after graduating in 2001 from huddle high school in texas, first lieutenant west attended blin college and subsequently received a degree in business management from steven f. austin state university in 2005. in pursuit of his lifelong dream to serve in the united states military, first lieutenant west joined the rotc program at steven f. austin as a junior and eventually rose to sergeant and the taction national guard out of texas. included among kyle's national guard duties were assistanting in the columbia shuttle recovery efforts in 2003, as well as serving in louisiana following hurricane katrina. kyle was commissioned in the united states army as a second lieutenant on the eve of his college graduation ceremony and subsequently deployed to iraq on october 3, 2006. in addition to his dedication to his unit and his country, kyle is equally remembered for his devotion to his family. and to his friends. as recalled in a may 31, 2007, article in "the austin american statesman," kyle was a devoted son, a protective big brother and a loyal friend who was still known in his old neighborh

texas and our urban market. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back my time. >> the chair recognizes mr. palon. >> i want to first thank you for all that you've done on this issue. i mean -- i know it's been so many years and we finally passed a bill on the committee, and i know we'll pass it on to the president eventually. i wanted to point out that ralph iso, chairman and ceo of the new jersey-based energy company will be testifying on today's second panel and under ralph's leadership, pfc has been a leader throughout the state of new jersey. today the committee will address policy proposals for transmission planning, cost allocation and citing authority. a strong transmission grid is essential to ensure energy liability and to remove clean, renewable energy from remote locations. i think we can all agree that planning and investing in the reliable grid is a national priority. that said, we need to be careful how we craft any new traps mission policy. two main areas of concern to the northeast and specifically f

he gave back to his small west texas community by shaping the live of younger men as the order of de malay dad and long time boy scout leader. he then moved to my hometown of dallas, texas, where he began a long career and corporate group insurance management. after that he set his sights heward on the pine trees and lakes of east texas and began a fire and casualty insurance business in henderson county. as a business owner he helpedp countless members of his community achieve their american dream. and he took great pride in his community, his record of service today is still unmatched in east texas. he served as the cedar creek chamber of commerce president. he helped establish the cedar creek library. he was a charter million of the library'ser board of directors, and he and his wife worked tirelessly to support and grow that library. he led the can i juanies club and was -- kiwanis club. he served as secretary treasure of the club. he took a leadership in their pancake breakfast. he was an active member of the athens rotary club and the list goes on and on. now we all know across

but i have talked to -- i talked to 10 to 15 dealers a day from east texas to west texas, no one has heard a thing from the business center. nobody has seen a report. no one has been ininquired about their inventory. no one has asked what inventory they have. i don't know where this 97% is coming from. >> can you today tell every chrysler dealer that got the 789 that they do not have to sell at fire sale prices, that they will have a communication from you that you will arrange that you arranged for 90% or whatever the percentage is for the transfer, so they know? can they count on that right now? >> absolutely, yes. and as soon as the dealers who haven't signed a release allowing us to take that responsibility will provide that to them directly as well. >> but, see, everything about this is a request to other dealers to buy. there is no actual firm -- they're requesting of the dealers buy the inventory and will try to assist in the sale but there is no actual plan. the dealers, every dealer's biggest fear is on june 9th we lose all options on these cars. we can no longer sell them.

texas and our urban market. thank you, mr. chairman. i want to commend you on all the to have done on this issue. i know it has been so many years and we finally pass the bill. i know that we will pass it on the floor and sent it to the president eventually. we will have someone testifying and under brown's leadership, it has been a leader throughout the state of new jersey. it today, the committee will propose options. a strong grip essential to energy reliability. -- a strong grip is essential to ensure reliability. -- a strong grid is essential to insure reliability. it is critical that states like new jersey have authority over a new transmission lines. jersey have authority over the citing of new transmission lines giving far greater authority to cite high-voltage transmission lines will generate widespread local opposition. it must give states adequate authority over siding to ensure they can protect the environment and cultural and historical sites. another thing that would affect my state is -- how do we

well, those of us from west texas, that would mean that if i'm paying $2 for something today then the skyrocket means i'm going to be paying $7, $8, $9 for it in the future at some point. so increased cost on the skyrocket thing. and there's an elips here where he goes on to talk about coal-fired plants and the coal industry having to be retrofitted and fixed and brought into the 21st century and the costs associated with those, that will cost must. and they, the energy producers, will pass that money onto consumers. w, you and i are the consumers, anybody who pays for the turning on of a light bulb is a consumer in this regard. sure. >> i just want to say that you are just so incredibly not politically correct for this day and age. because american electricity rates would go up. but we're world citizens now. and surely you're not claiming that rates would go up in pakistan and china and other places. we use a disproportion amount of the energy of the world so we should be able to sacrifice so that all world citizens can benefit more by taking our jobs and having a better standard of

at that time there were vast rivers of horse moving across the plains of the west, and texas. that's how a native american described the countless four-leggeds that were living here at the time. this is part of the big suppressed story. we've all heard about the buffalo and countless buffalo that were running the plains then and all of the other wild things, but here, our great icon of freedom has anybody here ever heard that there were vast rivers of horse running across the plains then? it was something i didn't know and i was just thrilled to find out, but at the same time kind of saddened, because it -- you know, i kept thinking as i was writing my book that this lost history, what's happened, what are we doing. the battle of the little big more than, which of course is known as custer's last stand, was really a great victory for native americans. and in fact, the horse that became known as the lone survivor of that bale, and there were others, but the horse that became known as the lone survivor, was named comanche. it was a cavalry horse. taken by the cavalry off what wa

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves his time of the the gentlewoman from west virginia. mrs. capito: mr. speaker, i would like to now yield two minutes of time to ms. brown-waite from florida, an advocate for veterans across the border and certainly housing for our veterans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. brown-waite:00 thank you -- ms. brown-waite: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 403. for our nation's veterans the fight does not end when they return from battle. readd jsing ---readjusting to civilian life and coping with the physical and psychological effects of war can be a daunting task. current reports estimate that about 154,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. this statistic is a tragedy. however congress is now taking a step in the right direction. the homes for heroes act creates a special assistance for veterans' affairs want h.u.d. and provides at least 20,000 low-income veterans with rental vouchers and aids veterans in applying for and obtaining assistance

west is out of houston, texas. dave trembley looking on from the orioles bench. a pop foul out of play. so, now, six pitches into the at-bat, brian has seen pretty much everything that west can throw. >> buck: yeah, he's a big, strong kid. they're going to watch his pitch count. he's only gofn over 100 pitches once three starts ago against the giants in an eight-inning, two-hit effort. >> jim: another pitch to roberts. he got a lot of it, but foul. orioles have lost two in a row. as buck mentioned, they are 3-2 now on the trip. a 4-2 trip if you had said that before heading to philadelphia, you would have said to dave trembley, hey, how did 4-2 go, he'd say ok. here is the 3-2. swing and a miss. he got him on a wreabl. very -- breaking ball. very good pitch by west. one away in the oriole first. >> buck: one thing you don't expect when you're facing a young starter is a 3-2 hook in your first at-bat. he drops his slider on him. a very good slider and a -- in a good spot down and in. brian swings over the top of it. west has a good fastball at 94 miles per hour an

the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ho mollohan: as part of the argument to strike all funds and language for the legal service corporation, the gentleman appeals to our concern about the national debt. well, we all have a concern about the national debt and it's all about priorities. this amendment would attempt to effect a balancing of the national debt or a reduction of it on the backs of those who are the absolutely least able to afford it and making extremely small contribution in the process. now more than ever, the legal services corporation really needs a healthy federal appropriation. difficult economic circumstances across the country are driving record numbers of americans under the income thresholds that establish eligibility for legal services corporation. 51 million americans are eligible for legal aid, including, mr. chairman, 18 million children. at

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, number 79. the chair: is the gentleman the designee of mr. lewis of california? mr. hensarling: yes, i am. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 79 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. hensarling of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. chairman. this is an amendment that would strike an earmark in the bill for the art center of the grand prarie in stutgardt, arkansas. i'm not a big fan of earmarks. it's not to say all earmarks are bad. the gentleman from texas to my left here has proposed several very worth while earmarks. but, mr. speaker, we aren't living in normal times. we are in severe economic stress in our nation today. and as i look at what has happened in the united states congress, what have i observed, is that in the history of congress, never

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. chairman. contrary to the gentlelady from maine, i did not come here quite angry, but i do come here disappointed. i'm sure her motives are good and pure, but she has brought to us an earmark that takes $200 ,000 away in order to benefit people in her congressional district. maybe she doesn't understand what $200,000 means to the working families of the 5th congressional district of texas and ultimately maybe she doesn't understand why 46 cents on the dollar, borrowing it from the chinese, something that majority leader steny hoyer once described in increasing the federal deficit, fiscal child abuse. we must have priorities. we must reject this earmark. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: i request a recorded vote. t

. >> the gentleman from texas. >> i would yield one minute to the distinguished lady from west virginia. >> in a time where families are already struggling to meet their basic needs like -- to meet their basic needs, the last thing we need is a tax on consumers. it is a tax that will burden consumers, businesses, and particularly burdened the lower income families of this country. it picks regional winners and losers with cold and that states like mine, west virginia, bearing the brunt of this bill some will be penalized for our lower costs. we should be innovating towards clean coal and ore we can continue to use our most abundant resources. this cap and a trade bill is not the way forward. this bill as a jobs killer, this bill has real cost. vote no on this bill. >> the gentleman from new york. he is recognized for 15 minutes. >> i rise in today -- i rise today in support of american clean energy act of 2009, and urge my colleagues to support it. listening to the beginning of this debate -- the voting will not -- will be remembered not by democrats or republicans, and we know we have

a&m, texas tech, university of kansas, oklahoma, texas, tulsa, utah, alaska, fair banks, houston, michigan, south carolina, corn california, west virginia, and west virginia state. those are just some of the many institutions that are working within the confines of the bill that we passed. the consortium has awarded dozens of projects. these are underway. this bill if you divert this money from this bill to support the bill that mr. skelton has, these are the things that you're knocking out. an effort to find energy for 100 years of energy that this country needs. it would prevent us from having to pay foreign agents, arab nations that we don't trust and don't trust us. that millions of dollars could stay here in this country. the consortium has awarded dozens of projects including 43 research projects currently underway with a total project value of nearly $60 million. also, madam chairman, the value of the projects over and above the amount of annual funding for the projects, 37.5 million was achieved because industry believes in the value of the program and has invested substantially in

barbara, texas, republican line. you are on "washington journal." caller: i think that this has put the united states in a tough position, but i think that obama has put the united states in a disastrous position. if you are going to be a paper tiger like president obama, that is why north korea is stretching its muscles now. god only knows what iran is going to do now that we have president obama in office. at least president bush did not have north. doing what it is doing in iran, you know -- doing. and iran, you know? you cannot do this from the point of view of negotiations. host: what would you advise the president to do to change his status as a paper tiger? caller: they are terrorists. he needs to label them. he has been calling them people something other than terrorists. label them what they are, terrorists. no. 2, when you say that you are going to do something, follow through. no. 3, he has got to learn to negotiate -- learn to not negotiate with terrorists. remember when we were fighting the british and they would all stand up and we wou

>> i think jared is from texas. i am from arkansas. the college very much celebrates its connection to the civil war and to the union army. he was making fun that fact. he is a good kid. he is a fine young man, but it is not being sold on the campus. >> lane and kendall halls and all that, those are people. why do people want their names on these buildings? >> harry kendall -- the big building in the foreground, central hall, is old. that was first built and dedicated on the fourth of july, 1854. kendall and lane are new. those are three years old. terry kendall and marguerite, they just love to hillsdale college. they gave us $4 million. bob lane, from jackson hole, wyoming, loved hillsdale college. the college is a cause. you have to state that cause carefully, because the college is a unique and very odd thing. the college is trying to be what it was 150 years ago, but the world has changed a lot. 150 years ago, everybody ran the way we ran. >> here is another clip. >> welcome to lane. i just wanted to give you a quick tour of a cla

the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: i'd like to yield one minute to the distinguished senior member of the committee from the great state of georgia, mr. deal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. deal: i thank the gentleman for yielding. there are many issues that need to be discussed. i rise in opposition to this leg. one topic is that of jobs. we're told we're going to gain jobs. by most reasonable estimates, we're going to lose jobs. the best example of that is to look at what happened in spain. spain has traveled this path of renewables and green energy. their estimate is that for every job they gained they lost over two. i don't consider that to be the direction that our country needs to go, especially in these difficult economic times. the second thing that needs to be said is that there is a disparity being created in the renewable portfolio requirements. for portions of the cubtry such as georgia and the southeast in georgia, -- in general we don't have the volume of

friday night it was the best of the east against the best of the west in both the national league and the american league. >> it was kind of fun. we start at fenway, a place the texas rangers have found near impossible to win in, losers of eight straight in beantown but the men in blue did enter friday night leading the majors in home runs with 86. brad penny on the mound for boston looking for career win number 100. top three, getting some defensive help. watch dustin pedroia, catch, turn, throw all in one motion, fantastic defense. ian kinsler, career .232 hitter against the red sox, three-run jack. kevin millwood solid, seven strong, five strikeouts, no earned runs. boston has their four-game winning streak snapped. >> philadelphia leads this game 3-2. jonathan broxton on for l.a. trying to keep it a one-run game. jamie moyer in line for career win number 251. two earned, four hits in seven innings. phils have the seven-game winning streak on the line. highlights of this one as soon as it goes final. >> elsewhere in los angeles, kobe bryant has been receiving a lot of attention for

bush, tom delay, dick armey, guys with texas twang. >> host: what is wrong with that? >> guest: well, ronald reagan and barack obama both have been able to find in the middle of american political liability -- life and maybe it is a western sensibility. i'm not exactly sure what it is, but we just can't be confined in the south. you know, why did ronald reagan at venice summit people in europe? because of the time even though he was right and was proven right and i think he freed about 100 million europeans, there was that cowboys swagger that scare them. even reagan who i ever not saw that in him, but george w. bush had that swagger. the same with delay and it just doesn't translate well in new england. >> host: let's get to the book. i have a million questions. let me process that with this, when you were a young one coming up, a young man living in florida, at some point you became political and added decision to be a conservative and a decision to be a republican or started yourself thinking of yourself as a conservative. briefly, how did that happen? what went int

the chair: the time of the gentleman from texas has expired. members are reminded to please address their remarks to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: strike the reck sith number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: i yield to the gentleman from california. mr. miller: we're here in this situation because a court ruled after the last administration trampled through the fish and wildlife service, national marine ocean service and altered scientific findings, study, and opinions that we could no longer conduct the business of the central valley project. i didn't see my friends on the other side of the aisle raise one objection at the time those actions were taking place. at the time that criminal behavior was taking place. i didn't see them raise one objection when the morn rivers were destroyed and fishery seasons have been closed for years and families have lost their businesses, lost their livelihood, whether they were going to see the fish or there

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2847. and that i may include tabular material in the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 552 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of the bill h.r. 2847. will the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, kindly take the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 2847 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice and science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on tuesday, june 16, 2009, amendment number 8 offered by the gentlem