mcgovern: mr. spear, is it true that a bill considered under suspension of the rules denies the minority party the right to offer any amendments or even a motion to recommit? the speaker pro tempore: a motion to suspend is not liable to amendment on the floor. mr. mcgovern: further parliamentary inquiry, meerks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. mcgovern: is it true that it requires a 2/3 supermajority vote in order for a bill to vote? the speaker pro tempore: under rule 15, a motion to suspend it will have 2/3, a quorum being present. mr. mcgovern: further parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentman will state his inquiry. >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: is it also true, mr. speaker, that a bill considered under suspension of the rules does not pass if it receives a simple majority vote but no2/3 of the vote? the speaker pro

mcgovern: i yield for unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for unanimous consent. ms. jackson lee: i stand here united for america voting yes on this bill to save medicare, medicaid and social security. as an american i ask unanimous consent to put my statement into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, a member of the financial services committee, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is not a nation of tea party people. it is not a nation of democrats or republicans. it is a nation of all of us, and what the reid plan presents, it represents the tea party, the republicans and the democrats and the president of the united states. this is what the american people expect us to do. that is what has made this

mcgovern: i yield myself 10 seconds, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 10 seconds. mr. mcgovern: to remind the gentlelady that she has voted time and time and time again to decimate medicare, medicaid, and social security. we are not going to stand by and let them do that. at this point i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the ranking member of the budget committee. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. mr. mcgovern: at this point, madam speaker, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the budget committee, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam spker. i think the american people just ard a new definition of compromise. paying your bills is a compromise. the american family can't wake up one morning and say, boy, it's a compromise and pay for what i alrea

mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, we are five days away from a historic, unprecedented and needless default. instead of acting responsibly and in a bipartisan way to raise the debt ceiling, the republican majority continues to hold the american economy hostage to press their agenda. even though the debt ceiling was raised seven times under president bush, even though 110 current members of the majority have voted to raise the debt ceiling in the past, the majority continues its dangerous games of brinkmanship. included in this bill is $917 billion in cuts, mostly to critical public investment, education, infrastructure, biomedical research, law enforcement, food safety, they will all be slashed. and yet these progrs, which i call discretionary programs, they are only 3.1% higher than it was five y

mcgovern: mr. speaker, this bill this proposal that we are debating today is dead on a-- this proposal, this bill that we're debating today is dead on arrival. we're fast approaching a deadline that we need to address and here we are debating a bill that we know is going nowhere in the united states senate. not at this time. and, mr. speaker, i would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, enough with the theatrics. this is time for a grown-up moment, this is -- grownup moment, this is time to act like adults, to work with the senate, to work with the president, to come up with a bipartisan deal and to get this job done. but let's understand why we are where we are. when bill clinton left office we had a balanced budget. we had surpluses. when president bush took over the republicans what happened? tax cuts mostly for pealty people that weren't paid for, a prescription drug bill that wasn't paid for, two wars that weren't paid for. you know, and we end up in this terrible debt situation.

mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, we are five days away from a historic, unprecedented and needless default. instead of acting responsibly and in a bipartisan way to raise the debt ceiling, the republican majority continues to hold the american economy hostage to press their agenda. even though the debt ceiling was raised seven times under president bush, even though 110 current members of the majority have voted to raise the debt ceiling in the past, the majority continues its dangerous games of brinkmanship. included in this bill is $917 billion in cuts, mostly to critical public investment, education, infrastructure, biomedical research, law enforcement, food safety, they will all be slashed. and yet these programs, which i call discretionary programs, they are only 3.1% higher than it was five

mcgovern: yes. our leader is prepared to close for us. the speaker pro tempore: then i'll close on our side. i reserve the balance of my time -- mr. dreier: then i'll close on our side. 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 yield myself 15 seconds before i yield the remaining minute to -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. mcgovern: i implore rational republicans to passing the reid bill. i appeal to your sense of responsibility, to your sense of duty to your country, have the courage of your convictions to do what's right. don't be paralyzed by the threats of the tea party or other extreme groups. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: medicare, medicaid and social security, and i yield the balance of our time, one minute, to the gentlewoman from california, the democratic leader and the defender of medicare, medicaid and social securi

mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, we are five days away from a historic, unprecedented and needless default. instead of acting responsibly and in a bipartisan way to raise the debt ceiling, the republican majority continues to hold the american economy hostage to press their agenda. even though the debt ceiling was raised seven times under president bush, even though 110 current members of the majority have voted to raise the debt ceiling in the past, the majority continues its dangerous games of brinkmanship. included in this bill is $917 billion in cuts, mostly to critical public investment, education, infrastructure, biomedical research, law enforcement, food safety, they will all be slashed. and yet these programs, which i call discretionary programs, they are only 3.1% higher than it was five

mcgovern: mr. speaker, let's be clear. under the republican plan they will cut social security and medicare by $6,000 per senior citizen. talk about a tax increase. at this point i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much and i'm just overwhelmed with the words breathtakingly ignorant policies. i'm literally shocked and let me tell you why. when you want to understand my republican friends, why we're in the position we're in, what about the 37.5% of the debt being the bush-era tax cuts? tax cuts on which this bill and any of your negotiations don't in any way suggest revenue. which the american people understand. arrogant policies by the president? the recovery and reinvestment was only 5.2%, creating three million jobs. let me say that again. three million jobs. the economic downturn came about with the iraq war and others. so today, my

mcgovern: mr. speaker, is it true that a bill considered under suspension of the rules denies the minority party the right to offer any amendments or even a motion to recommit? the speaker pro tempore: a motion to suspend is not liable to amendment on the floor. mr. mcgovern: further parliamentary inquiry, meerks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. mcgovern: is it true that it requires a 2/3 supermajority vote in order for a bill to vote? the speaker pro tempore: under rule 15, a motion to suspend it will have 2/3, a quorum being present. mr. mcgovern: further parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his inquiry. >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: is it also true, mr. speaker, that a bill considered under suspension of the rules does not pass if it receives a simple majority vote but not 2/3 of the vote? the speake

. >>> only on 2, 22-year-old mark mcgovern remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. this is video of the first and last game he played on treasure island june 26 in which players don't wear pads or helmetsful during the match between the kelts it appears an opposing player hit mcgovern on purpose. >> it's been very difficult. it has been the worse day in our lives. >> reporter: 27-year-old patrick poura is a person of interest in this case. powers hired an attorney and has refused to talk with investigators. witnesses say they saw powers yell at mcgovern and heard him say quote, he won't get up from that. >>> netflix shares were up about 1.8% at the close today but took a 10% dive after hours after the company reported revenues of $179 million which was $2 million less than analysts expected. netflix is moving forward with plans to integrate with facebook. users in canada and latin america will be able to begin using netflix on facebook this fall. a contract forbids the disclosure of people's video rental information here in the united states. >>> the re-examination

. >>> only on 2, 22-year-old mark mcgovern remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. this is video of the first and last game he played on treasure island june 26 in which players don't wear pads or helmetsful during the match between the kelts it appears an opposing player hit mcgovern on purpose. >> it's been very difficult. it has been the worse day in our lives. >> reporter: 27-year-old patrick poura is a person of interest in this case. powers hired an attorney and has refused to talk with investigators. witnesses say they saw powers yell at mcgovern and heard him say quote, he won't get up from that. >>> netflix shares were up about 1.8% at the close today but took a 10% dive after hours after the company reported revenues of $179 million which was $2 million less than analysts expected. netflix is moving forward with plans to integrate with facebook. users in canada and latin america will be able to begin using netflix on facebook this fall. a contract forbids the disclosure of people's video rental information here in the united states. >>> the re-examination

mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for four minutes. ms. matsui: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1309, the national flood insurance reform act of 2011. a full five-year re-authorization of the program is critically important for our nation. i want to thank and commend chairwoman biggert and ranking member waters for their leadership on this issue. ushering in a five-year re-authorization will provide welcomed relief for those who live in our country's floodplains. i thank chairwoman biggert for including language from my own, h.r. 902, legislation that will modernize fema's flood insurance legislation. it will take local, state and federal funding into account when determining flood zone designations. h.r. 1309 would extend the national flood insurance program, nfip, for five years, and allow property owners in particip

mcgovern. if you did you would know good and well that there is not a single social security cut in this entire program. there's not a single medicare reduction in this entire program. 16 pages. it is capped. it is capped. >> i strongly disagree with him that somehow social security and medicare are protected. they are not. >> reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. that is why we put things out there and i'm glad you are asking the question because i have got the answer and for anybody who is wondering, let me tell them right now. let me tell them right now, if you want to know what the priorities are down this bill you go back and look at h.r. 1. the single most open continuing resolution debate this institution is ever had and you will see our funding priorities there. if you want to know where we want to go, go back and look at the april budget debate where we proudly debated in this house every single budget resolution that was brought to the floor of this house. every single budget resolu

mcgovern. the chair: the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this closed rule, to this closed process and to the underlying bill. mr. speaker, i keep expecting lion tamers and acrobats to appear on the house floor because this process thunderstorm republican leadership has become a complete circus. the underlying boehner plan should be called the republican default act. and the rule allows the republican leadership to bring a radical balanced budget amendment to the constitution before the house but right now we have no idea what amendment -- what that amendment will look like. this is crazy. our founding fathers spent weeks and weeks arguing over every clause, conjunction and comment in the constitution but today my republican friends treat it as just another excuse for a partisan press release. and why are they doing this, mr. speaker? it's simple. politics. the speaker of the h

i didn't take a conservative can't rent site would be debating the son of george mcgovern always wanted calling us to come home america. but here we are. some history less. the problem with world war i was that he left europe after world war i as my debate partner suggested dominique in the world safe for the tick teachers. secondly, the reason we had to rely on the soviet union during the second world war was the gophers of the policy of appeasement, which squandered material advantage to such a degree that by the time we woke up late at the two-day gathering of danger, with no choice but to make a devil's bargain in the state in europe in the first place and had something akin to nato during the cold war we would not do not position. people who advocate intervention or at least we are not callous to human life on the contrary. look at iraq before the american intervention. saddam hussein had killed half a million of his own people. he has launched a war against iran that resulted in the death of 1 million people. he used poison gas against his own population, against iranians. he had

the only state and i think it was the sixty eight primary that where the democrats went for george mcgovern urged wallace rather and the reason why is because we had open primaries in michigan and the republicans said to their own people go vote in the demagogues that the republican primary was solid they said go vote the democratic primary for george wallace to embarrass the democrats and waltz actually won the state so are you concerned that the republicans might actually get enough of their own people out to vote for these republicans who are masquerading you know in drag as democrats that they might actually be the ones who are running against the republicans who are being recalled . repel it is not beyond the realm of possibility i don't think it will happen because democrats and and a lot of independents are very very passionate about what is happening some of these districts turnout is actually pretty good at a substantially higher level than you would expect for a july election summertime is when we usually vote was nonsense but i do have that fear i have that concern and remember i

mcgovern: mr. chairman, i rise in support of amendments to this title that cut funds, reduce our military footprint and move to bring our troops home from afghanistan and i rise in opposition to the underlying bill. i want to commend the ranking member of the committee, congressman dicks from washington, for his leadership in calling for a fresh look at how we carry out military operations in afghanistan and the need for a strategy that brings our troops home sooner rather than later. i just returned from a trip to afghanistan. i cannot describe how impressed i am with the commitment, the dedication and the work carried out every single day by our men and women in uniform and those in the civilian services. i met and spoke with them in kabul, bases and air force bases and small villages. quite simply, they are incredible. but over and over and over again, i heard the same message, this is not sustainable. the strategy that we are pursuing in afghanistan is not sustainable and it is costing us too m

mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 340, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. chairman, i will be brief. my amendment is simple. if fema makes a mistake in mapping a flood map, the community will be reimbursed for the cost. if fema makes a mistake in mapping a flood area, then they should pay for it. doing so will result in significant savings for towns and homeowners, and to me this is something that should be noncontroversial. hopefully wins bipartisan support. i have a longer statement, and i ask unanimous consent that my full statement be inserted in the record. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: without objection, the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise. mrs. biggert: i would support the amendment. the chair: the question -- the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlema

mcgovern, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: also, mr. speaker, during consideration of this resolution all time is yielded for the purpose of debate only. and i'd like to ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, house resolution 355 provides a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 2560, the cut, cap and balance act of 2011. the rule provides for four hours of general debate on the underlying bill and grants the minority party a motion to recommit with or without instructions. mr. speaker, we're at a moment in our nation's history when i turn on the television, when i read the newspapers, i get a lot of advice, folks say, act, act to raise the debt ceiling, act to cut spending, act to balance the budget. mr. speaker, today we are here to do all of those things. all of those things. cut, cap, balance. and

mcgovern: i yield the gentleman 15 seconds. >>> right now, a live look at the house floor where at any moment a vote is expected to begin. members are did ebating senator harry reid's debt and deficit bill. all indications are in this latest in a long string of political moves, the bill will be defeated. good afternoon, i'm richard lui. good day to you. let's get to the latest in washington. the senate is in session working towards 1:00 a.m. and a test vote on harry reid's plan to fix the problem. house republicans are preparing to symbolically vote down the legislation itself. it's getting heated on capitol hill. take a listen. >> our soldiers in afghanistan repeatedly asked admiral mullen yesterday, will we get paid? will our families get your checks? shame on the republicans for making that happen. in battle, when you accidentally shoot your own, it's called friendly fire. when you deliberately shoot your own it's called fraging. republicans stop fraging the american economy and american people. >> luke russert is live on the capitol hill with the latest. we have the senate and hous

mcgovern. [applause] one of them is interning in the office of the committee, so i want to highlight that. i will yield to the gentleman from massachusetts. >> thank you. welcome. >> mr. chairman, since you're claiming authorship. estimate what the gentleman yield briefly i would remind my staff that senator leahy is the author of this bill that we have before us. senator leahy -- >> i would again reclaiming my time briefly, the senator cannot be the author of the house bill. >> it is not a house bill. >> i believe there was something regarding speeding the freedom of information act, which i believe having briefly looked at this bill again i understand we have to pass the bill to know what's in it but i am confident saying there is no expedited freedom of information act process used in this bill currently. the current leahy bill. i assume there is no longer in fact expedite the freedom of inflation act request perhaps indeed a worthy cause and one worthy of the legislative committee. but i do

>> we've had plenty of movements come to washington before, think of barry goldwater or george mcgovern. but once in washington the system encouraged compromise and governance. but over the last few decades, what has changed are the rules organizing american politics. and they now encourage small interest groups, including ideologically charged once, to cap toour major political parties as well as congress itself. call it political narrow casting. here are some examples. redistricting has created safe seats so that for most house members, their only concern is a challenge from the right for republicans and the left for democrats. the incentive is to pander to the base, not the center. party primaries have been taken over by small groups of activists who push even popular senators to extreme positions. in utah, for example, 3,500 conservative activists managed to take the well-regarded senator robert bennett off the ballot. gop senators like match and mccain have moved farther to the right hoping to stave off similar assaults. changes in congressional rules have made it far more difficul

mcgovern: i rise in support of the amendment. this is a modest amendment. i wish the cut were greater than the cut being proposed here because i think everybody in this chamber knows that there is a great deal of waste and abuse that exists within our military spending. we have no bid defense contracts and we go right down that road of all the contracts that we have given out and how wasteful they are been and still preserving weapons systems that are part of the cold war and there are savings to be had within the military. the other point i want to make, when we talk about national security and national strength, we ought to be talking about making sure the people in this country can earn a decent living. national security should mean jobs. it should mean the strength of our infrastructure, the quality of our education system, which we are neglecting, which my friends on the other side of the aisle want to balance the budget by cutting those programs that provide our strength, our economic strength. when you go home to your districts, the first thing that

mcgovern: mr. speaker, six days ago on friday, july 1, armed men assassinated a candidate for city council of a town just outside of colombia. he was the ninth local candidate murdered over the past few months. last thursday, june 30, luis eduardo, investigating links between paramilitary groups was shot down in an area i first visited in 2001. he was 70 years old. he was returning home at night with his wife when he was gunned down. he was murdered a few days after another witness was killed. and investigators for the attorney general have said several other witnesses have disappeared. antonio mendoza morales was a councilman in the caribbean town , the 34-year-old mendoza was also lead of the association of displaced persons. he was also shot and killed last thursday night. he is at least the 11th land claims victims rights or displaced persons leader to have been killed in colombia so far this year. displaced and victims rights add vow cats in this region -- advocates in this region received dea

which is running the george mcgovern presidential campaign in texas. [laughter] and he was codirect during the other codirect it was bill clinton. so another strand in his career has been the clinton strand and he just for a book about a long series of very searching and private interview that he had with president clinton why he was president, probably the most real-time access any president has ever given a journalist, with the possible exception of admin morris and taylor is still hearing in one piece. so you'll be seeing him in a minute. i am going to this word is presented to a book signing work it exemplifies the literary grace, commitment to serious research that characterize the distinguished work of the word namesake. it is awarded this year to a lactic result for the 10th parallel dispatches from the fall line from christianity and islam. the publisher is for our stress. otherwise -- let me read the citation and then i'll tell you why she is here. eliza griswold examines the conflict between christianity and islam on the geographical line. 70

his gender days he had a thankless political organizing assignments, which is running the george mcgovern presidential campaign in texas. [laughter] he was co-director, and the other co-director was bill clinton. so another strand in his career has been the clinton strand. and he just wrote a book about a long series of very searching and private interviews that he had with president clinton while he was president, probably the most, you know, real-time access any president has ever given a journalist with the possible exception of edmund morrison, and it drove him mad. still here and in one piece. so you'll be seeing him in a minute. before exiting the stage i'm going to present the j. anthony lukas book award, presented to a book-length work of american nonfiction on an american topic that exemplifies the literary grace cannot commit serious research, and the social concern that characterized the distinguished work of the award's namesake. it is awarded this year to eliza griswold for "the tenth parallel." the publisher is. [inaudible] let me read the citation. i'll tell you why she isn

on afghanistan jim mcgoverned from massachusetts and a good congressman from north carolina, walter jones travelling into primary states to raise the issue of afghanistan. you do it to give space to issues, not to tackle president obama but to pick this up. we are trying to change what we believe is a policy that is undermining your possibilities as a reform president. we work hard to progress -- elect more progressive people. i am not for primary. it is a destructive possibility in 2012 that you work to elect as many progressives in to congress and state legislature. so much of the action right now in order to prevent the assault and stop the conservative class war is that the state level. a lot of attention needs to be paid -- i think president obama has been given a gift with paul ryan's budget and with the republican field that is looking like the scene in star wars at the bar. >> they are releasing the bluray -- democrats in hollywood release star wars before the election. >> i would echo what katrina is saying with the added point that i think obama has a relatively reelection -- re

the anti-war wing got fired up and nominated george mcgovern when the president wasn't really popular, people weren't crazy about nixon, yet the public decided the democratic party went too far in one direction and the danger of the republican party. you were at both of those conventions in '72 in miami. do you see it? >> i think it is possible -- and tom has good insight there -- the republican party has move too far. you have the "wall street journal," david brooks, you've got a number of voices in different areas of the republican party saying wait a second, enough already. the headline that came out of john mccain was repeated "the hobbit" repeated by the jau"wal street journal" in its headline. the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much

on afghanistan, you know, jim mcgovern from massachusetts, good congressman and walter joans traveling in states to raise the issue of afghanistan. you do it to give space to issues, not to tackle president obama, but to say put this, you know, you got to pick this up. you got to -- we're trying to change what we believe is a policy underminding your possibility as a reform president. we work hard to elect more progressive people in the congress m i'm not for primariment i think it is a destructive responsibility in 2012. you build in 2016, work to elect as many progressives into the congress and state legislatures. i think so much of the action right now in order to prevent the assault and to stop some of the class war, conservative class war you talk about is at the state level while a lot of attention needs to be paid -- i think president obama has been given a gift with paul ryan's gift and i think he's giving the gift with a republican field that is more and more looking like that scene in "star wars" at the bar. [laughter] >> you know, they are releasing the blue ray of all -- bl

. >> reporter: house democrats, such as jim mcgovern of massachusetts, had a very different take on the plan. >> i keep expecting lion tamers and acrobats to appear on the house floor because this process under this republican leadership has become a complete circus. the underlying boehner plan should be called the republican default act. >> reporter: with the august second deadline closing in-- washington received another warning today-- this time from the heads of some of the country's largest financial institutions. in a letter urging action this week, they wrote: "the consequences of inaction for our economy, the already struggling job market, the financial circumstances of american businesses and families, and for america's global economic leadership would be grave." the treasury department said today it would release details in the coming days about one of the immediate consequences of inaction, which payments will receive priority should congress fail to raise the debt ceiling by next tuesday. >> brown: here now for more: "newshour" political editor david chalian. david, we were

mcgovern. [applause] >> and one of them is in turning it in the office of a former -- is in turn -- interning at the abbas of a former -- at the office of a former rules committee member. >> i will remind you that senator leahy is the author of this bill. senator leahy is the author. >> again, my time briefly, the senator cannot be the author of a house bill. >> this happens not to be a house bill. >> i believe that there is something regarding the freeing of information act -- freedom of information act. having briefly look at this bill, and i know we have to pass a bill to know what is in it, but i am fairly confident in saying that there is no freedom of information act process these in this bill currently. >> the lady bill cook >> the lady bill. -- the leahy bill? >> the leahy bill. the dreier amendment to vote -- to thedreier bill. >> i am not quite sure what this means. i know that the chairman said that it was getting numbers in sync with the cbo and where the speaker wants this bill to

mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: rye rise in -- i rise in strong opposition to this closed martial law rule. today is a sad day. in just a few days the process in this house has completely devolved. it's shays-meehanful. we have gone from open rules, to closed rules to same day martial law rule. all because a few extreme members of the house refuse to do the right thing. the rule today waves the -- paves the way for a bill that's worse than the ones the republicans pulled yesterday. that's not coming from us. it's pushing us further and further apart. these last few days have not been about trying to find the united solution, these last few days and weeks have been about trying to unite the house republicans. it has been wasted opportunities. for weeks and weeks and weeks my republican friends have walked away from a balanced, fair, and bipartisan approach allowing the united states to pay its bills. that walked a

mcgovern: i thank the gentleman for his comments. i wish we were more cautious in the way we committed our young men and women in the field of battle. we need to be -- it's politicians that put our service men and women in harm's way and it's politicians that keep this war going. the fact of the matter is that we have an unreliable partner in afghanistan. president karzai is corrupt, he fixed the last election. i mean, he's denigrating our service men and women. when i was over there one of our soldiers from massachusetts said to me, what bothers me most is we're risking our lives to try to help improve the quality of life for people in this country and the president of this country, mr. karzai, you know, denigrates us, diminishes what we do. calls us names. accused the united states of using nuclear weapons in afghanistan. the massachusetts soldier said to me, do you know what that feels like? do you know what that feels like? look, we need to rethink our policy in afghanistan. nobody's talking about walking away, what we're saying

mcgovern. miss foxx, if you read the bill, that only applies to fiscal year 2012. it sets up budget targets for 10 years. the only way that cap applies is the first year. the remaining years continually ratchet it down. it is in the section related to the cut, ok? it goes cut, and then cap, and then supposed rigging of the constitution, that is what it does. so if you look at the constitution, i would urge the american people not just to read this. but read it in connection to the constitutional provision that they are proposed, which jerry rigs the constitution of the united states in a way that favors by definition cuts to things like medicare over closing corporate loopholes. it requires two-thirds to eliminate a corporate tax loophole for the purpose of deficit reduction. you're going to put that into the constitution of the united states. >> by a reading of the bill, social security and medicare are on the table for future cuts. it is important that that be clear. if that is something that the gentle lady from north carolina disagrees with, maybe she could joi

mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the ranking member, ms. slaughter, for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, i rise today to oppose this rule and the underlying legislation. mr. speaker, i have two children, ages 13 and 10, and one of our favorite things to do as a family is to go hiking and we have hiked all over this great country. we have a love and a respect for our open spaces and for our environment and unfortunately the republicans' fiscal year 2012 interior appropriations bill throws that into grave danger. this interior appropriations bill represents an unprecedented departure from our nation's decades-long bipartisan commitment to protecting our shared environment, magnificent natural resources and our cherished cultural treasures. it's a shame that my republicans colleague prioritize tax breaks and incentives for highly profitable oil companies over the grand canyon, the cape cod national sea shore, state parks and even public health. mr. speaker, i could be here all day talking about the harmful cuts and misplaced priorities that

this is home video of mark mcgovern.ppears a player hit him on purpose last month on treasure island. patrick powers is a person of interest. witnesses say is they heard powers say -- they said -- say they heard "-- they heard" he won't get up from that "being shotted -- shouted from patrick powerses. >>> pam cook will have an interview coming up at 7:45 with one of the sons of the defendant in the bryan stroh baling case. >>> scientists say it appears the mother here is not eating and the calf may have headed back out to sea by itself. >> if the calf has been separated from the mother at this age, the cat may not be able to survive on its own. >> marine biologists say the whales heading to calmer waters is not uncommon but it happened frequently when a whale is sick. >>> hope they will be okay. hey, sal, is traffic okay? did you take care of everything? >> you know we're trying to dave and maureen. this is the peak of the morning commute. we're getting out to the point where we're gonna see a lot of busy traffic -- a lo

here's bill clinton with george mcgovern. no few, again, granted, that is bill clinton. 2000 it plays out again. you've got the frat boy aristocrat, george w. bush, running against an actual vietnam war veteran, and be it becomes this. he turns himself into this, he citessal gore's '60s-seeming interest in the environment to turn al gore into, basically, a '60s grown-up yuppie. so this continues to play out. all right, now, a little bit of trivia. just, we're going to break this up with some trivia questions just to make this a little fun. all right. and we're going to give you the answers at the end. what was the name of the song that patrick swayze performed on the "dirty dancing" soundtrack? so if you want to write them down, a, i've had the time of my life, b, she's like the wind, c baby in the corner, d, hungry eyes. i've got three sections just to quiz you. what famous actor played the corpse in "the big chill"? christopher reeve, harrison ford, alec baldwin or kevin costner? no yelling out. and here's the third question there this section. what city is the outside