H6074 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 19, 2012 

broken in California, where a GMO labeling initiative is on the ballot. Here 

in Congress my legislation, H.R. 3553, 

will provide for a national labeling bill. 

Americans have a right to know if 

their food is genetically engineered. 

It’s time for labeling. It’s time for people to know how their food is being 

produced. 

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TIME FOR A DIVORCE WITH 

PAKISTAN 

(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute.) 

Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the 

United States granted Pakistan major 

non-NATO ally status to help us fight 

al Qaeda and the Taliban. This status 

gives special foreign aid and defense 

benefits such as an expedited arms 

sales process. But Pakistan has proved 

it’s no friend to America. 

Pakistan said ‘‘no’’ when we asked it 

to go after the terrorist havens. Pakistan twice tipped off terrorists making 

IEDs that kill Americans. Pakistan’s 

intelligence arm, the ISI, helped the 

Haqqani network, a designated foreign 

terrorist organization, to attack our 

embassy. Pakistan arrested and convicted the doctor who helped us locate 

Osama bin Laden, the world’s number 

one terrorist. 

I believe some of the money that we 

have given them goes to the Taliban, 

but Pakistan has given us no reason to 

trust them. They are a disloyal ally, a 

Benedict Arnold friend. 

I’ve introduced H.R. 6391 to strip 

Pakistan of its major non-NATO ally 

status. We don’t need to pay Pakistan 

to betray us. They will do it for free. 

Time for a divorce with Pakistan. 

And that’s just the way it is. 

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FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS OF 

TRILLION DOLLARS DEFICITS 

(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the President has burdened the Nation with 4 

straight years of trillion dollar deficits 

and has added more than $5 trillion to 

our national defense. His failed policies 

have done nothing but make our economy worse. Now he wants to turn our 

debt crisis into a defense crisis. The 

President’s own Secretary of Defense 

has said the looming half-trillion dollars in defense cuts would ‘‘hollow out 

the force and inflict severe damage to 

our national defense.’’ 

So far the President has refused to 

offer any alternatives whatever. House 

Republicans remain committed to 

slashing spending and reducing the deficit but not by arbitrarily cutting 

funding that supports our troops and 

their families. That’s why we passed 

specific, commonsense reforms to replace these dangerous cuts. 

It’s time for the President to help us 

rescue our Nation’s defenders from 

these imminent cuts before they take 

effect and our national security is further compromised. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

PRO TEMPORE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

WOMACK). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 

XX, the Chair will postpone further 

proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote 

or the yeas and nays are ordered, or on 

which the vote incurs objection under 

clause 6 of rule XX. 

Record votes on postponed questions 

will be taken later. 

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ENDANGERED FISH RECOVERY 

PROGRAMS EXTENSION ACT OF 

2012 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I 

move to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (H.R. 6060) to amend Public Law 

106–392 to maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San 

Juan fish recovery programs through 

fiscal year 2019. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

H.R. 6060 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 

Representatives of the United States of America 

in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered 

Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 

2012’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY UNDER PUBLIC LAW 106–392; REPORT. 

Section 3(d)(2) of Public Law 106–392 is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘2011’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 

and 

(3) by inserting before ‘‘Nothing in this 

Act’’ the following: ‘‘Such report shall also 

describe the Recovery Implementation Programs actions and accomplishments to date, 

the status of the endangered species of fish 

and projected dates for downlisting and 

delisting under the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, and the utilization of power revenues 

for annual base funding.’’. 

SEC. 3. INDIRECT COST RECOVERY RATE FOR RECOVERY PROGRAMS. 

Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 is amended 

by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON INDIRECT COST RECOVERY RATE.—The indirect cost recovery rate 

for any transfer of funds to the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service from another Federal agency for the purpose of funding any activity associated with the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program or the San 

Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation 

Program shall not exceed three percent of 

the funds transferred. In the case of a transfer of funds for the purpose of funding activities under both programs, the limitation 

shall be applied to the funding amount for 

each program and may not be allocated unequally to either program, even if the average aggregate indirect cost recovery rate 

would not exceed three percent.’’. 

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON TRAVEL FOR ADVOCACY 

PURPOSES. 

At the end of Public Law 106–392, add the 

following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON TRAVEL FOR ADVOCACY 

PURPOSES. 

‘‘No Federal funds may be used to cover 

any expenses incurred by an employee or 

detailee of the Department of the Interior to 

travel to any location (other than the field 

office to which that individual is otherwise 

assigned) to advocate, lobby, or attend meetings that advocate or lobby for the Recovery 

Implementation Programs.’’. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 

Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman 

from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA) each will 

control 20 minutes. 

The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from Utah. 

GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I 

ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill 

under consideration. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Utah? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I 

yield myself such time as I may consume. 

This is a good bill. It’s got a great 

sponsor. Everyone should vote for it. 

I reserve the balance of my time. 

Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield myself such 

time as I may consume. 

H.R. 6060 authorizes the use of power 

revenues to fund two recovery programs in the Upper Colorado and San 

Juan Rivers. Since 2011, Reclamation 

has continued to fund these programs 

at a cost of about $3 million annually, 

using its existing authority. 

We support the intent of H.R. 6060 to 

recover listed species while allowing 

water and power operations to continue. We share the administration’s 

commitment to this program. We also 

welcome the majority’s recognition 

that compliance with the Endangered 

Species Act does not mean that water 

and power projects in the West go dry 

or go dark. This program provides ESA 

compliance for 2,320 water projects. 

These projects deliver more than 3.7 

million acre-feet of water per year to 

Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and 

New Mexico. 

We are concerned, however, that the 

Republican rules only allow for the reauthorization of this program to 2019 

versus the original goal of 2023. While 

we agree this legislation should move, 

it should be clear that, at least on our 

side of the aisle, our commitment to 

this program through 2023 has not 

changed. 

I reserve the balance of my time. 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I am pleased to 

yield 2 minutes to my colleague who 

shares a border with me in our districts, the gentleman from Colorado 

(Mr. TIPTON). 

Mr. TIPTON. I thank Chairman 

BISHOP for yielding. Chairman BISHOP, 

I would also like to thank you for your 

leadership in leading the efforts on this 

important piece of legislation. 

The Upper Colorado and San Juan 

River Basins provide key water and 


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