burton: mr. speaker, the iranian regime is one of the most prolific state spon so far as terrorism in the whole world. iran has defied the united states, the u.n. security council, the iaea and continues its quest for nuclear technology. . it would pose a grave danger to the united states. focusing on iran should be a top priority of the united states congress and every minute we wait to address this issue, the world becomes a more dangerous place. the state department has not had an authorization bill since fiscal year 2003 and has continued to operate and while the authorization is important, stopping iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is far more important. the republican motion to recommit would replace the authorization bill with the iran refined petroleum sanctions bill that mr. berman introduced earlier this year, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen. this bill would impose badly needed sanctions on iran. we feel that this bill is the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediat

burton: -- without objection. mr. burton: first of all, let me congratulate our chairman on crafting a bill that in large part is very good. it increases the aid to pakistan by triple in some areas. and i think it's very positive. it deals with economic and humanitarian assistance that will help pakistan build schools, roads, hospitals, and help pakistan's economic infrastructure and all that's good. and i know that the president and the administration supports that as well. unfortunately, here comes the but part, unfortunately the chairman and our democratic colleagues decided to load this bill up with ill-conceived provisions to micromanage u.s. security assistance to pakistan as the ranking member just said. and this is not just my opinion. the secretary of defense, mr. gates, the chairman. joint chiefs of staff, mr. mullen, wrote the armed services committee last month and here's what they said. the degree of conditionality and limitation on security assistance to pakistan severely constrains the flexibility neces

jared burton delivers. foul off the 1st base line. burton certainly not in the class of rhodes or cordero or weathers. but still, pretty impressive outings. >> rob: he is a nice bridge to the bridge for the closer. very solid bullpen. something that has been lacking in cincinnati for many years. >> johnny: johnson base hit to right! willingham around third. here comes the throw to the plate. and he goes back to third. >> rob: now, that was a great stop. >> johnny: you are not kidding. looked like he had a full head of steam and less listach wisely held him up. >> rob: nick johnson smokes this into right. bruce comes up throwing. short hop. still, willingham probably would have been dead at the plate. >> johnny: bruce has a pretty good arm. >> rob: not when you have guzman and gonzalez and zimmerman coming up. >> johnny: fouls off the first delivery. so, willingham at third and nieves at second. nick johnson at first. 2-0 ballgame. the best threat the nationals have been able to mount today. and there's one down. guzman grounded to fir

burton, which sought to prevent u.s. taxpayer dollars from paying for the legal fees of corrupt u.n. officials was rejected at rules and will not be considered today. because, mr. chairman, the u.n. has decided to pay the legal fees, possibly almost $900,000 of savan who ran the u.n.'s corrupt, disastrous oil-for-food program which was supposed to help innocent iraqis but instead was exploited by saddam's regime. u.s. state prosecutors have charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. but this bill before us does nothing to protect taxpayer dollars from bank rolling and rewarding corruption at the u.n. the underlying bill also helps foster the culture of corruption at the united nations by failing to leverage u.s. contributions to the u.n. development program, undp, until it accepts the jurisdiction of the u.n. ethics office. the undp to which the u.s. contributes $100 million or more per year continues to be the poster child for mismanagement, corruption and waste. from zimbabwe, from ueganda, from burm

burton: mr. chairman, i have amendment number 71 made in order under the rule preprinted in the congressional record at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 71 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. burton of indiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from indiana and a member owes posed will each control five minutes. the gentleman from indiana. mr. burton: mr. chairman, this amendment is very straight forward. it simply says that, quote, none of the funds made available in this act may be used to relocate the office of the census or employees from the department of commerce to the jurisdiction of the executive office of the president. in february of this year, after senator judd gregg, a republican was nominate by -- nominated by president obama to be the secretary of commerce, the white house announced a control of the census bureau and the 2010 census will be removed from the commerce department and place

burton: i don't understand you. mr. berman: ensuring that the mission that we are equiping and training for is committed to a counterinsurgency -- not an arms race in south asia. mr. burton: if you read the bill and listen to the debate and listen to what senator kerry says who i -- with whom i don't agree very much, you see there is too much micromanaging. there's a war over there, we should be supporting our ally. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield to someone like the previous speaker, the gentleman from indiana, has spent a great deal of time in pakistan, looking at the situation. she chairs the pakistan caucus. she joined our congressional delegation in pakistan last -- in the month of april and speaks with great knowledge and experience on this subject. the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three mi

burton, is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, members of congress in the house and senate get literature sent to them every single day. we get probably four or five books a week. i don't know how many little leaflets and familiar flets we are asked to read. we don't have time to read them all. we ask our staff to read some of them. we don't have a chance to get into the minutia of some of these brochures. but our colleagues in both the house and senate got this little booklet called "the state of the union's finances, a citizen's guide." this will be given to people across the country. i hope every one of my colleagues and everybody in america gets a chance to read this little booklet. this was sent to us by our colleagues, frank wolf, republican of virginia, and jim cooper, democrat of tennessee. i just want to read to you a little bit about the situation that america fa

burton of indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, this last weekend i met with several auto dealers in my district and it was very interesting to find out really what all of them are going through right now. the chrysler and general motors companies are closing hundreds and hundreds of automobile dealerships across the country and after talking to these dealers, i can't figure out why. it isn't costing the automobile companies anything. they sell the cars to the dealer and the dealer sells those to the consumer. and the dealers pay for those cars. in addition, the dealers pay for the advertising, the dealers pay for the plant and equipment, their dealerships, the buildings, they pay the mechanics, they pay the salespeople and so the car company, all they do is make the car and sell it to the dealer. and so why are they closing all these dealerships? it seems to me

burton: i ask unanimous concept to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: madam speaker, the national health care program as advertised by the administration, they estimate it will cost $1 trillion just to insure 1/3 of the uninsured in this country. so it will cost $3 trillion if you add all those people to the health care rolls. money that we just don't have. and the thing that really bothers me is abc news over the next week is going to be advertising a two-hour infomercial that's going to take place by the president, the white house, in the next week. and they're doing this at the white house. abc is actually moving into the white house to advertise this for the president. you know, the president's on television every single day and the pretty obvious that cbs, nbc and cnn are all very supportive of the president. they're advocating everything he's talking about. but abc is going overboard. they're absolutely flipping by going to the white house and supporting and adver

burton from indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i wish to claim mr. burton's time to speak out of order the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: madam speaker, the state of texas lost a warrior this month in the forward operating base in afghanistan. a remote and december late place in the middle of the badlands in this war zone. army specialist garrett died on june 9, 2009 from injuries he suffered in afghanistan. he was just 20 years of age. this is a photograph right here, madam speaker of specialist grimmell. he is the 28th warrior to die in afghanistan with connections to my district in texas. he was a young man who personified the best qualities of the young people in america today. born in texas, jarrett was living the life he always made to map plans to live, that being a life filled with achievement and adventure that he desired. he was a patriot and joined the army his junior year in high school and completed basic training before graduating with honors from high school. he was a member of the swim team a

the late congressman phil burton who served in the u.s. congress from 1964 to 1983 worked every day of his life to ensure that social justice and human dignity for all the people and the people of the pacific are especially grateful for his services. chairman burton was also the driving force in recognizing certain areas in the pacific region which our nation declared as a strategic trust after world war ii. formally known as the trust territories of the pacific islands, chairman burton, in consultation with the department of defense and other federal agencies and key officials of the administration played a pivotal role whereby as a result of these consulting as resulted in the congress approving certain compacts of free association for the republic of the marshall islands, the federal states of micronearbya and a relationship between the united states and the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. the president of palau has consented in helping us in terms of dealing with the wee garr people that hope -- the weeger people that hop

burton: i hope you'll explain. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. mr. hastings: i'm very pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from florida, my colleague and fellow floridian, mr. klein. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. klein: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the congressman. i rise to support the rule and underlying legislation, foreign relations authorization act of 2009. this bill will allow us to advance our foreign policy and national security goals and i believe very strongly in that goal. i would also like to briefly speak about one provision in the bill that will help ensure the safety of many americans. as many of us know, june 1 is the beginning of hurricane season and there are many ways to be prepared. hurricane hunter planes used by the air force fly into hurricane areas to more accurately predict where a hurricane is going. however certain countries are not allowing these planes

burton from indiana. mr. brady from pennsylvania. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. for five minutes. the gentleman is recognized. mr. fleming: mr. fleming: thank you, madam speaker. like most of america i support an all-of-the-above solution to this nation's energy needs. i believe we can have it all when it mes to energy. we can aggressively pursue renewable energy, nuclear energy, and other innovative alternatives while continuing efforts to expand our domestic supply of fossil fuels. we live in a country rich in energy sources and congress should encourage production from all available resources and technologies. tonight i'd like to focus on a reliable and clean burning alternative fuel which is an extraordinary -- in an extraordinary abundance right under our feet in this country. and that is natural gas. located in my district in northwest louisiana, recent estimates have projected the haynesville shale contains 234 trillion cubic feet of natural gas production potential. this would make it the largest natural

burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, the fourth of july is a holiday that we hold very near and dear because it deals with our independence and our desire for freedom and liberty. and we celebrate that with a great deal of awe and what bothers me right now is that this administration in my opinion, is violating the sanctity of that day by inviting iranian diplomats to our embassies around the world to help us celebrate the fourth of july. let's just look at what iran's doing. iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons, ahmadinejad is still calling for the destruction of israel, iran is still pursuing long range missiles, iran is working to destabilize iraq and killing american soldiers, iran is still a state-sponsor of terror, iran continues to supply hezbollah and hamas, terrorist organizations. now the iranian regime has turned on its own citizens and killed many of them in the streets. it is unthinkable at a time when we're celebrating freedom and inde

burton, but let's face it, the problem belongs to congress. they create the monster, then they call mr. bernanke on the hot seat and all he is doing -- he is running the show here. the financial show. but he is not responsible for what the bankers on wall street did, taking their cues from the deregulation of the congress. host: do you think there needs to be more regulation? is that what you think congress needs to do? caller: definitely caputo -- heavily. know that the bankers are still fighting it. we all know it, but they do not want it because it is a good scam going. i think mr. bernanke is doing a heck of a job. it was mr. paulson who told him basically what to do. you know, how is he going to blame this on bernanke when it was mr. paulson and other people in the room trying to save the financial system from collapse, the second great depression, and now they're blaming the guy? come on, hindsight is 20/20. i do not know what the agenda is here. somebody has an ax to grind against him or the federal reserve or whatever, and he is just s

issa and burton had brought up, the letter that mr. cuomo said to the members of congress where he said secretary paulson informed that he made the threat dealing with merrill lynch acquisition at the request of chairman bernanke. we also have the e-mail from the richmond fed chairman, just had a talk with mr. bernanke says it is irrelevant because not credible intends to make it more clear if they played the card and need assistance management is going oregon, excuse me. and then the third 1i would point out is the e-mail from mr. and willow at the new york fed, which deals with the disclosure concern. also this is in december of last year where he says i fink i will ask merrill lynch a current estimate and he makes the statement if i get a sense merrill lynch is leaning toward a january fall when i will steer them to a leader. but i am trying to figure out is we have all this pattern here which as i asked mr. lewis when he was here if what took place at the october 13th had an impact on his decision making, his fault process as he mo

burton. mr. burton: mr. speaker, i have great respect for the majority leader and he's very eloquent at the microphone, but he forgot to mention a couple of things that i think the american people would like to know. 80% of this bill is helping the troops, but this is a war supplemental. 100% should be helping our troops. in addition to that, he did not mention that this is a 22% reduction from what was in the supplemental last year. so we're actually cutting the funding to the troops by 22% over what we did last year and just expanding our operation into afghanistan. the people ought to get the whole picture, and the whole picture is that this is a war supplemental and it's being cut over what we spent last year for the same type of legislation. now, he mentioned the international monetary fund, the $5 billion for that. this is a war supplemental and not an i.m.f. bill. it will create additional loaning capability and a few of the countries that will benefit from this with special drawing rights are people

burton for today, june 9, 10, 11 and 12. myself, for june 11 and 15. mr. moran for today, june 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15. mr. jones for 12 and 15. mr. mcclintock for june 9 the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: 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 materials, ms. woolsey of california, ms. kaptur of ohio. 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. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman will be recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the recent focus on israel and the arab-israeli conflict that continues today is vital and important to our world peace. there are a lot of people out the

and last but not least, janet burton, president of northeast louisiana united way who said she served as corny councilperson for louisiana 211, a nationwide response system which can be very, very helpful in all of the issues we talked about this morning. so if you will again, thank you. pull the microphone closer. there you go. >> normally, my booming voice works wonders. thank you for the opportunity to be with you this afternoon and talk about the important work of the partnership. we provided testimony and request it be included in the record. the partnership is an initiative of the corporate crisis response officers association, seeking to identify and implement best practices and support improvements in public and private sector does after reports, response, and recovery efforts. this is grass roots, developed by a coalition who recognize the better prepared this does not so we depend on the actions of the federal government alone. this is centered on a community- based approach which seeks to further galvanize resources of public and private sectors to address a large-scale pre

. >> johnny: that is jared burton trying to get loose. >> rob: he may give him a hitter or two more. he probably said if this guy gets on, you are done. >> johnny: 101 pitches he has thrown so far. >> rob: it is very humid. very muggy today. >> johnny: harris grabs a bat. he is ondeck. willingham is on first. kearns popped out to the 1st baseman. >> rob: i think man in acta probably senses if the nationals don't get something going soon, they will be facing david weathers, arthur rhodes and francisco cordero here at the end of the ballgame. one of the best bullpens around. >> johnny: line-drive to left field. nieves got a base hit. the nats catcher moves willingham to second. nieves is now 1-2 for the afternoon. >> rob: wil nieves right here, johnny, very simple approach. i'm just going to try to make contact and put it in play. he got a nice base hit but he has done a fabulous job. >> johnny: that is only the nationals' 4th base hit in this game. willingham has two and cristian guzman got one back in the third and nieves cleths hit number -- collects hit number four. willie harris w

burton of indiana. mr. moran of kansas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about an issue of great importance to our country. shortly after i returned from a trip to algeria in 1998 where thousands had been killed by terror attacks and in the wake of two u.s. embassy bombings in africa where 267 people were killed, including one of my constituents from mclien, virginia, serving at -- mclean, virginia, serving at nigh robo, i offered a commission. it provided evidence of a growing threat of terrorism. a congressional research service report described the main finding of the commission this way -- it calls on the u.s. government to prepare more actively to prevent the future mass casualty catastrophic terrorist attack. regrettably the commission's recommendations were not implemented until after the attacks on 9/11 when 3,000 people were kil

burton for indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? without objection. mr. hensarling: madam speaker, i rise today to honor the life of william c. dove mccarty. and recognize his commitment and service to his community, the state of texas, and to our great nation. dove a resident of athens texas passed away last month. he was a loving husband of 58 years to jo ann. he was proud father to daughter cynthia and mary lou. he was a devoted grandfather of cole, kyle, michelle, and great grandfather of kristen, preston, and daniel. finally, madam speaker, he was my dear friend. he was born in 1929 in texas and graduated from luisa high school. he proudly defended our nation in the korean war by serving in the united states army. when his service ended dove began what became a legacy of leadership in our free enterprise system and service to his community. he returned to work and eventually owned his own clothing business. he gave back to his small west texas community by shaping the live of younger men as the order of de malay dad and long time boy scout leader. he

burton of indiana. ms. giffords of arizona. mr. paul of texas. ms. pingree of maine. mr. moran of kansas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from minnesota, is mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ellison: i will claim the hour and we'll get started. mr. ellison: well, mr. speaker, welcome to the progressive message. this is the hour that the progressive caucus comes forward to offer a progressive vision for america, where we put down markers and we signal to the american people that there is a progressive vision, there is a way forward, and that way forward does include generosity, vision, openness, fairness, sharing, not a vision of fear, not a vision of oh my goodness, what's going to happen, but a vision of saying, you know what? we can include people, we can have peace and a society where people are treated equally and fairly. a few weeks ago, we had a special order where the premise was why i'm a progressive and we detailed how important it is to take note of the great contributions

congressman burton to intervene otherwise you might not be with us today. was it clear after you didn't have a u.s. congressman working on your behalf that your insurance wouldn't have been reinstated? >> there isn't a doubt in the world they wouldn't have given me the blink of an audit if it hadn't been for him and i just could never tell you how he worked if you only knew how many hours he worked they called me every day just working hours and hours and hours. this took a long time, it was many months process. it didn't just happen overnight so for his office to take the dedication and me i will be forever grateful. if i live and don't lie of cancer it will be because of them, so only because of my congressman, only because of him did i get help for my cancer. if it wasn't for that it never would have happened. >> ms. raddatz, sort of a parallel to ms. beaton, in your brother's case the illinois attorney general's office and dr. babs had to write to letters in fact one of them -- they are in the binder if you care to look up the attorneys general's office

burton: mr. speaker, in the past couple of weeks, two of our colleagues, frank wolf of virginia, a republican and jim cooper of tennessee, a democrat, sent this booklet around to all of the members. and we get a lot of correspondence and books and leaflets, but i would like to say, i hope you read this. it doesn't take long, but it's extremely important, because it deals with not only with today but with our future and kids' future and our posterity. what it talks about is the debt that we have in this country and where we're going. in the last 10 years, we have gone from 5.5 trillion in debt to over $11 trillion in debt and the debt is escalating at a rapid rate. in fact right now, the projected deficit in the future is up to $56 trillion. and the reason these are expected expenditures is for what programs that have been proposed and have been passed into law by this body and the other body. right now, explicit liabilities include publicly held debt, military and civilian pensions and retiree he

burton of indiana. >> the gentleman has the remainder of the time. it's about a minute. >> thank you very much. >> you indicated the comment that he made that at the request of chairman bernanke was changed later on by mr. paulson. but what he said was, and i think this ought to be in the record, his prediction of what could happen, talking about you, his prediction of what could happen to lewis and the board was his language was paulson's language that based on what he knew to be the fed's strong opposition to bank of america attempting to renounce the deal. you were the fed. and he said it was based upon the knowledge that the fed's strong opposition to bank of america attempting to renounce the deal was something that he knew to be the case and that he was in effect speaking on behalf of what you sent him. >> the gentleman's time has expired. chairman bernanke, you are directed to answer the question, though. >> we were strongly opposed to that action for the reasons i've described. >> is that your answer? >> yes. >> i thank the gentleman. the cha

burton the balance of this five minutes. >> let me just say i don't want to dwell on this but one of the biggest problems i have is the government telling the private sector what to do and how. we had the head of general motors literally fired by the government. now, there might have been justification for his removal but i didn't think the government ought to be telling somebody who is answerable to the stockholders what they are supposed to do. something that concerns me is on december 5 bank of america stockholders approved that sale or that purchase and that merger when they thought it was a $9 billion loss and then in the 14 they found out it wasn't $9 billion but 12 and because they decided they didn't want to do that, they contacted you and mr. paulson and whether mr. paulson said directly or you told him, the inference was there that the fed said if they pull out of this deal, you know, their board and c.e.o. will be gone. mr. lackey said on the 20th, two days before they made the decision to go ahead of it, he said, just had a long talk with ben, says they think that the m.a

burton and all those guys, all those guys call it "cap and tax. even neil caputo from fox news calls it cap and tax. that is the image the republican party has got. you just stand up for business so much, you have the image, and the business committee chamber of commerce supports from day one, no discussion, no nothing, just take care of the chamber. looking at "the wall street journal" and those crazy folks you are talking about. "the washinton post" yesterday, 70% of people support this. the actual figure -- and you all keep quoting the guy down in georgia that he came back and told you he did not say that -- the actual amount of money this is going to cost, if it does cost any money, is a i think $174 a year for a household. what this amounts to is that it is not going to lose jobs, it is going to create jobs. guest: i am not sure it deserves much of a comment. i personally do use the term cap and trade because that is what is called. i

burton. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i wish to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. we all know that liberty is not free. and our history shows that it cost a stand on principle. but freedom has always been worth the price. even before that magic list was published in 1776 on july 4th of the signers of the declaration of independence, those 56 men, the british menu who they were and marked down every member of congress suspected of putting their name to their traceonous document. all of them became the objects of manhunts by the british. the punishment was death by hanging. of the 56 who signed, nine of them died from wounds or hardships during the american war of independence. five were captured and imprisonned and in each case they retreated. several lost their wives or sons or entire families. one member lost all 13 of his children. two wives were drought alley treated and all at one time were victims of manhunts or driven from their homes. 12 signers had their

burton. and thank you again in helping us obtain witnesses for this hearing. mr. dingle for an opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i commend you for holding this hearing on the rather vicious practice of post-claims underwriting. and the detrimental effect that such practices have on hundreds of americans. and i want to thank the witnesses for appearing in what i hope will be an inform a tiff hearing today on which the committee may begin some actions to correct what appears to be a very serious abuse. i remember mr. barton, the way we worked together on this in your outrage last year when we were addressing similar questions. health care costs have risen sharply. in response to this insurance providers who have taken drastic measures to reduce costs and improve profit margins. unfortunately the health insurance industry has attempted to do soy giving in to unscrupulous industry practices, including the practice of post-claims underwriting. i want to be clear, i have no sympathy for individuals who intentionally misrepresent their health status

burton for june 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 for five minutes, myself, mr. poe, for june 19, mr. jones for june 19 for five minutes, mr. flake for today for five minutes and mr. fleming june 18 for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: 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, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous materials. ms. woolsey of california, mr. schiff of california, ms. richardson, california. 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. mr. paul of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i wish to claim mr. paul's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the out of control violen

burton of indiana. without objection, the gentleman from illinois is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, in less than 48 hours the doors of hundreds of g.m.c. dealers crossed -- across the nation and chevy dealers will be closed. general motors, now a state-owned intersurpriseworks 60% of the stock belonging -- enterprise, with 60% of the stock belonging to the american people, with the directors appointed by the auto task force ,

burton, indiana. mr. moran, kansas. mr. paul zen, minnesota. mr. mc-- mr. paulsen, minnesota, mr. mcclintock, california. mr. olson, texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. murphy: thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank you and the speaker of the house for allowing the 30-something working group, which has been empowered by the speaker's office to come to the house floor every so often and share with our colleagues in the house some of the burning questions of our constituents out there, especially those that affect younger individuals and younger families. and to talk about how this house, under new leadership, with a new face in the white house, is rising to answer those questions and meet those challenges. we'll put this poster up at the end of the hour as well but we are always eager to hear feedback from people who want to know more about the 30-something working group. madam speaker, thanks to members of your class, we have a numbe

burton: i thank the gentleman for his answer and i'll just end by saying that i really hope this stays in the bill. i can't think of anything that's more important as far as stabilizing central and south america than free trade agreements. we've been fighting for a free trade agreement with panama and colombia for a long, long time and if we're going to make sure that we slow down the illegal immigration that's coming from central and south america, we've got to do things to stabilize that entire region. not only from the drug standpoint but also from the illegal immigration standpoint. so i really hope that my colleague and i'm sure mr. wolf will, i really hope my colleagues will do everything they can to make sure that this stays in the piece of legislation. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. schock. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i move that the committee to do

burton of indiana, amendment number 97 by mr. price of georgia, amendment number 100 by mr. jordan of ohio, amendment number 114 by mr. reichert of washington, amendment number 59 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment number 79 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 76 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 105 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 104 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 107 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 87 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 86 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 85 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 91 of mr. flake of arizona and amendment number 84 by mr. flake of arizona. es us as the bailout nation. second of all, i believe, as do many economists, that the federal reserve ought to be concentrated on military policy, tied to inflation -- on monetary policy, tied to inflation targeting. what the administration does instead is diffuse their mission even more and allow them to pick winners and, establishing firms as a systemically risky. next, with respect to the president,