[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3] [House] [Page 3198] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO YANK A CONTRACT FROM AN AMERICAN COMPANY AND GIVE IT TO A CONSORTIUM DOMINATED BY EUROPE (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, Americans across the country are infuriated today that the administration yanked a contract away from Boeing, an American company, for our air tankers and gave it to a consortium dominated by Europe, and they're infuriated for several good reasons: Number one, why are we giving a $40 billion stimulus plan to France? It is our economy that is in danger. Second, why, when we are suing this consortium for violation of international trade laws because of illegal subsidies, do we turn around and award them with a $40 billion contract? One agency says they're illegal; the other agency's giving them $40 billion of our taxpayer money. Number three, and this was an insulting thing when I heard this award, the person making the award says, well, this is an American airplane. It's got an American flag on the tail. Well, you can't just go out and buy a one nickel sticker, slap it on an Airbus airplane and call it ``America.'' We have got to have a policy of procurement that's good for our economy and our security. We need to fix this disastrous administration decision. ____________________