800,000. goldman sachs predicts that h.r. 1 would slow economic growth by act between 1.5% and 2.5% which translates to the american economy losing up to 2.4 million jobs. the so the recory of our economy should be of paramount concern at this time. i said during the debate on h.r. 1 earlier this month and i will repeat today that i believe the approach to deficit reduction adopted by the republican majority here in the house is far too narrow and too focused on the smallest segment of spending in the budget. it is a risky strategy, based on the specious concept of cut and grow, which of course has no basis in sound economic theory. so what -- where does this leave us? we are now six months into the current fiscal year, f.y. 2011. and hearings with regard to

thephysial year 2012 budget have begun in the budget committee an appropriations committee. h.r. 1 is clearly not acceptable to the other body, nor would it be acceptable to the president whose signature is necessary before any funding bill can become law. what the president has proposed for the coming year a budget freeze at lastier's level, remains in my judgment the best and most effective way to reduce the deficit and to support recovery in major sectors of our economy. and in fact, we have already adopted a freeze at f.y. 2010 levels in the continuing resolution we are currently operating under. democrats approved the c.r. in december with only one republican vote which represents a reducks, i want you all to listen to this, of $41 billion from the level sought by the president in his f.y. 2011 budget request, a significant reduction in the

deficit. and a significant part of that came from defense. i want to repeat this. the $41 billion cut from the obama f.y. 2011 budget was passed in a c.r. by the democratic house and democratic senate and signed into law by the democratic president with only one republican vote. we are now on the verge of an expiring c.r. and we are considering another version that extends the time to recover the differences by only two weeks. i take the chairman at his word that neither he nor the leadership is interested in shutting down the operation of the federal government by declaring a statement in these appropriations deliberations. i will concede that it's disconcerting to me and others on the other side to read the speaker's comments that would seem to imply that there's a strategy of passing shorter term appropriations bills further and further and further cuts. two weeks at a time.

we were concerned by his statement that seemed to indicate a plan for a piecemeal approach to future spending cuts. he said, and i quote, if they won't eat the whole loaf at one time, we'll make the -- them eat it one slice at a time. i believe we need to set aside these political machinations and get serious about finishing up work on the fiscal year 2011 budget. i will be the first to squad mitt that it's because we didn't pass, the democrats didn't pass our bills last year that we're here working on this. so we have responsibility too and that's one of the reasons why we were so eager to engage chairman rogers in tiing to get this open rule, work through the amendment, get a continuing resolution, i mean a unanimous consent agreement and help move this process. i personally feel we have some

responsibility here. and i think it is obviously that we are going to need more than, as i said, i'll say this -- i said it when i started, i'll say it again, the two weeks to get from here to there. i appreciate the desire of the gentleman to encourage his caucus to enter into serious gerkses -- negotiations with the other body to complete work by march 18. but in a conference, i've been in conferences for 34 years and eight years before that as a staffer, nobody gets everything they want. it's a process of compromise. you work out the differents between the two positions. but i will -- i'm proud of the fact that we start with a cut of $41 billion that was enacted by the democratic congress in december. a very successful lame duck session. i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from kentucky.

mr. rogers: i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: the gentleman mentioned the economists and their opinion of h.r. 1 the budget cutting bill we passed a couple of weeks ago. the best source that i think of right off is ben bernanke, chairman of the federal reserve. who has said h.r. 1 would have no negligible -- harmful impact on the economy. if the chairman of the federal reserve says that, i tend to believe im -- him. i yield three minutes to the chairman of the energy and water subcommittee, mr. frelinghuysen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: thank you, madam chairwoman. i rise in support of this resolution, it's rm an a thoughtful path to avoid a government shutdown. the american people have made two things perfectly clear.

first they want their government to stay up and running and second, they want us to cut spending. we need to do both. i would have greatly preferred the senate act on h.r. 1, the seven-month continuing resolution that we debated for over 90 hours. that included indeed the largest spend regular ducks in the history of any congress. 0 days ago this committee in the house took the president's budget and cut it by over $100 billion. terminating dozens of government programs in the process. and in a city where president reagan once said, and i quote a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life that we'll ever see on this life, end quote, that's quite an accomplishment. mr. speaker, the resolution we have before us today is a simple stopgap measure to provide more time for negotiations to develop a funding bill for the rest of the current fiscal year. it's temporary and must pass to keep the government open beyond

friday. this bill contains $4 billion in savings, including just under $1 billion from programs under the jurisdiction of my committee, energy and water development. these savings are found purely from eliminating earmarks inserted by congress in the fiscal year 2010 bill. as with other spend regular ducks in this bill, the committee is taking great pains to include only savings that both parties in both chambers support. both the house and senate have sworn off earmarks for fiscal year 2011 so these reduckses should not be controversial. my colleagues, we must move this resolution. we need it to provide time to continue negotiations to complete the important work that should have been done by the last congress. which passed no appropriations bills. mr. speaker, i repeat, the american people have made it clear, they want their government to stay open for business and they want us to cut spending.

let's do it, let's move ahead this resolution needs to be passed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, who is also the ranking democratic member on health and human services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. the lauro: -- ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman and i rise in opposition to this 14-day continuing resolution. the house majority is threatening to close down the government. this is brinkmanship. their desire to engage in brinkmanship damage ours economy and creates uncertainty for businesses and families. make no mistake, the proposed budget cuts will cost jobs. 700,000 jobs by the end of

2012, according to economist mark zandi who was chief economist for senator john mccain in his presidential bid. let me be clear. i am very supportive of the removal of earmarks in this resolution. they should be cut. we understand the need for deficit reduction. the question is, where do we start? our first priority should be to go after waste and special interests -- special interest spending. $40 billion to the oil industry which we are providing today, $40 billion. what about the almost $8 billion to multinational corporations who take their jobs overseas. and yes, what about the $8

billion in agricultural subsidies. it is too bad that cutting these special interests subsidies is not the priority of the majority's resolution. instead this budget makes deep and reckless cuts in the areas that most impact middle class and working families of the $4 billion in immediate cuts put forward by this 14-day resolution, $1 ppt 4 billion comes out of education, health and human services and out of training programs. and yes, almost $ billion a quarter of the cut, comes out of education. education should be one of the last places we look to cut the budget, not the first. yes, these cuts could be achieved by eliminating four

programs proposed for terminationly the president as well as eliminating funding associated with the earmarks last year. but these are not the president's proposal. while he would cut some education programs he would reinvest those savings in other education programs considered more effective. this resolution just wipes out the funding. this resolution severely cuts efforts to reduce illiteracy which is a serious national problem for economic as well as human reason. the largest program targeted, striving readers represents a consolidation and reorganization of reading programs launched in 2010. why would the republican majority think it is responsible to strip away funding to improve literacy in this country before it even has a chance to work? i'm particularly concerned and disappointed by the elimb

nailings of even start. even start is about breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving educational opportunities for families. i do not agree with the president's assessment that it should be terminated and i do not support its elimination in this resolution. this is an effective and critical program that should be allowed to continue. i'm not the only one kerned -- concerned by the consequences of this reckless budget. 300 leading economists have signed a letter to the president noting how these spending cuts will diminish our economic competitiveness. depoldman sachs reported that the republican budget will slash economic growth by 2% of economic -- of our economic growth. that would spend send the unemployment numbers back over 10%. americans want us to craft a budget for the remainder of the year that creates jobs, reduces the deaf constituent, and

strengthens the economy. do we start with slashing special interests and waste like the $40 billion that we are providing in subsidies to the oil companies the last time any of us looked, they were doing pretty well. they don't need any subsidies. or do we cut the things that help the middle class, which help our businesses and working families with children and with seniors? this resolution increases unemployment, it will hurt our economic recovery and i urge my colleagues to oppose this reckless resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. . the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the gentleman who is the chairman of the agriculture subcommittee on appropriations, the gentleman from georgia, mr.

kingston. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the chairman for the time. madam speaker, i want to make three very important points right off the bat. number one, our debt is almost at 95% of the g.d.p. it's the highest debt we have ever had in history. last year alone the deficit was $1.5 trillion. we are borrowing 40 cents for every $1 that we spend. now, if you and i were doing that in our host hold, or business was doing it, or anybody else, you would say ok, we've got to change our spending habits. but somehow there are those in congress who think that we can continue to defy the laws of gravity. we have got to get our house in order. number two, why are we here? we are here because the democrats last year did not pass a budget, did not pass appropriation bills, and did not complete their work on fiscal year 2011.

that's what we are doing. we are trying to clean up the mess that was left to us. and in doing that we are mindful of our financial situation in trying to reduce some of the spending. number three, let me say this, this bill was passed with an open rule. indeed, i believe we had 127 votes on different amendments. democrats and republicans offered a myriad of amendments. now, for those who are complaining on the floor today that they don't like these cuts, why didn't they offer their amendment on the floor a couple weeks ago? that would have been the way to do that. now the chairman and the speaker have committed to have open rules throughout this process this year so there will be a lot of opportunities to go after some of these programs. and some of the one that is are mentioned i think i will support those cuts. but i just want to emphasize that everyone has had a bite at this apple.

finally, let me say this, madam speaker, the zahndy report comes from an economist, a political economist, we might say, who was the same person who told us the stimulus bill would work, the stimulus bill would keep us from going to 8% unemployment. we reached 10%. i don't think we need to listen to any more of his advice. mr. rogers: i yield an additional 30 seconds. mr. kingston: i thank the chairman. i just want to say i don't think that mr. zahndy has any more credibility. we have already spent $800 billion on his advice that the stimulus program would work. mr. rogers: is the gentleman aware, the ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve, that h.r. 1 would have no harmful effect on the economy? mr. kingston: i have heard that. i understand there are 150 other economists who signed a letter to that effect led by a john taylor an economist as well. mr. rogers: and cutting spending and reducing the deficit will give confidence to the business community to hire people and put

people to work? mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from texas, sheila jackson lee, one of our distinguished members. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. let me thank the ranking member of the appropriations committee. let me thank the chairperson, sometimes have a slip of tongue, mr. dicks, and call you chairman, but i thank you very much for this opportunity. i want to just try to give a procedural class here today. the procedural class is that this document is a placeholder. i would hesitate to call it a fake document, but that is what it is. as i left my constituency, the last words i heard is, don't you-all shut down the government.

i am glad that mr. dicks worked hard to submit his amendment in the rules committee. it's unfortunate that the wise men and women didn't have a majority. republicans would not yield to a thoughtful amendment by mr. dicks. but this is a two-week document. we know how old and what many of us have seen a two-week old baby. that's what this is. a two-week document so we can do the right thing. it needs to be very clear that before we left in the 110th congress, democrats had already cut $41 billion. many of us say we didn't have a budget. we had a budget, but we had no compromise, no reconciliation, no fairness, no concern about the american people. now we spent three months, march 1, doing nothing, and not one bill creates a job. goldman sachs, i know that there's a critique on goldman sachs, but you can't discount the objective assessment of them

saying that in the c.r. that was passed a week ago 700,000 to 800,000 jobs would be lost. mark zahndy was the economist and advisor to john mccain. i'm not sure what politics he has, but he is not in a political office today. and he provides us with an independent assessment that the c.r. that we voted on, which the senate would not agree to, would cost us 800,000 jobs. this document will go nowhere. unfortunately the $4 billion that is cut out of here and a litany of other unfortunate cuts is only temporary. i want to live to fight another day. we all want to be able to respond to the needs of this country and deficit reduction and a fair budget. but we could have had a clean c.r., and we would have reasonably sat down and made

right decisions. most economists have said that cutting the government in the middle of a budget year is an infection. the fiscal bipartisan commission said project to 2012 and 2013. don't cut 2011. it's important for the american people to know this is the midst of your budget year. so pell grants for students who are in college right now who have already gotten an apartment rendered to them -- -- an amount rendered to them -- some students who are now midyear operating on maybe $1,000 grant for pell grant to finish out in may, what we are doing is cutting them in the midst. that's what was voted on a week ago. what we are doing now is to recognize that people who govern are responsible for making sure that the doors of government stay open. i care about homeland security as a member of the homeland security committee. i care about the d.e.a. task

force citing drug cartels, care about children getting education, health care, the environment. let me just say this, we are doing this because we believe in the american people. but don't you for a moment think that this document is worth anything. we got to get to business and fight for the american people and preserve education. that's what democrats stand for. that's what we'll fight for. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield three minutes to the chairman of the homeland security subcommittee on appropriations, the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for three minutes. mr. aderholt: thank you, madam chair. madam speaker, thank you, mr. chair, for yielding this time to me. it has been pointed out two weeks ago this chamber voted emphatically to cut spending and to right size our government. this c.r. that's before us today is a necessary stopgap that will keep the government operating until we can finalize an

agreement on those spending cuts contained in h.r. 1. the homeland security sections of the c.r. before us today strikes the right balance between funding party programs that are essential to our nation's security and at the same time keeping our discretionary spending in check. this c.r. cuts over $264 million in earmarks from the department of homeland security's budget while at the same time sustaining the current staffing levels of our frontline operating agencies like border patrol, c.d.p., i.c.e., and the coast guard, prove that we can cut spending and fund these functions of government that are truly vital. as i said two weeks ago on this floor, the department of homeland security is not immune from fiscal discipline and no program or agency is beyond the belt tightening that our government so desperately needs. by implementing these cuts we are not choosing between homeland security and fiscal

responsibility, both are serious national security concerns and issues, and must be dealt with immediately. and through a series of choices, this c.r. achieves both. madam speaker, this c.r. is a reasonable first step in addressing our government's fiscal crisis. there is absolutely no reason why the president or our colleagues in the senate cannot support these overdue spending cuts. the american people are demanding no less. i thank the distinguished chairman of the appropriations committee for yielding this time. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dicks: you know, as i have said here today, everyone is in favor of doing deficit reduction . we want to do it in a way that won't hurt the economy. and what i'm concerned about is that if we -- if we have this

large cut and then the states and local governments cut $125 billion, at the same time, we'll have about $185 billion in cuts, that is going to cause a decline in economic growth. basic economics. the way you get the deficit down is get people back to work. get people jobs. get them back to work. so you want -- when the economy is as fragile as it is, it's a question of timing. what the commission members said is, don't do it in 2011, do it in 2012 and 2013 and deal with the entire budget. deal with the entitlements. deal with the taxes. do the whole thing. do the budget agreement that we all know we have to do. that's going to take bipartisanship. that's going to take both of us, the president and senate and house -- i yield myself one additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dicks: i'm going to have to get together and work out an

agreement and come out together and support it in order to get this through. this is what we did with bob dole and tip o'neill and ronl reagan. -- ronald reagan. we can do this but we have to have everything on the table. again i worry about this two weeks to get this done. i think that's a bit ambitious. again i want to point out to my colleagues that it was the democratic house and senate and president who passed the bill, the c.r., that cut $41 billion from obama's f.y. 2011 request. $41 billion. so i want to make sure you all don't forget that. the other side doesn't forget that. i'm going to try to continue to remind you of that fact. we have been -- pay me now or pay me later. we paid in december and now you guys have to work this thing out. we want to help you a little bit

on how to do it. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the chairman of the labor-hhs subcommittee on appropriations, the gentleman from montana, mr. rehberg. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from montana is recognized for three minutes. mr. rehberg: thank you, chairman rogers. madam chair, i rise to express my deep frustration with this extension. here we go again. debating another continuing resolution. i'm starting to feel like bill murray in "groundhog day" in that movie the main character wakes up every morning to relive the same day again and again. he never moves forward because he's stuck on groundhog day. last year the republicans in the house put the country on notice that we would try to reduce spending by $100 billion this year. the senate knew. and the american people knew and they gave us a substantial majority in the house. we worked responsibly and openly on a continuing resolution to meet that goal. after considering scores of amendments and engaging in long days of thoughtful debate, we

succeeded. in response, the senate majority leader summarily dismissed and recessed the senate. despite giving us an unprecedent three years of $1 trillion deficit, the majority leader dismised our efforts to reduce spending less than 2% from the total fiscal 2011 budget. in the interest of continuing our work on behalf of the american taxpayer and finding some common ground, republicans are offering this two-week extension. another continuing resolution made necessary only because the democrat leadership refused to adopt a budget last year. it's like groundhog day all over again. during this short extngs we propose to save $4 billion. too much for senator reid. he suggests a freed on spending for 30 days while he contemplates our proposal. the national debt will increase another $136 billion during that time. this is part of a big stall. keep stalling. keep implementing unaffordable health care entitlement programs. keep threatening.

keep spending. all the while ignoring the will of the people. but the growing $14.5 trillion national debt is dragging our country into economic ruin and a looming health care law with $2.5 trillion in new spending when fully implemented is about to bury us. make no mistake, i'm not happy that funding for the implementation of health care law continues in this continuing resolution. at some point soon before it's too late the majority leader and the democrat colleagues need to meaningfully address our spending problem. unfortunately all indications are our good faith effort to find common ground with this two-week extension will not bring the senate to the table to negotiate. the president and senate majority hold the balance of power in washington, d.c., but they stand against the majority of americans. i'll support this measure but i have been pushed to my limit. groundhog day may have been an entertaining movie, but it shouldn't be the basis for a system of government. it's time for the senate to get

to work. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: how much time do i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington has 13 minutes remain, the gentleman from kentucky has 15 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank my fend for yielding. i hope we're beginning to urner in in the next two weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country and i hope, and i'm confident, that chairman rogers and mr. dicks are capable of striking a very sound compromise for the people of our country. here's where we are. when the fiscal year began on october 1, there were a series of resolutions that said let's