thriving aerospace sector that contributes to our economy and our national defense. i continue to be concerned about the help of our overall industrial base. one example is our space launch industrial base. i also firmly believe that we must pay more attention to educating and inspiring the future generation of scientists, engineering and technicians that will keep making important technological -- technical advances and producing state-of-the-art products. dr. ehlers mentioned the importance of education and not only for our students but at the universities in our country. again, i want to thank dr. ehlers for introducing this resolution, and i want to thank him for his leadership on the aerospace caucus and for his friendship, and we're going to miss him as well. and i urge my colleagues to join us in recognizing the important contributions of the aerospace sector to our lives by voting for this resolution.

and i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. gordon: i yield back the balance of my time and request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 292. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules--- without objection -- mr. gordon: i request -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted.

a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

>> supporting the goals and ideals of fragile x awareness day as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the tight. resolution. the clerk: house resolution 611. resolution supporting the goals and ideals of fragile x awareness day. the speaker pro tempore:

pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, and the gentleman from mississippi, mr. harper, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i'd like to yield initially such time as he may consume to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. delahunt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend for a minute. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. delahunt: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. it was some 13 years ago that a

friend of mine at home approached me and described to me the characteristics and symptoms of a disorder he called fragile x. he demonstrated a familiarity with fragile x that was extraordinary. but he was talking about his son. i was embarrassed because i had no idea what he was talking about. but i was certainly not alone. i, like many americans, had never heard of fragile x, but his passion and our friendship motivated me to work with my colleagues to address this issue which is of such concern for so many in this country. and it is this lack of

awareness that is at the heart of the problem. most people who exhibit the characteristics of fragile x are not tested due to a simple lack of understanding. this applies to both the medical community and to the general population. and for that reason i join with two champions, mr. harper of mississippi and mr. hare, my friend and colleague on this side of the aisle, to re-establish the fragile x caucus. the goal is sim -- has simply been to raise public awareness of this rather obscure disease, this disorder. so today we speak on the resolution to commemorate or recommemorate fragile x awareness day which is tomorrow, july 22.

and to continue in an effort to raise awareness. fragile x is the most common known genetic cause of autism. it affects 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females of all races and ethnic groups. over 100,000 americans have fragile x syndrome. another one million americans have or at risk for developing an associated disorder. but through public awareness we have the power to reduce the frequency of fragile x. so we are really testing research and education. we can make a difference. in fact, a simple blood test can now detect fragile x. now as a result of the fragile

x break through act, which i co-sponsored along with my then colleague wes watkins of oklahoma, many scientists have conducted critical fragile x research projects rapidly accelerating new breakthroughs to help us understand its causes. still there remains much to be done. in 2002 as my colleagues and i were debating a resolution to recognize national fragile x research day, i promised wes watkins that i would continue to support this cause which he had championed during his career in this body. so now as i retire at the end of this term and move on with the next phase of my life, i

rise today and ask my colleagues to continue to support this work. my hope that one day will see a time when all families suffering from the effects of fragile x will be helped so that they, too, will have the chance to move on and to enjoy the next phase of their lives. on behalf of 1,000 of americans who have fragile x and the millions who are at risk and their families, i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and i yield back and thank the gentleman for yielding the time. and again want to acknowledge mr. harper and mr. hare for their outstanding work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey reserves the balance of his time. mr. pallone: i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the

chair would remind people in the chamber in the far back corner to keep conversations to a minimum and to keep conversation levels very low. the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi. mr. harper: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of h.r. 611, a bill supporting the goals and ideals of fragile x awareness day. today we recognize those with fragile x syndrome, their families, and the health care providers dedicated to treating and finding the cure for fragile x. fragile x associated disorders include three separate and distinct conditions. fragile x syndrome, fragile x associated tremor, and fragile x associated insufficiency. approximately one in 3,600 males and one in 4,000 to 6,000

females are born with the full mutation and as many as one in 130 women are estimated to be carriers of the fragile x mutation according to current studies. these disorders are genetic resulting in behavioral, developmental, and language disabilities throughout a person's lifetime. fragile x is linked to a mutation of a single gene on the x chromosome and is the most commonly inherited form of intellectual disabilities. this condition is also linked to reproductive problems in women, including early menopause and a parkinson's like condition in older male carriers. as the only member of congress who has a child with fragile x syndrome, my family understands the daily challenges that individuals with intellectual disabilities are confronted with. like many parents, it took my wife and me a long time to understand and accept our son's

diagnosis. once we did, we began to also see our son for who he is. for all of the exceptional qualities he holds as arch individual -- an individual. for the positive impact he has on people he comes across in everyday life and the many lessons he has taught us both along each day and on the journey we share as parents. we have seen him overcome challenges that we never thought he would. we have witnessed the perseverance and dedication he has displayed in going after his dreams. and we have full faith in his potential to be a productive member of society and contributing greatly to improving his community. and this is a journey we share with each of the fragile x families. i am committed to increasing awareness of fragile x syndrome and to providing individuals living with fragile x syndrome meaningful, educational, and inform ty opportunities. -- inform ty opportunities.

representative phil hare and representative bill delahunt have been true champions for this condition on capitol hill for the past several years and i want to take this opportunity to thank both of them for the work they have done and for the introduction of this legislation. i would like to thank the members of the house energy and commerce committee for favorably reporting this bill to the house floor and i urge all members to support this. thank you, madam speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to yield at this time to the sponsor of the legislation, the gentleman from illinois, mr. hare, and thank him for all he's done to move this bill to the floor and to draw attention to fragile x. yield to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. hare: i thank my friend from new jersey. i rise in strong support of house resolution 611, supporting the goals and ideals

of fragile x awareness day. madam speaker, with 100,000 americans affected and one million more at risk, fragile x syndrome is the most commonly inherited cause of mental impairment and autism. however fragile x syndrome still remains a largely unknown disorder and often misdiagnosed. tomorrow, july 22, families, patients, and advocates will take part in the 10th annual national fragile x awareness day. thanks to the efforts of the national fragile x foundation to unite the fragile x community on thursday, advocates all across the country will hold events and fundraisers in their cities and communities to raise awareness about this condition. since national disenfranchise x awareness day is an opportunity to educate the public as well as the medical profession about this disease. increased awareness about this little known disease can significantly reduce the incidents of fragile x and lead

to quicker diagnosis for families dealing with the disease. growing awareness of this condition is also critical to securing additional research funding to create tomorrow's scientific breakthroughs to treat and ultimately cure fragile x. i introduced this resolution not only to support the goals and the ideals of fragile x awareness day, but also to recognize fragile x advocates who work tirelessly to increase the awareness. together their voice is an invaluable part of promoting public consciousness of fragile x syndrome and it's because of their commitment we are closer to finding the cure. madam speaker, i first learned of the fragile x syndrome as i was leaving the floor and walking back to my congressional office. i look at my schedule and i saw i had a group of constituents that wanted to talk to me about fragile x. i had no idea what fragile x was and on my way to my office i kept trying to think what could this be? i had the opportunity to meet

holly reese and other parents, and holly told me about her son and daughter's battle with fragile x and the family shared stories and photos and it motivated me to get involved. i started by -- by participating in my first fragile x walk in canton, illinois, three years ago. and three walks later i am as committed today as i was then to work to find a cure. because of holly, parker, allison, and all the people affected by fragile x i was inspired to establish the fragile x caucus along with congressman delahunt and my friend, congressman harper. the caucus is growing and we are educating more members daily about fragile x. and we have also successfully fought for more research funding for fragile x at the national institute of health and the department of defense. we organized the first congressional briefing on fragile x, we released the

public service announcement and we continue to make finding a cure for fragile x syndrome a national priority. . i am proud to serve on the caucus with two of the most dedicated members to the fragile x cause. the co-chairman, gregg harper, the parent of a child i had the opportunity to meet. what a wonderful young man. how proud you are of him. his engaging smile and his willingness to come and to tour and be with his father and you can see the love between them and what a wonderful and special young man this is. and for 15 years our friend, chairman bill delahunt, has advocated on behalf of the fragile x community, and we will certainly miss his leadership on the caucus upon his retirement. but there's an old saying, you think this is the end, mr. delahunt, for you this is the beginning. we are going to be asking more of you because mr. delahunt is going to have more time to spend with us. madam speaker, congress has an important role in raising awareness of fragile x

syndrome. it's my hope that this resolution and the efforts of the fragile x caucus will provide greater awareness of fragile x and i urge all of my colleagues to vote in support of house privileged resolution 611. i want to thank chairman waxman and chairman pallone for working with me to bring house resolution 611 on the eve of fragile x awareness day. i thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. harper: madam speaker, with special thanks to congressman hare and congressman delahunt, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume, and i will be brief. i want to first of all express my support for house resolution 611 and the goals and ideals of

fragile x awareness day and, again, thank all three of the previous sporks, mr. hare, the prime sponsor, mr. delahunt and also mr. harper. as we know, fragile x syndrome can result in impairments that range from learning disabilities to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities. and i wanted to mention that scientists and researchers acknowledge a link of fragile x and autism or autistic-like behavior. and fragile x associated disorders encompasses a spectrum of disorders that impacts families throughout the life cycle. so it's really important that we put this resolution to the floor. tomorrow, thursday, july 22, we'll celebrate the 10th fragile x awareness day. patients, advocates across the country will convene local

events and fundraisers to raise awareness of fragile x-associated disorders. and with that i would urge my colleagues to support this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the balance of the time has been yielded back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 611. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order -- h. concurrent resolution 292, concurring in the senate amendment to h.r. 725, h.r. 4380, and h.r. 1530, each by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from tennessee, mr. gordon, to suspend the rules and agree to h. concurrent resolution 292, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 292, concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national aerospace week, and for other purposes.

the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, as amended. members will record their votes 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 representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 413. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. on this vote the yeas are 413. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, to suspend the rules and concur in the senate

amendment to h.r. 725, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 725, an act to protect indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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 326. the nays are 92. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the senate amendment is agreed to, without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished business is the motion -- the unfinished business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4380, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4380, a bill to amend the schedule of the united states to modify temporarily certain duty and

for what purpose does. the speaker pro tempore: -- and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. this recorded vote by electronic device. this is 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 378, the nays are -- 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from d.c., ms. norton, to suspend the rules and agree to h. resolution 1513 as amended on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1513, resolution congratulating the saratoga race course as it celebrates its 142nd season. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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.]

house resolution 1537. resolved that the requirement

of clause 6-a of rule 13 for a 2/3 vote to consider a report from the committee on rules on the same day it is presented to the house is waved with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of july 23, to 10. providing for consideration or disposition of a measure addressing unemployment compensation. section 2. mr. hastings: i yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from

north carolina, dr. fox. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. lavings: mr. speaker, house resolution 1537 waives the requirement -- the speaker pro tempore: can we take conversations outside the chambers. the house will be in order. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: thank you. house resolution 1537 waives the requirement of clause 6-a of rule 13 requiring a 2/3 vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the rules committee. this would allow for the same day consideration of any resolution reported through the legislative day of july 23, 2010, relating to consideration

or disposition of a measure addressing unemployment compensation. finally, the resolution allows the speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules through the legislative day of july 23, 2010. the speaker or her designee shall consult with the minority leader or his designee on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. these are not unusual procedures as some of my colleagues on the other want to argue. i want to point out in the 109th congress the republican majority reported at least 21 rules that allowed the same day consideration. in fact, five of those rules waived this requirement against any rule reported from the committee. this rule is for a specific bill.

mr. speaker, h.res. 4213, the registration -- restoration of the emergency unemployment compensation act of 20 sew -- 2010, ensures that absolutely essential funds continue to reach the millions of american citizens struggling to find a job, keep their homes, and provide for their families. this legislation is unconscionably overdue with unemployment benefits having expired on june 1 of this year. while i'm pleased to point out that this legislation is retroactive to that date, nevertheless millions of americans who desperately needed our support were left hanging by an egregious obstructionism that prevented this legislation from moving forward. this congress, and i include both the house and the senate,

has a responsibility to act in the best interest of american people. and to ensure that in this time of extreme economic hardship americans can rely on essential government services to help them through the hard times. unemployment insurance is one of those services. part of a range of urgently needed activities that are necessary to rebuild our economy and recover from the recession. there's no excuse for delay. that only two republican senators saw fit to vote to ensure that 2.5 million americans could claim lapsed benefits demonstrates a complete lack of concern for struggling americans. the fact is that for every open job, there are five applicants. leaving the vast majority out of work. unemployment insurance is not a

luxury. it is a necessity. why members of this congress are able to vote in favor of massive tax cuts for the wealthy one day and against unemployment insurance for hardworking americans the next day is beyond me. so, mr. speaker, i kind of like we would not do a same day rule. what we should do is a six weeks ago rule so we could go back in time and relieve some of the greater anxiety and financial hardship endured by millions of americans while they waited for this congress to act. over the past few days and weeks, much of the debate about the emergency measure has revolved around its cost. while i don't dismiss these concerns, bringing our economy back from the brink of disaster

doesn't come cheap. and we have a responsibility to support americans during this most painful and difficult time. in fact, i would argue that democrats and republicans have a significant difference of opinion when it comes to what it means to be fiscally responsible. seemingly my republican colleagues think that being fiscally responsible means that when our economy is prospering, and it has prospered in the past and will again, when it's prospering you will have free rein to cut taxes for the wealthiest and the well-to-do among us and spend with abandon as they did when we were prospering. but when there are irresponsible fiscal policies come back to bite them, it's too expensive in our economy to provide for those who can't provide for themselves or spend

what is necessary to jump-start the economy. republicans say, they aren't opposed to spending these fund on unemployment insurance. they just want to cut the same amount some other program. well, i'll tell you what they can cut. how about not doing any further tax cuts for wealthy people? how about cutting bridges to nowhere. how about cutting some of this pentagon money and war in this world? how about cutting huge tax subsidies for offshore oil drilling? how about cutting out people taking their money and wanting a tax haven away from america and not fulfilling their responsibility? mr. speaker, i don't see republicans offering to cut those things. instead i see them blocking essential legislation with vague platitudes about the need for cuts. they see nothing wrong with leaving the people who are most suffering the effects of their

misguided economic views out in the cold. the republicans' track record has told them to be -- proved them to be nothing but fair-weathered deficit hawks. democrats, on the other hand, see things differently. we, too, believe that balancing the budget is vital for our long-term prosperity and i have been here and others as well as the sitting speaker have been here when we did just that, balance the budget. but it cannot be done on the backs of struggling. in order to grow this economy, we need to invest in the american people. the federal government has a responsibility to help our communities meet their needs and ensure that anyone who wants to find work for a decent wage can do so. our economy is already showing considerable signs of recovery, but a jobless recovery is unacceptable. make no mistake.

job creation is the number one priority for democrats. that is why we are working hard to find ways to create jobs and grow our economy again. but in the meantime, we cannot simply let millions of americans fall into financial ruin, lose their homes, be unable to pay their rent and jeopardize their futures and fuhr tures of their families and children. -- futures of their families and children. unemployment insurance can make the difference between what a -- whether a family can afford to put food on the table or pay rent while they devote themselves to finding new employment or to get by. just get by until the economy improves and jobs are more forthcoming. i urge my colleagues to support this rule, mr. speaker, so that this much needed, much overdue

legislation can be considered in a timely manner. the american people are waiting and waiting one more minute, not 30 minutes, on the u.s. senate, or 30 hours as they are taking now waiting one more minute is one minute too long. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. -- the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague from florida for yielding time for us. you know, he mentioned that we have no problem on one day voting for tax decreases and then the next day voting against unemployment benefits. unfortunately, our colleagues across the aisle haven't give us an opportunity to vote for tax decreases in this session of congress. would that we had that opportunity, we certainly would have because the money that the

hardworking people of this country earn belongs to them. it doesn't belong to the government. that's what our colleagues across the aisle think. they want to control everything in this country, including all the money that our -- that the good citizens of this country work hard to earn. mr. speaker, today i rise in opposition to this same day rule on unemployment insurance. when the white house economic advisors released their report back in january, 2009, they concluded that if we just borrowed $1 trillion, the stimulus would stop the unemployment rate from increasing beyond 8%. here we are with a 9.5% unemployment rate, the largest deficit in our history and the national debt at almost $14 trillion. the responsible of the liberal democrat leadership is to add $30 billion more to the deficit by not offsetting another extension of federal unemployment benefits. the american people want real

economic growth and private job creation. if job creation is number one priority for the democrats, i'd hate to see what the number two priority is give the dismal numbers that they have created, particularly in the last 18 months. during consideration of h.r. 5618, the democrats' $34 billion unpaid for restoration of emergency unemployment compensation act before the july 4 recess, democrats oppose the republican motion to recommit which would have paid for the extension. specifically, the republican motion to recommit would have used $34 billion in unspent stimulus funds to cover the cost of extending un-- expired unemployment benefits through november 30. this was a fiscally responsible motion which recognized that the american people want washington to stop spending money we don't have. adding insurmountable amounts

of spending to our soaring national deafs helps no one. painting republicans as being unfeeling and uncaring about those who have lost their jobs is inappropriate. we are very concerned with those people and we want to do everything that we can to help them. but putting us more and more into debt and increasing the deficit is not going to do that. and our colleagues across the aisle should have learned that by now with their very, very bad policies. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: just to answer my distinguished colleague from north carolina very briefly, when she began her remarks by indicating that we haven't given them an opportunity to vote on tax cuts. my last look at the american reinvestment and recovery act gave 95% of americans a tax cut. i would be interested to know

how many republicans supported that measure. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, correctly pointed out republicans had ample opportunity to vote for tax cuts for americans. as was pointed out a moment ago, 95% of the american people got a tax cut under the recovery act and zero% of the republican caucus voted in favor of it. so there again when an average american gets a chance for a tax cut, no. when rich folks get a chance for a tax cut, absolutely. and by the way, those tax cuts don't have to be set off. during the bush administration well over $700 billion worth of tax cuts not set off at all, and now we are just asking for a little bit of money for average working americans who have worked for a benefit, mr. speaker, to get a little bit of

help when they really need it. no, we are not asking for a set off for unemployment insurance benefits because it's an emergency. it's an emergency for that mom trying to get some serial -- cereal to putting it on the table for her kids. an emergency for that dad who is trying to bring rent so they don't get thrown out. it's an emergency for families facing foreclosure because they cannot pay their mortgage because they have been out of work. it's an emergency. it is appropriate not to set it off because those are the rules we have been living by in this body for years and years and years. and now because of partisanship, republicans don't want to go by those rules, they want to make political hay and delay, delay people's help when help should be coming. mr. speaker, the fact is 2.5 million americans have to wait another day because senate republicans have to make a political point. that is a shame. that is too bad.

if the caucus opposite, if the senate republicans really have a heart for the american people, they will prove it by stopping their unsympathetic and relentless delay of unemployment insurance benefits. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, when asked on july 4 are we headed in the right direction? vice president biden answered, quote, the economic initiatives that we took, they are working. they are working. end quote. vice president biden's repeatedly touted the failed stimulus plan has recently coibd what he called the summer of recovery. when asked about the concerns that the stimulus is not working, he acknowledges that unemployment remains, quote, unacceptably high, end quote. you know if we are in the

summer of recovery, we can't quite understand why we continue to have high unemployment in this country. when asked by abc's "this week" host in an interview aired sunday if the administration, quote, is getting enough credit, end quote, for the wall street bill, the health care bill, and economic recovery act in light of the polls showing majority of americans believe the country's -- is on the wrong track, mr. biden said, quote, the vast majority of the american people, a lot of people really involved don't even know what's inside the packages, end quote. on the contrary, for the first time in a long time the american people are taking a very strong interest in what congress is doing. reading the built and voicing their opinions. -- bills and voicing their opinions. 18 months after president obama's $862 billion so-called stimulus, which really cost $1.2 trillion, if you include

the $347 billion that the congressional budget office estimates for interest payments on the borrowed money, as my colleague said across the aisle, there are still five job seekers for every job opening and we have a 9.5% unemployment rate. i appreciate my colleague from florida helping me make that point that we still have a problem despite the fact that there have been so many policies passed here and so much money spent. . we have a 9.5% unemployment rate. instead of facing we're reality we're hearing that everything is going great. that is everything except that which they might be able to somehow blame on the previous administration. ignoring that virtually all of the jobs they're touting are government jobs this misleading statistic doesn't represent net job growth, thereby omitting all the jobs lost since the liberals

seized complete control of washington. doesn't it really seem discord ant to be promoting unemployment benefits when democrats are touting this as the summer of recovery? if the democrats' stimulus were so successful, why do we need to increase our debt by $30 billion more for additional federal unemployment benefits? rather than acknowledge their stimulus plan failed and that the american people were sold a bill of goods, the president and his administration continue to propose new government programs that increase the deficit. this is wrong, the american people know it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguisheded gentleman from massachusetts, my good friend and colleague on the rules committee, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman voiced for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, extending help to the unemployed is the right thing to do.

it's the decent thing to do. we should have done it a long time ago. my colleagues on the republican side have frustrateded attempt after attempt after attempt after attempt to extend these benefits to people, most of whom have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. my friends on the other side of the aisle say, well, we can't afford to do it. so we need to pay for this, these emergency -- even though they're emergency benefits. well, why don't we pay for the bush tax cuts which added d hundreds of billions of dollars to our debt? why don't we pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan, all funded through borroweded money? why is nation building in afghanistan more important than our own people? why is giving donald trump another tax cut that is unpaid for, that adds to our deficit, more important than helping those who are unemployed?

i ask my friends on the other side of the aisle, what are you thinking? why don't you care? whose side are you on? i urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to leave the beltway every once in a while and go back and talk to your own constituents and you'll see that people are struggling, that there are people who are suffering because of this economy. this is a difficult economy that is slowly but surely beginning to recover. it is a difficult economy that president obama inherited from george w. bush. we are trying to dig ourselves out of this mess that my republican friends have createded. it's going to take time. i'll remind my friends on the other side of the aisle that when george bush was president we were losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in the last three months of the administration. 22 consecutive months of job losses. that's what they gave us. when they talk about the

deficit, i remind them, that president clinton left george w. bush a record surplus that they squandered on tax cuts for the rich and two wars that were unpaid for. you know, the reason why we talk about president bush's record is because the head of the republican congressional campaign committee, pete sessions, when asked quhat republican plan was, he said, we need to go back and do -- back to the exact same agenda, the exact same agenda that produced these record deficits, the exact same agenda that put millions of people in this country out of work. i've heard a lot of scary things in chamber but i got to tell you, that is the scariest thing i have ever heard. i don't want to go backwards, i don't want to go back to the time when we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs per month. president obama to his credit and the democratic congress here are trying to fix the mess that they created and we are now beginning to see job increases in this country.

not as much as we want, but we're moving in the right direction. but in the meantime we cannot turn our backs on those who run employed. so i say to my republican friends in the united states senate, stop your obstructionism. stop playing politics one employment benefits and move out of the way and allow -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: so we can vote on it here in the house floor. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their combhents to the chair. -- comments to the chair. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i know our colleagues again continue to want to rewrite history but it's just not something we're going to let you do. our economy was doing great until you all took over the congress in january, 2007. you keep blaming what happened in the last -- what happened in the last few months of the bush presidency on president bush but you were in control of congress, you've been in control and you

have to take the responsibility for what happened. the job losses came on your watch. we had a $200 billion deficit when you took over the congress and you have caused the deficit to go up. it is democrat policies which have created the problems, not the republican policies. on monday president obama took to the rose garden to criticize republicans for insisting that new government spending to extend the federal unemployment insurance program be paid for by cutting government spending elsewhere. ironically in another speech in the rose garden last november, president obama took the opposite position, touting his signing an extension that was, quote, fully paid for, end quote, and this is his quote. i would also like to announce i just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs and provide

relief to struggling families and businesses. now it's important to note that the bill i sign will not add to our deficit, it is fully paid for and so it is fiscally responsible. those remarks were made by president obama on november 6, 2009. so he was for paying for spending before he was against it. on june 28, speaker pelosi made statements indicating the best way to create new jobs is to hand out more unemployment checks. this is her quote, this is one of the biggest stimuluses to our economy. economists will tell you this money is spent quickly, it injects demand into the economy and is job creating. it creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative that you can name, end quote. this is news to a lot of economists. i wanted to share also a portion

of a "wall street journal" article from tuesday entitled, stimulating unemployment. this is the quote, only last week vice president joe biden was hailing the stimulus for saving and creating three million jobs. this week the white house says we need even more stimulus in the form of jobless checks to make up for the jobs his original spending stimulus didn't create. the one possibility the president and congressional democrats won't entertain is that their own spending and taxing and regulating and labor union favoritism have become the main hindrance to job creation. since february, 2009, the jobless rate has climbed to 9.5% from 8.1% and private industry has shed two million jobs. the overall economy has been expanding for at least a year but employers still don't seem confident enough to add new workers. the economists who sold us the stimulus say it's a mystery. but maybe employers are afraid

to hire because they don't know what costs government limb pose on them next. in the immediate policy -- will impose on them next. in the immediate policy case, they're subsidizing more unemployment. if you subsidize something you get more of it. so if you pay people not to work, they often decide not to work. or at least to delay looking or decline a less than perfect job offer, holding out for something else that may or may not materialize. the economic census -- consensus couldn't be clearer on this. in a 1990 study for the national bureau of economic research, labor economist laurence cats found that, quote, the results indicate that a one-week increase in potential benefit duration increases the average duration of the unemployment spells of unemployment insurance recipients by .162 -- 16 to 20

weeks. a march, 2010, economic report by michael pharaoh examined several studies and concluded that lengthened availability of jobless benefits has raised the unemployment rate by 1.5%. a 2006 nber study on a related subject begins, it is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations, end quote. president obama has said that this is a, quote, misguided notion and that attitude reflects a lack of faith in the american people. yet democrats have consistently passed legislation which takes away the choices and freedoms of the american people. that is the true reflection of a lack of faith in the american people and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker.

mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield to a good friend of mine two minutes at this time, the distinguished gentleman from memphis, tennessee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank congressman hastings for the opportunity to speak on this issue. this is a very important issue to the american economy and the american public. my friend from north carolina suggests that economists don't think that this is a good thing. well, mark zandi who is the chief economist at moody's, who was president bush's -- one of his economists and supporters, says no form of the fiscal stimulus has proved more effective during the past two years than emergency unemployment benefits. providing a bang for the buck of $1.61 for every $1 put in. paul crugman, nobel prize winning economist, that's not a bad little opportunity prize to win, one main reason there aren't enough jobs right now is weak consumer demand. helping the unemployment by putting money into the pockets of people who badly need it help support consumer spending. that's why the c.b.o. rates aiding the unemployment as a highly cost effective form of

economic stimulus. timely, targeted and temporary, the three keys to stimulus spending and unemployment compensation goes to people who are the purple hearts of this economic recession, an economic recession caused by george w. bush. my friend from north carolina says we're forgetting history. i'll tell but history. under bill clinton we had a budget surplus, under george bush was a misguided war built on lies and tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country, we built up budget deficits which we've had to increase because of the need to get out of this worst economic recession since herbert hoover put us into the depression some 80 years earlier. no more american independent private spending person than warren buffet has said that unemployment compensation should be passed. it helps the economy and it's just the right thing to do. this is the right thing to do

for the economy, for the people who got in -- who have gone the purple hearts of this economic downturn and for our country and i urge everybody to use their brains and their hearts and to support this proposition. thank you. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i will just point out again to our colleagues across the aisle that the reason we had a surplus when bill clinton was president was because republicans were in charge of the congress and the reason we had a deficit the last two years of the bush administration is because democrats were in charge of the congress. we'll continue to remind you of that. i now would like to yield such time as he may consume to my distinguished colleague from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's recognized. without objection, so ordered. mr. dreier: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i thank my friend from grandfather community for the great job that she's doing managing this rule and i even

recognize my friend from fort lauderdale's doing a reasonable decent job managing the rule from his side. you know, the focus of this institution is right now on what it is that the american people want us to focus on. jobs. everybody here, democrat and republican alike, is talking about getting our economy back on track, creating job opportunities. the problem is that the policies that are emanating from this institution are tried and failed policies of the past. i listen to my friend from tennessee just a moment ago talk about the great depression. well, mr. speaker, it's very obvious that the policies of tax and spend that were pursued during the great depression exacerbated the great depression. in fact, very famously in testimony delivered by the house ways and means committee in the fall of 1939 the treasury

secretary, henry morgenthau, had these words to say, he said, we've tried spending money, we've spent more money than we've ever spent before. now after eight years of this roosevelt administration we have an unemployment that is just as high today as it was when we started and an enormous debt to boot. now, mr. speaker, if you look at the treasury secretaries of john f. kennedy, secretary douglas incidental who pursued a progrowth economic policy, you would not find him critical of president john f. kennedy's economic policy. if you look at treasury secretary james baker, who had been an opponent of ronald reagan's vision of putting into place progrowth economic policies during the 1980's or actually when he was running his friend george h.w. bush's campaign, he called it voodoo

economics, but if you talked to jim baker today he is a huge proponent of those policies. having seen the impircal evidence of their success. and so, as we look at secretary douglas dylan, as we look at secretary james baker, and look at secretary henry morgenthau it's very clear what it is that works. and so that's why while democrats and republicans alike, mr. speaker, talk enthusiastically about getting the economy back on track, getting jobs created, because we all know how the american people are suffering. in part of the area i represent, mr. speaker, i have a 14.4% unemployment rate. it was just announced this week. my statewide unemployment rate in california, a state with nearly 40 million people, the largest state in the union, the greatest and most important state in the union, i should add, as wells, has tragically an unemployment rate of 12.3%.

we all know with the policies we've gone through in the last 18 month, we were told if we pass the stimulus bill, we would not see more than 8% unemployment. we were told at this point, following the stimulus bill, the unemployment rate would be at 7.4%. in my state it's 12.3%, the largest state in the union. nationwide, we know that sadly, it's 9.5%. clearly everybody is talking about the need to create jobs and get our economy back on track. but the policies have been the tried and failed policies of the past. i had an interesting conversation two years ago with one of the leaders in latin america, who had been the president of his country in the 1980's. he was president for five years and during that period of time

he pursued an extraordinarily statist, regulatory, high tax vision for his country. they had serious problems. he became president again and governed like ronald reagan governed, focusing on reducing the size and scope and reach of government he put into place an effort to reduce the regulatory burden. and he said to me, in this meeting two years ago, that the worst five years in the modern history of his country had been when he was president from 1985 to 1990. and he asked, rhetorically, how can you in the united states of america, contemplate moving in the direction that the rest of the world has learned to have failed. ? i was u.s. talking to the son of ronald reagan, michael reagan he told me he was in

france. we all know we cannot use france as our economic model for the future. but mike reagan said he was there, people are scratching their heads, wondering why it is that we would be pursuing in the united states of america, the greatest nation the world has ever known, a policy that's led to an 84% increase in the last 18 months in nondefense discretionary spending. so, mr. speaker, we're here under a martial law rule, and since it's part of my job as a member of the rule committees to focus on the procedural, i want to congratulate my friends in the majority for establishing martial law rule only for the issue at hand here, not providing a blanket consideration of martial law rule. i will say, as i said in the rules committee last night, we have, since mid to late may, every single week suspended

suspension authority through the are rest of the week. last week we didn't do it but this week again, we have blanket extension of suspension authority. i know these are very inside baseball thing bus they are indicative of the arrogance we've seen from the majority that is undermining the deliberative process that the american people deserve and desperately seek for this institution. so, mr. speaker, i'm going to join with my friend from grandfather community, north carolina, in urging my colleagues to vote no on this rule in hopes that we can come together with a very decent and bipartisan approach following the john f. kennedy-ronald reagan model to make sure we get our economy back on track. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will remind both sides that the gentlewoman from north carolina has 11 1/2 minutes

remaining and the gentleman from florida has 14 minutes remaining. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews, who is a good friend of mine, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. andrews: it must, mr. speaker, be a luxury to have the ability to think about the great sweep of economic history since the 1930's. and i enjoyed very much the remarks of my friend from california, but we're here to talk today about 2.5 million americans who don't have that luxury. these are people who have been out of work for a very long time. and as the first of the month rolls around very soon and there's no rent payment or no mortgage payment in their checking account, they find it difficult or impossible to pay their utility bills, their health care bills, and they're

slipping away. these are the americans we are here to talk about this afternoon. 2.5 million americans. the extension of unemployment benefits should have been done a very long time ago. there should not have been this wait to extend the benefits. some people said that we should delay the benefits because people aren't looking hard enough for a job who are on unemployment. i would challenge those who make that assertion to go walk in the shoes of someone on unemployment for a little while and see how difficult it is to find a job. the problem in america today is not that people aren't looking hard enough for work as that frankly, not enough jobs are being created. how to fix that problem is the subject of debate in this country and on this floor. but as we have that debate, isn't it the right and good and decent and necessary thing to do to look after the interests

of those 2.5 million americans and should it not have been done a while ago? why wasn't it? there are members who in good faith in the other body argued that the bill should not even be voted on, not even be taken up, until there was money set aside to pay for the cost of the extension of the unemployment benefits. that was their argument. sounds like a fairly plausible argument until you look a little bit beneath the surface and understand these are many of the same members of the other body who are calling for a permanent extension of tax reductions to the wealthiest americans. let me explain what that means. these are people who are saying in the case of a person who owns an office building and a person who is laid off from a job cleaning the office building that the following rules ought to apply.

mr. hastings: would the gentleman yield? i want to share as a segue to what you are saying. these are remarks from senator kyl on the other side, on extending president bush's tax cuts, despite the cost, his cost, you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on americans. these are the people that are holding up unemployment. i thank the gentleman for yielding and i yield him an additional 30 seconds. mr. andrews: i thank my friend and that philosophy says that the person who got laid off from her job cleaning the office building at night can't get unemployment benefits unless we find a way to pay for it but the guy who owns the office building who would get a half million dollar a year tax break should get that tax break whether or not there's money to offset that expenditure. i don't understand that. i don't understand a philosophy that says you have to offset and pay for help to a person

who cleans office buildings, but by no means do you have to offset a tax break for a person who owns office buildings. mr. hastings: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. mr. andrews: if you have that philosophy, shouldn't it at least have been put up for a vote? wasn't it wrong for people in the other body to deter that from coming up for a vote? they've gotten beyond that, too little, too late, and we have an opportunity to put that issue squarely on the floor. our colleagues on both sides should vote yes and let this house have its say and work its will so we can address the very real needs of 2.5 million of our fellow citizens. i urge members to vote yes and i thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: i would point out to my colleagues across the aisle, mr. speaker, that democrats are totally in control of congress, they have been since january of

2007, in the house, the number is 255 to 178, there are two vacancies. in the senate it's 59-41. so the democrats are clearly in charge. but they continue to blame republicans who are very much in the minority. the american people are seeing through that, mr. speaker. they understand who has the responsibility. and i think what the quote from mr. kyl is saying is that the money belongs to the citizens of this country. i thank my colleague from florida for bringing it up. it proves the point. our friends from -- on the other side of the aisle think that all the money in this country belongs to the government and it is up to the members of congress to decide who is going to get that money. they joined in with president obama in believing that they should spread around the

wealth. take from some and give to others. i think we've heard that philosophy before. but that isn't what the american people believe. they believe if they worked hard for their money, they should keep it. i'd also say to my colleague across the aisle, is it right and decent to saddle the american people with debt that is going haunt us for many, many generations? children not yet born are going to be given this debt while our friends across the aisle fund their pet projects and take from those that they wish to take from and spend where they want to. they wouldn't need to have been any kind of wait because, again, you're in the majority. you could do this. i want to say, again, republicans are very sympathetic to those who have lost their jobs. but the problems came when our colleagues across the aisle

began irresponsible spending when they took over the congress. adding rules and regulations. we know what drives jobs away. it's increased government spending and it's increased rules and regulations. i think that the -- we have to point out the liberal democrat agenda has failed. our friends across the aisle need to go back to the drawing board and come back to the american people with real solutions to their real problems. we're in touch with those folks. i go home every weekend and talk to the people in my district and they tell me they're very concerned about the future of this country. i can't tell you, mr. speaker, how many people tell me every weekend, i am frightened to death for the future of this country based on what is happening in washington these days. this isn't the time to dither and blame the republican minority for the disappointing collapse of governments we've

seen since this -- since the liberal majority seized control of congress in 2007. as i said, my colleague from florida said earlier that job creation is the number one priority for democrats. obviously, they're missing the mark. they're spend -- their spending programs have destroyed, not created jobs. albert einstein is credited with saying, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. our colleagues keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. they're not going to get different results as long as they have these irresponsible policies. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i'm pleased at this time to yield to the -- two minutes to the gentlewoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. look, at 3:00 this afternoon,

2,742,660 americans were denied an extension of their unemployment benefits. it's just that simple. i've heard the arguments on the other side but when a liberal goes in to buy bread, nobody says that's liberal bread. when a conservative goes in to buy cereal, nobody says that's conservative cereal. when republicans go in to pay their rent, nobody says that's republican rent. when democrats go to pay they the electric bill, nobody says it's a democratic electric bill. yet here on this floor we have heard time and time again about liberals and conservatives and republicans and democrats and when americans are unemployed, it doesn't matter what any of those labels are buzz they're -- because they're trying to feed their families and take care of their responsibilities. and they have paid in, in many cases, for years and years and year, into an unemployment compensation insurance fund and now that it's time to draw on

it, our colleagues want to deny them the opportunity to get what is justly theirs. our republican colleagues, a number of times, first in march of 2010, this year, 85% of them voted no for extending unemployment benefits. april 15, 93% of them voted no for extending unemployment benefits. on the 20th of july we don't know. are we going to begin not to extend unemployment benefits to those that have run out of unemployment benefits, to those that work hard every day searching for jobs? so the republicans want to extend tax benefits for the wealthiest of americans, billions and billions of dollars, but they don't want to extend unemployment benefits from people who've done everything we've asked them to do and they can't find a job. republicans don't want to create jobs, they done want to give unemployment benefits.

i have to ask, i mean, i think at home people are saying, what in the world is going on here? it's time to stop it, it's time to extend unemployment benefits and it's time for republicans to stop playing games because this is about jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the time has expired. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i will continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i would inquire of the distinguished gentlewoman from north carolina if she has any remaining speakers. i am going to be -- perhaps it is that i'll continue to reserve because we did have one additional speaker that was going to come. so i reserve at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: i reserve, mr. speaker. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, then if she's going to be her last speaker, perhaps i'll consume some time. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: in response to my good friend from california,

firstly, i'd argue with him that california is not necessarily the greatest state of the union. we happen to have 50 great states and six wonderful territories in this great country of ours. but coming from florida, i find that rivalry worthwhile, we'll match him any day. this congress, when he speaks in terms of the measure that we are proceeding on from the standpoint of process, this congress alone provided suspension authority on the day other than monday, tuesday or wednesday, has allowed for passage of the iran sanctions conference report, a paid-for doc fix, the small business microlending expansion act, the medicare premium fairness act, and a resolution recognizing israel's right to defend itself from gaza, sponsored by the speaker, along with representatives boehner and

cantor. this same action has allowed, meaning same-day suspension authority has allowed for passage of several bills that have already become law. including a bill authorizing from the oil spill liability trust fund for the deepwater horizon oil spill. legislation expanding the small business loan guarantee program. legislation for the temporary extensions act. and the worker homeownership and business assistance act. all of these bills passed with overwhelming support from the house. this same process has not only benefited majority members. it benefited republican members as well. representative luetkemeyer, gingrey, tiberi, flack, fortenberry, carter and lee

have -- flake, fortenberry, carter and lee have benefited having their bills adopted under suspension of the rules no matter what day of the week it was. back to the point of unemployment. people think that this stuff is done in a vacuum sometimes. well, senate republicans have repeatedly obstructed job creation legislation that extended critical unemployment insurance benefits to help americans who've lost their job through no fault of their own, make ends meet as they look for their next job opportunity. the republican obstruction is unprecedented. since 1959 congress has never allowed for them to expire when unemployment is more than 7.2%. there are considerable -- a

considerable number of the economy. ralph motarie. and others say that for every dollar spent on unemployment it creates $1.90. so really the best in stimulus for this economy suggests as economists do that they are stimulated much more by spending on unemployment than we would on tax cuts. and i want to say one final thing on tax cuts. i have two personal friends that are fortunate enough in this country to be billionaires. they earned their money the hard way. they made their money during good and bad times and no one hold fault to those

billionaires. i know two other billionaires personally. and not one of them before have said they favor tax cuts. just talk to some of the other american people. they manage regardless. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i'm reserving the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from oregon, my good friend, mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. defazio: mr. speaker, i was in my office and heard the debate which was sort of a departure from reality on the republican side of the aisle. they say we should blame the victims of the wall street-led crash in america. these people are lazy. they don't want to work. if we cut off their unemployment benefits maybe they'll go off and find a job.

the jobs don't exist. they were destroyed by greed on wall street by the reckless republican policies of deregulation at any kind, of tax cuts from the wealthiest because it would help the american people and put them back to work. craziness. now, i have 60,000 oregonians, the state with over 10% unemployment hard hit who will benefit from this bill. now, they would say that special interest or earmark that help 60,000 oregonians who have exhausted their unemployment benefit. let me tell you who i met in the unemployment office, shame on you on the other side of the aisle, shame on you. i met this gentleman, he was initially -- the speaker pro tempore: members will address their remarks to the chair, not to other members in the second person. mr. defazio: ok. shame on those who would not extend unemployment benefits, whoever they might be. i think they're on that side of

the aisle. now, this gentleman, hardworking construction worker , older guy, 50's, 30 irts years never been unemployed -- 30 years never been unemployed, 30 years, lost his job. kind of a tough market for an older construction worker and he was in the unemployment office initially pretty hostile. and afterwards he came over and he apologized and said, i know you're not responsible for this. i know it was the bush administration and their policies put us in this mess but i'm desperate. i'm desperate because my wife is really sick and i can get extended health care benefits under cobra for $900 a month because i had a pretty good plan. but my unemployment is only about $1,200. easy street the republicans talk about. $900 for hurps for a desperately ill wife. how does he pay the mortgage? how does he feed the kids? now, come on, let's get real

here. you don't want to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. you didn't pay for $1 trillion war of iraq but now we have to pay for unemployment insurance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd inquire of my colleague from florida if he's ready to close now. mr. hastings: i would have the distinguished lady know that i am the last speaker, and i reserve my time at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will note that the gentleman from florida has two minutes remaining and the gentlewoman from north carolina has 7 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this same-day rule, reject the liberal agenda that continues to distract from private sector job creation and getting our economy back on its feet. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back her

time. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, even though i have but two minutes i would like to share one of my minutes with mr. langevin, and i would inquire of my good friend from north carolina if she would be so kind as to yield 30 seconds to mr. langevin as well. ms. foxx: i would be more than happy to yield 30 seconds. mr. hastings: then to mr. langevin -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady ask to reclaim her time? ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you. and now, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield 30 seconds to mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 90 seconds. mr. langevin: i thank both the gentleman and the gentlelady for yielding time. i'm very grateful.

this is a very important issue. i do rise in strong support of this rule for consideration of h.r. 4213, the restoration of emergency unemployment compensation act. this very important bill provides a critical boost for more than 2.5 million americans across the nation, including 6,000 rhode islanders right now who are struggling to find employment. every dollar spent on unemployment benefits $1.90 is put back in the economy. this is crucial for unemployment americans as they search for new employment. we have the highest unemployment rate at 12%. and to recovery funds -- now, we recently implemented jobs at long island which has put 3,000 rhode islanders back to work. i met some of these workers at capto steel in my district. for others this was their first job in a few years. now, this has reminded me that

as members of congress we have the obligation not only to help create jobs but to give hardworking americans another chance to continue their job search and provide for their families. i encourage my colleagues to pass this bill and to help those who are most vulnerable right now during these trying times. we are going to get through this tough economy, but we have to help people with their immediate needs and unemployment extension does that. i thank both the gentleman and the gentlelady. i'm very grateful. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the full statement of congressman richard neal be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request will be covered by general leave. mr. hastings: thank you. mr. speaker, we stand ready to provide those struggling to find work this small reprieve and democrats in congress are also committed to putting forth the necessary effort to create jobs, spur economic growth and put our country once again on the road to prosperity. but in the meantime we have a

responsibility to ensure that those most profoundly affected by these difficult times are able to stay afloat, feed their families, keep their homes and continue to search for new jobs. we must not play political football with unemployment insurance. it is simply too fundamental to the livelihood of millions of americans. our economy is starting to turn around and the american people can't afford to wait another second, let alone 30 hours, for the united states senate to act. i urge a yes vote on the previous question and on the same-day rule and i yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. will the gentlewoman yield back her time? ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i would yield two minutes to my colleague from texas.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is not ordered. the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i was hearing my friend across the aisle yelling about things not being paid for when actually what happened was my first two years here in 2005 and 2006 our friends across the aisle pointed out to voters that these guys are running $100 billion, $200 billion so elect us, put us in the majority and we will stop the insane deficit spending. we will make sure every bill is paid for. the voters took them up on that they gave our friends across the aisle the majority and said, you guys want -- you won't deficit spend like the republicans started doing. the republicans balanced the budget in 1990's, they got away from it, got giddy when president bush was elected. so it's the democrats' job to

do what they promised the voters they would do. that promise has not been kept. pay-go was passed but that promise was not passed. i voted for pay-go previously, not this last time, because i found out it was a joke, it was not intended to do what it said because every time a bill comes along that they want to pass, then you just do a rule that goes around it. there was no sense in that. this could be easily paid for and for all those people whose eyes we look into who have lost their jobs, we see them at job fairs, see them looking for jobs, we've got to tell them we have all these little pet projects we don't want to give up the money for so therefore you're going stay out of work because we're not going to let the private sector have the capital they need to create jobs. we're going to provide the unemployment benefits. that would be fine. but don't force other people not to have jobs because we don't create the capital by

stopping the insane deficit spending. you hurt people, yeah you hurt people by giving them unemployment benefit bus you hurt people because they can't get jobs because the jobs can't be created because we won't give up the little pet projects. i realize my time is up, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: would the gentleman from florida need any more time? mr. hastings: i do not, i'm prepared to go forward at this time. ms. foxx: thank you, then, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i urge a yes vote on the previous question and yield back the balance of my time and prove the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question son adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the

noes visit. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on house resolution 1537 will be followed by five minute votes on suspending the rules with regard to h.r. 5566 and house resolution 1411, ordered. 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 representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 233, the nays are 185 the resolution is adopted. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5566 as amended. on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5566, a bill to amend title 18 united states

code to prohibit interstate commerce in animal crush videos and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will 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 413rks the nays are three. and one recorded as present. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, --

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 416, the nays are three. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to house resolution 1411 as amended which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: house resolution 1411, resolution honoring the service and commitment of the 111th fighter wing, pennsylvania air national guard. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- >> mr. speaker. mr. speaker, request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, members will record their votes by electronic

device. this is 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 417. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. would members please clear the aisles and take their conversations to the back?

the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern marianas islands rise? mr. sablan: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, before there was g.p.s., before there was compasses, the people of the pacific navigated over thousands of miles of open ocean, including hawaii and samoa, tahiti, new zealand and hundreds of tiny islands in between. in our lifetime, this ancient knowledge of navigation was lost until one man on an island, who was the sole remaining practitioner, spread the art of navigation from island to island and to keep it alive. he succeeded in preserving

thousands of years of accumulated understanding of how to sail using the stars and the temperatures of the ocean. he trained others to distinguish this region of the sea, and he awakened the unimaginable ancestors who for generations populated the pacific. he died in his home island the other day. as a fellow pacific islander, i thank him for all he gave us. i wish him on this travel. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the first week in august there will be a celebration of 200 years of history in a small community

of mcalisterville, pennsylvania. they hope it will rekindle a spirit of community and remember a time of less stress. according to the "fayette sent national," a blacksmith shop will be there. they purchased 160-acre plot of land in 1810. in 1855, the town built the lost creek valley academy to train teachers. professor george mack farland purchased it in 1858. lincoln called for more troops in the civil war and macfarland went to war. the site remains an historic place for the town. this celebration honors the community and i congratulate the townsfolk for commemorating their history and for building

their future. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise in recognition of two great cities of worcester and madina, ohio who are helping to bring jobs in ohio. one magazine released the states with the most business-friendly atmosphere. worcester finished second in the country with population between 10,000 and 50,000 people. they highlighted efforts of the sand food corporation in medina through an expansion for machinery and equipment and make expansions to their building. mr. boccieri: it speaks to the ingenuity of both cities and their commitment to grow through tough economic times. i commend the mayors for their

efforts to bring jobs to our district. through teamwork of local officials and local leaders and employers paved the way for economic growth and creation. this is not easy times. it proves that the american spirit is live and well in ohio. we can overcome these tough economic times together. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, americans are getting a look behind the curtain of the national media and their view isn't pretty. in recent weeks, leaked email messages called journalist have revealed some journalist' new colors. a group of journalists in 2008 tried to protect then senator barack obama from a scandal that threatened his presidential campaign, according to messages obtained

by "the daily collar." journalists from "time," "politico" and others expressed outrage about questions regarding reverend jeremiah wright that obama received during a debate. the journalists then collaborated to shield senator obama from the controversy, "the daily collar" reported. it's no wonder that a recent poll found that 2/3 of americans say they are angry at the national media. the national media should give americans the facts, not try to rig an election. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? >> unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. i rise in solidarity with families throughout my community in south florida who have an autistic adult. there are many challenges faced by families with autistic adults regardless of any challenge, however, families are often the strongest support

unit that an autistic adult will ever know. autism impairs social interaction and communication skills with others. parents of autistic children always worry about the difficult transition into adulthood. while some autistic children will grow up to function in society, others will need some level of professional help throughout their lives. as anyone with an autistic family member knows, early detection can make a positive difference in managing and understanding this serious disorder. we must continue to encourage autism awareness and make every effort to fight this devastating disorder through finding a cure through better research. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to mourn the death of a good friend of mine, senator thomas p. morehan, of rockland and orange counties in new york. mr. engel: the senator and i served together in the new york state assembly. back in 1980 he was elected to the state senate in a special election in 1999. he's well-known as someone who really cares and cared about people, and as a republican and obviously i'm a democrat he and i reached across the aisle many, many times to work very hard on legislation that was important to the constituents which we served. i have been pleased for many years to call tom a friend and the church on saturday at his mass, there was an outpouring of people from the community and community leaders and political leaders, government leaders to show the affection that we all felt for tom. tom did wonderful work with

veterans and mental health and people with the disabilities, made the lives of countless new yorkers better and if there's one or two wordsky describe tom, it would be a -- words i can describe tom, it would be a wonderful friend, a wonderful gentleman, a good friend and we will certainly miss him. he was the kind of person that is the epitome of what public service should be. and i want to pay tribute to my good friend, senator thomas morehan. may i rest in peace. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. moran for july 28, myself, mr. poe, for july 27 and 28, mr.

jones for july 28, mr. grace for today, mrs. miller for today, dr. gingrey for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. roybal-allard, mrs. bright, ms. woolsey, mr. is a plan, ms. kaptur and -- mr. sablan, ms. kaptur and mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mrs. roybal a-- roybal allard from california -- ms. roybal-allard from california. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. roybal-allard: mr. speaker,

each year over four million women give birth in the united states. their care and that of their babies is the leading cause of hospitalization in this country. and a major factor in our nation's escalating health care costs. yet in spite of the fact we spend more than any country in the world on maternity care and more on mother and baby fees for child birth than other types of hospital care, the united states ranks far behind nearly all the -- all developed countries in outcomes and child birth continues to present significant risk for mothers and babies, particularly in communities of color. there are many factors that contribute to these poor outcomes and high costs. the most disturbing is there are current health systems -- is that our current health care system fails to follow the vast body of research on the best evidence-based practices in maternity care.

the result is a widespread overuse of expensive maternity practices such as cesarean sections and scheduled inductions which only in limited situations are needed and beneficial. when used routinely and without medical necessity, these and other practices expose women and infants to unnecessary risks and are a major factorer in pregnancy and delivery being our most costly medicaid expenditure. credible research tells us nonevasive, cost effective, evidence-based maternity practices which result in safer and healthier outcomes for mother and baby are significantly underused in our country. to address these concerns, i am introducing the maximizing optimal maternity services for the 21st century act.

the moms for the 21st century act expands federal research on maternity practices that ensure the healthiest of maternity outcomes and it authorizes a scientifically based media campaign to educate the public about those practices. in addition, the bill creates a national focus on maternity care by establishing an interagency coordinating committee to promote optimal outcomes for mothers and babies. to help address serious health disparities in maternity care outcomes, the moms for the 21st century act directs the collection of data to determine the areas in our country which lack adequate access to maternity care providers. it also directs the secretary of h.h.s. to support the education of a more culturally and geographically diverse

interdisciplinary work force, by convening a maternity curriculum commission to develop core curricula across -- curriculum, establishing loan repayment programs for providers and maternity care -- providers in ma terment care short and areas and -- maternity care short. mr. speaker, as the former deputy general of the world health organization once said, mothers, the new born and children represent the well-being of a society and its potential for the future. their health needs cannot be left unmet without harming the whole of society. mr. speaker, there is no doubt the future of our country depends on the health and well-being of our mothers and their children. i urge my colleagues to make evidence-based maternity care a national priority by co-sponsoring and helping to

pass the moms for the 21st century act. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. poe from texas. mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. or five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the ban continues to -- band continues to play the same song. third or fourth verse. and that is the song of nuclear weapons in iran. now, is there anyone in the house of representatives, democrat, republican, who believes that iran has stopped its development nuclear weapons? i think not. is there anyone in this world who thinks that iran has stopped its development of nuclear weapons? i think not. you know, they use the philosophy and the politics of delay, of proposition, of hope to tell the world -- promise, of hope to tell the world that they're not interested in nuclear weapons, meanwhile the

band continues to play the song of nuclear weapons coming from the desert and the tiny tyrant of the desert, ahmadinejad. he is bent on destruction of first israel and then the west. and he's primarily concerned right now with destroying opposition in his own country. after all, he is an illegitimate office holder and president of iran. he rigged the elections and so he took control, he killed his own people in the streets and, mr. speaker, he still is at war with the rapan people. those good folks -- iranian people. those good folks in iran who want to control their destiny and don't want it controlled by their dictator, the little tyrant in the desert. we as a nation, as a world, need to support the people of iran to change their regime. our quarrel is not with the people of iran. our quarrel is with the tiny tyrant in the desert who wants the nuclear destruction of israel and the west. and he has continued his attack

on his own people and a camp. those iranian folks that are in the camp in iraq that we as a nation have promised to protect but because of our agreement with the iraqi president, that can't weapon of -- camp we have in iraq to protect the iranians, we have abandoned that, camp grizzly. the united nations assistance team has also left. so who is in charge of protecting the iranians in iraq? certainly not the iranian government. they want them destroyed. after all, it was about a year ago when they encouraged the iraqi government to go into the camp and they did. they killed 11 iranians, 500 others were wounded. and now we hear talk, media talk that the iranian government is working with the iraqi government to present warrants of arrest so the iraqi government will go back into the camp and arrest those prodemocracy iranians that want

to remove ahmadinejad. we cannot allow that to happen. we must protect the people, the citizens of the camp. it is our obligation, our moral duty as a nation and as a world to make sure those dissidents remain protected and free. it is important to the world that we as a nation understand the importance of israel as our ally. israel is voubded by its enemies -- is rounded by its enemies. it is surrounded by hamas and hezbollah. you know what, mr. speaker? iran is supplying weapons and money to hezbollah in the north, hamas in the south. you see, the little rogue dictator, the tiny tyrant of the desert, ahmadinejad, is trying to have insurex-in israel as well as in his own country. so, mr. speaker, the great hope for iran, the great hope for the world is a regime change in iran

and we need to be vigilant and supportive and watchful and make sure that we help in any way we can, at least verbally and politically, to support the good people of iran, to take control of their own country, to get rid of this illegitimate dictator that's trying to destroy not only israel, the west, but his own country for some unfortunate reason. mr. speaker, regime change is the answer, a nuclear iran is not a nuclear option. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. bright from alabama. jones from north carolina. mr. jones: mr. speaker, i have a

poster beside me of a handsome couple. it's marine sergeant tom begosey and his wife katie. i would like to read from an article. marine sergeant tom begosey stepped out of his black g.m.c. sierra pickup truck and onto the gray speckled payment of a busy thoroughfare in the heart of camp lejeune, north carolina. he held a pistol in his right hand. the military police car that had pulled him over idled on the shoulder, a safe distance behind him. the midday traffic stopped. he stood for a moment on the warm payment under a cloudless may sky then he raised the pistol, pointed it to the right side of his throat, just below his jaw, and pulled the trigger.

the bullet sliced through his jugular vein, traveled through his skill -- skull and exited near the top left side of his head. he crumpled down in the road. even if the bullet had failed to rip through his brain, shooting through the jugular was solid insurance wie have bled out in a minute -- he would have bled out in a minute anyway. begosey, 25, has served in iraq and afghanistan and became another statistic in the war fatigue military and its steadily escalating ewe side -- suicide rate. last year 52 marines committed suicide. mr. speaker, i bring this to the floor because i don't know what we're trying to accomplish in afghanistan. the experts say we only have -- they can identify about 50 al qaeda. yes, we know al qaeda's in other parts of afghanistan, 50, then

pakistan, yemen, somalia and other countries. and yet tom begosey is like so many in our military that would undergo time after time, time after time. but they also are human beings that break down as well as get tired and the families, katie, is now the mother to two children without her husband, tom. mr. speaker, this tragedy difficult war goes on and on and on and yet we have no end point in afghanistan. we just keep sending the troops back and back and back and back and just recently we had a debate on the floor of the house and we tried to debate, what is the end point to the strategy? i'm not a military man, mr.

speaker. but i've talked to many, all ranks, and i've been told, if you don't have an end point to a strategy, you have no end point. i hope that mr. obama will keep his word and start in june of 2011 to downsize the military. because, mr. speaker, it breaks my heart to stand on the floor and to show a beautiful young couple and yet the husband was worn out and tired and in fact the title of the article says, a projectble suicide at camp lejeune, a doctor warned that mental health care for violent, disturbed marines wased in a cat -- inadequate. sergeant tom begosey proved it and, mr. speaker, i have the privilege of representing camp lejeune and cherry point and see more johnson air force base -- see more johnson air force base. we thank you in the military,

your families, you have done a magnificent job for this country. but those of us who make policy, mr. speaker, we need to understand and develop and demand an end point to the strategy because it's not fair and it's not right to wear out our military and its equipment. so, mr. speaker, as i do and have many times, i will close this way. i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless the families of our men and women in uniform, i ask god in his loving arms to hold the families who have given a child dying for freedom in afghanistan and iraq. and i will ask god to please bless the house and senate that we will do what is right in the eyes of god for this country including our military and i will ask god to please bless the president of the united states, mr. obama, give him wisdom and strength to do what is right in the eyes of god for his people.

and tree times i will ask, god, please, god, please, god please continue to bless america, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. ms. woolsey from california. mr. moran from kansas. without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. last week as we know, b.p. announced that it had capped the oil well and that for the first time in more than 80 days oil had stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico. while last week's announcement was caused for relief among many, i have since urged cautious optimism. much work needs to be done to address the worst environmental disaster that this country has

ever seen in recent history. b.p. is still responsible for ensuring that every last drop of oil is removed from the gulf. b.p. still has the financial responsibility to those residents in the gulf coast, particularly in my congressional district of the florida keys who remains financially devastated from the public perception, however false it may be, of tar ball covered beaches and oil-soaked fish. despite promises of improvement, however, the b.p. claims process has not improved. i support legislation introdeuced by my friend, congressman charlie melancon, to tax-exempt b.p. claims checks. it is the least that we can do for those small business, those owners who continue to suffer to this day, mom and pop fishing charters. they must provide years worth of financial data in order to prove the possibility of economic injury as a result of

the spill. of course, this data does not truly explain the current hardship. for years keys' fishermen have struggled with hurricanes, troorms, unnecessary fishing closures and a -- tropical storms, unnecessary fishing closures. 2010 was supposed to be the light at the end of the tunnel. unfortunately, the gulf oil spill damaged that hope. they have lost more than half of their businesses this summer due to the oil spill perception. my constituents, charter boat captain larry renn, was denied compensation by b.p. he provided all of the necessary tax documents, proof of cancellation and even his trip log from the past few years after being informed that he was eligible for assistance b.p. claim officials reversed its position.

b.p. say they will no longer pay the claim because they have not reached the shoreline, if it ever will. i say shame on b.p. they must be held to task. this will not go away once the relief well is completed. now, earlier today i voted on legislation to increase federal research on the potential hazards posed by technologies used to counter the oil spill. i have long voiced my concerns about the use of chemical dispersents in such a sensitive marine ecosystem. b.p. intends that the chemical they are using to break down the oil is safe, but the fact remains that this dispersent has never been used in such bad quantity its. keys' commercial fishermen are also concerned about the long-term consequences of dispersents on the overall health of the fishery. members of the environmental community are also worried

about the potential harm caused by these chemicals on our already fragile coral reef. as b.p. works towards a permanent fix to the leak in the gulf of mexico, if is essential that congress and all the federal agencies continue to place pressure on this oil giant to address both the environmental and the financial aspects of this disaster. thank you, mr. speaker, for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. sablan from the northern mariana islands. mr. burton from indiana. >> i ask unanimous consent to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. miller: mr. speaker, about a year ago both general motors and chrysler went through a government-orchestrated bankruptcy in an effort to save these iconic american manufactures. and i believe the survival of

these companies is vital to our national economy as well as to our national security. and i do have serious questions about steps that were taken, most importantly, the shutting of thousands of car dealerships across the nation and the elimination of countless jobs that work in those auto dealerships. i didn't understand when these bankruptcies were moving forward how the elimination of thousands of dealerships who are really the customers of the auto companies would help to provide any savings to the bottom line for either general motors or chrysler. i also did not understand how the arbitrary elimination of thousands of profitable small businesses and the elimination of tens of thousands of good-paying american jobs was in the best interest of our nation or in line with the stated desire of this administration to protect and to create jobs. and based on a recent report that was just released this past sunday, it seems now that the inspector general of the tarp program, the troubled assets relief program, is also

asking these same questions, mr. speaker. that report found that the department of treasury did not show why the elimination of dealers was either necessary for the sake of the company's economic survival or prudent for the nation's economic recovery. the report went on to say that treasury made a series of decisions that, and they state, may have substantially contributed to the accelerated shutting of thousands of small businesses and that those decisions resulted in adding tens of thousands of workers to already lengthy unemployment rolls all based on a theory and without sufficient consideration of the decisions' broader economic impact. these findings seem to back up what many of us were saying at that time, mr. speaker. the elimination of customers for auto companies is counterintuitive to the financial well-being of these companies, and the government aiding and abetting the elimination of tens of thousands of jobs of good jobs is certainly abhorrent at any

time, particularly at a time of economic difficulty when such jobs are already in very, very short supply. fortunately, congress took action that required an arbitration process for dealers which has led to the reinstatement of over 700 auto dealerships. but there is -- this is very little consolidation to the tens of thousands of workers who have lost their jobs or to the communities who have lost very good taxpayers and excellent corporate citizens. these types of outcomes also further erode the confidence that the american people have and the idea that -- of federal intervention in our economy that would bring about positive results. because of the actions taken last year by this administration thousands and thousands of our fellow americans are today searching for jobs. american citizens being victimized by an inept federal government plan that went wrong. this administration needs to understand that the american people do not want further federal intervention into our

economy. they simply want the government to get out of the way and to allow the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation to once again take flight and to lead us back to prosperity. as president ronald reagan said so well 30 years ago, big government is not the solution to our problems. it is the problem. it's long past time for this administration and this congress to focus like a laser on how we create jobs instead of devising plans that actually destroy jobs, mr. speaker. too many american auto dealers and the workers who lost their jobs have paid a very dear price as a result of this administration's actions. and let us be determined now that we in congress will conduct our proper oversight responsibilities to get to the bottom of how this happened and to make sure that it never happens again. american auto dealers, mr. speaker, deserve no less from this congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. ms. kaptur from ohio. mr. flake from arizona.

mr. defazio from oregon. ms. ros-lehtinen from florida. mr. graves from georgia. mrs. miller from michigan. mr. gingrey from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr.

garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, i thank you very much. i want to spend this evening

talking about manufacturing. manufacturing matters. it is the foundation of any solid economy. it's the one part of the american economy that is seriously hurting, and with the great recession, the manufacturing sector in america has even further weakened. i'd like to just start this discussion with just a quick review of what's happened with regard to jobs over the last three years. if you look here on this diagram, you notice that beginning in 2007, jobs in america slowed down and began to decline. so much so that between 2007 and november of 2009 some 700,000 jobs a month were being lost in the fall and early winter of 2009. when the obama administration came in it was at the lowest

possible point of some over nearly 800,000 jobs lost in december and january. as the administration came in, very strong action was taken. the american recovery and reinvestment act in february, and that was an effort to move the economy, to put people back to work. it was a major tax cut in that, the largest middle-class tax cut ever was part of that. there was an effort to build roads and streets and infrastructure and money was sent to school districts to continue to employ teachers and to stabilize the american economy. it worked. it worked. and slowly we saw a decline in the number of jobs that were lost. we didn't see any immediate growth in jobs. it didn't happen. it takes a long time to recover from a very serious recession. in fact, the worst recession