You call us today to grow in the knowledge of that love and invite us to receive your blessings. Accept the prayers we offer for our beloved nation, protect it and keep it ever in your sight. Fill this house of representatives with your holy wisdom and may that wisdom lead to right action. Strengthen these representatives and their staffs as they labor for the common good and for what is just in your eyes. May true harmony, lasting freedom and justice be secured for all so that there may be lasting peace. We ask this in your most holy name, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 thjonastdsppve the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Marino. Mr. Marino please join me in the pledge. 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
Legislatures of threefourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the congress. Mr. Goodlatte yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. Tipton. Mr. Tipton amendment xxiii section 1 the district constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as congress may direct a number of electors of president and Vice President equal to the whole number of senators and representatives in congress to which the district would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state. Mr. Goodlatte i now yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. Buck. Mr. Buck they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered for the purposes of the election of president and Vice President to be electors appointed by a state, and they shall meet in the district and perform such duties as provided by the 12th article of amendment. Section 2 the Congress Shall have p
Refineries have much more Greenhouse Gas emissions theyre much less efficient and less environmentally sound than our refineries in our country. What do you end up with . Much more Greenhouse Gas emissions because you didnt have the pipelines. And by the way tankers have to bring that petroleum from opec, russia, heavy crude from venezuela. Creates more Greenhouse Gas. So the net effect is you increase the environmental impacts by not allowing the pipeline. It increases. It doesnt reduce it it increases. Furthermore, canada is taking steps, and canada their laws in terms of Environmental Stewardship are tougher than ours, but they are continuing to work to move to whats called insitue development. Whats insitue development . Its developing using steam, which is the traditional way they produced oil. So its Greenhouse Gas, its very similar to drilling in the United States. And in fact its a lower foot print than the heavy crudes that come out of california. Very environmentallyconscious
Make that will create significant construction and infrastructure jobs. Now, were this just in isolation and it didnt involve the total construction of the forests of canada, if i were a canadian id be pretty upset about that, and perhaps the dirtiest, most environmentally problematic way of extracting fossil fuels from the ground to get these oil sands, the construction jobs might have, you know, might carry the day. But sometimes you have to draw a line. And in this case, you know we also hear its going to lead somehow to Energy Security. Thats interesting because the crude is going to come down without paying any crude, tar stand oil or whatever you want to call it, its going to come down to texas without paying into the Oil Spill Liability trust Fund Creating a potential problem for the future taxpayers of the United States. Go to a refinery in an export zone in texas and it will be refined and then it will be exported. Were exporting millions of gallons of fuel every day. So to so
Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill. Mr. Goodlatte i now yield to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. Kaptur. Ms. Kaptur section 8, the Congress Shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Mr. Goodlatte i now yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. Hensarling. Mr. Hensarling to borrow money on the credit of the United States, to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the indian tribes, to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. Mr. Goodlatte i now yield to the gentleman from virginia mr. Connolly. Mr. Connolly to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measure