mr. bachus: mr. speaker, at this time i have no other speakers and would like to reserve the balance of my time until the gentleman from massachusetts has no further speakers and is prepared to close. thank you, mr. chairman. i surrender -- yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is -- the gentleman is recognized. mr. bachus: mr. chairman, i hear two people that i know are leaders of the majority and they each, mr. hoyer and ms. pelosi, and i know they appear to be sincere when they say that never again will the american people be asked to bail out those on wall street who made reckless deals. no longer will the taxpayer be put on the hook. but there's an inconvenient truth here for my democratic friends and that's the clear wording of the bill. i mean, i think the elementary that before we pass legislation that we read it. and i would not repeat this except my colleagues in the majority continue to say time after time after time that there's no bailout. and th

mr. bachus: mr. speaker, at this time i have no other speakers and would like to reserve the balance of my time until the gentleman from massachusetts has no further speakers and is prepared to close. thank you, mr. chairman. i surrender -- yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is -- the gentleman is recognized. mr. bachus: mr. chairman, i hear two people that i know are leaders of the majority and they each, mr. hoyer and ms. pelosi, and i know they appear to be sincere when they say that never again will the american people be asked to bail out those on wall street who made reckless deals. no longer will the taxpayer be put on the hook. but there's an inconvenient truth here for my democratic friends and that's the clear wording of the bill. i mean, i think the elementary that before we pass legislation that we read it. and i would not repeat this except my colleagues in the majority continue to say time after time after time that there's no bailout. and th

mr. bachus, mr. bright, mr. davis, dr. griffith, and mr. rogers, as well as our two united states senators from alabama, senator shelby and senator sessions, i'm extremely proud to rise today in support of house resolution 1525, honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of the a truly great american novel, "to kill a mockingbird," and madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman. mr. bonner: it was 50 years ago this month when nell harper lee of monroeville penned what is today considered one of the most beloved american stories of all time. before i speak further about ms. lee and her masterpiece, however, i'd like to take a minute to thank chairman towns and ranking member issa of the oversight and government reform committee and their staffs for working with my staff and me to get this resolution brought to the house floor before congress breakers in august district work period. if approved, i hope to present a copy of this resolution to the people of monroe

mr. spencer bachus, ranking member of the services committee and concerned about an issuyou may want to address in your comment but according to him will the oil reach the beaches in alabama, it resulted inost sales for many realtors in alabama. and he asked me if i would ask you what the status of these alabama real estate claims are and for those in greatest financial need regarding emergency payments that may be forthcoming. he furthermore indicated there there may be a hold on the real estate claims resulting from the spill and if so, what will the decision involved in implementing that hold and when do you anticipate that those claims will be paid if you could address that in your statement? i thank you for being here with us and i yield back, mr. chairman. >> i thank you on that and recognize mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. feinberg, for being with us again. you've stepped up to the plate again. we appreciate your hard work. i just had a couple of questions that i'd hope you address and that is whether you think you have enough money to respond to the claims and w

mr. spencer bachus, ranking member of the services committee and concerned about an issue you may want to address in your comment but according to him will the oil reach the beaches in alabama, it resulted in lost sales for many realtors in alabama. and he asked me if i would ask you what the status of these alabama real estate claims are and for those in greatest financial need regarding emergency payments that may be forthcoming. he furthermore indicated there there may be a hold on the real estate claims resulting from the spill and if so, what will the decision involved in implementing that hold and when do you anticipate that those claims will be paid if you could address that in your statement? i thank you for being here with us and i yield back, mr. chairman. >> i thank you on that and recognize mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. feinberg, for being with us again. you've stepped up to the plate again. we appreciate your hard work. i just had a couple of questions that i'd hope you address and that is whether you think you have enough money to respond to the cl

mr. baucus, has suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked together on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals running congress passed the stimulus bill claiming they needed to add another $787 billion to the national debt in order to keep unemployment below 8%. of course now a year and a half later, unemployment's approaching 10% so the first plan failed miserably. so they are coming with a plan t

mr. baucus,as suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked tother on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals running congress passed the stimulus bill claiming they needed to add another $787 billion to the national debt in order to keep unemployment below 8 of course now a year and a half later, unemployment's approaching 10% so the first plan failed miserably. so they are coming with a plan to ad

mr. baucus, has suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked together on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals running congress passed the stimulus bill claiming they needed to add another $787 billion to the national debt in order to keep unemployment below 8%. of course now a year and a half later, unemployment's approaching 10% so the first plan failed miserably. so they are coming with a plan t