mr. boehner said, and i quote, on the spending side we could and should consider a higher retirement age or one life span, more progressive social security and medicare benefits. mr. speaker, you know, just the unrelenting liberal attacks on this country that have diminished this country's ability to have free enterprise system have brought us higher taxes, incredible debt, and a future that diminishes our ability for our children and grandchildren. i'd like to yield to the gentleman for two minutes, the gentleman, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. mr. speaker, i do so because unfortunately the manager on the other side of the aisle wouldn't yield to me. i'm happy within my two-minute time frame to yield to him at any time if he asks me to yield. the motion saying because mr. boehner argued this bill is itself killing an ant with a nuclear weapon is designed to say, this bill puts into place permanent bailout authority. the american people are developmently -- vehemently opposed of going down this path we seen to be on of establishing bailout after bailout and they k

mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our first amendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freedom of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a bill restricting speech. violating that very first amendment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but big businesses will be fine. -- fine? labor unions won't have to comply with this, they're exempted from it. they get their right prospected. why is the national rifle association protected, but not the national righttto life organization. -- organization? obviously no onwants

mr. boehner, proved this point the other day when he was asked point-blank whether he agrees with the chamber of commerce the government should pitch in to pay for b.p.'s oil spill. he replied, i think b.p. and the federal government should take full responsibility for what's happening here. his words clearly misstated the law. b.p. is solely responsible and his staff went into damage control overdrive afterwards to clean up his mess. but this gaffe confirms what everyone knows in their heart, washington republicans for the last 40 years have been allies of the oil companies' push to shift the risk of oil production on to the taxpayer and keep the benefit to themselves. americans listening today should know no matter what the republican leader says, the democratic majority understands that b.p. is solely responsible for the cleanup. the taxpayer will be repaid for its costs. and that b.p. will compensate small businesses and working families for the damage done to their lives. no more free rides courtesy of the american taxpayer. the speaker pro tempore: members will be reminded to direct the

mr. boehner, that was a mighty big ant that came my way. and not more than half of the nation's working adults who report that they have been pushed by the recession into, and i quote, unemployment, pay cuts, reduced hours at work or part time jobs, closed quote, according to a research center survey reported in today's washington "post." -- "washington post." some of you may think it was an ant that walked through here, but some of you think it was a pretty big elephant that squashed them and hurt them. i don't mean an elephant in the symbol of your party, respected animal with a long memory, but we have differences. the differences are, as i've said before, that you perceive regulation as harmful. my analogy is, if you take the referee off the football field i guarantee the split ends are going to leave early and try to get the advantage and the little guys on the field are going to get trampled on by the big guys because there's no referee to say, time out, you broke the rules. this bill is about putting the referee back on the field and

mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our firsamendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freed of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a bill restricting eech. violating that very first ammndment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but big businesses will be fine. -- fine? labor unions won't have to comply with this, they're exempd from it. they get their right prospected. why is the national rifle association protected, but not the national righttto life organization. -- organization? obviously no one wants to ans

mr. boehner, the minority leader, as well as our distinguished speaker, has thought that since we could not be represented over in seoul next week that reception will be held right here and a ceremony in statutory hall where the participants from the free countries that joined with me will be there with their representatives. the reason i constantly say i haven't had a bad day since and to say how good god is because it's been 60 years ago and recently, last week, at the kennedy center, the korean angels, a young group that's trained to go around the world talking about peace and harmony to the world celebrated and they laweded the korean veterans. -- and my colleagues here will know they came with crutches and canes but they came. and what this house and senate will do for them, even if they're not able to come to washington, they will be able to tell their kids and their grandkids and their neighbors and friends that their sacrifice has not been forgotten. i do hope that you and the chairman and subcommittee chairman have expedited this and the members that will hopefully be supporting th

mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our first amendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freedom of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a ll restricting speech. violating that very first amendment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but big businesses will be fine. -- fine? labor unions won't have to comply with this, they're exempted from it. they get their right prospected. why is the national rifle association protected, but not the national righttto life organization. -- organization? obviously no one wants

mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our first amendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freedom of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a bill restricting speech. violating that very first amendment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but big businesses will be fine. -- fine? labor unions won't have to comply with this, they're exempted from it. they get their right prospected. why is the national rifle association protected, but not the national righttto life organization. -- organization? obviously no one want

mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our first amendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freedom of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a bill restricting speech. violating that very first amendment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but big businesses will be fine. -- fine? labor unions won't have to comply with this, they're exempted from it. they get their right prospected. why is the national rifle association protected, but not the national righttto life organization. -- organization? obviously no one want

mr. boehner: the house is o months in ssing a budget. that timeunemployment has remained near 10% and t national de has now exceeded $13 trilln. lasteei gave the president a ttsigned by more than 100 top economists from around the couny that urg both partie to cut sg now in order to creatjobs and tboost our omy. less spending, more jobs, it ally is just thimple. but the president responded satday night with aetter asking for another 0 billion in stimulus bailoutoney. thouspcifying where this moneyould ce from, the president asked us to patient with h adnistrationor its coinuing job-killing spending spree. now this money s from our kidsand grandkid who, this year, are going to get stuck with $4 -- 43 crenltt of every dollar t governmt spds, the debt's goi to be laid on them. the erican peoe e shouting at t top of their s, stop, and stop now. they're maki their voice it's heard thh youcut where more than0,00vouts -- votes have already been cast cut spending and today, on ericaspeakingout.com, paul ryan has postea an to reduce the budget de

mr. boehner for granting me the privilege of speaking on the floor. the docratic majority leader and others, that it was not anticipated that they would be producing a budget. and this is my 16th year in the congress and i have to say that i know that that has not happened in the previous 15 years that i severed here. and in checking, i'm not aware since the budget act of 1974 was enacted that the house of representatives hasn't put forth and produced a budget. and just like at home, the reason that a budget is important is that it allocates resources and says what you're going to spend on what a and in the case of the government what you're going to overspend and borrow from places like china to finance the deficit and the debt. that's just spending more money this year than we have of about $1.4 trillion, which is certainly significant. and if you think about that debt, it's not money it's not money borrowed from the guy down the street but institutions on wall street we spent time bailing out rkts but foreign count terrorists, chibe and others. so

mr. boehner opposed the amendment, the majority of republicans on the financial services committee today opposed the amendments no amendment offered in either the committee or on the floor of the house by the handful of republicans who will be here today blaming the democrats, when the republicans controlled the white house and the republicans controlled the house and the republicans controlled the senate, the house passed a bill and a handful of republican os posed it and no amendment they offered on the floor or in committee got a majority of republican votes. a majority of republican -- no demoat had voted on that bill, the outcome would have been exactly the same. in 2007, when the democrats took the majority, i became the chairman and for the first time, the congress did in that congress pass a bill to reform fannie mae and freddie mac. it was held up in the senate, unfortunately. we did in it 2007. under that bill, secretary of the treasury paul zen, acting on behalf of president bush, put fannie mae and freddie mac into conservatorship. the most drastic reform to date in the finan

mr. speaker, i thank you, and i thank my leadership on the republican side, leader boehner and our leadership team to give me the opportunity this evening before this packed house chamber. of course, mr. speaker, with the exception of those few names that you just read off. but on this occasion of the three-month anniversary, if you will, the three-month anniversary of the signage into law of the health care reform bill better known as patient protection and affordaale care act of 2010, sometimes referred to with no disrespect as obama care. not unlike hilary care of 1993, which never became law. mr. speaker, indeed when i say obama care, i do not mean any disrespect, although i consistently, along with my colleagues on this side of the aisle, voted against the passage of that legislation. i would hope -- mr. speaker, i would hope when we on my side of the aisle on behalf of the american people who overwhelmingly continue three months after passage of this bill, continue in all polls taken oppose this legislation, so when my republican colleagues and i, mr. speaker, regain the majority and co