by the way, it's late at night so i'm assuming by now that the interview i did with mr. bill'reilly has aired or whatever version it is has aired. check it out on the webb. i hope i did you proud because (whispering) i think i did. here it is your moment of zen. >> mike huckabee is not going to be running for president, so, mike, enjoy the show, your ratings are terrific. you're making a lot of money. you're building a beautiful house in florida. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

so i'm assuming by now that the interview i did with mr. bill o'reilly has aired or whatever version it is has aired. check it out on the webb. i hope i did you proud because (whispering) i think i did. here it is your moment of zen. >> mike huckabee is not going to be running for president, so, mike, enjoy the show, your ratings are terrific. you're making a lot of money. you're building a beautiful house in florida. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central . >> (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the report! folks. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much. stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: thank you very much, folks. that's very kind. >> stephen: who am i to fight that, i'm only one man. folks, and i need your love because folks, this is a bitter sweet evening. because saturday marks the end of an era. the era of caring whom mike huckabee is. (laughter) who is that? oh

business in this bill. mr. nadler: it ought to be in the authorization or perhaps the appropriations bill for the department of justice. the only reason that the parliamentarian might rule this not ungermane is because the rule waives all poifereds but -- all points of order. it's authorized and appropriated in the department of justice. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: may i inquire as to the time remaining? the chair: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. flake: let me just say that two successive administrations, one republican, bun democrat have -- one democrat have called for eliminating or severely reducing the funning that goes to ndic because as we've heard before, programs are duplicative, wasteful, and there's no doubt that some good work goes on there, nobody is disputing that, but there's also good work that goes on at the ondcp, or the d.e.a. or

aids regional support team for europe and central asia mr bill we've started talking about metadata which is a substitute for hiring but some people say that not a done even increases addiction though it may be less harmful than heroin but it. really increases the addiction to to this chemical chemical stuff is there any reason than to call into therapy or when it started therapy is just it's just reduce the harley as you put it. it is reducing harm it is also helping drug users get out of heroin just by stopping injection and you have to see that people inject heroin not for the pleasure of injecting but because they receive a great amount of pleasure the moment the inject the kind of a flash that i don't get that with methadone methadone is a drug which just reduces the withdrawal effect they help by not taking heroin it's also in a period they're also dependent but they're no longer trying to reach some supernatural they're here in the not getting high and they're not getting hired are hard they can't operate normally they can work going and drive a car they can have a perfectly normal

they don't we wouldn't lose our freedoms if it wasn't for nine eleven what are you left all right mr bill o'reilly you want to be this and i'm sure it's i'm sorry you just love a liberal you need a system like gave you that comment not i gave you because and i did use really love you in my life something's wrong with this and this is this is an absolutely hogwash nine eleven truth god bless those people for thinking that you and i mean you're in you're in for a new investigation into yeah i specially support investigation but i don't believe that somehow it's a criminal conspiracy caused because of zionists promoting israel but i will also hold on i will still put repeal of the patriot act getting to that point where people want to respect their civil liberties and want the government certainly more and getting back to a real free press absolute anyways now you had a really amazing interview to with with prodigy from. well this is only a small tease the full interview is going to be on my you tube and on adam versus the man dot com but this is only a short tease with the grammy award winn

mr. filner: i again urge support of the bill and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: i thank the ranking member for bringing this bill to the floor. i would add that tomorrow morning the full committee will be having a hearing at 10:00 a.m. titled putting american veterans back to work. i would also ask my friend the ranking member not to give all the good ideas to the white house because you and i will be working together on a summit to bring together those individuals who are wanting good employees to hire and highlight the veterans' community to them for employment in their exens. -- companies. once again i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative day tots revise and extend and add extraneous material to h.r. 802 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. miller: i encourage all members to support h.r. 802 as amended and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 802 as amended. those in

i want to ask the chairman if he plans to bring an authorization bill for 2012? mr. rogers: we plan to bring a bill for 2012 and i will work with you on the ndic. i couldn't agree more. it's important that we focus, continue to have the government effort focus on elicit drugs, however the national drug intelligence center has done very little to address this national priority and i look forward to working with him. mr. flake: i thank the chairman and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland continues to reserve. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i'd like to recognize for one minute the distinguished member of the intelligence committee, mr. heck. the chair: the gentleman from nevada voiced for one minute. mr. heck: thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to begin by recognizing our military's extraordinary efforts to successfully close a painful chapter in american history. of course the military could not have performed their mission so successfully without our intelligence

mr. chairman. this bill only rescinds money that has not been obligated. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, steve king. the chair: the gentleman from iowa. kingofthebluegrass i thank you, mr. -- mr. king: i thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding. his voice is essential to this and putting this unconstitutional bill behind us one day and taking us down the path to liberty and freedom with a constitutional path. i rise in strong support for h.r. 1213, mr. chairman. much has been made of $5.5 billion in automatic spending that was written into obamacare. that was a number that was kind of like a mirage, hard to pin down. in working with c.r.s. we finally got that number, $105.5 billion in automatic spending written in a bill that i don't think any member of congress was aware of that figure when obamacare was passed a little over a year ago, about 13 months ago. however, this bill, h.r. 1213, doesn't address that $105.5 billion in automatic, irresponsible, unconstitutional spending. it addresses an open slot where the drafters

mr. bill pope. >> train to come attainment for writing that the pair to look forward to reading it. two things. number one coming to take in light of bin laden's death were just anyway that aqap is going to continue to begin to focus more outwardly as well as the horse inside? and second, what is your opinion of how a lucky? i have a serious doubts about his long-term leadership in wondering what you think. >> even before bin laden's, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula have been identified by intelligence experts and policymakers is the most out of note in the al qaeda network. if you look at john brennan speech last december, if you look at the testimony of the director of national intelligence, direct or of the counterterrorism center, early this year it was clear that aqap had msb surpassed al qaeda. it is an organization that is quite formidable in the sense that it's very adaptable and very creative and they have come up with uses of the internet example, uses those media language surpassing al qaeda in stating that their ambition is described the u.s. homeland and not with thei

mr. lipinski, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: does the ntleman -- the gentleman from texas. is recognized. you have 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: madam speaker, we're prepared to close and wait for the gentleman from michigan to yield back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. mr. conyers: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, who is the chief sponsor of this leslation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. smith, for his leadership. i want to thank mr. lipinski. i want to thank dave camp and our speakers, john boehner, for his eloquent statement and his compassion for both mothers and children who are hurt by abortion and for eric cantor, our majority leader, and for 228 co-sponsors of this legislation. madam speaker, there is no dou

mr. mcdermott: this bill is making that problem worse. therefore, it's bad for grandma and everybody else. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. gingrey: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. gingrey: i thank the chairwoman. sitting in my office listening to this debate, i can't help but feel like this is a bunch of demagoguery on the part of our colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle. i take this opportunity to oppose an amendment, but more importantly to ask my colleagues to stop this demagoguery in regard to throwing grandma under the bus in reference to the medicare program and what our side of the aisle has proposed in the republican budget. you know, the average age of this body is 58 years old. almost all of us are grandma and grandpa, and you're running these ads all across the nation, i guess particularly in new york 26, showing a reasonable facsimile of our fantastic chairman of the budget committee pushing grandma in a wheelchai

that's why this bill is so important. you'll notice, mr. chairman, that 2,700-page bill, we're able to delete $230 million of that appropriation, mandatory appropriation with the bill that basically is about two pages long. and what we do in this two pages is responsibly address what the american people want to sues us address. they know that the federal mandates are costing private sector jobs. they know that the federal government coming in and taking over health care is causing private sector health care jobs. indeed, we have study after study that is saying we have already lost over a million jobs. it seems like every time we turn around, whether it is our health care delivery system, whether it is our hospitals, whether it is our physicians' offices, we're hearing about the loss of jobs to health care providers and in the health care sector because of the passage of obamacare, as many people in our country refer to the bill. one of the reasons we have to go about repealing these slush funds, mr. chairman, is because we simply can't affo

we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between the united states and europe, and they said. they used that as our point of departure in the united states. i apologize if you covered this >> wear -- where we have the pushback is in the releasing of international data. why does the eeu believe that sharing of data regarding only must beloads? seems like a long time to me. if you can answer that question, i'd appreciate it. zds as. >> i can share some of the she not mea-- sentiment. it's important to realize we are dealing with twoifrent ntal reeucture across the governmentr they have government. they have privacy

mr. chairman, we have the means to provide relief for our growing energy deficit and passage of this bill will be a step toward providing these means for our country. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. holt: i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i yield two minutes to mr. berg of north dakota. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. berg: thank you, mr. chairman. my home state of north dakota is rich in natural resources. we've seen tremendous economic opportunity from the bachen field. through empower north dakota, we were able to adopt a long-term energy plan in our state. it encouraged new energy development and it created high-paying, high-quality jobs in the energy industry. today our unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation. we can have the same success on the national level. but to do so, we need a long-term, common sense plan that's a national energy policy that must work to increase america's energy production, lower gas prices, and ul

mr. lipinski, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman -- the gentleman from texas. is recognized. you have 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: madam speaker, we're prepared to close and wait for the gentleman from michigan to yield back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. mr. conyers: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, who is the chief sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. smith, for his leadership. i want to thank mr. lipinski. i want to thank dave camp and our speakers, john boehner, for his eloquent statement and his compassion for both mothers and children who are hurt by abortion and for eric cantor, our majority leader, and for 228 co-sponsors of this legislation. madam speaker, there is no

mr. chairman. this bill is the first step for republicans to bring a new energy policy to this country, the american energy initiative. mr. lamborn: look at this chart. it says it all. under barack obama an had -- and his regulators, the average price of gasoline in this country has gone up from $1.84 a gallon when he took office, to just under $4. under his watch, gasoline has more than doubled. we need more supply and everyone agrees it should be our own energy not foreign. under the law of supply and demand, which my friends across the aisle have not found a way to repeal, more supply means lower prices. in addition, the thousands of more jobs for americans and billions of revenue dollars for the treasury. h.r. 1230 requires that four promising lease sale areas, three in the gulf and one off virginia, must be opened up for production. no more stonewalling by this administration and extreme environmentalists. after the spill came out of my subcommittee and the full natural resources committee, this adminis

mrs. nathan bill. good night. have a good evening and thank you. [applause]

bill. offered by mr. deutsche of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 245, the gentleman from florida, mr. deutsche, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. deutsche deutsche a little more than a -- mr. deutsche: a little more than a year ago, the b.p. oil vessel exploded in the gulf of mexico. over several months millions of gallons of oil were dumped into the gulf. the oil spill caused irreparable damage to delicate eke systems, damaged -- ecosystems, damaged the shore and was devastating to local jobs and livelihoods along the gulf coast. indeed the oil spill caused significant harm to my state of florida's environment and economy from which we are still recovering. my amendment will have no impact on the overall bill. while i do oppose weakening the federal review process of lease applications for energy development, production and exploration of the gulf of mexico, the purpose of my amendment is simply to correct an injustice to the residents of fl

that's what this bill does. mr. president, i also want to talk about the high price families are paying for gas back in my home state and across the country. you know, i was recently back at home with senator cantwell and we had the opportunity to meet with some local small business owners who talked about the impact of these skyrocketing prices of oil and gas and the impact on their businesses. they're hurting. these small business owners are already struggling to keep their doors open in these tough economic times, and every time prices go up at the pump, they are pushed one step closer to the edge. that's why i believe as a country we need to move away from our dependence on foreign oil and towards a more secure, affordable clean energy future. it's why i've called for a crackdown on the speculation that is part of what pushes gas prices up and why i was so disappointed that the house republican budget slashed funding for the commodity futures trading commission. that is the very agency that's charged with protec

bill. the chair: the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i would note the two democrat senators from virginia and the governor of the state are in favor of this legislation. with that, mr. chairman, i'm more than happy to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: i rise today in strong support of the restoring american offshore leasing now act. last night, i had a telephone town hall with hundreds of anymy constituents. the overwhelming concern was the high price of gas. seniors, students, working families and small businesses want to know what we're doing to help lower fuel costs. they want us to stop being dependent on foreign energy and start really developing america's resources today -- resources. today we're doing that. unfortunately, our colleagues across the isle -- the aisle believe raising taxes on oil companies will lower the price of gas. this defies both logic and common sense. not only would raising tacks ensure job losses in america

mr. loebsack, for his remarks on the bill. e gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of h.r. 1627 which contains legislation that congressman runyan and i introduced to end the practice of back room deals and reservations at arlington national cemetery. it codifies what has been policy since 1962. that every eligible service member should be buried at arlington without with regard to rank or status. unfortunately, policy has gone unheeded for over 40 years and past supervisors of the cemetery have allowed these deals to continue. the bill, therefore, requires full accounting of off-the-books deals that have been made in the past. arlington national semtory, as we all know, is our nation's most hallowed ground. a promise we make to those who wear our nation's uniform and to their families is that our nation will honor and remember their service, that we will never forget that freedom is not free, and as memorial day approaches, as everyone today has mentioned, i str

mr. brubaker. and is opposed to this bill. responding to mr. brubaker's testimony can you explain how this bill will bring clarity and simplification to each state's policy for taxing digital goods? >> chairman ross, the states are in a quandary here as our businesses and consumers. most certainly in the retail area most of these laws were written after the depression and have been updated on an ad hoc basis since then. the economy simply robust, more vibrant, more changing vanik has been and tax policy tends to lag in that area. i believe you are trying to do the right thing here by setting forth some framework in which all parties have a clear understanding of the rules. >> thank you. with 12 seconds left i will conclude and recognize the distinguished member from tennessee and ranking member mr. cohen for five minutes. >> mr. brubaker, you are from washington state? and you said you were looking out for the small taxpayers, is that right? your state like my state of tennessee is one of the few states that doesn't have a state income tax. >> t

mr. lipinski, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. e speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman -- the gentleman from texas. is recognized. you have 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: madam speaker, we're prepared to close and wait for the gentleman from michigan to yield back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. mr. conyers: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, who is the chief sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. smith, for his leadership. i want to thank mr. lipinski. i want to thank dave camp and our speakers, john boehner, for his eloquent statement and his compassion for both mothers and children who are hurt by abortion and for eric cantor, our majority leader, and for 228 co-sponsors of this legislation. madam speaker, there is no d

mr. democrat, bill clinton. >> paul ryan. >> how are you? >> reporter: he even got some surprising words of encouragement. >> i told them before you got here, i said, i'm glad we won this race in new york. but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. >> reporter: ryan's plan would reduce medicare's costs by eventually replacing the current system with one where seniors would buy government subsidized private insurance. riding through washington today, ryan told us republicans need to fight for his plan. what do you say to these, maybe weak-kneed republicans -- >> this is not the time to go wobbly. they're going to run the attack ads at us regardless. this is a time for leaders to be leaders. >> reporter: house republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of ryan's plan and now may pay a political price. did you just cost the republicans control of the house? >> i don't think so. i think we were elected in this last election to take a stand on fixing this country's fiscal problems. to go after spending, to solve this debt cr

mr. speaker, i withdraw my reservation. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? mr. hastings: i rise in opposition to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i oppose this motion to recommit. quite frankly, this amendment is redundant, unnecessary and another attempt to divert attention of the real issue of increasing oil production in order to create jobs, lower energy costs and improve national security by lessening our dependence own foreign oil. first, mr. speaker, experts are already subject to the export administration act. before oil or gas can be exported, the president must find that the exports will not base the total quantity or quality of petroleum available to the u.s. and the national interest and are in accord of the export administration act of 1969. if the president finds that exports are in violation of the export administration act, an executive order could halt all these exports if congress find that the export are in conflict with the national interest. if it can pass and they can

we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. billchus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between the united states and europe, and they said. they used that as our point of departure in the united states. i apologize if you covered this >> wear -- where we have the pushback is in the releasing of international data. why does the eeu believe that sharing of data regarding only must beloads? seems like a long time to me. if you can answer that question, i'd appreciate it. zds as. >> i can share some of the she not mea-- sentiment. it's important to realize we are dealing with two different governmental structures, the parliamentary structure, our three parts of gove

mr. mcdermott: this bill is making that problem worse. therefore, it's bad for grandma and everybody else. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. gingre i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. gingrey: i thank the chairwoman. sitting in my office listening to this debate, i can't help but feel like this is a bunch of demagoguery on the part of our colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle. i take this opportunity to oppose an amendment, but more importantly to ask my colleagues to stop this demagoguery in regard to throwing grandma under thbus in reference to the medicare program and what our side of the aisle has proposed in the republican budget. you know, the average age of this body is 58 years old. almost all of us are grandma and grandpa, and you're running these ads all across the nation, i guess particularly in new york 26, showing a reasonable facsimile of our fantastic chairman of the budget committee pushing grandma in a wheelchair of

we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between the united states and europe, and they said. they used that as our point of departure in the united states. i apologize if you covered this >> wear -- where we have the pushback is in the releasing of international data. why does the eeu believe that sharing of data regarding only must beloads? seems like a long time to me. if you can answer that question, i'd appreciate it. zds as. >> i can share some of the she not mea-- sentiment. it's important to realize we are dealing with two different governmental structures, the parliamentary structure, our three parts of g

so i've filed a bill, mr. president, "the oil spill tax fairness act," and it aims to reduce the deficit by billions of dollars by preventing oil companies from shifting the cost of oil spills on to our taxpayers. in the past, congress has stepped in to prevent unconsequence tax deductions for expenses, such as civil and criminal fines, bribes, lobbying expenditures, political contributions, excessive executive compensation. we've done that in the congress by passing laws to prevent those as tax deductions. well, we ought to step in and do it again. b.p. i think anybody would say was irresponsible and negligent to the detriment of a whole lot of people and the company should not be able to claim tax savings for their missteps. and especially so -- this is just pouring salt on the wound -- while our people are being squeezed at the pump every day because of the price of gasoline at the same time that in the first three months of this year, the first quarter, those five oil companies had $35 billion in profits.

mr. inslee: we should oppose this bill not because it is too strong but because it is too weak. americans do need relief from $4 a gallon gasoline and they are not going to get it from this bill either in the short-term or the long-term. the reason they won't get relief in the short-term is we're not drilling in the right places. we need to drill speculators, not just wells. even goldman sachs recognizes that a significant portion of this huge spike in prices is due to rampant speculation in the market. but this bill doesn't do a single thing about that short-term reason for this short-term price, we need to drill speculators not just wells. but secondly, in the long-term, this bill does not give us what we need. my friends across the aisle told us they were going to give us an all of the above energy strategy. they haven't given us an all of the above strategy. they have just given us an all of the below strategy. because the only thing they are thinking about are these archaic technologies of drilling holes in the ground. we use 25% of the world's oil. we only have 3% of the w

mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lankford: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to now yield as much time as he may consume to the distinguished colleague and friend the great state of oklahoma, the sponsor of this legislation, mr. cole. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1423, a bill with i sponsored to designate the post office in ardmore, oklahoma, as the specialist michael e. phillips post office. michael was driven by a personal sense of duty and honor. he joined the army because he recognized injustice and terror in our world with and sought to make a difference. specialist michael phillips lived out that sense of duty through military service and made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our nation remained security and free. mr. speaker, michael turned down an op

mrs. ellmers: i rise to speak on behalf of my bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. ellmers: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1425, the creating jobs through small business innovation act. this bipartisan bill is being marked up today in the house small business committee. our bill re-authorizes the sttr program which has a proven track record of creating jobs, stimulating small business growth, and helping start-ups succeed by providing the impetus to start projects that otherwise would not have gotten off the ground. but most importantly our bill does not cost anything. this program simply requires that the federal agencies slice out a portion of their overall budget for small firms to compete for research and development for new innovative ideas. the fbir program is set to expire on may 31. as chairwoman of the house small business committee on health and technology, i believe it is a vital -- that it is vital that we expedite re-authorization of th

mr. mayor, how are you? it is nice to see you. how are you? how are you feeling today, bill? i saw you last night at john's grill having a good time. where did you stay the night? is this thing on? what can you tell us about 105 years of life? you were only a couple months old. >> just what they told me, the rest of the family. >> your father started a battalion. >> in 1886. 1896. >> i was hearing your experiences as a stock picker. >> yes, i am still playing. it is a pleasure. >>. were you made $1 million from a loss $1 million, made $1 million. -- i was reading where you made $1 million, lost $1 million, and made $1 million. >> that is the stock market. >> you look like you are feeling better than last year. [laughter] do you have any advice for someone to live 105 years? >> that is what they all ask. i do not know. >> if it comes to you, let me know. we're all curious. how about a hand for our earthquake survivor? [applause] where did mayor lee go? let's talk to people. one more time for the motorcade and bill del monte. [applause] mr. mayor. let's go this way. all right.

mr. chairman. this bill first step for republicans to bring a new energy policy to this country, the american energy initiative. mr. lamborn: look at this chart. it says it all. under barack obama an had -- and his regulators, the average price of gasoline in this country has gone up from $1.84 a gallon when he took office, to just under $4. under his watch, gasoline has more than doubled. we need more supply and everyone agrees it should be our own engy not foreign. under the law of supply and demand, which my friends across the aisle have not found a way to repeal, more supply means lower prices. in addition, the thousands of more jobs for americans and billions of revenue dollars for the treasury. h.r.230 requires that four promising lease sale areas, three in the gulf and one off virginia, must be opened up for production. no more stonewalling by this administration and extreme environmentalists. after the spill came out of my subcommittee and the full natural resources committee, this administration bel

bill. due to objection -- mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentlelady an additional minute. ms. bordallo: we were forced to afree to the defense bill by unanimous consent here in the house, let history note i did not objection to the -- object to the unanimous consent request last year. in fact, chairman mckeon committed to including war claims in this year's defense bill and i do appreciate his support. but the republican leadership would not allow him to honor his commitment to me. this is wrong, mr. speaker, and a drew disservice to the people of guam. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. ms. bordallo: mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to include the tech of my amendment, number 99, to be included for consideration in this rule. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from utah yield for such request? mr. bishop spb -- mr. bishop: i have a great deal of sympathy for the gentlelady and will work with you on resources committee where that amendment still is, but i will not yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman does not

i was glad the director, mr. bill kerlikowske -- gil kerlikowske, was here to talk about that.coordinate resources. it does appear the prescription drug motrin programs stand out as a growing and effective state-based vehicle for addressing the problem. it is one that could be strengthened with further integration with electronic. carving -- with electronic prescribing and health records, the v.a., department of defense, and indian affairs, and improved a. in -- and improved interoperability was states. that seems to have come out of the hearing. we do not seem to be a good place yet with respect to the disposal of unused controlled pharmaceuticals. throwing them down the during creates one set of problems. leaving the cabinet creates another set of problems. we've not developed a robust system for disposing of them. we look forward to working with the pharmaceutical industry to come up with solutions. it is their product that is alternately at the heart of the problem. -- ultimately at the heart of the problem. i appreciate you taking the time to share their expertise this mor

bill. next, a portion of the debate on the measure this is 40 minutes.e >> mr. p tresident, yesterday te senate voted on the bill ton increase taxes on the productiod of oil and gas in the united thoues as well as the tens off thousands of americans thats injury employees and the millions of americans it served we should have been debating ths budget and the senate hasn't passed a a budget for 749 days.t but othe majority decided during this bill to the floorhange psterday, an effort i think toe change some of the conversationh from the problem that it had, which is our spending problem iw washington. o todayf we borrow 40 cents of w every dollar we spend, spending on domestic government agencies, get this, domestic non-defense t government agencies in the past two years increase 24%. this was $800 billion stimulus package was much more than thato it will go bankrupt and 2024. d the social security trust fund will be insolvent and 2036 andde the nation's debt has increased from 5 trillion to 14 trillion. despite the gravity of theo situation the majority has to c

and the mcconnell bill, although for very different reasons. mr. president, the first vote, of course, will be later today on the menendez bill, and i'm afraid this bill is just pure political demagoguery. attacking big oil because, i suppose, the author and some members think that's an easy target, and meanwhile doing nothing, nothing substantive about the real problem, providing no relief to americans who are paying more and more at the pump. now, mr. president, the bill purports to do away with taxpayer subsidies to big oil -- quote -- unquote. let me give you a factual translation of that. the factual translation is to increase taxes on certain energy companies by disallowing them from claiming the same sort of deductions and credits that thousands of other american businesses and manufacturers can claim, some of which go back and are almost as old as the income tax itself. that's the factual translation. let me also give you the translation of what it would do. according to nonpartisan sources like the congressional research service, it would

bill pay about $17,000 a year? mr. harkin: that's right. mr. durbin: they said to carlos, we need for you to take out student loans on top of the g.i. bill. he ended up taking out the loans, going $23,000 in debt over and above the g.i. bill, and he couldn't finish. he didn't want to go any further in debt. i might say to carlos, he got off easy. i had a young woman who went to west wood college for a criminal justice degree. after five years of extra effort to get her diploma, she ended up with a worthless diploma that she couldn't turn into a job anywhere at any shiver's office or -- sheriff's office or anyplace related to criminal justice. i might say to the senator from iowa, she was $90,000 in debt. $90,000 in debt at the age of 26 with a worthless diploma from west wood college, this for-profit school. she's living in her parent's basement because she can't get a job to pay for anything. whatever she makes goes to student loans and she can't borrow a nickel to get a real education. think about this girl. she was doing the right thing. i'll