the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. a senator: i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, madam president. there is an old saying that you don't know what you've got until it's gone. and it's true -- mr. udall: and it's true in particular when you're talking about water. we have a tendency to take water for granted since we're so used to it always being there when we turn on our faucets or showers or we want to water our yards. and we tend to use it inefficiently. we let the faucet run when we're brushing our teeth or we water our lawns in the middle of the day when evaporation are at their highest. but when you grow up in the desert, as i did, you'll learn to treasure water. everything in the west is shaped by it, and you know that it might not always be there when you need it. and this will become, particularly in my part of the country, but i think in the presiding officer's state as well, more apparent as we see lower snow packs and de

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: this bill has several cuts in several areas, showing strong fiscal discipline in this difficult environment. i would agree with the gentlelady that we need to assure we return to fiscal responsibility and balance our budget, and certainly preserving our national heritage is an important part of long-term fiscal responsibility. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i'm proud to stand here in support of this rule and the underlying legislation. this interior appropriations bill is a bill that respects our environment. i'd especially like to thank chairman dicks for his leadership and i'd also like to thank him for my amendment to increase funding for the atlanta assistance stateside assistance program. the state assistance program is one of the most successful federal-state-local partnership programs in the history of the department of

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to highlight that this legislation is supported by over 1,000 public health, faith and other organizations, including the american cancer society action network, american heart association, american dental association and american lung association. i'd also like to thank that dialogue between the representative from california and representative from indiana. with many strategies that need to be used and employed to reduce smoking. certainly the banning of targeted marketing towards youth and tobacco products that clearly have names that affect youth, creating a regulatory structure for the first time around tobacco products, our constructive steps, and i'd agree from the gentleman from indiana, not necessarily mutually agreed steps, reach the common goal we share of reducing youth smoking. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for o

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: the economy of colorado and other states roe lie on the health of our public lands. our public lands draw visitors every year to see rocky mountain state park or enjoy skiing on our hundreds of world class slopes. to protect the historic and natural beauty of the state and country, this bill provides much-needed increases for the national parks and the wildlife refuges. the $2.7 million provided includes a $100 -- 2.7 billion provide includes a $100 million increase . i was lucky enough to grow up hiking in areas under public management this bill will protect and defend some of america's truly great public lands so children across the country can grow up enjoying our environment and interacting with it every day, just as i and many of my colleagues did. we provide money to operate the national wildlife refuge system, $20 million above the request. these funds will provide critically needed staff if more areas, implement climate change strategies. currently more than 200 of the

they said, oh, this is going to drive jobs out of colorado and new mexico. this is going to hurt the economy. well, here we are several years down the road, this has made both of our economies stronger. isn't this a great success story in new mexico? mr. heinrich: absolutely. and always better to be the leader that's creating jobs than the state or country that's following and watching those jobs go someplace else. mr. connelly: i might add to the point you're making, mr. polis. in my state of virginia, for example, we have a gubernatorial election going on now and one of the candidates has talked about, drill now, right off the shore of virginia. maybe that makes sense, maybe it doesn't. but the wind power potential off the shore of virginia dwarfs any he estimates of what possible oil and gas reserves there might be offshore. and could create jobs and could actually make virginia an enormous net exporter to the northeast and the midatlantic of a renewable source of energy forever. mr. polis: colorado's in this boat and new mexico, too, we are blessed with

the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: i continue to reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, at this time, i'm happy to yield a minute to the son of a 20-year veteran of the house rules committee, the gentleman from bowling green, ohio, mr. latta. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. latta: i appreciate the gentleman for yielding and madam speaker, last night we brought in my opinion an important amendment before the committee dealing with with what i call the homeland security administration run amok with their bureaucrats. this would prevent the homeland security from being able to utilize the dollars under the bill to say that over 36 million americans that have a certain type of pocket knife, i don't care if it's from a hunter or fisherman or a person who works in a factory, make these illegal. it's sad we have to do it this way, that instead of bringing it here to the floor, we have to go through the rules committee. i think that the amendment we offered

polis of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 522, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chafere recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer an amendment to the foreign relations authorization for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. i applaud and thank chairman berman and his staff for their hard work and dedication to this important issue. this legislation truly represents a renewed emphasis on meaningful dialogue and strong diplomacy as it forth to increase our number of foreign service officers, grow our peace corps mission, develop new educational programs and expand our public diplomacy efforts. my amendment calls on the department as part of the public outreach and public diplomacy efforts to make materials found in libraries, resource centers, and film screenings available online to help showcase united states culture, society, and values and history to as many individuals as be possible. it also adds online outreach as an evaluation criteria for our public

he became one of colorado's fearest anti-smoking advocates. his optimism and strength never went unnoticed as he volunteered for smoke free association. he tried to prevent others were making mistakes and wrong choices that ultimately cost him his life. david and so many others of our friends, our brothers, our sisters, our cousins, our relatives personify the humanity of tobacco addiction. and this is why, mr. speaker, we must ensure that protections are put in place and this bill is passed and sent to president obama so we can fulfill david's mission and honor the way that so many others have lived and died. under this legislation by empowering the f.d.a. to regulate tobacco products, we will not have to wait until the deaths and millions more americans to learn whether a so-called safer cigarette is really what it claims to be. the bottom line, we have an interest in making sure our constituents know the facts, all of them, before making potentially deadly choices. america must also be made aware of the dramatic health risks associated with

and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >> bob: turning into a nice comfortable evening here in south florida. still a threat of rain in the area. but okay for now. three and a half innings in the score book, it's a 2-2 game. uggla, ross and ronny paulino for the marlins, bottom four against scott olsen. 40 pitches, not a bad count in three innings, 28 of them strikes. but he made some location mistakes in the third inning. he struck outlawing swinging first time. the breaking ball is low. a fastball. interleague of course is over for another year. i'll give you some of the final numbers after this at-bat. kind of interesting with the american league winning the whole thing again. things were most even in the west, where the american league west and th

the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. a senator: madam president, i rise today to speak about the urgent need for health care reform. and i want to thank both the finance and "help" committees for the enormous amount of effort they're putting into this monumental task. mr. bennet: when it comes to health care, colorado 0ians will -- coloradans will point you in the right direction. they want us to leave alone the parts of the system that aren't broken. they agree that all americans should have access to affordable and secure health care coverage. but, madam president, they're skeptical that washington can get this done without breaking the bank. they want us to find way to pay for these reforms now and not just pass on the cost to the next generation in the form of increased debt. that's a tall order, but the right one, and simple common sense. we will be tempted throughout the process to settle for half fixes at easier political victories that help a few people but don't deliver real reform for all families. we have to w

to $200,000 in colorado. how is it an executive gets $148 million? how does that pay come about? mr. sperling, how does anybody approve that kind of salary? >> i don't know the specific case but i will say one thing and again you have excellent experts coming on which is one of the things, you know, one of the things that discerns me is whether or not retirement golden parachute type of payments are promoted because they are less transparent. people do not know the walkaway value of what a corporation co may have until that moment -- >> maybe give you one that you are familiar with or have a panelist. i agree appreciate getting more teeth to the compensation committee but there is still the divide between the owners of the company and the management and maybe the owners raised in, that is laissez-faire capitalism. let's take angelo mazillo with countrywide. his salary was $200 million. $102 million. or the owners of country wide actually having a say in what he is making? if i am the owner of the company i'm

kauffman of colorado who took unpaid leave from the colorado state house to serve in the first gulf war and gave up being colorado state treasurer for a 2004 of -- tour of duty in iraq. i was -- i was the state treasurer at the same time he was, and at the time when lynn jenkins was state treasurer in kansas. we were proud of our colleague, mr. kauffman, for leaving his job as colorado state treasurer to do a tour of duty in iraq. the experience of our service men and women in this congress is invaluable. i applaud them and appreciate their efforts. i want to call on mr. rooney one more time to discuss specific issue that prevents all of us being here tonight, that being the fact that an amendment has been placed on a military funding bill that is not germane. would you care to elaborate further? then i'd like to yield to mr. thompson. mr. rooney: the bill we originally sent to the senate was just a clean war funding bill the president asked us for and we delivered as a house of representatives to the senate. unfortunately, one of the things -- and i did not serve in politics before run

but in colorado, it's different, because they're elected. so this was a powerful group of regents looking at the ward churchill we have and with they announced that he was going to be terminated, the chairman of the regents said, this is one of the hardest decisions we've ever had to make. he's a fraud, he's a ladies and gentlemenryist, that tells you what serious trouble the university of colorado is if and every university of this country, which doesn't even have regents that could have that kind of spine. now there are trials. the aclu of course is defending churchill and the claim is that he was singled out because of his remark about the little ikeman. well, it's true. and i'm sure, if churchill sees this broadcast, he will immediately use this in his trial. but why do we even know the name ward churchill. i won't go thank you the whole series of events, but the final event that outed ward churchill was that after the faculty at hamilton college had tried to put a convicted terrorist, she was caught with 700 or 640 pounds of tnt, susan

i'll take qwest, which is a big company in colorado. quest, one of our ceos, he has now gotten himself in trouble, had $148 million. all right. now this is comparing apples and oranges but the governor of the state of colorado gets $90000. and most people make 50 to $200,000 in colorado. how is it that an executive gets $148 million? how does that take him about. mr. sperling, can you gauge how does anybody approve that kind of salary for anybody? >> i don't know your specific, the specific case. but i will say one thing and again you have some excellent experts coming on, which is one of the things, you know, one of the things that concerns me is whether or not retirement golden parachute type of payments are somewhat promoted because they are less transparent. people do not know the walk away value of what a corporate -- a ceo may have until that moment. >> let me give you one that maybe you are firmly with or maybe other panelists. because i appreciate, you know, giving some more teeth to the compensation committee, but i mean, there

it's on investigating the university of colorado at pwoulingdor professionals where churchill work. we'll take a look at that and talk and take calls. >> let me point out we invited invited -- >> please consider letting students speak. >> if you speak up one more time. >> let the students speak. >> understand that, understand that. >> you need to let the students speak. this is a university. this is part of academic discourse for students. discourse for students. >> let me refined you. >> on 9/11 itself i had been asked to write an on-ed to try to make sense to be posted the next day so i had already written on 9/11 what might the motives have been. >> give us more of the background on that short piece and what it all means to you. >> well, churchill, we explore several cases and ward churchill is certainly the most fame news. he is a university of colorado professional of ethnic studies, did a lot of work on native american issues and after 9/11 he wrote a blog post equating the inhabitants of the world trade center with little eichmans, the people who work in the machine that help

investigating the university of colorado, the boulder professor. and we'll take a look at that and then take some calls. >> please consider letting the students speak. >> if you speak up one more time. [inaudible] >> ok. look. >> understand that. this is mccarthyism at its finest. >> this is part of economic discourse. we are students. >> let me remind you -- >> on 9/11 itself, i had been asked to write an op ed to try to make sense of this to be posted the next day. so i had already written on 9/11 what might have the motive have been. >> liz, give us some more of the background on that short piece and what it all meanses to you. >> well, warren churchill, we explore several pieces in the film. he was a university of colorado professor of ethnic studies, did a lot of work on native american issues. and after 9/11 he wrote a blog post equating the inhabitants of the world trade center with little ikemans. in other words, the little people who work in the machine that helped ikeman during nazi germany, with the bureaucrats who helped the oppressive

world i was overwhelmed, overcome with the feeling of intense hatred and anger toward the women in colorado and all of the fresh-faced american soldiers, but in my heart, i knew that wasn't fair. they are mostly kids caught up in a cycle of greed and power and they don't understand now eve in the age-old game of aggression and warfare, warren and raised in the united states and encapsulated sphere of privilege and safety. it is not surprising. they wouldn't be able to fathom the reality of distance of four in society and the ramification of their action. i was struck again by the english that has stayed with me ever since hajif's death also my consciousness and memories are forever connected to the conflict zone in iraq and so many other war-torn countries across the globe my present reality has become seen a comfort zone as the young colorado soldiers. i have a warm, comfortable apartment, a hot cup of coffee or a pepper grown-up -- bruni pete said. a health club membership and wine and cheese at a friday art opening. i live in a completely comfort and security even when i am constantly wo

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. royce. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. roistroist i thank the gentleman. i -- mr. royce: i thank the gentleman. thank you, mr. speaker. pakistan is the at a very critical juncture, colleagues. we have radical madrasses that are graduating at an ever increasing number of jihadists out of those schools. and we have a weak government with nuclear weapons. this pakistan bill is a good attempt to guide our engagement in pakistan in a way that gives us the best chance to see that our aid is spent in a constructive and responsible fashion which hasn't been the case. i commend its author, chairman berman. as to the rule, i think it is problematic. the state department authorization bill quite simply spends money we don't have, over a third increase at the time when w

i yield back to my friend from colorado. mr. polis: i've heard supporters of this republican inaction task trying to argue this bill costs jobs, that somehow it's bad for the economy. a lot of what you're talking about a solar plant hiring $1,400 people in our district, job growth on the infrastructure side, it sounds to me like by passing this bill it's going to lead to more job growth in your district. is that what you're finding? mr. heinrich: i believe that's the case. what we've seen is that in the midst of this recession, the good nunes our horizon has been the quality high tech jobs in the renewable energy sector. mr. polis: earlier on, as we were walking the floor, we were talking about american ingenuity and innovation and what's possible with solar cars, i thought you could share with us the story of what's possible. the strength of america has been innovation and ingenuity. i think this is playing to our strength as a country in terms of what's possible. mr. heinrich: as someone who got my degree in mechanical enginee

and, in fact, if we take a look at the history of colorado water stream flow as measured by tree rings and other kinds of fossils this is by dave meko in 2007. here's the more recent drought and you can see that it is nothing compared to what we have seen -- that's lowest in the current drought. nothing compared to what we saw here in the 12th century. this thing lasted 60 years. so to say that there's any signal of warming in this record, which would begin somewhere around 1900 is absurd. again, we have extremely wet conditions in the early part of the 20th century which by the way resulted in the migration of people to colorado as a green paradise. i'll show you that in a second and then it dried and then it got wetter. in fact, let's segue to california. we have fires in california, mr. gore said in his response. senator reid chimed in a little bit later, by the way, not in the show. one reason we have the fires in california is global warming. let me tell you about forest fires and range fires in california. they occur because÷8hrá rains a lot in a previous winter. you've all bee

i just noticed the arrival of our colleague from colorado, senator bennet. i'm saying with some deliberation and give you a chance to get seated over there. would you care to make any opening comments at all on the case of our nominee? >> i think -- thank you, mr. chairman. i would just like to thank you, mr. allison, for being here, thank you for your willingness to serve. i unfortunately have an agriculture committee hearing i have to go to. but i want to stress as i was coming in, i heard senator tester say this, how important small business and community banks are to this recovery effort. we have had a number of conversations here with treasury secretary on that subject. we have a case of our own in colorado relating to a bank failure of one of our agricultural banks that is -- that is under review by the treasury department. and my perspective is the same as senator tester's, which is that until we begin to see this involvement beginning to take place at the local level, our public is still going to wonder how we're spending our taxpayers' money. i want

they are limiting their anger nancy in colorado springs colorado, go ahead. i am concerned that we have decided to become chicken littles because we have used methods to district information from very, very bad people that we train our own military with this method -- that we've used these on our own military and yet we find it a horrible way to treat people that don't have any regard for life at all. i am very afraid that we have come to a point in america that we have become very strong. the debate about the use of the techniques has been a real hot topic. one of the things that originally was supposed to happen was after president obama released declassified bush administration legal memos used to justify these techniques. we thought we were gooding to have a full investigation truth commission to find out as we came about to justify and use these issues. democrats dance around that. when the speaker got involved in the issue and raised questions about her involvement when she was ranking member on her intelligence committee on what she was told. democrats

in october of 2005, the general returned after two assignments in colorado. during this time, our armed forces were really coming to grips with the challenge of treating men and women returning from iraq with the ptsd and traumatic brain injuries. gen fraser was commanding -- was involved in a round table so we convene to discuss how we deal with the health care facilities, and how our i ability to deal with the challenges -- our abilities could deal with the challenges. i learned about a project, it is called home town healing. the air force medical wing determined it was capable of treating wounded warriors in alaska. we brought them back to alaska, and under the general's watch, it is something we are very proud of. the hospital was voted the best in the air force. alaskas is known for the high level of support it provides for the high level -- it fosters strong relationship between leaders on our installations, and the community partnership that each senior leader improves upon during his tenure, and passes along to his successors. your air force has sent

it's even more surprising that colorado him. just they would take a guy expected to have a pretty big price attempt colorado has kept to the draft recommendations and not gone overslot. >> who is a questionable pick. >> the one that is scrutinized the most is tony sanchez to the pirates. a lot of upside. the middle of the lineup. sanchez isn't that kind of gay. he can catch and throw and a good arm and power but i don't think he is the kind of hitter who is an all-star, an impact guy behind the plate who can hit in the middle of the lineup. the pirates did not like the price tag on the impact guys available to them so their strategy was take sanchez, pay him slot or close it to, reallocate that money later. >> who is the most intriguing for you? >> i was really surprised to see where kyle gibson went. the twins got a bargain. he was seen as a top 10 or top 12 pick but his velocity johned -- dropped and now he is 83-87. he has a stress trash -- frank in his forearm. the uncertain diaround the stress factor, the fact he is still h

the chair appoints the gentlewoman from colorado, ms. degette, to provide over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2892 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam speaker, i'm pleased to present the fiscal year 2010 homeland security appropriations bill as reported by the homeland security appropriations subcommittee. it's the product of extensive information gathering and animal sis with 15 hearings touching every department of homeland security component. the bill provides the resources and the direction that the departm

and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.  >> bob: two runs on s seven innings with seven k's for scott olsen last night. a sheikh shame they didn't win the game the way he pitched. >> rob: yeah, seven spectacular innings. he came back so sharp. give you an example how awful jon smoltz was a year after a layoff. this is only about a month layoff. maybe a little morement he came back with a great changeup, great breaking ball, good velocity. maybe debbi taylor can do a little digging to find out how the kid's arm felt today and his shoulder. bottom line is, no walks, seven punch outs, seven innings, but he had command of the game the entire time i liked his attitude coming off the mound. -- i liked his attitude. coming off the mound, hot under

the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. a senator: madam president, i rise today to discuss the urgent need of health care reform. the people of colorado and the american people have waited too long for washington to act. we should begin with the basic principle. if you have coverage and you like it, you should keep

, florence, colorado. according to the bureau of prisons, as of may 21, only one bed has not been filled at supermax. obviously this isn't going to work. there are some -- the b.o.p. facilities at the end of this month was 13,414 inmates while the total prison population of those facilities was far more than that, 20 -- exceeding 20,000. now, despite claims by senator durbin for the supermax prisons in the united states are ready to receive detainees, the supermax prisons in the united states are at or above their maximum capacity. additionally, the -- these civilian prisoners do not meet the same standard as currently exists at gitmo. in 2002, an entire wing of a jail in alexandria, virginia, was cleared out for the 9/11 20th hijacker, zac zacarias moussaoui, to be housed in the jail. that was just one detainee. for one detainee, they're talking about clearing out the entire wing to move those. so moving detapeees to the united states -- so moving detainees to the united states would not be reasonable. it

john salazar from western colorado was a no vote, despite lobbying from senator mark ewe daw who came over from the senate side to work him, a former colorado congressman trying to win one of his former colleagues. >> what was minority leader john boehner up to late in the house process sort of mounting a house filibuster? >> yes, people were wonder iting if he had a patch on his shoulder to sustain himself because he is a smoker. it was an hour an ten minutes that he was talking, reading through the bill. hey points with respect to the bill. henry waxman and company didn't roll in until 3:00 in the morning, it seems like forever ago, but that bill came out and a lot of questions about what was in it and who read it. john boehner went page by page reading around what those pieces were and kind of just, i think, it was an opportunity for him to just extend the debate and make sure his points were heard. as the votes were being counted later, you heard the republicans chanting "b.t.u." on the floor, a reminder of the 1993 energy tax vote that the democrats in the house took under the pr

. >> in colorado chrysler has terminated five of the seven top performing dealers including chrysler store in castle rock which is not in my district. they sell all three brands under one roof. so and they are profitable so what would you say to them? you probably don't know. >> it is difficult to go through each individual dealers. >> but what would the criteria before a store like that? >> i am not sure you say they're the top performing store i do not know what that means. >> chrysler dealerships five of the seven top performing dealers in colorado. this dealership in castle rock is profitable and has all three brands under one roof. so for people like them, not them in particular, what is the next criteria? >> if it is not top performing it

. >> in colorado chrysler has terminated five of the seven top performing dealers including chrysler store in castle rock which is not in my district. they sell all three brands under one roof. so and they are profitable so what would you say to them? you probably don't know. >> it is difficult to go through each individual dealers. >> but what would the criteria before a store like that? >> i am not sure you say they're the top performing store i do not know what that means. >> chrysler dealerships five of the seven top performing dealers in colorado. this dealership in castle rock is profitable and has all three brands under one roof. so for people like them, not them in particular, what is the next criteria? >> if it is not top performing it is costing sales. >> it needs to be top performing and have all three and what else? >> minimum sales responsibility so we're not losing money and revenue. . . do not have enough products to support all the dealers in every available market. i understand what you're saying, but castle rock is one of the fastest-growing areas. it is one of the

lamborn of colorado, as well as the house bill sponsor, mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona, for their leadership on house bill 1513 which passed on the 30th of march, 2009. mr. speaker, s. 407 would increase effective as of december 1, 2009, the rates of compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. . it includes veterans disability compensation, clothing allowance, dependency and indemocratnyity compensation to surviving spouses and children. mr. speaker, this is an important annual authorization which provides much-needed assistance to our nation's veterans and i encourage all my colleagues to support the bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: does the gentleman have further speakers? mr. boozman: no, sir. mr. filner: we have no further speakers. mr. boozman: i'd like to thank john hall and ranking leb doug lamb born on these i

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. polis: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of the american clean energy and security act. we are in the verge of a historic step that we have a responsibility and opportunity to take for the health of our environment, our economy, and our nation. opponents simply don't comprehend the magnitude of the problem of global warming or the opportunities that come with the solution. the u.s. is currently losing clean energy jobs and market share to china, germany, and korea. u.s. consumers continue to spend $400 billion a year to places like the middle east and venezuela every time we fill up our gas tanks. madam speaker, we have a responsibility to enact swift and strong climate change legislation. it's absolutely false to suggest this legislation would cost americans. it would cost us more if we don't act. with the consum

the gentleman from colorado, for what purpose do you rise? >> ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, energy prices are a vital concern to all americans. as gasoline prices are edging up and as the economy is in a recession, we all need a policy of making energy affordable and available. oil shale is a promising source of energy for america's future. i'm holding in my hand a piece of oil shale from western colorado. my state, along with wyoming and utah, have an estimated quantity of $1 trillion, with a t, barrels of oil products within our oil shale. unfortunately, this administration put oil shale development on hold almost as soon as it took office. this is unfortunate because we should not be importing oil products from the middle east if we have it here at home. on top of that the cap and tax policy that this administration is pushing will also drive up the cost of energy. mr. speaker, let's have an energy plan that uses american energy witho

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> i send to the desk a privilege red port for the -- from the committee on rules for filing under the rules. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 522 providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1886 to authorize democratic economic and social development assistance for pakistan to authorize security assistance for pakistan and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2410 to authorize appropriationers in department of state and peace corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to modernize the foreign service and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 385? the chair: house resolution 385, celebrating the life of millard fuller a life which provides all the evidence one needs to believe in the power of the human

the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for three minutes. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman. mr. chairman, i rise today to gain a better understanding of the status of the policy and law on the service of gay men and lesbians in the military, commonly known as don't ask, don't tell. this disrupts as gay and lesbian service men and women who knows what about their private lives. given the objective of the president to repeal the law, and the evidence that the law and policy harm military readiness and morale, what will be the strategy of the committee on armed services for assessing this law? mr. skelton: i thank the gentleman for raising this issue. it's fair to say that much has happened since the law was adopted back in 1993. and i propose that the committee will continue to edge gauge in a deliberative process to hear perspectives from all sides of the debate but understand the perspectives of the civilian and military leadership of the department of defense and the perspectives of ordinary service members. if we conclude that repeal is a succ

hearing stories about the matthew shepard beating, they're moving back to their homes in louisiana and colorado. it is one thing to be out an active as an activist and los angeles, but when you are a boy in louisiana is different. many of them said to heck with it, i am an activist and will not turn my back on my past and we're glad i was using their real names to tell their story but one individual which was one pseudonym i call antonio sanchez. when i first contacted tony probably three or four years ago now, he was very receptive and tried to know that his story was being told and we had an amazing conversation but then i talked to him a week later after the first conversation and he said i'm glad you are recording my story but i have to let you know when i realize you're putting my name on the web and broadcasting and publishing it in books and papers i had motion sensors installed in my house and i bought a gun. i really hope is my real name. in the other activists and away thought tony was betraying his past, that he had become a coward but then i went to visit tony on his remote spre

in colorado, madam speaker, in 2004, our voters passed a renewable energy standard. the first time that it was done in any state by ballot initiative. industry opposed it universally, but yet it passed 53% to 47%. that standard was 10% by 2015, we exceeded that standard by two years. two years late every we came back to the college slayture and doubled that and industry supported it. when people see the wonderful framework we're putting in place today for energy independence which will create jobs they will embrace this concept. they will embrace the concept of becoming independent from foreign oil and making sure that we develop clean alternative sources of energy which are going to benefit our children and our children's children. one last thing. according to the congressional budget office this bill will cost the typical family less than that of a postage stamp per day. i will say once we develop these clean alternative energy source, we will benefit because we will regain our place in the world as a leader in technology and as a leader in clean alternative source

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. currently a head of lettuce receives more regulation than tobacco products. i would simply ask, which is more dangerous to the american people? i'd quote from "the new york times" today which endorsed this bill and has been supportive of it in the past. it is now proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that tobacco companies have suppressed harm and manipulating the design of cigarettes to increase their addictiveness. federal regulators will help stop the abuses and help prevent americans from losing their lives to smoking. and this, mr. speaker, is the first step. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. and members and i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak for three minutes. i respectfully disagree with my colleague and member of the energy and commerce committee from indiana. and i rise in stron

in my district in colorado is home to some of the most prestigious leaders in research. the climate change research done at encar and noaa, the renewable energy research done has been a great source of pride for our community as well as an economic driver for our state and our nation. in order to build upon these achievements, we must ensure that young americans choose to an are given the tools to build careers in science. its -- its vial our young people are exposed to stem education early on. early expo shoe for underrepresented groups will help spark a lifelong interest in education in these fields. stem education just like the arts and athletics is critical

as you know coming from colorado, the presiding officer, senator udall, america has so much to offer our travelers, whether it is the mountains of colorado, or as senator kaufman is here, the beaches of delawa delaware, whether it's stunning national landmarks like the grand canyon, mount rushmore and the statue of liberty. whether its our oceans, our lakes, our rivers, our mountains, forests and beaches, whether it's the scenic country towns or the bright lights of the big cities. and whether it's centers of fun and entertainment, like las vegas or disney world or duluth. from the heartland to the coast, every state has an economic stake in the tourism industry, which is now a major part of the american economy. throughout the united states, many communities have discovered and developed economic potential. i keep using the example of duluth because at some point in the 1970's, the economy was so bad there, they actual had a billboard so that when you drove out of town, it said, "the last one to leave, please turn off the lights." well, that billbored isn't there anymore, as -- bill

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one minute. peril peril thank you, madam speaker, thank -- mr. perlmutter: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. let me read a letter from the national association of realtors. the national association of realtors supports h.r. 2998, the american clean energy and security act which addresses a broad and global array of issues. in closing, the national association of realtors asked for the favorable passage of this. as do duke energy, american electric power, b.p. amicle, g.e., the american institute of architects. this bill is designed to help with national security, the climate and jobs. my friend, mr. poe from texas, says just vote no. well, that's the party of the status quo. just vote no. we like the status quo. it is time for a change, ladies and gentlemen. we can't afford the status quo, and this bill brings us in that change and a new direction. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from colorado is recognized for two minutes. ms. degette: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, our society has too often recently devolved into violence to address controversy. the murder of a doctor who is beloved by his family, trusted by his patients, and respected by his community is never an acceptable form of expression. while virtually all established groups have condemned this act, some individuals are still threatening violence against the health care providers they disagree with. the message to those people needs to be unequivocal and it needs to be unanimous, we will not condone violence in any form. and those who perpetrate it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. mr. speaker, we must have a civil discourse in this society and this is something we all have to strive for together. i know that we on our side of the aisle and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle all believed this. we need to put it into action. i will say that dr. george tiller is survived by his wife, jean, their four children, and 1

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california, texas, colorado, new mexico, washington, south carolina, tennessee, idaho, georgia, anybody live there? those are the states that are expecting this cleanup money. your governors are expecting this cleanup money. mayors of communities are expecting this cleanup money. this isn't just little slush in tanks that we are trying to clean up, ladies and gentlemen. this is a 50-year residue of the cold war, dangerous, dangerous proliferation risks, dangerous health and safety risks. these states have agreements -- usually because they sued the federal government to this money be spent for this cleanup. if you think this is a triviality and your phone is ringing from your governors, they are saying our communities are at risk. you need to pose this motion to recommit. we have had hearing after hearing, subcommittee markups, committee markups, none of this was brought up. support this mark. defeat this motion to recommit. mr. skelton: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from hawaii, the chairman of the air, land subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield

the former colorado congressman try to win one of his former colleagues. >> what was the minority leader up to, a house filibuster? >> the minority leader has the right to speak as long as he wants. he spoke for about one hour 10 minutes, reading through the bill. he had some points that others did not rule out until about 3:00 a.m. in the morning. that bill came out and there were a lot of questions about what was in it. they went page by page reading aloud what those were. it was an opportunity for him to extend the debate and make sure that his points were heard as the votes were being cast, you heard the republicans chanting "btu, btu!" a lot of people said that that vote led to the republicans taking over. they are trying to bring back some history. it was said that this was the first chance for the democrats to go back to the minority. >> thank you for bringing us up to speed. >> happy to do it. >> up next, comments by president obama and chancellor merkel. then, another chance to see the house floor debate on the energy and climate change bill. >> tomorrow, on washington journal,

and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. how far can you see? at pnc, taking the long view is how we help you take the right path. even to change it when conditions demand. keeping you on the road to achieving your goals. it's something we've been doing for over 150 years. let our strength and stability be the basis for yours. pnc. leading the way. >>> nats extra postgame. detwiler still looking for the elusive major league victory. he told the media moments ago, his problem today was the release point. >> i didn't make the adjustment when i needed to. >> what did you see when you were facing him? >> i didn't execute my pitch there. you see what happens. >> good thing is you kept the team in the game and got the six innings full. manny talked about the

colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 4. >> san francisco, a game and a half lead in the wild card race over st. louis. how about tim. what a night he would have facing pujols, bottom of the first. went down swinging. that would be the theme. bottom of the fifth, jason flared over the mound. athletic. makes the great catch, throws to it first. bottom of the eighth inning, 10-0 giants. the pitcher still on the mound. larue, down swinging, 8 ks, bottom of the ninth, mark derosa, flies out, 95 pitches, a complete game. 2:06. lincecum improves to 5-0. the giants continue to win without big offense