conyers: mr.aker, by direction of the committee on judiciary, i call up house resolution 1031 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 170, house resolution 1031, resolved, that g. thomas porteous jr., a judge of the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the senate. articles of impeachment depicted by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and all of the people of the united states of america against g. thomas porteous jr., a judge in the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana, and maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article 1, g. thomas porteous jr. while a federal judge for the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana

smith, and of course my chairman, john conyers, for their work on this bill and the staff has worked on it and the bankruptcy judicial conference. i would hope that we pass this bill and i call on my members to vote aye on h.r. 4506 and pass the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields the balance of his time. the question is now will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4506, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. cohen: request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking the vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cohen: mr. speaker, morph to suspend the rules and pass house resolution 111

but yes, congressman conyers has been doing a good deal of work on nights out of michigan. >> to use the old of 40 acres and a meal. reparations is a little too sophisticated for me. the other point that is servicing us what constitutes an african-american. i mean, yesterday u.s.a. today's front page and it has come up repeatedly even when the president was running for office and he dodged questions about mixed marriage and mixed-race and all that. so what constitutes an african-american now? if one was to pursue -- [inaudible] >> you raise a good point as far as what constitutes an african-american. mrs. teresa heinz kerry or raised a great deal of furor when she declared herself an african-american. in effect, she is african and lives in america. i see it as referring to black americans, it's an extension of afro-american which interestingly is a term that thurgood marshall refused to use until the last three or four years of his life, even through the 80's he was still referring to -- a so-called african american negroes and insisted on calling -- if you're talking to him, referri

she has worked on committees led by john conyers, joe biden at different times. next phone call from norwich, new york. catherine. caller: first of all, your guest is awesome. i have seen her on other programs and she has a lot of character. i've wanted to ask her, if the public has access to the ethics committee to make a complaint about something that they see going on, in the government, something that they feel should be investigated, i would wonder how to contact them? also, i wonder if there has been any investigation on part to pack -- bart stupak and the money that he paid -- that religious cult -- to pay for him. i also thought that religion was not supposed to get into politics. i am wondering why these senators are able to put their views on a certain matters in politics and be able to get away with it. host: several points. if someone years of something, they can contact this office of the ethics? guest: actually, no, they cannot. only members can filed against each other and they will not do it, for the most part. where people can file is with the of

speaker, let me begin by thanking chairman cohen, chairman conyers, chairman scott, and ranking member poe and all of their staff for their support and work on this issue. i'm proud to have sponsored this resolution and hope that all of my colleagues will support this simple but important effort. this is an important effort. it's an important step. youth violence is spreading all across our country. in my congressional district the center for disease control, the district attorney, the partnership against domestic violence, colleges, high school, and, yes, even middle schools have been seeing an increase in abusive teen relationships. fear, stalking, bullying, violence, and abuse are unacceptable and always shocking. but it is tragic that the domestic abuse is a very real part of our children's relationship. we see it in the headlines, we see it on the streets, we see it with our own children. mr. speaker, we must break this change. we must start this cycle -- stop this cycle from being repeated over and over and over again. the c.d.c. working with liz claiborne inc. to develop dating

it because it makes it much more difficult to move through the legislation, but yes, congressman conyers has been doing a good deal of work on that out of michigan. >> iges you the old colloquial position of 40 acres and a mule. reparations is a little too sophisticated for me. the other point that is servicing is what constitutes an african-american wax i mean, yesterday, front page, and it has come up repeatedly when the president was running for office, that he dodged questions about mixed marriages and mixed-race, you know, and all that. so what constitutes an african-american now? if one wants to pursue the thought. .ne[inaudible] >> you raise a good point as far as what constitutes an african-american. mrs. teresa heinz kerry raise a great deal of fear when she declared herself an african-american. in fact, she is african and lives in america. i see it as referring to black americans, race, it's an extension of afro-american, which interestingly it is a term that thurgood marshall refuse to use in the last three or four years of his life. even through the '80s he was to referring t

. >> conyers. >> something with the congress. >> you're referring to like reparations? yeah. >> as i see that going forward, the word reparations has been turned into something of a toxic word. but i see progress being made on that front in individual channels. an example i'll give you is the recent settlement of african-american farmers that the department of agricultural just signed, secretary of the department of agricultural under the president obama's administration, $1.6 billion. president bush was not moving forward on that. the new administration did move forward on that. so no one would call that reparations. think wouldn't put that word attached to it. but what it is is a whole lot of taxpayer dollars to correct a wrong that was inflicted upon thousands of african-american farmers over the period of years. so as i see that developing, i see it being done in not limited but in very discrete ways individually. so agricultural an this way, and go after education in another way. that's how i see that progressing. and i don't think anyone will put the word reparati

john conyers and we're spending $950 billion.that's what we're spending but we are also raising more than that. in fact, over the next decade, this bill would raise $100 billion more than it actually spends. now i don't know if any of you watched the blair house which project for seven hours on c-span, but it was actually quite good, i thought. i me, i probably would've three people who thought it was quite good, but there was a lot of discussion of this budget deficit. let me clue of what's going on. what is true is over the first decade there's more years of spending cuts and spending. so someone will point out their some trickery going on. but there's not really trickery because what you want to focus on, especially young people, what matters is that by 2019 there's an ever increasing reduction in the deficit. so while this bill saved 100 billion over the first decade, it saves half a trillion over the next decade and in that amount continues to grow. how does it say that money? it saves them money -- it does so in several way

. >> chair conyers endorsed senator specter before the party switch minority mitch mcconnell held a fundraiser for trey grayson, do such republican leaders get it? >> this is one of the things i'm kind of tickled by. our grassroots activists -- i have a keen eye. they know what's going on in their communities. and when chris denounced that he was going to run for the senate, all of washington swooned, right. all those across the florida, he will not be elected in florida look at this election scheme and rubio, wasn't he the guy that traveled all over the state and really talked to people and listened to them? when he wanted to be speaker? i mean, he campaigns like us. so we're going to go with rubio. he can win. he will win. it was our grassroots activists that first said, you know, we got a guy who can win a senate seat in massachusetts and we said oh, get out of here. the republican party said, oh, go on. and they said no, no, he campaigns the way we do. he's out there with an old chevy pickup. i said well, first of all it's not a ford he can't be too bright but still nevertheless, he's doin

. >> chairman conyers endorsed senator specter before the parties which increase in florida.inority leader richard to the commission mcconnell ran. do the such republican leaders get it? >> this is one of the things i'm kind of to cold play. were grass-roots activists i have a keen on it. they know what is going on in their communities. and when chris announced he was going to run for the senate all of washington swooned and all of the voters on the ground across the state of florida said this guy is not going to be elected senator from florida. look a bit goofy insurance scheme he's got in all of a sudden this guy shows up and says i think i'm going to run. rubio, wasn't he the guy that traveled all over the state and talked to people and listened to them when he wanted to be the speaker? he campaigns like us. they said we are going to go with rubio. he can win. he will win. it was our grassroots activists that first set we have a guy named ron that can run the senate seat in massachusetts. i said get out of here. the republican party said go on. they said no he campaigns th

along with chairman conyers and the chairman of the distinguished the gentleman from georgia, the text could be clarified further. senator leahy has agreed to work with us on making the necessary minor revisions to improve the language. we intend to move this language at a later date on a different vehicle. we just don't want to delay further consideration of s. 2968 by requiring the other body to pass the bill for a second time. in closing, i urge the members to support s. 2968 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: mr. speaker. i yield the balance of my time as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 2968. those in favor say aye.. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what pur