pitts. from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. recognizes for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i work real hard in opening statement but i think i'll submit it for the record. just let me say i believe that consumer privacy rights should be carefully guarded. i'm also encouraged by private industry's recent steps to further protect consumers. it's my hope that if legislative action is taken that we'll do so in a careful manner, striking a delicate balance between the necessary steps we must take to protect consumers and the ability for industry to continue to be successful. so with that i'll submit the rest for the record and yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, dr. gingrich, for two minutes. for the purposes of open statements. >> chairman rush and chairman boucher, ranking member rodanovich and stearns, i want to thank you for calling this hearing today on the emerging use of behavior or interest-based advertising online. while this type of advertising only represents a small portion of our online ad, by 2012 this typ

mr. barton: i yield myself 15 seconds before i yield to mr. pitts. we just experienced something somewhat revolutionary. we have a bill before us that has a placeholder in the bill. we are passing a bill with a placeholder to be determined later. i have never seen a final passage on a bill that had a placeholder in the bill. with that, mr. pitts a member of the committee, from pennsylvania, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: like all of us, i believe we should work to decrease the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in our atmosphere and be good stewards of the earth and its resources. i do not believe it will accomplish a dramatic decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. yet i do believe it will have a crippling effect on our economy for years. no matter how you doctor or tailor it, it is a national energy tax that will hurt each and every household. it will destroy sector ours oeconomy at an unprecedented rate. here's a chart that shows the job losses in thousands of jobs here n

pitts, would you please give us your words of advice and encouragement on this issue. mr. pitts: thank you, jean. i really want to commend the lady from ohio for her leadership and the pro-life women's caucus for having this special order. you know, there are really no more eloquent voices for women and children than pro-life women. and you're not only eloquent, you're elegant. i want to thank you for your wonderful statements on the issue of life and women and the unborn child. you know, abortion is an exploitation of women and children. i remember hearing the president of feminists for life, fredericka matthews green when she spoke to the congressional life forum. she said, abortion breaks a woman's heart. she said, there are always two victims with an abortion. one's the baby, the other is the mother. one's dead, one is wounded. and we should keep that in mind as we talk about this issue. i am very sad to see this administration act so quickly to go toward promoting abortion policies. three days after the president was inaugurated, on friday evening, at 5:30, about 5:30

mr. pitts: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: in a couple weeks the house is going to consider the cap and trade legislation that has enormous implications for our economy. this 926-page bill as introduced and considered by committee has 50 pages on light bulbs and two sentences on nuclear power. recently i saw a rasmussen poll of likely voters that indicates 30% of likely voters have no idea what cap and trade means. 29% thought it was some sort of wall street regulation. 17% thought it had something to do with health care. only 24% had any idea what it was. cap and trade puts a cap or limit on greenhouse gas emissions, including co-2, carbon dioxide. when you breathe in, that's oxygen. when you breathe out, that's carbon dioxide. co-2. according to this legislation co-2 is pollution. according to the bill, foreign countries don't cap emissions, their goods can be hit with tariffs which they call, quote, border adjustments. the loss of jobs that will go overseas as

mr. pitts: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: one area of smoking prevention remains unchallenged. smoking in the movies. studies have shown that viewing smoking in the movies normalizes smoking among youth. it glamourizes smokes through the attractiveness of the characters and actors who smoke. it leads to experimentation which in turn leads to harmful and addictive habits. tobacco is still depicted in 3/4 of youth-related movies and 90% of r-rated movies. it should be the last place for gratuitous smoking imbadges. up to one half of the youth smoking initiation is explained by exposure to smoking in movies in their study. parents should know they are not exposing their kids to glamourized depictations of smoking as they see smoking in youth-related movies. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: i ask to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempor

mr. pitts: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: during a speak last week at a beijing university in china, timothy geithner was laughed at when he ensured that the chinese government can continue with their loans with u.s. at the same time federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was here on capitol hill calling for fiscal restraint. every dollar spent by the government is taken from the people in taxes or borrowed against future generations. our nation's fiscal responsibility is so lacking that a developing nation snickers at the mention of sound investment in our debt. traveling the world begs creditor nations allowing us to continue our spending binge is not the kind of international engagement we should make. it will turn around because of our people, not because of out-of-control government spending and borrowing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: to address the house for one minu

pitts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing on the national transmission policy. the official report on the 2003 northeastern blackout concluded that, quote, as evidenced by the absence of major transmission projects undertaken in north america over the past 15 years, utilities have found ways to increase the utilization of their existing facilities to meet increasing demands without adding significant high-voltage equipment, end quote. clearly, there is a significant need for an increase in transmission capacity. this need is amplified as we consider adding more and more renewable energy to the grid. while i'm fully supportive of adding more capacity, i believe we do need to keep in mind the legitimate desires of localities to preserve green spaces and historic sites. my district includes some of the most pristine, historic landscapes in the mid atlantic. my district also has some of the most productive farmland in the united states. chester koirnths the home of valley forge in the brandywine

pitt. >> thank you. section 222 of the bill states an amount for purposes of starting up the government government plan. that is to be applied in the text of the bill. do you have any idea how much it will cost you to start up this government-run plan? >> no, sir, doi not. >> you mentioned the president's repeated promise that the health reform bill will be neutral. are there any other deal breakers? does the legislation have to include a government plan? does it have to include an individual mandate? does it have to include an employer mandate? can it increase taxes on families making under $250,000 per year, for example? >> i think the president's principles are that the plan needs to lower costs for everyone. needs to improve quality of care, needs to provide coverage for all americans. and around those principles that he -- and be paid for within the period of time. those are the fundamental principles he's ar the ticklated. during the course of the discussion various proposals on some of the areas.