let me ask you about a steny warrior's: that he floated, raising the retirement age and -- steny hoyer'sdea that he floated, raising the retirement age end -- >> the cells of something that could get discussed, especially if you do not end of with cuts and spending. in an election year, it seems that five of the last seven of the election years that there has not been a full budget process passed. i know that you are pushing the president's proposal and a line of precision, but that is a small issue. >> process is important. when we got to the end of the alliance and the process change in the balance was budget -- the budget was balanced, we realize d all of these things have the same affect. they helped achieve our objectives. >> let me pick up on the recision concept because i know you support it. it is a way of getting heart a line item veto, more or less. philosophically, many of your colleagues are concerned that it seems -- that it gives too much power to the executive branch. >> dealt with this in several different forms all long time ago, 15 or 20 years ago. the last time it came

hoyer: iha t gentleman for his question. i're most ople k the gentleman and i agrd, i made a statement on the floor lastight, made a statement imdiaty ter rael, like any oer nation in the world, a terrorist organizati that wantitse, wants to k its peop and push iom its country. any nationn earth, including ours, would defend itself. that's what they did. they gave two weeks' notice. of course, as the gentleman knows, to the turks d to the indiduals whwere undertaking this so-caed hanitarian mission. ani might say at t gentleman and i are a humanitarian concern about the plight of thpalestinian peop. unfortunately, ey are ill-served by some of those who have bforce tan over their leadership in gaza. but israel did whatny nation would . it gave notice and said if you would deliver thosto te ourt, we would offload the humanitarian material and make su that it's divero its repien. not to a terrorist organization that would use ifor purposes of teor and attack on cilians but uset for the pposes of releavinthose in se distress i w

hoyer and ms. pelosi, and i know they appear to be sincere when they say that never again will the american people be asked to bail out those on wall street who made reckless deals. no longer will the taxpayer be put on the hook. but there's an inconvenient truth here for my democratic friends and that's the clear wording of the bill. i mean, i think the elementary that before we pass legislation that we read it. and i would not repeat this except my colleagues in the majority continue to say time after time after time that there's no bailout. and there is. there is an a.i.g.-style bailout. now, a.i.g. cannot be saved under this legislation, in fact, we changed -- changed that and we both insisted in a bipartisan way that a.i.g.'s of today will not survive and they will not survive under this bill. a.i.g., under this bill in a bipartisan way, we agreed, they fail. we say we put the a.i.g.'s in bankruptcy and they're resolved that way my democratic colleagues say that a.i.g. will be put -- or an a.i

hoyer: i thank you. mr. weiner: it is also important that we recognize something else that the majority leader said about the use of human shields on that boat. there were probably some people on that boat who were completely without malice, although most of the loudest voices made it very clear that all of them that we heard seemed to want nothing more than conflict and more than having israel wiped from the face of the earth. but remember when there was the war in gaza, the war in lebanon, th onehing consistent about the agents of iran, that they all do, these terrorist organizations, they're always using humashields. they're putting civilians a putting weapons in the neighborhoods of civilians all the time. does the gentleman from new york need to resume the chair? let me yield to him very briefly because i think he has to resume the job of speaker pro tempore. the gentleman from new york, i'll be glad to yield to you briefly. >> i thank the gentleman from new york and i thank the gentleman from florida f

hoyer says house will spend less than limits set by obama. he will confirm it in a speech on tuesday. he will back to rack down on government spending, saying that democrats will enforce spending whats that are lower than the preeident called for. is the situation when it comes to getting things done and limiting pending? guest: of this budget decision been hankering for weeks. six weeks ago they said they ake a decision. try to get a deal between liberrls and conservativee in the democratic caucus. this is the first time since the rules were creeted in the house will not pass a resolution. the will pass a procedure, but not resolution. republicans, when they congress, had trouble passinn a budget in electioo years. they always move it through the house, though. it may be became mired in the senate. it is a difficult issue. one year ago the democrats were riding high. the first 180 days of obama in deliiered their on the 100th day by fairly wide margins. most democrats supported the president and his budget. now it is different mood. democrat

in addition to playing a leading role in our national leadership, congressman hoyer is of course thedistinguished and enduring representative of the state of maryland. i am not going to go through his biograph 8y in detail, but i want to know that he became a state legislature at the age of 27. he won a seat in the maryland senate. ever since then, he has represented maryland in the state locally, nationally, and very much on the international scene. back in the 1970's, he played a preeminent role in the helsinki human rights process, which was so critical to the eventual dismantling of the soviet union. we are very fortunate to have with us here today a national leader, an international leader, and a neighbor from maryland. [applause] >> thank you very much. well, i would have come today just to hear that introduction. what an extraordinarily distinguished career dr. zbigniew brzezinski has had and what the contribution he has made to the united states and to the rational policy of international relations throughout the world. i am so pleased to be here as well as csis with so many

hoyer and mr. cantor for giving us this opportunity in a strong bipartisan way to support the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability and divestment act and hope we can have a unanimous vote today. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks, the chairman of the national security working group of the republican study committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for onn minute. mr. franks: i rise in strong support as a co-sponsor of this bill. mr. speaker, we live in a moment in history when the terrorist state of iran is on the brink of developing nuclear weapons. if that occurs, all other issues will be wiped from the table and whatever challenges we have in dealing with iran today will pale in comparison in dealing with an iran that has nuclear weapons. the obama administration has pretended to pursue effective u.n. and u.s. sanctions against iran and mr. ob

hoyer: to address the house for one minute.the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i rise to honor the memory of one of maryland's finest, a member of our maryland state police. maryland state trooper wesley brown who was shot to death without warning while working on an off-duty security detail in the early morning of june 11. he was 24 years of age. though his life was cut far too short, trooper brown filled the years he was given with service to his community, mentoring young men, and love for his family. it wasn't enough for wesley to serve as a decorated state trooper for more than three years, he also found an organization called, young men enlightening younger men, a group dedicated to teaching life and leadership skills to boys in wesley's seat pleasant neighborhood, just a couple miles from where i grew up in district heights, maryland. many of them came to regard trooper brown was a father figure. i became a young man said one of the pupils at his memorial sr. viss and i'll

hoyer: thank you very much. i appreciate the gentlelady from illinois, ms. bean, for yielding. i want to first thank the chair of the small business committee, congresswoman velazquez, for the work that she has done on this bill and for others who have worked on this bill. as i'm sure as has been said many times on this floor but bears repeating, small businesses are the job creating engine of our economy. they employ more than half of all employees in the private sector, and they've created 64% of net new jobs over the past 15 years. so ensuring that small businesses have the resources they need to keep innovating, growing and creating jobs is essential if we're going to sustain the economic recovery. . small businesses have been at the heart of the democratic recovery strategy ever since this convened. the deepest recession we have seen in 3/4 of a century. the recovery act which cut taxes for 98% of americans and is responsible for some two million jobs gave small businesses tax credits for hiring many unemployed workers, and helped them make the capital investments that are

have togree with congressman hoyer. here's congressman spratt, the ad of the house budg committee, says if you can't get, you c govern. those are strong words and theye tr words mr. girey: if the gentleman would yield for a sd what the gentleman isalking about here, these quotes from democratic whip at the time, now democratic majority leadthe honorable and distinguishedmight add, stenyoyer from maryland, and represenve johspratt from my -- i lived 20years ofy life, i was borand raised in south carolina, i respect john sptt. and steny hoyer. i think members on both sides the aisle. you're talking about not a couple of freshman membe sitting on the back bench. yore talking about the chairman of the budt committee who has be ithis dy and served with distinction probably fo i'm going to ess, johspratt has beehere 25 ars or so. we respect them.ell. they're intelligent. there thoughtful members, without question. we don't agree with them, we republicans, mrspeaker. a lot of times we will be voting opposite, many tis we'll be

hoyer says house will spend less than limits set by obama. he will confirm it in a speech on tuesday. he will back to crack down on government spending, saying that democrats will enforce spending limits that are lower than what the preeident called for. what is the situation when it comes to getting things done and also limiting spending? guest: of this budget decision has been hankering for weeks. six weeks ago they said they would make a decision. try to get a deal between liberals and conservatives in the democratic caucus. this is the first time since the budget rules were created in 1974 that the house will not pass a resolution. the will pass a procedure, but not resolution. republicans, when they controlled congress, had trouble passing a budget in election years. they always move it through the house, though. it may be became mired in the senate. it is a difficult issue. one year ago the democrats were riding high. the first 180 days of obama in office they delivered their budget on the 100th day by fairly wide margins. most democrat

and later, house majority leader steny hoyer says the federal debt is that threat to national security. . it is great to see a full house. it looks like stan e--- standing-room-only. there are larger numbers watching on our web cast from newamerica.net. we will be viewing this on c- span, which is among the cameras recording here today. that means this is on the record. at the end, larry summers will take questions. what i will do, and i will remind you, who is have you stand and identify yourself. wait for the microphone. there is a hand-held microphone. we want to make sure that everything gets onto all of these video feeds. we're very pleased to host larry summers today, who will describe how the government can facilitate the evolution of broadband connectivity to create jobs and assist it -- kansas -- and sustain economic growth. is a testament to the growing economic importance of broadband and mobile internet access that the president would send his chief economic adviser to explain to the administration -- to explain the administration's initiative to redistribute large portions

we will then have house majority leader steny hoyer @ @ help -- 10:30, the house returns for more debatere on c-span. >> next, a look ahead at the confirmation hearings for supreme court elena kagan. our guest is from "the washington journal." than the former deputy national security adviser for counter terrorism will stop

hoyer and mr. cantor for giving us this opportunity in a strong bipartisan way to support the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability and divestment act and hope we can have a unanimous vote today. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks, the chairman of the national security working group of the republican study committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for onn minute. mr. franks: i rise in strong support as a co-sponsor of this bill. mr. speaker, we live in a moment in history when the terrorist state of iran is on the brink of developing nuclear weapons. if that occurs, all other issues will be wiped from the table and whatever challenges we have in dealing with iran today will pale in comparison in dealing with an iran that has nuclear weapons. the obama administration has pretended to pursue effective u.n. and u.s. sanctions against iran and mr. ob

. >> reporter: and steny hoyer wrote to the president seek a summit with east coast governors and local officials, citing fears oil from the gulf spill eventually could reach the atlantic ocean and move north. >> the federal reserve will hold interest rates at record lows. policy makers pledged today to keep them there for an extended period. they cited corporates about the effects of europe's debt crisis. the fed statement on europe undercut with any moment oum wall street .the dow jones gained just under five points to close at 10298. the nasdaq fell seven points to close at 2254. the crews fighting a huge wildfire in arizona reported some progress today. the blaze near flagstaff was 20% contained after scorching 22 square miles. about one thon people were allowed to return to their homes inspect jamaica police appealed for calm an arresting christopher coke. a preacher said he arranged if are coke to surrendered to u.s. marshals yesterday when the police caught him. the u.s. soccer team advanced in the world cup today with a stung finish. they scored a late goal to win 1-nil. the sco

that is the steny hoyer. that was senator george voinovich of ohio. interestingly enough, what do governors have to do? they have to make real decisions because their decisions have senator voinovich was absolutely correct. that pledge is inconsistent with the oath of office that they took when they became members of the united states senate. that is what george voinovich concluded and i agree with him. and it is becauseei take my own oath so seriously that i take our common danger so seriously so i want to end with this image. there two clocks. one of them is counting down the time to our debt crisis. the other can wake us up to see are such a wage and as it is, not as we wanted to be or as our ideologies saa it should be. and the kind of country that our children, that my three daughters and my three grandchildren, and my own brother will inherit, and what they will live in -- growing or stagnant, on the rise or in decline -- depends on which clock goes off first. we can keep making easy choices and hoping that the ccisis clock just keeps ticking. b

now we have steny hoyer suggesting -- maybe he is just3 should have a tax on the middle class. me answer that -- absolutely not. i just finished a series of seven town hall meetings across this country, and thereewere a lot of americans who are spitting mad across the country about this economy. they do not care about%+ republican or democrat, they care about what is in it for the countryy your answer as to why they vote republican, i think it is culturally changing. i think that we have been ssmewhat smushed by the media in this country, which is far more conservative. the new media in this country, talk radio, which reaches 20 million people a day, has had a major interest -- a major influence on how people think. this push button society of giving it to me quick, making it easy to understand, do not bore me with details and get to the next subject. we have to be more diligent when it comes to consuming the facts and understanding how this is all playing into it. i think you're right that there are some cultural issues out there and they do not even know why they are going to

hoyer says that the commission needs subpoena power to get to the bottom of the nation's largest spill. earlier today, admiral thad allen laid out the latest plan for capturing more oil. his comments are just under half-hour. >> all set to go? all set, folks? >> good afternoon. be glad to answer any questions. we had a really good last 24-hour period as far as production. the discovery enterprise the q-4 platformm. we produced 25,836 barrels of petroleum. that is a new record for uu. and we continue to make progress in optimizing the capacity out of the well-head there. regarding the relief well feet below the sea floor in 077 preparation of closing in on a pipe in a ranging technique for the beholding -- that will penetrate the well-head. we continue to divide our vessels of opportunity, task force, provide them with radios. be more effective on the water as far as surveillance information. this week we will have meetings with the air force regarding coordination and plan to go in with a coordinated structure in dealing with the significant flights occurring at the well-heads, the sit

ii think that is part of what steny hoyer is talking about there.t is why we cannot feed that to the taliban and let it go back to an and governed area. host: our guest is tennessee haake. he attended law school at georgetown university. also a graduate from antioch college. james responding to the comments. nothing like a democratic politician undermining national security to gain advantage. we will go next to charles from virginia of the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: it sounds like you're listening to c-span radio. caller: i am. when it comes to afghanistan, my only concern is that it is not iraq. iraq is a mitropoulos compared to afghanistan. changing the hearts and minds of people in iraq was a lot different. they will basically do what they need to survive. i think that is the problem. i just do not see what the actual end -- i do not think we will ever be able to leave. will we build bases there? permanent basis? the thing about afghanistan as we spend so much money over there, and if you want to raise my taxes t

[applause] >> i got some time. >> leader hoyer has a few minutes, so we will take questions from thedience. in the back. >> i appreciate your comments about was bewildered by your failure to mention related points. the overall military budgets -- you're continuing to escalate hopeless wars and fund the taliban off the books with emergency supplemental. how could those have slipped your mind? >> your assertion the slipped my mind is incorrect, i want to assure you. having said that, frankly, members of our caucus have indicated not only they ought not to slip our mind but that we need to consider that. in my last comment, as you heard, i think no expenditures can be off the table because we know that a decade from now or two decades or three decades, as much as we hope for catastrophes not happening, national security problems not happening, history shows us we need to be prepared. one way to prepare is to be fiscally sound in our treatment today of those issues. frankly, president bush and those at the white house concluded that the efforts internationally would cost us, as you recal

you mentioned steny hoyer a couple of days ago. considering raising the retirement age and tightening the benefits level? is that one thing that you think can get done this year? >> first of all, i do not necessarily agree. everybody approaches social security as a third rail, but of all of the things we need to do was significant for the future, adjusting social security and making it solvent and sound for as far as the eye can see is probably the easiest, not easy, but compared to medicare, the easiest choice to make sells securities of and for the long term, so it could be that the commission, we have made decisions like this, but it could very well be that they say to take medicare, social security, and do these things sequentially while trying to do them all of the same time, because, probably, if you did all of these short-term and long-term social security, medicare, everything in one sitting, in one particular bill, i think he would be risking failure. . >> your budget this year is not a full budget. there hasn't been a ful

that was yesterday that steny hoyer made that quote, that statement. well, that's part of what we were promised. here's what we got. colleagues, again, i refer you to the easel. obamacare hurts small businesses, and these three bullet points. small businesses were promised a tax credit to help with compliance with obamacare. on paper, the credit seems toobe available to companies with fewer than 25 workers and average wages of $50,000. but in practice, in practice, a complicated formula that combines the two numbers works against companies that have more than 10 workers and $25,000 in average wages. i'll give you an example on this same slide, the last bullet point. an illinois furniture supply store owner, zach hoffman, he ran the math -- and his small business, with 24 employees and $35,000 average wages, would with get -- listen carefully, colleagues, if you can't see it -- zero help, because he created too many jobs and he paid them too much. and he's got 24 employees, an average salary of $35,000 and he's not going to get any help. so much for the

hoyer. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. and i rise in strong support of this piece of legislation. for more than a century, mr. speaker, america has limited the role of private money in public elections. we have done so because we believe the huge sums of money from unknown sources, from unknown sources, i reference that and emphasize it because i'm going to refer to it in some comments of our republican leadership in years past regarding money fromm+ unknown sources. if unknown source money dominates elections, especially when it does so in the+ dark, te interest of ordinary citizens are too often the victim. america's work toward open and fair elections has been as it has been in every country, imperfect but better here than almost any place in the world. but it took a severe blow this winter when the supreme court voted in the citizens united %% case to overturn long-standing precedent. allowinging corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of their treasury funds, not of private funds that their employees contri

announcing this week, majority % leader steny hoyer confirmed the democrats' response to runaway federal spending is to not do a budget. failing to lead is not leadership. not doing a budget is not an answer. the democrats' refusal to write a budget is a shocking andcation of duty and a historic failure of leadership. there's been a lot of talk these days about governing philosophies here on capitol hill. their governing philosophy -- don't govern. this congress owes the american people a budget, a list of priorities and an outline of the hard choices that are necessary to put our fiscal house in order. no budget is no answer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. young of florida for yesterday and for today until 2:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heret

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the distinguished member from west virrginia and the chairman of our natural resources committee, nick joe rahall, of whom robert byrd was very proud. i'm also pleased to recognize the speaker pro tempore, mr. mollohan, who he considered a partner. and i thank congresswoman capito for allowing me to speak and in fact out of order on passing of the distinguished american who was larger than life in so many respects. today we honor the life of senator robert byrd. history will reflect him as the longest serving member congress has ever seen. but, of course, if it were only longevity that we were honoring, it would simply be the hand of faith that allowed that to happen. but what we really honor is that robert c. byrd used his longevity to such extraordinary benefit of the people he served in west virginia, the state of west virginia, the people of this nation and the legislative branch of government. i doubt that there have been any peers to robert c. byrd in standing on

in 2006, then house majority leader -- then house whip, steny hoyer, now house majority leader, said, the most basic responsibility of government is enacting a budget. where's that responsibility now? they plan a deeming resolution later in the week. that is not a substitute for a budget. democrat jobs bills have failed to create jobs. democrats continue to spend at a near record pace. through the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the federal government amassed $935 billion in deficit spending on track to an annual deficit of -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. foxx: $1.4 trillion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan rise? mrs. miller: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. kilpatrick: over 14 million americans are unemployed. unemployed in the last three years. many are long-term unemployed. we need an emergency bill that will put people back to work. in the 1970's and 19

hoyer, on june 22 said this, in regards to what our leader, mr. boehner said, and i quote, on the spending side we could and should consider a higher retirement age or one life span, more progressive social security and medicare benefits. mr. speaker, you know, just the unrelenting liberal attacks on this country that have diminished this country's ability to have free enterprise system have brought us higher taxes, incredible debt, and a future that diminishes our ability for our children and grandchildren. i'd like to yield to the gentleman for two minutes, the gentleman, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. mr. speaker, i do so because unfortunately the manager on the other side of the aisle wouldn't yield to me. i'm happy within my two-minute time frame to yield to him at any time if he asks me to yield. the motion saying because mr. boehner argued this bill is itself killing an ant with a nuclear weapon is designed to say, this bill puts into place permanent bailout authority. the american people are developmently -- veheme

hoyer. under republic rule a $412 billion fit wacoider a threat tr descendents. $1.42 trillion defit under democrats is somehow excused for so reason. what a shame deed. mr. speer, when the liberal mocrats seized control of congressn january of 2007, the number of ployed person stood at seven million and the unemployment rate was4. oh, how times have changed. oday, e numbers mo than doubled. 15illion americans unempyed stinga stagring.7% unemoy rate. the se npartisan officials government rl source ta diffent sty than t leral democrats inpate search of a scapegoatwo have you to belie. mr. speaker do not need to continue to bo money and put our children and grdchildn to greater debt. the evence is in. the liral democrat agenda has failed. ty need to go bache drawing brd and come back solutions to eir re real proems. and do we hear from small business people? do we hear fromplo are out of work? absolutely. ever weekend. this isn't the time to blame threpublicamity for t disappointincollapsef go

i want to thank chairman rahall, chairwoman bordallo, majority leader hoyer, subcommittee chair brian bair with their help in getting a resolution to the floor to deal wh this extraordinary threat. we know how much americans today are feeling heart sick about the damage to our gulf and perhaps the atlantic ocean as a result of the oil spill we are now suffering. so wt our resolution attempts to do is to focus on another perhaps worse threat to the oceans today associated with the burning of fuels -- fossil fuels, and that is the sad, unambiguous, scientifically certain fact that our oceans are coming more acidic, substantially more acidic as a result of carbon-based pollution from our burning of oil and coal and other fossil fuels. -- because what we have learned in our research, and we have ha a number of hearings on this, is the scientific community is telling us that because of carbon dioxide pollution that comes from burning oil and coal, what happens is that the carbon dioxide is coming out of our smokestacks and tail pipes is going over the oceans and then is going into solution