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mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i read this evening with interest the president of the united states has threatened to veto the defense bill if the additional funding exists for f-22 fighter planes. mr. speaker, the president is absolutely right. the real problem today is that opportunity to vote against those unnecessary planes are not allowed in this rule. in the end, we have to stop spending more and start spending smarter. i was extremely disappointed to learn that the administration's recommendation to halt the f-22 program was overridden. 187 f-22 raptor fighter jets is not enough? the raptor has not even been deployed to iraq or afghanistan , our two largest military fronts. while i'm not an expert on defense procurement, our defense secretary, robert gates, is. so i tend to believe him when he said that the notion of not buying 60 more f-22's imperils the national security of the united states is, quote, completely nonsense. we are far and away the most superior air force in the world. why would we

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 one minute. . mr. quigley: the tobacco industry has been selling us a line. they are now selling us a story. they would have us believe that this bill which would allow the f.d.a. to regulate the tobacco would ruin their industry, shut down small farms, and hurt already hurting farmers who just want to earn a living. the truth is the tobacco industry has lied for decades about the addictive nature of tobacco. they have targeted our children as prime consumers of their deadly product, and they have produced and marketed a product that is the leading cause of preventable death in the united states. killing an estimated 438,000 people each year. it is past time to empower the f.d.a. to step up and stop the tobacco companies from continuing to make false claims about tobacco and start telling the truth. for too many years the tobacco industry has sold us a line. attempted to tell us what they are selling. but in realit

mr. quigley: thank you, madam speaker. it's interesting earlier today someone asked me how can you vote for this measure because global warming is a hoax? my answer was, it's very simple. i remove the blinders there that exist with some of my colleagues who think that global warming is a hoax. i remind them that there are zero peer reviewed scientific studies that say global warming is a hoax. there are hundreds of peer reviewed scientific studies that say global warming is real and that man's actions contribute greatly to that increase in t -- in temperature. we are often asked what's o legacy here? what matters about what we do? i'd like to think it's how our children and grandchildren will react to what we did and what we left behind. so let's face reality and do what's right for our children and our children's children. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: at this time i'd like to yield a grand total of 30 seconds to

. >> the chair recognizes mr. quigley. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning. there's been discussion of a new stress test as it relates to our financial institution. i guess the question comes, was the current test good enough, do we need a new one and would either this kind of stress test helped us understand or prevent these issues when all of these issues took place with your acquisition? >> i do think the stress test was a good one and i think the fact that they probably used higher standards in terms of things getting worse than hopefully they will was helpful too because those things can happen. and so i would -- i thing it's -- i know it's caused us to look at our -- to look forward with a greater sense of possess mix, higher buffers of capital and that will show up in our internal objectives going forward. so i do think it was a very good thing. i don't see any evidence particularly as we talk about there being some signs of economy may be improving somewhat to put another stress test on t