mr. scott, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is, of course, a very important day, moment usus decision, difficult decision. i am going to vote for this in the best interest of our country and putting us in the area where we need to be. but i do want to point out one area of weakness that we need to look at very carefully as we go forward and that is in the application of this 12-member committee and especially as it relates to the areas of social security, medicare and medicaid. now, my understanding is, and i think this is understanding that we certainly need to make clear, that social security and medicaid, veterans, pell grants are protected fully under this bill. but when it comes to medicare, my understanding is that there will be an opportunity in here where they will look at medicare on the provider side. the question becomes, how can you basically s

mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i would also like to take this moment to just thank god that gabby giffords has returned to this floor. you know, it so happens that just a few feet from here was the last time i'd seen gabby when she left the floor prior to this tragic accident or this tragic attack on her and it just occurs to me that once in a while in this life we find an example where tragedy is transcended by the human spirit and triumph and the grace of god and this is one of those days and i just congratulate her with everything in me that she has come back and she has the prayers of the entire delegation and i know the entire congress as she goes forward to complete recovery and we are all very, very grateful today. this is a wonderful celebration for every member of this congress, it's a celebration for just the cause of this republic because we believe that everyone has the right to have the freedom of speech and to peaceably assemble and this is what she was doing when she was attacked and for her

mr. scott, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mrscott: thank you very much, mr. chairn. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is, of course, a very important day, moment usus decision, difficult decision. i am going to vote for this in the best interest of our country and putting uin the area where we need to be. but i want to point out one area of weakness that we need to look at very carefully as we go forward and that is in the application of this 12-member committee and especially as it relates to the areas of social serity, medicare and medicaid. now, my understanding is, and i think this is understanding that we certainly need to make clear, that social security and medicaid, veterans, pell grants are protected fully under this bill. but when it comes to medicare, my understanding is that there will be an opportunity in here where they will look at medicare on the provider side. the question becomes, how can you basically separate ben

mr. kind of wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. kind: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this agreement. this is the wrong way to rebuild our great country. support it because the alternative is unacceptable. defaulting on our nation's obligations for the first-time in our nation's history, doing so would be th greatest unforced error ever committed in the history of our country. and it's all political. the performance of our congress the last couple of months has a lot to be desired. if king solomon were alive today i think his metaphorical solution to all of this would be to kill both women and spare the child. if we are to achieve two fiscal solvency for our country, there are three things i think needs to half. we need to invest in our future. you do that in investing in job creation and scientific research and the infrastructure upgrade our nation needs in brought to you by expansion. that's not happening -- needs in broadband expension. t

mr. speaker. as a member of the national commission on fiscal responsibility, our debt commission, we received testimony from experts in economic policy research. and they said that when debt loads of a country reach above or at 90% of their economy or g.d.p. that results in the reduction in economic growth in that country by about one percentage point. and using the administration's economic model, that one percentage point increase in our g.d.p. or decrease in our g.d.p. costs about one million jobs. that's why this debate is so important. it is so important to get us on a path to fiscal responsibility. to begin to bring down our national debt. the plan before us today does that. it does that with spending reductions. it does it with the sort of structural reforms in terms of spending caps that are there. it also does it with an automatic reduction in spending. if for some reason congress, the select committee that's set up in this bill, fails to come to some sort of agreement on how to reduce s

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the yeas and nays are requested -- the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller: please join me and face our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the sp

mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days the measure before is. >> without objection. >> mr. speaker i yield myself such time measu ask unanimous consent to revise my remarks. mr. speaker, at this moment, we aree beginning debate on a measure which i believe will finally send a signal to job creators in this country and in the global marketplace that we are finally, finally getting serious about getting our fiscal order.n we know that we are dealing with a very sad night -- 9.2% of employment rate in this country. we know that there are people. hurting. we all have constituents who have lost their homes, people who have lost their jobs, people who have lost their businesses,e people are a hurting. it is absolutely imperative that we do everything that we can to track. economy back on we just have gotten a report about this downward report of the gdp growth rate down to 1.3%. we need to get back to robust, dynamic and strongobu gross domestic product rules. we nee

speaker, the america -- mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, the american people want more jobs and less debt. the american people are telling washington you have to quit spending money you don't have and quit borrowing 42 cents on the dollar much of it from the chinese and send the bill to our children and grandchildren. our crisis today is not the debt ceiling, it is our debt and it is a spending-driven debt. that is why we are here today, mr. speaker. i would like toe say this bill solves -- like to say this bill solves our problem. it doesn't. it is a doll i had first step. nobody, nobody on our side of the aisle wants to increase our debt ceiling. it's not in our d.n.a. but we do believe you ought to stay current on your bills and you got to quit spending money you don't have. and in this bill, althougthe sums are very, very small, when we pass this bill,f the president sinings itnto law, it -- signs it into law, it will be the first time n my lifetime that for two years in a row we have actually cut discretionary spending in washi

speaker, the america -- mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, the american people want more jobs and less debt. the american people are telling washington you have to quit spending money you don't have and quit borrowing 42 cents on the dollar much of it from all default. and what this has done, it has brought our two parties together. i would like to reflect for a moment the fact that we have a bipartisan compromise here. that doesn't happen all that off en, but that's a good thing. first thing as my colleague just said, this is a down payment on the problem, good step in the right direction, and it is a huge cultural change to this institution. both parties got us in this mess . oth parties are going to have to work together to get us out of this mess. and the real problem, i would add, mr. speaker, is the fact that we spend way more money than we take in. we have to address that. to my friends on the left, i think they would like to take comfort in the fact the way the spending cuts are designed. to my friends on the right, we are cut

mr. scott, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is, of course, a very important day, moment usus decision, difficult decision. i am going to vote for this in the best interest of our country and putting us in the area where we need to be. but i do want to point out one area of weakness that we need to look at very carefully as we go forward and that is in the application of this 12-member committee and especially as it relates to the areas of social security, medicare and medicaid. now, my understanding is, and i think this is understanding that we certainly need to make clear, that social security and medicaid, veterans, pell grants are protected fully under this bill. but when it comes to medicare, my understanding is that there will be an opportunity in here where they will look at medicare on the provider side. the question becomes, how can you basically s

mr. speaker, i'd like to take this -- mr. kildee: mr. speaker, i'd like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all the pages for what they have done here in the 112th congress. to become a page, mr. speaker, these young people have proven themselves to be academically qualified. as we all know, the job of a congressional page is not an easy one. along with being away from home, the pages must possess the maturity to balance competing demands with their time and energy. you pages have witnessed the house debate, issues of war and peace, hunger and poverty, justice and civil rights. you ve

mr. speaker. a person that loves this and congress so much and i'massed ae embarrassed also as a memberthaa that a president of the united d states would have this domestic and foreign policy actually held hostage because with him and only him and no and other presit was put in jeopardy the faithbit and the fiscal responsibility of this country paying its debt. you know, a lot of people haveo said that we got to $14.4 trillion debt because we got drunk and spend money like a drunken sailor. if thatun is so, the people havg the hangover certainly are not y.e wealthy people in thiscountr country, and this decision was any cd without any consideration of the people thar are longing for jobs in our great country. if t if the republicans had to hold a president hostage i wish they would have held them hostage on e question that the constituents we get in the morning and ask not whether or not the debt ceiling has beenbu resent but how can i get a job, ow can i really get back my dignity, how can i put

mr. speaker. mr. speaker, no one disputes were second the prime minister's determination to meet what he describes as a duty of government to keep the streets say. but will he not understand that his repetition amounts to treasure lines, about police numbers, and police budget, and also -- [inaudible] put a big of him to recognize the reality that these cuts will lead to fewer police on the streets? but also that he must reverse the softer sentencing plans his justice secretary and stop the looting of this plan the justice sector has to close britain when there is no presently an urgent need? >> prime minister? >> first of all i don't accept what he says about police numbers. and, indeed, neither do chief constable. many chief constables, if i take the chief constable of the thames valley convoy she said is what i haven't done at all is reduce number of officers who did a control selection, so the author you see in vehicles, on foot, bicycles, we haven't got those numbers at all. let me make this point

mr. speaker, i'd like to take this -- mr. kildee: mr. speaker, i'd like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all the pages for what they have done here in the 112th congress. to become a page, mr. speaker, these young people have proven themselves to be academically qualified. as we all know, the job of a congressional page is not an easy one. along with being away from home, the pages must possess the maturity to balance competing demands with their time and energy. you pages have witnessed the house debate, issues of war and peace, hunger and poverty, justice and civil rights. you have lived through history. and before yielding, mr. speaker, i would like to thank the members of the house page board who provided such fantastic service to this institution. the chairman, congressman rob bishop, the vice chairman, congresswoman diana degette, congresswoman virginia foxx, clerk of the house karen haas, sergeant at arms bill livinggood, and mrs. lynn silversmith kline. i want to thank them for their service on the house page bo

mr. speaker. with that i reserve the balance of my time.tempore:he >> the gentleman from wisconsin. reserve the balance of his time? >> the gentleman from maryland? >> thank you mr. speaker.oore. one ms. more.eaker pro mpore: >> recognized for one minute. >> thank you so much for yielding many of my colleagueso have said in the name of their grandchildren's i want to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren i want wic programs and early childhood education for my programs, i want my kids to go to a schooloy where they can participate in the science fairs and immunization for them i want research done for food safety to make sure that chicken nuggets are safe. i want clean air and water for them to reply want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and i want them o to be contributing citizens and taxes and i want a safety net for them in case they are disabled and when they become elderly and if they get cold and a cold winter of wisconsin thate have energy assista

mr. speaker. it's my privilege to be addressing you here on the floor of the house of representatives and it's always interesting for me to sit here and listen to the other members deliver their impression of what goes on and how they envision the future. ien joyed the gentleman from illinois' presentation and the gentleman from california, particularly the gentleman from arizona who came here to talk about the balanced budget amendment system of i take that issue up as we get ready to close out the evening. i'd like to add some of the points i have to this. that is that when i was first elected to office, it was in the state senate, 1996. i believe that if i just simply made a cogent argument on principle, it would sway my colleagues over to my side. didn't think it was that complicated. it wouldn't be hard to talk about balancing the budget, keeping the spending within our times, because after all, each year, government provides more and more of what people were providing for themselveses the ye

mr. speaker. mr. speaker, no one disputes were second the prime minister's determination to meet what he describes as a duty of government to keep the streets say. but will he not understand that his repetition amounts to treasure lines, about police numbers, and police budget, and also -- [inaudible] put a big of him to recognize the reality that these cuts will lead to fewer police on the streets? but also that he must reverse the softer sentencing plans his justice secretary and stop the looting of this plan the justice sector has to close britain when there is no presently an urgent need? >> prime minister? >> first of all i don't accept what he says about police numbers. and, indeed, neither do chief constable. many chief constables, if i take the chief constable of the thames valley convoy she said is what i haven't done at all is reduce number of officers who did a control selection, so the author you see in vehicles, on foot, bicycles, we haven't got those numbers at all. let me make this point

mr. speaker, a be very grateful to mr. chancellor confirm private sector estimate privacy, which are 4.% downgrade over the next four years means it will be impossible to hit his fiscal target of turning the debt-to-gdp ratio down by the end of the parliament. >> the independent estimate most recent made, was done by the imf this month. they made an assessment using lower great forecast, and they came to the conclusion that we would have both a fiscal mandates and our target for reducing debt. and they have made that clear and they're asking for reassessment. i can't help but note that if you given the leaders speech he had written, then the labor party in a much more credible place than it is today. >> malcolm bruce. >> as the world circles country after country, is it not an indication discovered it was right to come together with a robust strategy to bring our policy into balance? the labor party lacks credibility. if there's one area we can be sure this is done in a fair and equal way which puts the lower and middle in

mr. speaker. i would just say, mr. speaker, in listening to mr. lankford's comments, he is one great encouragement to many of us. he's living proof that the cavalry a have arrived and he is an example of why this debate has changed and i'm very grateful for his presence in the united states congress and i hope he's here a very long time. with that, i seek to yield to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for such time as he might consume. i might ask the speaker what the time remaining is at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has about 13 minutes remaining. mr. franks: about 13 minutes remaining. i'm hoping to yield to the gentleman eight minutes or something along those lines. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from arizona for leading on this special order and all my colleagues who have come to the floor on this balanced budget amendment. i want to point a few things out as to where this sits. the chairman of the committee standing before me, mr. franks, has presided over the shaping o

mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the measure before us. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i might consume and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, at this moment we are beginning debate on a measure which i believe will finally send a signal to job creators in this country and in the global marketplace that we are finally, finally getting serious about getting our fiscal house in order. we know that we're dealing with a very sad 9.2% unemployment rate in this country, we know thathere are people hurting. we all have constituents who have lost their homes, people who have lost their jobs, people who have lost their bunesses, people are hurting. it is absolutely imperative that we do everything that we can to get our economy back on track. we've

mr. speaker. i to want to nice our colleague and the contribution of thes noh pages toe the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them and they have is mr. kildee said and others havek mentioned, borne witness to many important historical cases here. i can't think of annie any that is more special and means so much to our country band to poless the return off our colleague, who is thei personification of courage, of n sincerity, of admiration throughout the country, congresswoman gabby giffords. iffelause] [applause] [applause] [applause] her presence today make sure thatht we honor the obligationsf ourr great country is important and symbolic. her presence here in the chamber as well asd her service e throughout her entire service in congress, brings honor to this u chamber. we are all privileged to call for colleague, some of those verya proficient call her frien. throughout america, there isn't a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing for our daughters

mr. speaker. mr. speaker, no one disputes were second the prime minister's determination to meet what he describes as a duty of government to keep the streets say. but will he not understand that his repetition amounts to treasure lines, about police numbers, and police budget, and also -- [inaudible] put a big of him to recognize the reality that these cuts will lead to fewer police on the streets? but also that he must reverse the softer sentencing plans his justice secretary and stop the looting of this plan the justice sector has to close britain when there is no presently an urgent need? >> prime minister? >> first of all i don't accept what he says about police numbers. and, indeed, neither do chief constable. many chief constables, if i take the chief constable of the thames valley convoy she said is what i haven't done at all is reduce number of officers who did a control selection, so the author you see in vehicles, on foot, bicycles, we haven't got those numbers at all. let me make this point

mr. speaker, a be very grateful to mr.ellor confirm private sector estimate privacy, which are 4.% downgrade over the next four years means it will be impossible to hit his fiscal target of turning the debt-to-gdp ratio down by the end of the parliament. >> the independent estimate most recent made, was done by the imf this month. they made an assessment using lower great forecast, and they came to the conclusion that we would have both a fiscal mandates and our target for reducing debt. and they have made that clear and they're asking for reassessment. i can't help but note that if you given the leaders speech he had written, then the labor party in a much more credible place than it is today. >> malcolm bruce. >> as the world circles country after country, is it not an indication discovered it was right to come together with a robust strategy to bring our policy into balance? the labor party lacks credibility. if there's one area we can be sure this is done in a fair and equal way which puts the lower and middle income g

mr. speaker, to seek to explain is not to seek to excuse. of course these are acts of individual criminality. but we all have a duty to ask ourselves why there are people who feel they have nothing to lose and everything to gain from want and vandalism and looting? we cannot afford to let this pass, to come the situation down, only to find ourselves in the same position again in the future. this cannot be laid at the door of a single cause or government. the causes are complex. simplistic solutions will not provide the answer. but we can only tackle these solutions by hearing from our communities. the decent people i met on the streets of london and manchester told me they want their voice to be heard. they want us to go out and listen to them in thinking about the solutions that are necessary. before saying we know all the answers or have simple solutions, we should all do so. can the prime minister explain how those in areas affected will have their voice heard as the government seeks to find solutions? will the prime minister agree there

mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the measure before us. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i might consume and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is rognized. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, at this moment we are beginning debate on a measure which i believe will finally send a signal to job creators in this country and in the global marketplace that in the global marketplace that we are finally,

mr. speaker. i too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the contribution of the pages to the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them. and they have, as mr. kildee said, and others have mentioned, borne witness to many important historical occasions here. but i can't think of any that is more special and means so much to our country than to witness the return of our colleague who was the personification of courage, of sincerity, of admiration throughout the country. congresswoman gabrielle giffords brings us -- ms. pelosi: her presence today, to make sure that we honor the obligations of our country great country is important and symbolic. her presence here in the chamber as well as her service throughout her entire service in congress brings honor to this chamber. we are all privileged to call her colleagues, of us very privileged to call her friend. throughout america there isn't a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing for our daughters to be l

mr. speaker, always a pleasure. good luck on the page. thanks for dropping in tonight. directly ahead. new polls tell us interesting things about president obama and the republican field a raid against him. coming up, bernie goldberg on how the media is handling the

mr. speaker.> brian. >> good morning. >> welcome to the capitol. >> just what you always wanted. to walk in the office and see us bright and early. >> mr. leader, how are you? good to see you. what is job one today as you come to work? >> we're going to try to find a way to keep the american people from defaulting. >> this woman says, just get it done. work it out. >> we need to just get along. >> that's right. >> you're going to be on tv. >> they're trying to figure out how to thread the needle here. >> all right. you're out of here. >> what state do you represent? >> california. ♪ captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> welcome to the united states capitol where george washington laid the cornerstone of this building 218 years ago and where the great dome above us was still being worked on during the civil war and where this week you would have to say congress looked like it's still a work in progress. we received permission to do this months ago, to come here and flood the hill with n

mr. speaker. with that, i would yield to the gentleman from georgia, mr. price. mr. price: thank you to my good friend for yielding and for taking -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. mr. price: to highlight what. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from georgia, mr. price, is recognized for the remainder of the hour. the gentleman is recognized. mr. frank: i was just yielding to the gentleman. -- mr. franks: i was just yielding to the gentleman. such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona will control the time. mr. price: i commend my friend for taking time this evening on what truly is a historic day. an opportunity for this nation to begin, just begin, to move things in the right direction from a fiscal standpoint here in our great country. the debate over the last, oh, three to four months has been very loud. sometimes it's been acrimonious. there are many people across this great country who just are confounded by the la boirs you nature with which it takes to make any changes

mr. speaker. can i invite the prime minister to join me and my people in putting on record not only our gratitude to the police who have worked so hard, but also the outreach and community workers who have been out every night, talking to people to reduce the tension and restore order on the streets, in partnership with the police? can i invite him to meet with those people to learn from their experience in restoring order not just in the next few days, but every day across the country? >> i am certainly happy to meet with the honorable lady. the point she makes that reclaiming the streets is not just an issue for the police, but an issue for everybody, i think is right. we have seen fantastic examples of that across our country. the point i was trying to make about resources is that of course resources will be in the debate that follows later. but i hope also we can have a debate about some of the culture, the upbringing, the parenting that lies behind these problems. >> mr. speaker, some officer

a sign of relief for some but not so fast mr speaker my first guest says the u.s. has to cut or earned one hundred trillion dollars over the next decade to get out of this mess so as the u.s. stands broke as a joke is it just due to that. damage has been done no matter what happens everybody thinks the united states. fighting to the debt after months of bickering and the after in washington exactly what kind of reception can the u.s. expect on the world stage. and wall troubles are brewing in washington with the tea party they mobilized is it time for progressives to do the same. good evening it's monday august first eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and your watching our t.v. well the country is approaching the deadline for raising the debt ceiling august second that is tomorrow the u.s. is just one day away little bit more from starting to default on its debt from running out of money to pay its bills and finally at the eleventh hour a plan gets through the house of representatives to raise the debt ceiling to happen just a short time ago hours o

mr. speaker. >> but every day there had be a tweet, mr. president, where are the jobs? mr.nt, where is the jobs? now that he's speaking, people are tunnels on him, mr. speaker, where are the jobs? this is not just the president's job, if you will. it's congress's job, it's washington's job to put people back to work. unfortunately jake tapper is right. that's because the administration has been gob smacked are few months by some calamity that takes -- >> you're letting them off the hook. >> no, i'm not. >> they're pivoting until -- >> robert, how about any of of pivoting, how about engaging in a legitimate prosperity debate which says what reforms do we need to do that will create growth? i don't know the answer to those questions. >> it's the political uncertainly that is causing so much of this problem with jobs. >> you disagree with that. and they are not invests in america. they don't know the environmentals. >> i disagree with that. >> i think a bigger barrier to your uncertainty is a banking system that's more profitable to speculate and export capital than to lend it

mr. speaker, welcome. >> good to be with you. >> sean: i think i changed -- >> go ahead. >> sean: no, go ahead, you wanted to say something. >> i was going to surprise you. i was going to agree with maxine waters. i think if you listen to the exact quote you had a minute ago, where she said this level of unemployment is unconscionable. and you think about african-american communities that have had 43% teenaged unemployment. she is right. the president ought to be in washington tonight with a brand new plan based on free markets and free enterprise and things that work. he ought to ask the congress to come in monday and pass that plan. this country is in real serious trouble. and we could find that our already in a depression at 9.2% unemployment, that we could be sliding over the next three months, deeper. that's why i think we need jobs now. we need a plan for jobs now. the president doesn't have one i would be glad to give him one, anybody who is watching can go to newt.org and will see specific proposals laid out. ronald reagan knew how to create jobs. when i was speaker, we got unemp

mr. speaker? >> well, i think a couple things. first the tea party members should feel really good. the left is mad at him for the right reason. they were effective. they were successful. we just had an extraordinary moment where a very left wing president blinked and that would not have happened without the tea party. now they have a great opportunity to push to pass a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. that could be a historic effort for the tea parties to focus on. second, washington has to shift and focus on the economy. we are in very grave danger of sliding into an even deeper depression. and i think there is no sign right now that washington understands that this is a temporary moment. okay. we have all focused the debt ceiling. we are about to launch a big five or six month fight and it's going to be a fight. this was not the end, it was the beginning of a fight over the whole nature of what happens next. the middle of that they had better put a lot of attention into repealing dodd frank. repealing sarbanes oxley. i can't tell you everybody i go from iowa to g

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mr. speaker and i worked should to should over the past few months and it's certainly been a pleasure. he's been a real partner and i assure my colleagues we wouldn't be here without him. so i want to thank the speaker and the entire republican leadership in the house for standing on principle, and i want to thank my republican colleagues here in the senate for their determination, their ideas, and their support. we wouldn't be here without them, either. and i want to thank my friend, the majority leader, for his work in getting this agreement over the finish line. we may disagree a lot, but i hope everyone realizes it's never, ever personal. and i think today we can prove that when it comes down to it, we'll get together when the greater good is at stake. i also want to thank the president and the vice president. and everyone on their staffs who believed as we did that despite our many differences, we could all agree that america would not default on its obligations. it's a testament to the goodwill of those on both sides we were able to reach this agreement in time. neither side want

mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? mr. king: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the motion adon'ted and the later, it democratic members of the congressional caucus. our coverage on raising the debt ceiling continues with remarks from the vice-president bide n. he said it would prevent a double dip recession. his remarks came after a meeting with house democrats after almost 2.5 hours of trying to cure the bill. >> how're you doing? >> i did not go to convince people. i went to explain and laid out exactly how we got to where we were going and why it is so important. i never asked another person to vote against it. my sense is that they expressed all their frustration. i would be fresh traded about it. -- i would be frustrated about it. they ask questions specificall