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ARE 416 AND THE NAYS ARE 14.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
THE QUE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF
SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED.
THOSE IN FAVOR S
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE RULE, THE
COMMITTEE RISES.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MR.
CHAIRMAN.
THE CHAIR: ON THE STATE OF THE
U
CONSIDERATION H.R. 3246.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUON
745, I REPORT THE BILL BAC
THE HOUSE FOR THE AMENDMENT IN
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE
UNION SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION H.R.
3246 AND PURSUANT REPORTS THE
BILL BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH AN
AMENDMENT ACOSMOPOLITAN --
ADOPTED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE.
UNDER THE RULE, THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS ORDERED.
THE AMENDMENT.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO. THE AYES HAVE IT THE AMENDMENT
IS AGREED TO.
THE QUESTION IS ON ENGROSSMENT
AND THIRD READING OF THE BILL.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THIRD READING.
FOR A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION AND
COMMERCIAL APPLICATION IN
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES -- FOR WHAT
PURPOSE D
GEORGIA RISE?
MOTION TO RECOMMIT AT THE DESK.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IS THE
GENTLEMAN OPPOSED TO THE BILL?
MR. BROUN: IN ITS CURRENT FORM, I AM.
TH
GENTLEMAN QUALIFIES.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE MOTION
BUT FIRST WE'LL HAVE ORDER.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE
MOTION.
THE CLERK: MR. BROUN OF GEORGIA
MOVES TO RECOMMIT THE BILL, H.R.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH
INSTRTIONS --
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
CLERK WILL SUSPEND.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES DO YOU
RISE?
MR. BROUN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
DISPERSE WITH THE READING.
THE SPKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
MR.
SPEAKER.
MY MOTION WOULD SEEK TO IMPROVE
THIS LEGISLATION BY ALLOWING IT
TO TAKE EFFECT AT A TIME WHEN
OUR FISC
ORDER AND AT A TIME WHEN NO
OTHER TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT ON THE SAME ACTIVITIES
THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY
BILL.
THE MOTION SPECIES THAT NO
MONEY MAY BE SPENT FOR THE
ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED IN THIS
BILL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE
FUNDS WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING
SPENT FOR THESE SAME TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES UNDER AUTHORIZATION
SUCH AS
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT
AND THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT ARE EXPENDED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE LEGISLATION
SPECIFIES THAT $2.83 BILLION
AUTHORIZED THUNDERSTORM ACT IS
ONLY AUTHORIZED TO BE
APPROPRIATED IF WE ARE ABLE TO
REDUCE THE CURRENT DEFICIT T
$500 BILLION.
MR. SPEAKER, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN
ORDER.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN MAKES A POINT OF ORDER
THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER.
THE
MR. BROUN: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
MR. SPEAKER, IT IS TIME TO GET A
FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DES
THAT.
MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE AT LEAST
FIVE MAJOR FUNDING PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY HAS ANNOUNCED JUST IN
THE PAST NIN MONTHS.
THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND
SECURITY ACT ALONE HAS THREE
SPECIFIC AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS
THAT ALLOCATE TAXPAYER DOLLARS
IN THE FORM OF GRANTS
FOR ADVANCED VEHICLE
TECHNOLOGIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE STIMULUS BILL
PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR
ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, HUNDREDS OF -- ENERGY
HUNDREDS OF MILLNS OF DOLLARS
FOR FUEL CELL PRODUCTION AS WELL
AS THE PRODUCTION
EFFICIENCY PASSENGER VEHICLES
AND TRUCKS.
CLEARLY THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY
OUT THERE FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
ALREADY.
MR. SPEAKER, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN
ORDER.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA. MR. BROUN: THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK NOW TO TAKE
A STEP BACKWARD AND REMEMBER
TH WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO
KEEP UP THIS LEVEL OF SPENDING.
THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SPENDING
WITHOUT HEEDING THE CONSEQUENCES
ARE STARING US RIGHT IN THE
FACE.
AND BY ADOPTING THIS PROVISION
I'VE JUST LAID OUT FOR THIS BODY
WE WLLY START TO ACT
SERIOUSLY, START TO ACT
SERIOUSLY ABOUT BRINGING DOWN
OUR DEFICITS AND ADDRESSING THIS
COUNTRY'S LONG-TERM DEBT.
MR. SPEAKER, EVERYBODY IN THIS
BODY AGREES THAT ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE IS A KEY ECONOMIC
AND A STRATEGIC GOAL.
BUT OF EVEN MORE VITAL INT
TO OUR ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC
PROSPECTS AS A NATION IS OUR
ABILITY TO SHOW FISCAL
DISCIPLINE.
AND TO BE THE STEWARDS THE
PEOPLE'S MONEY THAT THEY ELECTED
US TO BE.
THESE COMMONSENSE CHANGES, MR.
SPEAKER, TO THIS BILL WILL ALLOW
US TO EXERCISE SOME FISCAL
CONSTRAINT AT A TIME WHEN WE
HAVE BEEN LITERALLY MORTGAGING
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN'S
FUTURE.
THEIR FUTURE DEPENDS UPON US
BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
AND MY MOTION RECOMMIT WILL
HELP MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION.
URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS COMMONSENSE MOTION TO
RECOMMIT.
MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE,
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE?
MR. GORDON: I RISE IN OPPOSITION
TO THE MOTION.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE
MINUTES.
MR. GORDON: M
MY FRIEND, DR. BROUN'S, CONCERNS
ABOUT THE DEFICIT.
THAT'S THE REASON THAT I VOTED
FOR A Y-AS-YOU-GO AMENDMENT
AND WE PASSED THAT HERE IN THIS
CONGRESS.
DR. BROUN WASN'T HERE BACK IN
THE EARLY 1990'S, BUT TO REMIND
HIM, AT THAT TIME WE HAD THE
WORLD'S LARGEST DEFICIT.
IN 1993 WE PASSED A
PAY-AS-YOU-GO AMENDMENT WHICH
HELPED TURN THAT DEFICIT INTO A
SURPLUS, WE WERE PAYING DOWN THE
DEFICITS.
SO
COMES BACK --
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND.
MR. GORDON: SO I HOPE WHEN THAT
BILL COMES BACK, PAY AS YOU GO,
FROM
WILL -- BROUN WILL HELP US PASS
THAT.
IT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR
DEFICIT.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND.
MR. GORDON: AGAIN, SHARE DR.
BROUN'S CONCERNS ABOUT DUPLICATE
PROGRAMS AND THAT'S THE REASON
IN THIS BILL WE MAKE SURE THAT
WOULD NOT OCCUR.
IF YOU'LL TURN TO TITLE 1,
SECTION 101, SECTION E,
PARAGRAPH E, COORDINATION IN
NONDUPLICATION.
IN CRDINATING ACTIVITIES OF
THE -- THE SECRETARY SHALL
ENSURE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PRACTICABLE THAT THE ACTIVITIES
DO NOT DUPLICATE THOSE OF OTHER
PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
OR OTHER RELEVANT RESEARCH
AGENCIES.
THIS WAS FURTHER LAID OUT ON
PAGE 17 OF THE REPORT LANGUAGE.
SO DUPLICATION, DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT IT.
THIS BILL IS A BILL
INVESTMENT IN OUR ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE ANOTHER
THREAT THAT THIS COUNTRY FACES
ARE FOREIGN ENERGY CARTELS.
LET ME POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE
OF THINGS.
FOR EVERY 1% EFFICIENCY GAINED
IN THE NATION'S VEHICLE FLEET
TRANSLATES INTO MORE THAN TWO
BI ANNUALLY.
FOR THAT REASON THIS BILL IS
SUPPORTED AND SCORED BY THE U.S.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MANUFACTURERS, ALSO SUPPORTED BY
T
COMPANY, CHRYSLER, UNITED AUTO
WORKERS, THE MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION, DIMER,
DELPHI, CATERPILLAR, THE ENERGY
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, THE
ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE
MANUFACTURERS, THE NATIONAL
RESOURCES AND DEFENSE COUNCIL
AND THE SIERRA CLUB BECAUSE THIS
IS A GOOD BILL.
LET ME GIVE YOU JUST ONE EXAMPLE
OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH RESEARCH
AT ALL IN HEAVY DUTY VEHIC
THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN MAKE
ENORMOUS SAVINGS.
AGAIN, ONE EXAMPLE, THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 900 GARBAGE TRUCKS
IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT THEIR FUEL CONSUMPTION IS
EQUIVALENT TO ROUGHLY 2 1/2
MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES.
90,000 GARBAGE TRUCKS, 2 1/2
MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IF WE CAN
JUST PUT AS LITTLE AS 100
ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCKS ON THE
ROAD THAT WOULD REDUCE DIESEL
FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 7.2 MILLION
GALLONS WHICH AMOUNTS TO 1
BILLION BARRELS OF OIL.
SO THIS BILL IS A BILL FOR AN
INVESTMENT IN ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE WHICH IS A THREAT
TO THIS COUNTRY AND WE'VE MADE
SURE THAT THERE'S NO EFRTS TO
DUPLICATE RESEARCH IN ANY OTHER
WAY.
WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR.
SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK MY TIME
AND SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE DOWN
THIS MOTION TO RECOMMIT AND
STAND WITH THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, WITH THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND
SO MANY OTHER COMPANIES IN THIS
TOWN.
THANK YOU.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE PREVIOUS
QUESTION IS ORDERED ON THE
MOTION TO RECOMMIT.
THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THE NOES HAVE IT.
THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO.
MR. BROUN: MR. SPEAKER.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA.
MR. BROUN: I ASK FOR A RECORDED
VOTE.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: A
RECORDED VOTE IS REQUESTED.
THOSE FAVORING A RECORDED VOTE
WILL RISE.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERED. MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 9 OF RULE 20,
THE CHAIR WILL REDUCE TO FIVE
MINUTES THE MINIMUM TIME FOR ANY
ELECTRONIC VOTE ON THE QUESTION
OF PASSAGE.