The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 18, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable doug lamalfa to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Coble. Mr. Coble i thank the speaker. Mr. Speaker, ive heard some criticize the president for having played golf with tiger woods because woods is not a favorable role model. The president s golfing is none of my business, but permit me to tell you what is my business. The frequent use of air force one and the related costs thereto. President obama was the second most traveled president of alltime for a single time spending 95 days on 5 trips. In 2009 president obama traveled more in his first year than any other president. President obama spent 95 days traveling to 21 different countries. The most updated figure on the cost of operating air force one is in excess of 179,000 per hour but this is a tiny fraction of the president s foreign travel plans which includes backup aircraft, aerial tankers, motor transport, security and diplomatic personnel accommodations and advance teams. The first lady also has been actively traveling making trips to ireland, africa, western europe and copenhagen. When traveling solo she will use a cost per flight hour of between 179,000 and 26,000 or a longer c32 passenger jet which has a cost per flight hour in excess of 42,000 per hour. President ial entourages have grown quite large in the modern era as well, mr. Speaker. President obama accompanied by more than 500 staff, including security, during his 2009 trip to london. At least 200 security agents alone will be involved in the president s current africa trip. Now, im not suggesting, mr. Speaker, that we compromise safety or security, but the first family, it seems to me, treats air force one and related aircraft as their personal toys, a very expensive toy, i might add. I will admit, mr. Speaker, that air force one belongs to president obama and his wife, but air force one also belongs to you and me and to every taxpayer in america. I simply ask the president and his wife to exercise more prudence and discipline regarding their private aircraft activities. When the wheels of air force one are up, the meter is on, and im talking about a heap of taxpayer dollars. Inally, mr. Speaker, the plague of the soaring debt conditions to bother us and i request that president obama and his wife direct more attention to our soaring debt and deficit and less time on air force one. I yield back, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the chair would remind members to refrain from improper references to the president or other members. The chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Wolf, for five minutes. Mr. Wolf mr. Speaker, i rise today to ask another question that has not yet been answered by the house. This question will be the third in a series of Critical Issues that have not yet been resolved and i will continue to raise additional questions for the next nine legislative days until we depart for august recess keeping in mind that the oneyear anniversary of benghazi attacks will be upon us when the Congress Returns in september. It is also noteworthy there does not appear to be a single hearing on benghazi scheduled in any committee between now and the oneyear anniversary. That is why in the absence of public hearings to address these questions im raising them on the house floor this month. On tuesday i raised the question of why not of the benghazi survivors, the c. I. A. , the f. B. I. Or private contractor employees have testified publicly before congress. Yesterday i asked about whether there had been any intelligence failures in the vetting of the libyan militias have abandoned the americans at the consulate when the assaults began. I asked who provided the terrorists of detailed information about the consulate property. I contractors working for the c. I. A. , Defense Department and the state department who were involved in the response or a lack thereof to the benghazi attacks. According to trusty sources that have trusted sources that have contacted my office, not all of the survivors of the benghazi attacks along with others at the department of defense, the c. I. A. Have been asked or directed to sign additional nondisclosure agreements about their involvement in the benghazi attacks. Some of these new n. D. A. s as they call them have been signed as recently as this summer. The marine corps times yesterday reported that the marine colonel whose task force was responsible for special operations in northern and western africa at the time of the attack is still on active duty despite claims that he retired. And therefore could not be forced to testify before congress. If these reports are accurate, this would be a stunning revelation to any member of congress, any member of congress that finds this out and also more importantly to the American People. It also raises serious concerns about the priority of the administrations efforts to silence those with knowledge of the benghazi attack in response. Ask, how many federal employees military personnel or contractors have been asked to sign additional nondisclosure agreements by each agency . And do these nondisclosure agreements apply to those undercover or have noncovert state department and Defense Department employees . Later today i will be writing the state department, Defense Department and ask for their personnel or contractors who ve been required to sign n. D. A. s related to benghazi. Erhaps the we may finally develop a witness list to learn what happened that night where we lost four american lives. I do not expect the Obama Administration to be forthcoming with answers, but if this congress, if this congress does not ask for the information and gives delivery, the American People will never learn the truth. Any federal employer employee or contractor who has been coerced through a n. D. A. Is asked to speak out on their behalf and compel their voice to be heard. shy i, along with 159 of my colleagues, support a select committee to hold public hearings to learn the truth about what happened that night in benghazi. I say to any colleague whos not on a resolution, if not on our resolution, please get on so we can find the truth for the American People and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico, mr. Lujan, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, as fires across the west grow more intense and superstorms in the United States do more damage, it is clear that the cost of inaction on Climate Change is growing. The economic toll thats taking on communities across the country is impacting the American People. Hurricane sandy cost the united damages, billion in many lives and lost economic output. In my home state of new mexico where wildfires have burned all summer, many communities that rely on tourism and access to seen jetic lands have their majestic lands have seen their businesses impacted. Many have to sell off their herds because of Drought Conditions that have made it too expensive to feed their animals. Opponents of efforts to address Climate Change often cite the cost of these efforts. What they fail to account for is the cost that Global Warming is having in the form of more severe droughts, more dangerous wildfire seasons and increased devastations from superstorms. Mr. Speaker, if we continue down this path and fail to take steps necessary to address Climate Change, the costs will only continue to grow and the impact in our communities will only increase. Last week i joined my colleagues in the safe climate caucus asking Speaker Boehner to schedule a debate on the house floor to discuss Climate Change and our nations response to this growing threat. The time for action is now. We must not sit idly by and ignore the facts and ignore the science while communities in new mexico and across the country have the effects of Climate Change. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe mr. Speaker, it was september, 1972. People from all over the world were gathered in munich germany for the olympic games. After world war ii worldwide there was a feeling of optimism and unity but overnight those feelings turned to turmoil and turned to terror. The world awoke to images of a deadly terrorist attack in the olympic village. A terrorist group called black september took 11 israeli hostages and massacred them. In response, the Israeli Government did not hesitate. The israeli policy was, you will not murder israelis anywhere in the world. So for 20 years israel hunted down the killers all over the globe from paris to london to beirut to stockholm. And with its response one thing came clear to these terrorists, you hurt israelis, theres ing to be consequences and the consequences will not be pleasant. Israeli israel would find them and israel would find them. So Flash Forward 40 years on the 11th anniversary of 9 11 there was once again attacks on american sovereign soil. In egypt they stormed the u. S. Embassy. Our ambassador, chris stevens, and three other americans were libya. Murdered in theres that been no action there has been no action by the administration for these crimes. Where is the justice for these families of these four victims . The identities of some of the attackers are known. Why have we failed to go get them . When america has been tested by terrorists in the past, weve gone after them, just like israel has done. In 1996, 19 american soldiers were murdered in saudi arabia. The United States responded. In 2001 when 3,000 people from all over the world were murdered here in the United States, we responded. President bush said the search is under way for those who are behind these evil acts. Ive directed the full resources of our intelligence and Law Enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. Is that our u. S. Policy today . Well, we dont know. We dont know what the current u. S. Policy is about americans killed overseas. All we get is a lot of words with no results from the administration. So our enemies continue to test us because they no longer fear us, mr. Speaker. The world no longer knows where america stands on terrorist attacks. Not our allies, not our enemies and not american citizens. So what is our policy when a u. S. Embassy is attacked . More broadly speaking, what is our Foreign Policy in north africa . North africa is a breeding round for terrorism al qaeda affiliates being trained and expanded across the entire african continent. Earlier this year on january 16, an Al Qaeda Linked with one affiliated took 800 people hostage at a gas facility in algeria. One of those hostages killed was victor lovelady, a neighbor of mine. Victors brother, mike lovelady, testified before our terrorism subcommittee last week. His family deserves answers from this administration about what happened in algeria when americans were killed. Who are these terrorists in benghazi . Who are these terrorists in algeria . Have the ring leaders gotten away with these mass murders . Is the United States not capable of finding these people throughout the world . Maybe the Intelligence Service ought to spend a little less time snooping around in the private lives of americans and go after terrorists overseas, but thats a different issue. The loveladys deserve justice. They lost a brother, son. Osama bin laden may be dead but terrorism is still alive and well. If terrorists do not know the consequences of their actions, they will not fear any consequences. That is the world in which we live. So its time maybe we articulate a policy and mean it. If you attack americans, america will come after you. Come hell or high water, were going to track you down somewhere in the world. The libyan and algerian killers must meet the same fate as the mbers of the black september group. So mr. Speaker, when you talk to the president , tell the president to track these people down, let them know they cannot run, they cannot hide, they cannot disappear into the darkness of their evil ways because justice is what we must have. Justice is what we do in this country, and thats just the way it is. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it looks like we dodged a bullet with the prince georges water emergency. Wasnt it fascinating to watch all of the frantic activity that was necessary to deal with the planed planned four or fiveday period where people would be denied something that virtually all of us take for granted. Safe drinking water, when they need it, as much as they need, to drink, to bathe, flush the toilet, clean their dishes, wash their clothes. The prospect of almost a week without it really turned peoples lives upsidedown. Well, im glad that there is a temporary fix that may have solved the problem, at least in the foreseeable future, but i hope that it will serve as a wakeup call because in the United States, frankly, we are spoiled. We take for granted something that 2. 5 billion people around the world cannot. Having adequate sanitation and safe drinking water. Thats why im introducing legislation, water for the world, with my colleague congressman poe from texas, to enhance the efforts of the United States to be a partner to help for people around the globe to have access to what is a global problem. But we need to do more at home. The challenges of Climate Change, combined with aging, inadequate water an sewer systems in the United States places us at risk. We have 80 of our population served by over 50,000 Community Water systems that have facilities with a life span of 15 to maybe 95 years. Well, it was a wakeup call here in washington, d. C. , where the average water pipe is more than 77 years old. I remember a trip to cincinnati, the scene of the first municipal water agency in the United States, and they had something thats not unusual. They still have some pipes that are brick and wood dating back to the 1800s. You can find this around the country. Thats why its been estimated that 1. 7 trillion gallons of water, one out of every four gallons, leaks before it reaches the faucets. Thats seven billion gallons a day. Think of 11,000 olympicsized swimming pools, you place them end to end, they would go basically from washington, d. C. , to pittsburgh. We need to have a National Effort to provide the almost 10 billion that the Engineering Community estimates that will be necessary by 2020 to avoid regular Service Disruptions like was threatened in prince georges county. We need to move forward with bipartisan legislation, the Water Resources development act, the warda bill, if you wrda bill, if you pardon the phrase, has been bottled up. I House Majority leader cantor allows that to come to the floor. It has bipartisan support. It has investments that would help deal with Water Resources for the country now and prevent emergencies in the future. And by the way, would put tens of thousands of americans to work all across the country. With aging systems, water stress, drought, flood, we are just going to see more of the same going forward, over only on a scale of challenge that until recently was unimaginable. Lets use this as a wakeup call for congress to step up and do its job with water and sanitation abroad, but water and sanitation at home, flood control, navigation. The Energy Challenges that are profound because of disruption to water. Lets start by an undertaking now on the scale that we know we can do and that is he so important for our future. If we do, we wont just prevent problems like prince georges was facing, but all our communities will be more livable, our families safer, healthier, and more economically secure. And, by the way, its the fastest way to jumpstart the economy. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Fleischmann, for five minutes. Mr. Fleischmann mr. Speaker, last week an incredibly gifted young man from east tennessee, john paul powers, displayed his talents here in washington at the Kennedy Center as part of the National Youth orchestra of the United States. The orchestra, created by the Carnegies Hall wild music institute, brings together some of our nations most talented Young Musicians from across the country to work and study together and then to display their talents both here and abroad. In fact, they are scheduled to perform tonight in