mr. garrett. mr. garrett, no. mr. simpson. mr. simpson, no. mr. campbell. mr. campbell, no. mr. no. mr. calvert, no. mr. akin. mr. akin, no. no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. shay fits. mr. stutzman. mr. lankford. mr. no. ms. black. >> no. >> ms. black, no. mr. ribble. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. nlco-sponsor my bill. so i'll vote no now. when his name goes on there i'll change it back. no. >> mr. . muhuelskamp. no. mr. young. mr. no. mr. omosh. no. mr. okita, no. mr. guenta, no. mr. woodall. mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz. ms. schwartz, aye. ms. kaptur. ms. kaptur, aye. mr. doggot. mr. blumenauer. mr. blumenauer, no. miss mccolumn. aye. mr. yarmouth. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. rye wran. mr. ryan, aye. ms. waszerman schultz. aye. ms. moore, aye. mr. schuler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mrs. bonanici, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote?

mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock no. mr. chaffetz? mr. setsman? mr. setsman, no. mr. lankford. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribbal? mr. ribbal, no. mr. florez? mr. florez, no. mr. mulvaney? mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huescamp? no. mr. young? mr. young, no. mr. amarsh? mr. amarsh, no. mr. akita? mr. akita, no. mr. guinta? mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen -- >> yes. >> mr. van hollen -- aye. ms. schwartz? ms. schwartz, aye. mr. kaptur? aye? mr. bloomen nour, aye. mr. mccullum, mr. yarmouth. mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. wasserman schultz, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. mr. caster? mr. caster, aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? ms. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote tore change their vote? if not, the clerk sha report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, ayes 13, nos are 20. >> nos have it. the amendment is not agre

mr. garrett. mr. simpson. mr. simpson no mr. campbell? mr. campbell, no. mr. calvert? mr. calvert, no. mr. akin, noole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? mr. cclintock, no. mr.langford? ms. black? ms. black, no. ms. dribble, mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mullvaney no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. mr. amash, no. mr. ita, no. mr. gunta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen? >> yes. >> mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwarz aye. ms. captor mr. doggett aye. mr. blumenour aye. ms.ccollum. mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan,aye. ms. ms. moore, aye.ms. castor? aye. mr. schueler? n. schueler, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any members, other change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vot ar. 's miss castor, i think, isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to -- yep. go ahead and offer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so d by ms. cast an amendment at the desk. >> the gentle lady from florida has an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate. >> anre by ms. castor relating to medicare. >> the gentle lady is rec

mr. garret, no. mr. simpson, no. mr. campbell, no. mr. calvert, no. mr. aiken, no. mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribbal, no. mr. florous, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. o ketoa, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van hallen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway constru

mr. garret? no. mr. simpson? mr. simpson, no. >> mr. campbell? no. mr. calvert? no. mr. akin? mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? is mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chaffetz. mr. stetzman. no. mr. langford? mr. langford, no. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. woodall? no. mr. yhuelskamp, no. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. ms. mccollum, aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. wasserman-shultz, aye. ms. moore? aye. ms. castor, aye ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? no. >> the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report on the status -- >> the midwest working together. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum related to women's health. >> thank you. women deserved access to affordable health care. unfortunately before the women health care act, women were not guaranteed access. a woman was dpe nighed hea

mr. garret? no. mr. simpson, no. mr. campbell? no. mr. calvert? no. mr. akin? mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. mcclintock? no. mr. affe? mr. sututzman? no. mr. langford, . black? no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores? mulvaney, no. mr. heulskamp? no. mr. young, no. mr. amash? no. mr. rokita? no p. mr. ginta? no p. mr. woodall? no. mr. van hollen? >> aye. >> aye. ms. captor? aye. mr. doggett? aye. mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccollum? aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. honda? aye. mr. ryan of ohio? aye. ms. wasserman shultz? ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. castor? aye. mr. schuler? aye. ms. bass? aye. ms. bonimici? aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> any other members who need to vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> the gentle lady from wisconsin is recognized. >> thank you very, very much, mr. chairman. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> yes, sir, i have an amendment at the desk. >> an amendment offered by ms. moore related to nutrition. >> the gentlelady is recognized for seven plns. >> i don't envy your job as the budget chair

mr. garr rhett. mr. simpson, no. mr. campbell, no. mr. calvert, no. mr. akin. mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock no. mr. stutzman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. flores no. mr. mulvany, mr. huls camp no, mr. young, mr. young, no. mr. amash. mr. amash. no. mr. akita. mr. ginta, no. mr. van hole land. mr. van holland. ms. schwartz, no. mr. doggett, aye. mr. yarmith aye. mr. honda aye, mr. wright a. mr. ryan aye. ms. waszman schultz. mr. schuler aye. ms. bass aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman no. >> any others looking to vote or to change their vote. if no, the clerk shall report. on. >> on that vote the ryes -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. i now yield to ms. bonamiche. >> an amendment offered by ms. bonamiche relating to wall street. >> thank you. i'm proud to offer this -- >> do you want to do the 15 or the 10? >> can i have 12 and a half? >> we have been watching this health budget committee mark up of the republican budget plan for much of the day here on cspan 3. our coverage is now moving to cspan 2. and you can also see out online on cspan.org. >>

mr. simpson? mr. simpson, no. mr. mr. calvert? mr. calvert, no. mr. akin? mr. cole? >> no. >> mr. cole, no. mr. price? >> no. >> mr. price, mcclintock? no. mr. mr. stutsman, no. mr. langford? >> yes. >> mr. langford, no. s. black?>> no. mr. flores? >> no. >> mr. flores, mulvaney, mr. young? mr. mr. okita? >> no. >> mr. gunta? kin? >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. woodall?n hollen? >> aye.ay ms. schwarz? >> aye. aye. >> ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett, blumenauer, aye. ms. mccollum yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, msscltz? e.aye. ms. aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. bass? ms. bonamici,. campbell? >> no. >> mr. campbell, no. >> no. >> no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chirman, no. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shallr. cirma the ayes are 16, the nos a the amendment is not agreed to. next we are going to recognize offering an amendment. >> thank you. i have an amendment. >> the signate the amendment. the staff will hand out copies of. >> an amendment offered by ms. captor, re

mr. garret? mr. garret no. mr. simpson? mr. campbell. mr. campbell, no. mr. calvert. mr. calvert, no. mr. aiken. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. ribbal, no. mr. mull vanny, no. mr. young mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. gin ta, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. vanholen, no. ms. captor. ms. captor aye. ms. mcculm. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, no. ms. moor. ms. caster. mr. shuller. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mr. simpson. >> absolutely not. >> mr. simpson, no. >> are there voters looking to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. we are recognizing mr. pascarel for the purposes of announcing an amendment. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. call out the amendment first. >> an amendment offered relatby pascarel. >> now the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. can we have the chart up here, please? out of all the positive ec

mr. simpson, no. mr. campbell, no. mr. calvert, no. mr. aiken. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ripple. mr. ripple, no. mr. flor ez, no. mr. mull veiny, no. mr. young. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van holen. mr. van holen, aye. ms. kaptur, aye. mr. dogt, aye. m mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. paskarel, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. mr. shuller, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. aiken, no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we ms. schultz will be recognized for an amendment. >> the clerk will designate. >> an amendment offered by ms. schultz relating to medicaid. >> thank you mr. chairman. i offer amendment nine which stops reckless and shameful cuts to seniors. this will ensure that senior citizens will not lose vital medicaid assis

mr. george tunis. mrs. ulga tunis. mrs. luiz ann rodgers. ms. hilary rosen. mr. john jkelly. mr. and mrs. -- mr. aul shinkman. dr. john feliz austion. mrs. maggie austin. mrs. lynn kaufman. >> we broke away there momentarily to take you out front. the president and first lady awaiting the arrival of david cameron and his wife samantha. live coverage here on c-span. >> very pretty. they look better than us. >> present. >> mr. george clooney. >> smiled. . mr. kerry -- mrs. dorothy -- >> great to be back. >> mrs. carrol -- mr. charlie rose. ms. amanda burden. mr. tony james. mrs. annabelle james. mrs. meredith dewitt. mr. terry dewitt. mr. james schneider. mrs. tracy schneider. sentaor mccaskill. mr. joseph shepherd. mr. hunter biden. mrs. kathleen biden. mrs. catherine -- the honorable hilda -- the secretary of labor. the honorable anthony miller. mrs. carol miller. mr. rory mcilroy. mr. connor ridge. sir richard branson. >> what do you think -- >> i think it is wonderful. i think our relationship has never been stronger. we thought it was incredibly strong. it is very flattering. >> [inaudible] >>

mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young. mr. young, no. mr. mosh. mr. mosh, no. mr. unta, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. hollen. mr. van hollen, aye. miss schwartz, aye. miss captor, aye. mrs. mccollum, aye. mr.aye. mr. honda -- aye. mrs. wasserman-schultz. >> aye. mr. caster, aye. aye.chuler. mr. campbell. no. >> mr. campbell, no. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. miss bass. miss bass, aye. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 16. the the nos are 20. >> the nos have it.e recognize katherine. >> thank you, members of the committee. i have an amendment. >> the staff will hand out copies of the amendment. the gentle lady from ohio. >> an amendment offered by miss castor. >> gentle lady from ohio is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you very much. the amendment i'm proposed would establish the veterans job corps. it would employ 20,000 returning veterans in project to reserve the parks, the state parks and other public lands and touch up federal facility ls. the american people know

mr. garrett -- mr. simpson -- mr. campbell mr. calvert -- mr. akin -- mr. cole -- mr. price -- mr. mcclain talk -- mr. chavis -- mr. susman -- mr. lankford --ms. black -- mr. ribble - mr. flore arrest -- mr. mulvaney --mr. huelscamp -- mr. young -- mr. amash -- mr. okita -- gin mr.ta -- mr. waddell -- mr. van hollen. ms schwartz - ms. captor -- mr. doggettt -- mr. blumenauer - ms. - mr. pascarel - mr. honda -- mr. ryan of ohio --ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. more - ms. caster - mr. shuler --ms. bass -- ms. bonamici -- mr. chairman. mr. garrett - >> are there any other member is looking to vote for change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report e ayes are 13th,e aes and the no's are 20. >> let's go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the amendment off m for bys. caster. the clerk will designate them as an amendment offered ms. caster related to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> in addition to the republican plan that breaks a promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also proposed to raise the cost of prescription drugs and

mr. sullivan, mr. speaker, and i thank my friends for yielding. >> mr. speaker, at this time i yield two minutes to my dear friend from california, mr. schiff. to my distinguished friend from ohio. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and i rise to thank our house parliamentarian, john sullivan, for his years of service to this nation and to the house of representatives. john has been a trusted advisor and an honest broker of the rules of the house. he has served at a time when partisan ran chore has unfortunately been prevalent in this body but his integrity and impartiality have remained beyond question and beyond reproach. john joined the office of the parliamentarian 25 years ago, rising to his current role in 2004 when he was appointed by speaker hastert. before joining the office of parliamentarian, he a distinguished career as an active duty member of the u.s. armed -- u.s. air force, he also served as respected council on the house armed services committee. as parliamentarian, john's keen legal mind and passion for the constitution has always bee

mrs. myrick: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, this is washington so we have to have an acronym for everything up here. the ipab isn't a new techy technique but an example of one of the many misguided parts of the budget-busting health care law. what's this debate really about? we all know that medicare's headed toward financial catastrophe, and the health reform law only succeeded in putting the program in a more precarious position. there's no easy solution to this problem but republicans have put forward a plan that would actually set the program on a healthy fiscal path again without hurting those who are already on the program. of course, because this is washington, rather than having a hardy debate, these proposals continue to be demagogued and derided. instead, the health reform bill gave us ipab, an unaccountable bill taxed with limiting procedures and treatments in order to control costs. it's a topdown, unconstitutional, ineffective and inefficient way to solve medicare's fiscal problems. and if you think this bo

mr. sessions: i'm not seeking recognition -- mr. frank: i thought -- mr. sessions: the gentleman from arizona has a good bill and i encourage you to read it. mr. frank: i have read the bill, but to be told that we are going to in a party that says -- voted for regular order bring out a bill, 4088 has had no committee consideration whatsoever. the other bills have. the other five. but it's never been brought up in a hearing, it's never been in subcommittee, it's never been in committee. and the notion that it's a good bill and therefore should be immune from any committee process is very discouraging. this is a bill that's only been in existence for a couple weeks. and the gentleman says well, it's a good bill, read it. then i guess we don't need the committee. we don't need to do anything. but the process is supposed to be one where these things go through some vetting. so i am disappointed that we have a rule that brings a bill to the floor that literally has had no committee consideration whatsoever, brand new bill, apparently, because got a brand new spo

mr. president. mrs. boxer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: mr. president, just for the people who are watching this debate, we are talking about a transportation bill. we are talking about preserving the jobs that go with that. 1.8 million jobs and an additional one million that will be created. but you're hearing a debate about which we should roll back a proposed rule that controls the following -- poisons, mercury, arsenic, lead, chromium, benzine, toxic soot, to just name a few. and if anyone believes that all this legislation is about is a delay, then they don't know, because this amendment which has been called the e.p.a. regulatory relief act would forever change the current standards allowed for mercury, arsenic, lead, chromium, benzene , box i can soot and other dangerous pollutions. so it not only delays a rule that is critical, and i will tell you the number of lives that will be saved because of it, but it changes the standards for these toxins forever. n

mr. clay: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a co-sponsor of h.r. 3610 and h.r. 3611. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. clay: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 2842. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 570 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2842. the chair appoints the gentleman from utah, mr. chesapeake bay fits, to preside -- mr. chesapeake bay fets -- mr. chaff fets -- mr. chaffetz to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the committee will be in order. the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 28

mr. conyers: believe it or not. mr. stearns: mr. conyers, the point is this is a federal disaster and a federal disaster like katrina in which the federal government is involved, we need to have a federal bill. mr. conyers: i say to my colleague from florida, this is a federal bill enacted in 1997 and that's the one i would urge you to want to join with me and others to modify if there is a problem. what you're doing by stearns-matheson, is you are now changing the law in all 50 states without going through the volunteer protection act over which we have jurisdiction . and that's the reason that i urge my colleagues that there is no need to up end existing state laws to provide unnecessary immunity. and i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan reserves his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. stearns: madam speaker, i just say that the 50 state laws are not allowing a physician to help mop the floors. i yield to the chairman of the constitution subcommittee of the house judiciary committee. the chair: the gentleman

mr. camp: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam. mr. ross: did you notice something? -- mr. roskam: he was arguing from the other side of the aisle that ipab, this cost control board will never come into play as long as congress does its job. during the health care hearing that we had in the ways and means committee, the gentleman from wisconsin on the other side of the aisle characterized as ipab as a leap of faith. and we just heard from the the gentleman from texas who acknowledged it's not the best solution, so let's stick with it. here's the problem with sticking with this failed solution. they are asking seniors to bear the brunt of this. we had an expert witness who came into the ways and means committee and i posed this question, there is no rationing per se, although it's not defined in the bill, but the bill says there can't be rationing, but can there be per se rationing, if cost -- if coverage is denied based on cost? is that rationing? absolutely, congressman. take a leap of faith, a leap of blind faith that somehow congress

mr. hastings: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from florida. mr. -- mr. hastings: my good friend doc hastings is mindful we are going to have a future. i ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 seconds. the chair: seeing no objection. mr. hastings: i just want to comment that there is a future and we tend to do it arn here, as a matter of fact, we do it in budgetary matters and all the way around. i preebt very much my friend pointing out that creativity i offered at the very same time. i think mr. grijalva's amendment is deserving of serious consideration and i art -- and i support it. i yield back. the chair: does the gentleman have unanimous consent -- unanimous request. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number one printed in the con fregsal record by the gentleman from arizona on which further

mr. & mrs. madison's war." thank you. [applause] do we have any questions? we have a microphone. very interesting. you call this "mr. & mrs. madison's war" the think it was this matter since initiative to go to war? it was the last big event done before those who were not at the founding. and the first and last time congress follow the rules and debated and declared war before we've got started fighting. >> i think he rode a wave of widespread public opinion to say who got of the east you found a lot of folks who thought it was necessary to go to war to save face and there was support where many were hawks came to power. that was part of it. in no sense initiative going to war in aid to know seven it was attacked quite unexpectedly then many calls go to war. it was not a seemingly easy solution in negotiating terms. clearly not his idea but he decided it was a necessity to dictate the documents to deliver to congress and subsequent ratified has said declaration of war. does that answer a question? any more questions? >> to what extent do you think phi have been napoleon in europe but the same time? >> interest dain

mr. webster. mr. webster: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from oregon, my good friend, mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. defazio: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise to urge members to vote against the previous question. why would we do that? because we need to invest in america's crumbling infrastructure and the republicans are totally incapable of producing a transportation bill. here's a little bit of review of history. february 8, 2011, chairman micah, we'll have a bill by -- chairman my ka, we'll have a bill -- chairman mie ka, we'll have a -- chairman mica, we'll have a bill by august. fast forward, we'll have one extension -- they didn't get it done by august. then in november, house to pass highway bill. that was november of 2011, it's 2012. now the republicans are saying they need another 90 days to get agreement in their own caucus. they're never going to get agreement. there are 80 member

mr. mica: -- mr. rahall: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield at this time to the chair of the rail subcommittee, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. speaker. i wish the gentleman from california would have showed that kind of passion when the stimulus bill was passed two years ago and come to the floor and said that stimulus bill should be a infrastructure bill. and there's only a very, very small portion, i think about $68 billion of that $800 billion stimulus package, that went to the infrastructure of this country. where was the gentleman when that outrage was happening? if you want a real stimulation, which we believe this stimulates the economy, this helps put concrete on the roads and repairs our bridges and puts people to work, this bill will do that. an 18-month bill is not going to p

mr. mica: -- mr. rahall: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield at this time to the chair of the rail subcommittee, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. speaker. i wish the gentleman from california would have showed that kind of passion when the stimulus bill was passed two years ago and come to the floor and said that stimulus bill should be a infrastructure bill. and there's only a very, very small portion, i think about $68 billion of that $800 billion stimulus package, that went to the infrastructure of this country. where was the gentleman when that outrage was happening? if you want a real stimulation, which we believe this stimulates the economy, this helps put concrete on the roads and repairs our bridges and puts people to work, this bill will do that. an 18-month bill is not going to p

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. toomey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recognized. -- mr. coons: mr. president, parents work so hard for the future of their children, their health, safety and future. i rise today as the parent of three young children to talk about how we can pull together to provide all the tools and resources that parents, teachers, mentors and students need, to understand, to afford and to connect with college opportunities in this country. why do we need a new solution to this longg standing problem of college access? let's just look at some statistics from this recent tough recession we're still growing our way out of. the unemployment rate amongst high school dropouts was 13%. amongst those who finished high school, 8%. amongst those with a college degree, just 4%. that's an enormous difference. that's millions of people unemployed because they didn't finish their high school education and go on to some higher education. in the new global economy, americans who don't go on after hig

mr. president? would the senator yield to me? mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. reid: be happy to yield. mr. eahy: i wonder when we talk about, mr. president, when we talk about the american people want, i'm sure the majority leader -- and i'd ask, and this is a question -- where there is 160 million americans who are in judicial districts where there are vacancies because we have not, even though they have gone through the senate judiciary committee, the majority leader's been blocked from bringing them up for a vote. 160 million americans who are denied a chance for justice, denied a chance to go to court. so i ask the leader: was that also one of the considerations he had, moving forward on these judges? mr. reid: mr. president, i say to the chairman of the judiciary committee, i mentioned this yesterday at some length, and i believe the presiding officer was here when i did that. we -- more than half of the people in america today are living in areas where there has been declared a judicial emergency. nevada is one of them. we have people who are these judges who are overwhelmed with work

mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. and mr. speaker, i'd like to note that i will be yielding 10 minutes of time to my colleague from the ag committee. mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. green: thank you. mr. speaker, i do want to concur with those who announced that bipartisan is alive and well -- bipartisanship is alive at the committee level and on the floor today. i want to thank mr. garrett, mr. grimm for nair cooperation and our ability to work together. i'd also like to especially thank the staff of the full committee and the staff of each congressional office for the outstanding work the staff members have done. it is very difficult to get legislation to this point without the benefit of staff having had a helping hand, and we thank the staff. mr. speaker, the passage of the wall street reform and consumer protection act of 2010 established a system for regulating the over-the-counter, that's the o.t.c., derivatives market. authorities provided to the securities and exchange commis

mr. cleaver: mr. chairman -- the chair: the gentleman from missouri. mr. cleaver: mr. chairman, let me just say -- let me ask with the generosity of the the gentleman from utah how much time do we have? the chair: the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. mr. chaffetz: i would like yield to yield two minutes to the gentleman if he needs it if he has additional speakers. mr. cleaver: mr. chairman, i would like to yield one minute to the the gentlewoman from california, ms. richardson. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. richardson: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the congressional black caucus' alternative budget for fiscal year 2013. this budget should be considered and made in order by all of our colleagues. minority communities took the hardest hit during the economic recession. in my district we suffered rates of unemployment arranging as high as 25%, home foreclosures and significantly more experiencing pain than across the country. our budget deals with these issues, helping us to have a skilled educated work for

mr. speaker. i -- mr. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. on march 7, 1965, now congressman john lewis, our colleague, led 600 brave americans in a march to protest for their equal right to vote like any other american. and they encountered horrific and despicable violence, preventing them from reaching their destination, the capital in montgomery. that day, now known as bloody sunday, set the stage for the landmark march to montgomery led by reverend martin luther king and bolstered by faith and prayer. this act of leadership, courage and bravery, culminated with congress passing the voting rights act of 1965, recognizing the right of every american to participate in our electoral process. at that time, there were just six black members of congress. today, i am proud to serve with 44 black colleagues. as reverend king said, the arc of the mall universe is long but it bends towards justice. mr. speaker, today we will pass a resolution that will add the tms of members of congress -- testimonies of members of congress, current and past, who par

mr. larsen: thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. let me rise and thank mr. van hollen and the budget committee and rise in full support of their balanced and fair document that emphasizes shared sacrifice. let me say to my republican colleagues that this appears to us much like that great philosopher, said, deja vu all over again. franklin delano roosevelt in another difficult period of our history said that we need to prevail upon this country to come together and find the warm courage of national unity that comes from shared sacrifice. that would again demonstrate to the american people, especially the most frail amongst us, and those in the middle class and are impacted the most, that we have national unity because we have garne -- guaranteed that no longer will they be in a position where they have to suffer while others who would use government in a way to prosper and grow at the expense of the middle class. there isn't a member of this chamber who doesn't have friends or family who aren't affected by the authoring of medicare, social security, or medica

mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, like many members of congress i receive thousands of emails from my neighbors each month about the issues that are important to them. since i work for them and i'm their advocate, it is important that i bring their words directly to the house floor and let other members hear what i call the pulse of texans. bill baggy from texas recently wrote me about the deteriorating condition of our southern border with mexico. here's what he has to say. i own and operate a heavy specialized trucking company and transport specialized freight around the united states and canada. 1/4 of my freight ends up in the south texas towns of mcallen, farr, and brownsville, and other towns. over the last 10 years i have watched the border in south texas deteriorate with not only undocumented crossing, but much worse, the cartels. i know from

mr. rush, for five minutes. mr. rush: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the death of trayvon martin is indeed an american tragedy. too often this violent act which resulted in the murder of trayvon martin is repeated in the streets of our nation. i applaud the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who wear official -- clothes. racial profiling has to stop, mr. speaker. just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum. the bible teaches us, mr. speaker, and -- the speaker pro tempore: the member will suspend. mr. rush: these words -- the speaker pro tempore: the member will sprund. the member will suspend. the chair must remind members that -- the gentleman is out of order. mr. rush: and in the new testament -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. mr. rush: he has anointed me -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. mr. rush: sent me to proclaim freedom. i urge all to heed these messages. the speaker pro tem

mr. paulson. >> mr. speaker -- mr. deputy speaker -- my apologizes, it's elsewhere that the depositiuty there today. it shows that closely working with social care is important. my primary care trust has been doing that along side the social services in the same set of as minister is scrapping a bill that -- and puts the older people at risk? >> speaker, i'm backing a bill which for the first time includes new statutory obligations to integrate social and health care, because he is quite right, he is quite right, it's one of the abiding failings of health services, these two services, social and health care. they have not been integrated and they have not been integrated over the last ten years and we are trying do it now. and the health and well being boards will bring representatives of both boards together. >> mr. andrew griffiths. >> can i congratulate you on the efforts of the pricing of alcohol in markets. does the deputy prime minister agree with me that the safest place too drink is in in community pub. the beer

mr. quigley, for five minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, everyone in washington is trying to arrive at the same destination. we seek to end our dependence on foreign oil, a dependence that endangers our environment, hurts our economy and weakens our national security. and importantly, there is a right way to get there. that includes cracking down on oil speculators, ending big oil handouts, investing in public transportation and green energy and increasing corporate average fuel economy standards. there's also a wrong way. ransacking our coastlines for oil. but you don't have to take my word for it. you can take a page from the history books on this one. for eight years under the previous administration the number of oil leases on public lands almost tripled. it didn't help gas prices, which doubled in 2008 and it didn't make us energy independent. why not? the simple fact is the u.s. has less than 3% of the world's oil reserves. no matter how much we drill in the u.s., that number is not expected to change. we will not have enough

mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to say thank you to the many persons who supported the homes for heroes act that passed day before yesterday. this is an important piece of legislation that will place a person in h.u.d. whose sole responsibility it is to monitor homelessness among our veterans. we believe that in solving the homelessness problem we can also solve a lot of other problems that they have. i'd like to thank all of the persons on the committee, especially my chairman of the committee, mr. bachus, my ranking member, mr. frank, ms. waters who has helped me for years with this legislation. i'd like to thank mrs. biggert, mr. gutierrez, the chairs of the subcommittee and ranking member. i'd also thank mr. cantor because i did have a chance to visit with him about this and he helped to promote this legislation. ms. pelosi, of course, is a big supporter of our veterans as is the case with mr. hoyer. i -- one additional person that was very helpful. mr. hensarling. he and i had a great conversatio

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that david panelli from the national highway traffic administration be given floor privileges during the duration of s. 1813. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: i come to mark international women's day here on the senate floor. this day, which across the globe 0 is celebrated in many different ways, is a day to reflect on the acheevmentz of women, achievements in politics, business, society. it is a die reflect on what -- it is a day to reflect on what the woman's role was in the not-so-distant past and to celebrate how far we've come. but, unfortunately, on this international women's day in the year 2012, we cannot celebrate the progress we have made without also acknowledging the unsettling truth that that progress is under threat. today a shadow has been cast on this day of celebration by efforts to turn back the clock here in washington, d.c., and across the country, efforts that we all must fight back against. mr. president, h

mr. capuano. mr. capuano: mr. speaker, i don't know if i'm going to use the whole thing, but this must be bizarro commerce because i will be agreeing with the chame of commerce. something must be wrong. now the chamber of commerce has raised the exact same issues that we are raising with this amendment. this amendment doesn't kill this bill. it simply says if you are going to give information to a handful with the people and file it with the s.e.c. and stand by saying it is legitimate. it says it in technical terms, but that's all it says. and by the way, i guess we need to be clear, we don't necessarily agree with everything what the chamber says. and i would like to be clear that no one has since stated but even the president himself would like to see amendments to this bill and i presume some will be passed in the senate and hopefully when theyr people like me will be a lot more supportive when it comes back. i'm not with the chamber very often, when i am, i think that's worthy of note. thank you, mr. chairman.

mr. president? thank you, mr. president. mr. alexander: mr. president, last wednesday i had the privilege, as did many in this body, of attending a tribute to two former majority leaders of the united states senate. howard baker and bob dole. it was a great evening. president clinton sent a video. the vice president attended. the secretary defense, the secretary of health and human services. all the former majority leaders of the united states senate except one. it was a long evening, but it was a good evening. and along with senator baker was former senator nancy kassebaum-baker, his wife. and along with senator dole came senator elizabeth dole, his wyoming so it was -- his wife. so it was a wonderful evening. it was sponsored by the bipartisan policy center. and it was a reminder that while in this body, we have differences. in fact, this body was created to resolve differences. people sometimes say to me, oh, my goodness, you senators are arguing. that's what we're supposed to do. we're supposed to -- the kick up to us or over to us issues t

mr. himes, mr. carney, mr. schweikert for working so well together to bring this legislation to the floor. there are a number of good things here. we don't have to exaggerate this as the answer to the real challenge in creating jobs, but you know what, just selling this for what it is is a good thing, and it's a good thing because it does practical things to help us improve our business climate, particularly for small businesses, and for the rare time we have this opportunity we are doing it together. but the legislation overall does a number of good things. the i.p.o. onramp that is going to allow companies that need access to capital, fewer barriers to get access to capital, particularly our small companies where the cost of putting together an initial -- initial public offering is very significant, oftentimes prohibitive. that's a very good thing. the access of capital for job creators act, it removes the regulatory ban that prevents small privately held companies from using advertisements to solicit investor

mr. price: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to commend mr. ryan for standing up for the future of our country and for his dedication to fundamental american principles. mr. chairman, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, michael mullen, said last year that the greatest threat to our national security, the greatest threat to our national security was our debt. there are clear differences, you've heard them here today, there are clear differences about how we should address that debt and americans have a choice to make. and it's a choice that will determine the future of our great country. by ignoring the drivers of our debt, by ignoring medicare and medicaid and social security, the president's most recent budget proposal ensures a future of ever-increasing debt and doubt and decline. in fact, before the budget committee, mr. chairman, we had earlier this spring the treasury secretary, timothy geithner, who admitted that -- of the administration that they, quote, don't have a definitive solution to our long-term problem. what we do know is

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. senate not in order. please take your conversations out of the senate. the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, the republican leader and i have had a discussion this afternoon several times, but i think it's fair to say that he and i both believe that we should finish this bill tomorrow. there is a very important event tonight that does not mean much to anyone outside of the senate family, but to us being able to recognize susan collins on a very special occasion in her life. we're going to leave here so that people that want to go to that event can do that. we'll come in tomorrow and we have about three or four votes to complete. we have some other discussions about other matters and we'll discuss that later. so there will be no more votes stonts. votes -- no more votes tonight. officer the managers' package just agreed to is amendment number 1835. -- 1830. offered

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. ryan mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.con.res 112. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 597 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of house concurrent resolution 112. the chair appoints the gentleman from minnesota, mr. kleine, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of house concurrent resolution 112 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: concurrent resolution establishing the budget for the united states government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. the chair: general debate shall not exceed four hours with three hours confined to the congressional budget equally

mr. cordray, i appreciate your time and being here today. >> thank you, mr. frank for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray, welcome to one of the longest running hearings in washington. the hearings on oversight over your agency in which my colleagues complain there is no oversight. i look ford the ward to the rer. one reason they complain about there not being oversight is that they have nothing firm to complain about. the agency has been in existence now for a considerable period of time and there are no problems. none of the horrors and abuses we threatened were going to happen, happened. now let me talk about an important issue which was our addition of the word abusive to the practices you were to protect people against. on fair and deceptive. people said what do you mean by abusive? we defined it in the statute to say it is abusive if materially supervise with the ability of a consumer to understand a term or condition or takes unreasonable advantage of understanding the risk, cost or conditions, the inability of the consumer to protect the interest. it may depend on the consu

mr. durbin: mr. durbin: mr. pre. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask following morning business on thursday, march 22 the senate resume consideration of h.r. 3606, the time equally divided between the leaders or their designees, at 12:30 the postcloture time be considered spired and the senate proceed to vote on the following, merkley number 1844 as amended if amended and passage of h.r. 3606 if amended. there be two minutes equally eqy divided and controlled by in the usual form, that upon digs position of h.r. 3606 the senate proceed to consideration of the house message to accompany s. 2038, the stock act that there be four minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by in the usual form prior to the motion to invoke cloture in the house message to instur s. 2038, if cloture is invoked all postcloture time be yielded back, the amendment be withdrawn and the motion to concur agreed to. the motions relative to the above items be laid and laid up

mr. lungren: mr. speaker, at this time it's my privilege to yield three minutes to the gentlelady from alabama, mrs. roby, she co-sponsored this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from alabama is recognized for three minutes. mrs. roby: thank you for yielding me time. thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. roby: thank you. today i am so proud to join with terri sewell, another alabama freshman, to offer house resolution 562, an initiative that will preserve a collection of accounts from members involved in the historic and annual marches from selma to montgomery, alabama. the oral histories preserved through this resolution will memorialize this historic event that changed the direction of the civil rights movement. what took place during three historic marches in alabama over a three-week period in 1965 proved to be a powerful transformation in american history. the courageous actions of so many moved our country out of an era of misguided actions. participants marched towards a unified goal t

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i do ask for a moment of silence to remember our dearly departed friend, don payne. the speaker: observe a moment of silence. the speaker: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. 134i9: mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker: the clerk will report the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house resolution 571, resolved, that the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the honorable donald m. payne, a representative from the state of new jersey. resolved, that a committee of such members of the house as the speaker may designate together with such members of the senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the funeral. resolved, that the sergeant at arms of the house be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying out of the provisions of these resolutions and that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid out of applicable accounts of the house. resolved, that the cler

mr. levin. mr. levin: i yield to a gentleman most active on this issue, mr. critz from the great state of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. critz: thank you, mr. levin. thank you, madam speaker. as a co-sponsor of this bill, i rise in strong support of h.r. 4105. in 2011, the u.s. court of appeals ruled that the department of commerce did not have the authority to impose countervailing duties on goods from nonmarket economies. of the 24 countervailing duties currently in place against goods from nonmarket economies, 23 are from china. without the legislative action we are proposing today to overturn this ruling, it is very likely that these current countervailing duties will be negated. this is unacceptable and we can't stand by where over 80,000 manufacturing jobs are at stake. almost every state is impacted by this decision, and almost every congressional district in pennsylvania has companies that would be affected it if this legislation does not pass. we must take action today and pass h.r. 4105 to overt

mr. bingamanquorum call: mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: which one? the presiding officer: the senior senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: i see. all right. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to or perhaps a minute over or two over 20 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. rockefeller: i thank the presiding officer. mr. mr. president, this week there is plenty of drama unfolding at the supreme court, the stately building across the whatever it is, the mall, where we now -- where we now stand. so the justices are deliberating inside the building. there's a lot of shouting and clamoring outside. that's to be expected. but i'm here today to encourage all of us to pause for a minute and to step back from the hype and to really think about wh

mr. president. mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i ask to be recognized. however, if someone comes in to talk about the vote or the judges coming up, i will yield to them. i mentioned, mr. president, that i introduced s. 2248 with a substantial number of cosponsors. and the reason for this, the state jurisdiction of a process called hydraulic fracturing has taken place since 1949. in 1949 the first hydraulic fracturing well took place in duncan, oklahoma. and it's interesting that there has not been one documented case in over a million wells using this process in 60 years of ground water contamination. as a matter of fact, numerous studies, including the ground water protection council of the e.p.a. and the energy institute at the university of texas at austin have found no evidence of hydraulic fracturing posing a risk to water wells or ground water. there are a lot of people who believe, and i'm among these people, that the whole reason for an effort to take it over at the federal level is to do away with the process calle