House Proceeding 05-13-08 on May 13th, 2008 :: 0:00:00 to 0:20:00
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Daniel Coughlin: requirement. we do expect a declaration to address all our concerns, including any activities they might have had with uranium enrichment and any cooperation with foreign countries. >> you describe this

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Speech By: Daniel Coughlin

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Daniel Coughlin: as an important first step, the turning over of these particular documents. is the hope that this process will continue, that they'll subsequently turn over documents relating to proliferation and

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Daniel Coughlin: uranium activities? . . the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, today the ancient

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Daniel Coughlin: but bold wisdom of solomon speaks to the members of congress and awakens a nation to what is happening. love justice you rulers of the earth, set your mind upon the lord as is your duty. seek

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Daniel Coughlin: the lord with simplicity of heart for the lord is found by those who trust him without question. the lord makes himself known to those who never doubt him. dishonest thinking cuts people off

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Daniel Coughlin: from god. and if such fools take liberties with his power, the lord reveals them for what they are. lord, grant us wisdom. there is no hiding from you. help us to truly see who we are as individuals

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Daniel Coughlin: and as a nation both now and forever. amen. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces his awe prufle thereof. pursuant to

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Earl Pomeroy: clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from california, congresswoman napolitano. mrs. napolitano: i pledge allegiance to the flag of

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Grace F. Napolitano: the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain

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Grace F. Napolitano: requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house ho for one minute and revise and extend my remarks.

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Joe Wilson: the speaker pro tempore: mp without objection, -- without objection, so ordered. >> it's been 86 days since the protect america act expired and the democrat leadership refuses to bring a permanent

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Speech By: Joe Wilson

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Joe Wilson: extension to a vote. our intelligence community stated unequivocally that our ability to track and spy on potential enemies has been degraded. they approved -- the senate approved an extension

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Joe Wilson: months ago and received vocal bipartisan support. that's why it's particularly appalling they haven't brought the bill to the floor. for the leadership to deny a vote on such an important

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Joe Wilson: piece of legislation is an insult to the majority in this house who want to defeat terrorists overseas. with each day, our intelligence community is being told to do their job without the tools and

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Joe Wilson: resources we can and should provide for them. this is unacceptable, to keep american families at risk. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we'll never forget september 11. the speaker pro

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Joe Wilson: tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from m innesota rise? >> mr. speaker, i rise to present the conference report on the bill h.r. 2419, the food conservation and energy act of

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James P. Moran: 2008 for printing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 2419, an act tro provide for the continuation of agricultural programs to fiscal

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Speech By: James P. Moran

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James P. Moran: year 2012 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 7-c of rule 22, the filing of the conference report on h.r. 2419 initiated the following two motions to instruct

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James P. Moran: gentleman on those measures. the motion to instruct by mr. upton debate on january 8 and the motion to instruct baferede the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, debated on may 8 and on which further

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James P. Moran: proceedings were postponed under clause eight of rule 20. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the

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James P. Moran: speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> a press release today found that military analysts secretly cultivated by theentagon's apparatus appeared over 4,500 times on major

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James P. Moran: tv and radio network since 2002 on segments covering the iraq war, quab, abu ghraib and other foreign policy and national security issues. the "new york times" exposed this extensive,

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James P. Moran: coordinated campaign by the pentagon and bush administration to influence the commentary of what viewers rightfully bereaved were independent television military analysts. it's an unethical

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James P. Moran: and possibly illegal machine. it was also aparent that the motivation on the part of many was the extraordinary access they were granted to the pentagon for their defense contractor employees. one

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James P. Moran: particularly disturbing example is when troops in iraq were dying because of inadequate body armor, a senior pentagon official wrote to his ia colleagues, and i quote, i think our analyst cainn

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James P. Moran: push back in that anoosm the analyst was a retired military officer. this is conduct unbefitting of our ficers. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the

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Randy Neugebauer: house for one minute and revise and extendy remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> i rise today to encourage my colleagues to support the final conference report

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Speech By: Randy Neugebauer

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Randy Neugebauer: brought to this house on the food conservation and energy act of 2008. i participated in many hours of bipartisan and bicameral negotiations to which point we reached a bill that will be

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Randy Neugebauer: good for american agriculture and the american consumer. mr. speaker, it is important that we have a strong agricultural industry in this country today. we've already seen the implications of having

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Randy Neugebauer: other countries furnish our energy needs on a daily basis a the last thing in the world we need to happen is to rely on other countries to feed and clothe the american people. that's the reason,

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Randy Neugebauer: mr. speaker, it is so important we get ts important piece of legislation passed sooner rather than later. mr. m producers across mesh, -- across america, farmers and ranch, have planted

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Randy Neugebauer: crops and do not have any policy to operate under. i urge my colleagues when the bill comes to the floor this week to vote positively for the americ agriculture and the american people. i yield back.

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John Abney Culberson: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman ice time has expire. the gentleman from texas is fr recognized. >> thank you. i'd like t o address the house for one minute and revise and extend my

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Speech By: John Abney Culberson

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John Abney Culberson: remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> it is approximately 2:10 p.m. on the east coast, and the speaker announced she's going to drop on the floor a $250 billion spending bill.

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John Abney Culberson: it's always been the policy this house that the party labels end at the water's edge. ed it's always been the policy of the house that members are able to debate in committee on something as important

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John Abney Culberson: as fight wampling in a war against the barbarians from the dark ages the minority has been shut out. it's unacceptable for the speaker of the house and the chairman of the appropriations

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John Abney Culberson: committee to be the only two people in this institution allowed to see the bill. no one has seen the bill. all 300 million americans have been shut out of this appropriations process to fund our

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John Abney Culberson: soldiers. to ensure their protection and survival in the field. to ensure the survival of this nation, entire houmpts needs to be involved and the country needs to know that this speaker is

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Susan Collins: running this house like the supreme soviet -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. though house shall now move to suspensions. before the by is the first suspension.

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Speech By: Susan Collins

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Susan Collins: purr soont to clause eight of rule 20 the house will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the recorded vote or on which the vote is objected to under

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Susan Collins: clause six of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message from the president. the

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Susan Collins: clerk: to the congress of the united states, i am pleased to transmit to the congress sur puent sections 123 and 123-d of the atomic energy act of 1954 as amended 42 u.s.c. 215 3d the act, the text

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Susan Collins: of the agreement between the government of the united states of america and the government oof the russian federation in the cooperation in the field of peaceful uses for nuclear energy.

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Susan Collins: i am also pleased to transmit my authorization concerning the agreement and a nuclear proliferation assessment statement, npas, concerning the agreement. the proposed agreement has been negotiated

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Susan Collins: in accordance with the act and other applicable law. in my judgment, it meets all applicable statutory requirements and will advance a nonproliferation and other foreign policy interests of the

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Susan Collins: united states. the proposed agreement provides a comprehensive framework for peaceful nuclear cooperation with russia based on a mutual commitment to commue neu clear nonproliferation.

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Susan Collins: it has a term of 30 years and permits the transfer of technology, material, equipment, and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production. it does not permit transfers of restricted

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Susan Collins: data and permits transfers of sensitive nuclear technology, sensitive nuclear facilities and major critical components of such facilities by amendment to the agreement in the event of termination, key

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Susan Collins: nonproliferation commitments and control continue with control subject to the commitment. i have considered the views on recommendations of the interested agencies in reviewing the proposed agreement

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Susan Collins: and determined that its performance will promote and not constitute an unreasonable risk to the common defense and security. accordingly i have approved the agreement and authorized its ex-caution under

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Susan Collins: a the congress give a favorable consideration this transmission shall constitute a submital for proposals of both sections 123-b and 123-d of the atomic energy act. my administration is prepared

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Susan Collins: to begin immediately the consultations with the senate foreign relations committee and house foreign affairs committee as provided in section 123-b. upon completion of the 30-day continuous session

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Susan Collins: period provide for in section 123-b, the 60-day continuous section period provided in section 123-d shall commence. signed george w. bush, the white house, may 12, 2008. the speaker pro tempore:

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refer to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. for what purse does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 6022. the

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speaker pro tempore: clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6022, a bill to suspend the acquisition of petroleum for the strategic petroleum reserve and for other purposes. the

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John D. Dingell: speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell and the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, will each control 20 minutes, the chair recognizes the gentleman

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Speech By: John D. Dingell

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John D. Dingell: from michigan. . mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill

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John D. Dingell: under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two

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John D. Dingell: minutes. mr. dingell: as you know i have long opposed -- long supported the filling of the strategic petroleum reserve and strongly support the energy policy act of 2005. and the provisions there

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John D. Dingell: that direct the secretary of energy to fill the reserve as expeditiously as practicable to one billion barrel capacity authorized by the energy policy and conservation act. the energy policy act

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John D. Dingell: of 2005, however, also requires the secretary to time acquisitions in a manner that does not incur excessive costs or do not appreciably affect the consumer price of petroleum products. on may 8 i wrote

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the president urging him to direct the secretary of energy not to enter into any new contracts to fill spro during the calendar year 2008. this regrettably is what the department of energy

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is proposed to do under april 4 solicitation for oil to be delivered between august and december this year. in light of the record cost of oil and the resulting hardship for average americans, businesses,

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John D. Dingell: farmers, and general economy i believe it would be a prudent for d.o.e. to take these barrels off the market. while there is no guarantee that putting this oil on to the market rather than into

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John D. Dingell: spro will lower prices, even such a modest step could potentially prick the speculative bubble now characterizing oil markets. in 2006, d.o.e. suspended spilling -- spilling spro during the summer

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John D. Dingell: driving season, that is what is appropriate to do now. while it is in the discretion of d.o.e. whether or not to enter into a new contract at this time, the administration seems determined

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John D. Dingell: to forge ahead. common sense would say to us not to take the oil off the market at a time of record high prices. given the administration's apparent determination to pursue this course, the congress

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John D. Dingell: must act and i support this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas, for what purpose does

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John D. Dingell: the gentleman from texas rise? mr. barton: i rise in opposition to the bill. recognize myself for such time i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. barton: mr. speaker,

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John D. Dingell: let me say at the beginning that i speak for myself. i don't necessarily speak for the house republican leadersp. i have asked if we had a minority position on the bill and as of 30 minutes

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Joe Barton: ago we did not. so i am speaking for myself as the ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction, the energy and commerce committee. let me say at the beginning that i think it is good to have a

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Speech By: Joe Barton

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Joe Barton: piece of energy legislation on the floor at this point in time. i think the american people are fed up with high gasoline prices. they are fed up with increasing imports. they are fed up with rising

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Joe Barton: food prices that are caused at least in part by higher energy prices. so i think it's a good thing that we are beginning to debate energy legislation on the floor of the house of representatives.

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Joe Barton: i think it is a good thing that the chairman of the committee with primary jurisdiction, my good friend, john dingell, is leading that debate on the majority side. having said that, i don't think

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Joe Barton: it's a good thing that we bring a bill on the strategic petroleum reserve to the floor with no process at all. chairman dingell and subcommittee chairman boucher and i have spoken envelopely

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Joe Barton: in the last two weeks about -- informally in the last two weeks about doing something on the strategic petroleum reserve and i am very open to having a full vetting of the issue of the strategic

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Joe Barton: petroleum reserve. i'm fully supportive of the underlying policy in this bill which is to suspend the taking shipments into the strategic petroleum reserve when oil prices are at record levels.

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Joe Barton: i am not supportive of doing that in a way that there's absolutelyo input from the minority side. we have had no legislative hearing, no committee hearing, no markup, no nothing. we were notified

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Joe Barton: late yesterday afternoon that the bill would be on the floor this morning and as far as i can tell, the bill wasn't printed until some time this morning. one reason i'm opposed to the bill is

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Joe Barton: because of process. now i want to talk about the substance of the bill. again the strategic petroleum reserve was created in the 1970's in response to a coordinated arab oil embargo against

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Joe Barton: the united states of america when shipments of oil were suspended by the opec cartel for political reasons. we created the strategic petroleum reserve and my guess is, although i wasn't in congress

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Joe Barton: at that time, that john diell, who was a member of the committee, i don't believe he was chairman in the 1970's, probably had a very positive influence on creating the strategic petroleum reserve.

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Joe Barton: it was a good idea then and it's a good idea now. so that's a good thing. we have been filling the strategic petroleum reserve since the late 1970's. most of the oil was put in under president

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Joe Barton: reagan's tenure from 1980 to 1988. but even since then we have continued to fill the reserve. there have been little appropriated funds appropriated to fill it. and in the last five or six years

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Joe Barton: most of the increase has been by taking what this bill would suspend, which is the royalty in kind oil, and put that into the reserve. royalty in kind oil is oil that instead of the oil