latourette. mr. latourette: reclaiming my time. thank you, mr. chairman. to accomplish the ambitious goals of the great lakes restoration initiative, a variety of approaches and strategies will be required. among these is the targeted conservation of key coastal natural resource lands. along the shores of the great lakes and elsewhere across the nation, a number of these coastal landscapes are being protected through the national yoshe anic and atmospheric administration's coastal and land conservation program or celcp. with the program 50% matching requirement and engagement of coastal communities and states, the program leverages federal investment in remarkable ways. in my home state of ohio it has been instrumental in securing key properties and conserving ecological resources at the marsh and along east andusky day -- sandusky bay. under the great lakes initiative 15% would be available to noaa. half would be expended through celcp on land conservation priorities that contribute to the goals of the initiative and these funds would supplement rather th

mr. latourette: thank you. i want to finish clue the travel edition, again, the game of clue, manufacturers by hasbr, -- hasbro, the weapon, not the pen but the ax to make several thousand people unemployed and in one of these rooms, around the board, mr. nardelli, larry summers, senior advisor on the economy to the president, president obama, of course. over here, ron bloom, who i talked about, here's mr. geithner, secretary of the treasury. here is former president bush. so this group forms our new clue travel edition and as we move forward, i think again it is important that the american public know who made the call to force these car companies into bankruptcy, who made the call to lie to 9,000 auto workers at eight plants across the country and who made the call that even though they don't cost anybody any money, we have to close all these dealerships and put people out of work. and you know, i keep hearing, and the gentleman has heard it too, that the -- this task force doesn't want to run the day-to-day

mr. latourette: oh, mr. speaker, i apoll jismse the other thing that occurred, you may remember, mr. speaker, that the u.a.w., the united auto workers were asked to enter into a new contract, gave up benefits, gave up wages, gave up off days, but they were told if they supported this new contract, that was going to lead to a new, vibrant chrysler where their jobs would be secure. they voted on april 28, all the chrysler workers went to the polls on april 28, to say whether or not they approved or disapproved this new contract. i don't know all of the election results, but i do know in my community of twinsburg, ohio, that has 1,200 -- did have 1,200 u.a.w. member they voted 88% of the members voted for it. voted to give up benefits, give up wages, as long as it helped the company that they worked for survive. well, so they voted for it and the thing passed and then the next day, they find out that they're out of a job. and mr. doug rice, the president of u.a.w. local 122, which covers pittsburgh, -- covers t

mr. latourette: can i have 30 seconds? mr. aderholt: i yield 60 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. latourette: people had been coming up to the barricades and said i've been invited by senator feinstein, speaker pelosi, majority leader hoyer and minority leader boehner to attend the inaugurations. so what do you mean i can't get in? of course, these are not invitations. i ask the gentlelady to look at the joint subcommittee on inaugural ceremonies and perhaps we can do better and have a peaceful inauguration in 2013. i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i yield three minutes to my colleague and friend, the gentleman from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida for three minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, madam chair. i thank my friend, good friend from florida, especially. and my capacity as co-chairman of the commission on security and c

latourette, for 60 minutes. mr. latourette: i thank you, madam speaker, for the recognition. and, madam speaker, we have been coming to the floor for about four months now in an attempt to get to the bottom of one or two mysteries. and i had hoped to be able to come to the floor today to indicate that one of those mysteries had been solved or we were closer to its resolution. the speaker will recall that earlier this year the united states congress passed a stimulus bill that was requested by the new president of the united states about $789 billion. and whether you agreed with that legislation or not, during its path through the legislative process there was great concern and continues to be great concern. i heard one of my colleagues give a special order this afternoon about the bonuses, the millions of dollars of bonuses that are being paid to executives on wall street, executives who work for companies who in some instances have led to the mess we find ourselves in financially. when the stimulus bill was being crafted over in the other body, the united states senate, two

latourette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. mr. latourette: thank you, mr. speaker and thank you, mr. diaz-balart for the recognition. i thank mr. boccieri for introducing this legislation. no one can replace congressman regula, but he is his successor and i happen to be the successor -- the dean of the ohio republican caucus. ralph served 36 years here and 36 years is the loest that any republican member of congress has served from the state of ohio. he had a lot to do and i think mr. petri is going to talk about his work with the subcommittee. but ralph's real gift when it came to our side of the aisle at least back in happier days when the republicans were in the majority, that definition, ralph guided us. and if you looked at the ohio delegation back in the 1990's, most of us were the chairman of full committees. we had mr. regula and mr. hobson of springfield. and that was all ralph's doing. he made a commitment to make sure there was an ohioan on every committee that mattered. i'm a lawyer by training and i said, ralph, i thi