENATE AMENDMENT
THERETO AND HAVE A MOTION AT
THE DESK.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF
THE BILL, DESIGNATE THE SENATE
AMENDMENT AND DESIGNATE THE
MOTION.
H.R. 2608, AN ACT TO
PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL
TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS
UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT
AND THE SMALL BUSINESS
INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958 AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
SENATE AMENDMENTS.
MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY MOVES
THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR IN THE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2608
WITH AN AMENDMENT.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION
405, THE MOTION WILL BE
DEBATABLE FOR ONE HOUR BY THE
CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY
MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY,
MR. ROGERS AND THE GENTLEMAN
FROM WASHINGTON, MR. DICKS,
WILL EACH CONTROL 30 MINUTES.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE
TODAY TO BRING TO THE FLOOR THE
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
RESOLUTION TO KEEP THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OPERATING UNTIL
NOVEMBER 18 OF THIS YEAR, FOR
PROCEDURAL REASONS.
THIS IS BEING DONE AS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE
AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2608, TO
SPEAK PASSAGE THROUGH THE
SENATE AT THEIR REQUEST.
BUT IN SUBSTANCE THIS IS THE
SAME AS THE CONTINUING
RESOLUTION, H.J.RES. 79, THAT I
INTRODUCED ON SEPTEMBER 14.
THIS C.R., MR. SPEAKER, WILL
GIVE CONGRESS THE TIME NEEDED
TO COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR 2012
APPROPRIATIONS AND ADEQUATELY
FUND VITAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES WHILE WORKING TO
PUT FEDERAL SPENDING ON A MORE
SUSTAINABLE COURSE.
JUST AS SIGNIFICANTLY, THIS
BILL PROVIDES DESPERATELY
NEEDED FUNDING FOR DISASTER
RECOVERY AND RELIEF.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO
COMPLETE THE APPROPRIATIONS
PROCESS IN REGULAR ORDER, AND I
BELIEVE THE HOUSE MADE GREAT
STRIDES IN DOING SO.
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
MOVED ON 11 OF THE 12 ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS AND SIX
BILLS HAVE CLEARED THE HOUSE.
BUT WE STILL NEED TIME TO
COLLABORATE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
IN THE SENATE IN ORDER TO
COMPLETE THIS WORK AND A
SHORT-TERM BILL WILL ALLOW US
TO DO SO.
AS WE SAW LAST YEAR AND INTO
THE SPRING, THE THREAT OF A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CAUSES
DANGEROUS ECONOMIC INSTABILITY.
AND AT THIS PRECARIOUS TIME, WE
TO BOLSTER THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON
ARE WORKING FOR THEM AND NOT
LET POLITICS COME BEFORE
PEOPLE.
THE C.R. CONTINUES GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS AT A RATE OF $1.043
TRILLION.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT AGREED TO BY
THE CONGRESS AND THE WHITE
HOUSE IN THE BUDGET CONTROL
ACT.
IT'S CLEAN OF MOST POLICY
PROVISIONS TO ENSURE SWIFT
PASSAGE, BUT WE PROVIDED SMALL
CHANGES FOR SAFETY, SECURITY
AND CONTINUITY OF ESSENTIAL
PROGRAMS.
FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE EXTENDED
FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE
AVAILABILITY AND THE
AVAILABILITY OF DEFENSE
SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT FOR OUR
TROOPS ABROAD.
IN ADDITION, THIS C.R. WILL
HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES,
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES
BURDENED BY RECENT NATURAL
DISASTERS, BY PROVIDING AN
IMMEDIATE $1 BILLION IN
EMERGENCY 2011 FUNDING NOW AS
WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL $2.65
BILLION FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE HELPING OUR CITIZENS GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET.
THE $776 BILLION IN THE BILL
FOR THE FEMA DISASTER RELIEF
FUND WHICH IS $276 MILLION MORE
THAN THE PRESIDENT OR THE
SENATE PROPOSED IS TIME
SENSITIVE AND CRITICAL.
THAT FUND IS NOW BELOW $250
MILLION AND IS RUNNING OUT OF
MONEY FAST.
UNLESS WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS
THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND WILL
SOON BE EMPTY, LEAVING MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE IN THE LURCH.
THE $1 BILLION IN EMERGENCY
FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011
HAS BEEN OFFSET BY A CUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE
MANUFACTURING LOAN PROGRAM
WHICH HAS MORE THAN $4 BILLION
IN UNSPENT IDLE FUNDS IN THE
PIPELINE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE
YEARS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO USE THOSE
IDLE DOLLARS FOR TRUE AND
IMMEDIATE PURPOSES, AIDING OUR
FELLOW IN THEIR TIMES OF
GREATEST NEED AS THEY COPE WITH
THE AFTERMATH OF WILDFIRES,
TORNADOES, EARTHQUAKES AND
HURRICANES AND UNPRECEDENT --
AN UNPRECEDENTED STRING OF
DISASTERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
NOW, THE NOTION OF OFFSETTING
EMERGENCY SPENDING HAS GOTTEN A
LOT OF ATTENTION AS OF LATE.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
OFFSETTING EMERGENCY SPENDING
IS NOT A UNIQUE PRACTICE.
IN FACT, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
OFFSETS
IN AT LEAST 15 OF 30 EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILLS.
HALF OF THEM.
IN TOTAL THE CONGRESS HAS
PASSED OVER $60 BILLION IN
EMERGENCY OFFSETS IN THE LAST
10 YEARS, MOST OF WHICH HAD A
LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE, INCLUDING
THE SUPPORT OF OUR FORMER
SPEAKER PELOSI.
THE LOAN PROGRAM USED AS AN
OFFSET IN THIS BILL HAS HAD
EXCESS FUNDS FOR YEARS, AND
TAKING THE MONEY WILL NOT
NEGATIVELY AFFECT THAT PROGRAM.
ALL ENTITIES IN FINAL LOAN
STAGES WILL STILL GET THE
FUNDING THEY'VE WORKED FOR.
FURTHERMORE, THIS OFFSET IS
IDENTICAL TO THE ONE ALREADY
PASSED BY THE HOUSE IN JUNE AS
PART OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
WE'VE ALREADY VOTED FOR IT.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE WILL
CONTINUE TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL
DISASTER FUNDING OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS AS WE BRING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2012 APPROPRIATIONS
PROCESS TO A CLOSE, HOPEFULLY
BY NOVEMBER 18, INCLUDING
REVIEWING ESTIMATES THAT ARE
STILL COMING IN FROM RECENT
DISASTERS SO THAT FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES CAN GET THE
ASSISTANCE THEY NEED WHILE
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR
.
IS WELL SPENT.
THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT, WHICH
BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE AGREED TO PROVIDE
CAPACITY.
FOR DISASTER FUNDING IN THAT
BUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS
CONTINUING RESOLUTION, AT THIS
TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE
NECESSARY INFORMATION ON THE
COST OF THE RECENT DISASTERS,
NOR THE TIME TO WORK OUT A
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT
SENATE.
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND
OF THIS BODY KNOW
BACK IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS,
THE FEMA ADMINISTRATION WORKS
TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE AND REPORT
THAT TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHO IN
TURN MAKES A REQUEST TO
CONGRESS FOR DISASTER FUNDS.
THAT'S THE NORMAL PROCEDURE IN
WHICH WE'RE INVOLVED NOW AND I
ASSURE THE MEMBERS THAT AS WE
GET THOSE ESTIMATES FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS AND MONTHS, THEY WILL BE
ADDRESSED AND MONEYS WILL BE
AVAILABLE.
THEREFORE WE MUST MEET THE MOST
IMMEDIATE NEED AND PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING NOW FOR FEMA
TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTINUING
RESOLUTION DEWS AND WHY WE, THE
HOUSE AND SENATE, HAVE TO PASS
THIS BILL IMMEDIATELY.
THIS C.R. LIVES UP TO THE
GUIDELINES SET IN THE BUDGET
CONTROL ACT AS WELL AS OUR
COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE AND
SPENDING.
WE CAN RIGHT OUR FISCAL SHIP
WHILE STILL SUPPORTING
ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES AND DISASTER AID
AND WITH THIS IN MIND, IT IS MY
INTENTION THAT CONGRESS
COMPLETE THE FISCAL YEAR 2012
APPROPRIATIONS WORK WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER DELAY.
THE SOONER WE PASS THIS C.R.,
THE SOONER WE CAN FOCUS ON
LONG-TERM APPROPRIATIONS
LEGISLATION AND GET IT DONE
BEFORE NOVEMBER 18.
SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN BOTH
CHAMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS BILL
SO WE CAN SEND IT TO THE
PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I RESERVE.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON.
I RISE IN
RELUCTANT --
I RISE IN RELUCTANT
OPPOSITION TO THE CONTINUING
RESOLUTION.
FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS A
IT PROVIDES FUNDING
AT $1.03 TRILLION THROUGH
NOVEMBER 18.
THE AMOUNT REFLECTS THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATIONS.
CONTROL ACT CAP ON F.Y. 2012
THE C.R. CONTINUES FUNDING, HAS
PROVIDE -- AS PROVIDED IN F.Y.
2011 WITH A 1 .503 ACROSS THE
BOARD CUT TO COME DOWN FROM 159
TO 1043.
THE C.R. ADDS A HANDFUL OF
ANOMALIES REQUESTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION THROUGH O.M.B.,
INCLUDING PROVISIONS TO CUT
BACK ON OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY
OPERATION FUNDS FROM THE LEVEL
OF 11 DOWN TO THE LEVEL THAT
WAS PASSED IN THE DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL WHICH IS
APPROXIMATELY 118.
AUTHORIZED D.H.S. WORK ON
NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY
EX-TENDS FLOOD INSURANCE
AND DELAYS THE POSTAL SERVICE
OBLIGATION.
THE LAST PROVISION WILL ALLOW
MAIL SERVICE TO CONTINUE WHILE
CONGRESS PURSUES LEGISLATIVE
REFORMS.
THE MATTER THAT CONCERNS ME AND
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IS THE
WAY THE MAJORITY HAS PROVIDED
DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING.
FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND IS
PRECARIOUSLY SHORT ON MONEY IN
F.Y. 2011.
AMERICANS ARE TRYING TO REBUILD
THEIR LIVES AFTER THE
DEVASTATING EFFECT OF FLOODS,
WILD FIRES AND HURRICANES IN A
RECORD YEAR OF NATURAL
DISASTERS.
AND FEMA IS RUNNING OUT OF
RESOURCES TO HELP THEM.
FEMA HAS DEFERRED FUNDING FOR
ALL LONG-TERM REBUILDING
PROJECTS TO FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE
NEEDS.
THE ADMINISTRATION REQUESTED A
$500 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATION FOR THE REMAINING
YEAR.
THEY REQUESTED 2011 EMERGENCY
FUNDS.
THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND AN
OFFSET.
THIS HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER RELIEF.
SINCE 2002, CONGRESS
APPROPRIATED $95 BILLION IN
SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER RELIEF.
ALL OF IT WAS DESIGNATED AS AN
EMERGENCY AND NONE OF IT WAS
OFFSET.
SOME OTHER EMERGENCIES MAY HAVE
BEEN PAID FOR DURING THE
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION,
HOWEVER, DURING THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, THIS WAS NOT SO
FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
OTHER CATEGORIES OF EMERGENCY
SPENDING AND OTHER
SUPPLEMENTALS THAT WERE OFFSET,
BUT NOT DISASTER RELIEF.
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 THROUGH
2006, THE PRESIDENT --
PRESIDENT BUSH REQUESTED
SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER RELIEF
FUNDING EIGHT TIMES.
EACH OF THE EIGHT TIMES WAS
DESIGNATED AS AN EMERGENCY AND
NONE WERE OFFSET.
WITH REPUBLICANS IN THE
MAJORITY, SOME OF THE BUSH
EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF BILLS
WITHOUT OFFSETS WERE APPROVED
BY VOICE VOTE AND SOME WERE
CONSIDERED UNDER UNANIMOUS
CONSENT.
NONETHELESS, HOUSE REPUBLICANS
TODAY INSIST ON DEPARTING FROM
THIS PRACTICE.
THEY TAKE $1.5 BILLION FROM THE
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO PAY FOR
$1 BILLION IN DISASTER RELIEF.
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RELIEF.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED COMPROMISE
WITH THE OTHER SIDE, THEY HAVE
BEEN UNWILLING TO ACCEPT OUR
SUGGESTIONS.
THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM WAS
STARTED IN 2008 TO REINVIGORATE
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING.
TO DATE, THIS PROGRAM HAS
BILLION OF CREDIT
SUBSIDY TO PROMOTE ENERGY
EFFICIENT ADVANCED VEHICLES AND
THEIR COMPONENT PARTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ESTIMATES THAT LOAN GUARANTEES
HAVE CREATED OR MAINTAINED IN
TOTAL 39,000 JOBS IN
CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS,
INDIANA, KENTUCKY, OHIO,
MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, AND
TENNESSEE.
SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THIS
PROGRAM HAS BEEN SLOW TO SPEND
EMERGENCY FUNDING PROVIDED IN
THE F.Y. 2009 C.R.
I SAY THE LOAN REVIEW PROCESS
IS AND OUGHT TO BE STRENUOUS.
ONE COMPANY, TESLA, ORIGINALLY
APPLIED UNDER A DIFFERENT LOAN
PROGRAM IN 2006 AND RECEIVED AN
ATVM LOAN IN 2010.
IT REQUIRES FOUR YEARS OF DUE
REVIEW TO QUALIFY
FOR THE LOAN AND HAVING READ
MANY OF THE PRESS RELEASES THAT
WENT OUT WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER
D.O.E. PROGRAM THAT WAS NOT --
THAT HAD RAN INTO DIFFICULTIES,
I DIDN'T NOTE ANYBODY THERE
SAYING WE SHOULDN'T TAKE TIME
FOR DUE DILIGENCE.
DUE DILIGENCE IS REQUIRED.
BY THE WAY, THE COMPANY IN
QUESTION, TESS LA, EMPLOYED --
TESLA, EMPLOYED ABOUT 400
LOAN.
WORKERS BEFORE RECEIVING THE
TODAY THEY HAVE 1,400 EMPLOYEES
IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
DESIGN, MANUFACTURING,
ASSEMBLY, MAINTENANCE, SERVICE,
SALES, AND SUPPORT.
THE ATVM PROGRAM HAS AN
ADDITIONAL 18 LOAN APPLICATIONS
IN PROGRESS THAT ARE PROJECTED
TO CREATE 50,000 TO 60,000 MORE
IN CALIFORNIA,
FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA,
LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI,
AND OHIO.
ONE PENDING APPLICATION WOULD
SUPPORT INVESTMENT AT 11 PLANTS
IN ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN,
AND OHIO.
THE COMPANY EMPLOYS OVER 56,000
WORKERS AND THEY'RE ADDING
NEARLY 9,000 NEW WORKERS SINCE
2009.
SOME OF THE JOBS WILL BE AT
RISK BY USING THIS OFFSET.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PUT
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING JOBS AT
RISK.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT IN
AMERICA, YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY
THIS FUNDING.
IF THERE'S ONE THING WE'VE
LEARNED ON THE ECONOMIC
FOREFRONT, IT'S THAT WE NEED A
GROWTH POLICY, WE DON'T NEED A
CUT POLICY.
CUT AND GROW JUST AIN'T SO.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE
NEED TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO
WORK, WE NEED -- AND THE WAY
YOU TO THAT IS PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS THAT ARE GOING TO HIRE
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF FIRE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
FIRING AND IT HASN'T WORKED.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP?
WHEN IS THE MAJORITY PARTY
GOING TO REALIZE THAT WE'VE GOT
TO DO SOMETHING TO CREATE
GROWTH AND STIMULATE THE
ECONOMY AND PUT PEOPLE BACK TO
WORK?
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET
THE DEFICIT DOWN IS TO BRING
UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN.
THIS IS AN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM,
IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED.
WE SHOULD DEFEAT THE CONTINUING
RESOLUTION, AND COME UP WITH
EITHER TAKE THIS OUT OR COME UP
WITH ANOTHER OFFSET THAT
DOESN'T HURT JOB CREATION IN
OUR COUNTRY.
I RESERVE MY BALANCE.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
I YIELD MYSELF TWO MINUTES.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN
MENTIONED WE HAD NOT USED
JUSTIFY SETS TO -- OFFSETS TO
FUND DISASTER RELIEF.
I BEG TO DIFFERENCE.
2001, EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
OFFSET, 2002, EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL OFFSET, 2004,
DISASTER RELIEF FOR WILD FIRE
AND OTHERS, OFFSET.
IN 2005, OFFSET FOR RELIEF FOR
THE TSUNAMI, IN 2006, RELIEF
FOR KATRINA OFFSET IN 2008,
DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY,
$20 MILLION IN OFFSETS AND I
COULD GO ON.
THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN WE
HAVE USED THE OFFSETS TO PAY
FOR SUPPLEMENTALS.
IN FACT, OVER THE LAST 10
YEARS, 15 OF THE 30 EMERGENCY
SPENDING BILLS AND
SUPPLEMENTALS WERE OFFSET.
NOW ON THIS JUSTIFY SET THAT'S
BEEN MENTIONED, OVER $4 BILLION
SITZ IDE UNTIL THAT ACCOUNT AND
HAS FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
AS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
SLOW TO OBLIGATE THAT MONEY.
THE $1.5 BILLION RESCISSION IN
SUBSIDIES WE PROPOSE WILL NOT
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE SAME PRECISION,
MADAM SPEAKER, THAT WE USED IN
THE FISCAL 2012 HOMELAND
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL
THAT PASSED THIS HOUSE WITH
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN JUNE.
EXACTLY THE SAME.
AND YET THE SENATE DIDN'T ACT
AND THAT $1 BILLION WAS NOT
AVAILABLE FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
STATES WITH APPLICATIONS IN THE
QUEUE IN THIS PROGRAM LIKE
INDIANA, LOUISIANA, OHIO,
MICHIGAN, FLORIDA, MISSOURI,
CALIFORNIA, AND MANY OTHERS,
WILL STILL RECEIVE THEIR DUE
DILL YENS JUST LIKE BEFORE, AND
COULD RECEIVE AWARDS AS WELL.
I RESERVE.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON.
I YIELD FOUR MINUTES
CAROLINA.
TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
FOUR MINUTES.
MADAM SPEAKER, THE FACT THAT
WE'RE EVEN DEBATING THE
SUBSTANCE OF THIS CONTINUING
RESOLUTION IS A TELLING
STATEMENT ABOUT THE PRIORITIES
OF THE CURRENT HOUSE MAJORITY.
FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND,
AFTER ALL IS OPERATING ON
FUMES.
SINCE LATE AUGUST, THE AGENCY
HAS DEFERRED FUNDING FOR ALL
LONG-TERM REBUILDING PROJECTS
IN ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH
RESOURCES TO MEET THE MOST
PRESSING EMERGENCY NEEDS.
THIS MEANS THAT
CRITICAL REBUILDING EFFORTS IN
OVER 40 STATES, LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, IOWA,
NORTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE,
MISSOURI, MY OWN STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA, AND OTHERS ARE ON
HOLD.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD
CURRENTLY BE EARNING A GOOD
PAYCHECK BY WORKING ON
REBUILDING EFFORTS ARE NOT.
AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STILL
RECOVERING FROM PAST DISASTERS
ARE BEING TOLD TO MOVE TO THE
BACK OF THE LINE, TO MAKE WAY
FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE MORE
RECENT DISASTERS.
MADAM SPEAKER, CONGRESS HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE GOOD ON
OUR PROMISE TO THESE
COMMUNITIES BY ENSURING THAT
FEMA HAS ENOUGH RESOURCES TO
RESPOND TO ALL MAJOR DISASTERS.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE AND WHEN
THEY OCCURRED, WE MUST NOT PIT
ONE STATE OR ONE REGION AGAINST
THE OTHER.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE
CLEAR WHAT IT WILL TAKE.
A $500 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR
AND AN INCREASE OF $4.6 BILLION
ABOVE ITS INITIAL REQUEST FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2012.
THIS C.R. INCLUDES $1 BILLION
IN SUPPLEMENTAL FISCAL 2011
FUNDING AND A $2.6 A BILLION
DOWN PAYMENT TOWARD FISCAL
2012.
BUT I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH
EITHER THE AMOUNT OR WITH THE
PRICE OF INCLUSION.
SINCE 2002 CONGRESS HAS
APPROPRIATED $95 BILLION IN
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE
DISASTER RELIEF FUND AND
ADDITIONAL DISASTER FUNDING FOR
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO ACCOUNTS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE AND THAT HAS
ALL BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN
EMERGENCY AND NONE OF IT OFFSET.
NOW, AT A TIME WHEN COMMUNITIES
UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD
ARE STILL REALING FROM THE
AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE IRENE, AT
A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING
TO FIND A GOOD JOB, HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE TELLING US THIS
TIME AROUND FEMA WON'T GET ANY
MORE DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR UNTIL OR UNLESS
WE TAKE MONEY FROM ANOTHER
FEDERAL AGENCY.
THIS IS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM
THE WAY IN WHICH BOTH PARTIES
HAVE TREATED EMERGENCY DISASTER
RELIEF OVER THE PAST DECADE
TANNED WILL UNDERMINE OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM, WHICH OUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES PROPOSED
TO CANNIBALIZE, THAT PROGRAM
STANDS TO ADD TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS IN AN
INDUSTRY THAT WILL BE CRITICAL
TO OUR FUTURE ECONOMIC
COMPETITIVENESS.
THIS IS A BAD PRECEDENT AND IT'S
BAD POLICY.
IT'S NO WONDER THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH CONGRESS.
ONCE AGAIN THE MAJORITY IS
PUTTING PARTISAN IDEOLOGY AHEAD
OF THE DIRE NEEDS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BY TELLING OUR
COMMUNITIES THEY WON'T GET
RELIEF UNTIL WE WAGE YET ANOTHER
BUDGET BATTLE HERE IN CONGRESS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO OPPOSE
THIS APPROACH AND INSTEAD
SUPPORT THE DISASTER RELIEF
MEASURE APPROVED BY THE SENATE
WHICH WOULD FULLY FUND FEMA'S
NEEDS WITHOUT -- WITHOUT
REQUIRING YET ANOTHER FIGHT OVER
SPENDING OFFSETS.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, AND I
YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
I YIELD THREE
MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ALABAMA, MR. ADERHOLT, WHO IS
THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON
HOMELAND SECURITY.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ALABAMA IS
RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
I WANT TO THANK
THE DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN OF
THE FULL APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
FOR YIELDING AND, MADAM SPEAKER,
I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
MUST-PASS RESOLUTION.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS C.R. PROVIDE
THE NECESSARY FUNDS AND
AUTHORITY TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT
OPEN, IT ALSO PROVIDES AN
IMMEDIATE AND A SUBSTANTIAL
INFUSION OF VITAL FUNDING TO
BOTH FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF
EFFORTS AND THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS' FLOOD CONTROL AND
COASTAL EMERGENCY ACCOUNT AND IT
DOES ALL OF THIS IN A FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE WAY.
THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE US TODAY
COMPLIES WITH THE RECENTLY
ENACTED BUDGET CONTROL ACT AND
PROVIDES THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE AMPLE TIME TO DO WORK ON
THE F.Y. 2012 BUDGET.
AND FOR THE HARD-HITTING
COMMUNITIES AYE ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDE -- ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MY HOME
STATE OF ALABAMA WHICH WAS HIT
HARD BACK IN APRIL, IN ADDITION
TO THOSE THAT WERE DEVASTATED BY
FIRES, BY FLOODS, TORNADOS,
HURRICANES OVER THE PAST FIVE
MONTHS, THIS C.R. WILL SUSTAIN
FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF AND
RECOVERY EFFORTS AND HELP THE
CORPS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL
PROJECTS.
AS I MENTIONED, MY HOME STATE OF
ALABAMA WAS HIT HARD BACK IN
APRIL, ON APRIL 27.
SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN
SUSTAINING FEMA'S DISASTER
RELIEF, IT WOULD BE ME.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL
DOES THE JOB.
THE DURATION OF THIS C.R. WILL
PROVIDE THE TIME TO REVIEW AND
SCRUTINIZE FEMA'S PRELIMINARY
DAMAGE ESTIMATES FOR HURRICANE
IRENE.
ESTIMATES THAT ARE BASED ON
HISTORICAL PROJECTIONS RATHER
THAN ACTUAL DATA AND CLAIMS THAT
ARE STILL IN PROCESS OF BEING
COLLECTED.
THIS OVERSIGHT WILL ENABLE THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE THE
TIME TO PROPERLY AND RESPONSIBLY
ADDRESS THE ADMINISTRATION'S
FULL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, A
REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO
CONGRESS ONLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AGO.
AND WHILE CONGRESS HAS AN
UNDENIABLE OBLIGATION TO
THOROUGHLY ADDRESS OUR NATION'S
DISASTER RELIEF NEEDS, WE CAN NO
LONGER AFFORD TO SIMPLY THROW
MONEY AT CALAMITIES AND THEN ASK
THE HARD QUESTIONS LATER ON.
WE HAVE TO GET OUR FUNDING
PRIORITIES RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BOTH
CHAIRMAN ROGERS AND I HAVE
REPEATEDLY SAID WHEN IT'S COME
SECURITY.
TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOMELAND
MADAM SPEAKER, THIS C.R. IS THE
RIGHT TOOL FOR THE RIGHT TIME
AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS VITAL RESOLUTION
AND RESPONSIBLY ADDRESS OUR
NATION'S MOST PRESSING NEEDS.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR
YIELDING.
YES, I YIELD.
THE GENTLEMAN CHAIRS THE
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH FUNDS FEMA.
EXACTLY.
YOU PASSED A BILL
BACK IN JUNE THAT PROVIDED $1
BILLION FOR FEMA FOR DISASTER
RELIEF, IS THAT RIGHT?
WE PASSED THAT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
THAT BILL?
IT PASSED THE
COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, AFTER IT
PASSED THE HOUSE.
IT PASSED THE
HOUSE AND WAS SENT TO THE SENATE
AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S SITTING.
NOTHING HAS TAKEN
PLACE IN THE SENATE SINCE JUNE?
ABSOLUTELY IS.
AND YOUR BILL WOULD
HAVE PROVIDED $1 BILLION TODAY
FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND THE
OTHER BODY HASN'T ACTED?
WE DID THAT, AS
YOU SAY, BACK WELL BEFORE JUNE.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
AND IT'S THERE
EVEN TODAY.
NO WONDER THEY'RE
OPERATING ON FUMES.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
FEMA.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON.
I YIELD FOUR MINUTES
TO THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
FROM INDIANA, MR. VISCLOSKY, THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND
WATER APPROPRIATIONS
SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES.
I APPRECIATE THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDING AND I RISE TO
OF THE $1.5
BILLION FROM THE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE MANUFACTURING
ACCOUNT TO OFFSET A PORTION OF
THE ARMY CORPS DISASTER NEEDS
ESTIMATED TO BE $2,256,000,000,
INSTEAD OF DECLARING THIS MATTER
AN EMERGENCY.
I DO THINK AS A MATTER OF POLICY
THIS INSTITUTION AND THE
CONGRESS AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO
HAVE THE FORTITUDE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS
EVERY YEAR AND WE NEED TO SET
ASIDE MONEYS TO FUND THOSE AND
NOT TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS THAT CREATE
JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
WE HAVE TWO PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE
DISCUSSING TODAY.
ONE IS A NATURAL PROBLEM.
WE HAVE HAD TORNADOS, WE HAVE
HAD FLOODS, WE HAVE HAD
HURRICANES, WE HAD AN
EARTHQUAKE, WE'VE HAD WILDFIRES.
SO WHAT IS NEW?
YEAR, SAVE
TWO, SINCE 1997, THE CONGRESS
HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR
EMERGENCY FUNDS TO RESPOND TO
THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS
INFRASTRUCTURE.
ON OUR NATION'S WATER RESOURCES
SINCE 2001 THE CONGRESS HAS
PROVIDED MORE THAN $24 BILLION
IN EMERGENCY FUNDS TO THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR THIS VERY
PURPOSE.
AND ACCORDING TO THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS WE HAVE SPENT $5.12
BILLION ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS IN
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, ON
ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES.
NOW, SOME SUGGEST ALL OF THIS
HAS TO BE OFFSET BECAUSE WE HAVE
A FISCAL CRISIS.
I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THOSE
EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS FOR WATER
EMERGENCIES IN 1998 OCCURRED AND
THE BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS BALANCED.
THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION AS FAR AS THOSE
WATER PROJECTS IN 1999 AND WE
BALANCED BUDGET.
THERE WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION IN 2000 AND WE
BALANCED A BUDGET.
IN 2001 WE HAD AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION FOR WATER DISASTERS
AND WE BALANCED THE BUDGET.
THAT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT NOT TO
MEET THE HUMAN CRISIS THAT
PEOPLE ARE FACING IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I CERTAINLY THINK THAT MY
COLLEAGUE FROM WASHINGTON
COVERED THE ACCOUNT AS FAR AS
VEHICLE MANUFACTURING VERY WELL
AND THE INVESTMENT IT REPRESENTS
AND THE JOBS MAINTAINED AND
CREATED THAT ARE REPRESENTED
AGAIN IN THIS ACCOUNT.
AND CERTAINLY CHAIRMAN ROGERS
MAKES A POINT, RIGHTFULLY SO,
THAT MANY OF THESE DOLLARS HAVE
NOW BEEN ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC
LOAN PROGRAMS AND OTHERS, EIGHT
SPECIFICALLY, WILL BE RESOLVED
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND
AGAIN THIS OFFSET WOULD NOT
IMPACT THOSE AND THE CHAIRMAN IS
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
HOWEVER, I DO POINT OUT TO MY
COLLEAGUES THAT THE -- THERE
REMAIN 10 PROJECT NOTICE STAGE
OF DUE DILIGENCE, THE SAME WORDS
THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM
WASHINGTON USED TO COMPLETE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THIS $1.5
BILLION, WITH APPROXIMATELY
10,000 JOBS AT STAKE.
WHEN I STARTED MY REMARKS --
WILL THE GENTLEMAN
YIELD?
ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE
INDUSTRIAL STATES ARE THE ONES
THAT ARE GETTING MOST OF THIS
MONEY?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY HAS, OVER
THE YEARS, BEEN LOCATED?
THE GENTLEMAN IS
CORRECT BUT I WOULD BROADEN THAT
TO SUGGEST THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IS GETTING THAT MONEY
AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE
THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND MANUFACTURE THINGS
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ARE GETTING THAT MONEY.
ISN'T IT TRUE, WE
ALREADY KNOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS?
THIS PROGRAM RECEIVED $7.5
BILLION AND $3.5 BILLION OF IT
HAS BEEN SPENT, HAS BEEN
OBLIGATED AND IS OUT THERE AS
LOANS.
TRIPLED UNDER THE
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
AND 50,000 -- I YIELD HIM
ANOTHER MINUTE.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS YIELDED ANOTHER
MINUTE.
ANOTHER TWO MINUTES.
ANOTHER
TWO MINUTES.
AND SO THESE -- WE
ACTUALLY WORKS.
ARE SEEING THAT THIS PROGRAM
I MEAN, IF THERE WERE SOME
QUESTION ABOUT THIS, IF IT
HADN'T WORKED, IT WASN'T GETTING
-- BUT IT'S CREATING JOBS AND
THERE'S -- IT WILL CREATE JOBS
IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF
PEOPLE IN THERE MAKING
APPLICATIONS FOR MANY OF THESE
TALKED ABOUT.
THINGS THAT YOU AND I JUST
RIGHT.
WE HAVE 10 PENDING AND I WOULD
NOT BE ON THE FLOOR IF I DID NOT
BELIEVE WE MAINTAINED AND
CREATED JOBS AND WE HAVE
POTENTIALLY 10,000 MORE JOBS
THAT WE CAN CREATE.
WITH THE $1.5 BILLION THAT IS
PENDING.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT AGAIN, I
WOULD BROADEN YOUR OBSERVATION
AMERICA.
TO THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF
I MENTIONED TWO PROBLEMS WE
FACE.
THE SECOND IS MANUFACTURING IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IN 1977 WE HAD OVER 18 MILLION
AMERICANS ENGAGED IN
MANUFACTURING.
.
LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 11 MILLION
THE REAL HOURLY WAGE FOR WHAT AN
AMERICAN WORKER IS PAID FOR ONE
HOUR'S WORTH OF THEIR PHYSICAL
LABOR, WHATEVER THEY MAY DO IN
THIS COUNTRY, IS 53 CENTS LESS
IN 2010 THAN IT WAS IN 1977.
THAT'S NOT THE COUNTRY I WANT TO
LEAVE THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD
AND I'M CONVINCED IT'S BECAUSE
OF THE LOSS OF THOSE
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO DECLARE
AN EMERGENCY AND BUILD A
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN BASRA,
IRAQ, WE OUGHT NOT TO TAKE MONEY
OUT OF THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
THAT CREATES JOBS IN THE AUTO
INDUSTRY TO HELP PEOPLE IN TUS
CAN LOOSEA, ALABAMA -- TUS CAN
ALABAMA.
LOOSEA, ALABAMA -- TUSCALOOSA,
IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE
PEOPLE INSTALLED IN AFGHANISTAN,
WE OUGHT NOT TO TAKE MONEY AWAY
FROM JOB-CREATING PROGRAMS TO
HELP PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS.
IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO BUILD A
HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN AFGHANISTAN
ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, WE OUGHT
TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO HELP
PEOPLE IN SMITHFIELD,
MISSISSIPPI.
I ASK FOR ONE
ADDITIONAL MINUTE.
I YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN.
I THINK I HAVE
MADE MY POINT.
I THINK THE GENTLEMAN HAS.
I THINK THIS IS THE WRONG POLICY
AND AGAIN INSTITUTIONALLY WE
NEED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
NATURAL DISASTERS, SET THOSE
MONEYS ASIDE BUT IN THE
ALTERNATIVE AND IN THE
INTERMEDIATE TERM WE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE
AND NOT TO ROB THE FUTURE OF
THIS NATION ECONOMICALLY.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO YIELD
BACK MY TIME.
WELL, I -- HE YIELDS
BACK THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME.
THANK YOU.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
MADAM SPEAKER, I
YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE
DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
OPERATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS,
GRANGER.
THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS, MS.
THE
GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS IS
RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, TO FUND
THE CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNTIL
NOVEMBER 18.
I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF
CHAIRMAN ROGERS AND ADDRESSING
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS
CONGRESS.
PASSING THIS STOP GAP MEASURE
WILL GIVE CONGRESS TIME TO
COMPLETE THE FISCAL YEAR 2012
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
IN SPITE OF OUR LATE START, THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WAS
STILL ABLE TO MOVE 11 OF THE 12
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE STILL
NEEDS TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH
THE SENATE.
THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION FUNDS
VITAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES AND ALLOWS ESSENTIAL
BILLS TO BE PAID.
IT REDUCES SPENDING TO THE
LEVELS AGREED TO BY THE CONGRESS
AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE
BUDGET CONTROL ACT THAT WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW IN AUGUST.
IT AVOIDS CONTROVERSIAL
POLICY RIDERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE
SWIFT PASSAGE.
THOUGH MANY REASONS MEMBERS
REASONS MEMBERS SHOULD SUPPORT
SHOULD SUPPORT -- THERE ARE MANY
THIS BILL.
PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT IS WHAT THIS BILL DOES
FOR OUR MILITARY.
WITHOUT A C.R. OUR SERVICE
MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DON'T
GET PAID.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
DO THEIR WORK, PROTECTING THE
COUNTRY, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
DO IT WHILE WORRYING ABOUT
WHETHER THEY'D BE ABLE TO PAY
THEIR BILLS OR MORTGAGE.
OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN
UNIFORM ALREADY FACE THAT
POSSIBILITY -- FACED THAT
POSSIBILITY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THEY DESERVE BETTER.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS STANDS
BEHIND THEM.
THIS BILL ADDRESSES DISASTER
RELIEF AND FUNDS IT IN A
RESPONSIBLE WAY.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL SO IT CAN BE ENACTED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CAN
COMPLETE ITS WORK WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER DELAY.
THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE ACTION FOR
US TO TAKE TO GO FORWARD.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT THE
CONGRESS TO DO OUR JOBS, THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MUST
COMPLETE ITS WORK.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE
BALANCE OF HER TIME.
GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK THE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON.
I YIELD 2 1/2 MINUTES
TO THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
FROM NEW JERSEY, MR. ROTHMAN, A