ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i seek permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. if the obama administration is serious about helping create jobs for the american people, then it should start by listening to america's job creators. . house republicans understand the importance of freeing our nation's businessmen and entrepreneurs from the confidence-killing threat of higher taxes and more regulations so that they can invest, grow and hire again. this means protecting job creaters from needless tax burdens. this means reforming federal spending. this means supporting a fairer, flatter and simpler tax code. this means stopping job-killing regulations that can strain employers from hiring more workers. on each of these issues, house republicans have already acted. following our plan for america's job creators, we've passed more than 20 job-creation bills so far this year. the path to new jobs has been paved by h

ms. foxx: i yield the gentleman another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. scott: thank you, sir. thank you, dr. foxx. the new rule also makes it impossible for anyone to challenge the bargaining unit chosen by the union. dividing employees and raising employers' labor costs. we stand here today with an opportunity. we can either allow the nlrb to continue to create bad policy and bad rules, or we can put america and the job creators back on the right track. the question cannot be simpler and the choice has been made easy because of the inability of the nlrb to do what they were chosen to do, which was to be the impartial referee on issues between employers and employees, and i find that challenging. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. million polis: thank you, mr. speaker. it's my honor to yield five minutes to the gentleman from california, the ranking member of the education and work force committee, mr. miller. the speaker pro tempo

ms. foxx: i yield the gentleman another minute. eaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. scott: thank you, sir. thank you, dr. foxx. the new rule also makes it impossible for anyone to challenge the bargaining unit chosen by the union. dividing employees and raising employers' labor costs. we stand here today with an opportunity. we can either allow the nlrb to continue to create bad policy and bad rules, or we can put america and the job creators back on the rig track. the question cannot be simpler and the choice has been made easy because of the inability of the nlrb to do what they were chosen to do, whi was to be the impartial referee on issues between employers and employees, and i find that challenging. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. million polis: thank you, mr. speaker. it's my honor to yield five minutes to the gentleman from california, the ranking member of the education and work force committee, mr. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the ge

ms. foxx: mr. speaker, we do not have more speakers, i do have some more comments that i will make, but i am reserving until a little bit later in the time -- ms. slaughter: i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. although i'm encouraged that we were able to reverse some of the most severe cuts proposed, i am disappointed that our budget process has come to this. $100 billion packed with provisions that the house has never considered. and therefore on process i urge a no vote on the rule and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the rule before us today allows us to proceed to the general debate of a bill that encompasses three major appropriations measures. i want to thank the conferees for their work on this agreement . as we move forward with the debat

ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee of rules for filing under the rule cloifment report to accompany house resolution 470, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 3094, to amend the national labor relations act with respect to representation hearings and the timing of elections of labor organizations under that act. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: i yield myself 15 second. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i just want to say to the gentleman from michigan who spoke earlier that i agree with him. today is not 1995. in fact, the deficit is worse. since 1995 the deficit has tripled. it's gone from $5 trillion to $15 trillion which is all the more reason to support this balanced budget amendment to the constitution. mr. speaker, i yie

the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, president obama has been going around the country saying that he is taking action through executive order because, quote, we can't wait, end quote, on the congress. however he has just said that he is going to put the largest job creating project in america on ice. when it comes to creating jobs and providing additional resources for energy, the president can wait. in fact, he's putting this off until the keystone pipeline off until after the 2012 election. that is nonsense and hypocritical. this pipeline will not only create thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, it will also help to dramatically reduce our dependence on oil from despotic middle eastern petrostates by blocking and delaying this important project, the obama administration is standing squarely in the way of economic growth and energy independence. it's time to get serious about approving this pipeline. it has broad support and its builders have demonstrated the

the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, when i go home every weekend and talk to my constituents, there are two things that they ask me repeatedly. what can be done about jobs and what can be done about energy prices? my constituents understand the colossal failure of the obama stimulus bill. my constituents understand that government can create jobs only for more government bureaucrats. and those bureaucrats will have to justify their existence by creating more regulations that will kill more private sector jobs. the liberal democrats in congress keep asking for a republican jobs bill. well, mr. speaker, we have passed at least 15 jobs bills, and we have an outline on this card, as my colleague -- two colleagues before me talked about, and they are shown on jobs.gop.gov. we passed at least 15 jobs bills that will help the private sector do exactly what americans are asking us to do which is to create jobs through growth in their businesses and allowing new businesses to form. the l

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the republicans have passed over 15 bills that would help create jobs and in addition ease the energy needs of this country. but where are those bills? and why is the president asking us to pass his jobs bill, which almost no democrats have signed on to. we've passed those -- we've passed over 15 bills. they're stuck in the senate. one senator has described the senate as moribund. mr. speaker, we can help create jobs in this country by empowering small businesses and reducing government barriers to job creation, fixing the tax code to help job creators boost competitiveness for american manufacturers, encourage entrepreneurship and growth, maximize american energy unsust burden and start living within our means. people can find out more about our jobs program by going to jobs.gop.gov and i invite the american people to see what the republicans have presented to the senate and those 15 bills should be passed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gen

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the so-called supercommittee announced last week that it was unable to come up with a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the excourse of 10 years. that is a sad commentary on washington, d.c.'s addiction to spending. $1.2 trillion is one year less of overspending at the going rate. just continue the mess in europe. the bailout fund is trying to keep debtor nations like greece, portugal afloat while italy teeters on the brink of insolvency. europe's sovereign debt crisis is not an abstract economic lesson. it's debt finance, government profligacy. some these nations battered by the consequence of high debt levels have debt to g.d.p. ratios that are close to our own. if congress doesn't get serious about reducing spending and ending the federal debt addiction, we're going to find ourselves in the same boat as our friends in the euro zone. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i ask permission to address the house

ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 467, resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill h.r. 2112 making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration and related agency programs for the fiscal year program ending september 30, 2012 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: i ask my name be removed as a co-sponsor to h.r. 836. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to rule -- pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motion to suspend the rules previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order -- h.r. 3004 de novo, h.r. 2660 de novo, h.r. 2415 de novo

ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. and i thank my colleague from florida for handling the rule. madam speaker, i rise today in support of this rule and the underlying bill. as a life member of the national rifle association and strong supporter of the second amendment to the united states constitution, i am pleased to speak in support of h.r. 822, the national right to carry reciprocity act, which will help protect law-abiding american citizens' right to bear arms. the supreme court ruled in district of columbia vs. heller that, quote, the inherent right of self-defense has been essential to the second amendment right, end quote. and in mcdonald vs. the city of chicago, that the federal government can intervene to ensure that state and local governments are not restricting second amendment rights. statistics show a correlation between right to carry laws and a decrease in violent crime rights. according to the f.b.i. uniformed crime report, states that have rite-to-carry laws have 22% lower violent crime rates, 30% lower murder rates, 46% lower robbery rates and 12% lower aggrav