hensarling. for mr. hensarling to say that the numbers are not real is to impute the reputation of the congressional budget office. >> i'm going to reclaim my time because i do believe mr. hensarling was saying that at all. >> he was saying it was not in the. >> mr. sessions, if i could clearly say this. let's understand that the congressional budget office isn't a child. when they go through and scrub all these gnomes, they make sure that they are not being hoodwinked by unix and shell games. so they came up with the snow was. not republicans, not democrats but we should be able to move forward and understand what the cbo is giving us. i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> i would like to be extended to additional minutes. mr. hensarling for one of those minutes, please. >> i trusted you know. i do not trust the assumptions you gave cbo. >> mr. dreier? >> thank you very much, and let me just say that i think that what we have with this here again underscores a need for an open rule and a debate on hous

hensarling. for mr. hensarling to say that the numbers are not real is to impute the reputation of the congressional budget office. >> i'm going to reclaim my time because i do believe mr. hensarling was saying that at all. >> he was saying it was not in the. >> mr. sessions, if i could clearly say this. let's understand that the congressional budget office isn't a child. when they go through and scrub all these gnomes, they make sure that they are not being hoodwinked by unix and shell games. so they came up with the snow was. not republicans, not democrats but we should be able to move forward and understand what the cbo is giving us. i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> i would like to be extended to additional minutes. mr. hensarling for one of those minutes, please. >> i trusted you know. i do not trust the assumptions you gave cbo. >> mr. dreier? >> thank you very much, and let me just say that i think that what we have with this here again underscores a need for an open rule and a debate on hous

hensarling: mr. speaker, the vote we take tonight may ultimately change the role of government and it's society whose most cherished birthright is freedom. there are so many reasons to oppose this legislation. taxpayer-funded abortions, the sleazy back room deals that gave us the cornhusker kickback, the louisiana purchase, the pharmaceutical payoffs. an increase where an economy has lost their jobs and can still find no gainful employment. as a member of the house budget committee, let me give you one more. we can't afford it. our government can't even pay for the promises it has made current generations, much less future generations. after giving us the largest deficits in american history, after proposing to triple the national debt in the next 10 years, democrats today want to add $2.6 trillion of new spending to the federal budget costing every household $22,000. that's more money to borrow from the chinese, more bills to send to our children and grandchildren. mr. speaker, you cannot improve th

hensarling. >> i thank thank the gentleman for yielding. i think i heard earlier in the gentleman from virginia say culp we are going to spend the money anyway. chewer words were never spoken from my friends on the other side of the aisle. if i could pull up chart five yet again please. okay, for arguments sake, for arguments sake, let's assume that somehow the federal government in this instance has managed to overthrow decades if not centuries of program more efficiently. all the savings accrue. would say our friends on the other side of the aisle actually found some savings. is it used for deficit reduction as we hear so often? that our friends want to achieve? well, no. we are going to spend the words anyway so we can't pay for the entitlement spending we have as we look into the abyss of red ink, so let's just increase, let's increase the pell grant program that we already have today. let's increase something that we can't afford. now, i will say there is a certain logic to this, because in this particular economy, under the policies o

>host: our guest is representative hensarling, and congressman mike pence. you are here to talk about the spending limit amendment to the u.s. constitution. tell us, where did the idea come from? guest: there is a spending crisis. every day we come to washington -- but this time you better believe it. people should not take our word for it. listen to what the director of the congressional budget office, but eleanor says. "in sum, the outlook for the federal government is bleak. u.s. fiscal policy to -- in unsustainable path to the extent it cannot be solved with minor tinkering." our former comptroller general, david walker, said the rising cost of our government entitlement spending is a "fiscal cancer close " that threatens "catastrophic consequences for our economy." economist robert samuelson stated spending could lead to " and economic and political death spiral." we know recently moody's said the american people, that our debt offerings are in peril of losing the aaa rating. now we have a president of the united to submitted a 10-year federal budget th

s representative hensarling, and congressman mike pence. here to talk about the spending limit amendment to the u.s. constitution. tell us, where did the idea come from? guest: there is a spending crisis. every day we come to washington -- but this time you better believe it. people should not take our word for it. listen to what the director of the congressional budget office, but eleanor says. "in sum, the outlook for the federal government is bleak. u.s. fiscal policy to -- in unsustainable path to the extent it cannot be solved with minor tinkering." our former comptroller general, david walker, said the rising cost of our government entitlement spending is a "fiscal cancer close " that threatens "catastrophic consequences for our economy." economist robert samuelson stated spending could lead to " and economic and political death spiral." we know recently moody's said the american people, that our debt offerings are in peril of losing the aaa rating. now we have a president of the united to submitted a 10-year federal budget that we kn

hensarling. mr. hensarling. mr. garrett, no. mr. diaz-balart. mr. simpson. mr. mchenry. mr.mr. aderholt. mr. nunez. mr. harper. mr. spratt. >> aye. >> mr. ryan. >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted, or change their votes? if not, the clerk will report the votes. >> mr. chairman, the ayes are 21, the no's, 16. >> the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 will be reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quorum is present. without objection, the question of reconciliation is laid on the table. the request is noted for the record did i recognize that the gentleman from pennsylvania for another request. >> ask unanimous consent with respect to the reconciliation that the chair be authorized to offer such motions in the house as may be necessary on the reconciliation act of 2010. this is pursuant to clause 1 of house rule 22. that this gap be authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming corrections parts -- that the staff be authorized to make any necessar

hensarling. mr. hensarling: meeping -- mr.speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake. mr. flake: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: our newest republican, the gentleman from alabama, mr. griffith. mr. griffith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield for unanimous consent to the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta. mr. latta: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from midland, texas. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to rev

the house -- in the house congressman pence and -- and hensarling introduced a constitutional amendment that would cap the spending at 20% of the economy. 20% of g.d.p. it's one way of doing this. i'm all for it. additionally senator demint has introduced an amendment for a balanced federal budget. i support all of that. i support these endeavors. however some of my colleagues are supporting a year-long moratorium. it was reported on monday that speaker pelosi suggested a year-long earmark moratorium. my colleagues need to consider a couple of issues in talking about earmarks. one, an earmark moratorium does nothing to combat the increasing government spending. in other words, you have a moratorium on earmarks, it doesn't save a cent. funding that would have been spent in earmarks will simply be spent by the obama administration, by their bureaucrats. i suppose it should come as no surprise that speaker pelosi supports the democrat administration fully funding its own priorities. secondly, last year's earmarks accounted for only 1.5% of discretionary spending. 1.5%. now where's the focu

hensarling can get his question in. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it was a cute ad. my questions is youtube has nothing to worry about, but it was a cute ad. i frankly don't know the facts dealing with free credit repor report.com. my upped standing is that certainly the federal trade commission has the opportunity to issue cease and desist orders, i don't know if they have, so i don't know if the facts are still being adjudicated or not. i know, mr. chairman, you said that unfortunately, the ftc didn't have sufficient funds to run the ad. perhaps had the house not passed on sunday evening the $2.3 trillion takeover of our health care system bill, replaced it with something that would make health care affordable and portable an maintain the high quality, maybe it would have been a few extra dollars to run that ad, but unfortunately, president signed the legislation, so there goes the cute ad. we continue to study all the different but-for causes of the economic turmoil that we have in hour economy today. most people would point to the fact of all the no doc, low doc

hensarling can get his question in. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it was a cute ad. my questions is youtube has nothing to worry about, but it was a cute ad. i frankly don't know the facts dealing with free credit repor report.com. my upped standing is that certainly the federal trade commission has the opportunity to issue cease and desist orders, i don't know if they have, so i don't know if the facts are still being adjudicated or not. i know, mr. chairman, you said that unfortunately, the ftc didn't have sufficient funds to run the ad. perhaps had the house not passed on sunday evening the $2.3 trillion takeover of our health care system bill, replaced it with something that would make health care affordable and portable an maintain the high quality, maybe it would have been a few extra dollars to run that ad, but unfortunately, president signed the legislation, so there goes the cute ad. we continue to study all the different but-for causes of the economic turmoil that we have in hour economy today. most people would point to the fact of all the no doc, low doc

that's why congressman jeb hensarling, john campbell and myself introduced the spending limit amendment to the constitution of the united states. under our amendment, absent declaration of war, a 2/3 vote in the congress, congress will be required to adhere to its historic percentage of the economy. for the last 60 years we've only taken 20 cents on the american dollar out of this economy. it's time we put that limit in the constitution of the united states. if we fail to act our children will be less free, less prosperous and less secure. it's time for a spending limit amendment to the constitution of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: unanimous consent to revise and extend -- address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, more than 10 -- excuse me -- more than seven in 10 americans say new sources are biased, according to a recent survey by the pew research center. this is consistent across part

hensarling. >> of all the dumb regulation and legislation that caused our economic crisis, none was dumberthe federal government told them, we will make you -- we will let you monopolize the market as long as you securitized and insure mortgages for people who cannot afford to pay them. regardless of the good motives, it is ultimately one of enriched executives, cookbooks, political bullying, a massively insulated housing bubble, on foreclosures, a shattered economy, and the mother of all taxpayer bailouts. the answer from the administration to all of this -- page 352 of the budget -- the administration continues to monitor the situation. it is unacceptable to protect the structural status quo, to announce multimillion-dollar bonuses for executives, and announced on limited taxpayer exposure. republicans are attempting to lead. i am attending to be one of them by introducing a jar -- hr 4889, which would present these to innovative and competitive market places without taxpayer bailouts. i encourage the members to consider. >> you're recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. secretary.

hensarling? mr. hensarling? mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. diaz ballard? >> no. >> mr. simpson? >> no. >> mr. mchenry? >> no. >> mr. mack? mr. mack, no. mr. campbell? mr. camp bel, no. mr. jordan? >> no. mr. jordan, no. miss llamas? >> no. >> mr. austria? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt, no. mr. nunez? >> no. >> mr. harper? >> no. >> mr. latter? >> no. >> mr. sprat? >> aye. >> mr. spratt, aye. >> mr. ryan? >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted or change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 21, the nos 16. >> there being 21 ayes and 16 nos, the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 is ordered reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quarom is present. without objection, the question of reconsideration is laid upon the table. the request is note forward the record. i recognize the gentlewoman from pennsylvania for another request. >> mr. chairman iask unanimous consent with respect to the recon