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THE U.S. HOUSE IS COMING IN
NEXT.
YOU'LL SEE THIS ON OUR VIDEO
LIBRARY.
SPENDING TYPICALLY SET BY THE
BUDGET YEAR, ONE ISSUE THEY WILL
DEAL WITH.
THE HOUSE WILL START WORK ON TWO
BILLS DEALING EPA REGULATIONS ON
AIR EMISSIONS FROM CEMENT
PLANTS.
MEMBERS WILL VOTE NOT DEBATE
RULES THIS AFTERNOON.
THE HOUSE WILL BE
IN ORDER.
THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY
CHAPLAIN TODAY,
PASTOR JERRY CREAYOL, FROM THE
BRUSH ASHOR BAPTIST CHURCH IN
ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
LORD GOD, I THANK
YOU FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE CAN
ACKNOWLEDGE ONE GREATER THAN
THE POWER OF MAN.
LORD, AS YOU GUIDE THE COURSE
OF ALL CREATION IN THE EVENTS
OF MANKIND THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
MAY WE WILLINGLY BE IN
SUBMISSION TO YOUR MIGHTY HAND.
FILL US WITH LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
LONG SUFFERING, GENTLENESS,
GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, AND
TEMPERANCE.
LORD, RAISE UP LEADERS HERE
THAT YOU CAN SHOW YOURSELF
STRONG ON BEHALF OF THEM WHOSE
HEART IS PERFECT TOWARDS YOU.
GIVE US YOUR WISDOM TO SOLVE
OUR PROBLEMS, GIVE US YOUR
POWER TO OVERCOME OUR ENEMIES,
GIVE US YOUR COMPASSION TO MEET
PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
IN THE NAME OF MY LORD AND
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHO GIVES
ME FREEDOM FROM THE BONDAGE OF
SIN, LIBERTY TO STAND FOR WHAT
IS RIGHT, AND THE REASON TO
LIVE, AMEN.
THE CHAIR HAS
EXAMINED THE JOURNAL OF THE
LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AND
ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE HIS
APPROVAL THEREOF.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 1,
THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
THE PLEMMING PLEDGE TODAY WILL
BE LED BY THE GENTLELADY FROM
OHIO, MISS FUFPBLG.
-- MS. FUDGE.
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 CHAIR WILL
ENTERTAIN UP TO 15 REQUESTS FOR
ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES ON EACH
SIDE.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLELADY FROM KANSAS RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION,
SO ORDERED.
TO SPUR JOB
CREATION IN THIS COUNTRY, WE
MUST REMOVE BURDENSOME
REGULATION STIFLING OUR JOB
CREATORS.
THE E.P.A.'S MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, OR MACT,
RULE, IS SET TO CRUSH OUR
CEMENT MANUFACTURERS.
EASTERN KANSAS HAS THREE CEMENT
MANUFACTURERS WHO EMPLOY
THOUSANDS.
I RECENTLY TOURED PLANTS AT
MONARCH CEMENT IN HUMBOLDT, ASH
GROVE CEMENT, AND LA FARMING
AND HEARD A SIMILAR STORY FROM
ALL THREE.
THEY HAVE THE REVENUE STREAM
AND THE DESIRE TO HIRE MORE
KANSANS, BUT THE COST OF
COMPLYING WITH GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS LIKE THE CEMENT
MACT RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO
DO SO.
THE E.P.A. SHOULDN'T BE
IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS THAT
DO MORE ECONOMIC DAMAGE THAN
GOOD.
THEY ACHIEVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
I HOPE THE E.P.A. WILL TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFORM
THEIR RULES AND BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION RATHER THAN THE
PROBLEM.
LET'S END OVERREGULATION AND
GET AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLELADY FROM OHIO SEEK
RECOGNITION?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE JOB
CRISIS IN OUR NATION.
WHILE WE OPERATE IN A DIVIDED
CONGRESS, AMERICANS ARE
STRUGGLING.
MILLIONS ARE UNEMPLOYED,
UNDEREMPLOYED, AND WITHOUT THE
SKILLS TO BE EMPLOYED.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR MORE
THAN 99 WEEKS.
THESE AMERICANS WANT JOBS.
MOST AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE DELAY.
MANY CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT.
SO WHY HAVEN'T WE PASSED A JOBS
BILL?
PRESIDENT OBAMA INTRODUCED HIS
JOBS PLAN WITH MANY OF THE
PROVISIONS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED
BY BOTH REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS.
WHAT IS STOPPING THIS CONGRESS
FROM PASSING A JOBS BILL?
I WANT EVERY UNEMPLOYED
AMERICAN TO KNOW THAT SOME OF
US REALLY ARE WORKING TO GET A
JOBS BILL PASSED.
WE FEEL YOUR PAIN.
WE KNOW YOUR STRUGGLE.
AND WE MUST ACT NOW.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
CAROLINA.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
REVISE AND EXTEND.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, THE
RALLY NEWS OBSERVER REPORTED --
RALEIGH NEWS OTHERER REPORTED
THAT THE ROTESARRY CLUB IN
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR BEVERLY
PERDUE STATED QUOTE, I THINK WE
SHOULD SUSPEND PERHAPS
ELECTIONS FOR CONGRESS IN TWO
YEARS AND JUST TELL THEM WE
WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM,
WHATEVER DECISIONS THEY MAKE,
OR JUST LET THEM HELP THIS
COUNTRY RECOVER, END OF QUOTE.
ANY GOVERNOR, ESPECIALLY OUR
GREAT NEIGHBOR OF THE 10TH
LARGEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY,
SHOULD BE UNWAVERING FOR
CITIZENS TO HAVE THEIR VOTES
COUNTED.
ELECTIONS ARE VITAL TO
ACCESSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
GOVERNOR PERDUE FAILS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSE
REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT JOB
CREATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND
LIMITED SPENDING AT THE CENTER
CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA.
SINCE JANUARY HOUSE REPUBLICANS
HAVE LED EFFORTS TO HELP OUR
ECONOMY RECOVER BY PASSING
LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE SMALL
BUSINESSES TO CREATE JOBS.
EVEN AS A JOKE, CONGRESS SHOULD
NOT BE A SPESS CLASS SEPARATED
FROM THE CITIZENS.
THE HOUSE HAS PASSED 90 BILLS
ONLY PASSED 20.
THIS YEAR AND THE SENATE HAS
IN CONCLUSION, GOD BLESS OUR
TROOPS AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET
SEPTEMBER 11.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
LAST WEEK I HELD MEETINGS IN MY
DISTRICT WITH OVER 50
BUSINESSES, NOT TO TALK TO THEM
BUT TO LISTEN TO THEM.
AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM SMALL
BUSINESSES THEMSELVES, WHAT IS
STANDING IN YOUR WAY AND WHAT
DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
AND I HEARD THAT EVEN IN THE
SLUGGISH ECONOMY THESE SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE FINDING
OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WANT TO
HIRE AND GROW.
AND DIFFICULT TIMES
CANNOT REPRESS THE INGENUITY
AND DETERMINATION OF THE
AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSPERSON.
WHAT THEY DO NEED IS ACCESS TO
CAPITAL TO SEIZE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY NEED SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
THAT DON'T TAKE A SMALL
FOR.
MOUNTAIN OF PAPERWORK TO APPLY
THEY NEED US TO PASS THE
AMERICAN JOBS ACT TO GIVE THEM
THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO INNOVATE
AND GROW.
CONGRESS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO
BAIL OUT WALL STREET
BILLIONAIRES.
WHERE'S THE HELP FOR THE
ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN WORKING
ON MAIN STREET?
CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET OUR
PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.
WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE
BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY.
AND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
AMERICAN DREAM.
I YIELD MY TIME.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK IN HONOR
OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HIDEMAN, A
MARINE FROM MINDOTA, ILLINOIS,
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
HE WAS KILLED ON SEPTEMBER 19,
2011, AT THE AGE OF 27 IN A
HELICOPTER CRASH AT CAMP
PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN.
HIS PARENTS SENT THEIR SON TO
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL AND HE
GRADUATED IN 2002 FROM SAINT
BEAD ACADEMY IN PERFECT CUE.
HE'S REMEMBERED THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY AS A TRULY
OUTSTANDING PERSON.
KNOWN BY HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS,
FORMER COACHES, AND TEAMMATES
AS THE ALL AMERICAN BOY, STAR
ATHLETE, A KIND, SUPPORTIVE,
GOOD FRIEND, AND GENTLEMAN TO
ALL.
HE WAS BROUGHT
UP WITH A STRONG SET OF CORE
VALUES.
HE WORKED HARD AND UNDERSTOOD
THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND HE TRULY
CHERISHED THE TIME THAT HE
SPENT WITH THEM.
CAPTAIN HEIGHTMAN'S PASSION WAS
THE FLY.
ONE OF HIS FORMER COACHES SAID
IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
BE A PILOT.
HIM TO FLY FOR THE MARINES AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT DREAM.
CAPTAIN THOMAS IS A TRUE
PATRIOT AND DISLAID THE LOVE
FOR HIS COUNTRY THAT SEPARATES
THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT NATION
FROM ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE
MILITARY LIKE CAPTAIN
HEIGHTMAN, WORK TIRELESSLY TO
PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
THEIR SACRIFICE IS THE REASON
FOR OUR LIBERTY.
WHILE HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED,
IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT
AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT WE CAN
STAND BEFORE YOU IN A CHAMBER
LIKE THIS TODAY.
GOD BLESS CAPTAIN HEIGHTMAN'S
SERVICE AND GOD BLESS HIS
FAMILY.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, WE HAVE BEEN IN
AFGHANISTAN FOR 10 YEARS.
TWO YEARS AGO ON THE 8TH
ANNIVERSARY OF OUR INVASION OF
AFGHANISTAN, I STOOD IN THE
SAME SPOT AND ASKED, HAVE OUR
EIGHT YEARS, 791 AMERICAN
DEATHS AND BILLIONS OF U.S.
DOLL ARGUES SPENT IN
AFGHANISTAN MADE AMERICAN
SAFER?
MY CONCLUSIONS
WERE NO.
TWO YEARS LATER I'M ASKED THE
SAME QUESTIONS AND REACHING THE
SAME CONCLUSIONS.
AL QAEDA IS STILL NOT PRIMARILY
IN AFGHANISTAN BUT PAKISTAN,
YEMEN, AFRICA, AND ELSEWHERE.
WE STILL CAN'T AFFORD A VAST
GROUND WAR AND REBUILDING
EFFORT ABROAD.
WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING A
SMALLER, SMARTER WAR THAT GOES
AFTER TERRORISTS INSTEAD OF
BUILDING NATIONS.
IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN BEFORE ANOTHER NEAR
PASSES AND WE ARE BACK HERE
SAYING THE SAME THING ALL OVER
AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
PENNSYLVANIA.
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE
HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM
ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA TO
WASHINGTON TODAY.
HOSPITALS ARE AN ESSENTIAL
PIECE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S
ECONOMY.
ANNUALLY THE TOTAL ECONOMIC
BENEFIT FOR OUR STATE IS $2.7
BILLION A YEAR.
MORE THAN 16,000 PENNSYLVANIANS
ARE EMPLOYED BY HOSPITALS AND
THEY ARE PAID AN AVERAGE SALARY
OF MORE THAN 52,000 A YEAR.
IN MY HOME DISTRICT, LANCASTER
GENERAL HOSPITAL IS NOW THE
LARGEST EMPLOYER.
DOCTORS, WORKERS, AND OTHERS
ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMY
AND SAVING LIVES AND THEY ARE
COMING UP WITH NEW WAYS TO SAVE
LIVES, NEW METHODS TO IMPROVE
HEALTH AND WAYS TO REDUCE THE
COST OF CARE.
AND WORKING IN A HOSPITAL IS
NOT EASY.
DOCTORS, NURSES, AND
ADMINISTRATORS HELP INDIVIDUALS
AND FAMILIES WHO ARE HURTING OR
STRUGGLING WITH ILLNESS AND
DISEASE AND THEY WORK LONG
HOURS PERFORMING DIFFICULT
TASKS.
WE THANK OUR HOSPITAL
PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR
SERVICE, AND AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
ENERGY AND COMMERCE HEALTH
SUBCOMMITTEE, I WILL ALWAYS
LISTEN TO THEIR VOICE AS
CONGRESS WORKS TO IMPROVE OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, THE
PARTY OF NO IS AT IT AGAIN.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN IN
THE MAJORITY FOR 273 DAYS AND
THEY STILL HAVE NO PLANS TO
CREATE NEW JOBS.
NOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING
NO TO THE AMERICAN JOB ACT,
WITH THE MAJORITY LEADER
CALLING THIS BILL DEAD.
BUT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE
REALLY SAYING NO TO ARE, THEY
ARE SAYING NO TO HELPING SMALL
BUSINESSES GROW AND HIRE.
THEY ARE SAYING NO TO KEEPING
TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY ARE SAYING NO TO KEEPING
FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS,
COPS ON THE JOBS.
THEY ARE SAYING NO TO BUILDING
OUR CRUMBLING ROADS, BRIDGES,
AND SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE SAYING NO TO CUTTING
TAXES FOR HARDWORKING AMERICAN
FAMILIES.
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT IS A
BIPARTISAN APPROACH WITH IDEAS
THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
GAMES.
WE MUST STOP THIS POLITICAL
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
SUFFERING.
THEY NEED OUR HELP NOW.
LET'S ALL SAY YES TO PUTTING
AMERICANS BACK TO WORK AND PASS
THIS BIPARTISAN AGENDA.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
OVER THIS PAST WEEK I WAS
REMINDED THAT WHILE MY JEWISH
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WERE
CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH, THE
JEWISH NEW YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE
UNITED NATIONS WERE CONSIDERING
A MOTION THAT WOULD FURTHER
EAST PEACE.
JEOPARDIZE CHANCES FOR MIDDLE
I'M VERY CONCERNED, MR.
SPEAKER, THAT THE WILLINGNESS
OF THE U.N. TO CONSIDER
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD DESPITE
UNITED STATES CALLS TO HALT
WILL EMBOLDEN ISRAEL'S ENEMIES.
THIS MUST STOP NOW.
WE MUST SEND A
MESSAGE THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT
FOR ANTI-ISRAELI RESOLUTIONS IS
UNACCEPTABLE TO THE UNITED
STATES.
AS MEMBERS OF OUR HOUSE
LEADERSHIP, REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRAT, RECENTLY SAID IN A
"NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" OP-ED,
.
CONGRESS WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY.
NOR WILL I.
WE CAN'T LET THIS BE IGNORED
AND CAST ASIDE BY THE U.N.
LASTING PEACE WILL ONLY SUCCEED
IN THE ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS WILL COME TO THE
TABLE FOR DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS.
PEACE IS NOT EASY AS WE HAVE
SEEN BUT IT WILL NOT BE MADE
MADE BY AN INTERNATIONAL BODY
THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE
INTERESTS OF OUR FRIEND AND OUR
ALLY, VEIL.
-- ISRAEL.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
EXTEND.
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
THE DETROIT JOBS
TRUST FUND WILL CREATE JOBS FOR
DETROITERS.
WE DEFINITELY NEED IT.
METRO DETROIT HAS LOST MORE
JOBS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAN
ANY METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT AS THE FIGHTING
SPIRIT OF THE DETROIT TIGERS
AND THE DETROIT LIONS
DEMONSTRATES, WE'VE GOT TO
FIGHT TO HELP THIS COUNTRY
COMPETE AND WIN ANY BATTLE FOR
JOBS AROUND THE WORLD.
SO MY MESSAGE IS THIS -- YOU
WANT TO CREATE MORE
MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE IN THE
U.S.?
THEN INVEST IN DETROIT.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS.
I ASK PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, NASA'S
PLANS TO SEND A SHUTTLE
A PLACE THAT HAS NO CONNECTION
ENTERPRISE TO NEW YORK CITY IS
WITH NASA.
IN THEIR SALES PITCH FOR THE
SHUTTLE, THE INTRIPPED MUSEUM
HAD A PICTURE OF THE ORBITER
PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON THE HUDSON
RIVER.
NOW IN A BAIT AND SWITCH MOVE,
THEY WANT TO MOVE THIS PIECE OF
SPACE HISTORY NEXT TO A BAGEL
JOINT, A CAR WASH AND A STRIP
CLUB TO SUPPOSEDLY BUTTEIFY THE
AREA.
THE SHUTTLE SHOULD NOT BE USED
AS PART OF AN URBAN RENEWAL
PROJECT.
IT NEEDS TO BE SENT TO HOUSTON,
U.S.A.
THE FIRST WORD WAS HOUSTON, NOT
NEW YORK CITY.
AND PLACING THE SHUTTLE IN NEW
YORK CITY IS LIKE PLACING THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY IN OMAHA,
NEBRASKA.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I COME BEFORE THE HOUSE, MR.
SPEAKER TO CALL FOR THE
IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PENDING AVIATION SAFETY RULE ON
PREVENTING PILOT FATIGUE.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2009 CONTINENTAL
CONNECTION FLIGHT 3407 CRASHED
IN MY COMMUNITY OF WESTERN NEW
YORK.
IT BROUGHT TO
FEDERAL AVIATION STANDARDS
LIGHT SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES IN
INCLUDING OUR RULES TO PREVENT
PILOT FATIGUE.
CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION TO
REFORM THESE RULES.
YET, DESPITE BROAD
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT, IT IS
MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OVERDUE.
YESTERDAY 102 OF MY COLLEAGUES
AND I SENT A LETTER TO THE
ADMINISTRATION URGING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE
REFORMS.
MR. SPEAKER, THE OLD POLICIES
STILL IN PLACE DOES NOT PREVENT
FATIGUE OR PROTECT THE
TRAVELING PUBLIC.
WE MUST IMPLEMENT THE OVERLY
FAR TEEING RULE.
AND I YIELD BACK -- FATIGUE
RULE.
AND I YIELD BACK.
THE
BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM
TODAY, SOME FACE UNFAIRNESS IN
THE WORKPLACE UNDER A PROVISION
THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO PAY
WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES LESS
THAN THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
PROTECTION FOR DISABLED WORKERS
WERE EXCLUDED IN THE FAIR
LABORS ACT AND THE MISTAKEN
BELIEF THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE
AS PRODUCTIVE AS OTHER WORKERS.
THAT IS WHY I HAVE OFFERED THE
FAIR WAGES FOR WORKERS WITH
DISABILITY ACT, ALONG WITH MY
GOOD COLLEAGUE, CONGRESSMAN
BISHOP OF NEW YORK.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PHASE
OUT THE PROVISION IN THE FAIR
LABOR ACT THAT ALLOWS
SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR DISABLED
WORKERS.
IT IS DEPLORABLE, WRONG IN
AMERICA THAT THESE
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CENTERS WOULD
HIRE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
INCLUDING THE VISUALLY
IMPAIRED, AND PAY THEM LESS
THAN $1 AN HOUR.
WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY AND
TO OUR SOCIETY, AND THEY
DESERVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL
WORK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS.
YES, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE AND TO
REVISE AND EXTEND.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, IT'S
TIME FOR THIS HOUSE TO ACT ON
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
MR. SPEAKER, IT NOT ONLY MAKES
GOOD SENSE, IT MAKES DOLLARS
AND CENTS FOR BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES THAT HIRE PERSONS
WHO'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR WORK
FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS WILL
GET A $4,000 TAX CREDIT.
IF THAT PERSON HAPPENS TO BE A
VETERAN, IT BECOMES $5,600.
IF THAT VETERAN HAPPENS TO HAVE
A DISABILITY THAT IS SERVICE
CONNECTED, IT BECOMES $9,600.
IT'S TIME TO ACT ON THE
AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
IT MAKES GOOD SENSE.
IT ALSO MAKES GOOD DOLLARS AND
CENTS FOR BUSINESS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
PENNSYLVANIA.
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS PUT
YOURSELF BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
THAT'S WHAT MY FOOTBALL COACHES
BOTCHED A PLAY.
USED TO SAY WHENEVER OUR TEAM
AS WE MARK 888 DAYS SINCE THE
SENATE HAS PASSED A BUDGET, I'D
LIKE TO SAY TO OUR FRIENDS OVER
IN THE SENATE, I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU FOLKS HAVE PUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BEHIND THE 8-BALL.
WITHOUT A LONG-TERM BUDGET, YOU
CAN'T RUN A BUSINESS, YOU CAN'T
RUN FAMILY FINANCES AND YOU
SURE AS HECK CAN'T RUN A
GOVERNMENT.
PASSING A BUDGET IS THE
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE
CONGRESS HAS AND THE SENATE
LEADERSHIP HAS TAKE ECK A KNEE.
LEADERSHIP IS MOTT ABOUT
SITTING ON THE SIDELINES, IT'S
ABOUT HAVING THE COURAGE TO RUN
THE PLAY.
WE ARE CALLING ON SENATOR REID
TO PASS THE BUDGET.
PASS THE PRO-GROWTH BILLS AND
AMERICA GET BEHIND THE
8-BALL.
WE HAVE WAITED 888 DAYS TO SEE
A BUDGET COME OUT OF THE
SENATE.
WHILE THE SENATE HAS TAKEN ITS
GOOD OLD TIME THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT ON THE
CHIN.
WITH CONSTANT THREATS OF
SHUTDOWNS OVER CONTINUING
RESOLUTIONS, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH.
MR. REID, PLEASE DO YOUR JOB.
PASS THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THE
CHAIR WILL REMIND MEMBERS TO
DIRECT THEIR REMARKS TO THE
CHAIR.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.
I ASK
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO ME
THAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA A FEW MOMENTS AGO, MR.
WILSON, TOOK NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR PERDUE'S
CONTEXT.
WORDS COMPLETELY OUT OF
EVERY DAY THE GOVERNOR IS
URGING THIS CONGRESS TO WORK IN
A BIPARTISAN MANNER TO CREATE
JOBS BY PASSING THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT.
WE NEED, MR. SPEAKER, TO HELP
CREATE JOBS.
WE NEED TO HELP JOB CREATORS BY
OFFERING NEW TAX CUTS THAT
INSENT THE HIRING OF WORKERS
PAYROLL TAXES.
THE TAX CUTS THAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S AMERICAN JOBS ACT WILL
SAVE EMPLOYEES $50,000 A YEAR
AND GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL
$1,500 PER YEAR EACH IN
IT IS REAL MONEY.
TAKE-HOME PAY.
IT EQUATES TO REAL JOB GROWTH
IN THE NEAR TERM.
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT IS MORE
THAN TAX CUTS.
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL INCREASE
LONG-TERM GROWTH.
I URGE THIS BODY TO TAKE UP THE
WHOLE AMERICAN JOBS ACT, NOT
CHERRY PICK ITS PART WITHOUT
DELAY SO THAT THE SMALL
BUSINESSES OF AMERICA CAN
CONTINUE TO GROW AND HIRE,
LEADING US INTO PROSPERITY.
I YIELD BACK.
THANK YOU.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS.
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, IT'S TIME TO
PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK AGAIN
AND THAT'S WHY I RISE TODAY TO
LEND MY VOICE IN SUPPORT OF THE
THREE PENDING FREE TRADE
AGREEMENTS THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS.
WHEN 13.9 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR WORK,
THESE BIPARTISAN, COMMONSENSE
RULES IS WHAT THIS CONGRESS
SHOULD BE FOCUSED.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT
THESE COULD CREATE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND INCREASE AMERICAN
DOLLARS A YEAR.
EXPORTS BY TENS OF BILLIONS OF
THIS MEANS REAL JOBS IN THE
THIRD DISTRICT OF CONGRESS
WHERE EXPORTS ARE A MAJOR
COMPONENT OF OUR ECONOMY
ACCOUNTING FOR $10 BILLION IN
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND
SUPPORTING 30,000 JOBS.
MR. SPEAKER, AMERICANS ARE
TIRED OF PARTISANSHIP AND
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS
TO OUR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
TODAY, LET'S COME TOGETHER,
PASS THESE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND
LET'S GET KANSAS AND ALL OF
AMERICA WORKING AGAIN.
THE
EXPIRED.
TIME OF THE GENTLEMAN HAS
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
I ASK PERMISSION
MINUTE.
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, THE
AMERICAN JOBS ACT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, BUT IN THIS HOUSE
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S GOING
TO GET MUCH OF A HEARING.
CALLED IT DEAD AND HAS CALLED
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS
IT A PARTISAN PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
WELL, I GOT SOME EVIDENCE THAT
SHOWS IT'S NOT REALLY THAT
PARTISAN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE SENT
OUT A SURVEY TO OVER 4,000
LOUISVILLIANS ASKING FOR THEIR
OPINIONS ON THE PROVISIONS OF
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
ASTOUNDING.
THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT WAS
80% WANTS TO SPEND $50 BILLION
TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
76% WANT TO CUT PAYROLL TAXES
FOR EVERY WORKER.
77% TO CUT THE PAYROLL TAX FOR
BUSINESSES.
73% ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO
WRITE OFF 100% OF NEW
INVESTMENTS, A REPUBLICAN
PROPOSAL.
79% WANT TO PROVIDE A TAX
CREDIT FOR HIRING AMERICANS'
VETERANS.
NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT'S
PARTISAN ABOUT THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT IS THE REPUBLICANS'
ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
AND IT IS TIME TO PASS THIS ACT
TO CREATE A NEW FUTURE FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND A BETTER
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA.
I ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS
REVISE AND EXTEND.
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE AND TO
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, HOW MANY
DIFFERENT JOBS ARE TO BE
CREATED IF AMERICANS HAD MORE
SNAKES?
VENOM
SPECIALISTS, MONGOOSE PEDDLER?
I ONLY ASK BECAUSE IN THE FACE
OF STAGNATING JOB GROWTH,
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED RELAXING
RESTRICTIONS ON EXOTIC SNAKE
SALES TO CREATE JOBS.
APPARENTLY IN THE FACE OF
ONGOING UNEMPLOYMENT, THE ONE
JOB THAT THEY CAN CREATE IS
SNAKE OIL SALESMAN.
IN CONTRAST, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
JOBS PROPOSAL TAKES A PAGE OUT
OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
IT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT TO CREATE JOBS.
THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSALS CUTS
BUSINESSES TAXES TO
INCENTIVIZING THE HIRING OF THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AND CUTS PAYROLL
TAXES TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEMAND.
THESE BIPARTISAN POLICIES HAVE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED REAL
JOBS, MR. SPEAKER, NOT SNAKE
CHARMERS.
AND I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT REAL PROPOSALS LIKE THE
AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
EXPIRED.
TIME OF THE GENTLEMAN HAS
THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE
TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN OVER
THE LABOR-H.H.S.-EDUCATION
APPROPRIATIONS DRAFT PROPOSED
LAST WEEK BY THE MAJORITY.
NOT ONLY DID THIS ACTION
CIRCUMVENT THE PROCEDURES OF
THE HOUSE, THE BILL IS
MISGUIDED AND DANGEROUS FOR OUR
NATION'S FAMILY AND ECONOMY.
THE DRAFT ELIMINATES THE TITLE
10 FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM.
BLOCKS FUNDS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED
SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM TO
INSTEAD SPEND THEM ON PROGRAMS
PROVEN INEFFECTIVE AND
DISCRIMINATORY AND THREATENS TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THE GOVERNMENT OVER
IT HARMS OUR WORK FORCE BY
SLASHING THE NATIONAL HEALTH
SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM BY 55%
AND MAKING STEEP REDUCTIONS TO
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
PROGRAM.
IN A WAY, AMERICORPS PROGRAMS
THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDE JOBS BUT
ALSO CRITICAL LOW-COST SERVICES
TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR
SENIORS.
THE LIST GOES ON.
BUT THE THEME IS THE SAME WE'VE
SEEN ALL YEAR.
THE MAJORITY IS MORE INTERESTED
IN PUTTING IDEOLOGY OVER COMMON
PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
SENSE AND PARTISANSHIP OVER
I YIELD BACK.
JEATHS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
-- THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS
EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
I ASK PERMISSION
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
EXTEND.
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
THE OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN IN THE
MAJORITY OVER 39 WEEKS AND HAS
NOT PASSED A SINGLE LEGISLATION
TO CREATE JOBS OR HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES AND NOW THEY REJECT
OUT OF HAND COMMONSENSE
LEGISLATION IN THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CREATING 70% OF THE JOBS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
I VISITED WITH SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE SUSAN
BISHOP, THE OWNER OF JAHA HAIR
STUDIOS.
SHE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS 16
YEARS, EIGHT EMPLOYEES AND
FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A
$30,000 CREDIT EXTENSION TO
MEET PAYROLL FROM A BANK SHE'S
DONE BUSINESS WITH FOR 16
YEARS.
SHE WANTS TO EXPAND HER
BUSINESS, TO HIRE OTHERS, TO
TRAIN OTHERS AND CAN'T DO IT
BUT COULD WITH THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT.
CONSTITUENTS, OWNERS OF KIVA
CAFE.
THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY HIRE SOMEONE IF THEY
COULD GET THE TAX CREDITS
ACT.
AVAILABLE IN THE AMERICAN JOBS
SO WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT?
DOING IT FOR OTHER SMALL
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT MY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
THESE ARE REAL JOB CREATORS.
IT'S TIME FOR THIS TO BE OUR
TOP PRIORITY, PASS THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT, GET AMERICA BACK TO
WORK.
IT'S TIME FOR THE MAJORITY TO
ACT.
THE
EXPIRED.
TIME OF THE THE GENTLELADY HAS
THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND
MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE
TO SPEAK FOR THE THREE
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
WHICH THE PRESIDENT SUBMITTED
.
TO THE CONGRESS YESTERDAY.
I APPLAUD THE ADMINISTRATION ON
THE REVISIONS TO THESE
AGREEMENTS WHICH WILL IMPROVE
MARKET ACCESS IN KOREA,
TRANSPARENCY IN PANAMA, AND
LABOR RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA.
THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK OUR
TRADE NEGOTIATORS, LED BY
AMBASSADOR KIRK, HAVE MADE REAL
AND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO
THESE AGREEMENTS THAT PASSAGE
IS LONG OVERDUE.
WHILE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS
OVER PREVIOUSLY UNCONTROVERSIAL
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS HAVE DRAGGED ON HERE
IN WASHINGTON, AMERICAN
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN LOSING
MARKET SHARE IN THESE THREE
COUNTRIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FIRST MONTH
AFTER THE EUROPEAN UNION, SOUTH
KOREA'S FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
WENT INTO EFFECT JUST LAST
MONTH IN JULY, E.U. EXPORTS TO
SOUTH KOREA INCREASED 36% OVER
THE YEAR BEFORE.
MEANWHILE U.S. MARKET SHARE HAS
DECLINING FROM
21% 10 YEARS AGO TO 9% TODAY.
COLOMBIA HAS IMPLEMENTED TRADE
ACARDS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS AND
CANADA AND SOON WITH THE
EUROPEAN UNION, BUT U.S.
EXPORTERS STILL FACE AN AVERAGE
OF 9% IN TARIFFS.
BE PASSED TO CREATE JOBS.
THESE TRADE AGREEMENTS NEED TO
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLELADY FROM HAWAII.
I UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, WE
SPEAK OF JOBS, BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE SPEAK OF JOBS, AND WE
WONDER, WHY IS IT THAT JOBS ARE
NOT BEING CREATED?
IT IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS NO
CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF US.
SO LET'S START TO LOOK
SERIOUSLY AT THE JOBS BILL THAT
WE HAVE BEFORE US, AND THAT IS
THE PRESIDENT'S AMERICAN JOBS
ACT.
AND LET'S LOOK AT SPECIFICS
WITHIN THAT.
WE SPEAK GENERICALLY, BUT LET'S
SEE HOW IT REALLY AFFECTS
PEOPLE AND LET'S LOOK HOW IT
AFFECTS THE ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE
WE WANT TO HELP, THE
VETERANS.
WHEN I WAS HOME, WE WENT TO THE
OPENING FOR THE U.S. VETS.
IT WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN THAT WE WILL
END VETS' HOMELESSNESS BY THE
YEAR 2015.
WE ALSO KNOW AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THAT IS JOBS.
LOOK AT WHAT HIS ACT PRODUCES.
RETURNING TAX CONSIDERED AS
READ ITS OF UP TO $5,600 IF YOU
HIRE UNEMPLOYED VET.
WOUNDED WARRIORS TAX CREDIT UP
TO $9,600 IF YOU HIRED A
DISABLED VETERAN.
ISN'T IT TIME FOR US TO JUST
STOP ALL OF THIS AND START TO
FOCUS ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO?
CREATE THE JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
WHO NEED IT.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA SEEK
RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, BY DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, I CALL
UP HOUSE RESOLUTION 419 AND ASK
FOR ITS IMMEDIATE
CONSIDERATION.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT THE
RESOLUTION.
HOUSE CALENDAR
NUMBER 78, HOUSE RESOLUTION
419, RESOLVED, THAT AT ANY TIME
AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS
RESOLUTION THE SPEAKER MAY,
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2-B OF RULE
18, DECLARE THE HOUSE RESOLVED
INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL
H.R. 2681, TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO ISSUE ACHIEVABLE STANDARDS
FOR CEMENT MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
THE FIRST READING OF THE BILL
SHALL BE DISPENSED WITH.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE
WAIVED.
GENERAL DEBATE SHALL BE
CONFINED TO THE BILL AND SHALL
NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR EQUALLY
DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
AFTER GENERAL DEBATE, THE BILL
SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR
AMENDMENT UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE
RULE.
IT SHALL BE IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER AS AN ORIGINAL BILL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE THE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND
COMMERCE NOW PRINTED IN THE
BILL.
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS READ.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE ARE
WAVED.
NO AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE IN ORDER
EXCEPT THOSE RECEIVED FOR
PRINTING IN THE ORGANIZATION OF
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
DESIGNATED FOR THAT PURPOSE IN
CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 18 IN A DAILY
ISSUE DATED OCTOBER 4, 2011, OR
EARLIER, AND EXCEPT PRO FORMA
AMENDMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DEBATE.
EACH AMENDMENT SO RECEIVED MAY
BE OFFERED ONLY BY THE MEMBER
WHO CAUSED IT TO BE PRINTED OR
A DESIGNEE AND SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS READ IF PRINTED.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL FOR
AMENDMENT, THE COMMITTEE SHALL
RISE AND REPORT THE BILL TO THE
HOUSE WITH SUCH AMENDMENTS AND
MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
ANY MEMBER MAY DEMAND A
SEPARATE VOTE IN THE HOUSE ON
ANY AMENDMENT ADOPTED IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO THE
BILL OR TO THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUB TUTE.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE
BILL AND AMENDMENTS THERETO TO
FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT
INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT ONE
MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH OR
WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS.
SECTION 2, AT ANY TIME AFTER
THE ADOPTION OF THIS
RESOLUTION, THE SPEAKER MAY,
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2-B OF RULE
18, DECLARE THE HOUSE RESOLVED
INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL
H.R. 2250, TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO ISSUE ACHIEVABLE STANDARDS
FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND
INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS, PROCESS
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
HEATERS, AND INCINERATORS, AND
THE FIRST READING OF THE BILL
SHALL BE DISPENSED WITH.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE
WAIVED.
GENERAL DEBATE SHALL BE
CONFINED TO THE BILL AND SHALL
NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR EQUALLY
DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY AND COMMERCE.
AFTER GENERAL DEBATE, THE BILL
SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR
AMENDMENT UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE
RULE.
IT SHALL BE IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER AS AN ORIGINAL BILL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE THE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND
BILL.
PRINTED IN THE
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS READ.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE ARE
WAIVED.
NO AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE IN ORDER
EXCEPT THOSE RECEIVED FOR
PRINTING IN THE PORTION OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD DESIGNATED
FOR THAT PURPOSE IN CLAUSE 8 OF
RULE 18 IN A DAILY ISSUE DATED
OCTOBER 4, 2011, OR EARLIER,
AND EXCEPT PRO FORMA AMENDMENTS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEBATE.
EACH AMENDMENT SO RECEIVED MAY
BE OFFERED ONLY BY THE MEMBER
WHO CAUSED IT TO BE PRINTED OR
A DESIGNEE AND SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS READ IF PRINTED.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL FOR
AMENDMENT, THE COMMITTEE SHALL
RISE AND REPORT THE BILL TO THE
HOUSE WITH SUCH AMENDMENTS AS
MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
ANY MEMBER MAY DEMAND A
SEPARATE VOTE IN THE HOUSE ON
ANY AMENDMENT ADOPTED IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO THE
BILL OR TO THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IN THE OF A
SUBSTITUTE.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE
BILL AND AMENDMENTS THERETO TO
FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT
INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT ONE
MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH OR
WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR.
HOUR.
NUGENT, IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MR. SPEAKER, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DEBATE ONLY, I
YIELD THE CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES
TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA,
MR. HASTINGS, PENDING WHICH I
YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY
CONSUME.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
DURING
CONSIDERATION OF THIS
RESOLUTION ALL TIME YIELDED IS
FOR PURPOSE OF DEBATE ONLY.
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY
HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO
.
REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE
419.
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RES.
THE RULE PROVIDES FOR
CONSIDERATION OF TWO SEPARATE
BUT RELATED BILLS.
H.R. 2250, THE E.P.A. REGULATOR
RELIEF ACT OF 2011, AND H.R.
2681, THE CEMENT SECTOR
REGULATOR RELIEF ACT OF 2011.
I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS RULE
WHICH PROVIDES FOR A MODIFIED
OPEN AMENDMENT PROCESS WITH A
PREPRINTING REQUIREMENT.
THIS MODIFIED OPEN RULE MEANS
THAT ANY MEMBER, REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT, WITH ANY GERMANE
AMENDMENT, THAT COMPLIES WITH
THE OTHER RULES OF THE HOUSE,
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DEBATE THAT ISSUE.
IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY'S CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY.
MR. SPEAKER, SINCE COMING TO
THIS BODY BACK IN JANUARY, MY
PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE AMERICAN
WORKERS CAN PROSPER.
IN MY HOME DISTRICT,
UNEMPLOYMENT HOVERS AROUND 13%.
I DON'T DOUBT THE SAD STATISTIC
IS PART OF THE REASON THAT VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS IN MY
DISTRICT TODAY.
TALKING UP THE PRESIDENT'S
SO-CALLED AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK, IN
FLORIDA'S FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOR
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE
ABOUT IT.
PRESIDENT TO JUST KEEP TALKING
THEY NEED ACTIONS NOT PROMISES.
THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY BREAK
DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE
PREVENTING -- ARE PREVENTING
JOB CREATORS AND EMPLOYERS FROM
CREATING NEW JOBS.
EVERY WEEK WHEN I GO HOME I
MEET WITH SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS.
AND TO GET THEIR INPUT ON WHAT
THEY NEED TO START HIRING
AGAIN.
THEY ALWAYS TELL ME THE SAME
THREE THINGS, WE NEED THE --
DEMAND FROM CUSTOMERS, LOANS
AREN'T AS EASY TO COME BY AS
THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE
RECESSION.
AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO
EXPECT FROM WASHINGTON AS
RELATES TO REGULATION AND
TAXES.
WASHINGTON CAN'T DIRECTLY
CONTROL THE FIRST TWO THINGS,
BUT CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE CARE OF
THE THIRD.
ONE OF THE BUSINESSES WHEN WE
DID A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
RALLY IN DADE CITY, ONE OF THE
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS STOOD UP
AND SAID, WHAT WE NEED IS
CERTAINTY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED CERTAINTY THAT WHAT OUR
TAXES ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT
REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
REGULATIONS CHANGE ON A
MOMENT'S NOTICE BASED UPON
WHIMS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
HE USED TO PLAN THREE TO FIVE
YEARS OUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT
THEIR BUSINESS PLAN WAS GOING
TO DO.
WHAT THEIR HIRING PROCESS WAS
GOING TO BE.
TODAY THEY ARE LUCKY IF THEY
CAN PLAN 90 DAYS BASED UPON THE
UNCERTAINTY.
AND SO LONG AS 2/3 OF THE
AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY THINK
THAT WE ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK,
THEY ARE GOING TO STAY HUNGERED
-- HUNKERED DOWN, WAITING FOR
SIGNS THAT THINGS ARE
IMPROVING.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO
BELIEVE THAT WE ARE PUTTING
THIS ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK,
BACK TOWARDS GROWTH AND
PROSPERITY, AND YOU DO THAT
THROUGH LEADERSHIP.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 219
.
REGULATIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION
EACH OF THOSE REGULATIONS
SEPARATELY WILL COST US $100
MILLION.
THAT'S $21.9 BILLION IN
INCREASED REGULATIONS ON
BUSINESSES TODAY THAT ARE
ALREADY CRUSHED BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T COMPETE.
WHAT'S MORE, THERE'S OVER 4,226
NEW REGULATIONS IN THE HOPPER.
WITH THAT MANY REGULATIONS
COSTING THAT MUCH MONEY HANGING
OVER THEIR HEADS, HOW ON EARTH
CAN WE EXPECT SMALL BUSINESSES
TO ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS?
YOU KNOW, TODAY IN THE HOUSE WE
HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THESE EXECUTIVE RULES
ALL PROMULGATED BY THE E.P.A.
THOSE RULES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN
AS BOILER MACT, CEMENT MACT PUT
THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN MY
DISTRICT IN JEOPARDY.
7 FOR THE LIFE OF ME -- FOR THE
LIFE OF ME I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN
STAND UP IN FRONT OF CITIZENS
ABOUT JOB CREATION WITH A
IN LAND-OF-LAKES, FLORIDA, TALK
STRAIGHT FACE.
WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
ACTIVELY PURSUING REGULATIONS
LIKE BOILER MACT AND CEMENT
MACT.
IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, IN MY
DISTRICT ALONE CEMENT MACT RULE
COULD COST UP TO 200 CEMENT
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
NOT ADDING INTO THE TOTAL OF
JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOST
ON THE ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES
THAT MOVE IT, SELL IT, AND USE
IT.
ADDITIONALLY, NUMEROUS GROUPS
AND INDUSTRIES HAVE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT BOILER MACT
REGULATIONS WILL COST THEM
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, AND WILL PUT MANY OF
THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT LINE.
AND YET THE PRESIDENT IGNORES
THESE REGULATIONS AND KEEPS
TALKING ABOUT DOUBLING DOWN ON
A SECOND STIMULUS.
FOLLOWING THE FAILED FIRST
STIMULUS PACKAGE.
HERE WE ARE TODAY DOING
SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY SAVE JOBS
TALKING ABOUT IT.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ACTIONS I
TOOK AS A MEMBER OF THE
CONGRESS WAS INVITE THE E.P.A.
TO COME TO MY OFFICE AND
EXPLAIN TO ME THEIR FINALIZED
RULE IN RESPECT TO PORTLAND
CEMENT MANUFACTURING THAT GOES
ON IN MY DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW THEY SAID TO ME, WE
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT WITHOUT A
CHALLENGE TO THE INDUSTRY.
I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG
BUT I KNOW WASHINGTON
DOUBLESPEAK WHEN I HEAR WELL,
IT'S NOT ABOUT ADDITIONAL
CHALLENGES TO THAT INDUSTRY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE CEMENT MACT
THAT'S NOT WITHOUT CHALLENGE,
MR. SPEAKER, YOU KNOW MY
COLLEAGUE, MR. HASTINGS, WROTE
A LETTER TO THE E.P.A. ABOUT
TWO MONTHS AGO AND I COMMEND
HIM FOR THIS LETTER.
IN IT HE SAYS, THE BOILER MACT
RULE ALONE CAN IMPOSE TENS OF
BILLIONS, THAT'S BILLIONS, OF
DOLLARS IN CAPITAL COSTS AT
THOUSANDS OF FACILITIES ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY.
COLLEAGUE FROM FLORIDA ASKED
THE E.P.A. TO CONSIDER MORE
FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT COULD
PREVENT SEVERE JOB LOSSES IN
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
UNNECESSARY REGULATORY COST.
IN FLORIDA ALONE, BOILER MACT
WILL AFFECT AT LEAST 43 BOILERS
REQUIRING $530 MILLION IN
RETROFITS.
I JUST HEARD FROM FLORIDA SUGAR
INDUSTRY, THEY ESTIMATE BOILER
MACT FOR THEIR COMPLIANCE ALONE
UNTOLD JOBS.
WILL COST $350 MILLION IN COST
I HEARD FROM THE PULP AND PAPER
WORKERS WHO THEY MAY NEED TO
LAY OFF 87,000 WORKERS IF THIS
BOILER MACT REGULATION GOES
INTO PLACE.
I HAVE HEARD FROM TIMBER
PRODUCERS IN MY DISTRICT THAT
RECENTLY BEEN HURT BECAUSE U.S.
PLYWOOD PRODUCTS PRODUCERS HAVE
HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF LACK OF
DEMAND.
AND NOW THEY ARE FEARFUL THEY
MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
DOUBLE WHAMMY THAT BOILER MACT
IS GOING TO DO IN REGARDS TO
PUTTING BUSINESSES OUT OF WORK
.
AND CLOSE THEM DOWN.
12:45 P.M.
YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE
HASTINGS IN HIS LETTER TO E.
E.P.A. SAID THIS, I KNOW THIS
CAN SUSTAIN BOTH ENVIRONMENT
AND JOBS.
I BELIEVE THESE BILLS, H.R.
2250 AND H.R. 2681, MEET THAT
BALANCED AND MAKES THAT
BALANCING POSSIBLE.
THESE BILLS DON'T COMPLETELY
ELIMINATE CLEAN AIR EMISSION
REGULATIONS FOR BOILERS AND
INCINERATORS BUT WHAT THEY DO
IS REQUIRE THE AGENCY TO CREATE
REGULATION THAT TAKE ACHIEVABLE
SCIENCE INTO ACCOUNT.
THEY GIVE EFFECTIVE INDUSTRY
TIME TO COMPLY.
IN SOME THEY MAKE THE E.P.A.
THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN WORK
FORCE.
MR. SPEAKER, IN AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE JOB CREATION IS A KEY, I
DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN'T SUPPORT
THAT.
WITH THAT I ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON THE
RULE AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVE.
HASTINGS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. SPEAKER, AND I THANK
MY FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND FELLOW
FLORIDIAN FOR YIELDING THE
TIME.
I RISE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO
THE RULE FOR H.R. 2250.
IN MY CONSIDERED OPINION BOTH
THESE BILLS IS YET ANOTHER
EFFORT BY THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP TO DEMONIZE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO CREATE
JOBS FOR THE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED.
MY COLLEAGUE, MR. NUGENT, MY
FRIEND CITED TO THE LETTER, THE
AUTHORS BEING WALTER, ROBERT,
G.K. BUTTERFIELD AND JOHN
SHIMKUS.
WE EXPRESSED OURSELVES -- I WAS
NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE SAME.
I WOULD HAVE AND I DO NOT DENY
ANY OF ITS PARTICULARS,
SPECIFICALLY THE FACT THERE
SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE APPROACHES
TO ADDRESS THE DIVERSITY OF
BOILER OPERATION, SECTORS IN
FUELS THAT COULD PREVENT SEVERE
JOB LOSS.
I WOULD REMIND MY FRIEND THAT
THE MEASURE THAT WE WERE
SPEAKING OF IS UNDER A STAY AND
THEREFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROVISION WILL CONTINUE, I
BELIEVE, TO ALLOW FOR THE
NEEDED FLEXIBILITY.
AND I THINK YOU REFERRED, AND I
REFER AGAIN TO THE PORTION OF
THE JOINT BIPARTISAN LETTER.
AS E.P.A. TURNS TO DEVELOPING A
FINAL BOILER MAKT RULE -- MIND
YOU THIS IS OF AUGUST OF THIS
YEAR -- WE HOPE YOU WILL
CAREFULLY CONSIDER SUSTAINABLE
APPROACHES THAT PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
WHILE FOSTERING ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND JOBS WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF THE LAW.
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT I
SIGNED ON TO AND STAND BY AND I
DON'T BELIEVE IT'S INCONSISTENT
WITH ANYTHING THAT MY FRIEND
POINTED OUT, NOR DID HE SUGGEST
IT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT.
BUT I DID ALSO HEAR MY FRIEND
TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON DOUBLESBY
I DISTINCTLY HEARD HIM
REFER TO WHAT IS NOW KIND OF
PERPETUATED ITSELF INSIDE THIS
BELTWAY AND THAT IS THE
STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER
BY THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THAT AT THIS MOMENT THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS 219 RULES
THAT WILL COST OUR ECONOMY AT
LEAST $100 MILLION.
THAT MEANS UNDER THE CURRENT
WASHINGTON AGENDA OUR ECONOMY
IS POISED TO TAKE A HIT FROM
GOVERNMENT OF AT LEAST $100
MILLION.
I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO NOT
FOLLOW ON THAT PATTERN.
OTHERWISE YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE
WASHINGTON BELTWAY DOUBLES
SPEAK AND THE BETTER PROOF
ALLOWS FOR AN ANALYSIS THAT WAS
DONE BY "THE WASHINGTON POST"
-- AND I'M NOT A FOLLOWER,
NECESSARILY, OF "THE WASHINGTON
POST'S" FACT CHECKER BUT SO FAR
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE
REFERENCE THEM WHEN THEY DO
GIVE PEOPLE -- THEY GIVE
PINOCCHIOS OF WHEN SOMETHING IS
NOT THE TRUTH.
IT'S EITHER ONE PINOCCHIO, TWO,
THREE.
AS IT TURNS OUT WHAT "THE
WASHINGTON POST" SAID FOLLOWING
THE SPEAKER'S COMMENTS OF --
THAT YOU HAVE USED HERE TODAY,
MY DEAR FRIEND, IS THAT MR.
BOEHNER LEFT THE DISTINCT
IMPRESSION THAT 219 NEW
REGULATIONS WERE HANGING LIKE
OVER THE U.S. ECONOMY BUT IT
TURNS OUT THE NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL REGULATIONS IS
INFLATED AS WELL AS THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT.
OVERALL HIS STATEMENT CONTAINED
SIGNIFICANT FACTUAL ERRORS AND
THEY GIVE IT THREE PINOCCHIOS
AND I WOULD URGE THAT YOU NOT
TRY TO EARN THESE PINOCCHIOS
THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND
LET'S TRY TO GET THE FACTS
STRAIGHT.
JUST LAST WEEK WE WERE HAVING
THIS VERY SAME DISCUSSION ABOUT
A BILL THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR
POWER PLANTS TO EMIT HARMFUL
MERCURY AND OTHER TOXIC
POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR.
TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
LETTING INDUSTRIAL BOILERS AND
CEMENT KILNS DO THE SAME THING.
I ASKED WHY DO CERTAIN ONES
FOLLOW SOME AND OTHERS CAN'T?
I AM PUZZLED BY THAT.
I ALSO ASKED LAST NIGHT HOW IT
IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES
ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT WE
WOULD BE SMYTHING DOWN, IF
THERE WAS SUCH A WORD, THE
RULE?
MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE JUDGED BY
SAY.
WHAT WE DO AND NOT BY WHAT WE
MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE CONTINUES TO DO IS
CALL UP BILLS THAT ARE
SHORTSIGHTED AND UNDERMINE OUR
ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND COLLEGELINESS OF OUR
AIR AND WATER.
BILLS LIKE THESE THAT DESTROY
REGULATIONS PROTECTING THE AIR
WE BREATHE AND WATER WE DRINK
HAVE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES
REGARDLESS OF INTENT.
REPUBLICANS CANNOT CLOSE THEIR
EYES TO THESE EFFECTS AND PLEAD
GOOD INTENTION.
I ASSURE YOU THESE EFFECTS ARE
SEVERE.
MERCURY IS A POWERFUL NEURO
TOXIN THAT DOES IN FACT HINDER
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN.
OTHER TOCKS ILL METALS, GETTING
A PATH UNDER THESE BILLS, ARE
ARSENIC, CHROMIUM AND LEAD
WHICH ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER
AND BIRTH DEFECTS.
DESPITE THESE FACTS, MY FRIENDS
ON THE OTHER SIDE CLING TO
THEIR ANTI-REGULATORY DOGMA
WITH FANATICAL FERVOR.
I HAD A FRIEND SAY TO ME LAST
NIGHT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE A
CONSCIENCE AND BRAIN AND OTHERS
JUST THINK ABOUT DOLLAR SIGNS.
MY COLLEAGUES
WHO HAVE BRAINS, I BELIEVE HAVE
CONSCIENCES, SEEM TO PLACE THE
DOLLAR SIGN AHEAD OF MANY OF
THE PRACTICAL MATTERS THAT
WOULD BENEFIT SOCIETY.
THIS GOVERNMENT RHETORIC HAS
GONE SO FAR TO LEAVE MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE
ASTRAY OF THE PROTOCALLS LAID
OUT BY MAJORITY LEADER CANTOR.
IN THE THIRD PROTOCOL LAID OUT
IN HIS LEGISLATIVE PROTOCOLS
FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS LEADER
CANTOR WRITES, AND I QUOTE HIM,
ANY BILL OR JOINT RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS SHALL SPECIFY
THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS
BEING AUTHORIZED.
AUTHORIZATIONS SHALL NOT
UTILIZE TERMS SUCH AS, QUOTE,
SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
UNQUOTE, OR SIMILAR LANGUAGE
THAT FAILS TO SPECIFY THE
ACTUAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING BEING
AUTHORIZED.
YET, NEITHER OF THESE BILLS
SPECIFIES HOW MUCH MONEY IS
AUTHORIZED FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE BILL LEAVING THE COST A
MYSTERY.
FURTHERMORE, AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE
IN THESE BILLS WILL CREATE
LEGAL UNCERTAINTY AND ENSURE
LITIGATION.
AND SINCE THESE BILLS DON'T
SPECIFY HOW MUCH THEY COST,
NEITHER BILL CONTAINS AN OFFSET
FOR THE COST.
THESE BILLS ALSO DEFY LEADER
CANTOR'S FOURTH PROTOCOL THAT
WE KNOW AROUND HERE AS CUT-GO.
THERE WILL BE A REAL COST FOR
THE E.P.A. TO TAKE ON ANOTHER
LENGTHY RULE CREAKS PROCESSION,
BUT -- CREATION PROCESS, BUT MY
FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE HAVE
AVOIDED THIS CONTRADICTION.
MR. SPEAKER, THESE BILLS ARE
NOT JUST BUREAUCRATIC FIGHTING.
THEY WILL HAVE REAL AND
MEASURABLE EFFECTS.
ACCORDING TO E.P.A.'S ANALYSIS,
RESULT IN A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PREMATURE
DEATHS, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
ADDITIONAL HEART ATTACKS, AND
CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS, MORE THAN
100,000 ADDITIONAL ASTHMA
ATTACKS THAT OTHERWISE COULD
HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
LIKEWISE, H.R. 2681 WOULD CAUSE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADVERSE
HEALTH EFFECTS INCLUDING THE
PREMATURE DEATHS THAT ARE
SUSPECTED AND HEART ATTACKS AND
ADDITIONAL ASTHMA ATTACKS THAT
AVOIDED.
OTHERWISE COULD HAVE BEEN
THE E.P.A. NUMBERS IS I DON'T
THINK E.P.A. OR ANYBODY ELSE
HAS THE PREROGATIVE TO MAKE A
DECISION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO DIE AT A CERTAIN
TIME.
AND THAT SAID, IT DOES NOT
MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT ONE PERSON
IS NOT GOING TO DIE.
AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE
ASTHMA.
HAVE
AND MY POSITION IS ONE DEATH
COULD BE AVOIDED IS TOO MANY
AND ONE ASTHMA ATTACK, IF
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND CHILDREN WHO
HAVE IT, IS TOO MANY IF THEY
COULD BE AVOIDED.
IN LIGHT OF THESE ESTIMATES,
THE BILLS APPEAR TO BE NOTHING
MORE THAN ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO
PURGE ANY GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION RELATED TO KEEPING
OUR AIR CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENT
SAFE.
CONSIDER THAT THESE
REGULATIONS, THE REPUBLICANS
SAY ARE DESTROYING JOBS, HAVE
NOT EVEN GONE INTO EFFECT.
THE BOILER MACT RULE DEALING
WITH INDUSTRIAL BOILERS AS I,
ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO
E.P.A., ARE CURRENTLY IN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE STAY WHILE THE
E.P.A. REVIEWS INDUSTRY
PROVIDED DATA.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SENT THE
LETTER DURING THAT PERIOD OF
TIME TO ASK THEM TO PLEASE
CONSIDER THE DIVERSITY AS I
CONTINUE TO DO OF BOILERMAKERS
IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE
RULES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE
YET, AND YET THE REPUBLICAN GUT
REACTION IS TO OPPOSE THEM OR
CONSIDER THAT THE CEMENT RULES
HAVE BEEN FINALIZED FOR A YEAR
ALREADY.
MOST CEMENT PLANTS ARE ALREADY
IN COMPLIANCE, AND THOSE PLANTS
THAT AREN'T ARE WORKING WITH
THE E.P.A. TO GET IN
COMPLIANCE.
MR. SPEAKER, BASED ON WHAT I'VE
SEEN BY THE REPUBLICAN-LED
CONGRESS, IT'S CLEAR TO ME --
IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE NO
INTENTION OF USING THEIR POWER
TO CREATE JOBS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, MY
FRIENDS SAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION IS
NOT ABOUT THE BUSINESS WITH THE
ACT.
CREATION
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD
CREATE A SINGLE JOB OR NOT, BUT
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL IT PASSES.
THE AGENDA THAT'S LAID OUT IS
AN AGENDA THAT WILL ATTACK THE
E.P.A. AS IF THEY ARE SOME
HORROR SHOW HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND NOT AN AGENDA, AS
YOU HEARD IN THE ONE MINUTES
THIS MORNING AND AS YOU HEARD
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
REPEATED US, BRING US THE JOBS
ACT, PUT IT ON THE FLOOR, LET
IT BE DEBATED UNDER AN OPEN
RULE AND DO WHAT'S NECESSARY
FOR US TO CREATE JOBS.
THE HISTORY OF THE CLEAN AIR
ACT SHOWS THAT ITS BENEFITS,
LONGER LIVES, HEALTHIER KIDS,
GREATER WORK FORCE,
PRODUCTIVITY AND ECOSYSTEM
OUTWEIGHS THE COSTS BY MORE
THAN 30-1.
AND I CONTINUE TO REMIND MY
FRIENDS THAT THE CLEAN AIR ACT
WAS IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE
RICHARD NIXON ADMINISTRATION
IN EXISTENCE FOR
40 YEARS AND THIS COUNTRY HAS
EXPERIENCED UPS AND DOWNS
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME
INSOFAR AS THE ECONOMY IS
CONCERNED.
AND SAID REGULATIONS HASN'T
CAUSED ALL OF THE ECONOMY TO
COLLAPSE.
OTHERWISE DURING THE PERIOD
WHEN SPEAKER GINGRICH AND
PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THOSE OF
US THAT WERE HERE TO BALANCE
THE BUDGET, WE WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IF THE CLEAN
AIR ACT WAS ALL THAT BAD AS YOU
ALL ARE POINTING OUT IN YOUR
CONTINUOUS ATTACK AGAINST THE
E.P.A.
AND IN THE SINCE SINCE THE ACT
WAS PASSED, AIR POLLUTION --
TIME SINCE THE ACT WAS PASSED,
AIR POLLUTION HAS BEEN REDUCED
BY MORE 60% WHILE THE GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF THE UNITED
STATES GREW BY MORE THAN 200%.
FURTHERMORE, AN E.P.A. COMMIB
ANALYSIS FOUND NO INDEPENDENT
-- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOUND NO
CEMENT RULES.
10 UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS WOULD
GO IDLE TEMPORARILY WHILE
TO IMPROVE.
WAITING FOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
HOWEVER, IF WE CAN GET THE
ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK AND
RESTORE DEMAND FOR CEMENTS THEN
GO IDLE?
THOSE PLANTS WOULD NOT HAVE TO
CUSTOMERS.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON CREATING
I HEARD THAT FROM MY COLLEAGUES
BUSINESS PERSONS.
SAY THAT'S WHAT HE HEARS FROM
I HEAR THE SAME, THAT THEY NEED
DEMAND AND THAT THEY NEED
.
CUSTOMERS.
WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
THEM TO DO THAT AND NOT EASIER
FOR THE SUPPLIERS TO POLLUTE.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S A GREAT WAY TO
CREATE MORE DEMAND FOR
CONCRETE?
INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT USE CONCRETE FOR
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
THE VERY SAME PROPOSALS CALLED
ACT.
FOR IN THE PRESIDENT'S JOBS
IF REPUBLICANS ARE SO CONCERNED
WITH THE CONCRETE PLANT
DOWN, YOU SHOULD WORK
TOWARD HELPING THESE BUSINESSES
SELL MORE CONCRETE.
MAKING IT EASE YOUR FOR THEM TO
POLLUTE DOES NOT PROVIDE
UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS WITH NEW
CUSTOMERS.
IN THE MIDST OF AN ECONOMY
STILL SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF
THE GREATEST RECESSION IN A
GENERATION, THE ONLY ANSWER MY
FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE SEEM
TO HAVE IS TO DISMANTLE ANY
GOVERNMENT REGULATION INTENDED
TO PROTECT OUR NATION'S PUBLIC
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.
THIS, MR. SPEAKER, IS ECONOMIC
EXTREMISM.
I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR.
HASTINGS, RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR.
NUGENT.
MR. SPEAKER, I SAT