conaway. mr. conaway: i thank the gentleman. i appreciate that. these are troubling times. this bill is awfully troubling. the science about the surrounds this climate change issue, everybody gets an opinion about it. but there's only certain set of facts that we ought to deal off. one of those facts is if you would equate the earth's atmosphere to a football stadium with 10,000 people in the stadium, you guys from indiana, we play a lot of football, 10,000 people in the stands, about 7,600 of those people are wearing jerseys that say nitrogen on the front and about 2,100 or so say oxygen on it. and about 100 of them or so say argon. that's the bulk of it.

conaway: i struggle with that. these are american consumers, american jobs and the american families that our good colleague from east texas has been talking about. if you look at what other nations have done and, you know, i'm never one to say, so and so is doing it, we ought to do it, too. but if you can learn from their example and apply it to your own circumstance, there may be some value there. australia, there's an article that rounts australia's struggle with this issue. their prime minister ran last year on a platform that he and obama would together cure this issue. to get it through their house of representatives, he had to delay the implementation of it under their legislation until 2011. so this urgency thing that you've been hearing about, that if we don't do something soon that life will end as we know it apparently is has softened a little bit under the new terms. the earth is getting cooler instead of warmer. but the story went on to say they won't get it through the senate in australia. new zealand

michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader.

conaway: thank you, madam chairman. the thunderbirds are the elite performance team for the air force and nicole was a member of that team in the early 1990's. as a test pilot from err -- from her letter, as a test pilot, no one understands this legacy better than her. as she explained in her letter to me, i'm convinced that every opportunity i've been afforded from flying combat patrols over iraq to representing the military's fellow is because of thighs pee nearing wasps. countless serviceman have reaped their courage and sacrifice. it is with great enthusiasm that i ask my colleagues for their support on senate bill 614 and that we recognize the contribution of these women for their service with its highest congressional award and i thank you for the time and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman from florida reserve the balance err time. ms. ros-lehtinen: we have no further requests for time and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back

conaway. mr. conaway: distinguished chair of the committee said we know what's in this bill. we know what's not in this bill. conferees ignored the specific instructions of a bipartisan vote to include instructions to protect the detainee photos of alleged abuses that went on in our custody. mr. speaker, this protection of these photos requires a legislative fix in my view. i don't believe the president has full authority to stand against the judicial branch. so we need to protect these photos from release. even the court has recognized the validity of the claims of harm that would come from release of these photos whether it's recruitment of jihadists. and also perhaps squell much the growing protests in iran if we release these photos showing this abuse. think back to the cartoon that was released in the danish paper that insulted muhammad and the overreaction to that cartoon. think what the release of these photos would do to our relationships. the military leadership, general petraeus, both oppose the release of these photos. they persuaded president obama to change and t

conaway: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, mcclintock today for five minutes, conaway today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. george miller from california, mr. peters from michigan, mr. schiff from california, mr. spratt from south carolina, mr. doggett from texas and ms. jackson lee from texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey of california. for what purpose does the

conaway. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conaway: i'm go to go oppose this rule and ask my colleagues to op it based on what's not in it. the amendment i presented yesterday was not made in order and the members of this house will not be allowed to take a stance on a very important issue that colleagues on the other end of the building that senators have taken a stance on to oppose, the release of the detainee photographs. the president of the united states has said listening to his field commanders and general petraeus that the release of these photographs would work and be used as a recruiting tool and used by president ahmadinejad to turn the pro-democracy protests in his country away from protests against ahmadinejad and towards america. there is a body of photographs taken between september 1, 2001 and january 2, 2009 and have no business being released in the public arena. we need a legislative fix that would prevent the release of these photographs and my amendment mirrored up with an exact replica in the senate would

conaway: today is a bad day for america. we just witnessed the passing of a bill that will have dramatic impact on our lives for years to come should it ever see the president's signature. 33:09, the dem cat majority landed on the internet a amendment to the already bloated bill. the bragging of the thousands and thousands of work and hearings and processes that had gone into the development of the bill that was filed on monday left it a little short of the mark. in support of those thousands of hours, they were unable to get it right, so they used fine tuning for the 300-pager that was dropped this morning. that issue aside, a bad bill. science is never settled. take the example of galileo. the science of his time was that the earth was the center of the universe. the roman catholic church believed it. galileo bucked the system and said no, the son was the center of the universe and spent the last years of his life to buck the consensus of science. we both know they were wrong. most on the other side believe that washington

conaway, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conaway: i also rise in great deference and respect for my chairman and mr. holt, and this difference of opinion. i think there's a great -- significant difference between collection of data, interrogations conducted in a law enforcement arena in which the evidence is gathered to go into a court of law to be presented with a proper chain of evidence and that the sources and methods are not necessarily needed to be protected, versus interrogations that go on every day in the battle against islamic jihaddists. i don't believe those interrogations routinely should be videotaped. we're in an argument right now with respect to data, photographs and videos taken between september 11 of 2001 and january 22 of 2009 as to whether or not that theyday ta should be made public. i for one believe it should not be made public. there are differences of opinion on that i think we need a legislative fix from allowing those photographs to be but put in the public edomain and further inflaming the islam

lewis: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mike conaway. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. conaway: i want to speak briefly about the narrow aspect of the motion to instruct that would require us to recede to the senate language in the senate amendment that would restrict access to the photographs of detainees that have been swept up in the field of battle since 2001. these photographs are cessation in nature. they will be used to spur actions by radical jihadists that will be dangerous to our troops. if you remember back recently there was a cartoon that was very disrespectful to mohammed, and the reaction to that cartoon was irrational given the nature of what went on. how much worse will the action will be for the release of these photographs of these detainees being treated however they were treated? general petraeus has said in his judgment that the release of these photographs will help recruit additional terrorists, additional jihadists to the team and they will be used to spur acti

conaway, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. conaway: i wish to congratulate you on your long service. madam speaker, this bill passes today, this will be a bad day at black walk for america. this will raise energy costs. our president has said it will skyrocket. claims of high coal usage and lower costs is nonsensical. it is muted by the fact that we delay implementation of many of these provisions for years and years in order for people to vote for this nonsense. it has no meaningful effect. we all want to breathe clean air. we all want to drink clean water. god has put us as responsible stewards for these resources and we ought to use them responsibly. this bill does nothing for it. it does no good. the only mingful thing it might do -- meaningful thing it might do is provide a photo on for our president in copenhagen bragging what we have done as the leaders in china and india laugh. voting for this bill will vote living standards for all ame

conaway, that's what we should have done that amendment should have been made in order. we need to eliminate section 526 and take the handcuffs off the department of defense. we're b duck -- we're talking about big bucks here. i yield back and do support the amendment. mr. connolly: i thank the support of my friend but i would clarify that we already have tar sand oil, about 6% of the gasoline supply of the united states already has it. we already have the liquefication of coal used in the united states in the bill i hope we'll pass tomorrow or saturday. i yield one minute to the chairman of the committee, mr. skelton. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. skeleton: i stand in support of the connolly amendment, which provides an exception for certain generally available fuels while retaining the greenhouse gas emissions standard that 526 sets for new alternative fuels. let me, mr. chairman, say a word. of thanks. we have thanked the saff and the leadership, they've done so very, very well. and we've thanked the members, bud mckee -- buck mckeon and the ranking memb

michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. obey: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 2346 making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and agree to the conference asked for by the senate. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2346, an act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. lewis of california moves that the managers on the part of

at the full committee, representative conaway and i and chairman taylor introduced an amendment that would put teeth made to the littoral ship program. the navy needs to know we are serious about controlling costs and don't adjust cost caps lightly. the main concern i have with this bill does not fall under the sea power subcommittee, but i must mention it. cutting missile defense makes no sense, particularly when north korea and iran are both working on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. a cut of this magnitude is unacceptable. i have one other concern. we are not investing enough in the future of our military. the top line provided by the administration and frankly by this congress is too low. while we seem to be throwing at every other problem under the sun, we are tightening our belts on defense. this makes no sense. but, again, this is a good bill overall and chairman skelton has done his best with these constraints. and we are very thankful for his leadership. finally, mr. chairman, i would like to give our best wishes to former ranking member john mchaw hue. has a fine r