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stearns: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include any extraneous material on h.r. 4201. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. king: i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1299. the clerk: h.r. 1299, a bill to achieve operational control of and improve security at the international land borders of the united states and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. king, and the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. king: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. king: i yield myself such time as i may consume. we are running short on time and i will abbreviate my remarks. h.r. 1299, border security act of 2011, requires the secretary to develop a strategy to gain operational control of th

consent that members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. bishop: with that, i yield such time as he may consume to the sponsor of this bill, the gentleman from colorado who has done such great work to move this potential issue forward, mr. tipton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. this past weekend, i had the opportunity to be a in a truly remarkable part of the united states in southwest colorado, an area called chim knee rock. an area renowned for its cultural heritage and important a lo clock -- archaeological straits. it's considered by the scientific communities to be one of the most significant archaeological sites in the united states. centuries ago, native americans called it home. scientists have un-- uncovered ancient farming areas, homes, and other indicators that this was a major cultural center in this home. the an tesssors -- ancestors of the pueblo indians tr

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it had to be retained by a certain date for reasons extraneous to the merits of section 55. had it not been for that consideration and/or the pressure that you were under by the press, would your policy position have been either adhered to the original position. in other words, just up the sentence to include a custodial penalty, or were you in fact persuaded by the merits of the argument that the subjective/objective test should be introduced? >> that's a very difficult question to answer, mr. jay, because i became persuaded. if you follow -- have to work out why you were persuaded. if i might just explain this about this deadline. the deadline not only meant that i had less time, but it also changed the balance of forces in parliament because although we had a majority in the house of commons, we never had a majority in the house of lords. and if the house of lords had decided to block the bill, as they could have done, or to delay it, i would have then been faced with a situation with where i lost the whole of the bill or i dumped this particular part. and indeed, i faced

of course -- and who knows what -- extraneously, who knows what exxongenous events might strike. but we're not looking at an economy nearly as healthy as it was i think in the middle of the '90s and on the eve of the internet boom. >> carly, let me ask you, if there is a new normal at around 7%, that is going to leave an awful lot of folks out of work. and right now we've got about 40% of the people who have been unemployed have been unemployed for more than six months. what are the things that government should be doing to fix what looks to be almost a structural problem? >> well, i think there are three things. first, my own view is one of the principal reasons that our economic recovery isn't very robust and i don't think we should accept a new normal at 7%, but i don't quarrel with his assessment, is that small business is doing poorly. and small business is critically important because they create virtually all of the net new job growth in this country over the last 40 years, they innovate at 11 times the rate of big business, and, if you looked at the data, you would see th

and the restore act most of which is good is on this bill as well but there are some extraneous issues that bring attention to my committee. extending pelt for one additional year is nice but not necessary when the house has already pass ad long term version that gives local communities on when they will get their pelt money and has funding to srs. the land and conversation fund is authorized through the year 2015. that means its current authorization is longer than the authorization of this base bill and yet the idea of authorizing it or extending it for another seven years strange, especially when it adds $1.5 billion of new mandatory billing which has to be offset. that's $700 million a year in mandatory spending which is almost double what this program has been appropriate forward each of the last five years and $250 million more than the president requested for the fund. when we have questions of the division between state and federal split of these monies, whether the grant money is being useful or part of a slush fund or whether the purposes of this fund are being used for some

the coal ash is also extraneous. the epa is considering whether and how to regulate, and we should get that process continue. the legislation that passed the house would prevent epa from implementing current law to protect communities around the country, blocking epa from regulating dangerous practices like dumping high-levels -- high levels of arsenic, and mayor terry that -- mercury. baker then the same risk as the one operated by the tennessee valley authority in kingston, tenn., the burst in december, 2008, releasing 145 million cubic feet of toxic sludge, blanketing the emory river and surrounding lands and created site that will cost up to $1.2 billion to clean up. we should reject efforts that restrict epa's authority to deal with these real risks. there are a lot of false advertisements surrounding the debate. epa has not propose to regulate beneficial reuse. we should not stripped them of their authorities to protect public health and environment based on half truths and scare tactics. finally, the house rep

it's also extraneous.the epa is actively considering how to regulate coal ash and we should let that process continue. the coal ash legislation to pass the house would prevent the epa from implementing the current law through the country. it would block the epa from regulating dangerous practices like dumping ash with high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury and chromium into the communities that live in the valleys below them. those sentiments are dangerous. they present the same risk as the one operated by the tennessee valley authority is in kingston tennessee that burst in december 2008 but released on hundred 45 million cubic feet of toxic sludge in the river and surrounding lands and created a superfund site that will cost up to $1.2 billion to clean up. we should reject any efforts that restrict the epa authority to deal with these real risks. there's a lot of false advertising surrounding the coal ash and debate. current federal regulations do not restrict the use of coal ash in concrete and counter t

aware that her beauty, intelligence and verbal acuity was akin to his, she methodically cast aside extraneous attachments in service to her overarching ambition. her life became a game of chez. chess. believing that the formal schooling of a woman such as herself was a waste of time, he educated herself in classal literature history and moral philosophy. by the time scheft -- she was 19 years old, sicily, now known as rebecca west, the protagonist of a, in a free-thinking drama by ipson was a prolific journalist writing essays and book reviews for a feminist magazine. sensing that a famous foe might become an enabler, in 1912 she wrote a scathing review of h.g. wells' most recent novel, "marriage." [laughter] in which he denigrated women as gold-digging, similar -- simplerring -- parasites. west dared to blast the icons as a misogynyst who knew nothing about the true nature of women or the institution of marriage. now, h.g. wells -- a frequent reader of this rather unconventional publication -- was blindsided by this arrogant upstart. stunned by her insolence but enchanted by her pluck and in

just no, he said they were extraneous to heart of the story. >> eric: why would bocker walk back thements so quickly hours after it aired? >> juan: cory booker, though i don't think he's in trouble -- >> eric: higher than u.s. saturday. dabs wait. >> juan: i think booker realizes that they are exploiting this saying that booker stabbed him in the back. not just cory booker but people like harold ford and steve ratner -- >> dana: we could go on but we have to go. coming up, the election heard across the country. listen to this. >> you will not disrespect the president of the united states in this classroom. greg will have something on that, because a teacher is taught a lesson of her own. that's next on "the five." >> greg: last week a north carolina teacher scolded a student for criticizing president obama, warning he could be arrested. it started when tanya dixon nearly brought up the romney bullying incident and a student responded "didn't obama bully someone, though?" the social studies teacher went off on the kid like dana does when the waiter is late with her appletini. roll tap

just no, he said they were extraneous to heart of the story. >> eric: why would bocker walk back thements so quickly hours after it aired? >> juan: cory booker, though i don't think he's in trouble -- >> eric: higher than u.s. saturday. dabs wait. >> juan: i think booker realizes that they are exploiting this saying that booker stabbed him in the back. not just cory booker but people like harold ford and steve ratner -- >> dana: we could go on but we have to go. coming up, the election heard across the country. listen to this. >> you will not disrespect the president of the united states in this classroom. greg will have something on that, because a teacher is taught a lesson of her own. that's next on "the five." i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with sympts of frequent urges and leaks day

members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 4097. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mica: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker. my colleagues today, i'm pleased to stand before you and offer for consideration of the house h.r. 4097, which would re-authorize the john f. kennedy center through 2014. everyone knows the kennedy center, it is one of the most outstanding national treasures that we have, cultural treasures , in our capitol city. and i'm pleased to be the sponsor of this -- what i consider important legislation for several reasons. first of all, in congress we get to do some exciting things, as chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee, within our committee, we have six subcommittees and one does oversee public buildings and we've had a lot of public consternation and rightfully so with some of our public buildings programs under the general services administration,

administration, the obama campaign don't want to talk about the economy, they want to talk about extraneous and conceivably important ones, but not issues the public are concerned with. >> noel, you can finish your thought, and i understand what you're saying, it's about jobs, i get that. but noel, quite honestly, that's a talking point. because this wasn't about gay rights. this was about foreign policy. he just happened to be openly gay and there were some tweets, but he is not in the job for foreign policy to make an issue out of gay rights. >> and i very much agree with that. foreign policy in that reuters poll -- >> but you're not explaining why or giving a good reason for why he had to step down that didn't have to do with gay rights. >> i don't think that this issue was handled well by romney, although what we know about this is romney wanted him to come back. romney was not interested in him leaving. apparently this man resigned of his own volition. how is that romney's fault that someone resigned because he was potentially feeling uncomfortable about his position? >> we have to run

that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous. 419 -- 419, currently under consideration. -- h.r. 4119, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: this prohibits the construction, use of unauthorized tunnels across the u.s. border. i thank the sponsors of this legislation, mr. reyes of texas and mr. quayle of arizona, for their work on this bipartisan, bicam rell bill. similar legislation passed -- bycameral bill. similar legislation passed the senate earlier. this bill identifies the construction, financing or use of cross-border tunnel as a predicate offense for a charge of money laundering and for authorization of oil or communication. and it has the property that enters the -- and it prohibits the property that enters the united states through cross-border tunnels. drug traffickers have ramped up their use of underground smuggling in light of increase

is an important issue and the restore act, most of which is good is on this bill but there are extraneous issues that bring questions to me as a member of my committee and someone who lives in the west. the idea of extending for one additional year is nice but doesn't solve the problem when the house committee has passed a long term version which gives certainty to local communities on when they will get their money and has long term solution to the funding of s r s. the conservation fund is authorized through 2015 which means current authorization is longer than the authorization of this bill but the idea of a rising or extended another seven years is strange especially when it adds $1 billion of new mandatory spending which needlessly has to be offset. that is $700 million in mandatory spending which is double what the program appropriated for each of the last five years and $250 million more than the president requested. when we have questions of the division between fit -- state and federal money whether it is useful or part of the slush fund for purposes of this fund being used for g

there are some extraneous issues that bring questions to me as a member of my committee and somebody who lives in the west. it does not solve the problem, especially when the house committee has passed a long-term version that gives certainty to local communities on when they will get their pal money and a long-term solution to the funding. its current authorization is longer than the authorization of this base bill. the idea of extending it for another seven years is strange, especially when it adds $1.5 billion that needs to be offset. that is $700 billion a year in mandatory spending which is double what this program has been appropriated for each of the past five years. when we have questions of the division between state and federal split of this money, whether the grant money is useful or part of the slush fund, whether the purposes are used for some good programs but others have been abusive, this provision has had no hearing on the house or senate side. if this continues in here this bill will be less likely to make financially balanced and create additional and unneeded oppo

consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and extraneous material on the measure before -- under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: and with that, mr. speaker, i'm so pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. chabot, who has the honor of chairing our foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and south asia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for three minutes. mr. chabot: i thank the chairwoman for yielding time to me. she is doing an exemplary job of chairing the foreign affairs committee and we thank her for that. i rise in strong support of this resolution. as we approach the 64th anniversary of israel's declaration of independence, we must confront the unfortunate reality that all is not well in the middle east. just over a year and a half ago, a street vendor set off a wave of popular revolution which continues to shake the region's core foundations. and although i hoped that the so-called arab spring will usher democracy and human rights i

speaker, to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, you know, i think what we're talking about here today are two different visions for this country. the republicans have their vision. that is outlined in their reconciliation package. mr. van hollen i think has adequately summarized what the democratic priorities are. the difference -- main difference in their proposal there is no balance. it's a meat ax approach to everything. cut, cut, cut, cut regardless of what it means to the people of this country. what we're trying to do and quite frankly what other bipartisan commissions have recommended is a more balanced approach. we cut spending but there's also some revenues to be raised. and at a time in our country where we have a tax code that allows warren buffett to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary, it seems that we can have -- it's time for a little fairness and that's all we're asking for here. that's all we're as

all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i would now yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i want to thank first of all chairman pitts, dr. burgess, mr. barton, mr. waxman, mr. pallone, mr. dingell and other committee members on both sides of the aisle for their bipartisanship through this process. h.r. 5651 is a reflection of their hard work, dedication and willingness to work together. and because of that outstanding work, we have a bill today that will help american patients and innovators and it will support millions of jobs, believe it or not, millions of jobs in an important sector of our economy. as i said since the beginning of this congress we need to enact this user fee by the end of june. and i believe that we're on track to accomplish that goal. as we put this user fee package together, i wanted to ensure that it fostered ameri

that actually things are less complicated than they appear, and very often in my experience the extraneousnt complexities are inserted when a matter of principle is at issue. my best illustration would be the case of my friends. you would think perhaps when he in 1989 his fellow authors would have rushed to his defense. year was an open site for murder accompanied by offer iraq of a bounty and writer of fiction who wasn't even at citizen a theocracy but he would have been astonished to see the amount of hanging back that went on. it's been offensive for the feelings not to be considered was he not asking for trouble? surely he knew what he was doing and so forth. a senior statesman often of both law and order in the anti-terrorist schools took refuge after in a similar formulations. in public debate with those debris about the blasphemous and profane and the article i would say let's get one thing out of the way. may i assume you are opposed without reservation of salary figure. it's educational to see often this assurance would be withheld or offered in a qualified form. in those cases, i

i thought the idea was to talk about the economy and not these extraneous matters.: people started to talk about it more when we saw those funny pictures. simon, even you've got to laugh at the pictures. >> the pictures are funny, yes. megyn: go ahead, marc. [laughter] >> this goes to type. every president compare himself sometimes to his predecessors in explaining what he's trying to achieve, but the fact is president obama went and compared himself to every american president in some way, shape or form and how he is building on their legacies and taking it to the next level. the reality is that this plays to type. this is the president who gave his convention speech in a replica of a roman forum, this is the guy who said future generations would remember his administration as the moment that the oceans stopped rising and the earth began to heal. and if you want to see a difference, just look at the speeches they each gave comparing -- announcing the killing of osama bin laden and the capture of saddam hussein. president bush referred to himself only once or twice,

with the lame duck congress, some of the extraneous stuff for the financial world which is taxle policygs that affect them. but i wouldn't be afraid of them now, but i wouldn't be overloading them in a way that says that's where i'm making high bet going forward. good okay. we'll leave it there for the moment. we'll come back for more of his opinion throughout the show. >> thanks so much for that. let's sick to the financial theme sector here. barclays also reportedly on the prowl. the south china morning post reports that the british bank is looking for a mainland partner to help set up an investment bank in the world's number two economy. it says barclays is considering horn a dozen chinese securities firms to team up with. this follows beijing's latest drive to open up the financial services sector to foreign investors. >> and politics still very much in focus. reports suggest hollande is being couraged to uphold the budget pact and we may be having fresh election mis-greece after the shock vote over the weekend that allowed no outright winner. we'll get over to stefane in paris, but

assumptions, proclaims that things are less complicated than they appear, and often in my experience, the extraneous relevant complexities are inserted when a matter of elementary justice or principle is at issue. my best illustration here would be the case of my dear friend salaman rushdie. you would think, perhaps, when he was assaulted by a bureaucratic [inaudible] in 1989, his fellow authors would've rushed to his defense. here was an open incitement for murder, accompanied by the author of a bounty and directed at a writer of fiction who wasn't even a citizen of said bureaucracy. but you would've been a astonished to see the amount of muttering and hanging back that went on. had his novel than offensive or the feelings of pious muslims not to be considered, was he not asking for trouble? surely he knew what he was doing, and so forth. several senior western statement often of the law and order and anti-terrorism school took refuge in similar invasive formulations. and public debate with those who worried about the profane elements in the novel, or who said this did, let's get one thing out of t

that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 5326, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 643 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 5326. the chair appoints the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5326, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of commerce and justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fattah, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. one minute. the

or a school drama club, don't have a school ballet and that somehow if we just cut all of that extraneouse'll get high-performing students, that see patently false. we need to make the case for this investment is critically important investment. >> i'm a product of the public school music school program. i am a big proponent of funding music in the school. the influences came to this music were elsewhere to start. one traditional, and one nontraditional. i group lutheran and had music in the church every sunday and then there was warner brothers cartoons actually where i had the marriage of music and movement, which totally fascinated me, but the public school took me to a symphony concert for the first time, and at my public elementary school, a string quartet came, and i was thoroughly hooked. i fell in love with the classical music violent on day one. every child should have that experience. we could talk all day about how the arts can enhance other disciplines. that is so true it will help math and your cognitive skills and left brain and right brain and your imaginative thinking. tha

that means the super pac ads are more on the economy and less on these extraneous issues that don't helply help romney over the course of this campaign that the super pac money will be more focused on what he would consider to be reputable super pacs. >> it will help long term because once the headlines day out at the initial onset? >> right. but it will keep things inbounds for him as he goes on the attack. >> i want to talk about something else that caught my eye with you, larry. the government releasing new numbers on state unemployment. they show 34 states have unemployment rates below the national rate of 8.1%. those states are all down year over year. does it mean it's an impriest proving economy and if so, is that a problem for mitt romney's campaign? >> the key to president obama's reelection is absolutely an improvement in the economy. and people believing that the economy is improving. i'm an econocentric analyst about this. what's interesting, this is what i expect to see in the general election. there are certain states that aren't going to be mutual fund no matter what's hap

to ask themselves, well, where is mitt romney standing on some of these issues that feel to me extraneoushy? >> yeah. >> i don't have an answer for you on that. i am not sure it's a net plus for the romney campaign. and the other thing about -- i was on talking to some people about this yesterday. just sort of reporters in the news room like maybe he doesn't want to anger donald trump. what venue in america has angering donald trump actually hurt anyone? >> right. >> specifically politically. others if you are a contestant on apprentice, so what? donald trump is angry at you. donald trump seems to me to be a singularly ego driven business take yoon who has a t.v. show. everything is within his world. he lashes as he wants but he is an individual entity. why would you be afraid or that en carped to hang around donald trump. >> or how many votes? >> i think none. >>> major garrett in the studio with us. we are just getting started here on the political news of the day. 866-55-press is your ticket to join the conversation on today, wednesday, may 30th, if you will court press. ♪ >> on your r

unanimous consent that all members of site which said just revise extend remarks and include any extraneous materials. but that objection so bordered. thank you told by witnesses and participants in today's hearing for joining in today's conversation. the hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] panegyric what the north koreans in human rights is kind of ridiculous dialect because you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation in the response he will be in we've had this conversation. the response of the united states have human rights problems, too. i mean, that is not a comparable discussion. >> now, you look at who makes up america's veterans. unfurnished washington "washington journal" incentives for official at the co2 professor discussed demographics of the veteran population. this is 40 minutes. >> host: we got on this memorial weekend it would be an interesting time to use our america by the segment numbers to look at the status of veterans in the united states. let me introduce you to urge to guess at the table. melissa chiu is that the occupation stat

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this rule provides for consideration of commerce, justice appropriations, but it adds some extraneous matters, things like martial law and reconciliation. if we are going to consider other matters in this rule, we ought to be allowed, as the gentleman from florida states, to be able to consider the question of doubling of the interest rates of student loans. the house democrats months ago asked for this action to be taken so that interest rates would not double on students this july 1. doubling from 3.4% to 6.8%, and will calls for bipartisanship were met with silence and silence and silence for months. all of a sudden the republicans in congress started to understand this issue when president obama took it to the parents and students of this country and explained to them what was at stake. two weeks ago the republicans surprised us with a bill on the floor where they said they all now agree with it even though they voted against it two weeks earlier, they agreed there shouldn't be a doubling of the student loan rates. then what they decided to do, they decided not doubling of the stu

that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials. without objection. thank you to all our participants for joining in today's conversation. the hearing is now adjourned. >> this hearing held by a house veteran subcommittee took place almost two weeks ago. tomorrow, we'll have more about health care for veterans with pros thet particulars and how the veterans affairs department purchases prosthetics for vets and some of the purchasing responsibility to contractors. see that hearing live tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 eastern on c-span3. starting at 10:45 a.m. eastern, american enterprise institute hosts an event with ashton carter and will speak about u.s. defense department priorities and automatic budget cuts in january. his remarks live here on c-span. a look back at the 2008 financial crisis and what led to it. witnesses include a former chief economists and witnesses who wrote about the collapse hosted by the american enterprise institute live noon eastern also here on c-span. >> distinction between success and greatness a

speaker, to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, you know, i think what we're talking about here today are two different visions for this country. the republicans have their vision. that is outlined in their reconciliation package. mr. van hollen i think has adequately summarized what the democratic priorities are. the difference -- main difference in their proposal there is no balance. it's a meat ax approach to everything. cut, cut, cut, cut regardless of what it means to the people of this country. what we're trying to do and quite frankly what other bipartisan commissions have recommended is a more balanced approach. we cut spending but there's also some revenues to be raised. and at a time in our country where we have a tax code that allows warren buffett to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary, it seems that we can have -- it's time for a little fairness and that's all we're asking for here. that's all we're as

that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to add extraneousmaterial to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: today we are considering h.r. 270 -- 2072, the curing american jobs through export act, a bill which will re-authorize the export-import bank. this is a common threem, maintaining and creating jobs in the united states. the key to our economic recovery is jobs without a doubt. in order to expand and hire new workers, american companies must have the ability to compete in a global economy. to create jobs, american companies need to be competitive with foreign companies that have access to credit in their countries. while the u.s. is a leading voice in the effort to eliminate marketing distortion through export subsidies, the bank has helped to ensure there's a level playing field for american company when is they compete with foreign competitors who are supported by aggressive credit a

speaker, to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, you know, i think what we're talking about here today are two different visions for this country. the republicans have their vision. that is outlined in tir reconciltion package. mr. van hollen i think has adequately summarized what the democratic priorities are. the difference -- main difference in their proposal there is no balance. it's a meat ax approach to everything. cut, cut, cut, cut regardless of what it means to the people of this country. what we're trying to do and quite frankly what other bipartisan commissions have recommended is a more balanced approach. we cut spending but there's also some revenues to be raised. and at a time in our country where we have a tax code that allows warren buffett to pay a lower tax rate than hi secretary, it seems that we can have -- it's time for a little fairness and tt's all we're asking for here. that's all we're asking is