it is having a real impact on food prices and certainly really wicked on these dairy farmers that are hanging on by their fingernails.

So does that mean that if you have--the RFS standard requires more corn, obviously, to be going into the ethanol production, and that means less corn going into feed.

I have come to the conclusion that corn ethanol is bad for the--it is a bad environmental policy, bad energy policy, bad food policy.

I thank the gentlelady. This amendment is not on the level. It uses a word that is important to all of us: work. Of course people want to work, but there is no money for a work program. There is an obligation on the person who has no…

The question facing this Congress is, Will we have a farm bill that respects farm families? This is about individual families that are working hard to try to survive, not to get rich. Market stabilization is exactly what Apple Computer…

That's outrageous. You know, if there's problems, let's deal with them in a direct and straightforward way.

Let's make things work, let's not waste money.

the kind of elephant in the room that has been alluded to, but not directly addressed, is the Cable Act of 1992.

the consumers just don't have any power to affect the outcome, but they are feeling the pressure of these high bills.

The Federal Government spends more than $6.5 billion on energy costs every year to heat, cool, and power roughly 500,000 buildings and facilities. Currently, the administration is auditing Federal agencies for cost savings and has found…

It has been so tremendous to see the implementation of an idea.

Thank you, Chairman Terry and Ranking Member Schakowsky and all of the members of this subcommittee.

Recently, Representatives McKinley and Welch, both members of this subcommittee, introduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, H.R. 1616.

I appreciated your kind words about the HOMES Act, and we are pleased that we have the support of Efficiency First for that legislation.

I think it would be worth it for all of us to hear more about the contracting jobs that you have been able to create.

I would like to thank Congress and Congressmen David McKinley and Peter Welch for their leadership on homes, home performance and for introducing H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, or HOMES Act.

In 2010, this Committee crafted and passed the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, introduced by Representative Peter Welch.

First of all, I thank the chairman, but I want to reassure the panel that you will be treated much better than I was when I arrived.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the Making College More Expensive Act. Mr. Speaker, what we're doing is just not right. The Federal Government is borrowing money at 1.8 percent. Then we're lending it…

Parents who thought they had equity in their home and were going to be able, after working 30 years of work, to finally take that cruise or that vacation, they're refinancing their home to help their kids. And despite that--which…

The question before you is whether Congress should continue to allow rental car companies to rent vehicles to the public that are so unsafe.

If the vehicle's unsafe it shouldn't be rented.

But I hadn't realized that law does NOT apply to rental car companies.

Senator, you're absolutely correct when you stated earlier that we have an incentive to do it.

I would especially like to thank Senator Schumer, Senator Boxer, and you and your staffs for your leadership and hard work.