connelly of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, the gentleman from virginia, mr. connelly, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. connelly: mr. chairman, i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. connelly: mr. chairman, this amendment would clarify section 526 of the energy independence and security act that does not preclude agencies from purchasing fuel that is not derived from tar sands and other my carbon sources. this amendment remains section 526 by ensuring taxpayer money is not used to subsidize hiley polluting products. section 526 precludes federal agenciro

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. the national drug intention center was requested by the administration, the president's request was for $44.023 million . the request in that amount was approved by the committee. the national drug intelligence center provides strategic drug-related intelligence, document and computer exploitation support, and training assistance to the drug control, public health and law enforcement and intelligence communities in order to reduce the adverse effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse and other drug-related criminal activities. in this bill, mr. chairman, the organization is funded at our recommendation of $44 million -- of $44,023,000 which i repeat is at the budget request. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chairman. i've -- i'm often told you shouldn't be challenging member ea

for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, qui permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. nye: i rise today to express my sincere congratulations to caroline county, virginia, recipient of the 2009 all america city award for its outstanding civic accomplishments. this recognition is well deserved and rightly honors caroline county which has long been dedicated to meeting the needs of its community. established by the national civic league in 1949, the all-america city award wreck are nieses localities for community projects involving grass root civic engagement and cooperation between public-private and nonprofit sectors that best illustrate community-based problem solving. each year the civic league honors 10 communities throughout the country for addressing the most critical challenges facing america's communities. caroline county submitted three community-based projects including t

i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connelly. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 remaining seconds. mr. connelly: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm pleased to introduce this amendment with mr. nye and mr. pierriello. during the 110th congress the service members civil relief act did acess cell phone and property release contracts for active duty deployed. however, they did not address -- they addressed individual cell phone contracts and individual leases. they did not provide that protection to family cell phone plans. as a result, we have service members who are finding themselves having to continue to pay obligations to cell phone companies. under the motor vehicle section of our amendment, the leasing agent may not charge an early termination penalty, something also not addressed in scra last year. this is a practical amendment that will help our active duty deployed and their families make sure that they're safe and secure from this kind of hounding when they're serving their country overseas. the chair:

the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: madam speaker, could i request how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining. mr. forbes: madam speaker, i'd ke to yield myself 1 1/2 minutes, please. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. forbes: madam speaker, the distinguished minority leader just said that americans must lead and lead they must. he also indicated that the cost of our failure would be passed onto our children and grandchildren. as one of only 17 members in this body that's voted against every bailout bill and stimulus bill we have passed, i ask the american people who are watching here, what has been the enormous cost of our fail pour that spending all of those dollars and what -- failure for spending all of those dollars and what did you get from it? the american people can lead, they're not stupid. only 33% of them approve what we're doing. we have a choice. only in th

forbes of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 587, the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes, and a member opposed each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. forbes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. forbes: first of all, i would like to thank the rules committee for allowing me to bring this amendment by making it in order no matter what the motivation or the intentions. i appreciate that opportunity. and i want to make it clear, this amendment is not an addition. it is an amendment in the nature of a substitute that would replace the current bill on the floor. i would like to make clear that this is not a democratic amendment obviously and we will hear from the democratic leadership in a few minutes to make that clear. it's not a republican amendment. and we will probably hear from the republican leadership to that extent in just a few moments, but it is an amendment tha

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman virginia tech. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, very knowledgeable on issues affecting pakistan and u.s.-pakistan relationships and yield the gentleman two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: i rise in strong support of the underlying bill proposed by the international relations committee and in opposition to the republican substitute. because however you spin it it's basically a continuation of the republican's blank check policy towards pakistan. what has that gotten us after eight years of that policy? well, it's time to assess it. $12 billion of taxpayers' money has been spent and we have nearly half a million pakistani troops on the border with india, our ally. and one brigade fighting the taliban and al qaeda, our enemy. their principle defense priority is f-16's which is a combat aircraft. our enemy doesn't have combat aircraft. we don't want to be funding a nation to fight against anot

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

but so you have this very tense competition between new york and virginia and with the erie canal. new york essentially wins at least the commercial part of the competition. there some other things i think we can talk about. i forgot to start my clock to see how long i've been going, but i wanted to say something -- talk about something that's not actually in the book, but there's been a lot of talk lately about a national infrastructure back. i don't know if people are aware of it, but it's in the obama budget. senator dodd from connecticut has a bill in the senate to create a national infrastructure bank. the new york city financier who helped new york city out of its desperate financial straits in the 1970s has a book out calling for a national infrastructure bank. and all three of them, and other people do, cite the

country understand what will happen if this happens in new jersey or connecticut or pennsylvania or virginia, or anyplace. and i think the people think they are not going to be impacted by category 5 hurricanes. i think they think it built on long enough to withstand it. so i will continue to make my voice heard it to the president and leadership and hope we get through this storm season without getting through this season in a major area. and northeast metropolitan area have a lot more than we do across the coast. the numbers are staggering. i do not know. >> first of all, thank you for your sense of urgency, and i want to give you an update regarding this issue. new york city has x 1 blogs -- excellent resources, but they have had to cut their funding. you know this vividly. while there is a chart that shows significant growth, during katrina, people's lives were saved by the volunteers and staff of 211. we did connecting people to the appropriate governmental entities, and the most vivid example is a volunteer took a call from a man who went back into his home and found his mother's body.

there is a major dispute between two coal companies in west virginia. one accuses the other of using malicious, aggressive tactics to drive the first coal company out of business, there is a trial in the neighborhood of a $50 million verdict against the aggressor coal company. the defeated aggressor coal company says we are going to appeal, the president of the company says i am going to participate in a big way in collecting the next available justice to the west virginia supreme court. that individual spent something like $3 million of his own money to replace one of the justices received to be less favorable in this case with someone perceived to be more favorable. the coal company -- asked that the justice recused himself. the case goes to the united states supreme court's, in violation of the due process. every litigant is entitled to a fair tribunal. they decided to make a long story short. one of which was 6-3. an individual, in circumstances suggest that objective person might think that that jurors might have a hard time the constitution's due

the gentleman from west virginia has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. mollohan: yield back the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i call for a roll call. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. the clerk will read. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 69 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. tiahrt of kansas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from kansas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. tiahrt: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, earlier

virginia is a counter-cyclical stick. -- state for. eight straight times we have elected a governor the opposite from the presidential party. deeds got a bump in the primary. it was sort of an upset win. now i think that bob macdonald has moved back into the lead. but it is a close race. campaigns matter. the history of this is on the republican side. host: we will take your messages. tom davis is with us for a half hour. you alluded to the mid-term elections. chris dodd is seeking reelection. illinois, who knows how that race will shape out. republicans indicated that they have a chance at these two blue state. guest: particularly in illinois there is an attractive republican candidate. he could win in the urban areas and hold the rural areas. conn, i think that chris dodd's areas are more personal. he is trying to dig himself out of the hole but he is behind in every poll. they are both good opportunities as is delaware. host: i realize it is early, but is there one state or race that says if this goes a certain way it will be good f

i am please to recognize the next governor of virginia, bob mcdonald. he was the attorney general of virginia, and he is the republican candidate for governor this year. with a record of promoting job creation, strengthening the free enterprise system and building a safer community. this will bring republicans as a victory in virginia that will help us across the country. thank you for being here with us tonight. also want to commend all of my colleagues in the house republican conference. we are showing america that we are a unified party with the best solutions to create jobs and grow the economy. republicans are standing together to fight against the agenda of nancy pelosi and the puppet democrats. every week i see the house democrats giving her a blank check to do with as she wants to do to the taxpayer, and i believe that the american people are increasingly alarmed, with what they see. the consequences of democrats having unchecked one-party rule, with a trillion dollars spending spree, and more debt than any time in the nation's history, i do not

rail through west virginia, it's actually a huge fact, it is obviously in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which senator lautenberg helped so much, has increased -- has doubled in one of its lines in the last year. doubled. and the other has rizz bin 19%. west virginians don't travel endlessly, so this is a very important statement. earlier this year, senator lautenberg joined as he indicated with the vice president, the $1.3 billion application -- allocation to the stimulus package. it was called -- it was cold, the speeches were not interesting, but the money is real. that's what counts. and i have to say, in a nonpartisan fashion, that it is thrilling to have, as senator lautenberg pointed out, somebody in the white house who wants this and isn't happy with the level of green up there. wants more green. i believe that passenger rail can do a lot for us as a country. that's not a cliche. we need to increase the use of passenger rail enormously, not just for passengers but for freight and we need to do it as fast as we possibly can. the -- it affect ours clim

terry mcauliffe, the former chair of the dnc, is being challenged by virginia state senator and a former assemblyman in the primary, and turnout is expected to be key with 200,000 democrats expected to go to the polls today in virginia. and a piece by robert c. smith, a former two-term senator from new hampshire. he now lives in sarasota, florida, and is running for the senate seat in florida next year, the seat vacated by martinez. one of the other themes this morning in the newspapers, at a photograph of senator edward kennedy and senator robert byrd. senator kennedy is in massachusetts recovering from brain surgery, battling brain cancer, and robert byrd, who continues to battle a staph infection at an undisclosed hospital. also inside "the washinton post," "on the cusp of historic majority, senate democrats miss the pillars." and from inside "the new york times," "senate feels an absence of health bill." chris dodd is the number 2 democrat on the health committee and has taken on the role of health care with senator kennedy. he is supported by leaders of three working groups that mr.

. >> we are in west virginia in shepherdstown. it's a beautiful campus. if the archive where i did research because they have the papers not just of early conservationists like roosevelt cars and in the 1960's work for u.s. fish and wildlife. for me this place is in our -- is an archival treasure trove. i went to various birthplaces that roosevelt went to. we have archives in michigan and one in arizona. i even went to puerto rico recently to go see the national forest there which he saved for the national forest service, which is our only rainforest in our entire protection system in united states. it's home to rare pottery and parrots. it is a spectacular part if you can go to puerto rico to see the rain forest. i would go to these places, meet the local superintendent or ranger oil martin and interview them and get local documentation as well. this is the nerve center for what i would consider roosevelt's wilderness america. >> we're standing in the roosevelt room in the center. behind us is a photograph, a big photograph above the fireplace. >> if tha

. >> virginia thomas is an old friend of mine. she is a friend of mine of long standing, she is not that old. she is married to clarence thomas, and he is a man i admire very greatly and have known since before he was known to many other people. i think highly of him and very highly of her. i have had this idea for a long time, since the beginning of the claremount institute days that there are things you should know to call yourself a leader in america. you can find those things in correspondence between jefferson and madison, for example, who laid out a curriculum. people not know those things very much anymore. another thing that is going on that i think requires explanation. we think the declaration of independence is the first deck in a development, and so is the constitution. they are good, they are great, but they all -- the signal virtue they have is that they allow for this development. and so they live. the trouble is that things can be done in their name that are obvious abnegations of what they mean. the trouble with t

smith smith i yield five minutes to the the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, who is a rim of the impeachment task force. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, it's a rare occasion when the house of representatives must vote on articles of impeachment against a federal judge. indeed, the last time this occurred was 20 years ago. however, when evidence emerges that an individual is abusing his judicial office for his own advantage, the integrity of the judicial system becomes compromised and the house of representatives has the duty to investigate the matter and take the appropriate actions to end the abuse and restore confidence in the judicial system. it is also rare for the members of the house judiciary committee to agree on anything. however, the committee voted unanimously last week to report out house resolution 520, which contains the four articles of impeachment against judge kent. this vote came after a thorough investigation and mu

our conversation is with congressman rick boucher of virginia. nancy is on the phone, a democrat line. caller: actually, i am an independent. i am trying to be calmed because i'm watching the congressman's been masterfully no new taxes. -- i am watching the congressman spin masterfully no new taxes. unemployment is going to reach double digits. the president did something about the economy, it is reaching double digits. we know that cap and trade is going to increase cost for business. host: stay on the line. this again, congressman, is from "the new york times," or from "to washington journal." "americans should know that those members who vote for this time the bill are voting for was likely to be the biggest tax increase in history." nancy, your comment, and then we will go to the congressman. caller: we have seen examples of this in the last six months with this administration, where it is not technically attacked, but it will affect people who -- unlike guest: there is not a single new tax in this legislation. i do not know where those who a

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i'm pleased now to recognize -- does the gentlelady from texas seek to speak next? all right. i'm pleased now to recognize the distinguished member of the judiciary committee, who served on the task force with great skill. and i also want to commend bob goodlatte for his services during that period of time. but sheila jackson lee, from houston, texas has been an anchor in the proceedings that have brought us to this stage. and i yield to her five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. i think it is important for all of us to recognize the solemnnyity of this day. i thank the -- sol tim -- so lemonyity of this day. -- solemnnyity of this day. i come from texas, houston, i think it's important to note that the judge, as all people in america may have, has his defenders. he will have an opportun

before making her way to virginia, this young woman had passed through ellis island. peering out from the boat at the mouth of the hudson river, she saw the statue of liberty, the most powerful symbol of freedom and opportunity that america represents. all she wanted was a chance. but never did she dare dream that her grandson would some day, this day, be this member of the u.s. congress standing before you. [applause] when i think of my grand mother in that richmond storefront, i am reminded in its purest sense, america is about looking forward. it's about the quest for freedom and opportunity. it's about persevering, to pass on something better for your children than you inherited. the narrative of this country's promise resides within us all. all of us, all of us here came from somewhere. we are are our ancestors came to this country for the same reason, for hope, for opportunity, and a better life. this is the time that has always bound us as a nation. this is the tie that continually strengthens us as a people. above all, america is a nation of inclusion. a count

through west virginia. it's actually a huge fact as it is, obviously, in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which senator lautenberg helped so much has increased -- has doubled in one of its lines in the last year, doubled, and the other has risen by 19%. now, west virginians don't travel endlessly so this is a very important statement. earlier this year senator lautenberg and i joined as he indicated with the vice president, the $1.3 billion allocation to the stimulus package. it w as i recall the speeches were not very interesting but the money was real and that's what counts and i have to say in a nonpartisan fashion that it is really thrilling to have as senator lautenberg pointed out as somebody in the white house who really wants that. who doesn't like that level of green up there and wants to increase the green and, in fact, has already done that. i want to make a special point today to say that i believe the passenger rail can do so much for us as a country. that's not just jus

at the celebration on the second of october of last year with a commemorative poland in my stat of virginia in jamestown in 1608. but george washington as reported in the book celebrating the great poles in history to have given kosciuszko to pistols, they were not the pistols he gave to little turtle, were they? [laughter] >> i think they are now in a military museum in wausau and in addition to that he gave a sword with an inscription and kosciuszko was actually at the tavern when george washington said goodbye to the troops, and in fact he gave kosciuszko -- kosciuszko was made a member of the board of cincinnati, and washington when he was saying goodbye actually slated a hearing on his finger and said in the book the irony of this is it was as if washington was passing the baton to kosciuszko because you have one general passing the baton to another general trying to win freedom for his country. and as far as kosciuszko's relationship with washington it wasn't as more and fuzzy as the relationship he had with general horatio gates because general gates later freed his slaves and allowe

lewis: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the the gentleman from virginia, the finest that virginia has ever produced. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. cantor:. i rise in opposition to this bill. america has the best military in the world. i think all of us who have traveled and have seen the commitment of our armed forces are overwhelmed by their patriotism. the success of our military has much to do with the character and the courage of the men and women in uniform who fight every single day for our freedom. and what we can do as members of this congress to speak to that courage and that commitment on a part of those men and women is to stand up and to remove politics from bills affecting their ability to execute on their mission to protect us. and mr. speaker, we can pass a bipartisan bill. this house has shown several weeks ago, we passed a bill with a 368-60 vote. clearly, a bipartisan bill sending the message that this congress stood for our troops and nothing got in the way. unfortunately, mr. speaker, we now find a con

through west virginia. but it's actually a huge factor as it is obviously in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which center lautenberg helps so much, has increased -- is doubled in one of its lines in the last year doubled and the other has risen by 19%. west virginians don't travel endlessly so this is an important statement. earlier senator lautenberg and i joined us the indicated with the vice president $1.3 million allocation to the stimulus package it was called him, this beach is one of very interesting but the money israel and that is what counts and i have to say in a non-partisan fashion it is thrilling to have as senator lautenberg pointed out somebody in the white house who wants this and cares about it and who doesn't like that level of dream up there and wants to increase the green and has already done that. i want to make a special point today to say that i believe passenger real can do so much as a country. that's not just a cliche. we need to increase the use of passen

my name is pete lopez, from censer, west virginia. a small rural town of approximately 3,800 people about an hour out of charleston, west virginia. i'm the owner of spencer auto gl group, which is made up of two dealerships on main street america. chrysler, jeep, dodge, plus chevrolet and buick dealerships. we stfs six county areas in west virginia, and i am the face of chrysler and general motors to my community and my customers. mr. chairman, within the past three weeks, i have been informed that both of my dealerships will be closed. my chrysler deepership will be closed within six days now, while chevrolet dealers franchise agreement will be terminated by the 12th if i don't sign the new contract, which i haven't been there to see. i have learned about my chrysler dealership closer by a friend of mine who called me at 9:00 one morning while he had the new york times on his computer and that's how i found out that we were losing our chrysler dealership. i did not receive a call from chrysler. i called our representative three or fo

a big story in virginia, a strong tobacco state. from the "houston chronicle," "landmark tobacco bill." in "the wall street journal," "companies are weighing the impact of the bill, which they say also puts severe restrictions on advertising and packaging. those limits couldn't do business plans based on smokeless tobacco products. they're fighting to derail the legislation." first call this morning comes from the democrats' line from kansas city, missouri. tony, good morning. seagucaller: good morning. my friend died of cancer, smoking for seven years. he was so sick, that, looking at him, you know, i believe the best thing to do is to, you know, but make sure that people are not dying for nothing, ok? host: du think it is of to the fda to relate -- do you think it is up to the fda to regulate tobacco? caller: yes. it should be done. i am so glad it is done. i hope the president does it as soon as possible. host: our next call is from sarah on the democrats' line from right here in washington, d.c. caller: i would just like to say

here is sussex county in southeastern virginia at 5 degrees warmer. and 20% more precipitation and the corn yields are the same. why? because people adapt. they adapt their practices. what's different between the temperature warming 5 degrees or a warmer moving from sussex county to augusta county? the thing is -- the answer is absolutely nothing. so people adapt to varying and large changes. well, that's the climate of extremes. now, i'd like to ask a very, very interesting question in this climate. i'm going to ask you the question, have the global warming climate models failed? and this is touched on in the book. i want to expand on that. when we talk about the effects of global warming like mr. gore was talking about in 10 years we start with changes in the atmosphere meaning changes in the carbon dioxide concentration. we put them into climate models and then we put these into usually economic impact models for agriculture or energy or whatever you might want to do. there are many of these models. i'm going to take a look at 21 of the ipcc, inter

we have been great with the ia test system when the virginia system. i think the record of the federal government's management of health care delivery across the country has been very weak. i serve on the indian affairs committee and senator dorgan has done a great job that only in committee but on the floor time and time again speaking to the failures of the indian health system. there is a story that was published just a few days ago, there was a little girl from montana that went with her mom to the indian health service clinic 11 times complaining of severe stomach pain. the clinic diagnosed this five year old with depression and that apparently she went worse and then had to medevac her to a children's hospital in denver. she was diagnosed in there with terminal cancer in the family had known all along that something must be wrong and she died a few weeks later. this story unfortunately is just the latest one that has come up in the press. i can still pete -- i can still see pictures that were put up on the floor of the individuals that have gone

polis: i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: i thank my friend from colorado. i thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the underlying legislation and i thank my friend from colorado for his passion on the subject. we know that if we can deter teenage smoking we can deter a lifetime of health risks and health costs. i must confess, however, madam speaker, some concern about accepting the senate provision here. there were other provisions in the house bill that i passionately supported that protected our federal work force. i specifically refer to the provision allowing the counting of sick leave for retirement and allowing those who are under the federal employment retirement service to reemploy, pick up where they left off. these are important provisions, madam speaker, because the federal work force as we look out to the future is going to be challenged with a brain drain. the baby-boom generation is going to be retiring. a

lucas: madam speaker, i'd like to recognize the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: i rise in strong opposition to this bill. i agree with one thing the gentleman from massachusetts had to say and that is this bill has very important consequences, but those consequences are devastating for the future of the economy of this country. it's in pursuit of the fantsoif thinking this legislation will be able to cause us to turn down the thermostat of the world by reducing co-2 gas emissions when china and india and other nations are pumping more and more co-2 gas into the atmosphere all the time. we would be far better served with legislation that devotes itself to developing new technologies before we slam the door on our traditional sources of energy like coal and oil and natural gas and nuclear

connolly from virginia. mr. connolly: i'm so pleased to join my fellow green dogs to talk about the subject. i couldn't help but pick up if i may to our friend from new york, mr. tonko, the point he was making about the power of research and development, r&d dollars, in innovative technology. let's just take the potential power of the advanced battery research. what could that do? well in the auto mowive -- automotive industry, advanced lithian bat terrorist could get you plug-in vehicles that get an average of 100 miles per gallon. if every vehicle in america got an average of 100 miles per gallon you almost wipe out the need for any imported oil in america. it's not science fiction. it's around the corner. but it needs an extra investment. it's an investment with an enormous potential return that would more than return dollars to u.s. taxpayers and of course contribute to the economy. similarly advanced battery research is desperately needed to essentially bring the solar industry in the united states to that

he knew as early as june that cornwallis was in virginia. by late may or the first of may, he knew that cornwallis was in virginia. in the summer, he gets intelligence reports that indicates that degrasse is bringing the french fleet from the north. he knows he is coming to the north. he thought that there would be a campaign that rauchambeau and washington would try to attack new york. he could have recalled cornwallis at that point to new york. he didn't, in part because he expected some reinforcements from the caribbean himself, which he got. it turned out to be useless since rauchambeau, washington didn't attack, but he didn't get those reinforcements and he thought they would be adequate. but also because he was confident that the allies could not succeed in new york, he can inability to repulse an attack, and cornwallis could go in virginia blumenthal n.. >> for fun i'm rereading the 17 volumes of insulin and his new young author, author s. named lisa lutz. it's the spellman files. she is young, hip, crazy reader and writer eric if i c

you have a very long competition between new york and virginia about which state will get west first. and it has been talked about in other erie books but i should stress in this one that for decades in washington, george washington and thomas jefferson who owned land in the ohio river valley speculators of land and desperately tried to find a way to get the potomac river to improve it and get it to to go over the mountains and on to the other side and then to to the terrace of ohio -- ohio river valley, but the potomac unfortunately was really not up to the task and not the way new york's mohawk river makes a relatively easy through a break in the appalachian mountain chain. interestingly, in 1817 just before new york decides to go ahead with the canal, a bill goes through congress, a bill called the bonus bill which essentially provides the money for a state infrastructure projects in madison, james madison on his last day in office and congress have been working toward this bill thinking that madison want this sort of thing, because he has spoken about it in his inaugural address t

come to virginia and live on my estate at monticello and you can be buried right next to me. but i think the reason kosciuszko did not return was because he had these high hopes that either napoleon or somebody would attack russia and free the poles from the russians and the prussians and the austrians to let all taken over. kosciuszko was also given 500 acres in ohio as a result of his being a general in the american revolution, so we had his own land. he could have lived in ohio on that land as well and i think the reason he didn't return i think was he always held out hope that he would be able to free the peasants. not only did he want to free american slaves but he went to end feudalism, free the serfs and free the peasants of europe. >> you mentioned kosciuszko-- offered $12,000. how much would it be in current dollars and what happened to the acres and ohio? [laughter] >> does anybody have a calculator on them? [laughter] i don't know how much that would be, but i think it would be more than a bucket full of money. and diland in ohio, kosciuszko tried to lease it. jepp

a conservative activist since her time at the university of virginia, kate has been indispensable in encouraging conservatism and participation of young people. as she founded the jennifer biler program in 2003 which is a leadership training program for women of all ages. something i strongly agree with kate about is her faith in free market capitalism and her fearless opposition to raising taxes and expanding the role of the government. kate currently serves as vice president of young america's foundation. it is with great honor that i welcome one of our nation's true conservative leaders, kate obenshain, thank you. [applause] >> that was a beautiful introduction. thank you so much. it's good to be here with a fellow virginian. it's nice to be with all of you. i also serve on the clare boothe luce policy board. i'm a brand-new member so i'm very thankful. i'm even having to come home from my family vacation. michelle easton the president of clare boothe luce is standing over there. but it's worth it to do it for this wonderful organization. i love talking to clare boothe luce audien

chairman, i yield now to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman, the ranking -- ranking member on the oversight and investigation subcommittee, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized twor two minutes. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. and i'd like to take a moment to highlight some important aspects of the bill. the members and the staff of the house armed services committee are dedicated to supporting our men and women in uniform and this bill truly reflects our undying commitment to those service members and i'm pleased to see this bill makes progress toward strengthening our naval power and projection on the high seas. we must continue to develop the industrial base and promote ship building to establish a floor, not a ceiling, of 313 ships in our navy. our nation's security and forward presence also depends on the timely delivery and deployment of our various naval platforms. therefore, i urge my colleagues to support

hoyer: i thank the gentleman from virginia for yielding. on monday, the house will meet at 12:30 -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. will members kindly clear the well? the gentleman will proceed. mr. hoyer: on monday the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business but votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday, this transparency issue has parently come up again. on tuesday the house will meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:30 for elective business. on wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative businessment on friday as is usual the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. we'll consider several bills under suspension of the rules. the complete list of the suspension bills will be announced by the close of business tomorrow. in addition, we will consider representative betty sutton's bill, the consumer assistance to recycle and save act of 2009 and h.r. 2410, the foreign rel

. >> the german from virginia is recognized. -- the gentleman from virginia is recognized. >> america has the best military in the world. we have seen the commitment of our armed forces and are overwhelmed by their patriotism. the success of our military has much to do with the courage of the men and women in uniform. the fight every day for our freedom. what we can do as members of this congress to speak to that courage and commitment is to stand up and to remove politics from bills affecting their ability to execute on their mission to protect us. we can pass a bipartisan bill. this house has shown several weeks ago we passed a bill. it was a bipartisan bill sending the message that this congress can support our troops and nothing got in the way. we now find and report that will make its way to this house. it is vastly different from the bill that was made in a bipartisan way. the bill that will make its way to this flore seems to put the right of terrorists before the security of americans. when we seen that this body wants to remove language prohibiting the transfer of detainees a

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. wolf: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wolf: mr. speaker, i have a chart showing that this country is pretty much facing bankruptcy. we have $11 trillion of debt. traditionally it has been the practice around here where the republican or democrat to have open rules whereby members could offer the amendment whatever they see fit. the american people realize that we're living in a trying economic time and rightfully expect their elected official to evaluate different spending programs to see whether they should be for or against them. if we cannot even cup um -- come up with a fair process to debate annual spending bills, there is very little hope, there is very little hope, there is very little hope for this country to deal with this. $56 trillion of debt, $11 trillion owed to the chinese and the saudis. the bankruptcy system is coming. we should go back to the rules committee, report out the original bill to allo

here in sheporder-- shepherdstown, west virginia. and this was done at the typical holiday inn, when we designed this place, we looked to make it such a place that people in the fish and wildlife could call home. and that the service could dedicate to the employees. we have dedicated people that work for the fish and wildlife service, and it's important that they build their skills to deal with the complex challenges that we face today and the future. >> mark madison, how much did this cost? >> this place cost about $150,000. >> who in congress was responsible for it? >> senator byrd made sure that we had the funding. but the clinton and bush administrations requested the funds for the project. >> how many buildings? >> we have 17 buildings. >> how many years? >> it took about three years. >> what can a book like doug wrote can do for you? >> it can do a lot, for the employees to realize their own heritage, and like any other artifact, these parks and resources are heritage. and explains to others what we do, to give talks that last

virginia, go ahead. caller: i read everything you sat down. thank you very much for your wonderful riding. --writing. i was listening to my congressman, and he was complaining about where are we going to get money from when it comes to education? this baffles me because these are the same guys we are spending billions of dollars in iraq. where are we going to get the money to spend in iraq? at the end of this war, we are going to pay over two trillion dollars. no one seems to have any concern for that. when it comes to the american people, we have to think about where we are going to spend money. host: response? guest: i agree with that very much. i was interested in mr. davis's response, work harder and good luck. people unable to get health- care. it seems to be the solution of the republicans in general. there is a ridiculous contradictory thing going on. the consequences of the policies of the last eight years were horrendously expensive. we need to avoid from them. we are also not taking into consideration what the price tag will be done

the west virginia supreme court, dividing 3-2, reversed a judgment for caperton and declared victory for the coal company. there was one problem. justice benjamin, who cast the deciding vote in west virginia's highest court, was newly-elected to the court. the coal company's c.e.o. had to defeat -- had spent $3 million to defeat the incumbent whose seat benjamin won. dividing 5-4, we concluded that benjamin's participation in the case violated capertop's right to due process. justice kennedy's opinion for the court, joined by justices stevens, sutor, ginsburg and breyer, emphasized the truly extraordinary facts, the c.e.o.'s significant and disproportionate influence on the election, and the temporal relationship between the election and the pending case. finally, among these most-watched cases, and perhaps the most important case of the term, northwest austin municipal utility district. at stake is congress' year 2006, 25-year renewal of section 5 of the voting rights act, a measure initially enacted in 1965. under the act, nine states, seven of them in the south, and some designate