the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i'm honored to yield two minutes to the main sponsor of this resolution, the gentleman from florida, mr. klein. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. klein: i thank the speaker and the gentleman from west virginia. i rise today to your knowledge my colleagues to support h. res. 529, a bipartisan resolution that i offered with mr. pence, mr. waxman, mr. smith and mr. engel and i thank the speaker for promptly bringing it to the floor today. with the input and guidance from many members of this chamber as well as the bipartisan congressional task force against amendment semitism. i rise today in great sorrow as this nation mourns the loss of officer johns who was killed yesterday at the united states holocaust memorial museum at the hands of a hateful white supremacist. i offer condolences of officer jaunches and condemn the vicious attack on the holocaust memorial. the museum is a place of reflection and expression of the addage, never again.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. eliot engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman, my friend from west virginia, for yielding to me. and i rise, of course, in support of this resolution. we are all shocked and saddened about what happened yesterday. the holocaust memorial museum is a museum dedicated to victims of genocide and to have any kind of hatred perpetrated in that museum is an absolute disgrace. my heart goes out to officer johns and his family. d -- officer johns' family and he was doing what so many wonderful people do, protect the public and protect us and his life should not have been taken. mr. speaker, hatred is a terrible thing. the person who did the shooting reportedly has a long history of hating jews, hating african-americans, hating catholics and just about hating everybody. we need to do something about that. we need to teach our children tha

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from new york, mr. towns. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. towns: i thank mr. mollohan for yielding. i believe that this is an amendment that tries to solve a problem, but instead, it creates a problem that does not exist, but is written so broadly that it creates all kinds of other problems. i understand that the gentleman from georgia opposes the use of statistical sampling for the apportionment of seats in the house of representatives. the supreme court has already ruled that this is not allowed. so you can forget about that. there is a federal statute that already prohibits it. and the administration has repeatedly stated that it will not be used. sampling will not be used to adjust the 2010 census. so this amendment is not necessary. this is a blocking amendment. this is an in the way amendment. this amendment is written so broadly that it would also prohibit commonly accepted techniques that the census

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: the use of the word irresponsible gives me pause because if the appropriations subcommittee for commerce, justice, state -- commerce, justice, science has done anything during the last six months, it has responsibly considered the administration's requests with regard to funding of these accounts. indeed, our appropriations committee has cut $200 million from the administration's request at the same time, we have filled a lot of holes the administration left. $300 million for scaap. we filled that hole, which the administration requested zero for that on the floor here yesterday we added another $100 million to scaap because it has such support, broad, bipartisan support in this house. . we restored $400 million to this legislation, money to help our local police, our local sheriffs, our state police as they do their job in very tough times. as a matter of fact back home, providing safety to our citizens. this legislation has been very responsibly considered. and while our a

ien went to west virginia as a vista volunteer, my heart is on main street. that's not politicalically shavement i mean, i really care about those who are always fighting uphill. always fighting uphill, and somehow they never seem to get a fair shake. so these are the most challenging economic times since the great depression. we have to come together and do everything we can to make sure dealers and combles employees do right. i do understand the need for chrysler and g.m. to re-organize. that's not a question here, but to do it at the the expense of the dealers and the taxpayers is plain wrong. the city and american people lo will not stand for it. i call on kay bailey hutchens. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman would you allow me to ask every person in the audience who is a dealer to stand? >> of course. >> thank you, very much. we really wanted to see the people who are faceing the issues that we're talking about today. i think, mr. chairman, first of all, thank you for holding this hearing. i think that after the supplemental appropriation week bef

west virginia on our democrats line. caller: thank you for c-span. i book like to talk about our mountaintop removal issues. currently, there has been approximately 1 million a. of mountain range removed down here in west virginia by the practice of mountaintop removal. they go in and remove the entire mountain range down approximately 1,000 ft.. what this does is it theforests deforests our mountains. more than 1,200 mi., 62% of all the streams in west virginia are impaired, most contaminated with heavy metals. people really need to look at this situation. we don't have to do mountaintop removal, we can do underground mining, we can use contour or height walt mining. this whole cleaning process that they do, it contains toxins, the same thing that occurred in tennessee. these things are permitted to hold in excess of 10 billion gal.. in the buffalo creek in 1972 in logan county, west virginia, it failed and killed 125 people and destroyed 4000 homes. it cost over $400 million worth of damage in 1972. host: with the energy bill coming up in congress

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: i thank the chairman. mr. chairman, i yield five minutes to the the gentleman from california, member of our subcommittee, doing an excellent job on that subcommittee, mr. honda. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. honda: i thank my chairman for this opportunity. i rise in opposition to the the gentleman from california and his amendment. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to talk about what may well be the most important problem facing our world today, global warming. and about this important project to help us deal with it. the gentleman and many of his colleagues on that side of the aisle may wish to keep their heads in the sand about global warming, but i believe we need to prepare to deal with the problem today. and i'm not alone in this view. the united states global change research program, which coordinat

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: rise in opposition to the amendment, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, an across the board cut to this bill of 5% is really disastrous. i would say that just as a general proposition, cuts that are indiscriminate, that affect every account in a bill, whether it's this appropriation bill or any other appropriation bill, are really one of the -- one of the best reasons to oppose them is for that reason. they're indiscriminate. they affect every account in the bill. and that, of course, means that someone has not done a thoughtful precise in going through and trying to find out where might be a few extra dollars with regard to this account or that account. i'd also suggest that that's exactly what this subcommittee has done, both the majority and the minority and we have done it in close cooperation with the minority as we have worked this bill this year and brought it to the floor of the house. we have looked at

west virginia have of part of coal mining. the technology exists not to have these -- you can use this technology from around the world now. and the other thing is on the mountaintop removal -- the original lot in 1977 said if they remove the tops of these mountains and they cannot return it to the original contour, then they have to make a post-mining plan that benefits the community. host: didn't the interior secretary talk recently about revisiting some of those regulations? caller: he is looking at a buffer zone roll past in the bush administration in the final hour and that says basically you cannot do that with a 100 feet the stream. they eliminated that. these permits are granted by the corps of engineers -- how the court got involved, i don't know -- but they go and level these mountains. host: @ thank you for your thoughts. franklin, arkansas. randy on the independent's line. caller: i have watched c-span for a long time and is in the first time i have got to speak to you so i am a little nervous. just a couple of poi

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. thompson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker and members, i understand the frustration of my friends from the valley on this issue. i've been living it in my district. the last administration devastated the fishing families of the north coast. we haven't had a fishing season up there in years. again this year it's closed. and it's all because science was put aside in favor of politics. finally we have science coming in, science should be allowed to be considered and as one of the previous speakers, mr. miller, had mentioned, this amendment does absolutely the wrong thing. not only does it take science off the table again, which led us in part to this problem, and put these rivers -- the courts in control of these rivers, but it also limits our opportunities to address the overall problem. without the federal agencies at the table being able to bring different options to sol

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from west virginia, mrs. capito, for five minutes. mrs. capito: thank you. thank you, madam chairman. i'm here today to talk about the same issue that my colleague from florida just talked about and that's energy. and he alluded to the energy bill that's been moving through congress over the last several months, but he neglected to say that in that bill are some real costs for real people. and i think these are the important issues in front of our nation today. energy we found when the price of gasoline went up last summer over $4 a gallon. we were pressed, i think, appropriately to try to find an energy future, a plan for our energy future. and we never really answered that question. well, this morning in charleston, west virginia, where i'm from, the price of gasoline went up to $2.75 and has been going up almost daily. so we need a national energy plan that doesn't pick winners and losers, that takes into account real costs for real people. right now the bill that's gone -- that passed out of the energy an

does the gentlewoman from west virginia reserve her time? mrs. capito: i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. i have no further speakers at this moment, though. mr. green: i will close. mrs. capito: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from west virginia yields back her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. green: i close by urging my colleagues to support this piece of legislation. and to please consider the fact that our veterans have been there for us. this is an opportunity for us to be there for them. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 403. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed -- the gentleman from texas. mr. green: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursu

not the largest city in the world but it is one of the finest andç is right ina rural west virginia so it sets up the whole tone of this. and he learned that his contract had been terminated with chrysler, so obviously he was very concerned about that. we talked on the telephone and knows a lot of anxiety and concern and worry about his people and in a sense of a flash his whole life sort probably some 30 years or so taking care of people in servicing cars and selling cars both chrysler and the general motors all of a sudden seemed very much in jeopardy. well, that is the way it felt but then compound and that;hp w days later mr. lopez learned that also gm wasç going to terminate their franchise with m and a lot of other folks putting more ofç his workers at risk. the storyçç is obviously not d to pete lopez, it is a nationwide tragedy that a lot of us feel very strongly about, something that should notç have happened and can be corrected. it is a story certainly has echoed through out west virginia nearly anna nationwide basis, nearly 2,000 dealerships that are closed th

>> shepherdstown, west virginia, it located in the eastern panhandle of the state near the famous civil war sites of antietam and harper's ferry. founded by thomas shepherd in 1734 and chartered by the virginia assembly in 1762, it is the oldest town in the state. today shepherdstown is home to a division of the u.s. fish and wild life service, a bureau of the department of interior. that's where q&a campers went in late april to talk to historian douglas brinkley about his book on the influence of our 26th president on the history of the conservation movement. the book is titled, wilt chamberlain -- "the wilderness warrior: theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america." >> doug brinkley, why did you want to start our conversation about your book at this center. well, this is the national conservation training center. this is where biologists get trained and make sure that our rivers and that our marshlands are taken care of that manage endangered species, it's the headquarters of fish and wild life but conservationist leaders come all over the world for seminars and learn proper meth

the gentleman from west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i rise to -- in regard to h.r. 2847, legislation on appropriating funds for commerce, justice and science and related agencies for 2010. mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume in general debate. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, if this is june, it must be appropriation season. and so today, i'm pleased to present to the house the first of the appropriation bills for fiscal year 2010, h.r. 2847, the commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriation bill. while the summer may be hot and humid, as is typical in the nation's capital, our days and nights need not belong for the house to fully consider this and the other 11 appropriation bills in regular order, or so we hope. i want to thank the ranking member of this subcommittee with most sincerity for his assistance, help, counsel, guidance in the development of this bill. mr. wolf, mr. frank wolf of virginia was chairman of t

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 the same time, nonfederal funding sources for legal aid are decl

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia reserves his time. and the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. flake: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman has two minutes remaining. mr. flake: this is the last amendment tonight. i want to thank the members for staying around this long. i know their time is more valuable than mine and i appreciate your indulgence here in this important process and i apologize for keeping people this long, particularly those who came to defend their projects. the member mentioned that it's the member mentioned that it's important that we think of the little guys here. the last time i checked, we have $11 trillion deficit -- $11 trillion debt, $36,000 per american, per person, for a family of four, it's bigger than that. it's time we start looking out for them. if we look at this bill itself, it's 12% bigger than it was last year. the year that we are running record deficits, we are expanding this bill by 12%. i appreciate what the member said about the last eight years. we missed historic opportun

champlete time the gentleman from west virginia has expired. mr. culberson: we have engaged in a very healthy and productive debate tonight that illustrates the very profound and important philosophical differences between the fiscal conservatives in the house and those in the majority who are -- i would -- with good intentions doing everything they can to take care of the nation's needs but at a far higher price tag. as a fiscal conservative and a member of this committee, appreciate the work that chairman mollohan has done to include both members of the minority and the majority in putting together this final bill, but as i a conservative have profound concerns about the level of spending in this bill and other bills. i, for example, looking at the amendments before us tonight that we've discussed, i see mr. price's amendment, of georgia, representative price was asking that we cut this bill by 1%, one penny out of every dollar and allow the individual agencies to decide where to reduce that penny out of every dollar. to me, that's an absolutely

we are in west virginia. there are not many cases which are more familiar to readers of newspapers and people who watch television. that has to be on our docket. >> many of you do know the background facts of this case, but let me summarize it briefly. there is a major dispute between two cole companies in west virginia -- coal companies in west virginia. one accuses the other of uses ma lirbles -- malicious aggressive tactics to drive the first company out of business. there is like a $50 million verdict against the aggressor coal company. the defeated aggressor coal company in that case says we are going to appeal, and the president of the company at the same time says i am going to participate in a big way in electing the next available justice to the west virginia supreme court. so that individual spends something like there are 3  million of his own money to replace in the election one of the justices on the supreme court perceived by him to be least favorable to his potential case, wit someone who he

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. the national drug intention center was requested by the administration, the president's request was for $44.023 million . the request in that amount was approved by the committee. the national drug intelligence center provides strategic drug-related intelligence, document and computer exploitation support, and training assistance to the drug control, public health and law enforcement and intelligence communities in order to reduce the adverse effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse and other drug-related criminal activities. in this bill, mr. chairman, the organization is funded at our recommendation of $44 million -- of $44,023,000 which i repeat is at the budget request. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chairman. i've -- i'm often told you shouldn't be challenging member ea

there is a major dispute between two coal companies in west virginia. one accuses the other of using malicious, aggressive tactics to drive the first coal company out of business, there is a trial in the neighborhood of a $50 million verdict against the aggressor coal company. the defeated aggressor coal company says we are going to appeal, the president of the company says i am going to participate in a big way in collecting the next available justice to the west virginia supreme court. that individual spent something like $3 million of his own money to replace one of the justices received to be less favorable in this case with someone perceived to be more favorable. the coal company -- asked that the justice recused himself. the case goes to the united states supreme court's, in violation of the due process. every litigant is entitled to a fair tribunal. they decided to make a long story short. one of which was 6-3. an individual, in circumstances suggest that objective person might think that that jurors might have a hard time the constitution's due

my name is pete lopez, from censer, west virginia. a small rural town of approximately 3,800 people about an hour out of charleston, west virginia. i'm the owner of spencer auto gl group, which is made up of two dealerships on main street america. chrysler, jeep, dodge, plus chevrolet and buick dealerships. we stfs six county areas in west virginia, and i am the face of chrysler and general motors to my community and my customers. mr. chairman, within the past three weeks, i have been informed that both of my dealerships will be closed. my chrysler deepership will be closed within six days now, while chevrolet dealers franchise agreement will be terminated by the 12th if i don't sign the new contract, which i haven't been there to see. i have learned about my chrysler dealership closer by a friend of mine who called me at 9:00 one morning while he had the new york times on his computer and that's how i found out that we were losing our chrysler dealership. i did not receive a call from chrysler. i called our representative three or fo

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from west virginia is recognized for one minute. mrs. capito: at a time when families are already struggling to meet their basic things like things, the last thing we need is a new energy tax on consumers. this cap and tacts tax is a national energy tax that will burden consumers, burden businesses and particularly burden the lower income families in this country. particularly the lower income. it picks regional winners and losers with coal dependent states like mine, west virginia, bearing the brunt of this bill. under this bill, we'll actually be penalized for our lower cost power and have to pay more for using our greatest resource, coal. we should be going towards carbon sequestration where we can use our most abundant resource. we all want cleaner sources of fuel and more efficient energy. but this cap and trade bill is not the way forward. this bill is a jobs killer. this bill has real costs for real people. vote no on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempor

here in sheporder-- shepherdstown, west virginia. and this was done at the typical holiday inn, when we designed this place, we looked to make it such a place that people in the fish and wildlife could call home. and that the service could dedicate to the employees. we have dedicated people that work for the fish and wildlife service, and it's important that they build their skills to deal with the complex challenges that we face today and the future. >> mark madison, how much did this cost? >> this place cost about $150,000. >> who in congress was responsible for it? >> senator byrd made sure that we had the funding. but the clinton and bush administrations requested the funds for the project. >> how many buildings? >> we have 17 buildings. >> how many years? >> it took about three years. >> what can a book like doug wrote can do for you? >> it can do a lot, for the employees to realize their own heritage, and like any other artifact, these parks and resources are heritage. and explains to others what we do, to give talks that last

rail through west virginia, it's actually a huge fact, it is obviously in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which senator lautenberg helped so much, has increased -- has doubled in one of its lines in the last year. doubled. and the other has rizz bin 19%. west virginians don't travel endlessly, so this is a very important statement. earlier this year, senator lautenberg joined as he indicated with the vice president, the $1.3 billion application -- allocation to the stimulus package. it was called -- it was cold, the speeches were not interesting, but the money is real. that's what counts. and i have to say, in a nonpartisan fashion, that it is thrilling to have, as senator lautenberg pointed out, somebody in the white house who wants this and isn't happy with the level of green up there. wants more green. i believe that passenger rail can do a lot for us as a country. that's not a cliche. we need to increase the use of passenger rail enormously, not just for passengers but for freight and we need to do it as fast as we possibly can. the -- it affect ours clim

the gentleman from west virginia has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. mollohan: yield back the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i call for a roll call. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. the clerk will read. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 69 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. tiahrt of kansas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from kansas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. tiahrt: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, earlier

the west virginia supreme court, dividing 3-2, reversed a judgment for caperton and declared victory for the coal company. there was one problem. justice benjamin, who cast the deciding vote in west virginia's highest court, was newly-elected to the court. the coal company's c.e.o. had to defeat -- had spent $3 million to defeat the incumbent whose seat benjamin won. dividing 5-4, we concluded that benjamin's participation in the case violated capertop's right to due process. justice kennedy's opinion for the court, joined by justices stevens, sutor, ginsburg and breyer, emphasized the truly extraordinary facts, the c.e.o.'s significant and disproportionate influence on the election, and the temporal relationship between the election and the pending case. finally, among these most-watched cases, and perhaps the most important case of the term, northwest austin municipal utility district. at stake is congress' year 2006, 25-year renewal of section 5 of the voting rights act, a measure initially enacted in 1965. under the act, nine states, seven of them in the south, and some designate

there was a major dispute between two coal companies in west virginia. one accuses the other of using a malicious aggressive tactics to drive that company out of business. there is a trial. a $50 million verdict against the aggressor coal company. the defeated aggressor coal company says we are going to appeal. the president of the company says i am going to participate in a big way in in electing the next available justice to the west virginia supreme court. that individual spends $3 million of his own money to replace in the election when of the justices on the supreme court perceived by him to be least favorable to his potential case with someone he perceived to be more favorable. the coal company that was the winner of the case below asked that the justice reclusive self. he declined. the case goes to the united states supreme court based upon the claim that there is a violation of the due process. because every litigant is entitled to a fair tribunal, and the supreme court decided that there was a five-4 vote. this was another justice kennedy outcom

through west virginia. it's actually a huge fact as it is, obviously, in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which senator lautenberg helped so much has increased -- has doubled in one of its lines in the last year, doubled, and the other has risen by 19%. now, west virginians don't travel endlessly so this is a very important statement. earlier this year senator lautenberg and i joined as he indicated with the vice president, the $1.3 billion allocation to the stimulus package. it w as i recall the speeches were not very interesting but the money was real and that's what counts and i have to say in a nonpartisan fashion that it is really thrilling to have as senator lautenberg pointed out as somebody in the white house who really wants that. who doesn't like that level of green up there and wants to increase the green and, in fact, has already done that. i want to make a special point today to say that i believe the passenger rail can do so much for us as a country. that's not just jus

. >> we are in west virginia in shepherdstown. it's a beautiful campus. if the archive where i did research because they have the papers not just of early conservationists like roosevelt cars and in the 1960's work for u.s. fish and wildlife. for me this place is in our -- is an archival treasure trove. i went to various birthplaces that roosevelt went to. we have archives in michigan and one in arizona. i even went to puerto rico recently to go see the national forest there which he saved for the national forest service, which is our only rainforest in our entire protection system in united states. it's home to rare pottery and parrots. it is a spectacular part if you can go to puerto rico to see the rain forest. i would go to these places, meet the local superintendent or ranger oil martin and interview them and get local documentation as well. this is the nerve center for what i would consider roosevelt's wilderness america. >> we're standing in the roosevelt room in the center. behind us is a photograph, a big photograph above the fireplace. >> if tha

through west virginia. but it's actually a huge factor as it is obviously in southwestern virginia also. in fact, our amtrak service, which center lautenberg helps so much, has increased -- is doubled in one of its lines in the last year doubled and the other has risen by 19%. west virginians don't travel endlessly so this is an important statement. earlier senator lautenberg and i joined us the indicated with the vice president $1.3 million allocation to the stimulus package it was called him, this beach is one of very interesting but the money israel and that is what counts and i have to say in a non-partisan fashion it is thrilling to have as senator lautenberg pointed out somebody in the white house who wants this and cares about it and who doesn't like that level of dream up there and wants to increase the green and has already done that. i want to make a special point today to say that i believe passenger real can do so much as a country. that's not just a cliche. we need to increase the use of passen

the person is still a force, and he is literally changed the face of west virginia, a single person. on a sometimes weak, sometimes strong commission. in comparison, critics have argued that the fcc has become captured by industry. not everybody says that, but critics do say that. and more of a referee of corporate disputes than of what can help the consumer, caretaker of the public. by statute, however, the purpose of the commission is to make available as much as possible to all the people of the united states of america efficient communications services within, with adequate facilities at reasonable prices. so question, i believe that the fcc should work to make sure consumers are offered the best quality service at reasonable prices, and i assume you agree? >> yes. >> do you believe that the fcc has adequately fulfilled its mission in making this, in making sure the consumers have access to the latest technology at reasonable rates? if not, is the agency structurally capable of so doing? >> senator, let me speak briefly about consumers and about broadband. in this time of great c

in shepard's town, west virginia. until the place was built, u.s. fish and provide service to this training mostly at your typical airport hilton or airport to holiday inn. when we started to design his place we looked to build it as a place that the people in the fish and wildlife service could call home. a place that would represent the importance that the service puts into investing in to its employees. we have really talented, dedicated folks that work for fish and wildlife service, but it is critical that they continued to build their skills so they can do a better job to do with the the really complex conservation challenges that we face today and that we will face in the future. >> how much does this cost and to pay for it? >> displays cost about $150 million for everything we see here. >> who cobbers is responsible? >> senator robert byrd to make sure -- made sure we had the funding to build it. the first bush administration and the clinton administration requested funding for the project in support of it. >> how many buildings? >> 17, on fi

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 universal crisis. the ironic thing about it, all of the comments have laid criticism of the great work that has been done by congressman waxman and their committee. those that are concerned to protect the people of this earth, and just as they will remember the courageous and political forces that we put together to make this great contribution to human kind, they also will reme

here in shepherdstown, west virginia. and until this place was build, the u.s. fish & wildlife service did its training mostly at your typical airport hilton or airport holiday inn. when we started to design this place, we looked to build it as a place that people in the fish & wildlife service could call home and a place that would represent the importance, that service puts into investing into its employees. we have really talented, really dedicated folks that work here at the fish & wildlife service, but it's really critical that they continue to build their skills so they can do a better job to deal with the really complex conservation challenges that we face today and that we'll face in the feature. >> mark madison, how much does this cost to pay for? >> steve would have to answer that. >> this place costs about $150 million for everything that we see here. >> who in congress was responsible for it? >> senator robert c. byrd made sure that we had the funding necessary to build the place. but both the first bush administration and the clinton administration

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 it. testament to the work that the program has achieved to date. these pr

he shows up in wheeling, west virginia and a reporter tracks him down in the lobby of the mcclure hotel in wheeling. mcclure hotel actually stayed there. mcclure hotel is also where mccarthy gave his famous "i have in my hands a list of the known communist agents in the state department." but a reporter tracked him down in the hotel of the -- in the lobby of the hotel in wheeling, west virginia, and said how is your trip going. mr. president, he said, it's going very well but i was very sorry to hear that congress didn't pass funding for that flood wall here in wheeling. so he knew exactly what the issues were along the way and he clearly done a lot of preparation before he left to know the individual issues in the towns along the way. so he could -- he could be prepared to answer. the trip was really kind of a political coming-out party for him. the speech he gave in philadelphia was very political. and part of the purpose of the trip was for him to begin engaging in politics again and he really was the first -- i guess they call kennedy the first television president but harry truman

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia reserves. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: i yield myself one minute. i understand e budget constraints. i have been a mayor. i had a jail system under my supervision. and i also know that around this nation there are cities and states that are dealing with budget deficits never before seen. and here is the only place in the world where we call a cut, we raise it 9% and give the president exactly what he wanted and call that a draconian cut. it is not. we should show some fiscal restraint in the house as an example to the people around this country, families and cities and municipalities and states that are working hard to balance their budget. in my own hometown, they're doing that by making real cuts. this is a very minimal cut -- not a cut, just reduction. and it's exactly what the president of the united states asked for. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: i urge opposition to the amendment. yield back. the chair:

vonnegut west virginia. host: sorry. caller: please be patient with me, i am very hill -- ill. it takes me a lot of time to get my thoughts. guest: take your time. caller: it does have to do with environmental problems. i do live in west virginia where we do value our ability to mine coal because of the need for jobs, good paying jobs. wal-mart is basically our biggest employer. but i am very much concerned with the environment. i was hearing a year or two years ago, about the incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs and how that would save us energy. however, because of the nature of my illness, i am very allergic to fluorescent bulbs. i need the incandescent. when i watched the hearing, i called several members of congress and ask them -- asked them if some kind of provision be made that would give people like me to choice to choose whether i want incandescent or fluorescent. guest: i think i have good news for you. number one, science is rapidly developing new types of lighting. elie the lighting -- a recently went to dupont lab -- led lighting, that could be commercially vi

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. >> we have no objection to the amendment and accept the amendment. the chair: does the gentlelady yield back? ms. bordallo: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the motion by the gentlelady from guam. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. wolf: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from virginia. mr. wolf: a recorded vote. the chair: further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentleman from -- gentlewoman -- the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. the clerk will -- mr. wolf: mr. chairman, striking the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i feel the obligation to make a comment to put things in perspective, particularly as the american people are watching, because i think what we're doing today is setting a very bad and dangerous precedent. i've been around the house for a while and i've been involved in debates on scores of appropriations bills. traditionally

in west virginia, there's a dealership that sold 19 cars last year and he has his franchise in his front yard, and he takes -- they take spencer auto group. there's no rhyme or reason. >> mr. press, were you an auto dealer like mr. lopez, would you know how to close down a dealership in 26 days? can you tell me how you do it? >> well, we are nae the process of working through a bankruptcy of chrysler corporation and not too many more days. it's very difficult, it's strenuous. the fact of the matter is that in our situation, we did not plan or have in our minds the desire to have a bankruptcy. >> i wish you would answer my question. >> okay. >> would you know how to do it? could you do it in 26 days if you had to? >> i would have to find a way to do it, yes, sir, i would. i would have to find a way to achieve the shut-down required within that time period as we are being required within our time period that's given to us. yes. >> mr. lopez, on january 9th, i think it was, of 2009, that being this year, mr. press, according to all reports, including newspapers, within the business, did ind

i'd like to recognize the distinguished community and leader from west virginia. >> i think we are presenting a united front. not only do we recognize the seriousness of the issues. i think it's important to join together. as we've heard and i'll repeat. one of the provisions can be summed up as no more bail out. wall street$- needs to have certainty with the fact that you cannot and should not call for proposals in the work place. we can bring the technical expert he's to the stable when these complex final institutions are at stake. we have highlights what happened and fell back on the complexity of the incidence. they are already special classes of bankruptcies and farmers and municipalities >> it makes sense. with this proy posal, market approval will know the consequences of taking on too much risk. next, i'd like to turn it over to randy. >> thank you. another aspect of our propose am is to establish the market. one of the things the white house has been talking about in naming one person as the regular regulated. >> we saw the government got into picking winners and loosers. how does