1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1253129476.43125 2 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:07,000 ARE 416 AND THE NAYS ARE 14. 3 00:00:07,001 --> 00:00:10,000 THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. 4 00:00:10,001 --> 00:00:13,000 THE QUE 5 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:16,000 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF 6 00:00:16,001 --> 00:00:18,000 SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED. 7 00:00:18,001 --> 00:00:21,000 THOSE IN FAVOR S 8 00:00:21,001 --> 00:00:23,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 9 00:00:23,001 --> 00:00:25,000 THE AYES HAVE IT. 10 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:26,000 THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. 11 00:00:26,001 --> 00:00:38,000 ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE RULE, THE 12 00:00:38,001 --> 00:00:40,000 COMMITTEE RISES. 13 00:00:40,001 --> 00:00:42,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MR. 14 00:00:42,001 --> 00:00:43,000 CHAIRMAN. 15 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:46,000 THE CHAIR: ON THE STATE OF THE 16 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:49,000 U 17 00:00:49,001 --> 00:00:51,000 CONSIDERATION H.R. 3246. 18 00:00:51,001 --> 00:00:53,000 PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUON 19 00:00:53,001 --> 00:00:55,000 745, I REPORT THE BILL BAC 20 00:00:55,001 --> 00:00:56,000 THE HOUSE FOR THE AMENDMENT IN 21 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:58,000 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 22 00:00:58,001 --> 00:00:59,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 23 00:00:59,001 --> 00:01:00,000 CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE 24 00:01:00,001 --> 00:01:02,000 WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE 25 00:01:02,001 --> 00:01:03,000 UNION SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE 26 00:01:03,001 --> 00:01:05,000 HAS HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION H.R. 27 00:01:05,001 --> 00:01:06,000 3246 AND PURSUANT REPORTS THE 28 00:01:06,001 --> 00:01:07,000 BILL BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH AN 29 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:09,000 AMENDMENT ACOSMOPOLITAN -- 30 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:10,000 ADOPTED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE 31 00:01:10,001 --> 00:01:12,000 WHOLE. 32 00:01:12,001 --> 00:01:16,000 UNDER THE RULE, THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS ORDERED. 33 00:01:16,001 --> 00:01:17,000 THE AMENDMENT. 34 00:01:17,001 --> 00:01:19,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 35 00:01:19,001 --> 00:01:21,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. THE AYES HAVE IT THE AMENDMENT 36 00:01:21,001 --> 00:01:22,000 IS AGREED TO. 37 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:23,000 THE QUESTION IS ON ENGROSSMENT 38 00:01:23,001 --> 00:01:25,000 AND THIRD READING OF THE BILL. 39 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 40 00:01:26,001 --> 00:01:28,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 41 00:01:28,001 --> 00:01:30,000 THIRD READING. 42 00:01:30,001 --> 00:01:31,000 FOR A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, 43 00:01:31,001 --> 00:01:32,000 DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION AND 44 00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:34,000 COMMERCIAL APPLICATION IN 45 00:01:34,001 --> 00:01:35,000 VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE 46 00:01:35,001 --> 00:01:36,000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 47 00:01:36,001 --> 00:01:37,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR 48 00:01:37,001 --> 00:01:39,000 WHAT PURPOSE DOES -- FOR WHAT 49 00:01:39,001 --> 00:01:40,000 PURPOSE D 50 00:01:40,001 --> 00:01:43,000 GEORGIA RISE? 51 00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:45,000 MOTION TO RECOMMIT AT THE DESK. 52 00:01:45,001 --> 00:01:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IS THE 53 00:01:46,001 --> 00:01:47,000 GENTLEMAN OPPOSED TO THE BILL? 54 00:01:47,001 --> 00:01:49,000 MR. BROUN: IN ITS CURRENT FORM, I AM. 55 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:51,000 TH 56 00:01:51,001 --> 00:01:52,000 GENTLEMAN QUALIFIES. 57 00:01:52,001 --> 00:01:53,000 THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE MOTION 58 00:01:53,001 --> 00:01:54,000 BUT FIRST WE'LL HAVE ORDER. 59 00:01:54,001 --> 00:01:56,000 THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE 60 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:57,000 MOTION. 61 00:01:57,001 --> 00:01:59,000 THE CLERK: MR. BROUN OF GEORGIA 62 00:01:59,001 --> 00:02:02,000 MOVES TO RECOMMIT THE BILL, H.R. 63 00:02:02,001 --> 00:02:04,000 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH 64 00:02:04,001 --> 00:02:05,000 INSTRTIONS -- 65 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:06,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 66 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:08,000 CLERK WILL SUSPEND. 67 00:02:08,001 --> 00:02:09,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES DO YOU 68 00:02:09,001 --> 00:02:11,000 RISE? 69 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:13,000 MR. BROUN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO 70 00:02:13,001 --> 00:02:14,000 DISPERSE WITH THE READING. 71 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,000 THE SPKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 72 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:20,000 GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA IS 73 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:22,000 RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 74 00:02:22,001 --> 00:02:23,000 MR. 75 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:24,000 SPEAKER. 76 00:02:24,001 --> 00:02:26,000 MY MOTION WOULD SEEK TO IMPROVE 77 00:02:26,001 --> 00:02:29,000 THIS LEGISLATION BY ALLOWING IT 78 00:02:29,001 --> 00:02:30,000 TO TAKE EFFECT AT A TIME WHEN 79 00:02:30,001 --> 00:02:32,000 OUR FISC 80 00:02:32,001 --> 00:02:33,000 ORDER AND AT A TIME WHEN NO 81 00:02:33,001 --> 00:02:35,000 OTHER TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING 82 00:02:35,001 --> 00:02:39,000 SPENT ON THE SAME ACTIVITIES 83 00:02:39,001 --> 00:02:40,000 THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY 84 00:02:40,001 --> 00:02:41,000 BILL. 85 00:02:41,001 --> 00:02:43,000 THE MOTION SPECIES THAT NO 86 00:02:43,001 --> 00:02:45,000 MONEY MAY BE SPENT FOR THE 87 00:02:45,001 --> 00:02:46,000 ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED IN THIS 88 00:02:46,001 --> 00:02:48,000 BILL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE 89 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,000 FUNDS WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING 90 00:02:50,001 --> 00:02:52,000 SPENT FOR THESE SAME TYPES OF 91 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:54,000 ACTIVITIES UNDER AUTHORIZATION 92 00:02:54,001 --> 00:02:56,000 SUCH AS 93 00:02:56,001 --> 00:02:58,000 INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT 94 00:02:58,001 --> 00:03:01,000 AND THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 95 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:04,000 REINVESTMENT ACT ARE EXPENDED. 96 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:07,000 ADDITIONALLY, THE LEGISLATION 97 00:03:07,001 --> 00:03:09,000 SPECIFIES THAT $2.83 BILLION 98 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:10,000 AUTHORIZED THUNDERSTORM ACT IS 99 00:03:10,001 --> 00:03:12,000 ONLY AUTHORIZED TO BE 100 00:03:12,001 --> 00:03:16,000 APPROPRIATED IF WE ARE ABLE TO 101 00:03:16,001 --> 00:03:17,000 REDUCE THE CURRENT DEFICIT T 102 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:19,000 $500 BILLION. 103 00:03:19,001 --> 00:03:20,000 MR. SPEAKER, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN 104 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:22,000 ORDER. 105 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:24,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN MAKES A POINT OF ORDER 106 00:03:24,001 --> 00:03:25,000 THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER. 107 00:03:25,001 --> 00:03:27,000 THE 108 00:03:27,001 --> 00:03:29,000 MR. BROUN: THANK YOU, MR. 109 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:31,000 SPEAKER. 110 00:03:31,001 --> 00:03:34,000 MR. SPEAKER, IT IS TIME TO GET A 111 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:35,000 FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER. 112 00:03:35,001 --> 00:03:36,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DES 113 00:03:36,001 --> 00:03:38,000 THAT. 114 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:40,000 MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE AT LEAST 115 00:03:40,001 --> 00:03:43,000 FIVE MAJOR FUNDING PROGRAMS 116 00:03:43,001 --> 00:03:45,000 TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT 117 00:03:45,001 --> 00:03:48,000 OF ENERGY HAS ANNOUNCED JUST IN 118 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,000 THE PAST NIN MONTHS. 119 00:03:49,001 --> 00:03:52,000 THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND 120 00:03:52,001 --> 00:03:54,000 SECURITY ACT ALONE HAS THREE 121 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:55,000 SPECIFIC AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS 122 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:58,000 THAT ALLOCATE TAXPAYER DOLLARS 123 00:03:58,001 --> 00:04:02,000 IN THE FORM OF GRANTS 124 00:04:02,001 --> 00:04:03,000 FOR ADVANCED VEHICLE 125 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:04,000 TECHNOLOGIES. 126 00:04:04,001 --> 00:04:05,000 ADDITIONALLY, THE STIMULUS BILL 127 00:04:05,001 --> 00:04:07,000 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR 128 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:09,000 ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 129 00:04:09,001 --> 00:04:11,000 ENERGY, HUNDREDS OF -- ENERGY 130 00:04:11,001 --> 00:04:12,000 HUNDREDS OF MILLNS OF DOLLARS 131 00:04:12,001 --> 00:04:15,000 FOR FUEL CELL PRODUCTION AS WELL 132 00:04:15,001 --> 00:04:16,000 AS THE PRODUCTION 133 00:04:16,001 --> 00:04:18,000 EFFICIENCY PASSENGER VEHICLES 134 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:20,000 AND TRUCKS. 135 00:04:20,001 --> 00:04:23,000 CLEARLY THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY 136 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:24,000 OUT THERE FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS 137 00:04:24,001 --> 00:04:26,000 ALREADY. 138 00:04:26,001 --> 00:04:27,000 MR. SPEAKER, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN 139 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:29,000 ORDER. 140 00:04:29,001 --> 00:04:35,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 141 00:04:35,001 --> 00:04:37,000 GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT. 142 00:04:37,001 --> 00:04:38,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA. MR. BROUN: THANK YOU, MR. 143 00:04:38,001 --> 00:04:40,000 SPEAKER. 144 00:04:40,001 --> 00:04:43,000 MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK NOW TO TAKE 145 00:04:43,001 --> 00:04:46,000 A STEP BACKWARD AND REMEMBER 146 00:04:46,001 --> 00:04:48,000 TH WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO 147 00:04:48,001 --> 00:04:51,000 KEEP UP THIS LEVEL OF SPENDING. 148 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:52,000 THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SPENDING 149 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:55,000 WITHOUT HEEDING THE CONSEQUENCES 150 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:56,000 ARE STARING US RIGHT IN THE 151 00:04:56,001 --> 00:04:57,000 FACE. 152 00:04:57,001 --> 00:04:59,000 AND BY ADOPTING THIS PROVISION 153 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:02,000 I'VE JUST LAID OUT FOR THIS BODY 154 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:05,000 WE WLLY START TO ACT 155 00:05:05,001 --> 00:05:06,000 SERIOUSLY, START TO ACT 156 00:05:06,001 --> 00:05:08,000 SERIOUSLY ABOUT BRINGING DOWN 157 00:05:08,001 --> 00:05:13,000 OUR DEFICITS AND ADDRESSING THIS 158 00:05:13,001 --> 00:05:14,000 COUNTRY'S LONG-TERM DEBT. 159 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:15,000 MR. SPEAKER, EVERYBODY IN THIS 160 00:05:15,001 --> 00:05:18,000 BODY AGREES THAT ENERGY 161 00:05:18,001 --> 00:05:22,000 INDEPENDENCE IS A KEY ECONOMIC 162 00:05:22,001 --> 00:05:24,000 AND A STRATEGIC GOAL. 163 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:26,000 BUT OF EVEN MORE VITAL INT 164 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:27,000 TO OUR ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC 165 00:05:27,001 --> 00:05:30,000 PROSPECTS AS A NATION IS OUR 166 00:05:30,001 --> 00:05:31,000 ABILITY TO SHOW FISCAL 167 00:05:31,001 --> 00:05:32,000 DISCIPLINE. 168 00:05:32,001 --> 00:05:33,000 AND TO BE THE STEWARDS THE 169 00:05:33,001 --> 00:05:35,000 PEOPLE'S MONEY THAT THEY ELECTED 170 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,000 US TO BE. 171 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:38,000 THESE COMMONSENSE CHANGES, MR. 172 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:41,000 SPEAKER, TO THIS BILL WILL ALLOW 173 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:43,000 US TO EXERCISE SOME FISCAL 174 00:05:43,001 --> 00:05:46,000 CONSTRAINT AT A TIME WHEN WE 175 00:05:46,001 --> 00:05:49,000 HAVE BEEN LITERALLY MORTGAGING 176 00:05:49,001 --> 00:05:50,000 OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN'S 177 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:52,000 FUTURE. 178 00:05:52,001 --> 00:05:54,000 THEIR FUTURE DEPENDS UPON US 179 00:05:54,001 --> 00:05:56,000 BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 180 00:05:56,001 --> 00:05:57,000 AND MY MOTION RECOMMIT WILL 181 00:05:57,001 --> 00:06:01,000 HELP MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION. 182 00:06:01,001 --> 00:06:03,000 URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 183 00:06:03,001 --> 00:06:05,000 THIS COMMONSENSE MOTION TO 184 00:06:05,001 --> 00:06:06,000 RECOMMIT. 185 00:06:06,001 --> 00:06:08,000 MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK THE 186 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:09,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 187 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:10,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 188 00:06:10,001 --> 00:06:12,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 189 00:06:12,001 --> 00:06:13,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE, 190 00:06:13,001 --> 00:06:14,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? 191 00:06:14,001 --> 00:06:15,000 MR. GORDON: I RISE IN OPPOSITION 192 00:06:15,001 --> 00:06:17,000 TO THE MOTION. 193 00:06:17,001 --> 00:06:18,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 194 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:19,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE 195 00:06:19,001 --> 00:06:21,000 MINUTES. 196 00:06:21,001 --> 00:06:22,000 MR. GORDON: M 197 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:23,000 MY FRIEND, DR. BROUN'S, CONCERNS 198 00:06:23,001 --> 00:06:25,000 ABOUT THE DEFICIT. 199 00:06:25,001 --> 00:06:26,000 THAT'S THE REASON THAT I VOTED 200 00:06:26,001 --> 00:06:27,000 FOR A Y-AS-YOU-GO AMENDMENT 201 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:28,000 AND WE PASSED THAT HERE IN THIS 202 00:06:28,001 --> 00:06:30,000 CONGRESS. 203 00:06:30,001 --> 00:06:31,000 DR. BROUN WASN'T HERE BACK IN 204 00:06:31,001 --> 00:06:33,000 THE EARLY 1990'S, BUT TO REMIND 205 00:06:33,001 --> 00:06:36,000 HIM, AT THAT TIME WE HAD THE 206 00:06:36,001 --> 00:06:38,000 WORLD'S LARGEST DEFICIT. 207 00:06:38,001 --> 00:06:40,000 IN 1993 WE PASSED A 208 00:06:40,001 --> 00:06:41,000 PAY-AS-YOU-GO AMENDMENT WHICH 209 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:44,000 HELPED TURN THAT DEFICIT INTO A 210 00:06:44,001 --> 00:06:45,000 SURPLUS, WE WERE PAYING DOWN THE 211 00:06:45,001 --> 00:06:47,000 DEFICITS. 212 00:06:47,001 --> 00:06:48,000 SO 213 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:50,000 COMES BACK -- 214 00:06:50,001 --> 00:06:51,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 215 00:06:51,001 --> 00:06:53,000 GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND. 216 00:06:53,001 --> 00:06:54,000 MR. GORDON: SO I HOPE WHEN THAT 217 00:06:54,001 --> 00:06:55,000 BILL COMES BACK, PAY AS YOU GO, 218 00:06:55,001 --> 00:06:56,000 FROM 219 00:06:56,001 --> 00:06:57,000 WILL -- BROUN WILL HELP US PASS 220 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,000 THAT. 221 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:00,000 IT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR 222 00:07:00,001 --> 00:07:01,000 DEFICIT. 223 00:07:01,001 --> 00:07:04,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 224 00:07:04,001 --> 00:07:06,000 GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND. 225 00:07:06,001 --> 00:07:08,000 MR. GORDON: AGAIN, SHARE DR. 226 00:07:08,001 --> 00:07:10,000 BROUN'S CONCERNS ABOUT DUPLICATE 227 00:07:10,001 --> 00:07:11,000 PROGRAMS AND THAT'S THE REASON 228 00:07:11,001 --> 00:07:13,000 IN THIS BILL WE MAKE SURE THAT 229 00:07:13,001 --> 00:07:15,000 WOULD NOT OCCUR. 230 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:18,000 IF YOU'LL TURN TO TITLE 1, 231 00:07:18,001 --> 00:07:21,000 SECTION 101, SECTION E, 232 00:07:21,001 --> 00:07:23,000 PARAGRAPH E, COORDINATION IN 233 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:25,000 NONDUPLICATION. 234 00:07:25,001 --> 00:07:26,000 IN CRDINATING ACTIVITIES OF 235 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:27,000 THE -- THE SECRETARY SHALL 236 00:07:27,001 --> 00:07:28,000 ENSURE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT 237 00:07:28,001 --> 00:07:30,000 PRACTICABLE THAT THE ACTIVITIES 238 00:07:30,001 --> 00:07:32,000 DO NOT DUPLICATE THOSE OF OTHER 239 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:33,000 PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 240 00:07:33,001 --> 00:07:34,000 OR OTHER RELEVANT RESEARCH 241 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:36,000 AGENCIES. 242 00:07:36,001 --> 00:07:38,000 THIS WAS FURTHER LAID OUT ON 243 00:07:38,001 --> 00:07:39,000 PAGE 17 OF THE REPORT LANGUAGE. 244 00:07:39,001 --> 00:07:42,000 SO DUPLICATION, DON'T HAVE TO 245 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:44,000 WORRY ABOUT IT. 246 00:07:44,001 --> 00:07:46,000 THIS BILL IS A BILL 247 00:07:46,001 --> 00:07:47,000 INVESTMENT IN OUR ENERGY 248 00:07:47,001 --> 00:07:50,000 INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE ANOTHER 249 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:51,000 THREAT THAT THIS COUNTRY FACES 250 00:07:51,001 --> 00:07:53,000 ARE FOREIGN ENERGY CARTELS. 251 00:07:53,001 --> 00:07:54,000 LET ME POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE 252 00:07:54,001 --> 00:07:57,000 OF THINGS. 253 00:07:57,001 --> 00:07:58,000 FOR EVERY 1% EFFICIENCY GAINED 254 00:07:58,001 --> 00:08:01,000 IN THE NATION'S VEHICLE FLEET 255 00:08:01,001 --> 00:08:03,000 TRANSLATES INTO MORE THAN TWO 256 00:08:03,001 --> 00:08:06,000 BI ANNUALLY. 257 00:08:06,001 --> 00:08:08,000 FOR THAT REASON THIS BILL IS 258 00:08:08,001 --> 00:08:11,000 SUPPORTED AND SCORED BY THE U.S. 259 00:08:11,001 --> 00:08:12,000 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 260 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:14,000 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 261 00:08:14,001 --> 00:08:15,000 MANUFACTURERS, ALSO SUPPORTED BY 262 00:08:15,001 --> 00:08:17,000 T 263 00:08:17,001 --> 00:08:21,000 COMPANY, CHRYSLER, UNITED AUTO 264 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:22,000 WORKERS, THE MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT 265 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:25,000 MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION, DIMER, 266 00:08:25,001 --> 00:08:27,000 DELPHI, CATERPILLAR, THE ENERGY 267 00:08:27,001 --> 00:08:29,000 MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, THE 268 00:08:29,001 --> 00:08:30,000 ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE 269 00:08:30,001 --> 00:08:31,000 MANUFACTURERS, THE NATIONAL 270 00:08:31,001 --> 00:08:33,000 RESOURCES AND DEFENSE COUNCIL 271 00:08:33,001 --> 00:08:34,000 AND THE SIERRA CLUB BECAUSE THIS 272 00:08:34,001 --> 00:08:35,000 IS A GOOD BILL. 273 00:08:35,001 --> 00:08:36,000 LET ME GIVE YOU JUST ONE EXAMPLE 274 00:08:36,001 --> 00:08:39,000 OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. 275 00:08:39,001 --> 00:08:41,000 THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH RESEARCH 276 00:08:41,001 --> 00:08:43,000 AT ALL IN HEAVY DUTY VEHIC 277 00:08:43,001 --> 00:08:45,000 THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN MAKE 278 00:08:45,001 --> 00:08:47,000 ENORMOUS SAVINGS. 279 00:08:47,001 --> 00:08:49,000 AGAIN, ONE EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 280 00:08:49,001 --> 00:08:51,000 APPROXIMATELY 900 GARBAGE TRUCKS 281 00:08:51,001 --> 00:08:53,000 IN THE COUNTRY. 282 00:08:53,001 --> 00:08:57,000 BUT THEIR FUEL CONSUMPTION IS 283 00:08:57,001 --> 00:08:59,000 EQUIVALENT TO ROUGHLY 2 1/2 284 00:08:59,001 --> 00:09:01,000 MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES. 285 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:04,000 90,000 GARBAGE TRUCKS, 2 1/2 286 00:09:04,001 --> 00:09:06,000 MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES. 287 00:09:06,001 --> 00:09:10,000 IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IF WE CAN 288 00:09:10,001 --> 00:09:12,000 JUST PUT AS LITTLE AS 100 289 00:09:12,001 --> 00:09:13,000 ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCKS ON THE 290 00:09:13,001 --> 00:09:17,000 ROAD THAT WOULD REDUCE DIESEL 291 00:09:17,001 --> 00:09:20,000 FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 7.2 MILLION 292 00:09:20,001 --> 00:09:23,000 GALLONS WHICH AMOUNTS TO 1 293 00:09:23,001 --> 00:09:26,000 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL. 294 00:09:26,001 --> 00:09:27,000 SO THIS BILL IS A BILL FOR AN 295 00:09:27,001 --> 00:09:29,000 INVESTMENT IN ENERGY 296 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:30,000 INDEPENDENCE WHICH IS A THREAT 297 00:09:30,001 --> 00:09:32,000 TO THIS COUNTRY AND WE'VE MADE 298 00:09:32,001 --> 00:09:34,000 SURE THAT THERE'S NO EFRTS TO 299 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:35,000 DUPLICATE RESEARCH IN ANY OTHER 300 00:09:35,001 --> 00:09:39,000 WAY. 301 00:09:39,001 --> 00:09:41,000 WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. 302 00:09:41,001 --> 00:09:43,000 SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK MY TIME 303 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:46,000 AND SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE DOWN 304 00:09:46,001 --> 00:09:48,000 THIS MOTION TO RECOMMIT AND 305 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:49,000 STAND WITH THE CHAMBER OF 306 00:09:49,001 --> 00:09:51,000 COMMERCE, WITH THE NATIONAL 307 00:09:51,001 --> 00:09:53,000 ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND 308 00:09:53,001 --> 00:09:55,000 SO MANY OTHER COMPANIES IN THIS 309 00:09:55,001 --> 00:09:56,000 TOWN. 310 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:57,000 THANK YOU. 311 00:09:57,001 --> 00:09:58,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 312 00:09:58,001 --> 00:10:00,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 313 00:10:00,001 --> 00:10:01,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 314 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:02,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE PREVIOUS 315 00:10:02,001 --> 00:10:03,000 QUESTION IS ORDERED ON THE 316 00:10:03,001 --> 00:10:05,000 MOTION TO RECOMMIT. 317 00:10:05,001 --> 00:10:06,000 THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION. 318 00:10:06,001 --> 00:10:07,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 319 00:10:07,001 --> 00:10:08,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 320 00:10:08,001 --> 00:10:10,000 THE NOES HAVE IT. 321 00:10:10,001 --> 00:10:11,000 THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO. 322 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:12,000 MR. BROUN: MR. SPEAKER. 323 00:10:12,001 --> 00:10:14,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 324 00:10:14,001 --> 00:10:15,000 GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA. 325 00:10:15,001 --> 00:10:16,000 MR. BROUN: I ASK FOR A RECORDED 326 00:10:16,001 --> 00:10:17,000 VOTE. 327 00:10:17,001 --> 00:10:19,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: A 328 00:10:19,001 --> 00:10:20,000 RECORDED VOTE IS REQUESTED. 329 00:10:20,001 --> 00:10:22,000 THOSE FAVORING A RECORDED VOTE 330 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:23,000 WILL RISE. 331 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:25,000 A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING 332 00:10:25,001 --> 00:10:27,000 ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS 333 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:29,000 ORDERED. MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES 334 00:10:29,001 --> 00:10:30,000 BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. 335 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:31,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9 OF RULE 20, 336 00:10:31,001 --> 00:10:33,000 THE CHAIR WILL REDUCE TO FIVE 337 00:10:33,001 --> 00:10:34,000 MINUTES THE MINIMUM TIME FOR ANY 338 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,000 ELECTRONIC VOTE ON THE QUESTION 339 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:35,000 OF PASSAGE.