House Proceeding 10-01-09 on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 0:01:00 to 0:04:15
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Ed Pastor: related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 788, the conference report is considered as re the gentleman from arizona, mr. new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all

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Ed Pastor: legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include tabular and extraneous material on the conference report to accompany h.r. 3183. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman will please

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Ed Pastor: suspend. the gentleman may proceed. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman is recognized. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, i am pleased to present to the house today the conference report on h.r. 3183, the energy and water development appropriation act for fiscal year 2010. the conference a us is a good one and it merits

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Ed Pastor: the support of all the members of the house. the agencies and the programs under the jurisdiction of energy and water development contributes to solving many of the most pressing challenges facing our country, including strengthening and maintaining our water infrastructure, advancing u.s. scientific leadership, combating global

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Ed Pastor: climate change, renewable and cleaner energy technology, and providing security against nuclear thr i believe the conference agreement provides the strong support for these agenciesnd programs. the total amount of funding included in t conference agreement is $35.5 billion.

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Ed Pastor: this constitutes an increase of $204 million from the enactment level of fiscal year while the conference agreement is below the budget request, the primary reason for this difference is the congressional budget office sc department of energy's budget. the conference agreement

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Ed Pastor: provides $571 million above the budget request in progra to further critical water and energy production and related goals. mr. speaker, i want to thank my counterpart, byron dorgan and the ranking senator. i want to extend my appreciation

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Ed Pastor: to my ranking member, the honorable frelinghuysen of new jersey for his extraordinary cooperation and insight. i truly value his support and his advice, and that of all the members of our energy and water subcommittee. i believe we are all proud of this bipartisan product.

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Ed Pastor: mr. speaker, before i conclude, i would like to thank the staff for their help in shepherding this bill through the house with conference with the senate. the subcommittee staff includes tonya, robert, joseph, james, casey and our detainee from the

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Ed Pastor: corps of enginee i also want to thank richard patrick of my staff and rob lair