Jerry Costello

Mr. COSTELLO

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Manzullo).

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend and neighbor, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus).

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act. I believe that this bill does some good things. It repeals the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) program that was causing significant sanctions to be placed on a wide range of U.S. products and was hurting our world-wide trade efforts. In addition, I strongly support the ethanol provisions that were included in the bill. This bill extends the ethanol tax credit, which is vitally important to our Illinois farmers, through 2010. It creates a $1/gallon tax credit for agribiodiesel and a 50c cents tax-credit for biodiesel through 2006, and it ensures that the credits for ethanol do not impact the Highway Trust Fund. However, I cannot support this bill because I believe it will provide more incentives to multi-national companies to ship jobs overseas, rather than keep them here, where American workers need them most. This bill includes 24 provisions that encourage shipping jobs overseas and provides $36 billion in additional tax benefits for offshore operations of U.S. corporations. I also am concerned that this bill did not include language that would make tobacco products subject to FDA regulations, a concept that had strong bipartisan support, while including some special interest tax-breaks that are not germane to this bill. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in voting no on this legislation in order to send it back to the Conference Committee to address the critical problem of outsourcing American jobs.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 1134, a bill to reauthorize the programs authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. This is a consensus bill worked out with Members of the other body on both sides of the aisle. It reauthorizes the time-tested, successful programs of the Economic Development Administration. I know EDA works because I have seen it work; providing jobs, job training, infrastructure investment, and creating real economic opportunities in distressed communities in my district and across the country. Since the 1998 EDA Reauthorization Act, EDA has been able to further document its truly impressive performance. According to a series of Rutgers University studies, EDA capital projects are on time and under budget. These projects produce private-sector employment in 96 to 98 percent of the cases. Moreover, EDA capital projects create jobs at a cost of approximately $3,000 to $8,000 per job, and EDA's revolving loan projects create jobs at a lower rate. For every $1 million spent by EDA and public works funding, 325 direct permanent jobs are created, $10 million is leveraged in private sector investment, and the local tax base is increased by $10 million. EDA's job creation and leveraging of private sector investment is critical for our struggling economy. Under this administration, our economy has lost 1.6 million private sector jobs in the last 4 years. EDA, the only Federal agency specifically tasked with the mission of supporting economic development in distressed and rural areas, must continue to identify opportunities for future economic growth, using its expertise and proven excellence. The bill authorizes EDA programs for 5 years and provides the agency with the funding levels necessary to effect real growth and development in economically distressed communities. The bill builds upon the 1998 act and establishes several new innovative programs. For example, the bill authorizes EDA to provide performance incentive awards to high performing grantees. Grantees can use these performance grants in any manner consistent with the act. In addition, the bill authorizes a Brightfields Demonstration program to establish solar energy projects on redeveloped brownfields sites. Finally, the bill continues EDA's focus on planning and its vital importance to economic development. In many States, small and underserved communities are often unable to invest the necessary resources to maintain the professional and technical capacity needed to develop and implement effective, comprehensive economic development strategies. Economic Development Districts, which are multicounty public economic development planning entities, serve as a cost- effective and efficient method to ensure that local communities have the resources needed to pursue new economic development opportunities. This legislation provides that a minimum of $27 million be available each year for planning purposes. In addition, the legislation assumes that EDA will continue to protect and preserve the role of EDDs in the planning program as currently practiced and administered by EDA. Planning is critical to continuing to provide important support to economically distressed rural and urban communities that are often unable to afford and maintain the professional and technical capacity necessary to implement comprehensive economic development strategies. It is essential that this program continue to function consistent with current policies and practices. This bill was worked out, as I mentioned, with the other body in a bipartisan way. I extend my thanks to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar), to the chairman of the subcommittee, my friend, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette) for his hard work on this bill as well, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton). Mr. Speaker, I strongly support this legislation and ask my colleagues to support it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, we have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, we have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5163, the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act. This bill will achieve long overdue improvements in the U.S. Transportation Department's handling of pipeline and hazardous materials transportation safety programs and DOT's transportation research programs. Under this bill, the department would reorganize the current Research and Special Programs Administration into two administrations: the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration. Creating this agency will elevate the profile of pipeline transportation and hazardous materials transportation within the department. Importantly, the bill declares that safety will be the highest priority of the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration and creates a position of chief safety officer within the PHMSA. We know from experience that accidents in the pipeline or hazardous materials transportation can be devastating. In 1999 and in 2000, two separate pipeline accidents occurred, resulting in the deaths of 15 people. Additionally, over the past 10 years, accidents involving hazardous materials have accounted for more than 220 deaths, 3,500 injuries, and well over $500 million in damage. Mr. Speaker, this bill is a direct response to these tragic incidents, and the creation of this administration is an important first step to ensure the safety of pipeline and hazardous materials transportation is at the forefront of DOT's regulation and supervision of these activities. This bill also creates a new research administration that will better focus DOT's transportation research activities and helps ensure that Federal dollars are invested in research and innovative technologies that help address our Nation's most pressing transportation problems. The Research and Innovative Technology Administration will help coordinate and facilitate the department's research activities. This bill transfers the department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Office of Intermodalism to RITA. Finally, Mr. Speaker, this bill is appropriately named after Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta. Throughout his service as the chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in this body and his service as Secretary of Transportation for the Nation, Norm Mineta has devoted himself to the betterment of our Nation's transportation system. This bill does just that, and I urge Members to support it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COSTELLO

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4794. This critical bipartisan bill would reauthorize and update legislation to address the ongoing problem of sewage that migrates across the U.S.-Mexican border into the waters off of San Diego, California. In light of recent efforts of the International Boundary Water Commission to successfully negotiate a treaty minute on this issue, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, working with the gentleman from California (Mr. Filner) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter), developed this legislation to amend existing law to reflect the terms of the new treaty minute. Other than annual appropriations, this legislation should be the last legislative hurdle necessary for the construction of the treatment facilities to protect the public and the ecological health of the San Diego region. I commend our committee colleague the gentleman from California (Mr. Filner) who first brought this issue to our committee's attention in the 106th Congress, as well as my friend the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) for their efforts in pursuing this legislation. Mr. Speaker, time is of the essence for this legislation. The United States will face court-ordered sanctions unless we get about the business of cleaning up this sewage. But even more importantly, every day's delay is another day that the United States citizens are faced with raw sewage in the river and off the California coast. It is time for our work to begin and for this project to move forward. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge this legislation and urge my colleagues to support it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4470, a bill that would reauthorize appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program. Since its authorization in 2000, this program has been helpful in coordinating restoration work for Lake Pontchartrain, located in Southeastern Louisiana. This legislation would extend the authorization of $20 million annually through 2010 for restoration projects and studies recommended by the Lake Pontchartrain Management Conference, as well as public education projects to inform the local community of public health concerns and practical ways to help clean up the lake. Mr. Speaker, I support the efforts to clean up Lake Pontchartrain and urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this bipartisan legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company located in my hometown of Belleville, Illinois. Founded in 1904, Belleville Shoe produced their first military footwear for World War I in 1917 and continues providing footwear to each branch of our Nation's military and law enforcement personnel. The original group of investors for Belleville Shoe was of German descent: Adolph Knobeloch, H.E. Leunig, Joseph Reis, James Rentchler, and William Weidmann. Reis was named president, but it was Weidmann, the company's secretary-treasurer, who had introduced the shoe-factory idea. The company began operations in the former Rentchler machine shops at East B and Delmar streets. Born in Belleville, William Weidmann was one of eight children of a German immigrant couple. His parents arrived in the area in the second half of the nineteenth century. By the time he was gathering investors for the company, he and his wife Caroline (Leunig) had two sons, William and Walter. In the same year that Belleville Shoe was incorporated, Walter graduated from the St. Louis Manual Training School. Soon thereafter, he joined the company as the operational manager. Walter directed Belleville Shoe's operations successfully through the Great Depression, World War II, and into the 1950s. Through the 1960s, 1970s, and into the mid-1980s, Walter's son, Homer Weidmann led the company. Today, William Weidmann's great-grandson, Eric R. Weidmann, is the president. In its beginnings, the Belleville Shoe Company produced everyday footwear for men and boys. During World War I, the company produced its first line of combat boots for the military. With the end of World War I, the factory again started producing more than 25 styles of shoes. During this time, the company became the first in the Belleville area to offer worker incentives and daily attendance was rewarded with profit bonus and a life insurance policy. By the time Belleville Shoe celebrated its 25th anniversary, the company employed 300 people and manufactured about two thousand pairs of shoes daily. Like many companies in that day, Belleville Shoe struggled during the Depression--it was a military contract, which was again awarded to produce military footwear for World War II, that brought the company back to the heavy production schedules it had during World War I. By the end of World War II, Belleville Shoe had earned an award for continued on-time delivery throughout the conflict. It was during this period that the strong relationship with our Nation's military was forged, permitting Belleville Shoe's claim to be ``the country's oldest and largest supplier of military footwear.'' From 1940 to the present, Belleville Shoe Manufacturing has provided a continual flow of military boots to various divisions of the nation's armed forces. In terms of its dress shoe production lines, from the 50's up until the 70's, Belleville Shoe experienced significant declines in production of dress shoes. During the 70's, Belleville Shoe increased production of their sports shoe lines. These sport lines of track, baseball and football shoes were produced in Belleville and sold under the Rawlings brand name. By the mid-1980s, however, shoe imports of all types increased in the United States, particularly sports shoes and Belleville Shoe began to focus exclusively on military products. Production needs during this time also increased the requirements for additional space and heavier equipment to produce larger quantities of military shoes. In 1986, a new facility was opened in the Belle Valley Industrial Park in Belleville to accommodate this production. During Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s, Belleville Shoe was again called upon to dramatically increase the military's supply of footwear. The design and material of the traditional black all-leather combat boot was changed to suit the conditions in the Persian Gulf A desert-colored, suede and nylon boot with insulation to protect against the desert heat was created and shipped out. These boots are in use today in operations in the middle-east and throughout the world. In this, its 100th year, Belleville Shoe is the largest supplier of military boots to our U.S. Armed Forces. With two plants, one in Belleville, Illinois and DeWitt, Arkansas, the company is producing over 1,000,000 pairs of shoes annually. And today, as in 1917, their boots are Made in the USA. Wherever U.S. military forces have walked, Belleville Shoe footwear has been on duty. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the Belleville Shoe Company, it's Company President Eric Weidmann and all of the men and women at Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, today I'd like my colleagues to join me in honoring one of the oldest and most historical communities in southwestern Illinois. The City of Chester is one hundred and seventy- five years old. The town of Chester, also the county seat of Randolph County, traces its origins to its location as a river community along the bluffs of the Mississippi River. The river serves as the community's western boundary and has long been a critical part of Chester's history, development and growth. The founding of Chester is traced to an early settler named Samuel Smith. Smith became associated with a small settlement otherwise known as Smith's landing, due to its proximity to a river ferry crossing and supporting business. In the summer of 1829 however, Smith erected a dwelling, established a ferry and began construction of a mill. His wife, a native of Chester, England, was named Jane Thomas. Thomas originally came to Illinois with the Swanwick family and bestowed the name of her home town on this new and growing settlement. Smith kept a hotel and ferried passengers across the river on a flatboat. Chester's chief commodity back then was castor oil which was used as a lubricant; however Castor oil lost its importance as the petroleum industry developed. In production of this oil, Chester had the advantage over other surrounding communities in the region such as Pinckneyville and Frankfort, who also had castor oil presses, because of its close proximity to river transportation. Castor oil shipments from Chester were made to St. Louis, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and as far away as England. In 1830, Chester increased in size and an iron foundry, machine shop and several large stores were constructed on the riverfront. Steamboats did a brisk business at Chester. In 1837, Nathan Cole began operating a small sawmill with a corn- grinding attachment. A few years later he converted this enterprise into a flourmill which became the Cole Milling Company, otherwise known as present day Con Agra. Cole Milling made use of one of the first electric generators, allowing its surplus power to be utilized for power to operate Chester's street lights. Chester actually became one of the first communities in the state to have electric street lights, even prior to their use in Chicago. Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, was a pilot on the Mississippi from 1857 to the Civil War and on several occasions stopped at Chester at the Cliff House, which was a river hotel. In 1832-33, a cholera epidemic swept through the community which took many lives. South of the present site of the Con Agra Mill, a few stones on a hillside mark the burying place of those who died of the epidemic. The Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard had its beginning during the Civil War when it was a repository for Confederate prisoners being transported to the Federal Prison on the Alton, Illinois riverfront. The original brick building is still standing inside the prison's yards. After the capitol moved from Kaskaskia to Vandalia and later Springfield, Illinois the region had a disastrous flood in 1844. When the Randolph county seat was moved from Kaskaskia to Chester, records were stored in a schoolhouse which was the temporary courthouse until a new one was completed in 1848. The stone annex, now the Archives Building, was built in 1863 and serves today as a museum for Randolph County history. The new Randolph County Courthouse, built in 1975, stands today on the bluff overlooking the river. The buildings along the river that were part of the original town of Chester have been razed. However, a number of the old homes which stood on the bluffs above the town overlooking the river still give evidence of the wealth and the architectural style of that period. Many riverboat captains and other patrons of the river settled to this riverboat row of homes with an impressive overlook of the river. Chester has had a rich and varied history in the development of the state of Illinois and of the nation. Illinois' first Governor, Shadrach Bond, has his resting place in Chester. Bond, who had lived in nearby Kaskaskia, was elected Governor without opposition in 1814, when Illinois was founded. Chester is also home to the Gilster Mary Lee mills and operations, producing high quality baking products for use throughout the world. Chester also counts several historic homes as part of its heritage and culture. The Pierre Menard home is the finest example of Southern French Colonial architecture in the central part of the Mississippi river valley. Menard was a busy trader, storekeeper and politician of his period. He served as Lt. Governor under Governor Bond. Chester is also home to one of America's most beloved cartoon characters, Popeye. Popeye's creator, Elzie Segar, was born in Chester and spent much of his youth there. When Elzie was 12 years old, he worked at the Chester Opera House and during that time he did odd jobs, played the drums with the orchestra and became the theatre's projectionist. While films were re-wound, Popeye and many other characters were born as Elzie drew and showed them on glass slides before the local townspeople. Elize Segar and Popeye still have a place in Chester. Chester today is a community of over 8500 people and boasts many hotels, restaurants and businesses. It continues to serve as a historic focal point for the development of southwestern and southern Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the community and people of Chester, Illinois and to recognize its role in the development of southwestern and southern Illinois.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the anniversary of perhaps the worst day in U.S. history, September 11, 2001. No one will ever forget where he or she was on that tragic morning. No one will ever forget the selfless and hardworking members of our firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and emergency response workers when the two towers of the World Trade Center collapsed and when the Pentagon was hit by a hijacked plane. No one will ever forget the gallant acts of heroism that occurred on United Airlines flight 93, as the actions of several individuals saved the lives of thousands. September 11th unified America and reawakened a spirit of patriotism and unity because it was on that day we were reminded that freedom is not free--that there is a price. With time to reflect on the terrible losses suffered that day and the threat of terrorism still present throughout the world, we realize now more than ever the debt of gratitude that we owe to those who place themselves in harm's way to protect our country and our people. As I stand here before you today, we mourn for those we lost. Our prayers are dedicated to the heroic firefighters, police officers and emergency first responders, our military men and women and other ordinary Americans who have answered the call for freedom. Again, as our country mourns and continues to heal, I know my colleagues join me in expressing our deepest sympathies to the families of our heroes. America continues to be tested but we are strong and will persevere!

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) who over the last two days have been participating in a coal mine memorial. The UMWA has called for a nationwide two-day memorial, shutting down all the union mines in the U.S. to symbolize the importance of a federal court decision expected sometime this week. This decision has the potential to impact the fate of health care benefits for 250 working miners at the Zeigler 11 mine near Coulterville, Illinois and hundreds of retired coal miners in my congressional district. These people have worked hard to earn benefits and a pension to sustain them and their families through retirement. Yet, the way our laws are structured, we allow companies to get out of their responsibilities to these hardworking Americans and their families. This is unfortunately happening more and more across our country and it needs to stop. Health care has gone from a matter of concern to a crisis of major proportion. Seniors are splitting their pills to make their medications last. People will not go to a doctor because they cannot afford it. We have more than 40 million people who are uninsured. Health care has become a crisis in America. There is a historical commitment to providing health care for retired coal miners and we must continue that commitment. Mr. Speaker, the people that are in jeopardy of losing their health care spent their careers producing the energy which powers this nation. We must not turn our backs on them now. We must not allow them to be robbed of the health care they so desperately deserve and need.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the career and retirement of Carol Madison, Executive Director of the Illinois Center for Autism for 27 years. The Illinois Center for Autism, ICA, is a non-profit, community-based mental health treatment, special education center, and vocational training site, dedicated to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of people with autism and help them achieve the highest level of independence possible in their home, school, and community. Students/Clients must be diagnosed as autistic and/or exhibit characteristics, such as severe communication disorders, severe behavioral disorders, uneven intellectual skills, and socially inappropriate behaviors. Under Carol's direction and service as the ICA's first Executive Director, the Illinois Center for Autism was established in the fall of 1977 to provide a Special Day School Program. At that time, it was serving only eight children with autism. In January 1978, the Illinois Center for Autism was incorporated as a 501c (3) not-for-profit corporation. The ICA's mission then was to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of children with autism. ICA received accreditation in 1992 from the North Central Association (NCA). To this day, ICA has maintained its accreditation and serves both adults and children throughout Southern Illinois. In 1992, under Carol's leadership, the ICA began an innovative initiative. With Carol's careful hand guiding the program, the ICA opened a gourmet Italian take-out eatery called Pasta Fare. Pasta Fare provides an ideal site for food service training for the ICA's clients. They assist in all aspects of the business, learning to apply their functional academic, social and communications skills in a work setting. All clients at Pasta Fare are employees of the Illinois Center for Autism. Clients are transitioned into the community for further competitive employment opportunities and many are placed into food service and related occupations. Not only has Carol and the ICA been able to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of hundreds of people with autism, she and the Center have also helped them to become productive members of society. Carol has devoted her life to serving the needs of the disabled community. She has served as a Site Visitor for the US Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools program and as a Hearing Officer with the Illinois State Board of Education from 1977-1987. She has consulted with the Madison County Association for Retarded Citizens and served on the Illinois State Board of Education Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities from 1992-1999. She has served as the Director of the National Association of Private Education Centers and was the Chairman of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission. The future holds great promise for the Illinois Center for Autism and the people it serves and we owe a great debt of gratitude to Carol for the work she has done on behalf of hundreds of young people in our area. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the contributions of Carol Madison and wish her and her family the very best in the future.

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Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my motion to recommit would send this legislation back to the Committee on Science with instructions to immediately report the bill back to the House with a provision requiring the Department of Commerce to complete an independent study on the short and long term effects of the outsourcing of jobs from the United States to other countries. Mr. Speaker, since the year 2000 the United States has lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high tech industries such as telecommunications and electronics. Since the year 2000, almost 650,000 jobs have disappeared in high tech service industries. In 48 of the 50 States, jobs in high-paying industries have been replaced with lower paying jobs. A survey taken in March of this year of 216 CFOs found that 27 percent of those CFOs plan to send more jobs offshore this year. The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Business Week and others have recently published articles that point to the fact that we lack sufficient and accurate data and information in order to determine the short- and long-term effects of offshoring. There are some in the Bush administration who have said that offshoring is a good thing and it is good for the U.S. economy. Others say that it is bad for our country. My motion would require an independent study to provide exactly the information and data that we now lack to lay out a plan to address this critical problem. I offered this amendment in the Committee on Science at our markup. Unfortunately, it was voted down on a party-line vote. I was told at the time that the majority had a problem with jurisdiction issues, that other committees may, in fact, claim jurisdiction. I went to the Committee on Rules. The Committee on Rules refused to allow a vote on my amendment. My amendment would simply require an independent study of the outsourcing problem which is a problem for each congressional district in every State in the United States. This administration and future administrations, this Congress and future Congresses, and the American people deserve the facts about outsourcing so we can prepare to deal with the problems both short and long term.

Mr. COSTELLO. The gentleman is correct.

Mr. COSTELLO. I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee, the ranking member of the Committee on Science.

Mr. COSTELLO. Again, the gentleman is correct.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, the gentleman is correct.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.

Mr. COSTELLO. I am, Mr. Speaker, in its present form.

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Mr. COSTELLO. That is correct. If we defeat the rule, we can come back and debate the issue of outsourcing. I have to believe there are a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who will vote against this rule in order to move forward with the study so we can gather the data and come up with a blueprint to address this problem.

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, it was exactly that. It calls for a study. It would mandate a study. The Secretary of Commerce would be required within 60 days after the President signed this legislation, he would be required to enter into a contract either with the RAND Corporation or any other credible company to do an independent study, report back within a year, and at the conclusion of the year, the Secretary of Commerce would have 4 months to put together his recommendation based upon the results of that study and make recommendations to the Congress. So that is why I was amazed and again amazed yesterday at the Committee on Rules. We are asking simply to study the problem, identify how many jobs have been lost in what sectors, what does the future look like as far as outsourcing is concerned, and then take action. Members are talking about the number of jobs we are losing overseas, but no one is taking action. With this study the administration would have a blueprint and a plan as to what needs to be done.