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Thats the far right. We need a lot of prayers for this country. Host that was michael in maine, a republican. Well be back tomorrow morning 7 a. M. Eastern time for more here on the washington journal. Well bring you up to the house floor. They are about to gavel in for the new speakers first full day in that post. Live coverage here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap. Org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by reverend john matthews, grace Lutheran Church, apple valley, minnesota. The chaplain let us pray, god of all peoples, we are living on land once inhabited by the dakota sioux, and may the sacred memory humble us and ancestors inspire us as together we strive, peace, justice and reconciliation in our day. God of all nations, you made each of us in your image. Empower us to see your face in the face of every other person here at and beyond our borders. Inspire us to live beyond their tolerance and rather in deeper and celebrate the beauty of your family, help us to see the beauty of skin color, the complexity of gender, the richness of ethnicity and blessed others, those who are different than us. God in this day and place empower the members of this Legislative Assembly with the senators next door and president and cabinet and encourage together to responsibly care for our planet and protect all of your precious people and remembering the less fortunate and most vulnerable. May your vision for this world, o, god, be forever the goal of our lives and vocations and timely and timely, we invoke your healing presence to surround the families of those harmed or killed in yesterdays tragic shooting in maine. Inspire us to nurture communities where hatred and violence find no home. In your blessed name, we ask and pray these things. Amen. The speaker thank you, reverend. The chair has examined the journal of the proceedings and announcees the approval, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. Titus. Ms. Titus i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The speaker without objection the gentlewoman from minnesota, mrs. Craig, is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Craig i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. And revise and extend my remarks. The speaker without objection. The gentlewoman is recognized. Mrs. Craig mr. Speaker, i rise today to welcome our guest chaplain, reverend john matthews. I thank reverend matthews for that beautiful and hopeful prayer at the conclusion of a tumultuous time in this chamber. He has reserved as a United States Army Chaplain and police chaplain. Hes been a pastor and Trinity Lutheran church in morehead, principle of peace lutheran Championship Church in brooklyn park. And finally he has pastored over myself and my family at grace Lutheran Church in apple valley. John built bridges across religions during his career as well. Assisting in the drafting of the declaration of the evangelical Lutheran Church in america to the jewish community. Which is now part of the permanent display on antisemitism at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum in washington, d. C. It is my honor to represent reverend matthews and his family and i thank him for his contributions to our community. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Wilson thank you, mr. Speaker. What an extraordinary day that we have. The beginning of the speakership of mike johnson of louisiana. And i hope everyone will see his acceptance speech last night. They need to look at that. It was a conservative, very clear voice calling for limited government, expanded freedom, calling for reducing regulations to provide for a strong america. Its such a positive message. He promised to be with the people. Hes so much with the people hes sitting on the front row. No speaker ever sat on the front row. This is another first. In addition to that, hes going to address bidenomics. The most extraordinary inflation in 40 years. The American Families have lost 7,000. Hes going to stop the war on fossil fuels so that we have fuels and have Energy Independence. Hes going to be for a strong america. That is we going to deter the dictators around the world who have invaded ukraine, who have invaded israel. Who threaten the people of taiwan. America will be strong. We will have a dynamic speaker. And we look forward to his leadership. Again americas back on track. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi members, later today we are going to be taking up extraordinarily important piece of legislation and voting on whether this nation is going to be all in on a new Nuclear Arms Race or whether we are going to modulate and think about what it is that we are funding. We are basically going to be funding the destruction, potential destruction of all that exists on this planet. Id also like to address the house on an issue that occurred yesterday in maine. Another assault weapon. Used to murder at least 16 people and perhaps another 50 being wounded. Its time for this house to act. On extending the previous ban on assault weapons. This has nothing to do with the second amendment. This has everything to do with war on the American People. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition . Ms. Titus i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Titus thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to acknowledge and congratulate and celebrate the victory of the las vegas aces who won the 2023 Womens National Basketball Association championship. On october 18, 2023 the aces defeated the new york liberty, 7069 in game four of the wnba finals. They won despite two of their starters being out with injuries. Star guard chelsea gray. And center kia stokes. They won and have had an amazing two cycle victory as champions under the leadership of hall of fame head coach becky hammond. Owner mark davis and Team President nicki fargas have proven once again investing in womens sports is investing in success. In the championship game the finals most valuable player, aja wilson, led the way with 24 points and 16 rebounds. Jackie young added 16 points, and kelce plum, plum dog, delivered a wellrounded performance of rebounds, assist, and points. They have raised the stakes in las vegas. We congratulate them and look forward to a third consecutive championship. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition . Ms. Greene speak mr. Speaker, i rise to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Greene mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2a1 of rule 9, i seek recognition to give notice to my intent to raise the question of the privileges of the house. The clerk of the house will the gentlewoman first yield back her one minute. Ms. Greene yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlewoman seek recognition . Ms. Greene mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2a1of rule 9 i seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the house. The form of the resolution is as follows. A resolution censuring representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorists organizations. And leading an insurrection at the United States capitol complex. Whereas, in may, 2019, Rashida Tlaib said that she celebrated the holocaust and felt a calming feeling when thinking about the genocide of millions of jews. Whereas in 2020 Rashida Tlaib retweeted an illustration with the caption, from the river to the sea. Palestine will be free. And this palestine liberation organization, p. L. O. s slogan, has been adopted by hamas and calls for the elimination of israel and death to all jews. Whereas in september, 2022, Rashida Tlaib, as a member of the congressional progressive caucus, displayed her disdain for israel saying, you cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back israels apartheid government. Whereas instead of denouncing the horrors of hamas, slaughtering israelis, and demanding the release of all hostages held by hamas, Rashida Tlaib stated on october 8, 2023, the path to the future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance. Whereas, Rashida Tlaib exhibited her ray hatred for america by reposting a message on october 12, 2023 blaming america for allowing the deaths of palestinian babies at the hands of israel. Whereas, Rashida Tlaib led an insurrection at the United States capitol complex on october 18, 2023, which put members of congress, their staff, and capitol visitors in danger by shutting down elevators, stairwells, and points of egress while obstructing official business in both the house of representatives and the senate, including a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Whereas, the insurrection led by Rashida Tlaib was organized by jewish voice for peace, which the Antidefamation League calls a radical antiisrael activist group that advocates for a complete economic, cultural, and academic boycott of the state of israel. And that believes israeli policies and actions are motivated by deeply rooted jewish racial chauvinism and religious supreme civil. Whereas members of the southern poverty law certainty, a far left nonprofit organization, were present at the insurrection at the capitol on october 18, 2023. Whereas, several insurrectionists at the capitol belong to a Group Messaging chat called global n. T. Fada, the air particular word for rebellion or uprising, and refers to series of protests and violent riots carried out by palestinians and israel during the last century. Whereas, by leading an antiamerican and antisemitic insurrection on october 18, 2023, Rashida Tlaib followed hezbollahs orders to carry out a day of unprecedented anger. Following an explosion at a gazan hospital, lying about israels responsibility for the attack which united United States intelligence agencies said was not perpetrated by israel. And whereas, members of congress who denounce the United States while praising terrorist organizations are unfit to hold office. Now therefore be it resolved that representative Rashida Tlaib be censured. Representative Rashida Tlaib forthwith present herself in the well of the house of representatives for the pronouncement of censure. And representative Rashida Tlaib be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker. I yield back, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore under rule 9, a resolution offered from the floor by a member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the house have immediate precedent only in a time designated by the chair within two legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. Pending that designation, the form of the resolution notice by the gentlewoman from georgia will appear in the record at this point. The chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at the time designated for consideration of the resolution. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . The gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur i rise today to pay tribute to a friend and congressional colleague who passed away, senator feinstein of california. I was deeply saddened at the news of her passing with whom i worked on Energy Independence on our nation and protect the waters of the United States which is our nations most precious resources. Her acute mastery had no comparison. She shattered glass ceilings on the San Francisco board of supervisors and first woman of mayor of San Francisco and first female senator from the state of california and longest serving woman in the history of the u. S. Senate and champion for lgbtq rights and Environmental Needs throughout her career. My thoughts and prayers are with her dear daughter and all who knew and loved her. Rest in peace, my dear friend. I wish to place in the record an opinion peace celebrating her life that was published this past month. And i ask unanimous consent to do that. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore without objection. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Garamendi i ask unanimous consent to be removed as a cosponsor of h. R. 3721. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans request is granted. Pursuant to House Resolution 756 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 4394. Will the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Fitzgerald, kindly take the chair. The chair hasexamined the journal of the last days proceedings the house is in the committee of the whole house of the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 4394 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill making appropriations for energy and Water Development and related agencies for fiscal year ending september 30, 2024 and for other purposes. The chair when the Committee Rose on on october 25, amendment number 35 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. Fallon, had been disposed of. It is now in order to consider amendment number 36 printed in part b of house report 118242 for the purpose for what purpose the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Garamendi i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 36 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mr. Garamendi of california. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756 the gentleman from california, mr. Garamendi, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Garamendi i rise today to offer a critical amendment to pause wasteful and unnecessary spending at the Savannah River plume processing facility. This is a responsible measure and pause the development of this Nuclear Facility while we fix the cost overruns and mismanagement. Given the rhetoric on the republican side of the aisle bringing incompetents i have spending, this amendment should be what we agree on. The costs tripled from 36. 6 billion to nearly 11 billion since the start of the project and will likely to continue to increase since the project is not scheduled to be completed until 2035. According to the august Government Accounting Office report, it will probably be delayed further until 2038. Why are we spending money on this wasteful facility. You think it would be part of our Critical National security. But thats not the case. For those unfamiliar with this facility, it is being produced to produce plume pits which is the core of a Nuclear Weapon. We already have thousands of these pits. Some will stand up here and say, oh, my, we need to replace them because they age out. But these pits will last at least 100 years and by some studies, independent panel suggested that these pits have a longer life cycle. Thats why the house passed in the fiscal ndaa for an independent assess of plutonium pit agents. If we care about Government Spending we must indicate a need to rebuild a stockpile that we already have in place and really should never be used. This amendment is a pause on next years spending because we really do need to evaluate the science. And by the way, its only 858 million, but every dollar counts. So this pause is timing and prudent step in our haste to build new nuclear bombs, we must allocate those costs appropriately. January, 2023g. A. O. Report found the National Nuclear administration lacks a cost estimate on what we are doing here with this particular. The nnsa hasnt identified the milestones to achieve 80pit per year capacity. Some will argue wrongly in my view that i am undermining National Security and will make exaggerated claims about the necessity to engage in the Nuclear Arms Race. Well, we are, but are we doing it wisely. The answer is no. We are spending money unnecessarily and in a ill advised way. As a citizen, i am aware we face challenges here at home. We have heard many of those. We know the new speaker wants to reign rein unnecessary ex pen guy tours. I suggest this is one. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Fleischmann i rise in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann thank you, mr. Chairman. As we have been debating the amendments to this energy and water bill for some of the amendments, i have risen in strong support and strong opposition. In all due respect to the gentleman from california i rise in staunchest opposition to his amendment. Mr. Chairman, our Nations Nuclear deterrent and for the people at home watching, is done through the nnsa. National Nuclear Security administration. It is part of the department of energy. As part of that key mission and as part of this great bill, we are funding fully funding and we need to continue to fully fund the updates to our weapons programs to keep our Nuclear Deterrent strong. The plutonium pits are being done at los alamos and do an outstanding job. But we are so fortunate that our great funds at the Savannah River reservation and i have been there at this facility will work to create new plutonium pits. The world is a dangerous place. Vladimir putin with his outrageous wrong invasion of ukraine must be stopped. This man has basically threatened to use Nuclear Weapons that is intolerable rhetoric and intolerable conduct. The strongest way to oppose that is to have a robust Nuclear Deterrent. Our bill does that. Los alamos does that, the nnsa does that. Our friends at the great Savannah River reservation have done that for years and will continue to do that to produce plutonium pits. The chinese are growing their nuclear arsenal. The world is moving in the wrong direction. My hero, Ronald Reagan, said grow our Nuclear Deterrent, and he did that. I can remember standing in a College Class with 200 students, i was the only person to stand up and fight the Nuclear Freeze. Ronald reagan was right. We defeated the evil empire the soviet union because we did not do a freeze but stood up and built up our Nuclear Deterrent. We have to do that now. Our partners are there and this facility will supplement that and with all due respect, he is wrong. America needs its Nuclear Deterrent and nn smp a needs to be strong and this plutonium pit needs to go forward. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california. Mr. Garamendi reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann i yield to my Ranking Member, miskaptur ms. Kaptur. Senator capito i share the gentlemans strong passion that america has the best deterrent to face not only in middle east and ukraine and what is happening in the high seas around the globe and we are proud of our nuclear navy. I rise in reluctant opposition to this amendment because of my dear friendship with congressman garamendi and i respect your effort to have a responsible Nuclear Deterrent and weapons program. I understand that. But this amendment would prohibit funding as has been stated for the plutonium pit production at the savannah a river processing facility. And we all know that plutonium modernization is the key aspect to meeting our stockpile requirements and maintaining the Nations Nuclear deterrent. On both sides of the aisle of our subcommittee we had complete support really in ensuring our country maintains a safe, secure and credible deterrent and addressing nonNuclear Proliferation and terrorism. However, on our side of the aisle we continue to be troubled by the unsustainable spending in the department of energys weapons program. And i have to say that the concerns about the budget deficit and so forth including this one and cost overruns at a level that are historic and we have to manage whatever funds are allocated to that important task. So i wholeheartedly agree with chair fleischmann that the National Nuclear Security Administration needs to improve Program Management hope you hearing us given that half of its projects are over costs or behind schedule. That is not a good record. I ask for an additional minute. Mr. Fleischmann mr. Chairman my time has expired. I dont have a minute to yield. I rise as a designee of the gentlelady i move to strike the last word. I am moving for a pro forma, if i may. I rise as the designee of the gentlelady from texas, ms. Granger and i move to strike the last word. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Fleischmann i would like to yield to my Ranking Member, ms. Kaptur and i thank you. Senator capito ms. Kaptur we have to face the reality and making decisions to prioritize and only through strategic prioritization can the program meet the needs of stockpile requirements and maintaining our nations critical Nuclear Deterrent, limiting funds to all one strategic investment of plutonium investment it will find the right path for america. I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. And i thank congressman garamendi that we spend our dollars wisely and i yield back. Mr. Fleischmann i yield to mr. Wilson from South Carolina. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Wilson i rise in opposition to this amendment by my good friend, Lieutenant Governor garamendi. Im grateful to see our chairman, chuck fleischmann, working with the Ranking Member as we oppose this amendment. This is a time when the china commune China Communist Party has the Largest Nuclear buildup in history. Putin is invading ukraine and threatens Nuclear Weapons. And the dictatorship in iran invading israel is developing Nuclear Weapons while chanting death to israel, death to america. In defense we should be modernizing Americas Nuclear arsenal. We did not choose the word of dictators with the rule of gun invading democracy was rule of law. But we are in this. Ukraine has been invaded. Israel invaded. And they threaten taiwan. Blue tone yum pit production is a critical need. As with every weapon we must continue to invest in improvements to achieve peace through strength. The tradition as the chairman said of Ronald Reagan. Sadly and incredibly last night bbc news broadcast a report, quote, russia has just released a Massive Nuclear strike capability. This was presented on russian putin state tv last night as the defense minister reviewed this with the war criminal putin. How current this is. The United States currently has a statuary requirement producing 80 plutonium pits per year as close as we can to 2030. Of those 80, the Savannah River site will produce 50. As the only member of congress who worked there, i know of the competence and capabilities of the people at the site w that i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from tennessee once again recognized. Mr. Fleischmann thank you, mr. Chairman. At this time i would like to yield to the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Duncan. I would like to explain to the chairman this fine chairman is my counterpart on the authorization side on the energy and commerce committee. Has been a strong leader in nuclear and has been my partner. Im the appropriator hes the authorizer. I yield to him. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Duncan i thank the gentleman for yielding. I speak in opposition to this amendment because it puts American Security at risk. Plutonium pits a. Key component of Nuclear Warhead production, have not been regularly produced in the United States since 1989. We are forced to refurbish our stockpile of warheads to keep up with the demand. We can only do that for so long because the components decayed. Russia and china are ramping up their capacity to produce new Nuclear Weapon components. We need to show our adversaries we are capable of maintain ago strong and modernized nuclear deter rent. Speaker johnson yesterday reiterated peace through strength. We have a statutory obligation to manufacture 80 plutonium pits annually by the year 203020 maintain our National Defense coals. The Savannah River site is a critical component. Its the last of its kind to help disassembly and assembly process. This amendment is misguided. I invite the gentleman from california to come down to South Carolina to visit the river site. I have been told you havent. You are talking about something you dont know about because you want to cut funding away. The plutonium River Project will be responsible for producing over half of the minimum annual requirement. We must continue to support Savannah River site to maintain a dominant Nuclear Force in the world. I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment. I thank the gentleman. I yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann mr. Chairman, at this time i yield to my dear friend, the gentleman from georgia, mr. Allen. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Allen i rise in opposition to this amendment which prohibit funding for plutonium pit production at the Savannah River site. I appreciate my friend from californias concern of cost. I will have to note i spent the chair the gentlemans time has expired under the amendment. Mr. Fleischmann mr. Chairman, i rise as designee from the gentlelady from texas, miss ranger, mr. Chair, i move to strike the last word. The chair the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann i yield to mr. Allen. Mr. Allen thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to this amendment which would prohibit funding for plutonium pit production at the Savannah River site. As my friend mentioned the cost overruns. I appreciate his concern with that. Let me tell you, i spent 40 years in the construction business. In the last two years concrete has doubled in price. Steel has doubled in price. There is a lot of concrete and steel in the plutonium. We do need to deal with the inflation we are seeing out there. The Savannah River site is also known as s. R. S. The department of energy site conducting important work to defend our National Security in georgias 12th district is home to approximately 30 of the workforce. On the construction of the Savannah River site is the plutonium processing facility. Required by law this is part of a two site strategy with Los Alamos National laboratory antiSavannah River site tasked with producing plutonium pits to help improve resiliency and mitigate risk in the United States pit production. Let me say that again. To mitigate risk in the United States pit production. This shortsighted amendment would critically threaten this urgent National Security mission. The Savannah River site is committed to Nuclear Modernization to ensure Americas Nuclear deter rent is safe and reliable. To say otherwise is simply not true. I urge a no vote on this amendment. I yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann thank you, mr. Chairman. At this time i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Garamendi mr. Chairman, i have a question. About fairness in the debate. The chair of the subcommittee has offered two pro forma amendments giving my side of the debate no opportunity whatsoever to respond to the issues that have been raised. Im curious, mr. Chairman, is fairness out of order on this floor . The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi i posed a question to the chair. Does the chair have an answer to my question . Is fairness out of order on this floor . The chair the gentleman has not stated a parliamentary inquiry. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi a parliamentary inquiry would be, sir, how can i achieve, under the rules of the house, a fair debate with equal time on the issue . Mr. Chairman. Mr. Garamendi i have a parliamentary question before the chair. Fair is fair, guys. The chair the gentleman has the ability to consult with House Resolution 756 to get what is in order for consideration. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi in an effort to achieve that consultation, sir, could the house provide me with information since i do not before me the rules of the house. Perhaps they could provide me the rules of the house and i could read it. Or perhaps the chair can provide some advice on that particular section of the rules. Im being informed that the rule allows for 10 pro forma amendments that are granted to the chair. Mr. Garamendi if i might ask another parliamentary question, sir. As the author of this amendment do i have the opportunity to propose one, two, three, for, five, six, seven, eight, nine of those pro forma . The chair thats correct. Mr. Garamendi let us get started. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi i have a pro forma amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi how many minutes do i have, sir . The chair the gentleman would have to be recognized by the chairman of appropriations to be allowed to offer a pro forma amendment. And is recognized for one minute and 10 seconds at this point. As the proponent of the amendment. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi mr. Speaker mr. Chairman. This house has always operated in a fair an evenhanded way. And i must say the use of the pro forma amendment by my colleagues on the republican side creates a very unfair debate. In which the points put forward in opposition to my amendment i do not have time to deal with. However, i will take whatever time i have remaining and not spend much time on the necessity for fairness in the debate. Which has a whole lot to do with the time available. Now, very, very quickly since i have only a minute and some seconds left here, this is not an end to the plutonium pit production. What it says is to pause for one year an 850 million expenditure on what has become not a plutonium pit but a dollar pit. Billions and billions of dollars have been spent on the savannah facility, first to somehow deal with the nuclear waste. That didnt work. Its been repurposed to build plutonium pits. The reality here, there will not be a pit built in Savannah River for at least a decade. All of this chatter, all of this chatter about the safety of this nation is nonsense. The reality here we have a money pit. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. Ms. Kaptur mr. Chairman. The chair for what purpose does gentlelady from ohio rise . Ms. Kaptur i rise as the designee from the gentlewoman from from connecticut and i move to strike the last word. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur i yield my five minutes to the gentleman from california. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Garamendi apparently we want a debate on the plutonium pit issue. Let it happen. Lets get some facts here. The 80 pit per year has little to do with nuclear arms, nuclear bonds. It has everything to do with a number that was invented by the committees of this house. Now, what are we going to do with these pits . First of all, the pits will not be built in Savannah River for at least a decade. And quite likely 15 years. And, yes, perhaps they will in 15 years produce 50 pits per year. For what purpose . Specifically now the pit production is taking place at Los Alamos National laboratories. Which is diligently and wastefully moving forward to produce 30 minutes per year 30 minutes per year pits per year. The first is likely to be produced in three to four years from now. Beginning at the rate of one a year and eventually moving to 30 per year which will probably take a full decade and several billion dollars to do. What is that pit going to be used for . Maybe we ought to know before we Start Talking about the safety of this world and nation. The pits that are going to be built at Savannah River are specifically for a new nuclear bomb. The 871 which has not been produced. Presumably that bomb would go on the new sentinal missile which in and of itself is 150 billion that we will spent to replace the minuteman 3 missiles that are now in the silos in the upper midwest. By the way, the minuteman 3s are perfectly good for at least another decade. Why are we spending that money . Presume apply a decade ago we decided to do it and the minuteman 3 missiles wouldnt work in a recent test this year. The minuteman 3 worked perfectly well. Ann there has been no and there has been no indication that it colt work perfectly well for the next decade or more. We have not yet calculated the full cost of replacing the minuteman 3 with the new Sentinel Program but the estimates are over 150 billion. For what purpose . To make us safer . No. Wont make us safer at all. What bomb will be put on the sentinel . While we await the 871. Guess what it is . It is the existing bomb that we have on the minuteman 3. That new weapon is at least a decade away and the cost is unknown. But you better get your billion dollars together because it will surely be in that range. We need a debate about all of this. This is not about National Security. This is about a new Nuclear Arms Race that puts humanity on this planet in serious, serious jeopardy. We have quite enough weapons, quite enough weapons to deter anybody from using a Nuclear Weapon. And yes, so do china and russia. This is about deterrents. How many bombs how many weapons, how many Delivery Systems are necessary for deterrents . It is a war, yes, all three countries have enough to terminate life on this planet. We dont need more to achieve victory in a nuclear war. We have quite enough already. We can target wherever we need to target in china, in russia, wherever. As a deterrents we have enough for deterrents and putin rattled the nuclear sabers. To what effect . To what effect did his rattling achieve . The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlewoman from ohio is now ms. Kaptur i yield back my time. The chair 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. Mr. Garamendi ask for a recorded vote. The chair the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 37 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Garamendi i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 37 printed in part bmp of house report 118242 offered by mr. Garamendi of california. The chair the gentleman from california, mr. Garamendi and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Garamendi thank you, mr. Chairman. I think ill take a deep breath. I was a little wound up a few moments ago. If the opposition would like to go through that process an additional five minutes, well play that game and i would actually appreciate doing that. There is a lot to discuss and there is a lot that this house has to consider and about the Nuclear Enterprise and a 10year mission we have been on to rebuild our Nuclear Programs. One part of that Nuclear Program is a new nuclear bomb to be put on the new sentinel rockets that replace the minuteman 3. Moment ago, i discussed the situation, do we really need to spend 120, 150 billion to replace the minuteman 3 . And the new nuclear bomb . The answer is, we have time. We have time. As i said a few minutes ago, the minuteman 3 will work for a considerable period into the future and the Nuclear Weapon that is presently on the minuteman 3 is going to on work for many, many more years. Its not aging out. Its perfectly reliable. So what is this 871 all about . Its a new bomb. And first new bomb that we have built in many, many years. Presumably, it will work better than the bottom that is presently on the minuteman 3 and will be used on the new sentinel rocket when it is ready to be placed into new silos upon which we will spend billions of i would ask all of us to take a calendar and look at the years ahead and begin to put in place the arrival of the new sentinel, which will surely be at least a decade and not longer and look at the pit production that will be able to be in place at los alamos. We will be stacking up new pits in los alamos well ahead for the need of this new weapon to be put on the sentinel rocket. We will have an inventory of pits that could be used for the 871. Im saying in this amendment, wait a minute, take a look at the calendar and the way these pieces fit together. Billions dollars that wont be available for a decade and a half. Look at the pits and the stockpile of pits that would be available for the timing of the 871 should we ever decide we need it. We do not need to spend this money today on the 871 or on Savannah River. This is a pause. We heard the new speaker stand right there and tell us we have a deficit problem. We sure as hell do have a deficit problem. Part of it is how we spend our money. We ought to take a look at that. Thats what these amendments are about. These amendments are about spending money unnecessarily now. We have desperate things we need to do. We need to educate, we need to research and be in competition economically with china. And here we are. Small amount of money here. Pause this expenditure. Pause it. We are not doing away with the 871. But right now, why are we spending this money today . Why . New speaker wants to deal with the deficit, deal with this. Pause this expenditure. We have plenty of time to deal with this. And for those that argue that this has to do with our current National Security, you are dead wrong, because this will not be available for at least a decade. And then you can argue whether we even need it then. I reserve my time. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from tennessee is for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Fleischmann i rise in strong opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann thank you, mr. Chairman. Once again i respectfully disagree with my friend and colleague mr. Garamendi, from california. I represent the great people of the oak ridge, birth place of the manhattan project. Nnsa has a fa yilt called the y12 facility and building the processing facility. What became very apparent to me when i was that College Freshman arguing against a Nuclear Freeze correctly against a roomful of liberal radical leftist students i knew i was right because Ronald Reagan was right. I didnt know that Nuclear Weapons deteriorate. I thought you could put it on a shelf and if you needed it, you could get it. Nuclear weapons by their nature deteriorate and have to be updated. Through three administrations, the Obama Administration the Trump Administration and now the Biden Administration, i have worked hand in hand with the nnsa to make sure that our Current Nuclear air sen ell, our Nuclear Deterrent is strong. That i disagree with my colleague from california is, our resolve is to tell the world today whether its in moscow or beijing or any of the other countries that have Nuclear Capability and sadly to my colleague, there are at least 10 countries now who have the ability to produce and deliver a Nuclear Weapon, that is scary. The resolve of the people of the United States must be to have a strong Nuclear Deterrent today and in the future. That is why we have got to have this program and we have to keep our Nations Nuclear arsenal strong, vibrant now and in the future. Specifically, mr. Chairman, the w871 program will replace the w78 warhead and support building the sentinel system. We have a nuclear try add triad with our navy and air force. It is a strong triad, this is the message to the world we can never have a Nuclear Weapon used and deployed. Putin is threatening it. We cant have that type of rhetoric. We have to stand against that. The strongest way to do it is a commitment not only to our friends in Savannah River and oak ridge, but all of the United States. We have strong weapons and labs doing a great job. The women at the nnsa are great patriots. They are within the department of energy. We are doing a tremendous job. I wish the world were a benign place and without Nuclear Weapons, but they are existent and they are there. We are the leader in protecting the free world and protect the people of the United States. We have to send a message, therefore i strongly and vee healthily oppose the gentlemans amendment. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. The gentlemans time has 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. Mr. Garamendi i ask for the yeas and nays. The chair does the gentleman request a recorded vote . Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 38 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition . Mr. Hagedorn i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 38 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by ms. Hageman of wyoming. The chair the gentlewoman from wyoming and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. Mr. Hagedorn thank you, mr. Chairman. I rise in support of my amendment number 38, h. R. 4394 which would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds from going to the department of energys implementation of its proposed industrial decash niecessation roadmap. It identifies and targets four co2 emitters, res detention, commercial and transportation sectors, pretty much every aspect of our lives. , already experiencing the consequences of this administrations decision to target residential Carbon Emissions by attacking those Home Appliances that work from gas stoves to washing earn driers to water heaters driers and water heaters. Causing these costs to skyrocket and reducing their availability. We are also suffering through this administrations decision to target the transportation sector by imposing tailpipe emission requirements, fuel efficiency standards, and propping up the electric vehicle industry. Causing the price of our cars and trucks to skyrocket. While also reducing their availability. What is the outcome of these misguided efforts . Government imposed wretchedness, of course, but that is what this administration does best. It is no wonder that automobile repo sessions are at an alltime high because of bad policies imposed by bureaucrats shielded from both accountability and having to suffer the consequences of their bad decisions. Real americans suffer every day. This road map is bad policy and i urge the adoption of my amendment. With that i reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur id invite the gentlelady to come into any pulmonary ward in this country and see the cancers that attend to people who have suffered from carbon ingestton in their careers. This amendment prohibits funds to implement the industrial decarbonization road map published by the department of energy in september of 2022. The purpose of the roadmap is to develop a strategy approach to decarbonizing the nations industrial sector. I come from industrial america. While simultaneously creating goodpaying jobs for american workers, spurring economic growth, developing u. S. Leadership in these new technologies, and creating a cleaner, more equitable, and healthier workplace for all americans. The industrial sector represents 30 of Energy Related Carbon Dioxide emissions in the United States. To address the climate crisis, we must address these emissions. We got a lot more People Living in this country now. When i was born there were 146 million. Today we have about 335 million. Its going to go up to 400 million people. We have to think about our way of life and how we meet the demands of a new era. In addressing these emissions well dramatically improve air quality and reduce millions of early deaths in our country and around the world. The roadmap focused on proven steps for Energy Technology innovation, advancing Early Stage Research and development, americas always been about the future. Investing in multiple process strategies, and scaling through demonstrations and integrating solutions, including on the factory floor and places already equipment is repaired. A successful decarbonization strategy is critical to supporting the existing over 11 million workers in the American Manufacturing. And a growing future workforce in the clean industry transition. There is a lot of training that has to be done there. How is it that our firefighters across this country just in the last few years have discovered the cancers that attend to working in that extremely dangerous and important Patriotic Service to the people of our country. Their equipment is important. And what happens to their lungs and bodies is really important. Again, i invite you to come with me to the hospitals of this country and meet the workers who have died and their families and people suffering because of carbon ingestton. While it is clear we need an all of the above Energy Strategy that taps domestic oil and gas and invests in clean energy, we must continue to promote energy innovation, a cleaner workplace, in all sectors of the economy, and in the American Home as well. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. I reserve the balance of my t time. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. The gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. Ms. Hageman the administrations roadmap targets those industries that significantly contribute to the stability of our nations economy and supply chain. Finally the Petroleum Refining chemicals iron, steel, food and beverage industries. Instead of helping our american businesses, families, and communities, the roadmap requires the use of substantially less efficient, less reliable, and more Costly Energy resources. Including socalled clean energy hoping to ultimately replace our ability to access our very own domestic affordable and Reliable Energy resources. One of the goals mentioned in the road map is to, quote, prepare the existing 11. 4 million American Manufacturing workers and future workforce for the quote, clean industry transition. When i hear that this Administration Seeks to quote, prepare the existing 11. 4 million American Manufacturing workers for the clean Energy Transition, and then watch as they attempt to shut down our mines while exporting manufacturing jobs to countries with dirtier products unless effective Environmental Policies led by dictators and despots, i admit im more than skeptical as to what preparing actually means. This administrations roadmap is unworkable and bankrupt our country. With that i reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. The gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. Ms. Kaptur you know mining is a really difficult industry. Mr. Chair, i yield to the gentleman from tennessee i yield back my remaining time. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. Ms. Hageman another goal highlighted in the road map supports a transition to no carbon fuels. Mr. Chairman, americans see through these goals. The reality is that no carbon fuels are not only no such thing and only a charlton would argue otherwise, they receive four times the amount of federal subdies while producing less than 1 5 of the energy compared to our legacy industries. These fuels are not unreliable even with the ridiculous amount of taxpayer subsidies, but environmentally destructive and require massive amounts of land per unit of energy produced. They kill birds and other wildlife by the millions. These unreliable projects simply cannot compete with our traditional and Reliable Energy resources. A fact borne out by their need for subsidies to be viable at all. Figures from the u. S. Energy Information Administration show renewables receive 15. 6 billion in subsidies during fiscal year 2022 and an estimated 1. 2 trillion from the socalled inflation reduction act. Being the largest recipient of such subsidies. It is thus entirely foreseeable the second largest recipient of subsidies, according to the Energy Administration information, are lower income families who struggle to pay their utility bills. Proving this administration is hellbent on imposing Energy Poverty on every sector of our society. Why . They are struggling because of Rising Energy prices and rising utility fees as the result of this administrations forced Energy Poverty. We simply didk not afford to pursue this Energy Transition imposed on us by radical leftists. As the sole representative of the state whose Main Industries have been high jacked by the federal government in the name of the pie in the sky transition, i voice my strong opposition to this roadmap. I ask my colleagues to join me in defunding the department of energys implementation of this proposed industrial decarbonation roadmap. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I reserve. The chair the time has expired. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed on. It is now in order to consider amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition . Mmr. Fleischmann i rose for a roll call on that last vote. Roll call request. Mr. Chairman, i ask for a roll call for the yeas and nays on the last vote. The chair that request is not recognized. Mr. Fleischmann thank you. The chair the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. Ms. Hageman thank you, mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk. The chair the gentlewoman will suspend. The clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 39, printed in part b of house report number 118242, offered by ms. Hageman of wyoming. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. Hageman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. Ms. Hageman thank you, mr. Chairman. I rise in support of my amendment number 39 to h. R. 4394, which prohibits funding from going towards the super track three program. According to the department of energy this program sun like previous programs, its primary focus being on electrification and meeting green energy goals rather than improving fuel efficiency. D. O. E. s office of efficiency launched the super Truck Initiatives in 2009 with the aim of. Proving heavy duty truck efficiency by 50 while the followup super truck 2 in 2016 sought to double fuel efficiency for 18 wheeler or class a trucks. Since then program has taken a drastic turn away from these goals. D. O. E. Has repurposed this Program Towards the research and development of lowering Greenhouse Gas emissions. Super truck 3 was created to Fund Projects to electrified momentum and heavy duty freight trucks. Mr. Chairman, americans are tired of their taxpayer dollars being used to Fund Programs that ultimately cause more harm than good. We simply cannot afford to support programs that share the same fundamental goals outlined in the green new deal. They will destroy our economy and force a change in behavior by reducing the availability of the good americans want. I urge support of my amendments. I reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. The the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition. For what purpose. Ms. Kaptur i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur as a daughter of you auto motive and truck america, and aficionado of nascar, and having spent a lot of my time ton drag strips across the country, including my own, i rise in strong opposition to this amendment because its not about the future its about the past. This amendment prohibits funds for the department of energys super truck 3 Program Within the office of Energy Efficiency and renewable energy. And the department initially its hard to make an engine. Its hard to conceive of and hard to build it. It takes a lot of creativity to understand propulsion. The parts of the country that i represent specialize in that. The department of energy initially launched the super Truck Initiative in 2009 to improve heavy duty truck freight efficiency by 50 . 50 . That is a gulp. The second iteration super truck 2 sought to double super eyency for 18 wheeler trucks. Super truck 3 working to improve heavy duty truck efficiencies and reduce freight transportations is under way. This program consists of a Publicprivate Partnership with general motors, ford motor company, Daimler Trucks north america, volvo group north america, and paccar. I want america to succeed. I want the free world to succeed. This program is building on a proven track record within seven years, four truck makers exceeded the super truck one goals. And the five super truck 2 projects are on track to more than double their fuel efficiency. I invite the gentlelady come with me to some of these companies and Research Sites to see what it takes to make more america more fuel efficient. These efforts help create goodpaying jobs here at home. Boost american supply chains. Not in china. Not in japan. Not anywhere else in the world. Right here. Oil prices are on the rise again and our transportation sector is currently largely dependent on petroleum and subject to Oil Price Volatility and what will become diminished supplies in the decades ahead. I dont want america to be stuck on the whims of dictators throughout the world. Its common sense we should develop Energy Alternatives and promoting Energy Efficiency and advancement in our transportation sector. While its clear we need an all of the above Energy Strategy that taps domestic oil and gas, we must also invest in alternative Energy Options to diversify our energy portfolio, including hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cells where the market is moving. The companies are moving. We need to help to protell that advancement soonerar propel that advancement sooner rather than later. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. Would the gentlelady yield. Members are reminded to direct their comments toward the chair. The gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. Ms. Hageman some think it is referring to radical green priorities. I say listen to a quote from senator markey. He said, quote, Climate Chaos is the greatest existential threat of our lifetime and will take an all hands on deck approach to slash pollution which comes from the transportation sector fanning the flame of the crisis. We can use new technologies to lead the world towards a Sustainable Future as we work to thwart the most catastrophic crisis. You can tell it was made by a politician who wont be held accountable to live under the rules he seek to impose. Hell always be able to afford whatever vehicle he chooses but not so much for the rest of us. Its not just left leading politicians who spout hyperbole and demand net zero emissions by 2050. Secretary granholm said getting to net zero Carbon Emissions means we must aggressively cut the largest source of emissions, the transportation sector than highlight this and referred to the super truck program. She said the first two d. O. E. Programs led to massive inefficiency and this new funding pushes towards electrifying trucks of all sizes and extending resources. It will not happen unless mandated by the federal government and borne out by the u. S. Energy administration. The fact is this wasteful spending is not sustainable and urge the adoption of my amendment. With that i reserve. The gentlewoman reserves the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. Ms. Kaptur i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Fleischmann. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Ms. Fleischmann thank you. On this issue we agree, ms. Kaptur. While i recognize the Current Administration has gone too far in pursuing climate goals, i believe there are aspects we can support, in particular the super truck program, awardees represent the largest producers of medium and heavy duty trucks in the United States. For these reasons and for the potential research and development of benefits and is a worthy pursuit and i oppose the gentleladys amendment and yield back. The chair the gentlelady from ohio . The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Kaptur i yield back my remaining time, mr. Chairman. This was a great debate. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The gentlewoman from wyoming has one minute. Ms. Hageman we have incidents of e. V. Drivers getting stranded in the cold. We had a driver in riverton who charged his vehicle to go 120 miles but ran over kilo votes over the mountain and it wasnt cold by wyoming standards having been in the same spot a week or so earlier he would have been stuck in minus 20 degree temperatures with 60mileperhour winds. The town of jackson said paying 1 million each for a fleet of trucks didnt make them more operational in our harsh conditions, finding out the hard way they will not work in Higher Elevations and single digit temperatures. The point im making is this transition being forced upon us by this administration is not only wrongheaded but downright dangerous. Mr. Chairman, supporting this program is not supporting fuel efficiency and is another way to prop up the forced Energy Transition to unreliable resources. For that reason i urge the adoption of my amendment and with that i yield back. The chair very good. The time has expired. Gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. It is in the opinion of the chair, that the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Mr. Fleischmann i demand a recorded vote. The chair a recorded vote is requested. Pursuant to rule 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 40 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from yank seek recognition . Ms. Hageman i have a report at the desk. The clerk amendment 118242 offered by ms. Hageman of wyoming. The chair the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. Hageman, and a member opposed will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. Ms. Hageman thank you, mr. Chairman. I rise in support of h. R. 4394 which i rise not to support the Energy Standards for consumer water heaters. In late july of this year the office of Energy Efficiency proposed a rule to enforce conservation standards for water heaters Holding Us Hostage to a well of unelected bureaucrats in the federal government. All this being done in the name of allegedly reducing global emissions and enforcing a Energy Transition that will do nothing to change Global Temperatures in the short or long term but will cause a substantial increase in the cost of our appliances. We are facing some series crisis in this country, a open border, over eight million illegal aliens invading america, a broken supply chain, china spying on us from above, a war in the middle east, etc. , etc. What does this administration focus on, making all of us poor in order to force us to use costly appliances that dont work. This administration is incapable of addressing the real issues important to the American Public so what do they do . They target the Home Appliances tools and vehicles that work from gas stoves to water heaters from lawn mowers to internal combustion engines to unreliable vehicles. This nonsense needs to stop and i encourage the adoption of my amendment and reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Ms. Kaptur i rise to oppose the gentleladys amendment. The chair the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Kaptur id like to depose the amendment because the department of energy is charged with implementing congressionally directed Energy Efficiency standards. Theyre implementing the laws we passed. The department of energy drafts Energy Efficiency regulations with the full participation of the manufacturers and the public at large. And they do issue their guidelines and regulations for review but the end result is people save money, they save money on water heaters, they save money on what it costs to wash clothes at home, their refrigerators. When these standards are set forth, they also promote innovation and get a lot of new inventions across the country and we can see the results of that every day. The benefits are real. As a result of the department of energys efficiency actions in the past, cost savings for American Families and businesses are projected to reach nearly 2 trillion by 2030. Not only does that make sense for the consumer, frankly it makes sense for the country because it means the systems to supply the energy are also more efficient. It drives us to be better at what we do. And its estimated per household, the Energy Efficiencies achieved already have amounted to over 6,000 of savings for every american every month when you pay every one of those bills, your gas bills and electric bills and everything you have to pay for in the house. The department of energy estimates this specific rule would slash household utility costs by over 11 billion annually to save consumers 198 billion on their energy bills over 30 years. When we look at the whole. And with population growing, weve got to do a better job of trying to save resources in order to make sure that everyone has the ability to access them. Stopping the department of energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing Energy Efficiency standards is basically bicycling backwards and will only create uncertainty for manufacturers and consumers. And for consumers, costs go up when we dont pay attention. So with respect to the proposed Energy Efficiency standards for consumer water heaters, i urge my colleagues with concerns to participate fully in the rulemaking process as i have done with respect to my concerns about the proposed Energy Efficiency standards for distribution transformers. That is appropriate and a response people can take to the proposed rule and attention can take and congress has vested the department of energy with the authority to promulgate these rules so let us fully participate in the process and lets make america better and modernize america and i urge my colleagues to reject this amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. Ms. Hageman in this latest proposal the government is attempting to force a cost for water heaters for consumers and take those water heaters that work off the market. What did i call that a few minutes ago . Oh, yeah, government proposed wretchedness. The cost of Home Appliances is skyrocketing all because of this administration will war on prosperity. New regulations, government imposed market uncertainty and intentionally disrupted supply chain, theres certainly a method to their madness. And a new word and concept has been born. This administration and the radical bureaucrats running it have one goal in mind and they call it dedevelopment. Let that sink in. Throughout much of modern history our political leaders sought to improve our standard of living and improve prosperity and to make out our everyday goods and needs more affordable, not less so, yet that is where we are now. The Biden Administration is intentionally seeking to make us all poorer, to make us all more dependent on the government and take away our ability to feed, clothe and house our families. It is the concept of dedevelopment that underlines the very purpose of the Energy Conservation standards for consumer water heaters. It is for that reason we must make sure that such standards never go into effect. More than nine million water heaters are sold in the United States every year. What water heaters we use should be a matter of personal treatment and economic choice. Our water heater manufacturers have built the most efficient and environmental friendly products in the world. But that isnt enough. Oh, no, not when the goal is not to make our necessary appliances more affordable but when the goal is to use regulations to change human behavior. I will say again our government proposed wretchedness is a byproduct of Agency Action but the purpose of the action itself. You know what you have an outofcontrol government that must be starved of money and that is exactly what my amendment does. It starves these new standards of the lifeblood they need to be weaponized against the American People. The bottom line is this. The Biden Administration doesnt care about personal freedom or economic choice and democrats are cheering every opportunity they get to intervene in the daytoday lives of americans. Congress has the authority and responsibility to challenge the extent to which these proposed standards are both technically feasible and economically justified and they are neither. This administrations strategy to destroy everything that works is causing Energy Poverty and vulnerable communities while powerful Clean Energy Companies are reaping the benefits of billions and billions of dollars in federal taxpayer subsidies that consumers are burying the burden of the cost. Many americans are already struggling to heat their homes, pay their utilities and put food on the table, primarily because of this administrations failed energy policies. This proposed rule worsens problems while solving absolutely nothing and i ask my colleagues to join me in support of freedom and Economic Prosperity by supporting my amendment to defund this administrations proposed rule by preventing them from finalizing, implementing and enforcing rule making pertaining to Energy Conservation standards for water heaters and this is tyranny and needs to stop. Thank you, mr. Chairman and i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part b of house report 118242 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. Amendment number 3 by mr. Perry of pennsylvania, number 12 amendment number 12 of mr. Neguse of colorado, number 14 amendment number 14 of mr, amendment number 15 by mr. Griffith of virginia, amendment number 16 by mr. Roy of texas, amendment number 19 by mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 20 by mr. Norman of South Carolina, amendment number 25 by mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 26 of mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 27 of mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 28 by mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 29 of mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 30 by mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 31 of mr. Perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 32 of mr. Perry of pennsylvania. Chonn. Amendment number 36 of mr. Garamendi of california, amendment number 37 by mr. Garamendi of california, amendment number 39 of ms. Hageman of wyoming. The chair the their will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which an aye prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report number 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Record. Members will record their vote by electronic device. This will be a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 15 the chair on this vows, the yeas are 156, the nays are 265, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 12 plinted in part b of house report 118232, by the gentleman from colorado, mr. Neguse, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 12 printed in part b of house report 118232, offered by many neguse of colorado. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. These in support of the recorded vote nor amendment will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having ri risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Welcome to speaker johnsons house with me at the helm, this is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 277, the nays are 142, the amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the 5e789. The clerk amendment number 14, printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Westerman of arkansas. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote, the yeas are 212. The nays are 213. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 15 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from virginia, mr. Griffith, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will dez redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 15 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Griffith of virginia. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number risen a sufficient number having risen, a record vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 161, the nays are 257. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 16 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from texas, mrr proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will deres. Ic nate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 16 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Roy of texas. The chair a recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 19 printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrr proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment 19 printed in house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote having been requested. Those in support for the request of a recorded vote will stands and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 135, the nays are 284, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 20 printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman, on which further proceedings were postponed. And on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment 20 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of a request for a recorded rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 105, the nays are 319, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 25 printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrr proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment 25 precipitationed in part b of 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen. A recorded vote is ordered. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 115, the nays are 306, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 26, printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which further proceedings were postponed on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 26 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 123, the nays will 300, the amendment is not adopt. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 27 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which the ayes prevoiled by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 27 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 137, the nays are 283rbg the amendment is not adopt. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 28 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 28 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 105, the nays are 316. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118242. Offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on that the vote the yeas are 134, the nays are 283. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 30 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 30 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. Is off number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 122, the nays are 299, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 31 printed in part b of house report 118242, by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 31, house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 130, the nays are 187, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 32 on which further proceedings were postponed on which the noes preentrailed voice vote. The clerk amendment number 32 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Perry of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be couldnt counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 292, and 395. The request is the vote by the gentleman from california garamendi on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment 36 printed in house report 118242 offered by mr. Garamendi of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen. A recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 116, the nays are 303, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 37 printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentleman from garamendi on which further proceedings were postponed on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment 37 printed in part b of house report number 118242, offered by mr. Garamendi of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is recorderred. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the nays are 121, the nays are 199, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is a record for a recorded vote printed in part b of house report 118242 by the gentlewoman from wyoming on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment offered by ms. Hageman. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. A sufficient number having arisen. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. The chair on this vote the yeas are 176, the nays are 241, the amendment is not adopted. The chair please take conversations off the floor. Consider amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose duds the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Jackson i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk the the chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Jackson of texas. The chair the house will be in order. Pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from texas, mr. Jackson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Jackson thank you, mr. Speaker. The National Nuclear Security Administrations plant in am lil roe, texas, is one of our nations most valuable and vital military assets as it is our Strategic Forces only Nuclear Weapon assembly and disassembly faciletism the saying is all roads lead to pantex because its a mandatory stop for every single Nuclear Weapon within our inventory. This amendment will prohibit the Biden Administration from halting construction of the muchneeded high explosive synthesis and performance facility at pantex. This will enhance our Nuclear Deterrence capability by allowing the nnsa to modernize and scale its high explosive capabilities to meet pressing and urgent stockpile requirements. Right now we rely on a single ects personal blender for vendor for high explosive projects. Theres been repeated problems with this vendor including lack of prioritization and even late deliveries. This jeopardizes our Nuclear Weapons production. Once this new fa still is constructed, well be able to meet all longterm high explosive material needs for the weapons stockpiles while successfully mitigating nearly all risk associated with production. Given the threat environment we face that the world today many people might assume that the federal government has made adequate investments in opinion antexed a modernized appropriately. Those assumptions would be dead wrong. Many facilities were built in the 1940s and 1950s. Today in 19 in 2023, youre required to wear a hard hat when entering some of the buildings because the ceiling is crumbling down on top of workers that work there. Since ive been in congress ive insured that Adequate Funding has been provide each year to maintain the sphailtys modernization efforts. While ive disagreed with the Biden Administration on just about every issue, one of the things they seemed to be doing right was prioritizing modernization of our Nations Nuclear enterprise. Then just when i thought the administration grasped how critical it was to ensure this, i open the budget request to see they zeroed out this project. Now they want to let our Nuclear Forces erode while they continue to pump billions of dollar into woke, green and social initiatives. This rejected by the house and Senate Armed Services committee as well as house appropriators because we can all see what President Biden apparently cannot. The United States must be the unquestioned lead for the the ability to project peace through strength. The house has successfully authored authorized and will soon appropriate funds for pantex because we all understand how critical it is to modernize the facilities where our Nuclear Weapons are made. We must take our Nations Nuclear enterprise out of the cross thiefers Biden Administration. The world is a dangerous place at the moment with Global Threats from china, iran, russia and north korea. We must provide adequate investment in our Nuclear Deterrence capability to ensure these bad actors never doubt our strategic readiness and the pantex plant is a key component of that. I urge all members to support my amendment to prohibit the administration from halting construction on this critical modernization initiative. With that, i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Ms. Kaptur i rise in opposition that amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur ive long been a champion of ensuring that the United States maintains a safe, secure, and credible Nuclear Deterrent while addressing the threat of Nuclear Proliferation and terrorism. I wholeheartedly agree with chair fleischmann that the National Nuclear Security Administration needs to improve its program and project management given that more than half of its projects are over cost or behind schedule. But we must also face the realities of future defense caps and begin making important decisions to prioritize within this program. As one step in the prioritization process, the National Nuclear Security Administration proposed pausing pausing not phasing out, pausing construction of this facility to focus resources on high priority items necessary for Nuclear Weapons modernization efforts. Only through strategic prioritization can the program achieve success. In meeting the needs of stockpile requirements and maintaining the Nations Nuclear deterrent. We should not prohibit the nnsa from pausing certain activities especially since those issues will be resolved through conferencing funding levels. I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. The gentleman the gentleman from texas is now recognized. Mr. Jackson thank you, madam speaker. I appreciate having the support of all of my colleagues on this amendment. With that, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. The amendment is adopt agreed. To it is now in order to consider amendment number 42, printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Mr. Lamborn i am offering an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 42 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Lamborn of colorado. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from colorado, mr. Lamborn and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. Mr. Lamborn thank you. Madam speaker i rise today in support of this amendment that restricts citizens of any country on the list of sensitive countries from entering any u. S. National Security Laboratory fa still. From los alamos to oak ridge our National Labs perform Critical National security activities that are the bedrock of our defense. They oversee the stewardship of our National Stockpile which maintains our safe, secure, credible and effective Nuclear Deterrent force. Unlike our adversary, the United States has upheld the zero yield testing standard set in place by the comprehensive test ban treaty. We have done this by choosing to make a massive investment in our National Labs to develop a more responsible Nuclear Testing regime that does not require Super Critical explosions. I was stunned to hear recent reports though of Biden Administration officials inviting citizens from our two greatest adversaries to observe u. S. Nuclear weapons tests. Russia and china should not have insider access to our testing. This is the latest in a sere rays of in a series of misguided and naive National Security actions made by Biden Administration officials. These are ethis same officials who have sworn oaths to protect and defend the u. S. Constitution and were appointed as care takers for our nations most sensitive National Security activities. Proponents of this policy argue that inviting foreign observers to view our tests would encourage our adversaries to be more transparent about their activities. However, china and russia have had ample opportunity to be more open about their Nuclear Weapons development and deployments and refuse to do so. So allowing adversaries to observe our knew career testing activities is allowing them to derive our methods and procedures. This destroys deterrence. As chairman of the house Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee, one of my priorities has been to strengthen and protect our nuclear arsenal. In the world today, nothing could jeopardize our National Security more than losing this advantage. For that reason, i encourage my colleagues to adopt this amendment and protect our nuclear assets. Thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Are you rising . No. The gentleman is now recognized. Mr. Lamborn ill close by saying that i ask that we adopt this amendment by acclamation. I yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 43 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . I have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 43 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by ms. Luna of florida. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Luna, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. Ms. Luna i yield myself as much time as i may consume. The army has halted in florida due to perpetual public easement policy. This is affecting nine counties where they have refused to renourish our beaches without stripping rights from every homeowner, an unattainable requirement. The court has used temporary construction easement to proceed with nourishment. They are now enforcing this policy dating back to 1996 but has not enforced this policy for two decades. They refuse to continue treating erosion while watching beaches disappear before our eyes. The unelected bureaucrats at the army corps of engineers has a different agenda they have stonewalled every single one of us, every single step of the way the court has neither followed up nor followed through on proceeding with ski scwawld beach renourishment project which we need which are in dire need due to hurricanes. If they continue to do nothing, our beaches will continue to dissipate. Dissipate. The truth is the army corps did not require perpetual easement before and do not need them now. The responsibility for the degradation of florida beaches will rest with the army corps of engineers. I dont know who the army corps works for but it is not the American People. This puts the army corps on notice and forces them to restore beaches. The chair is there any member seeking recognition in opposition in for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur yes, madam chair i rise to oppose the amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur this amendment the gentlelady has offered raises serious constitutional issues and amounts to an unconstitutional bill of attainder. This is not the way to handle policy disputes with michael connor, the assistant secretary of the army for civil works. This amendment prioritizes, im sad to say, legislative theater over the American People and it is no chance of becoming law. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this harmful amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. I now recognize the gentlelady from florida. Ms. Luna i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. Ms. Kaptur yes, madam chair i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, chair of the energy and water subcommittee, chairman fleischmann. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Fleischmann madam chair, thank you, to the Ranking Member, thank you for yielding. While i can completely understand the frustrations many of my colleagues may experience in some of their deal wings some of the aspects in the executive branch, respectfully i think reducing the salaries to 1 is not likely to solve the problem. In fact it may create even more problems and a challenging environment. So with all due respect to my colleague from florida, i urge my colleagues to oppose this motion. The chair the gentlewoman from ohio. Ms. Kaptur i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from florida. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed the chair for what purpose does gentlelady from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur i demand a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from florida will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 44 printed in part bmp of house report 118242. For what purpose does gentlelady from florida seek recognition . Mrs. Luna i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 44 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mrs. Luna of florida. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Luna and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlelady from florida. Mrs. Luna the army corps has halted beach renowishment plo jects in florida. This 9 1996 policy is out of date and needs to be defunded and we have massive concerns to include habitat for endangered species. A number of private homeowners that will have their Properties Destroyed and its going to financially impact our communities as much as our income for the area depends on travel as well as our beaches. I am asking for support of this amendment. I think it is something that would benefit my constituents but many of those. I yield. The chair any member seek recognition for opposition . Ms. Kaptur i rise in opposition. The chair the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Kaptur this amendment would prohibit funds for the corps of engineers to implement or enforce guidance from 1996 called approval of perpetual beach storm damage reduction easement. That is engineering language. This may sound like a lot of jarringon but attempts to have one area of florida treated differently than other areas. Beach renowishment is an important function of the corps of engineers and includes the adding of sediment on to or directly adjacent to an eroding beach. The corps of engineers generally requires that real estate easements are granted when performing work, which makes sense because the taxpayers are footing the bill for the improvement. It seems particularly of interest to taxpayers that if our dollars are improving private property, then there should be an easement provided. In this case, that wasnt required in the past, but the corps of engineers realized it wasnt following standard procedures and decided to implement that going forward. This comes down to one basic question, do we want to treat one area of the country differently than all the rest of the areas are supposed to be treated . I believe we should strive for consistency in implementing the laws and regulations in this country especially when it comes to projects funded by taxpayer dollars. I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman from ohio has the only time maintaining and now i recognize ohio. Ms. Kaptur i yield back the remaining time, please. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from florida. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 45 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Mr. Mccormick i have an amendment. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 45 printed in part b of house report 118242. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from georgia, mr. Mccormick and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. Mr. Mccormick i offer amendment number 45 to the energy and Water Development and related agencies appropriations act for fiscal year of 2024. My amendment prevents the army corps of engineers from closing camp grounds around lake lanier. My amendment will ensure these camp grounds are open for my constituents and people from all over the country. Lake lanier is the most visited lake of the 464 federally operated lakes in the United States with will over 10 million visitors from all over the country. The army corps of engineers runs the lake and the camp grounds and parks surrounding it. Over the past summer, the corps suggested they close some of the camp grounds around the lake citing the lack of appropriations and need for maintenance. Congress provided 8. 31 billion in annual appropriations for 2023, which was 26 above the fiscal year 2023 president ial budget request. The corps seems to have not properly budgeted. This is Big Government at its finest. Wasteful, always asking for more and never trying to save or be more efficient. The army corps must focus on the needs of the community where it operates. The more control locally, the better. The families of georgia 6 and all those who visit lake lanier should not bear the consequences. These camp grounds must remain open. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur i rise in opposition to this amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur this amendment prohibits funds provided by this act from closing camp grounds or parks operated by the army corps of gears around lake sid sidney lanier. I can understand closing camp grounds and parks in a particular area. Frankly, i wish my area had one. We dont. The gentleman has been blessed. Corps of engineers is one of the federal providers of Outdoor Recreation and receive 262 million visits each ear and 400 lake and River Projects in 43 states. Unfortunately the corps of engineers recreation funding has been declining in recent years and i support the notion we do not want the corps to be closing recreation sites due to lack of funding. This affects hundreds of sites across dozens of states. I do not believe we should begin the practice of funding prohibitions to carve out special designation but should develop a comprehensive solution fair to all regions across our nation to address the challenge of funding the corps recreation sites. And i welcome the opportunity to work with the gentleman. I oppose the amendment at this time but look forward to develop a solution to the larger problem and maybe give attention to the great lakes. Wouldnt that be great . I yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. Mr. Mccormick im glad you agree with me this is a problem nationwide. I focused on my district. In fiscal year 2023, operations and management budget for the army corps was 11 more than the Previous Year and makes our case that there is no reason to use these funds to close the most popular designation for people to come to our lake and our district. Therefore, mr. Chair, i think it is more important to protect our outdoors and keep the camp grounds open and accessible to the public. With that, im prepared to close. The chair the gentleman has the only time remaining. Mr. Mccormick i yield. The chair the gentleman yields. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 46 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Norman i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 46 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Norman my amendment would prohibit funding of the Biden Administration rule titleled Energy Conservation program Energy Conservation standards for manufactured housing and prohibit the department of energy from carrying out regulations that increase the regulatory burdens. This is a topic that im very well familiar with. I met with the manufacturers of manufactured housing. For those who dont know manufactured housing is built in a closed environment and what they have with the passage of regulations would put the most Affordable Housing out of business like changing the rafter sizes from two by fours to two by sixes and not practically feasible to do this. And the title would be against Energy Conservation program. What this does is much deeper than what this title does. On may 2022 domplet o. Developed standards and that would raise the price of new manufactured homes by thousands of dollars, which would be passed onto the homeowners from Cost Increases that is incompetents of any return that they would get from energy savings. Since then the cost of these standards has become even higher as Mortgage Rates have increased dramatically. The standards would limit Consumer Choices and severely threaten affordability of new manufactured homes. And this is the most affordable home that the country now is putting on the market. Custom homes, as we did in the old days are just not feasible now. This is manufactured housing represents one of the best opportunities for helping families realize the American Dream and accounts for roughly 6 of the Housing Stock and this being the largest source of unsubsidized Affordable Housing in the country. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Any seek recognition in opposition . The gentleman is recognized again. Mr. Norman in South Carolina, one in five South Carolina families lived in lives in a manufactured home. The average price of a manufactured home is 75,000 and Median Income of a manufactured home biesh is buyer is about 30,000. Affordability is in jeopardy if this new regulation is put into effect and shouldnt tradeoff Housing Affordability in exchange of Energy Efficiency. I yield back. The chair the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. Does the gentleman request a recorded vote . This is already agreed to. Mr. Norman rescind that. The chair it is now in order to consider amendment number 47 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Norman i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 47 printed in part b of house report 118242, offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Norman my amendment would prohibit funding for policies that advance the Biden Administrations radical d. E. I. Agenda. Diversity, equity and inclusion. Specifically my amendment would prohibit the use of funds for the department of energys office of scientific work force diversity, equity and inclusion. This Office Mission is to promote diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. Now even science must bow to equity and inclusion. Science should be rooted in fact and research. Not woke. I. We have seen what happens when d. O. E. Prioritizes diversity and inclusion over all else. It results in hiring nonbinary Nuclear Officials like sam brenton who uses they them. Pronouns. To address his his cohorts. Its time to be serious. We cannot waste taxpayer dollars funding in office of science whose sole purpose is to promote diversity, equity and inclusion over science. I urge my colleagues to support my amendments. Ry see therve i reserve the balance of my time. The chair any member seeking recognition in opposition in for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur yes, madam chair. I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur as i understand it, this amendment prohibits the use of funds for the department of Energies Office of science, their science offices, of scientific work force diversity, equity and inclusion. This bill already includes harmful riders that show republicans are not interested in bills that can gain bipartisan support and become law. So during our full committee markup, i remember it well, republicans added a provision that prohibits funds for any diversity, equity and inclusion office, program or training. The underlying bill already includes section 606, and i quote that prohibits funds related to advancing Racial Equity and sort for underserved communities and related to dwertsty, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the federal work force. In addition, section 605 of the underlying bill prohibits any activities related to critical race theory, put those three words in quotes, that is that as we heard in the markups when i asked the question, none of my republican colleagues could even define. How many and i dont see a definition in your presentation here today. How many times do the individuals on the other side of the aisle need to emphasize that they do not like the words diversity, equity and inclusion . I know when we were educated, we were always taught about e pluribus unum, one of many. That is what make ours nation great. We arent just one widget, that in fact our common experience is our shared heritages. Wherever they may be from. Makes us a more interesting place. Also connects us to the broader world beyond our shores. I really do not understand why these provisions are necessary on an energy and water bill. And i would hope that my colleagues can stop targeting those who may be different from themselves or they might think they are and embrace acceptance or at least tolerance of others and i urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. I yield back my time. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Norman madam speaker, i think my good friends on the left dont realize the cost of of what d. E. I. Is borne by the businesses in this country. And now more than ever when theyre paying double and triple for gas, theyre having supply chain shortages, theyve got Interest Rates at a 40year high. Inflation that weve never seen the likes of. Weve seen what d. E. I. Does in the military. The military is down 25 to 30 . If you want a definition, define for me what pronouns they and them, if youre referring to your fellow workers they and them, does that make sense . No, its the stupidest, craziest idea to even interthane. People are trying to put food on the table. People are trying to protect their loved ones. And youre really promoting this . With a price tag . Yall ought to be ashamed of yourself for doing this at a time when america is struggling as never before. Its got a price tag to it. And its to even have to discuss this is really unbelievable in todays world. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the gentlewoman ms. Kaptur i demand a recorded vote please. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 48 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Norman i have a amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 48 printed in part b of house report 1182 offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 726, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Norman my amendment is similar to what we talked about before on the d. E. I. Lunacy. My amendment would prohibit funds from being used by the Interagency Working Group on the social cost of Greenhouse Gases. The social cost of Greenhouse Gases. The Interagency Working Group was originally convened by the Obama Administration before being disbanded by the Trump Administration and reimposed through bidens radical climate executive order 13990. Democrats use the social cost of Greenhouse Gas metrics to justify sweeping Climate Policies and the strict regulations. I would add that President Biden, when asked the about what the main concerns and threats for america, he put Climate Change. Weve got people being blown up in israel. His focus is Climate Change now. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and ensure we dont waste valuable tax dollars and resources to fund the Biden Administrations radical climate agenda. And the other thing i would add is, we have got to put dollars that are just vaguely named in these bills and see where the money actually goes. I think america would be astounded. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur i rise in strong opposition to this amendment, please. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur this amendment would prohibit funds for the Interagency Working Group on the social cost of Greenhouse Gases. In my part of the country, we recognize what Greenhouse Gases are. We have to contain methane at many landfills that have let that stuff belch out into the atmosphere. The satellites that take foes of the earth from a distance away can show us that when we were conscious of Greenhouse Gases we were breaking through the ozone layer and creating, and weve been able to heal that now over time. With concerted effort. So those who care to know about Greenhouse Gases have plenty of evidence around us and we know that the work of this particular group is crucial to making sure the government accounts for the potential impacts of government actions on the climate. Now, i just left a group of farmers back in ohio and i can tell you what, their fields are being washed out because of added rainfall at a level theyve never seen before. Weve got the salt water creeping up the Mississippi River right now. I was just talking to one of the members on your side of the aisle yesterday, concerned about baton rouge and what is happening to the ocean and to the the saltwater coming north. Never before. This is very unusual. So whether its gases in the air, i can think of canada this past summer, in my part of the country we never had the kind oe from those forest fires and came down into our region. Even made it here to washington, d. C. And down into the panhandle. This is all new. This is all new. So as ive said its undeniable that we are witnessing growing weather events, stemming from Climate Change, occurring in real time even to the point where we can see it with our own eyes. As of the end of this august theres been more than 23 dases for the 2023 alone costing at least 1 billion each. And we know that the costs of trying to pick up after these terrible events, whether talking hawaii or other places in our country that have been hit hard, our Homeland Security and Disaster Assistance accounts have tripled because of what is going on. So we know that the events this year have exceeded the previous record set in 2020 and we still have a few more months to go before this year is out. We dont have the luxury to pretend that Climate Change is isnt impacting us, whatever name you call it, or that our actions arent somehow related to it. Tell the american citizens who lost businesses or homes and loeed ones from hurricanes and wildfires and other recent natural disasters and those who continue to face unrelenting flooding in the midwest that there are no costs from clie mad change because there sure are. And it is already past time for aggressive action to address Climate Change and its impact. The truth is that it is having catastrophic social and Economic Impacts here in the United States and across the globe and these are real and they are unrelenting. Re unrelenting. Predening pretending it doesnt exist wont make it go away i encourage my colleagues to vote against this. I would enjoy talking to the gentleman at any time about my part of the country and what we endure and from what ive seen from your party of the part of the country youve got issues there. I yelled back. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Norman im glad you mentioned forest fires. If you talk to any forester, this is something we could have a direct impact on. You know how much thatch that is causing a lot of these fires . Thatch in a lot of cases is this high. Environmentalists wont let them cut some dead trees, wont let them take thatch out. How stupid is that . It defies logic. You mentioned the oceans. You try to explain to anybody in country how a man is going to control the oceans. Were all for clean water and clean air. But the price tag that is put on these programs that are paying some bureaucrat to give his opinion, and its again, its lunacy at its height at a time in this country that americans cannot afford it. And i promise if you in your district if you talk to your constituents, and put the price tag on it, i think they would have a different opinion than your president saying that Climate Change is the biggest existential threat in this country. There are far greater things than that. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields. The question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 49 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Norman i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 49 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Norman this is similar to the other amendments weve been talking about. This particular amendment 49 prohibits use of funds for the consideration of the social cost of Greenhouse Gases in the development and implementation of budgets, federal procurement processes, or environmental reviews. I dont know how you calculate that. But the dollars are going towards it. President biden is directing agencies to consider social costs of Greenhouse Gases and development and implementation of budgets. Democrats use the social cost of Greenhouse Gas metrics to justify sweeping funding policies and strict regulations. Where is it legitimately going to . I doubt there would be the my friends on the left, if it were coming out of your paycheck, you would have a different opinion of where the money should be used. This is some of what we have been talking about. Its similar to what we face on the financial Services Committee where groups are demanding banks, banks that loan money, fill out 500page reports on the carbon imprint that banks have. How stupid is that . So again this is down the same lines we talked about. And i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . You. Ms. Kaptur i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. There is an old expression dont try to fool old Mother Nature and i would advise dont ignore Mother Nature. And i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Norman i wish during a lot of the hearings i have been to when the advocates for us humans controlling the climate and those like al gore, the oceans are boiling, he literally said that, fits right in line that the radical agenda. I support my amendment and i yield. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 50 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina recognition. The clerk amendment number 50 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 756, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Norman my amendment is similar to the others that i have proposed. But it prohibits funding for the american climate corps that the administration recently established through executive order. Thank god it is not binding after this administration is gone. It describes it as a Work Force Training and Service Initiative for careers in the clean reliance economy. It will focus on equity and environmental justice. Why dont you focus on progrowth agenda that prioritizes the american Energy Independence . Imagine if this administration reversed course and instead of buying it from opec maybe buying it from our country where we have a 100year supply and become energy independent. I am in the construction business, i dont see too many trucks operating on batteries. When i get on a plane, i dont see them operating on solar panels. I urge passage of my amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Ms. Kaptur i rise in opposition to this amendment. Well, heres another amendment that prohibits something else. The gentlemans amendment would prohibit funding for the american climate corps. I have been a long time supporter of the idea of engaging Young Americans in helping to build our country forward as the original civilian conservation corps did many years ago. People who became part of that saw a part of america they never seen before. They made new friends and learned new skills and gave pride in our nation. The whole intent of the climate corps is to engage Young Americans in helping our nation go forward, weatherizing homes, planting trees, mitigating coastal erosion, preventing fires. Constructing and maintaining public trails and so much more, from the western great blains to the coast and great lakes, we are witnessing the wreckage by changing climate with ferocity that knows no bounds. It will require bold and Innovative Strategies and connect them to the younger generation. Last month when the president announced the corps, he talked about young people with job skills. This program will give a new generation of americans the skills that our grandparents had necessary to access good paying jobs that are aligned with good paying opportunities after they complete their paid training and service. Its a program for america and the next generation. And i would welcome that. You know, used to be that most americans had someone in their family that joined the u. S. Military. Today, less than 1 of families are connected to the u. S. Military. We have to engage our younger people in Patriotic Service and this is one of those. We must continue to invest in the american next generation and this is a positive way to do it. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentleman is now recognized. Mr. Norman to my friends on the other side of the aisle, people that joined the corps, they are well meaning people, they work and build trails, they fix houses up. Their motives are pure. It requires physical labor and i met them on site. What this does is has nothing to do with the good that they do. It just burdens them. In america, we have become the country that we have in the past not by good anteing equal outcomes but equal opportunity. I want to grant the opportunity for people that join the american corps to reach the highest potential. And its not putting the money making them fill out a crazy form like the banks are having to do. For those who have been in the private sector, they would be with us at every level. I urge support of this amendment. And i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from rise . Ms. Kaptur i demand a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. It is now in order tore consider amendment number 51 printed in part b of house report 118242. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . I wish to offer my support to amendment number 51. The chair does the gentleman have an amendment at the desk . The chair are you rising as the designee . Mr. Norman amendment at the desk. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized and you have an amendment at the desk . Mr. Norman yes, maam. The clerk amendment number 51 printed in part b of house report 118242 offered by mr. Norman of South Carolina. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Norman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Norman my amendment cuts the salary of the secretary of the department of Energy Jennifer granholm to a dollar. The job she has done is far below standard by any measure. She testified and promoted a company in greenville, my state, that she was a former board member on and requested funds from the american taxpayer. And i have learned now with bureaucrats who make the decisions, only way you deal with them is cut their salary. And i recommend her salary be cut. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Ms. Kaptur i rise in opposition. This amendment raises serious constitutional issues and may amount to an unconstitutional bill of attainder. This is not to handle policy dispute with the secretary of energy for our country. This amendment prioritizes legislative fear over the American People and doesnt have a chance to become law. I urge my colleagues to vote against this harmful amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. Mr. Norman i yield to my good friend from michigan. This is not political theater but accountability. I rise in support of this amendment to reduce the i cannot make her pay us back. The job of the secretary of energy is to secure american Energy Independence but not securing american Energy Independence but depleting it and should be held accountable for failing to deliver on her job. Mr. James before ms. Granholm was energy secretary, she promoted the same failed policies while serving as governor of michigan and presided over michigans lost decade, a legacy we are still paying for. And presided over mass exodus of jobs from our state and crimeling of our economy and closing our homes and businesses and had fiasco and offered 9 million in tax credits to promote a job program that went to a convicted embeesler that lived out a trailer. Do you know what she did . She left. She got on a plane and headed to california and took a faculty position at berkley and left people of michigan struggling in snow. Past behavior is the best indicator of future performance. So we should be appalled but not surprised by the same malpractice and mistreatment of the office that she assumes currently and has inflicted serious pain on the American People and jeopardizees the Energy Independence of the American People. We have gone from Energy Independence to reliance on dictators and december pots around the world. She sold off our pee trollium. She laughed in our faces before gas prices hit their peak. American peoples pain is and trading away our National Resources to china, our number one adversary so they can implement their pipe dream of forced e. V. Transmission. I wont call it treason but many in my district have. Seeking to impose penalties through her mandates would crater the number one industry in michigan. We do not fear the future but we demand to be part of it. The consequences of her failures is the reason people are standing in a picket line. Unrealistic, untimely forced e. V. Mandates is building the middle class on the backs of middle class fams