October 3, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10821 

Now, listen, all of these projects 

might be okay. They don’t belong in a 

bill when the administration is saying 

that we need to act now or else the 

economy’s going to melt down. 

But, you know, some of my friends 

back home say, well, 3 weeks, okay, if 

it’s an emergency. What have you guys 

been doing? 

Well, we had in August a little discussion around here, and I don’t know 

how Mr. MCCOTTER from Michigan 

feels, but my constituents were not 

really happy when gasoline went to $4 

a gallon. And I’ll bet we were probably 

talking about that and that’s why we 

couldn’t get to the economy. 

Well, this Congress started in January of 2007. Gas was $2.22 a gallon. People said that’s high, but, okay, I can 

get by. So the Congress got together 

and we decided—actually, it was the 

Democratic majority that decided that 

the most important thing that we 

could discuss on that day was congratulating the University of California at Santa Barbara soccer team 

for their championship. I like soccer. 

That’s important. I’m sure their parents are real proud. But gas is $2.22. 

Well, then it goes up to $2.84. And 

people say, well, sure, I’ll bet now 

you’re going to try to figure out an energy policy for the country. Well, on 

that day we declared it National Passport Month. And I know that everybody in America, when they filled up 

their gas tank at $2.84 a gallon, said, 

well, I know it’s expensive but at least 

it’s National Passport Month. 

Then gas went up to $3.03. And we 

have all been told that we have to get 

the vote of the soccer moms to be reelected. So we tried that again. When 

gas was at $3.03, we commended the 

Houston Dynamo soccer team because 

we really like soccer. 

Well, gas goes up to $3.77. Surely now 

your elected representatives in Washington get the picture, that we’re going 

to vote on gas. We declared it National 

Train Month, folks. National Train 

Month. 

Well, then it goes up a little higher, 

$3.84 a gallon. Your Congress, thanks to 

the new majority, figures the most important issue is the Great Cats and 

Rare Canids. And for those of us who 

don’t follow this, canids are dogs. So 

basically we were voting on foreign aid 

for cats and dogs rather than dealing 

with energy. 

Then it goes to $4.09. The first time 

in my history I paid over $4 for gasoline. Well, we’re going to act on your 

behalf: We declared it International 

Sanitation Month because we really 

felt your pain. 

It crested $4.14 on June 17 of this 

year. You know that the United States 

Congress was grappling with energy 

prices. You know that the United 

States Congress had to be grappling 

with this meltdown of the economy. 

The majority party that day decided 

that the most important issue facing 

America was the Monkey Safety Act. 

Now, folks, you deserve better than 

the Monkey Safety Act. You deserve 

lower gas prices. And, folks, you deserve a better bill than you got today. 

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a 

previous order of the House, the gentleman from California (Mr. SHERMAN) 

is recognized for 5 minutes. 

(Mr. SHERMAN addressed the House. 

His remarks will appear hereafter in 

the Extensions of Remarks.) 

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HOUSE BILLS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE 

PRESIDENT 

The President notified the Clerk of 

the House that on the following dates, 

he had approved and signed bills and a 

joint resolution of the following titles: 

July 10, 2008: 

H.R. 6304. An act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for 

other purposes. 

July 15, 2008: 

H.R. 430. An act to designate the United 

States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 

Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, 

as the ‘‘Conrad B. Duberstein United States 

Bankruptcy Courthouse’’. 

H.R. 781. An act to redesignate Lock and 

Dam No. 5 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas 

River Navigation System near Redfield, Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act approved July 24, 1946, as the ‘‘Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock and Dam’’. 

H.R. 1019. An act to designate the United 

States customhouse building located at 31 

Gonzalez Clemente Avenue in Mayaguez, 

Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Rafael Martinez Nadal 

United States Customhouse Building’’. 

H.R. 2728. An act to designate the station 

of the United States Border Patrol located at 

25762 Madison Avenue in Murrieta, California, as the ‘‘Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and 

George F. Azrak Border Patrol Station’’. 

H.R. 3721. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 1190 Lorena Road in Lorena, Texas, as the 

‘‘Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 4140. An act to designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port Angeles, 

Washington, as the ‘‘Richard B. Anderson 

Federal Building’’. 

H.R. 4185. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California, as the ‘‘Marisol Heredia Post Office 

Building’’. 

H.R. 5168. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, 

Florida, as the ‘‘Cody Grater Post Office 

Building’’. 

H.R. 5395. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ‘‘William ‘Bill’ Clay Post Office 

Building’’. 

H.R. 5479. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 117 North Kidd Street in Ionia, Michigan, 

as the ‘‘Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 5517. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, Texas, as the 

‘‘Texas Military Veterans Post Office’’. 

H.R. 5528. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 120 Commercial Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Rocky Marciano Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 5778. An act to preserve the independence of the District of Columbia Water and 

Sewer Authority. 

H.R. 6040. An act to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to clarify 

the authority of the Secretary of the Army 

to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by members of the Committee on Levee Safety. 

July 17, 2008: 

H.R. 634. An act to require the Secretary of 

the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life 

while serving in the Armed Forces of the 

United States. 

H.R. 814. An act to require the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on 

all portable gasoline containers. 

July 21, 2008: 

H.R. 802. An act to amend the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to implement 

MARPOL Annex VI. 

H.R. 3891. An act to amend the National 

Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment 

Act to increase the number of Directors on 

the Board of Directors of the National Fish 

and Wildlife Foundation. 

July 23, 2008: 

H.R. 3403. An act to promote and enhance 

public safety by facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E–911 services, encourage the Nation’s transition to a 

national IP-enabled emergency network, and 

improve 911 and E–911 access to those with 

disabilities. 

H.R. 3712. An act to designate the United 

States courthouse located at 1716 Spielbusch 

Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, as the ‘‘James M. 

Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley United 

States Courthouse’’. 

July 29, 2008: 

H.R. 1553. An act to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer 

registry, and promote public awareness of 

pediatric cancer. 

H.R. 3890. An act to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development 

Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese 

Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to exempt humanitarian assistance United States 

sanctions on Burma, to prohibit the importation of gemstones from Burma, or that originate in Burma, to promote a coordinated 

international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes. 

H.J. Res. 93. A joint resolution approving 

the renewal of import restrictions contained 

in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act 

of 2003. 

July 30, 2008: 

H.R. 3221. An act to provide needed housing 

reform and for other purposes. 

H.R. 3564. An act to amend title 5, United 

States Code, to authorize appropriations for 

the Administrative Conference of the United 

States through fiscal year 2011, and for other 

purposes. 

H.R. 3985. An act to amend title 49, United 

States Code, to direct the Secretary of 

Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road 

bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if 

the person is willing and able to comply with 

certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for 

other purposes. 

H.R. 4289. An act to name the Department 

of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 

Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Euripides Rubio 

Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 

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H.R. 5501. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, 

and for other purposes. 

July 31, 2008: 

H.R. 4841. An act to approve, ratify, and 

confirm the settlement agreement entered 

into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of 

Luiseno Indians relating to alleged interferences with the water resources of the 

Tribe, to authorize and direct the Secretary 

of the Interior to execute and perform the 

Settlement Agreement and related waivers, 

and for other purposes. 

August 12, 2008: 

H.R. 2245. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 

Wenatchee, Washington, as the Elwood 

‘‘Bud’’ Link Department of Veterans Affairs 

Outpatient Clinic. 

H.R. 4210. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, North 

Carolina, as the ‘‘Dock M. Brown Post Office 

Building’’. 

H.R. 4918. An act to name the Department 

of Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami, 

Florida, as the ‘‘Bruce W. Carter Department 

of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 

H.R. 5477. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, 

California, as the ‘‘Chi Mui Post Office 

Building’’. 

H.R. 5483. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as the ‘‘Private First Class David H. 

Sharrett II Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 5631. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 1155 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, 

Virginia, as the ‘‘Corporal Bradley T. Arms 

Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 6061. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, 

Illinois, as the ‘‘Kenneth James Gray Post 

Office Building’’. 

H.R. 6085. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 42222 Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho 

Mirage, California, as the ‘‘Gerald R. Ford 

Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 6150. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as 

the ‘‘John P. Gallagher Post Office Building’’. 

H.R. 6340. An act to designate the Federal 

building and United States courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White 

Plains, New York, as the ‘‘Charles L. 

Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and United 

States Courthouse’’. 

August 14, 2008: 

H.R. 4040. An act to establish consumer 

product safety standards and other safety requirements for children’s products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

H.R. 4137. An act to amend and extend the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 

purposes. 

H.R. 6432. An act to amend the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and 

extend the animal drug user fee program, to 

establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain 

technical corrections to the Food and Drug 

Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and 

for other purposes. 

August 29, 2008: 

H.R. 6580. An act to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who 

is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the 

request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the 

early discharge of a member who is the only 

surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, 

served in the Armed Forces and, because of 

hazards incident to such service, was killed, 

died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action 

status, or is permanently disabled, to amend 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 

the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes. 

September 15, 2008: 

H.R. 6532. An act to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway 

Trust Fund balance. 

September 19, 2008: 

H.R. 6456. An act to provide for extensions 

of certain authorities of the Department of 

State, and for other purposes. 

September 22, 2008: 

H.R. 5683. An act to make certain reforms 

with respect to the Government Accountability Office, and for other purposes. 

September 26, 2008: 

H.R. 5938. An act to amend title 18, United 

States Code, to provide secret service protection to former Vice Presidents, and for other 

purposes. 

September 30, 2008: 

H.R. 1777. An act to amend the Improving 

America’s Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of needbased educational aid under the antitrust 

laws. 

H.R. 2608. An act to amend section 402 of 

the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, 

in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions 

of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from 

fraud. 

H.R. 2638. An act making appropriations 

for the Department of Homeland Security for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 

for other purposes. 

H.R. 6984. An act to amend title 49, United 

States Code, to extend authorizations for the 

airport improvement program, to amend the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 

funding and expenditure authority of the 

Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for 

other purposes. 

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SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE 

PRESIDENT 

The President notified the Clerk of 

the House that on the following dates, 

he had approved and signed bills of the 

Senate of the following titles: 

July 17, 2008: 

S. 2967. An act to provide for certain Federal employee benefits to be continued for 

certain employees of the Senate Restaurants 

after operations of the Senate Restaurants 

are contracted to be performed by a private 

business concern, and for other purposes. 

July 23, 2008: 

S. 3145. An act to designate a portion of 

United States Route 20A, located in Orchard 

Park, New York. as the ‘‘Timothy J. Russert 

Highway’’ . 

July 29, 2008: 

S. 2766. An act to amend the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation 

of a recreational vessel. 

July 30, 2008: 

S. 231. An act to authorize the Edward 

Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 

Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 

2012. 

S. 2607. An act to make a technical correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction 

Act of 2005. 

S. 3218. An act to extend the pilot program 

for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 

July 31, 2008: 

S. 2565. An act to establish an awards 

mechanism to honor exceptional acts of 

bravery in the line of duty by Federal, State, 

and local law enforcement officers. 

S. 3298. An act to clarify the circumstances 

during which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable 

States may require permits for discharges 

from certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct a study of discharges 

incidental to the normal operation of vessels. 

S. 3352. An act to temporarily extend the 

programs under the Higher Education Act of 

1965. 

August 12, 2008: 

S. 3294. An act to provide for the continued 

performance of the functions of the United 

States Parole Commission. 

S. 3295. An act to amend title 35, United 

States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 

to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, 

in consultation with the Director of the 

United States Patent and Trademark Office, 

shall appoint administrative patent judges 

and administrative trademark judges, and 

for other purposes. 

September 17, 2008: 

S. 2837. An act to designate the United 

States courthouse located at 225 Cadman 

Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the 

‘‘Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse’’. 

September 18, 2008: 

S. 2403. An act to designate the United 

States courthouse located in the 700 block of 

East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as 

the ‘‘Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert 

R. Merhige, Jr., United States Courthouse’’. 

September 19, 2008: 

S. 2450. An act to amend the Federal Rules 

of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product 

doctrine. 

September 24, 2008: 

S. 2617. An act to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to codify increases in the rates 

of compensation for veterans with serviceconnected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 

the survivors of certain disabled veterans 

that were effective as of December 1, 2007, to 

provide for an increase in the rates of such 

compensation effective December 1, 2008, and 

for other purposes. 

September 25, 2008: 

S. 3406. An act to restore the intent and 

protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 

September 30, 2008: 

S. 171. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

301 Commerce Street in Commerce. Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Mickey Mantle Post Office 

Bnilding’’. 

S. 2339. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Alpena, 

Michigan, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans 

Affairs Clinic’’. 

S. 3241. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, 

as the ‘‘CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building’’. 

October 1, 2008: 

S. 3009. An act to designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ‘‘J. 

James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Building’’. 


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