the h.r. 910, energy tax prevention act of 2011. h.r. 37. disapproving the rule submitted by the federal communications commission, h.r. 1230, restarting american offshore leasing now act. h.r. 1229, putting the gulf of mexico back to work actment and h.r. 1231, which would have reversed the offshore moratorium act. it gos on and on, madam speaker. -- it goes on and on, madam speaker. on and on. these are good bills. i encourage americans across this great land to take a look at what we are doing as republicans in leading, leading the way toward true job creation. madam speaker, i know we can get our company, our country, rather, back to work. there are clear steps we can take so that when you get to the very bottom, this profit after tax equals a return on investment that is attractive, that makes folks want to put capital at risk. i want to cover one more thing before i go to the critical question of why our congress is dysfunctional. taxation. i'll just give you one example of how this is having a very detrimental impact on our country. w

h.r. 822 will help further this trend. i ask my colleagues to help support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan. 2k -- mr. conyers: i yield to my colleague for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i thank the gentleman. mr. chairman, for all the talk of states' rights, h.r. 822 obliterates the states to pass their own gun rules and protect their citizens. in the state of florida, we require those who seek such concealed permits to prove basic competency, to protect those who were convicted of a felony. h.r. 822 denies floridians the right to protect their own families and set their own standards. mr. deutch: if florida would want laws as laxed as those in utah, they would adopt their own. i think that they have you had have a dabe. -- database. with a database opened 24 hours a day with people holding concealed-carry permits, florida would be able to protect their citizens. mr. smith: i yield three minutes to mr. stearns who is the writer,

i rise in support of h.r. 674. you know, every day i get phone cause and letters from veterans -- calls from veterans telling me how valuable their service was. they are confused as to why potential employers don't value their time and service and why they get rejection letters for jobs they are qualified to perform. these veterans are highly skilled individuals who are ready to make an immediate impact to any job. veterans bring real world experience to any company and unfortunately employers fail to see this value. on august of this year, the president proposed a comprehensive plan to decrease the veteran unemployment rate. part of his plan includes a tax credit from employers and i'm happy to see that senator murray included this in h.r. 674. it would provide a tax credit for firms that hire certain unemployed veterans and these tax credits are a win for the veterans and a win for the companies. the credits will incentivize struggling businesses that need to increase their work force to hire veterans while getti

votes will be taken in the following order -- h.r. 3004 de novo, h.r. 2660 de novo, h.r. 2415 de novo, h.r. 1791 de novo. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 3004 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: h.r. 3004, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 260 california drive in yountville, california, as the private first class alejandro r. ruiz post office building. mr. faleomavaega: the question is will the house -- the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 2660 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: h.r. 2660, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 122 north holderrieth boulevard

h.r. 527, the regulatory flexibility act, h.r. 3010, the regulatory accountability act and h.r. 3463, a measure to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns. it demands that agency rulemaking be held accountable. reclaiming that authority that is vested here in this house. h.r. 527, the regulatory flexibility act, requires agencies to analyze the impact that a new regulation would have on small businesses before the regulation is adopted by requiring all federal agencies to obtain input and develop and conduct regular regulatory reviews of existing regulations, this bill, i believe, complements and codifies president barack obama's commitment in executive order 15563 which solicits public input. h.r. 3010, the regulatory accountability act, makes further positive changes. it reforms and modernizes the procedures act. it makes agencies more accountable and regulations more cost-effective, and a recent study, madam speaker, that the small business administration commissioned, they estimated hat cost of the u.s. federal r

votes will be taken in the following order, h.r. 2061 by the yeas and nays, h.r. 1695 and h.r. 1070. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote , remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2061 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 96, h.r. 2061, a bill to authorize the presentation of the united states flag at funeral of federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties or because of their status as a federal employee. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings

speaker, i urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. -- in support of h.r. 2061, and i yielde balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. chaffetz: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i again i wholeheartedly support this legislation and i think it's a very, very important piece of legislation. i want to congratulate mr. hanna and all the co-sponsors for it. there is an old saying, give me my flowers while i live. we get the calls every day. when we sit in committees and we hear negative things said about federal employees. i think we forget and we take so many of them for granted. and so often when you take people for granted you just assume that things are going to work, that agencies are going to work. in my district, i have the social security administration and i get complaints from employees almost every day as they see downsizing, they see their workload increasing, but yet they're still being subject to pay freezes and things of thi

house resolution 453 provides for a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 2930 and h.r. 2940. this rule allows for all seven amendments submitted to the rules committee by democrats and republicans to be made in order. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this rule and the underlying bills, h.r. 2930, the entrepreneur access to capital act was introduced on september 14, 2011, by my friend and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. pat mchenry and was reported by the committee on financial services by a voice vote. last week the second bill, h.r. 2930, the access to capital for job creators act, way introduced by the republican majority whip, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, and also passed the committee on financial services by a voice vote last week. both pieces of legislation have been run through regular order. members from both sides of the aisle have had opportunities to submit perfecting ideas and those amendments have been carefully considered. every amendment that was submitted to the rules committee was made in order and will be given full and fair con

i rise in support of h.r. 1801. as we come off a holiday weekend, the most busy travel time in this country, many americans have gone through the screening at our numerous airports. the t.s.s. works hard screening everybody -- the t.s.a. works hard screening everybody making everybody safe. members of our military, whom we know who have served and put their life on the line for this country, should be among those who first in a program where where he trust our travelers. we must continue to look for efficiencies to speed air travel. we must continue to look for ways to come with less invasive ways to screen passengers. we must look for ways to make traveling a more pleasant experience and a more profitable experience for the business men and women who travel. i urge support of this bill where we start where where he should start, with members of our armed services, but there are other places we need to look to -- trusted traveler program, flight crews receiving expedited screening, the t.s.a. must continue to work t

i rise today in opposition for the rule of h.r. 822. as you know this committee voted down a motion to consider the bill threw the open rule. -- through the open rule. this is an important issue we need to have the entire nation hear about it and have all of us have our voices heard. i want to make sure i get to speak on an amendment of mine that is going to be considered. under my amendment states would be required to proactively opt-in to the agreements called for by h.r. 822. this would restore the critical decision of who would be able to carry a concealed handgun in our communities back to where it belongs. to local governments that have to deal with the policing and other consequences such as this will do. we also will hear about other amendments that would restore rights back to states and safety back to our communities. and some sanity back into this debate. madam speaker, i think it's extremely important that we look at this as a states rights issue. my state, we have concealed weapon laws. we allow people to have concealed wea

h.r. 822 doesn't get into that difference. what it does is ensures that a legal gun owner doesn't accidentally break the law simply because they brought their fully permitted gun to another state. this legislation simply gives peace of mind to americans traveling across state lines with legally registered concealed firearm knowing they can practice their constitutional right to bear arms. again i'm a proud co-sponsor of h.r. 822 and support its passage. with that i encourage all my colleagues 20 vote yes on the rule, yes on the underlying legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from florida for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam s

the reducing regulatory burdens act, h.r. 872. the energy tax prevention act, h.r. 910. restarting american offshore leasing now act, h.r. 1230. putting the gulf of mexico back to work act, h.r. 1229. these are all related to job creation and getting the private sector creating jobs again. and the list goes on and on. now, one of those is the north american-made energy security act, h.r. 1938. now, this bill is also just sitting in the senate, passed the house july 26 of this year. now, we -- we're up here talking about bills and legislation and what have you, but i can -- speaking for me, i don't think i can speak for my colleagues here, we're talking about bills and legislation and laws that ultimately -- laws, but ultimately we're talking about policies that will allow folks who are hurting back in our districts, who have been out of work, we're talking about bills that if passed into law would help job creation which will help those folks who are still looking. i give you a specific example. there's a company called wellspun in little rock. and they make massive pipe

meehan: i rise in support of h.r. 3321. while it may be identified as the america's cup act, and it has been clearly articulated by my good friend across the aisle, the reasons behind it, i want to drive home as well the fact that there are some additional issues that will be served by the passage of this bill. . what it relates to is a genuine opportunity today for people from both sides of the aisle to support the creation of genuine, blue collar jobs, immediately. what this bill will do is allow for a simple process to take place. in my own district of southeastern pennsylvania, which is adjacent to the delaware river, we have the opportunity to reflag three vessels. what that means is three vessels that were built here in the united states, but because of their service, went outside the continental united states for a period of time and must now come back into the united states. in order to do that, they have to be able to comply with the jones act, with a simple vote today we will be able to put those three vessels bac

we passed that out of this house, h.r. 2. send it over to harry reid where he set it up for failure and they shot it down. every republican in the house and every republican in the senate has voted to repeal obamacare. congratulations, thank you all for doing that. we didn't get it done but we got it voted on and it's on the conscience of the people that voted no that that monstrosity of a regulation churns its way through, consuming $105.5 billion in automatic appropriations that were written, deceptively, into obamacare in an uns predened tactic. yes, the tactic had been used before but the scope had never been used before. so that's in there. it's around $26 billion in the first two years of obamacare, this year, next year, $26 billion, being churned away. if we had reached an impasse on the negotiations with the continuing resolution, the c.r. that hit at midnight on march 4, if that had resulted in a showdown that would have been the president causing a shutdown, that might have seen the lights go off in federal offices

additionally, we expect to begin consideration of h.r. 674 during tomorrow's session. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> tonight alive interview with chief correspondent lara logan who is sexually assaulted earlier this year while reporting in egypt. >> almost every other developed country will pay taxes on the money you make in each country make it. the united states taxes are global so essentially you are being taxed twice for the same income. it makes the u.s. very anti-competitive. >> the thought is here when we need economic stimulus we have this money come back here, a lower tax rate a 10% and tied to jobs or capital boseman and that makes sense. >> "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> earlier today president obama joined military veterans with an announcement of three initiatives aimed at helping veterans find jobs. the president said more than 850,000 veterans remained unemployed

h.r. 2079 honors john b. cook a man who worked for more than 60 years with our nation's postal service. he began working for what was then the united states postal department on january 8, 1944, after returning from service? world war ii. from 1948 until his retirement in 2004, he walked the same route, six days a week, with neither snow, nor rain, nor sleet preventing him from completing his duties. he was a fixture of the eastrock aa-- east rockaway community known and beloved by all. even today, residents recall his kindness and empathy as a public servant. by all accounts he went above and beyond the call of duty to serve his neighbors. his professionalism and courtesy made him a model letter carrier. after 60 years and four months of faithful service, he passed away in 2005 at the age of 78. mr. cook's career is a stunning example of what our dedicated postal workers contribute to our communities even as the postal service faces severe financial and operational strains, we must never forget that the serv

speaker, i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of h.r. 2940 and h.r. 2930, the clerk be authorized to correct section numbers and cross references and to make suchor technical and conforming changes to accurately the actions 69 house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 22 u.s.c. 6913 and the order of the house of january 5, 2011 of the following members of the house to the congressional executive commission on the peoples republic of china. the clerk: mr. honda of california. ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> 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 455, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2838, to authorize appropriations for the coast guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 and for other purp

reid: we proceed to h.r. h.r. 2674. officer the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, moves to proceed to calendar number 212, h.r. 674, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: there is a cloture motion at the desk. i ask that it be rorlted. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on motion to proceed to calendar number 212, h.r. 674. an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 and so forth and for other purposes. signed by 17 senators as follows: reid of nevada -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the nainls waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: is i ask that the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number

yes, without mandates, givebacks or riders to these groups, h.r. 342 was dead on arrival.e tried to contact the american cancer society but they turned us doubt. >> the american cancer society contact med knowing i was coming on this show wondering whether i was really going to go through with it and talk to you about this. they were trying to convince me not to do this interview. >> holy crap. that's like some "60 minutes" (bleep). i'm like the new ed bradley! eat a (bleep), scott pelley! after this legislation fell through in 2009, doll kemper lost her seat and it's no wonder. she learned a lesson no one else should have to learn: dents me with big cancer. something i realized the next morning. tumors! (screaming) (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome back, my guest tonight is a writer and actress on nbc's "the office." her new book is called "is everyone hanging out without me and other concerns" please welcome to the program, mindy kaling. (cheers and applause) nice to see you, mindy kaling, let me say, we're all huge fans of yours. >> thank you. (cheers and applause)

the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2465 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately >> i do not intend to practice law. i might show up for a gay rights case, but my intention would be to do some combination of teaching and lecturing. >> after 16 terms in the house of representatives, barney frank will step down next year. watch his retirement announcement as well as 1,000 appearances online at the crmp span video library. it's washington, your way. >> coming up in 25 minutes, a debate or tax policy and deficit reduction at the american enterprise institute. that's coming up live at 5:30 eastern and that will be here on c-span. senate majority leader harry reid will cotcht to work until the payroll tax is extended and this briefing from

so i urge those republicans, those 62 that are on h.r. 639, anyone can see those names. anyone can call and say, you need to support this bill. you need to support the discharge petition. get on it. let's talk about this. you can't hide behind the speaker any longer. we are going to continue this fight day in and day out, week in and week out. i urge defeat of the previous question so that we can talk about jobs for the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida, mr. nugent. mr. nugent: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: i'm very pleased to yield at this time to my good friend from texas, ms. jackson lee, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from florida. the underlying resolution has to do with the balanced budget amendment which most americans might say, yeah. but this is a deja vu because we debated this so many years ago and was found that a balanced

the question now occurs on approving h.r. 1221 as amended in favor of reporting to the house. all those in favor shall signify by saying i go. all those opposed, nay. independent of the chair the ayes have it. the chairman asked for a recorded vote. a number of members requesting a recorded vote, please raise your hand. let's see some of those right hands, guys. all right. thank you. the clerk will call the roll. okay, the committee -- i'm sorry, the committee will vote at 1145 am and immediately there after the capital market subcommittee will convene immediately following the vote for their hearing. so we stand in recess until 11:45. mr. bachus lex hundred and -- [inaudible] the clerk will call the roll and we will leave, we believe the role open until 11:45. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the role will be kept open until 11:45. ms. biggert? >> aye. >> thank you. spent a house financial services committee later voted 52-4 to block

. >> the h.r. person. yesterday he said at the national press club he had rekuzed himself and let the general counsel of the national restaurant association and the human resources person deal with it. he wasn't involved at all. today he seemed to know what was going on. >> that's right. he also referred to a thorough investigation. we didn't find any evidence of that. we have seen other reporting that suggested there was a special committee of the board of directors set up to investigate this. we have not confirmed that with our reporting. as far as we can tell, most board members including the directors of the organization, the chairman of the board, vice chairman and treasurer of the board were completely unaware of this as they tell us and frankly some of them were upset. >> do you have information on the nature of the alleged sexual allegations or what was going on? >> we continue to report this out as we reported on sunday night. in fact, herman cain did invite a woman to his hotel room. we understan

it's h.r. 25 here on the house side. i have the great pleasure of working with so many of my colleagues to push this forward. it abolishes the income tax in favor of a consumption tax. folks say, wrong. i'm cutting back on my consumption. would we still be able to bring in the revenue that we need with a consumption tax? well, i bring charts. what you see here in the blue line is personal consumption and what you see in the red line is personal income. the red line represents what we tax in the income tax and the blue represents what we would tax in the consumption tax. and what you see is two things. number one, they're roughly the same. roughly the same. yes, we can tax consumption and bring in the same revenue we get today by taxing income. but when they're different it's because the volatility of the income is greater than the volatility of consumption. when you tax income, all you get to tax is income. when you tax consumption you end up taxing income, plus savings people are spending, plus borrowing that they're do

reid: following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2112. there could be as many as seven roll call votes. it's likely there will only be six. senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15:25 for our weekly caucus meetings. there will be a senators-only national security briefing at 3:30. p.m. i haven't had an opportunity to speak with the republican leader but we will discuss whether we should be out of session during that hour. it's a very important briefing. i'll talk to my counterpart at the earliest possible-term time to determine if we should be out of session during that important briefing. also i want to put -- all senators on notice that we're going to stick to our timelines on these votes. the first vote will be 15 points minutes, there will be a five-minute grace period, the rest of the votes will be 10 minutes with a five commitment grace period. if people are not here, we're turning in the vote. we have two very important caucuses today and we need to start those. we can't have these votes dragging on never forever so if you have commit

it was handled with the h.r. office. unfortunately, anybody can make an allegation. an anonymous allegation to a presidential candidate is kind of, unfortunately, par for the course right now. but what i think is significant is the fact there have been no formal charges, no lawsuit filed, no complaint with the eeoc and the company made a disirksz whether it's a severance agreement, to work out a sev vans package for this employee who was at that point a disgruntled employee. to turn that into a literal federal case when no case has been filed is a mistake. i think what is happening with the media, they are creating a frenzy, almost like something we haven't seen in a long time. lenny knows this better than anybody. this is exciting tv and radio for a lot of people. but the fact of the matter is, an anonymous source is coming forward. interestingly, her lawyer today said she will not be disclosed. he will be her spokesman. that's like boxing in the wind. i think that's unfair. i think herman cain's best approach is to continue to campaign and not respond to anonymous

expect to be in consideration of h.r. 674 today.senators will be notified when additional votes are scheduled. madam president, there are two bills at the desk. they're both due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bills for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 2930, an act to amend the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowd-funded securities and for other purposes. h.r. 2940, an act to direct the securities and exchange commission to eliminate a prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for a certain exemption under regulation "d." mr. reid: i object to any further proceedings with respect to these two bills. the presiding officer: objections having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar calendar under rule 14. mr. reid: madam president, yesterday my friend the republican leader ticked off a list of bills he believes republicans and democrats can agree. i couldn't help but notice that the vow to hire heroes legislation that woul

at 2:15 on thursday, november 10, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 674. there will be up to 15 minutes of 2008 on the bill and amendments with time equally divided and controlled by between the leaders or their designees, that upon the ice or yielding back of that time the senate proceed to votes on amendments to h.r. 674, mccain, 928 and reed reid for tester, 927. that the mccain and reid for tester be subject to 60 vote threshold, that upon disposition of the amendments, the bill be read a third time, passed, the senate proceed to vote on the bill as if amended. the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 2354, the energy, water, appropriations bill. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report bill. the clerk: calendar 212,the act 674 an act to amend the internal revenue croat code and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the clerk will report amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, for mr. tester proposes amendment number 927. mr. reid: i

. 2056, that the senate passed with an amendment, h.r. 1059 and h.r. 3321, that the senate passed senate 99. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 394 with senate amendments thereto that the house concur in senate amendment number 1 and concur in senate amendment number 2 with the amendment i have placed at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the by title the bill, senate amendments and the proposed house amendment. the clerk: h.r. 394, an act to amend title 28, united states code, to clarify the jurisdiction -- mr. smith: mr. speaker, without objection, i ask that the reading be dispensed with. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the original request of the gentleman from texas? without objection, the request is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman

the clerk: calendar number 221, h.r. 3321, an act to facilitate the hosting in the united states of the 34th america's cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate proceeds to the measure. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent that a feinstein substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to the bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 53, s. 99. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 53, s. 99, a bill to promote the production of melitonin 99, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate proceeds to the measure. mr. levin: i as

h.r. 83 i would encourage my colleagues sign on to h.r. 83 so we can have a national statement against bullying and begin to fund the best practice that is our communities can work on to protect our children. then i want to ensure that the 2.5 million americans that will lose their unemployment in 2012 are protected. let's determine that those who have worked not be left in the cold without unemployment benefits. as we look toward veterans day, i want to publicly say i oppose any cuts on veterans benefits by the supercommittee. i stand in support of our veterans and declare if they gave us a promise and willingness to sacrifice their life, we must stand and promnies to them to never cut their benefits. let me say to the homeless veterans i visited, we, too, respect your condition and service. we will not cut veterans benefits. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? without objection, the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for one minute. mr. lankford: as we talk about jobs in america, let's tal

here's house minority leader congressman hoyer on h.r. 1965 just last week -- quote -- "we need to see throepbgd small businesses and homeowners, but they're hamstrung in their attempt to raise capital by outdated s.e.c. registration requirements. i completely agree with steny hoyer." here's congresswoman sheila jackson lee. small businesses need access to loans and other lines of credit in order to build their businesses and create jobs, she said. before us is a measure that would allow small businesses to get the support they need. i completely agree with congresswoman sheila jackson lee. look, it's not every day that congresswoman lee and i agree on legislation, so i think we should lock this down. let's pocket another bipartisan accomplishment right here and help the job creators who need it. this is precisely the kind of approach we should be taking here in the senate, putting aside these giant partisan bills that democrats know republicans won't support and focusing on smaller proposals that can actually garner support from nearly everyone and make it on to the president's desk f

h.r. 1 cut $5.7 billion from pell grants. millions of students would have been denied access to education because of that cut. some people in the house even call pell grants 21st century welfare. couldn't be further from the truth. and then after h.r. 1 was put down in the senate in a bipartisan way, the house passed the labor-h.h.s. cut, which cut $8 billion from pell, eliminating pell grants from folks who are going to school less than half-time. that eliminates all the nontradition -- well, a good portion of the nontraditionallal students because a lot of these folks are trying to make a living, trying to support a family, and trying to improve themselves and the economic strategstrata of this world. some of them have been laid off. there is an individual in western montana, had a tile business, a 27-year-old -- 27 years experience in the tile and stone business, had a family. because of the economic downturn and because of quite frankly physical limitations in a business that's very, very difficult, he had to be -- he had

you've run his h.r. departments. did you ever get a complaint of sexual harassment against herman cain? >> no, ma'am, nothing whatsoever. i never had anyone come to me and say herman cain did anything inappropriate. i never heard or saw anything of any type of misbehavior of his part. he's always been the ee pit in i of what you'd call a gentleman. >> you would have known, am i right, at burger king when he brought you there and godfather's pizza, there's no way any kind of complaint would have come in that you would have known about? >> i would say if somebody would have come in, especially if he was the chief executive officer of godfather's pizza as well as vice president of burger king corporation, if anything would have come up, i would have been told about it and we would have had to follow up and investigate. >> so are you surprised by what's happening right now? >> yes, i am. yes, i am. when i heard about this on monday, i was very surprised knowing her man as i do. i've worked for him for 10 years. i've know

you've run his h.r. departments. did you ever get a complaint of sexual harassment against herman cain? >> no, ma'am, nothing whatsoever. i never had anyone come to me and say herman cain did anything inappropriate. i never heard or saw anything of any type of misbehavior of his part. he's always been the ee pit in i of what you'd call a gentleman. >> you would have known, am i right, at burger king when he brought you there and godfather's pizza, there's no way any kind of complaint would have come in that you would have known about? >> i would say if somebody would have come in, especially if he was the chief executive officer of godfather's pizza as well as vice president of burger king corporation, if anything would have come up, i would have been told about it and we would have had to follow up and investigate. >> so are you surprised by what's happening right now? >> yes, i am. yes, i am. when i heard about this on monday, i was very surprised knowing her man as i do. i've worked for him for 10 years. i've know

terrorists seem to want to destroy civilization as we know it in order to save the planet close quote h.r. forty two thirty nine would expand the reach of the animal enterprise terrorism statute to specifically quote the use of force violence or threats against entities that do business with animal enterprise organizations we need this legislation to enable the police to become proactive in the way they conduct their investigations these people are organized along terrorist cells independently operating and using the internet and emails hunder stanley and web sites that do not operate within the united states or the united kingdom mr carter property crimes are already punishable or so-called in what enterprise terrorism this bill the risk further expanding as we think category to include protests boycotts undercover investigations whistle blowing and nonviolent civil disobedience this legislation will add to this climate of fear and distrust and it will force americans to ask themselves is it worth it standing up for my beliefs really worth the risk of being labeled a terrorist. i urge yo

it happens, this wasn't a serious crime, to procure documents which, by the way, i think fooled your h.r. person and she is probably working in your factory. if that isn't some sort of special outward bound exercise that demonstrates the mettle of a person, i don't know what that is. well that, child that was is born here, will he or she be a u.s. citizen? yes, thank goodness. i want that in the united states here in phoenix to help us with the economy. that brings me to the third point and that is the notion of dynamic talent is a tricky concept in the united states. we don't know in modern economies what helps an economy continue to grow and to remain strong and to prosper as it inknow vates, particularly as the economy and the culture and the society becomes relatively well off. it is a known phenomena that it is hard for individuals who are relatively well off to take ou