peterson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. peterson: i thank the chairman for his action on this bill and ask him to engage in a colloquy regarding subtitle e, tite 3g, regarding a host of act. these provisions are among those tra triggered referral of h.r. 24454 to the ag committee which has jurisdiction. some of this would deal with over the counter energy derivatives, mirror provisions and legislation, passed by our committee in february. other provisions are similar and others are wholly different. h.r. 977 is awaiting action in the financial services committee. as the gentleman know the financial services and agriculture committees will be working on financial legislation reform, part of which will include derivative reform. as such, chairman frank and i initially rejected the inof the amendments in the h.r. 24 a 4, however we understand that some members feel strongly about sending a signal to address speculation in derivative markets and rein in wall street. mr. waxman: i yield 30 additional seconds. the speaker pro tem

earlier about it two met with mr. peterson and myself. i am optimistic that we will have a proposal that responsibly and appropriately toughly regulates derivatives without doing them harm. the gentleman is to be congratulated to make sure that will be in the bill. mr. peterson: thank you, chairman frank and for all the chairmen in your strong leadership in crafting this important legislation and reaching out to form this consensus. with this i ask my colleagues support h.r. 2454. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. gohmert: i tried to get a copy of the bill. we have out here on the table 2454 that has 1090 pages in it. i understand there are another 300 pages that was added in the middle of the night. how do i get a copy of the other 300 pages that people here on the floor hadn't had a chance to read or see? where do we get that before we slam this, cram this down on the american people? the speaker pro tempore: the amendment is printed in the rules committee report. mr. gohmert: in the rules

nor has anybody really seen the final language from mr. peterson on his deal that he kept with mr. waxman that supposedly to help american agriculture. except i don't think anybody in american agriculture is buying the deal that was cut. >> -- to follow up on that, you said yesterday something to the effect of there was no bipartisan healthcare plan it wouldn't pass this year. if that's an implication you can stop it. if you're getting run over on these bills, how do you stop a healthcare bill you don't like? >> i'm suggesting if there isn't a bipartisan plan moving through the congress, it's not likely to happen this year. because i just don't think in the united states senate you can get a bill through there on a partisan basis that americans will support. run over us here in the house. they have all year. we've reached out, offered our better solutions. but there's been no attempt at bipartisanship. and it's unfortunate. the american people want this done in a bipartisan way, in a practical way. that reduces costs and gets them better care. >> if there was a bill that came to th

mr. michaud: i rise in colloquy with chairman peterson. i want to thank chairman peterson for his hard work in this legislation. i seek clarification of two provisions in section 788 in the bill, relative to forestry lands and the forestry sector, specifically, page 9 , line 14, ilede like to know if the legislation includes forest lands and forestry sector and on page 199, does the term projects include sustainable forest practices such as avoided deforestation agreement? mr. peterson: i want to thank the gentleman for his work in improving the definition of biomass in the bill and just as with many usda conservation programs, forestland qualifies for this program and it's our intent ta it be included. they could be used to provide incentives to private forestland owners who may not otherwise qualify to participate in the ag offset program. i'll continue to work with the gentleman and he can be assured this will be include. mr. >> i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: i want to tell me members if you

mr. roe: remember our first week or two here, when freshmen, both democrats and republican, there are 33 new democrats and 22 -- 33 republicans and 22 democrats, i believe we have them outnumbered finally. the economists told us if we don't spend the money rapidly, the earth is going to end. i said that sounds counterintuitive, to spend your way to wealth. the economy is beginning to turn around, thank goodness. the signs are feeble, but it looks like the economy may have bottomed out and the same people are telling us in the third and fourth quarter the economy is going to show, probably will show some growth. we've spent less than 10% of the stimulus package. less than 10%. the economy did that on its own without the stimulus package. the target, as we were talking about earlier, if we truly had done this, truly looked at infrastructure, example, the state of tennessee is going to get $55 million in water and sewer projects and the small city i'm from is putting $100 million in the grou

mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. we yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 435 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. lynch: madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 420. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 420, resolution celebrating the symbol of the united states flag and supporting the goals and ideals of flag day. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes t

barton, chairman peterson, chairman markey, mr. dingell and all of those who have worked so hard to reach compromises which helped to make this legislation possible. especially i want to commend representative bobby rush for his hard work to protect low-income consumers. representative butterfield for making sure that historical black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions had the opportunity to be involved in the research and job creation. and i also want to thank representative january schakowsky and donna christensen on their hard work on environmental issues to help reduce health disparities. it's a good bill, mr. speaker. and i urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman, mr. davis. mr. davis: this will rise the price of a gallon of gas, push food prices to new heights and increase the cost of every consumer product. this

the mr. collin peterson, the chairman of the agriculture committee, is great in how he thought the priorities of the ag community to bear in the conversation. >> and now he will have an amendment on the floor that will capture the issues and enable america's farmers to fuel america's energy independence. and mr. wrangle, the chairman of the ways and means committee, did a great job of how we go forward from the standpoint of his committee. i don't know if we have it here, but what you should see is what the c.d.o. put out about how lower income people will benefit from this bill, -- so i am very proud of the bill. i think it takes us in the direction we want to go. >> -- all the different factions you brought together which is sort of a house of representatives answer. my question was an environment in more of a scientific question. are you satisfied that the concessions you've made the bill is the best you could have done for the environment? >> yes. and let me say this, to give me another o

it is something that we commend mr. waxman and the other authors of the bill -- mr. waxman being the chairman of the committee. it was formed for this purpose. collin peterson, the chairman of the agriculture committee, was great and how he brought the priorities of the ag community to bear in a conversation. . i am so pleased the have the strong support of the environmental community. >> you brought together the different factions which was a sort of house of representatives answer. my question was, is it the best ticket done for the environment? -- is it the best that you could have done for the environment? >> you have to look at this as a piece of what we have done since we came in in january. the pass recovery act that had record investments in science and otherwise, as related to energy, a strong commitment to the grade. we took six steps of their on the environment and the energy issue. the bill has provisions. the budget has the energy issue as one of the key pillars of turning the rope -- for turning the economy around. it is a bill to reduce pollution and i

mr. moran: thank you very much. i thank the gentleman for yielding. there's a story around congress today that with the adoption of the peterson amendment, the negotiations between the chairman of the committee, that this bill becomes acceptable and advantageous to those of us who represent rural america. i can assure you nothing could be further from the truth. while the peterson amendment substantially improves the bill, at least modestly improves the bill, the end result is nothing but something that is disadvantageous, negative for rural economies. agriculture thought at one point in time there would be something they could gain by sequestering carbon in the soil. this bill still provides no assurance that the e.p.a., not the department of agriculture, but the e.p.a. would allow that to occur. if they would, the agriculture department is involved, but agriculture is not mentioned in this bill with regard to offsets. the electric cooperatives are still disadvantaged. if you're from rural america, the allowances allowed are for the east and west coa

the speaker pro tempore: mr. ryan? mr. ryan: address the house for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. ryan: i would like to rise today to speak about an issue that is important to our community in northeast ohio, specifically the city of warren, city of youngstown dealing with the auto task force and the bankruptcy that have been going on in the auto industry. and the community that i come from has been adversely affected, not just over the past few months or few years, but really over the past 30 years. we have seen the loss of a tremendous amount of jobs. the home of delphi started many years ago by the packard brothers, steel mills, have been adversely affected over the past 30 years, but specifically eefer the past few months and new years given the problems in the auto industry. every day we wake up and read the newspapers, we have been getting bad news about layoffs. a steel company goes idle, a thousand jobs. general motors takes over the third shift, secon