June 23, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7117 about all that we were told about Vietnam set a misguided one. Just as in the leged report (Rept. No. 111–181) on the and about the mystical war against com- 1960s we possessed neither the wisdom bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations munism.’’ nor the means needed to determine the for Agriculture, Rural Development, The larger struggle against communism commonly referred to as the Cold War was fate of Southeast Asia, so today we Food and Drug Administration, and both just and necessary. Yet the furies possess neither the wisdom nor the Related Agencies programs for the fis- evoked by irresponsible (or cowardly) politi- means necessary to determine the fate cal year ending September 30, 2010, and cians more interested in partisan advantage of the Greater Middle East. for other purposes, which was referred than in advancing the common good trans- ‘‘To persist in efforts to do so—as the to the Union Calendar and ordered to formed the Cold War from an enterprise gov- Obama administration appears intent be printed. erned by reason into one driven by fear. Be- on doing in Afghanistan—will simply The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ginning with McCarthyism and the post-1945 replicate on an even greater scale mis- ant to clause 1, rule XXI, all points of Red Scare and continuing on through phan- takes like those that Bruce Palmer and tasms such as the domino theory, bomber order are reserved on the bill. JOHN KERRY once rightly decried.’’ gap, missile gap, and the putative threat to f our survival posed by a two-bit Cuban revo- Madam Speaker, I bring this forward because my friend from Massachusetts, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a lutionary, panic induced policies that were previous order of the House, the gen- reckless, wrong-headed, and unnecessary, JIM MCGOVERN, has put a bill in that with Vietnam being just one particularly would say simply to the Secretary of tleman from California (Mr. GEORGE egregious example. Defense: You need to come to the Con- MILLER) is recognized for 5 minutes. The mystical war against communism gress and tell the Congress what the (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California finds its counterpart in the mystical war on exit strategy is for Afghanistan. Some addressed the House. His remarks will terrorism. As in the 1960s, so too today: mys- people would say end point. appear hereafter in the Extensions of tification breeds misunderstanding and mis- Let me briefly explain, having an Remarks.) judgment. It prevents us from seeing things as they are. exit strategy and saying that to the f As a direct result, it leads us to exaggerate Congress, you don’t have to say in 2009, the importance of places like Afghanistan 2010, or 2015 or 2020, but tell the Amer- THE AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY and indeed to exaggerate the jihadist threat, ican people where we are going when AND SECURITY ACT OF 2009 which falls well short of being existential. It we send our young men and boys and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a induces flights of fancy so that otherwise girls to die in Afghanistan without a previous order of the House, the gen- sensible people conjure up visions of pro- plan, without benchmarks. tleman from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) is viding clean water, functioning schools, and So, Madam Speaker, I don’t know if good governance to Afghanistan’s 40,000 vil- recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. MCGOVERN’s amendment has been lages, with expectations of thereby winning Mr. MORAN of Kansas. From its very Afghan hearts and minds. It causes people to approved for debate tomorrow on the beginning in the House Energy and ignore considerations of cost. With the Long Armed Services bill, but I want to Commerce Committee, H.R. 2454, the War already this nation’s second most expen- thank Mr. MCGOVERN for bringing this American Clean Energy and Security sive conflict, trailing only World War II, and to the attention of the American peo- Act of 2009, has been forced upon Mem- with the federal government projecting tril- ple and the Congress, because we need bers of Congress with little time to lion-dollar deficits for years to come, how to have benchmarks. We need to have consider the significant and poten- much can we afford and where is the money an end point to the strategy in Afghan- coming from? tially damaging consequences of this istan. legislation. For political reasons the Obama adminis- The military, I know, from marines tration may have banished the phrase ‘‘glob- On June 12th of this month, the Com- al war on terror,’’ yet the conviction persists down in my district, will tell you that mittee on Agriculture, on which I that the United States is called upon to our military is tired. They’re worn out. serve, held a 7-hour hearing to review dominate or liberate or transform the Great- They’ll keep going back and forth, this bill. We quickly learned that there er Middle East. Methods may be shifting, back and forth because they love this is little solid economic analysis on how with the emphasis on pacification giving way Nation and they love defending Amer- this legislation will affect our econ- to militarized nation-building. Priorities ica. But we’ve got to be realistic about omy. Preliminary evidence makes it may be changing, Af-Pak now supplanting breaking the military, because we have clear it will increase the cost of energy Iraq as the main effort. But by whatever got North Korea over here threatening. and, with it, the cost of everything we name, the larger enterprise continues. The We’ve got the Chinese. We don’t know president who vows to ‘‘change the way use in our lives on a daily basis. what they might do. Yet we need to Washington works’’ has not yet exhibited We do know that the Congressional have a plan for victory in Afghanistan. the imagination needed to conceive of an al- Budget Office has said this bill will We cannot do what the Bush adminis- ternative to the project that his predecessor raise government revenue by $846 bil- began. tration did in Iraq and keep going on lion over the next 10 years. In everyday The urgent need is to de-mystify that and on. project, which was from the outset a mis- Madam Speaker, as I close, as I do terms, that means a huge tax increase. guided one. Just as in the 1960s we possessed every night on this floor, I have signed $846 billion, however, is just the begin- neither the wisdom nor the means needed to over 8,000 letters to families and ex- ning. determine the fate of Southeast Asia, so H.R. 2454 is permanent, and after the today we possess neither the wisdom nor the tended families who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq. I ask God 10-year period analyzed by the CBO, means necessary to determine the fate of the free carbon allowances are phased out, Greater Middle East. To persist in efforts to to please bless our men and women in do so—as the Obama administration appears uniform. I ask God to please bless the auctioned carbon allowances are intent on doing in Afghanistan—will simply families of our men and women in uni- phased in, and total allowances are re- replicate on an even greater scale mistakes form, and I ask God in his loving arms duced. This means that future genera- like those that Bruce Palmer and John to hold the families who have given a tions will be forced to pay much more Kerry once rightly decried. child dying for freedom in Afghanistan than that indicated in the initial 10- I further read and want to close and and Iraq. year budget estimate. then make a few comments with this. Madam Speaker, I ask three times; Although billed as cap-and-trade, in This is the last paragraph. Let me say God, please, God please, God, please reality Waxman-Markey is a cap-and- about Andrew Bacevich, he, himself, continue to bless America. tax bill. Instead of government directly was a Vietnam veteran. He, himself, f levying a tax, this legislation disguises was a veteran of Desert Storm. He, that tax as a carbon allowance auction himself, taught at West Point. He lost REPORT ON H.R. 2997, AGRI- that subsequently requires electrical a son in 2007, a young lieutenant who CULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP- generation companies, petroleum, and was killed in Iraq. So I think he brings MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN- other biofuel refiners, manufacturers, great credibility to this article that he ISTRATION, AND RELATED and others to collect the tax through has written. AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS increased costs. This is the last paragraph in the arti- ACT, 2010 The consequences go far beyond the cle. ‘‘The urgent need is to demystify Ms. KAPTUR, from the Committee price and our ability to turn on the that project, which was from the out- on Appropriations, submitted a privi- lights in rural America. Kansans, who

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