Rodney Frelinghuysen

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Long Valley Woman's Club in Morris County, New Jersey, which is celebrating its 95th Anniversary this year. Originally named the ``Home Bureau,'' The Long Valley Woman's Club was founded in 1914 by a group of twelve dedicated community leaders at the home of Mrs. Frank Castle, who served as their first president. The women met regularly for monthly ``Meet and Eat'' sessions, at which they would dine, while sharing recipes with each other. The Long Valley Woman's Club eventually transformed into a service- based organization, providing valuable support for the community. Most notably, the Long Valley Woman's Club was responsible for providing the Washington Township Fire Company with its first alarm system, donating essential life-saving equipment to the local first aid squad, and contributing funds for the building of a hospital. The club also led the charge for establishing Washington Township's first free public library. The Long Valley Woman's Club has a long-standing tradition of providing clothing, food, and monetary donations to those in need, as well as scholarships and awards to hard-working young people in the community. In 1930, the Long Valley Woman's Club was recognized for its outstanding volunteer services when it became a member of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Madam Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating the members of the Long Valley Woman's Club as they celebrate 95 dedicated years of serving our community.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much as time as I may consume. I rise in support of the Energy and Water appropriations conference agreement for 2010. I would like to recognize Vice Chairman Pastor for his friendship and leadership--it has been a good working partnership-- and all members of the committee. I would also like to thank all of the staff on both sides of the subcommittee as well as in my office and his for their dedication and hard work. On the majority side, Taunja Berquam, the Clerk Bob Sherman, Joe Levin, James Windle, Casey Pearce, and Lauren Minto. On the minority side, Rob Blair and Kevin Jones. In my personal office, Katie Hazlett and Nancy Fox; and in Mr. Pastor's personal office, Rich Patrick. All of these individuals worked tirelessly to put together the product before us which meets the needs of every congressional district in the Nation. Mr. Speaker, the conference agreement totals $33.465 billion, which is $928 million below the President's request, and $167 million, or 0.6 percent, above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level. However, the conference agreement was preceded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other emergency stimulus appropriations for the fiscal year 2009, which gave more than $58 billion in new money to the agencies under our jurisdiction. In fact, nearly 39 billion new dollars alone went to the Department of Energy. So while the growth from the fiscal year 2009 regular appropriation to this conference report is minimal, the Department of Energy is going to have a difficult time spending and accounting for all of the new money it has received. However, Mr. Speaker, in general, this conference agreement is reasonable and balanced. I do want to highlight one area in which I have significant concerns: the future of nuclear power in this country and what happens when political science trumps sound science. During the Republican motion to recommit the House Energy and Water bill, my colleague from Idaho (Mr. Simpson) spoke eloquently about the perils of following the President's plan to terminate our current nuclear waste management plant at Yucca Mountain. My biggest regret with this conference agreement is that we were unable to overcome Senator Reid's influence, and consequently, the disposal plan is barely on life support. The amount of funding in this bill for continuing with the Yucca Mountain license application is now half of what is requested, further delaying the progress on the establishment of a national nuclear waste disposal site. And what will the results be of this decision? Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste is being stored on site at 121 locations across 39 States. These are our States; they're our constituents. I am sure this fuel is safe where it is today, but I know many of our constituents want it stored somewhere where the environment will not be affected and where the material will be kept safely. The President's and the majority leader in the Senate's decision will ensure that the fuel stays where it is for at least 15 or 20 years with each site bearing all of the major costs and responsibilities for management and security of the waste material. Second, their plan will rob our country of potential jobs and tax revenue. These jobs range from Ph.D.s in physics to pipe fitters, from welders to plumbers. Operating nuclear power plants can sustain 700 permanent jobs while new plants generate as many as 2,400 construction jobs. Currently, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has applications for 26 new plants. That's at least 60,000 jobs at stake. I don't understand how the President can push for an economic revitalization and reduce carbon emissions while gutting the single technology which will help accomplish both of those goals. Our constituents need these jobs and the clean power source that they create. Third, killing Yucca Mountain would bring billions of dollars of liability against the Federal Government, anywhere from $11 to $22 billion. This is money which the Federal Government owes industry because we have failed to live up to our responsibilities. We've signed contracts with these companies to take the waste off their hands. And because of the political arrangement between the White House and the Senate leader, we have failed, taxpayers and ratepayers must now carry that burden for the foreseeable future. These are not empty threats or dire predictions. They are facts. Last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had a vote that basically denies the go-ahead for the construction of new nuclear power plants because of the administration's plans to terminate Yucca Mountain. Those 54,000 jobs I mentioned earlier are on hold. The nuclear waste in our districts is still there and not going anywhere. The billions of liability that our children will have to repay? Well, that's another few billion on top of our current $1.6 trillion deficit. The one bright side of the conference agreement is that we were able to keep the license application alive, but just barely. Until the American public wakes up to the pitfalls of this political arrangement between the White House and the Senate leader, we will all have to bear the costs. With that said, Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank Vice Chairman Pastor for his leadership and friendship. Overall, this is a great conference agreement, and I intend to support it, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I am prepared to yield back the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Westmoreland).

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal).

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

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Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to instruct conferees.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I voted for the House Energy and Water bill. It was a good bipartisan compromise. It was my pleasure to work closely with the chairman, Mr. Pastor, as we put it together. I and many of my colleagues are increasingly concerned that we don't have the level of information that we need to make wise decisions on the legislation. Our jobs require that we read and fully understand complex pieces of legislation that we vote on, and that takes time. It is for this reason that I am making this motion to instruct House conferees not to sign the final conference agreement until the text has been available to the conferees in an electronic, searchable and downloadable form at least 48 hours prior to conferees' approval. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me, and I rise in support of the resolution. Eight years have now passed since tragedy struck our Nation. In lower Manhattan, the fields of Pennsylvania, and across the river at the Pentagon more than 3,000 of our fellow Americans lost their lives. The events of that day remain indelibly etched in our collective memory. Of those lost, 700 of the victims came from New Jersey, many from my congressional district, and many more from New York, other States, and 80 nations. For those of who us had this tragedy hit so close to home, I know that each September 11 brings with it a great deal of sorrow. Later this week, all of us will have the honor of attending a number of 9/11 remembrances, especially in New Jersey, the home of so many good people who died, as well as to honor those who sought to save them, our first responders. My constituents remember that day every day. That day dawned like most days in New Jersey, bright and clear; crowded train stations in the morning taking people across the Hudson to lower Manhattan, parking lots packed with cars as they are most mornings. That evening, however, the scene was far different; trains weren't full, cars remained unclaimed in parking lots, and many families were left wondering what had happened to their loved ones. A single day that changed how each of us would think for the rest of their lives. At one of those small train stations in Chatham there is a tree at whose base is a plaque inscribed: ``We shall never forget our friends and neighbors who rode the rails with us that morning but did not return with us that night.'' That remarkable poignant quotation. We will never forget those victims. We will never forget those who sought to save them at the Pentagon, in Pennsylvania, and in lower Manhattan. Their bravery will never be forgotten.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

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

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Please support the motion to recommit. I yield back.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. The motion to recommit would restore funding originally included in the bill as reported by the Appropriations Committee for advanced procurement for 12 F-22 aircraft and allow the program to move forward. It would also provide an additional $100 million for the Army military personnel accounts. These increases are offset by cutting $400 million in unrequested funds for the Presidential helicopter, a troubled program that the President himself has proposed to eliminate. My motion to recommit is consistent with the recently passed Defense authorization bill which recognized the continued vital need for the F- 22 by authorizing an additional F-22 aircraft and, at the same time, did not authorize additional funding for the President's helicopter. Mr. Speaker, while much is made of the President's threatened veto of this bill over the F-22, the fact of the matter is the President has also threatened a veto over funding for the Presidential helicopter. While I appreciate the President has a role in this process, it is Congress, not the President, that has the power of the purse. I do not believe that we should simply take the President's budget proposal and rubber-stamp it. In addition, my motion to recommit begins to fill a known funding shortfall in the Army military and personnel accounts that resulted from Secretary Gates' recent decision to increase the total Army end strength by 22,000 troops to support the administration's Afghanistan policy. My motion would also leave intact the additional funds added in the Murtha amendment for four of the Air Force's unfunded priorities. I urge my colleagues to support this motion to recommit. I yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), a member of the Armed Services Committee, for the remaining time.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. In its present form, I am.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to the amendment authored by our chairman. I don't quarrel with many of the provisions of the Murtha amendment. He's absolutely right on in most regards. But, Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to remember one day, April 15, 1953. On that date is the last time a U.S. soldier, sailor or marine was killed by an attack from the air. It's nearly 60 years ago, during the Korean War. Air dominance has been the game changer that has allowed our ground troops to execute their missions. We have air dominance today. Our job here is to make sure we have it tomorrow, and certainly the committee is going to do that. But air dominance is fragile and could slip away quickly. As we gather here today, the Russians are producing advanced fighter aircraft. We know that. The Chinese are apparently working to reverse engineer some of those advanced fighters for their own use, and we know certain countries are producing and selling very sophisticated air defense systems; more accurate, more lethal, more mobile, more difficult to neutralize than any systems our Air Force and Navy has ever faced. Hence, the need for the F-22. The Air Force has 187 F-22 Raptors. It does not have 187 for combat deployment. We would like that to be the case. About 130 or so are ready, what we call combat coded with the full package, and they're ready for those missions. Approximately 60 are maintained, as I understand, for training and testing purposes. And the question, of course, arises--and I support the F-25 Joint Strike Fighter. It's on its way, but when and how soon. The Joint Strike Fighter, as we know, is not the Raptor, doesn't have those capabilities. I think we need to keep the F-22 assembly line alive and warm. Once it's shut down, there is virtually no prospect that we can bring it back again. You can't flip the switch to bring the Raptor back into production. So I rise in reluctant opposition to the amendment. I respect the chairman's desire to sort of keep the line open, have spare parts, but I do oppose the amendment.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chairman, I want to echo the comments of our ranking member, Mr. Young, and I want to thank Mr. Murtha for a good bill. I do rise to support it. Clearly, if I'd written the bill, I would have written it differently in certain areas. Overall, I wish our subcommittee could have done more, but I recognize we did the best with the allocation we have. The bill is $3.5 billion short of the President's request despite the fact that we're engaged in two hard-fought wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that are hardly over. In fact, the President has obligated us to a rather open-ended commitment in Afghanistan where casualties have been rising and where more money may be needed. Madam Chairman, the first time America tangled with extremists overseas, President John Adams was confronted by partisans who chanted, ``Millions for defense, not a penny for tribute.'' That was then and this is now. At a time when Congress has found the ``will and the wallet'' to throw billions of borrowed dollars at every domestic program under the sun, some are finding ways to cut defense spending--sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly. I tell my colleagues who have pledged to support a strong national defense that this bill is the high watermark. In fact, it's all downhill from here. I do support the reform of our military acquisition processes, which have come under examination. I do support Secretary Gates' program to reexamine our national security priorities in light of new, irregular challenges and threats that are proliferating well beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. Take a look at a more belligerent Russia. Take a look at the Chinese capabilities in terms of their Navy, their air and their cyberattacks. Take a look at the things that are happening on the Korean peninsula, at the things that are happening in Africa and at the things that are happening in our own hemisphere. I do worry about this administration's apparent obsession with this war-ism. I urge my colleagues to make sure we make enough investments today to ensure that we will be prepared to defend our interests against all threats in the years to come. I do support the legislation, and as Mr. Murtha and Mr. Young have said, there is a pay increase in here for all of our troops, all volunteering. There is first-class medical care, a lot more money, more money for shipbuilding, more money for the procurement of fighters, more money for MRAPs in Afghanistan, and importantly, there is $500 million for the National Guard equipment for both overseas and home- state missions. Madam Chairman, I wish we could restore the cuts to our missile defense. I wish we could ensure that our F-22 assembly line could keep going. I wish we had an immediate substitute for our future combat system. These are important elements that need to be addressed. All in all, this is a good bill. I congratulate the chairman for his leadership, and I congratulate the ranking member. I am pleased to support it.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentleman. I rise in opposition to the rule but in support of the underlying Defense appropriations bill. There is nothing more important than the safety and security of our Nation and our people. This underlying bill will provide our troops-- volunteers--the resources and tools they need that will allow them to continue their heroic work to protect us and our interests around the world. Even though I oppose this restrictive rule--and it's a restrictive rule--I will support the bill. But I wish we could have found some way to meet and improve on the President's request for the Department of Defense. This bill falls $3.5 billion short of even President Obama's treading water budget. The world did not become a safer place in January. The signs are everywhere. North Korea is threatening conventional and nuclear war. Russia is becoming more belligerent. China is rapidly expanding its naval forces, cybercapabilities, and its space ambitions. Iran is working overtime on missile and nuclear capabilities, and yes, there are disturbing signs occurring in Africa, horrendous acts of violence in the name of religion. And yet we're cutting missile defense, halting the Army's modernization program, known as the Future Combat Systems, and refiguring it, and failing to provide enough money for more Navy ships and fifth-generation Air Force fighters. This treading water approach to national security is very shortsighted. Mr. Speaker, I support reform of our military acquisition process. I support Secretary Gates' program to reexamine our national security priorities in light of new irregular challenges and the threats that are proliferating well beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. But I'm worried about our apparent obsession with this war-ism. Yes, we must focus our attention and resources and energy on Iraq and Afghanistan, but I urge my colleagues to make sure that we make enough investments today to ensure that we will be prepared to defend our interests against all threats in the years to come. Mr. Speaker, our Defense Subcommittee once again has been a model for bipartisan compromise and cooperation in the interest of national security. I want to thank Mr. Murtha and my ranking member, Mr. Young, who spoke earlier, for their hard work and that of staff. But I urge defeat of this restrictive rule.

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Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding a request for funding I made of the House Appropriations Committee for inclusion in H.R. 3326, the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2010. Specifically, all of the projects are included in Title IV, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE). RDTE, Army Highly Integrated Lethality Systems Development. $4 million. The entity to receive funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey 07806. The Department of Defense has a clear requirement to close the capabilities gap identified by various military users including Remotely Operated Weapon Systems, Joint Services Small Arms, Program (JSSAP), and Future Force Warrior (FFW) to improve precision through coordination of technical and tactical fire control. The application of Coordinated Lethality will make all weapons and munitions products developed and supported by the Armaments Research Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal more valuable to the warfighter. This program will help the U.S. Army to achieve success on the battlefield of the future, increasing combat power by networking sensors, decision makers, and shooters to achieve shared awareness, increased speed of command, higher tempo of operations, greater lethality, increased survivability, and a degree of self-synchronization. Advanced Technologies, Energy and Manufacturing Science. $7 million. The entity to receive this funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey, 07806. This effort will identify solutions to meet a wide array of diverse challenges including Energetics & Insensitive Munitions (IM) development, Directed Energy & Laser Vulnerability of Weapons and Munition Systems, armaments power and energy, and advanced materials manufacturing processes. These technologies are the underpinnings for the evolutionary improvement and revolutionary invention of weapon systems for the Army's Future Force. They also will significantly improve Army capabilities by providing lighter weight, stronger and more durable materiel that will improve the readiness and performance of soldiers and their weapons systems and enhance battlefield survivability and sustainability. This program helps the Army to meet the urgent need to develop and field a breadth of innovative technology solutions to the joint warfighter with a focus on the lethality and survivability demands for munitions and armaments. Developmental Mission Integration. $7 million. The entity to receive this funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey 07806. This program responds to the critical need for the U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to have the capability and flexibility to ``bridge the gap'' between its armaments research activities and Current Force requirements through a dedicated effort to mature, update, prototype and ``spin out'' armament and munitions technologies needed by the warfighter in the near term (6 to 12 months). This program helps the Army develop, demonstrate and transition critical armaments, munitions and logistics technologies needed by Army Brigade Combat Teams and Special Forces prior to (i.e. reset periods) and during deployment. Reliability and Affordability Enhancement for Precision Guided Munitions. $6 million. The entity to receive this funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey, 07806. Reliable precision guided munitions provide distinct advantages against a range of targets, where their use reduces risks to U.S. forces and can save U.S. lives. These weapons can also reduce unintended harm to civilians during combat, by producing less collateral damage to civilians and civilian infrastructure than unitary weapons. This program will meet the Army's urgent need to develop and provide a breadth of innovative technology solutions for joint warfighter with a focus on precision, safety, lethality and survivability demands for munitions and armaments. Armaments Academy. $3 million. The entity to receive this funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey, 07806. This program would establish an ``Armaments Academy'' at Picatinny Arsenal that is recognized formally as the Department of Defense's executive agent for training and certifying armament engineers and scientists for all services. This academy would develop an exceptional workforce of employees with multiple and integrated skill sets, capable of adapting quickly to DoD's changing armament mission. In the process, the Academy would ensure a sustainable talent pool for the growth and development of DoD's armament development community, accelerate developing new incoming DoD armament Scientists & Engineers (S&E) increasing productivity and value to DoD and the Warfighter. Joint Munitions and Lethality Mission Integration. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey, 07806. The Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) was established to support the Army's overarching goal of transforming into a more lethal and agile force. This program will assist the integration and transition of research, development and engineering (RDE) technologies into Program Executive Office (PEO)/Program Manager (PM) systems. This effort will allow the JM&L to integrate critical munitions and lethality missions across all stages of the life cycle (R&D, Production, Sustainment and Demilitarization) to more efficiently and economically support the joint warfighter. Rapid Insertion of Developmental Technology. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is the Stevens Institute of Technology at Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Continued operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have necessitated the rapid development, qualification and fielding of newly developed military technologies that enhance lethality, situational awareness, and warfighter effectiveness and survivability. There exist opportunities to rapidly field developmental technologies through spiral development into existing and future systems. This ongoing program will address five areas of need for rapid development: Intelligent Armor Systems; Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) for Weapons Applications; Intelligent and Precision Weapon Systems; Manufacturing Sciences Modeling & Simulation and Microchemical Platforms for Nanoenergetic Materials and Critical Defense Chemicals. This funding will be used to enhance the Army's ability to accelerate the fielding of new systems and technology that are crucial to the success of ongoing military operations. GreenArmaments/Rangesafe. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is the Stevens Institute of Technology at Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. During current and ongoing training and test operations the Army expends millions of rounds of ammunition containing heavy metals such as lead, tungsten and depleted uranium. This program is developing innovative technologies to reduce the environmental impact of Army armaments, munitions and operations on natural resources. All ongoing projects are aimed at directly supporting the Army's Environmental Requirements and Technology Assessment (AERTA), to allow the Army to maintain its training and test and production facilities at the top operational level enabling their continued use to ensure war-fighting readiness. Armament Systems Engineering--ASEI2. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is the Stevens Institute of Technology at Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. The dynamically changing mission requirements in numerous and diverse points of engagement for the Army can only be met by efficient, accelerated and affordable development, integration and fielding of new capabilities and systems. This ongoing program is developing and implementing new methods and practices in systems architecture, system engineering methodologies and tools, systems integration and prototyping, modeling and simulation capabilities for complex and intelligent systems, and network system engineering. Nano Advanced Cluster Energetics. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is the New Jersey Institute of Technology at University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982. Advanced Cluster Energetics (ACE) combines simple, established particulate coating and handling processes to achieve net shape manufacturing of energetic products with ``perfect'' composition uniformity, dramatically higher energy density and an order of magnitude smaller process cost. The Nano Advanced Cluster Energetics program (n-ACE) seeks to extend ACE technology to incorporate nano-scale components that will result in performance gains even greater than those already demonstrated at the micro-level. There currently is no existing technology that can process nano-particulates at production scale. Nano ACE benefits will touch all aspects of manufacturing and performance of military munitions: 50 percent manufacturing cost reduction; insensitive munitions through encapsulated uniform compositions munitions products of superior packing density in the same volume leading to greater performance and a reduced logistics tail. Lightweight Packaging System for Enhancing Combat Munitions Logistics. $2 million. The entity to receive this funding is Frontier Performance Polymers, Picatinny Innovation Center, Picatinny, New Jersey, 07806 The Army and Marines have learned in Iraq and Afghanistan that current ammunition packaging is too heavy and bulky. This program is initially focusing on developing advanced multifunctional lightweight materials, cost-effective fabrication processes and optimized packaging systems for 120mm mortar ammunition. Research has already resulted in a reduction of 30 percent in system weight and 20 percent in system cost. There has also been success with increased shipping capacity, greater portability by one soldier, ease of access to ammunition and reduced loading, assembling and packing costs. Acceleration of this advanced material and fabrication capability for the production of the lightweight munitions packaging systems will ultimately enhance force readiness, reduce the logistics footprint, increase handling and supply efficiency, enhance safety and improve a soldier's mobility, agility and survivability, especially at the time of additional U.S. troop deployments to Afghanistan. Ink-based Desktop Electronic Materials. $2 million. The entity to receive funding for this project to Honeywell Corporation, headquartered at 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07962. Today's Army has a demonstrated need for low-production volume, short- use life and quickly-deployable electronics that enable field-based circuit design, implementation and repair. Ink-based printable electronics technology is faster and less expensive than traditional manufacturing processes and will allow electronic materials to be printed in the field much closer to the user. This program is developing specialized inks that are capable of fabricating electronics that would be printed on a desktop printer and then incorporated into communication technologies such as laptop computers, mobile phones, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, displays, antennae, radar, etc. RDTE, Air Force M-PACT Pure Air Generator (PAG). $2 million. The entity to receive funding for this project is Marotta Scientific Controls, 78 Boonton Avenue, Montville, New Jersey 07045. This is a request is for Air Force RDT&E to develop an enhanced Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Alternate Compressor System to be used in missile seeker cooling and pneumatic weapons ejection and designed to meet the specific operational requirements of the Small Diameter bomb. As a direct follow-on to current funding, enhancements are needed to improve the reliability of the system, ensuring higher performance and lower cost to the Air Force for the system over the product life cycle. Large Area APVT Materials Development for High Powered devices. $2 million. The entity to receive funding for this project is II-VI Corporation, 20 Chapin Road, Suite 1005, Pine Brook, NJ 07058. This project is developing a domestic technology and manufacturing base for large area (100mm diameter), high quality silicon carbide (SiC) materials. These materials are needed for highly energy efficient, high frequency, and high power applications for the Department of Defense which has specific future mission requirements for solid state power substations, all-electric and hybrid vehicles (Air Force, Army and Navy), and next generation radar devices (Air Force and Navy), all of which will rely upon devices manufactured with Silicon Carbide (SiC). RDTE, Navy Advanced Fuel Filtration (AFF) System. $1.5 million. The entity to receive funding is Filtration Solutions, 432 Sand Shore Road, Unit 8, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. This program seeks to finalize a system that was developed under the Navy SBIR program for the replacement of the DDG shipboard centrifugal fuel oil purifier. This equipment will save $25 million per year for the Navy from maintenance and operation cost after it is fully implemented to the DDG-51 and CG-47 class ships.

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Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, as the House majority presses hard to force-feed to Congress a government takeover of health care in the next few days, it would be very instructive to answer the question: Just who are the ``uninsured''? The most recent Census Bureau report of 2007 said that there were roughly 46 million people in this country labeled as ``uninsured'': 9.5 million were noncitizens; 18 million were between the ages of 18 and 30; 12 million people had household incomes less than $25,000, which means they already qualify for existing public health care programs; 7.3 million had annual incomes higher than $84,000, putting health coverage within their own financial reach; and 9.1 million were uninsured for less than 1 year--and half of these people regained their health coverage within 4 months. This leaves 7.8 million lower income Americans who can be characterized as the long-term uninsured. Yet the majority is promising trillion dollar legislation that ``significantly expands the Federal responsibility for health care costs.'' And how do they pay for it? Taxes, more taxes, more taxes.

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Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding earmarks I received as part of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health Facilities and Services Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The entity to receive funding for this project is Atlantic Health System located at 475 South Street, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $750,000 in funding which will be used to expand and upgrade Atlantic Health System's Emergency Department (ED) to ensure that the ED continues to provide the very best possible emergency and trauma care while meeting an ever increasing influx of patients. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health Facilities and Services Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The entity to receive funding for this project is Somerset Medical Center located at 110 Rehill Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $600,000 in funding which will be used to help improve patient safety through its information technology initiatives. Somerset Medical Center is a pioneer among hospitals nationwide in the implementation of electronic medical records. Over the past seven years, the medical center has spent more than $36 million to implement an electronic health record system in order to become more efficient, reduce the cost of patient care, enhance patient safety and improve the overall health of the community it serves. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health Facilities and Services Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity:--The entity to receive funding for this project is St. Clare's Health System located at 140 Diamond Spring Road, Denville, NJ 07834. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $600,000 in funding which will be used for facility renovations and upgrades to the Emergency Department (ED) at the hospital. The renovations and upgrades will address patient access, way-finding, triage and processing, bereavement accommodations, as well as modifications to public areas to support the `30 Minutes Door to Doc' commitment. The end result will enable emergency physicians and staff to better respond to the demands of the ED for their patient community by reducing waiting times, improving overall efficiency, ensuring privacy and public safety, and helping to reduce anxiety and stress for all patients and families who seek their care. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The entity to receive funding for this project is Caldwell College located at 120 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $550,000 in funding which will be used to develop a curriculum and training programs for an on- campus Autism Clinic that will house a model demonstration classroom for teachers of children with autism, in accordance with Caldwell College's Ph.D. program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Caldwell College is in the final stages of planning and implementing their Ph.D. program in ABA to train professionals to work with children with autism. In addition to providing training for Ph.D. students, the clinic will operate a range of education and outreach programs for parents and other caregivers of children with autism. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The entity to receive funding for this project is Farleigh Dickenson University located at 285 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $500,000 in funding which will be used to expand access to the Latino Education Pipeline. Federal funding would be used to further build the curricula for Puerta al Futuro and the Latino Promise Program, train additional educators in order to offer the program to students at more locations in New Jersey, and facilitate the conversion of the curriculum to online and distance education delivery. Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Museums and Libraries Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The entity to receive funding for this project is the Morris Museum located at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07960. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes $300,000 in funding which will be used to upgrade its science education program to increase science learning access for persons with disabilities. The educational resources that are created will eliminate barriers to learning, enabling thousands of students from northern and central New Jersey, including those in underserved communities, to become more engaged in science learning and more productive. This funding will establish a national model, demonstrating that science learning for school-aged children who have disabilities, be they mental or physical, can be improved in an informal learning center through enhancements such as adaptive technology, hands-on inter-actives and universal design components.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I yield myself another 30 seconds, Mr. Chairman. Members of Congress have proposed several studies that have sought to find other solutions to improve the airspace, so it is clear their support for putting this redesign on hold. Mr. Chairman, despite the fact that appropriations bills over many years that fund the FAA have directed the FAA to address the issue of aircraft noise, the FAA has turned a deaf ear to this issue. Maybe they will hear us this time. And I reserve the balance of my time.