so congressman murphy. mr. murphy: thank you very much, congressman richmond. kind of scary i get senior status in my third term but things move fast in the united states house of representatives. i thank you for bringing us together for this special order hour. i have been here now for five years and when votes are done and you go back to your office to get some work together for the next day, we often flip on the tv and watch these special order hours as frankly millions of americans do across the country and you know what you see every night starts to look the same. you see republicans on one side having one hour, democrats on the other side having another hour and too often, that time is spent by both parties talking down the other side. this is unique to have members of both republican and democratic sides joining together in a testimony to something that binds us, it binds us as republicans and democrats, conservatives and liberals, whatever we are in this nation, we know how important it is to support our men and women abroad and to memorialize them when

murphy of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you very much, mr. chairman. the amendment before the house now is a relatively simple one. we have over the last 10 years lost 42,000 factories in this country. we have lost five million jobs in manufacturing. and we've got a long discuss here in this congress over the past three years as to what we can do to stimulate that engine of middle class job growth and security. this amendment seeks to increase our defense industrial capacity without spending any additional money. what the amendment before us simply allows is for the federal government to be able to consider at their leisure the amount of jobs being created here in the united states by a particular bid for u.s. defense work. frankly most of my constituents think this already happens. most of my constituents think th

murphy of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. also a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 208, the nays are 212 with zero answering present. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on on amendment number 27 printed in house report 112-88 by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the ace prevailed by voice vote -- ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in house report 112-88 offered by mr. cole of

murphy, for five minutes. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. a gallon of gas is over $4 heading to $5. the average spends over $2,200 per year on gas than they did a year ago. america's infrastructure is crumbling. a quarter of our bridges are structurally deficient. the american society of civil engineers says all of our infrastructure will cost over $2 trillion for roads, bridges, water, sewer systems, airports, locks and dams. where will we find the money? we send $1 billion each day for oil, opec controls oil and wants it to be $200 a barrel. we are 60% can he pendent on foreign oil -- dependent on foreign oil. mr. speaker, we want clean air and water. we want to see our highways and bridges fixed. we don't want to pollute our environment. but where will the money come from? today, my colleagues and i on the energy working group are introducing the infrastructure jobs and the energy independence act, a bipartisan bill that for the first time brings forward a comprehensive plan to rebuild america, take back our energy future and create milli

murphy: three -- >> a plies chief in my district stopped a man for speeding. the driver was an illegal alien. he didn't speak lengish. a translator was called. the man had been in the united states for six years. he had been arrested before. he had no job. he didn't know where he lived. he had three dollars cash in his pocket, and he had two public benefit access cards. when police chief called immigration and customs enforcement, i.c.e. said, let him go. at a time when our nation is broke, and when programs for our elderly are being cut, i.c.e. must not allow people like this to defraud the american taxpayers. mr. barletta: mr. speaker, three weeks ago i asked i.c.e. to explain its decision and put in writing the policy regarding the detention of illegal aliens found by local law enforcement. why was this man let go? three weeks later, and i am still waiting. i demand andance. -- answer. my constituents deserve an answer and millions of americans deserve an answer. we are all still waiting. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gen