house was on the floor now. i'd pose the question to her i posed before. earlier in her career, when she was in the minority she said, quote, it is absolutely immoral, immoral for us to heap the deficits on our children, unquote. so i would respectfully ask the speaker of the house, if it's immoral to do it why are you doing it? this is $2 million. $2 million more of deficit that, according to the speaker of the house is immoral. the speaker has also said prior to becoming the speaker of the house, quote, i'd just soon do away with all earmarks. you can't have bridges to nowhere for america's children to pay for. i would respectfully ask the speaker of the house, if she was on the floor now, madam speaker if you'd just as soon do away with earmarks, lead by example and quit asking for them.

she has requested, herself or jointly with others, 30 earmarks worth $36 million. according to taxpayers for common sense, in the last appropriations cycle, mr. chairman, speaker of the house pelosi ranked 16th out of 435 members of congress on the number of earmarks she requested. . at a time of trillion dollar deficits, maybe it's time to say no to one project today so we can say yes to our children's future tomorrow. i reserve. the chair: who claims time in opposition? mr. olver: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olver: i rise in opposition to the amendment. let me make a few remarks about the general process and then about this amendment and then i'll have a little bit more time. as indicated in the report to this bill, the funding for earmarks in the transportation

and h.u.d. appropriations bill in 2010 has been cut to 50% of the 2006 levels. i would remind the gentleman that in 2006, in the 2006 budget, both republican majority in both branches and president of the united states as well. also this year, chairman obey introduced new rehe quirmentse to -- requirements to shen that the appropriations process is open, transparent and worthy of the public's trust. the committee vetted each request with the agency under which whose jurisdiction and earmark would fall. also, each request has been publicly disclosed on members' web sites so everyone can know exactly what has been asked by every member and what ones are being funded.

i oppose this particular amendment here because funds here, the $2 million in funds are being used to replace the doyle drive where the new parkway connecting the golden gate bridge and natural recreation area. federal funds would be used to provide design work and right-of-way construction. doyle drive is the only street connecting the two counties and indicated a post-recovery. doyle drive was built the year i was born and reaching the end of its useful life. the absence of shoulders would create dangerous operating conditions and result in serious accidents. the drive is ranked as the fifth

worst bidge in the nation and on the measure of structural insufficiency. 100,000 drivers, 18,000 transit riders use that doyle drive every day. so for those reasons, i think this is a very appropriate earmark. then i would like to comment and i oppose again the amendment. i would like then to use the rest of my time to point out something that i did a little bit earlier, which was to point out that at the end of the carter administration, there was $1 trillion of national debt. that took us from the presidency of president washington all the way 190 years to 1980 to get $1 trillion in debt, of national debt. 12 years later, the national

debt was over $4 trillion, more than four times, more than quadrupled in that 12 years. that's the 12 years of the greatest debt increase by any percentage-wise. in the presidency of president clinton, the debt went up another 1/3, from 33% in that eight years, which is quite modest compared what it then went up during the previous administration, the years from 2007 -- 2001 through 2009. the debt went up from $5.3 trillion. i said $5.4 the last time i made this, but in any case rgs it has gone up over $10 trillion by the end of the bush administration. that's another doubling. the largest actual number of

dollars of debt increased in trillions of any time, but not the largest percentage. it was only a doubling there. where the gentleman gets the idea that the debt that will be tripling under the present president, i cannot imagine. it will take at least seven more years for us to have any idea what the level of the debt will be at the end of that time. he might be surprised, we might all be surprised that it will be more modest than the kinds of numbers than the gentleman is using today. so, with that, i reserve. i would be happy to yield to my ranking member. mr. latham: unlike doyle drive, you have not come to the end of your useful life. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from

texas. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. chairman. i concur with the gentleman from iowa. it was a fascinating history lesson that the gentleman from massachusetts provided us with, but here are the facts. according to the congressional budget office, which happens to be appointed by democrats, we have the largest deficit in the history of the nation at $1 trillion, $1.8 trillion estimated at the end of the year and it is c.b.o. says that the 10-year budget will triple the national debt. i would ask the gentleman from massachusetts if this funding is so important, why is it paid for by the state of california, the city of san francisco or how about those toll roads? and is it really worth borrowing the money from the chinese and sending the bill to our children and grandchildren at this time? i think not. i would urge adoption of the amendment. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. hensarling: on that i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered the gentleman from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise. mr. hensarling: i have an amendment number 4. the chair: clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in house report 111-219 offered by mr. hensarling of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. chairman. this is an earmark designated for the philadelphia museum of art transportation improvement program for $750,000 requested by the gentleman from pennsylvania, who is on the floor. there is no doubt, mr. chairman, that the philadelphia museum of

art is one of the great art museums in america. i have had the occasion to visit it actually on two occasions, i believe. many in america recognize the steps as the "rocky" steps. the earmark will be used for quote intermodal transportation improvement project to resolve pedestrian and vehicle lar issues at the convening earns of kelly drive, pennsylvania avenue and fair month avenue. sounds like a lot of avenues and streets coming together. let's take stock of where we are . $1 trillion deficit, the largest in america's history. it will increase ten-fold in just two years under this democratic majority, a feat i do

not believe has ever been achieved in our nation's history. according to the congressional budget office, again apointed by democrats, we will triple the national debt in 10 years, more debt, more debt in the next 10 years, mr. chairman, than in the previous 220. again, don't take my word for it. ask the congressional budget office. and so i have no doubt that this is a good use of money once again. i have no doubt that this great art museum could use this money, but i have a number of questions. number one, why is this a federal responsibility? why didn't this money go to the dallas museum of art, how about the museum of modern art in new york, how about the liege of honor museum in san francisco? how about the hundreds and thousands of other art museums in the nation? are they not equally deserving, mr. chairman? if this is a federal responsibility, is it really a federal priority at a time when,

under this democratic majority, we now have the highest rate of unemployment that we've had in a quarter of a century? 2.6 million more americans unemployed since president obama took office. maybe, maybe our priority ought to be to try to create more jobs and there are hundreds of thousands of small businesses, including many in the 5th congressional district of texas that could benefit from that money and create jobs and preserve jobs. and then, mr. chairman, if i can see the argument that this somehow this isn't just a federal responsibility but a federal priority, is it of equal priority to create jobs and money that goes to the institutes of health for cancer research, for setting up more rural clinics for our veterans' health care? i think not. and although, again, i have no

doubt that this is a good use of someone's funds, but at a time of $1 trillion deficit, at a time of the worst unemployment we have had in 25 years, you know, it just doesn't meet the test of the taxpayers and the struggling families in this nation. and again, if we don't say no to somebody's project today, we cannot say yes to our children's future tomorrow. and with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: i rise in opposition to the amendment and what the gentleman doesn't seem to understand, this money doesn't go to the art museum. the art museum is located in the city of philadelphia, but it benefits the entire region. this isn't public property, but a public street that runs around the city-owned building. the contract for this work will be administrated by the city of

philadelphia. the museum is located in one of the most dangerous high traffic areas of the city of philadelphia where major roadways, i-95, kelly drive and the ben frankly parkway converges. this is dangerous for drivers and pedestrians alike. a father and son were struck by an s.u.v., critically injured them while biking on martin luther king drive. such actions are frightening in this area as anyone can attest. i requested funding for this project because it is important for the safety and well-being of my constituents as well as the millions of others who visit philadelphia every year and i fully support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair:, the gentleman from

texas. mr. hensarling: what he doesn't seem to understand is that the taxpayers in the 5th congressional district of texas don't want to pay for his transportation project when they have transportation needs of their own. if this is such a priority, why doesn't the commonwealth of pennsylvania take it out of their share of the federal highway trust fund? why doesn't the state of pennsylvania take it from their taxpayers? why doesn't the city of philadelphia take it from their taxpayers or maybe the art museum has to charge a little bit more so the struggling taxpayers of the 5th district of texas and all of america don't have to pay more in taxes or borrow more money from the chinese to help the art museum in philadelphia. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: i recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, city of philadelphia, mr. fatah, two minutes.

mr. fattah: i rise in opposition to this amendment but to support my colleague who has offered this worthy project. it's needed. it is the finest art museum anywhere in the world. and i'm from the city of philadelphia. but i think we all know that it's critically important that we invest in these needed infrastructure repairs and i'm very happy that the committee saw fit to include this. and i hope that we would at one point think about the real cost of our taxpayers about these amendments. these amendments are attacking earmarks, when this is 1% of the bill. even if this amendment passed this money wouldn't go against the deficit but would go to be spent in another way. it's a needed project. i support it. i thank the chairman for including it. i thank my colleague from philadelphia for his very effective fight to get this

included in the transportation bill. and one thing this amendment shows is that your's doing your job and working hard and benefits the entire region. and i thank the gentleman for yielding time. . the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: might i inquire how much time i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman from texas has 15 seconds. the gentleman from pennsylvania has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. hensarling: i'll continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. >> i find it ironic that the citizens of philadelphia and the state of pennsylvania, people think they don't pay federal taxes but they do and the purpose of government, the reason why government was formed is to protect their citizens so i thank the gentleman for picking out this amendment, for offering this amendment, to allow me to stand here and represent my constituents, the constituents of the city of philadelphia in my district and to be able to do my job to show i am bringing back resources for them to keep them safe and the millions of visitors, the children, everyone who does

visit this art museum, by keeping them safe and that's what this funding will do and again i ask for a no vote on this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, i would just point out to the gentleman from pennsylvania that according to his own website, the resip yept is the philadelphia museum of art. again, one of america's great art museums. but i don't want to borrow money from the chinese to send the bill to my children and grandchildren at a time of $1 trillion deficit. start saving the pennies and nickels and perhaps the dollars will start taking care of themselves. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, qui a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18,

proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 111-209 on which further proceedings were postponed on the following order. number 2, number 3 printed in part a, number 7 printed in part a, number 8 printed in part a, number 10 printed in part a, number 11 fingerprinted -- printed in part a, number 12 printed in part a, number 1 printed in part b, number 4 printed in part b, number 7 printed in part b, number 8 printed in part b by mr. flake of arizona, number 9 printed in part b, number 10 precipitationed in part b, number 11 printed in part b, number 3 printed in part c by mr. hensarling of texas, number 4 printed in part c. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is qut

for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 fingerprint -- printed in part a of house report 111-209 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in pued in part a of ho report 111-219 offered by mr. hensarling of texas. 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. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. -- those in favor of the amendment will vote aye, those opposed will vote no. members will lord their vote by electronic device. this is a 15-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

the clerk: amendment number 18 offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: this will provide money for the farmer's market facility. they say it will provide added benefits to the local community. farming is an important component kentucky's economy. kentucky farmers sold nearly $5 million worth of farm products in 2007 alone. given the number of farmers' markets throughout the state, that's not too surprising. the department of agriculture website showed there are nearly 100 farmers' markets up

throughout the state. farmers markets in kentucky appear to be successful and profitable. my question is, why are we saddling the taxpayers with a bill for construction of one more farmers market? i have no doubt the farmers market in kentucky has seen a drop in business as a result of the economy. virtually every business across this country has. i also think that we could find that these earmarks do benefit the agricultural community there. that isn't in doubt. the question, again, here is, how do we choose? and why do we say, all right, we'll aid this one but not another one. and in particular, at a time like this, why are we taking money from the taxpayers and then distributing it out as we see it, rather than allowing them to keep it themselves. with that, i reserve. the chair: who claims time in opposition. >> i claim time in opposition. i would like to recognize the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield.

the chair: for how many minutes? >> as much time as he may consume. mr. whitfield: i thank the gentleman for kwleeleding. i rise to, not surprisingly, oppose this amendment from the gentleman from arizona. i might say to him we all appreciate his concern and dedication and commitment to fiscal responsibility. but i would also say that even if we eliminated all earmarks of the legislative branch, it still would not make any dent at all in our deficit and debt in this country system of i would ask the gentleman and simply suggest that, let's look at more meaningful ways to deal with this issue. for example, i think most members would agree with you that the vast majority of earmarks do probably go to appropriators, rather than nonappropriators.

i think many members would be willing to join you in an effort to try to change the house rules in some way and maybe deal with that issue. i might also say that under the pay-go rules of this congress and the last congress, 110th congress, they waived pay-go rules enough times that the amount that was represented, that they waived was $450 billion. so i would ask the gentleman to join me in a resolution that i introduced yesterday to simply say that if the pay-go rules are waived, that any member of congress has a right to raise a point of order and have a vote on that waiver -- the waiving

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 108. the nays are 327. the amendment is not agreed to. 9 unfinished business is the

request for recorded vote on amendment number 4, printed in part b of house report number 111-219, by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevoiled by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4, printed in part b of house report number 111-219, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for 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. this is a two-minute, 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 104. the nays are 329. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 7 printed in

part b of house report 111-219, by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevoiled by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7, printed in part b of house report number 111-219, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for 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. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [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 124. the nays are 310, the amendment is not agreed . to the unfinished business is a request for recorded vote on amendment number 8 printed in part d by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which

further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevoiled by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 8, printed in part d of house report number 11-219, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is order. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two minutes, 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 125. the nays are 310. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 9 printed in part b of house report 11-219 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevoiled by voice vote.

the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 9, printsed in part b of house report number 111-219, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for 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. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [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 98, the nays are 331. the unfinish the business is the request for recorded vote number 10 on house report 111-209 offered by mr. arizona of -- offered by mr. flake of arizona. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed part b of house

report 111-219 offered by mr. flake of arizona. 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 dehe vice. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [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

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 105, the nays are 329, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for amendment number 11 on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in part b of house report 111-219 offered by mr. flake of arizona. 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. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [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

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 105, the nays are 329, the amendment is not agreed to. a request for vorded vote on amendment number 3 are printed in part c on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by

voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in part c of house report 111-219 offered by mr. hensarling of texas. 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. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [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

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 124, the nays are 309. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is request for amendment number 4 requested by the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part c of house report 111-219, offered by mr. hensarling of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has

been requested. those in support of the request for a vorded rote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. two minutes. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. [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

are 109, the nays are 326. the amendment is not agreed to. the clerk will read.

the clerk: page 160, line 7, cited as the transportation, counting and urban development and related agencies appropriations, 2010. the chair: under the rule the the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union says the committee has had under consideration h.r. 288 and reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. pursuant to house resolution 669, the question of adoption of the amendments will be put en gros. the question is on adoption of the amendments. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no.

the ayes have. it the amendments are adopted. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. . mr. latham: i have a the motion to reconsider to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk -- >> mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> mr. speaker, i reserve a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves a point of order. the clerk will read. the clerk: mr. latham of iowa moves to recommit the bill h.r. 3288 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. page 4, strike lines 11 through 16, and insert the following, transportation planning,

research, and development for necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research systems development, development activities, and making grants to remain available until expended, $10,233,000. page 7, strike line 16, and all that follows through line 23 on page 10 and insert the following, federal aviation administration and operations, airport and airway trust fund for expenses for necessary expenses of the federal aviation administration not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportationer administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation, including leasing and maintenance of aircraft subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor

vehicles. in addition to amounts made available by public law 108-176, $9,335, 798,000 of which $5,190,798,000 shall be desifed from the parpte and airway trust fund of which not to exceed $7,300,739,000. shall be available for air traffic portion activities. not to exceed -- air traffic organization activities. not to exceed $1,231,765,000 shall be available for aviation safety activities. not to exceed $14,737,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities not to seeks ex-seed $113,681 ,,000,000. shall be available for financial services activities, not to exceed $100,428,000.

shall be available for human resources program activities, not to exceed $330,607,000 shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination activities not to exceed $190,o 063,000 shall be available for staff offices and not to exceed $49,778,000. shall be available for information services. provided that not to exceed 2% of any budget activity except for aviation safety budget activity, maybe trans23erd to any budget activity under this heading. provided further that no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2%, provided further, that any transfer in excess of

2% shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. provided further that the secretary utilize not less than $17,084,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff increases in the office 6 aviation flight standards and the office of aircraft certification. provided further that not later than march 31 of each fiscal year hereafter the administrator of the federal aviation administration shall transmit to congress an annual update to the report submitted to congress in december, 2004, pursuant to section 221 of public law 108-176. provided further, that the funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit

standard setng organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards. provided further, that none of the funds in this be act shall be available for new applicants with second career training program. provided further that none of the funds in this act shall be available for the federal aviation administration to finalize or implement any regulation that will promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of enactment of this act. provided further that there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from states, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources including funds from fees authorized under chapter 453 of title 49 united states code other than those authorized by section 45301-a-1 of that title. which shall be available for expenses incurred in the

provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities. and for issuance renewal or modification of serts -- certificates including airman, aircraft, or for task related thereto or pros sessing major reparpe or alteration forms. provided further that of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than $9,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost sharing program. provided further that of the funds available under this heading not to exceed $500,000 shall be provided to the department of transportation's office of inspector general through reimbursement to conduct the annual audits of financial statements in accordance with section 3521 of title 31 united states code. and not to exceed $120,000 shall be provided to that office

through reimbursement to conduct the annual enterprise services center statement on auditing standards 70 audit. provided further, that none of the funds in this act for aeronautical charting and carring tography are available for activities conducted or coordinated through the working capital fund. page 12, strike lines 12 through 25 and insert the following. research, engineering, and development. airport and airway trust fund. for necessary expenses not otherwise provided for research, engineering, and development as authorized under part a of subtitle 7, title 1949. united states code including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $180 million to be derived from the airport and airway trust fund and to remain available until september 30,

2012. provided that there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from states, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development. page 38 strike lines 1 through 15 and insert the following. national highway traffic safety administration, operations and research. for expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety under subtitle c of title 10 of public law 109-59 and chapter 3 01 in part c of subtitle 6 of title 49 united states code, $129,774,000 of which $32,045,000 shall remain available until september 30, 20 11. provided that none of the funds

appropriated by this act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rule making to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the code of federal regulations. any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the three grading standards, tread water, traction, and temperature resistance already in effect. page 39, strike line 2 1 and all that follows through line 2 on page 40. page 42, strike lines 18 through 23 and insert the following. federal railroad administration, safety and operations. for necessary expenses of the federal railroad administration not otherwise provided for, $168,770,000 of which $15,300,000 shall remain available until september 30, 2011. page 44, strike line 1 and all that follows through line 13 on

page 46 and insert the following, capital assistance for high speed rail corridors and inner city passenger rail service. to enable the secretary of transportation to make passenger rail grants tore capital projects as authorized under sections 26106 and 24406 of title 49 united states code the acquisition of new rolling stock and to enter into cooperative agreements for those purposes, $1 billion to remain available until september 30, 2015. provided that $50 million of funds provided under this paragraph are available to the administrator of the federal railroad administration to fund the award and oversight of financial assistance made under this paragraph. provided further that up to $30 million of the funds provided under this paragraph are available to the administrator for the purposes of conducting

research and demonstrating technologies supporting the development of passenger rail service that is expected to maintain an average speed of 110 miles per hour or is reasonably expected to reach speeds of 150 miles per hour, including the implementation of the rail cooperative research program authorized by section 249-10 of title 49 united states code. provided further, that up to $50 million of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used for planning activities that lead directly to the development of a passenger rail cord door investment plan consistent with the requirements established by the administrator or a state rail plan consistent with chapter 224727 of title 49 united states code. provided further that the

secretary shall issue regulations covering application procedures and grant criteria for the passenger rail grants provided under this paragraph, provided further, that the federal share payable of the cost for which financial assistance is made under this paragraph shall not exceed 80%. provided further that in addition to the provisions of title 49 united states code that apply to the passenger rail programs funded this paragraph, sections 24402-a-2, 24402-f, 24402-i, and 24403-a and c -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. the gentleman from massachusetts, for what purpose does do you rise? mr. olver: i ask unanimous consent that the -- we be able to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? oaks is -- objection is heard. the clerk will continue to read. the clerk: c of title 49 united states code shall authorize the pro-- to the provision of funds

provided under this paragraph. provided further, that a project may not be in a state rail plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49 united states code to be eligible for assistance under this heading. provided further that up to $5 million of the funds provided under this paragraph are available to the administrator for the purposes of implementing section 243-16 of title 49 united states code. page 62 strike lines 11 through 21 and insert the following. pipeline and hazardous material safety administration, operational expenses. pipeline safety fund, for necessary operational expenses of the pipeline and hazardous material safety administration, $18,968,000 of which $639,000 shall be derived from the pipeline safety fund provided that $1 million shall be transferred to pipeline safety in order to fund pipeline safety

information grants to communities as authorized under section 60130 of title 49 united states code. page 62, line 22, and all that follows through line 11 on page 63 an insert the following, hazardous material safety, nor expenses to -- necessary to discharge the hazardous material safety functions of the pipeline and hazardous material safety administration, $35,500,000 of which $2,699,000 shall remain available until september 30, 2012. provided that up to $800,000 in fees collected under 49 u.s.c. 5108-g shall be deposited into the general fund of the treasury as offsetting receipts. provided further that there may be credited to this appropriation to be available under expended funds received from states, counties, municipalities, and other public

authorities and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication, and dissemination and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hars arduous materials exemptions and approvals functions. page 65 a strike line 19 and all that follows through line 8 on page 66 and insert the following. . surface transportation board, salaries and expenses, where necessary expenses of this transportation board, including services authorized by 5 u.s.c. 3109, $27,00,32,000. not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the chairman of the service transportation board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses under this heading. provided further that the sum

herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar per dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2010. to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than $25,782,000. page 78, strike line 6 and all that follows through line 7 on page 58 and insert the following. public and indian housing. tenant-based rental assistance, for activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under the united states housing act of 1937 as amended, 42 u.s.c. 14711, the act herein not otherwise provided for, $13,900,000,000 to be available until expended, shall be available on october 1, 2009, in addition to the $4 billion previously appropriated under this heading.

that will become available on october 1, 2009, and $4 billion to remain available until expended, shall be available on october 1, 2010. provided that the amounts made available under this headinare provided as followed, one, $16,189,200,000 shall be available for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant based contributions contracts including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8-t of the act and including renewal of other special purpose vouchers initially funded in fiscal year 2008 and 2009 such as family unification, veterans' affairs, supportive housing vout vouchers and nonelderly disabled vouchers. provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law from amounts provided under this paragraph and any carryover, the

secretary for the calendar year 2010 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based on voucher management system, d.m.s., leasing and cost data for the most recent federal fiscal year and applying the most recent annual adjustment factor as established by the secretary and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with deposits to family self-sufficiency program escrow ask thes. or for first-time renewals, including tenant protection or hope vi vouchers. provided further that none of the funds provided thunderstorm paragraph may be used it to fund a total number of unit months under lease which exceed as public housing agency's authorized level of units under contract. provided further that the secretary shall to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph accept as otherwise modified under this act, prorate each public housing agency's

allocation otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph. provided further that except as provided in the last proviceows, the entire amount specified under this paragraph except as otherwise modified under this act, shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and the prorate method described above. and the secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their annual budget not later than 60 days after the enactment of this act. provided further that the secretary may extend the 60-day notification period with the written approval of a house and senate committees on appropriations. provided further that the public housing agencies participating in the moving to work demonstration shall be pursuant to those in favor say aye moving to work agreements and shall be subject to the same prorate adjustments under the previous provisos. provided further that up to $150

million shall be available only, one, to adjust the allocations for public housing agencies after application for an ajust by a public housing agency that experiences a significant increase as determined by the secretary and renewable cost of tenant-based rental assistance resulting from unforeseen circumstances or portability under h.-r -- h.r. of this ability, two, voucher leasing rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed the average leasing for the 12-month period used to establish the allocation. three, for adjustment -- adjustments for the costs associated with a vhsa voucher or, four, for vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8013 of the act. two, $103 million shall be for section eight rental assistance

for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the omnibus consolidated precisions and appropriations act of 1996. public law 104-134, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family unification program under section 8 of the act, relocation of witnesses in connection with the efforts to combat crime and public and assisted housing, pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency. enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such a assistance under section 8-t of the act, hope vi vouchers, conversions and tenant protection assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted he willerly drg elderly tenants presiding in 202 properties that are refinanced pursuant to mr.

public law as amended. or under the authority as provided under this act. provided that the secretary may provide replacement vouchers for all units that were occupied within the previous 24 months, that cease to be available as assisted housing. subject to availability of funds. three, $1,493,800,000 shall be for administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies and administering the section 8 assistance program of which $50 million shall be available to the secretary to allocate the public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs. including fees associated with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration of disaster-related vouchers, veterans' affairs-supported housing vouchers and other incremental vouchers. provided that no less than

$1,443,800,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 2010 funding cycle based on section 8-q of the act and related appropriation act provisions. as in effect immediately before the enactment of the quality housing and work responsibility act of 1998. public law 105-276. provided further that if the amounts made available under this act are insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous, the secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or made to the extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under the previous. utilize unobligated balances including recaptures in carryovers, remaining from fund funds appropriated to the

department of housing and urban development under this heading for fiscal year 2009 and prior fiscal years. notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. provided further that amounts provided thunderstorm paragraph shall -- under this paragraph shall be only for tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8 including related development activities. four, $75 million for incremental rental voucher assistance through use for a supported housing program administered in conjunction with the department of veterans' affairs as authorized under section 8019 of the united states housing act of 1937. provided that the secretary of housing and urban development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding section 204, competition provision of this title. to public housing agencies that partner with eligible v.a. medical centers or other entities as designated by the

secretary of the department of veterans' affairs based on geographical needs for such assistance as identified in the secretary of the department of veterans' affairs, public housing agency administrative performance and other factors as specified by the secretary of housing and urban development in consultation with the secretary of the department of veterans' affairs. provided further that the secretary of housing and urban development may waive or specify alternative requirements for and consultation with the secretary of the department of veterans' affairs any provision of any statute or regulation that the secretary of housing and urban development administers in connection with the use of funds made available under this paragraph. except for requirements related to peer housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards and the environment. upon a finding by the secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher assistance,

provided further that assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turnover. five, $50 million shall be for family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the act. page 85, strike line 21 and all that follows through line 14 on page 87 and insert the following. public housing capital fund, for the public housing capital fund program to carry out capital and management activities where public housing agencies as authorized under section 9 of the united states housing act of 1937, 42 u.s.c. 1437-g, the act, $2,244,000,000 to remain available until september 30, 2013. provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2010, the secretary of housing and urban development may not delegate to any department

official other than the deputy secretary and the assistant secretary for public and indian housing, any authority under paragraph 2 of section 9-j regarding the ex tens of the time periods under such section. provided further that for purposes of such section, the-j, the term obligate means with respect to amounts that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays. immediately or in the future. provided further that upon -- that up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the ongoing public housing financial and fiscal assessment activities of the real estate assessment center, reac. provided further that the total amount provided under this heading not to exceed $20 million shall be available for the secretary to make grants.

notwithstanding section 204 of this act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs including safety and security measures necessary to address crime and drug related activity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters. excluding presidentialy declared emergencies and natural disasters under the robert t. stafford disaster relief and emergency act, 42 u.s.c. 5121. occurring in fiscal year 2010. provided further that of the total amount provided thunderstorm heading, $50 million shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the act. 42 u.s.c. 1437 c-6 and the american housing assistance act of 1996, 25 u.s.c. 1404, that

provided thunderstorm heading, up to $8,820,000 is to support the cost of administrative and jirnl receiverships. provided further that from the funds made available under this heading, the secretary shall provide bonus awards and fiscal year 2010 to public housing agencies that are designated high performers. page 78, -- 87, strike lines 15 through 19 and insert the following, public housing operating fund, for 2010 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and management of public housing as authorized by section 9-e of the united states housing act of 1937, $4,600 -- $4,600,000,000. all that follows through line 23 and insert the following. native american housing block

grants. for the native american housing block grants program as authorized under title 1 of the native american housing assistance in self-determination act of 1996, nahasda. $6,45 -- 045,000,000,000. that notwithstanding the native americans how longing assistance and determination act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation under title 1 of such act for each indian tribe, the secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such act with the need component based on single race census data and with the need compent based on multirace census data and the amount of the allocation for each indian tribe shall be the greater two of the resulting allocation amounts. provided further, of the amounts made available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall

be made available for a national organization, representing native american housing interests for providing training and technical assistance to indian housing authorities and tribal designated housing entities as authorized under nahasda. at $4,250,000 shall be available for inspection of indian housing units. contract expertise, training and training in the management of such indian housing and tenant-based assistance. including up to $300,000 for related travel. provided further, that of the amount provided under this heading, $2 million shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notice and other obligations as authorized by title 6 of nahasda. providing further that such costs, including the cost of modifying such notes shall be

as defined in section 502 of the congressional budget act of 1974 as amended, provided further that these funds are available to subsidize the principle amount of any notes and orr obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed not to exceed $18 million. page 90, strike lines one through nine and insert the follork native hawaiian housing block grant. for the native hawaiiian housing block grant program, as determined under the self-determination act 1926, $2 million to remain available until expended providing that of this amount, $23,000 shall be for training and activities,

including for travel by hawaii-based h.u.d. employees. page 91, line four, strike and insert the following. for carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with aids programs as authorized by the aids housing authority act, 42 u.s.c., 129.01, $3 million to remain available until september 11, 2011, except amounts allocated under h.s.c. 3 of such act shall remain available until september 12, provided that the sec he tear shall renew all expyring contracts funded under h. 54 c-3 before awarding new funds for activities authorized under this section. page 92, strike line one and

all that follows through line 16, and insert the following. community development fund. for assistance to units of state and local goth and to other entities for economic and community development activities and for other purposes. $4,450 million to remain available until september 30, 2012, unless otherwise specified. provided, that of the total amount provided, $4,016 million is for carrying out the community development block grant program under title 1 of the housing and community development act of 1964 as amended the act herein, 42 u.s.c. 5301, provided further that unless specifically provided for thunder heading, except for planning grants, and amounts made available under the third paragraph, not to exceed 20% of any grant made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended

for administration. provided further that $65 million shall be for grants to indian tribes, notwithstanding section 106-a-1 of such act. up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergency this is a constitute imminent threats to health and safety. of the amount made available under this heading, $151 million shall be available for grants for the economic development initiative, e.d.i. to finance a variety of targeted economic investments in accordance of the -- with the terms and conditions specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this act, provided that none of the funds under this act are used for program operations prorkviding further that for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, no unobligated funds for e.d.i. grants may be used for any

purpose except accusation, planning, design, revitalization, redevelopment or construction. of the amounts made available under the heading -- under this heading, $18 million shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve the conditions of distress and blighted areas and neighborhoods to stimulate investment, economic diversify case and community revitalization in areas with population or a stagnating or declining economic base or to determine whether housing benefits can be integrate master's degree effectively with welfare reform initiatives, provided that amounts made available under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this act. the referenced statement of the managers under this heading, community planning and development, in title ii of -- title 2 of division k is deemed

to be amended by striking custer county i.d. for accusation and an unused middle school building and inserting custer county i.d. -- custer county, idaho to construct a community center. the reference statement of the managers under this heading, community planning and development, intite in title 2 of division i of public law 111-8 is deemed to be amended by striking custer county idaho to purchase a middle school building and custer county, idaho, to build a community center. $150 million shall be made available for a sustainable communities initiative to stimulate and improve regional planning efforts to integrate housing and transportation decisions and to challenge communities to reform zoning and land ordinances provided that $100 million shall be for

regional planning grants to support the linking of transportation and land use planning, provided further that $40 million shall be for metropolitan challenge grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve affordable, economically vital and sustainable communities, provided further that up to $10 million shall be for a joint department of housing and urban development and department of transportation research effort that shall include a rigorous evaluation of the regional planning grants and metropolitan challenge grants programs. provided further that of the amounts made available under this heading, $25 million shall be made available for the rural innovation funds to address the problems of concentrated rural housing distress and community poverty. provided further, that of the amounts made available under this heading, $25 million shall be made available for the university community fund for grants to assist universities in revitalizing their surrounding communities with

special attention to historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, alaska native, native hawaiiian institutions and hispanic-serving institutions. provided further, that the secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of such competitive funds, including but not limited to eligibility criteria, minimum grant amounts and performance metrics. page 96, strike lines 6 through 14. page 96, strike line 15 and all that -- >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> mr. speaker, i withdraw the amendment. the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the motion is withdrawn. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise?

mr. olver: i reserve a point of order on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> in its present form, i am. the speaker pro tempore: is the clerk prepared? the clerk will read report the motion. the clerk: mr. latham of iowa moves to recommit the bill h.r. 3288 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment, page 4, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $4,500,000, page eight, line 3, insert reduced by $11,370,000. page eight line 13, insert reduced by $11 million. page 8, line 19, insert reduced reduced by $15 million. page 8, line 7, after the

dollar amount, insert reduced by $1,367,000. page 42, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $3,763,000. page 44, line 8, after the dollar amount, i insert reduced by $3 billion. page 45, beginning on line 21, strike provided further that if -- and all that follows through line 13 on page 46. page 62, after the first dollar amount, insert reduced by $1 million. page 62, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $1 million. page 26, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert "reduced by ,768,000. page 66, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $2,768,000.

page 78, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $331 million. page 78, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $198 million. page 81, line 9 after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $17 million. page 82, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $106,200,000. page 85, line 6 after the delaff amount insert, reduce by $10 million. page 86, line one, after the dollar amount, insert, reduce by $56 million. page 87, line 19 theambing dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $200 million. page 88, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $105 million. page 90, line 5, after the

dollar amount, insert reduced by $2 million. page 91, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $40 million. page 92, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $150,670,000. page 96, strike lines six through 14. page 96, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $175 million. page 97, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $8 million. page 97, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $6,500,000. page 97, line 250, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $1,500,000. page 98, line 1, after the first and second dollar amounts, insert reduced by $56,285,000. page 100, line 8, after the

dollar ament, insert, redeuced by $606,328,000. page 100, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $606,328,000. page 102, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $235 million. page 102, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $235 million. pa 104, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $100 million. page 104, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert, redeuced by $100 million. page 147, line one, 56 the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $200,000. page 147, line 24, after the first dollar amount, insert, reduced by $3,258,000.

page 148, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $2508,000. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts, do you reserve your-pound of order? mr. olver: i do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latham: i'm sorry about the delay here but -- mr. speaker, the motion to recommit really is -- mr. olver: the house is not in order. i would like to be able to hear what may ranking member is saying. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latham: thank you. this moigs to recommit is really quite simple. it the reduces the accounts that exceed the levels recommended in the budget request back down to the president's proposed level. i'm quite confident that the

funding levels proposed by the president are sufficient and frankly if higher levels of funding were required the budget requests would have identified higher funding levels. let me say again i would be a strong supporter if this bill -- of this bill if the funding levels weren't so out of proportion with the current reality. i hold a very positive view of chairman olver and admire his thoughtful and fair approach to this bill. but a 25% increase over the funding level of fiscal year 2009 is absurd. especially in the context of the huge sums of funding provided to the department of transportation and h.u.d. through the stimulus bill. this bill would fund these agencies at $68 billion on top of the more than $61.8 billion they received through the stimulus. how can these agencies possibly spend through this funding in an

efficient and effective manner? so in response to this reckless pattern, my motion would reduce the bill's bottom line by cutting only those accounts that were funded over and above the president's request. and this motion to recommit saves the u.s. taxpayers $5.4 billion. and i would ask for support for this motion to recommit. i think in today's fiscal climate it is totally appropriate and is something that we should do. this is about our kids and grandchildren in the future and just to bring it back to the president's request, i don't think is something that's too much to ask from anyone and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes. oh, forgive me. does the gentleman rise in opposition? olol mr. speaker, i rise in opposition -- olol mr. speaker, i rise in -- mr. olver: mr. speaker, i rise

in opposition to the motion. i think it's quite eye ron take the amendment that's being offered is one to reduce the funding and conform the funding to the president's request. but it's exactly what the minority, now minority, has done year after year in rubberstamping the president's position. that's what's so ironic about it. we on the other hand have taken an independent view with a very good subcommittee, with some members on the minority side who have taken, who have joined us on some of this and in fact have taken a position in sub stangs -- substantially in support of the idea which is at the core of this legislation is that we are doing something more for vulnerable populations. virtually everything that has

been removed in reductions from this bill is in those things but not all of them, virtually all, in the area of assistance for vulnerable populations. let me just down the list. we have section 8, tenant-based housing. and section 8 project-based housing, a total of $798 million reduction. all of them back to the president's requests, but the needs get greater as we -- from when the requests were made because of what has happen -- what is happening, because there are more homeless, because there are more people out of work than there were at the time that the request was made. in all good faith. the native american block grant, for the poorest of the poor is reduced by $105 million. elder housing, which we had

raised by $235 million and the housing for disabled people, which which had raised by $100 million, and by the way, all of this was taken through the full appropriations committee and approved by the appropriations committee and sent to the floor. homeless assistance has been reduced by $56 million. public housing operating fund has been reduced by $200 million, public housing authorities, capital fund reduced by $256 million, the housing for people with aids, are he he deuced by $40 million -- reduced by $40 million, the affordable housing, rental housing as well as first time home ownership is reduced by $175 million. all of these, all of these to conform with the number of the president. our committee and our members

feel very strongly that those vulnerable populations need a little bit more into the circumstances that we are dealing with at the present time and so we put it in. and that's the way we have voted today. now beyond that, beyond that we have -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. olver: beyond that we have had a strong vote on the issue of high speed rail and the items related to it, a vote which was earlier today 136 for an amendment to strike. the very thing that's backing this motion, to 284 against, including 40 members from the minority side. who voted with the majority on that issue. and beyond that we have the

amendment which reduces the f.a.a.'s safety positions in two different areas. one by removing 150 aviation inspectors which we went above the president's request, i think quite legitimately, for aviation safety and also for 35 additional people that we put in for rail safety. we've had some rail problems, we believe that there are problems that needed to be dealt with. so all of those things have been done. i think we should keep exactly where we have done the vote before and reject this motion to recommit. and i yield time to the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would urge a no vote on this and i simply think that we're entitled to ask one question. why on earth, if we're supposed

to take this motion seriously, were we requested to listen through the reading of a 55-page amendment, witness it being withdrawn and then have them introduce an amendment which is virtually the same in an identical form? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from iowa. mr mr. latham: i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favor a vote by e yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule0the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. this shall be a 15-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 194 -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 192, the nays are 226, the motion is not adopted.

the question is on passage of the bill under clause 10 of rule 20, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this shall be a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 254rk the nays are 116 --

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 255rk the nays are -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 256, the nays are 168, the bill is passed, without objection the motion to

reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on armed services, i present a privileged report to accompany house resolution 602 for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 602, resolution requesting that the president and directing that the secretary of defense transmit to the house of representatives all information in their possession relating to specific communications regarding detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: referred to house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise?

>> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 673, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3293, making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and human services and education and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to section 5 of the fraud enforcement and recovery act of 2009 and the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair announces a joint appointment by the speaker and majority leader of the senate in an appointment by the speaker on the part of the house to the financial crisis inquiry commission. the clerk: joint appointment,

chairman, speaker's appointments, mrs. born of washington, d.c., mr. john w. thompson of woodside, california. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to section 5 of the fraud enforcement and recovery act of 2009, public law 111-21, i am pleased to appoint the following individuals to the financial crisis inquiry commission. the honorable william m. thomas of bakersfield, california, vice chairman, mr. peter j. walson of snow mass, colorado, both mr. thomas and mr. walson have expressed interest in serving in this capacity and i am pleased to fulfill their request. signed, sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain one-minute

requests. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to address for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. this organizational chart is a chart that represents the new way that health care would be handled in the united states. it's under the democrats plan. this is a chart that we will not allowed to send out to our constituents because it has been ruled inappropriate to send out. but we want the american people to see it. the other thing that people need to know about the democrat health bill is that it's going to give higher taxes to small businesses and it's going to destroy jobs. according to the democrats' plan, filers making $280,000 will be hit with a 1% surtax. filers making $400,000 will be hit by a $1.5% surtax and filers

making $800,000 will be hit by a 5.4% surtax because most small businesses pay their taxes as part of their owners individual tax filing, majority of those hit will be small businesses. according to the national association of manufacturers and industry hard hit by the economy, 68% of manufacturers file with an average income of $570,000. we also know this bill will destroy 4.7 million jobs. that's too many jobs to destroy in this country. we don't need this health care bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, during his primetime press conference last night, president obama spoke in vague generalities about his care proposal in claiming the

plan is deficit neutral. the nonpartisan congressional budget office disagrees. the c.b.o. found that the legislation would increase the deficit by $239 billion over a 10-year period. and the c.b.o. director recently said the administration's plan significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs. you wouldn't know this from having watched last evening's press conference. not one reporter questioned about the -- the president about the c.b.o.'s findings. instead the media once again gave the president a free pass and deprived americans of all the facts surrounding health care. i yield back and i thank the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? without objection, the gentlelady has one minute. >> mr. speaker, america's small businesses are facing a health care crisis. and they need our help. small businesses pay 18% more

for the same health insurance benefits as large businesses. hampering these incubators of recovery and growth. we must fix the broken health care system to help our nation's entrepreneurs and their employees. half of all americans work for a small business. that's half of the nation's private nonfarm gross domestic product. economic recovery and sustained growth depend on strong, small businesses. health reform could save small businesses up to $855 billion, growing the economy and creating new jobs. our small businesses are in critical condition. if we fail to treat this crisis, we put our nation's economic well-being and recovery at risk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> unanimous consent to address

the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, when cbs news anchor katie curic asked president obama if illegal immigrants could participate in his health care plan, his answer was no. however here are the facts which have not been reported by the media. there are gaping loopholes in the health care bill that allow illegal immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded -- funded benefits. the bill contains no verification mechanism to ensure that illegal immigrants do not apply for benefits. in fact, democrats rejected an amendment to close this loophole. and the bill leaves open the possibility that if one citizen family member is eligible for benefits, then the whole family, including illegal immigrant family members, is also eligible for the benefits. the proposed health care scheme could force the american people to pay for the health care of illegal immigrants. this is simply another reason to oppose it.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you. mr. speaker, i think the real truth is that americans want real health care reform. they understand that families are paying $1,800 a year for the uninsured. $1,200 if you are a single individual. costs that will continue to grow without health care reform. 14,000 americans lose their health care every day. all of the issues that my friends on the other side talk about, they know are workable issues. the bottom line is access to health care. in texas our effort and intent is to embrace and work with physician-owned and specialty hospitals. we want to make sure that they're protected in this health care reform. why? because they provide services to americans and texans that others cannot provide. we want to ensure that there is access to health care all over,

but we also don't want to have smoke and mirrors. my friends on the other side should get at the table of negotiation, make sure our specialty and physician-owned hospitals are protected and allowed to grow if they're in the process of building, not use the arbitrary deadline, but, yes, we should face the question, save americans $18,-- $1,800 a year, stop the 14,000 that are losing their health care. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> i rise to address the house for one minute, ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. speaker, house republicans and even some democrats have been highlighting the problems with the proposed health care bills this congress is considering. santa if he, texas in the district think a represent, has 10,500 hardworking folks with

concerns about this massive intrusive government health care. just this week the santa fe chamber of commerce passed a resolution strongly opposing the proposals the majority's put forward and i think the voice of the smalltown america can say it even better than i can. the highlights of the resolution include the santa fe chamber of commerce expressed its opposition to any legislation that develops national health care of the united states. this proposal will require huge tax increases in order to subsidize the planned program. and one more passage, the federal government should not be in the business of controlling and manipulating the health care system. the good people of santa fe, texas, understand the problems with government-run health care. i wish my colleagues on the other side did. i ask unanimous consent to include the copy of the chamber's resolution after my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objectio