mr. barton: the gentleman is correct again. mr. carter: that's right. mr. barton: here you have a state that is noted for its state regulatory protections at the state level, and yet that state has one area, the los angeles basin, that has been in the worst category of nonattainment for two decades. and has -- i think i'm correct in saying this. i wish i had some of my friends from the great state of california on the floor that could correct me if i'm wrong, but that particular region has not exhibited any measureable increase in air quality in spite of the most rigid regulations. and that state has exhibited the largest net outward migration of population to texas. i don't think that's sub-saharan dip illustratey -- serendipity, congressman, because we have strong environmental protection in texas, the quality of life is improving, our air quality is improving, but because of our flexible approach, you still can create jobs in texas and there are lots of folks around the country that want to take part of that and become part of that. i yield back. mr. cart

mr. barton is recognized for five minutes. mr. barton: first off, let me thank the gentleman from texas, judge poe, for letting this happen. one was part of the house of representatives from december 1982 to 1984. he was defeated for re-election in 1984 by dick army, moved back to texas, switched parties from the republican party -- from the democrat party to the republican party and in 1990 was elected county judge which he served from 1990 to 2007. he passed away on december 30, 2010. his memorial service is tomorrow afternoon at the university of texas at arlington texas center from 1:00 until 3:00. judge vandergriff was a personal friend of mine. when i first was given part of arlington in the redistricting process in 1992, he agreed to be my co-chairman for my campaign. he was just an absolute gentleman and helped in every way possible. one of the most unique things about judge vandergriff is that in his entire political career which spanned from 1951 until 2007 he never held a political fundraising event for himself. he did a

mr. barton in that interview also talked about more oversight of the fcc. >> that is the prerogative of congress in terms of having oversight of the fcc. the fcc has done some good work, but there is more to do. he spoke to the sec chair, he would tell you himself there is more he would like to be getting done. i think of congress gets involved, as long as we are all being constructed, i think it is a good thing. >> what is your background? >> my background is of course as a lawyer. i grew up in new jersey and went out to oregon, so i have a background of state government, state politics. i was head of housing for oregon and then i moved east. i was the chairman for habitat humanity international. i started a nonprofit called one economy corp., which was dedicated to bring broadband to 17 countries. i got to work with the tech culture. >> how did you get involved in broadband policy? >> when we were working on housing the poor, the issue became, how do you connect the poor to the economy? and broadband, to me, is the most efficient way to get that done. so starting with the marriage of broadbent

mr. barton in that interview also talked about more oversight of the fcc. >> guest: yes. well, look, that's the prerogative of congress in the terms of having oversight of the fcc. i think the fcc has done some good work, but there's more to be done. i mean, i think that if you spoke to the fcc chair, he would tell you himself there's more that he would like to be getting done, you know, right now. and i think if congress gets involved as long as we're all being constructive, again, i think that's a good thing. >> host: what's your background? >> guest: my background is, of course, a lawyer as so many people are in this city. i grew up in the new jersey, went out to oregon. so i actually have a background in state government, state politics where i was the head of housing for the state of oregon, and then i moved east. i was the chairman of habitat for humanity international. i started a nonprofit with several other individuals called one economy corporation which was dedicated to bringing broadband to the poor, and we're in 17 countries. you know, right now. so i got to

mr. barton: mr. speaker, before i begin to discuss health care, i would like to say that our prayers continue to go out to congresswoman giffords in arizona. we are very grat feud to learn of her continuing -- gratified to learn of her continuing progress. we hope that sometime in this congress she does come back to the house floor and give her voice to the voice for her constituency. we all miss her and we wish her the very best. mr. speaker, we are here today because the existing law of the land on health care is fatally flawed. most of us think it is unconstitutional. we think it is overreaching, we think the federal government is intervening more and more into the daily practice of health care between the doctor-patient relationship and we think it needs to be repealed before it does irreparable harm to our health care system which is the best in the world. we think that on basic principles it's unconstitutional. we believe that you shouldn't have the federal government mandate that an individual