mr. hoyer and ms. pelosi are next. please come forward, mr. hoyer. they are next. welcome back to the rules committee. it is nice to see you. without objection, and he prepared statements you have will appear in the record in its entirety. we certainly welcome your summary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the committee, ranking member, thank you very much. i appreciate this opportunity to appear before you. i will reiterate what others have said. the american people obviously are deeply distressed. they are distressed that, when they see agreement, that that agreement is not made into law. they here are saying, and i hear you saying, we are here -- for this. they hear us saying the same thing and yet nothing happens. the senate has passed a number of bills by votes of over 60 votes, some by over 2/3 votes, and they have sent them here and they have not been passed. we have an opportunity in my view to make a statement to the american public that will raise their confidence and perhaps maybe a little bit of their respect as well. as has been note

mr. hoyer: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: and i will just say, this isn't just about taxes, and i would agree with my friend from maryland, republicans do not want to raise taxes on small businesses, job creators, investors because it's also about the economy. this has been a dismal recovery. the worst since the great depression. unemployment has been above 8% for 40 consecutive months. their answer is to raise taxes on the small business sector. the area where we need to have those jobs to be created. we're saying, let's keep the law the same for one year. we're the only nation in the world that has all of these tax provisions expiring year in and year out. let's leave this the same for one year. then, let's move and adopt comprehensive tax reform in an expedited procedure to do that so we can finish it next year. if we go down their pat

a roth did that whole i am the rector general of the european organization for nuclear research mr hoyer one of the main tunks one of the great mysteries that the collider has to solve and everybody is expecting that is the is the higgs boson i mean i mean the existence of the higgs boson well what makes you sure and i know that you are sure that this mystery will be so very soon . yes you see we know everything about this famous he explores on the part of the stone armada we know everything all its properties the only thing we don't know is if it exists ok so that's a slight problem however because we know its properties if it exists then we know how many collisions we need in the large hadron collider in order to significantly point your was this expose on so i can predict depending on the way the collider is working when the view of this can give an answer on the shakespeare question of this expose on to be on not to be and what does the discovery or not of this elementary particle mean for the scientific picture of the world for the for for the further research well first of all if w

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, this week's middle class tax cut debate is, unfortunately, an unnecessary sequel to december's fight over extending payroll tax cuts. . republicans campaigned but when faced with a bipartisan agreement in december of last year, they chose to walk away. unfortunately, they appear ready to do so again. when it comes to extending tax cuts for the middle class, democrats and republicans agree . both believe we ought not to do so. so we have agreement. that agreement has been reflected in a senate-passed bill, mr. speaker, as you know. so with millions faced with the uncertainty of whether their taxes will go up next year, why haven't we acted? this should be an easy vote for an overwhelming majority of members to say, let's extend these tax cuts we agree on and then debate what we don't agree on. it should be easy. but the republicans, mr. speaker, are continuing to do what they do, so often have done best this congress. obstruct, delay and walk away. by holding an extension of t

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, we are going to conclude four weeks in session with little to show for it. over the past month, the republican-do-nothing congress has continued its relentless pursuit of message over substance. not only have they failed to address job creation or deficit reduction in any serious way, they have refused to work with us to pass bills that the senate proved with bipartisan support. violence against women reauthorization act, critically important to women and to families. postal reform, absolutely essential. a farm bill. the approach is not compromise. as a result, house republicans have been unable to govern. this week, republicans chose to adjourn for the summer, which we prevented, without a middle-class tax cut extension signed into law. we ought not to adjourn, ladies and gentlemen of this house, until we pass a middle-class tax cut. 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 -- >> mr. speaker, parliamentary inquirey? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman texas

mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i understand the adjournment resolution has arrived from the senate. and i just want to advise not only my members but all members that there will be a vote following the next vote which was scheduled to be the last vote, but buzz the -- but because the adjournment resolution is now here, i want to advise my members and obviously other members as well, i've talked to mr.