The result would be the reverse of what the American people want: fewer inspections and more adulterated and dangerous food and drugs.

It takes chutzpah to haul the FDA Commissioner up here and grill her about why FDA is not doing more to keep the food and drug supply safe while simultaneously passing a budget that takes away the resources she needs to do her job.

I sincerely hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will work with me to provide FDA with the authority it needs to improve the safety of imports coming across our border.

It is chutzpah as well for the Republicans on this subcommittee to complain that FDA is not doing enough about food safety...

I was astounded by the comment of our friend on the Republican side of the aisle who is not on our committee. He said that the antitrust laws will protect us. Well, if you have a cable company or a phone company to choose, you are going to…

We need to defeat this Republican proposal because it is not based on anything but an ideological point of view that government can do nothing right and business can do nothing wrong; and they, therefore, favor the big businesses. I say do…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 255, nays 172, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 249]…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. {time} 1700 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Quigley The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC…

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee). (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of our committee, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen).

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).

And my colleagues, I have before me a letter from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. We asked them very specific questions, and one was whether this would establish a back-door cap-and-trade program. They said, one, EPA has…

To close, I yield the balance of my time to my colleague, who is a cosponsor of this legislation along with myself and Mr. Inslee, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette). Ms. DeGETTE. I thank the ranking member for allowing me to…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the ranking member on the Energy Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush).

The advocates of the underlying bill have said that EPA is going to regulate a lot of other sources. What this Kind-Owens amendment does is says that EPA will not be allowed to regulate farms, small businesses, and other small and…

The important thing about this amendment is that we reduce the demand for oil, which is the primary area where we are dependent upon OPEC countries. And to do that, we have tighter fuel efficiency standards. Without the Markey amendment…

I thank the majority for their graciousness in allowing for a clarification. This amendment simply says all that you suggest in your bill would become law, if it were passed, with the exception that we would continue to allow the EPA to…

I ask unanimous consent that each side have 1\1/2\ minutes. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan for 1 minute for each side? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from…

Reserving the right to object, I would plead with my chairman to agree to an additional minute to each side because I think that there is an important issue that is being ignored in this particular amendment. Each side may not need to take…

Thank you for yielding to me. This bill, the EPA does not put a price on carbon. The EPA is not setting up a cap-and-trade program. The EPA is only saying, in new facilities with large amounts of carbon emissions, put in efficiency…

Thank you very much. I just want to point out, Mr. Barton, my very good friend who used to be chairman of the committee and was ranking member when I asked him to work with us on a bipartisan energy bill policy, he said, I don't believe…

I am pleased at this time to yield 3 minutes to the Democratic whip in the House, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

I find myself in the same position. I am prepared to close and yield back my time, unless one of our Members shows up unexpectedly.