the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 31, 2013, at 9:39 a.m. that the senate passed senate 1561, that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 62, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3190. with best wishes i am, sincerely, karen l. haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, in 2009, as the president traveled across the country campaigning for his signature health care takeover, he promised every american family that, quote, if you like your doctor, you will be

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that is what the house of representatives will do today. that's what house republicans will be voting in favor of. i hope that our colleagues across the aisle will see the wisdom in this and join us. i encourage everyone in this house to vote yes on the rule and yes on the underlying bill. let's stand with millions of americans who are visited daily by cancellation notices in their mailboxes. despite the promises made to them, they are losing their insurance because of this disastrous law. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, for giving me the time. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i rise in strong, strong opposition to this closed rule and to the underlying bill. in is effort number 46, by my count, to gut the affordable care act. now, before i discuss the problems with th

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 20, 2013, at 11:51 a.m. that the senate passed with amendment h.r. 3304. that the senate passed senate 381. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 419 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2728. the chair appoints the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2728 which the clerk will report bide title. the clerk: to recognize states authority to wreck late oil and gas operations and promote american energy security, development, and job creation. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. gene

speaker, it appears that this republican-controlled house of representatives is incapable of doing anything that matters in people's lives. when the history is written on the 113th congress, especially as it pertains to the house of representatives, they have accomplished nothing. they have made a lot of noise. they shut the government down. they whine about the health care bill every chance they get. but they have accomplished absolutely nothing. it is frustrating because our country is facing great challenges. our economic growth is slower than it should be, thanks to the republican shutdown of government and their willingness to play politics with the debt ceiling has all had a negative impact on our economy. job growth is too slow. and we should be working together to invest in education and job training and a infrastructure project to help put people back to work. we have to have a long-term highway bill. i think every governor in the country, republican and democrat, would agree with me on that statement. yet this house of representatives just seems incapable of accomplishing anything

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 for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 190. the nays are 230. he amendment is not adopted. the committee will come to order. the committee will come to order. will all members please take their seats? the committee will come to order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the committee will come to order. members will please take their seats. the committee will come to order. the committees will come to order. the chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. the chair asks that the committee now observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our briff men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service of our nation in iraq and afghanistan and their families and of all who serve our armed forces and their families. the chair: without objection, two-minute voting wil

fundamentally also, i would love heading now live to the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., november 21, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable ted poe to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we come to the end of the week where we have given thanks for the heroism of the brave men who served as code talkers during the world wars. they answered the call to service of their nation at a time of great danger and we are grateful to them. now we approach a week during which all americans will gather o remember who we are, a nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors, faithful allies and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for fre

it is up to the house of representatives. one party in one house of congress should not stand the way of millions of americans who want to go to work each day and simply be judged by the job that they do. and how speaker john boehner opposes the employment nondiscrimination act and said that the house will not vote on the legislation. >> just after the senate voted to move forward with a final passage on the employment nondiscrimination act, a group of senate democrats spoke with reporters about the legislation that would ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. the senators called on how speaker john boehner to schedule a house floor vote on the employment nondiscrimination act. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, we are ready to start. please go ahead. >> what the bells of freedom ring. it's a very exciting day how this bipartisan vote to have this final vote will go. the senate has finally spoken. i thank everyone for their leadership. thank you to senator harry reid to bring this to the floor to make

it could not get through all of the committees of jurs dikts in the house of representatives. and it never came to a vote on the floor of the house of representatives, was never brought to the house of representatives. to the floor. it made it through the committees. a version of it. waltered down version of it. made it through the committees in the senate. went to the senate flar foor fo less than a week pulled offen surrender. never came to ape vo vote in th united states senate or the house. that's an accurate description of what you are up to will get you. >> see how many word that took. the temptation for the obama white house in overlearning the lessons of the clinton era getting health care reform. when it sound like what it is, it sound like bill clinton did. costs will go up. truisms. make your plan sound like it is for the middle-class. health care is benefiting a lot of people, mostly getting in on medica medicaid. look at states. >> medicaid the single biggest component of the bill before the supreme court reduced it. >> the biggest component. people signing up. sma

failed., that effort many of you may know that legislature passed the house of representatives in june of 2009 and then and went to die in the endless desert of the u.s. senate. it was a long death. on theend, the vote legislation did not pass. that was a shock to a lot of environmentalists and even some others who had supported the effort because they thought it was a pretty market friendly bipartisan effort and that they were proposing. i was brought in a couple of years later by people who wanted a hard look at the politics of what happened and that is what i am here to talk about. so we can understand what it meant for the possibility of building any kind of political coalition to support what ultimately really is not an environmental set of regulations, it is really an effort to change the way that americans produce and use energy. central to our this is economy and to all of us , all of our way of life. i agreed. a couple of journalists were commissioned to do what is toc to interview people to get a sense of what happened. some very good journalistic accounts written at the time

if the bill passes in the senate, the prospects in the house of representatives are not certain. president obama is meeting with business leaders to keep pressure on the house pass an immigration reform bill. he wants the house of representatives to approve a measure to create a road to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. house of representatives republicans want to focus on border security first. >> we told you of elections here but across the country voters are going to the polls. in colorado voters will consider a 25 percent tax on recreational marijuana to fund school construction. in maine, voters decide whether to localize marijuana for recreational use. in washington state, voteers will decide whether to raise the minimum wage for airport workers to $15 an hour. in houston, voters will decide the fate of the shuttered houston astrodome which could be turned into an event center or torn down. >> hundreds of jobs are up for grabs. who is hiring and where. >> plans for expanding the san francisco bicycle share program, a lawmaker's version of enough

of the house john boehner said it this wing. immigration reform is not dead in the house of representatives. but, he says, comprehensive, sweeping reform tied up in one big package is not going to happen. with only eight days left on the legislative calendar before congress breaks for the holidays this issue moves until 2014 an election year. on this edition of "inside story" we'll dig into the immigration issue in detail, the dueling goals and legislative strategies. but first this background. >> immigration reform dead? absolutely not. i've made clear going back to the day after the last election in 2012 that it was time for congress to deal with this iss issue. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner spoke optimistically about the issue of immigration reform thursday, however he didn't offer a deadline. >> i was encouraged that the president said he wouldn't stand

house of representatives. st tell you it is a joy and a privilege. >> a few days after congressman skeleton passed away members of the missouri dell congratulations came to the house floor to honor his life and office. it was led by missouri congressman cleaver. .e'll show the tribute >> mr. speaker, two days ago what one newspaper called perhaps one of the gentlemen of skelton, died here in washington, and for the -- for those of us here in the missouri delegation as well as those involved with congressman skelton on the armed services committee, we are here to convey colleaguey that our .nd friend has indeed died we who had the opportunity to know and serve with them are of by hisvery saddened unexpected death. was 81 years old. he served here for 34 years. onserved all of that time the armed services committee and of course becoming the chair of armed services. he was a man of great humility, a man of greatest tension, and was to be honored in two weeks at the truman library in kansas city. we think that he

house of representatives and two term as a senator from texas could not erase his down home image. many democrats in 1960 frowned upon kennedy's choice for a man they believed belched allowed, cussed, violated personal space, and never apologized. once president, he claimed that he did not, "want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur." but johnson liked to be in charge. in private his wife said he was a warm and mellow man. in general, however, his voicterous and complex personality can fused many. including johnson himself. sometimes i don't even know what's going on up there, he once said. tapping his head. johnson was raised some smam

today's speakers are nancy pelosi congresswoman with the house of representatives (clapping) mrs. van with the fester of the general services administration (clapping.) the honorable mayor ed lee at the san francisco. and from hk architects. (clapping.) and crystal-clear barton artist with the cliff barton studio. thank you all for joining us the general services administrations is to deliver the best technology services to the government and american people. critical parts are providing with that,s that preserve the integrity off our historic fats and incorporating the design features all have been integrated. those of us who work here about work in a historically more than building. the m public works will homicide a place in his. at the history it dates back to 17952 when it was commissions to design is a new this. this federal building is within the center complex. after the earthquake of 18906 devastated many buildings it was transformed offering a promise of a now a fundamental humane city. this was designed by before a began in 1933 and was complete in 1936. the 77 his is un

niceties and become a united states senator if they, and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] please stand as the chaplain of the u.s. house of representatives give the invocation. >> let us pray -- god of all nations, we ask your blessing all on this gathering of people separated only by a common language to honor today a towering figure of the way first century, sir winston churchill. a man larger than life, often quoted authoritatively and by many accounts usually wrongly. he inspired to heroic a compliment and for severe it's millions on both sides of the greatic in a time of darkness across the face of the earth. gifts, oh, god, you pour out for the benefit of all. waswinston's gift leadership and a time of great chaos and fear, which when expended left the world a safer 80 prime minister peacefully voted out of office. in a world consumed by politics, that example was one of itself one of the most important legacies of a greater political figure in a western democracy. bust the a reminder to all americans of a world leader who stood by us in the wake of in be

house of representatives, speaker, john boehner, does not favor this legislation. says that it would hurt small businesses because there would be an increase in litigation that would cause small businesses to have to defend themselves in court. the white house dismisses that excuse. the white house's reaction and in the senate, here's what he had to stay. >> some of the objection that's i've heard from members of the house are reminiscent of objections of other opponents of other civil rights legislation put forward. they were wrong then and they're wrong now. this is the right thing to do. it's the wrong thing to do because we're all equal. -- right thing to do. >> again, the party of social conservatives and members of congress, and the business community simply the lower taxes of the regulation-free environment. the family research council, a leading research organization, here's what they had to say

they didn't get every judge they wanted they were going to make the senate just like the house of representatives. we would in fact have a unicameral legislature where a simple majority would determine whatever happens." in the house of representatives today pelosi is leader. prior to that it was hastert. whatever they wanted, hastert or pelosi they got done. the rules over there allowed that. the senate was set up to be different. that was the genius, the vision of our founding fathers that this bicameral legislature which was unique had two different duties. one was as franklin said to pour the coffee into the saucer and let it cool off. that's why the you have the ability to filibuster and to terminate filibuster. they wanted to get rid of all that. that's what the nuclear option was all about. daschle, is there any likelihood that we're going to face circumstances like that again? reid, as long as i am the leader, the answer is no. i repeat, he said as long as i'm the leader, the answer's no. i think we should just forget that. that is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i hope we n

. >> the question is when will the house republican leadership allow a vote on the floor of the house of representatives for us to pass a commonsense reform of the broken immigration system. >> republican house speaker john boehner tiptoed around the topic, torn between warring factions within the party. >> i think immigration is important. addressed. >> many house republicans are hesitant to vote on any immigration bill, they fear it could turn into a road for amnesty. only three gop representatives are joining with democrats to respond sore reforms. the house has its own processes. >> joining us from capitol hill is congressman jeff denham, the first republican house member to come out in support of the democrats version of immigration reform. evening. some republicans in your kauk us are talking about taking a piecemeal approach, rather than a comprehensive effort that you are working on. they say pass a border security, then worker visas and we'll get to other parts as time goes on. piecemeal. >> it's a bipartisan bill. one of the things i have been working on is to have amendments accepted under th

will be paid to protest bill come to see the willoughby has already been crossed by the house of representatives but that's to facilities connect current reports the house of representatives decided first amendment does not apply when the oil and gas industries are concerned they pass the bill this week that imposes a five thousand dollar fee for anyone wishing to file an official protest against the proposed drilling project. their contest going on across the nation the unpaid probably cracking for instance there has been over a thousand documented cases of water contamination the people are naturally conservative. but at the same bill that establishes the fine for protesting against drilling would also allow for automatic approval of onshore drilling permits to the house of representatives is doing huge favors or paddle for oil and gas industry. they've got just past one legislation that passed and now the bill this week that would put more authority of hydraulic fracture in the hands of states that way the department of interior would have no authority over what the companies disclose what ch

hope speaker boehner will reconsider his decision not to bring this up for a vote in the house of representatives. mr. president, this legislation would pass by a nice margin in the house, if the speaker would allow a vote on it. i can't understand what's going on in the house of representatives. legislation that the american people want is held up over there. the farm bill -- the farm bill, saving this country $23 billion ... they won't bring it up. the american people want this. there are reforms in that legislation that senator stabenow and others have worked so hard on doing at putting in place for decades. it's in this bill. the house is holding this up. immigration reform, mr. president -- america wants immigration reform. they're going to get it. it's just too bad that it's being fought every step of the way by my friend, this speaker. comprehensive immigration reform is something that's needed in this body. it's needed in the house. we've already done it here. it should be the law of the land. and they're so focused on debt reduction, immigration reform saves $^1 trillion of debt. marketp

becomes lol the pay to protest bill courtesy of the oil lobby has already been passed by the house of representatives but that's just off of it as. reports. the house of representatives decided first amendment does not apply when oil and gas industries are concerned they passed a bill this week that imposes a five thousand dollars fee for anyone wishing to file an official protest against the proposed drilling project there are protests going on across the nation against hydraulic fracking for instance there have been over a thousand documented cases of water contamination so people are naturally concerned but the same bill that establishes a fine for protesting against drilling would also allow for automatic approval of on shore drilling permits so the house of representatives is doing a huge favors to all powerful oil and gas industries they did not just pass one legislation they passed another bill this week that would put more authority of hydraulic fracking in the hands of states that way the department of interior would have no authority over whether companies disclose what chemicals they use i

becomes it or they pay to protest a bill to sale the oil lobby has already been paul's by the house of representatives but that's just top of it more now with chicken and washington i hired a guy there so if we get it right so it rates really fine sounds and damas to hold a protest is a correct. right the house of representatives decided that first amendment does not apply wood or oil and gas industries are concerned they passed a bill this week that imposes a five thousand dollars fee for anyone wishing to file for an official protest against the proposed really project there are protests going on across the nation against hydraulic fracking for instance there have been over a thousand documented cases of water contamination next to areas of gas drilling so people are concerned so the same bill that establishes a fine for protesting against drilling would also allow for automatic approval of on shore drilling permits so the house of representatives is doing a huge favor to a powerful oil and gas industries here. right the government giving up we're going to. speak what's that about. they did not just

of our community and give back so congratulations. mayor ed lee mentioned that we had a elected representative from south dakota visiting us kevin is from the pine renal and he's the house i will put forth my best effort. being in south dakota and coming from south dakota my heros are not always older than me. i want to introduce and give him a round of applause to continue the fight in south dakota. kevin keller house of representatives. this young man 29 years old. 29 years old. there's hope. there's hope. kevin. with you well, i want to say to you for the wonderful introduction and and that's our traditional welcoming. and it's an honoring honor to be here and thank you to the drum group for having us. i found out that about this through one of my good forensics supervisor jane kim. she's the one i met hearing her and she said yeah. shop and i didn't think i was going to be speaking. i'm 0 glad to be a part of it. this shows the strength of our country i grew up in denver so coming from an ushering area and having that urban experience and public education as a forefravnt front is a crucial thing that's one of the competency i served on the education program and the

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boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker's room -- the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, -- the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission of clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 18, 2013, at 10:23 a.m. that the senate agreed to house amendments to the bill, senate 252, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip , but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50

baldwin: i'm a former member of the house of representatives and i worked very closely with faith groups and civil rights advocates over the months leading up to consideration of enda in 2007 to arrive at the religious exemption compromise in the bill that we're considering today. in fact, this current language in the bill before us passed the house of representatives on a broad bipartisan basis of 402-25. it was a floor amendment during our consideration of enda in 2007. it is a bipartisan compromise supported by many religious organizations, including the presbyterian church, united methodist church, and the united synagogue for conservative judaism. over 40 religious organizations wrote to endhors bil endorse thh a letter that reads -- i quote -- "any claims that enda harms religious liberty are misplaced. enda broadly exempts from its scope houses of worship as well as religiously affiliated organizations. this exemption, which covers the same religious organizations already exempted from religious discrimination provisions of title 7 of the civil rights act of 1964, should ensure th

[applause] >> for years i served in the house of representatives for tom foley. he time i served there he was majority whip. i also served with the man that would succeed spoker foley as speaker of the house, newt gingrich. newt and i don't agree on too much but when he wrote in last week's time magazine that tom foley was a pragmatic man, a person of great integrity and a genuine patriot, i couldn't agree more. this is what speaker gingrich wrote and i quote i have nothing but fond memories of serving with tom foley. we worked together when we could, competed when we had to and fought for the national interest. i too have fond memories of my time serving in the house with tom foley. i offer my condolences to heather who as we all know has strong voice in what we want on in the house at least when i was there. she was tremendous, always there available to help us. and she was his greatest influence politically in his whole life. tom learned his practical style of politics from his mentors, senator scoop jackson and warren magnuson, who were both from the state of

of the whole house. he believed that the speaker was the speaker for the whole house and he lived that to his very core. today, many will note tom's devotion to the house of representatives and his knowledge of the history of this organization. you learn in enormous amounts and he appreciated the role of the house and our balanced structure of government and he knew well the challenge of maintaining that fragile balance. when he assumed his speakership, he brought to it a scholars depth of understanding and a disciple's passion. he led the house with fairness and a style of leadership we have not seen and we have recently looked for, but have not seen, what he was able to do with both sides. he understood the house could not perform its constitutional function without evenhandedness and respecting the role of minority. tom was a democrat -- no question about it. he was very clear. he believed that the legitimacy and the value of government. the government's duty was to improve the lives of americans and he saw it as a noble obligation and worthy of one's best efforts at any time. when he was speaker, he abandoned none of these principles. he added a very nuanced apprecia

it will then go to the republican-led house of representatives where it potential lil could die.nts ago, the senate majority leader harry reid had this message for the house speaker, john boehner. speaker boehner, please, please do what is right for the american people. let's do this legislation. it is fair. this legislation's only about fairness. more than 80% of the american people already believe it's the law. so let's do it. >> joinings now, democratic senator, tammy baldwin, owns a piece of history herself as country's first openly gay united states senator. thanks very much for coming in. >> it's a delight to join you, wolf, thank you. >> it looks like, correct me if i'm wrong, all senate democrats will vote in favor of this legislation in the coming minutes, is that right? >> yes, it is. we have all of the democrats and now growing number of republicans. this is truly bipartisan legislation in the senate. you talked about the failure of the bill 17 years ago. that was failure on a simple majority. but it has pass the 60-vote threshold these days and it will. >> how many re