mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, i'd like to thank the author of the bill and ask the committee working on this, i think we have been able to not overwhelm address the issue of where flags are made and what material goes into those flags, but because of the overwhelming bipartisan support for my amendment, we are also going to make sure those flags are made by legal americans. i think that that is something that was overlooked. in fact i think if i remember right the vote in committee was unanimous except for one vote, let's just say that. i think that that bipartisan support for the fact that we want flags flying over our capitol made in america, with american material, and by americans who are legally here with a great message. i think that's the kind of bipartisan support and consensus that the american people have been asking about for a long time. i think one of the things we clarify here is that with the amendment that the majority accepted from me, we were able to point out that there may be a lot of

mr. bilbray for their support. the medical debt relief act of 2009.this bill would protect hard-working americans who play by the rules, pay or settle their medical debts and their economic well-being and credit scores are adversely affected for years to come due to medical debt large or small, that has gone to collection. specifically this legislation would prohibit credit reporting agencies from including in an individual's credit report fully paid off or settled medical debt collection. so many of us have had issues with trying to figure out what insurance companies are paying and what they were responsible for or maybe had to fight with a health insurance company to get them to honor their obligation to pay a health care bill or maybe they had a high deductible policy to save money and took extra time to pay off their bills, but pay they did. and yet they find that their credit is adversely affected for years to come. this is a serious problem that can affect millions of people. in fact, according to the commonwealth fund, medical bills affect rou

mr. bilbray and then two minutes to dr. broun. mr. bilbray: i think there are a lot of issues that are controversial and a lot of people see democrats and republicans disagreeing on. and i want to compliment the gentleman from iowa, he has introduced the most logical and most american bill when it comes to the immigration issue. this is something that really hits to the core of the problem and doesn't blame the immigrant, but goes to the source of illegal immigration and that is illegal employers who are exporting them. and one place that democrats and republicans should be able to work together, that all americans can agree on, that this congress this month should eliminate the absurd situation where illegal employers get to write off the expense of hiring people illegally in this country and have the federal government subsidize their commission of a crime when they hire someone who is not legal. your bill is right to the core what the american people are asking for. they are saying, come on, why don't we come together in washington