mr. broun: i thank the chairman. he's been a great chairman for us and i enjoy working with chairman gordon on this issue, my dear friend from texas, our ranking member, mr. hall, would like to speak so i want to yield him two minutes and then i just very much appreciate the chairman's acceptance of my amendment. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. hall: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the broun amendment. the amendment would require the secretary to report to congress on a yearly basis on activities undertaken in the previous year under title 1 such as an active industry participant's efforts to recruit new participants, progress of the program and meeting goals and timelines and a strategic plan for funding of activities across agencies. the amendment allows the congress and the public to monitor the success of activities in title 1 and ensure that the money that's ultimately appropriated is being well spent. now while i realize the gordon amendment applied a title 1 report as st

mr. broun: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those if favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from guam rise? ms. bordallo: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2950, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2950, a bill to direct the secretary of the interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the united states and the uintah water conservancy district. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from guam, ms. bordallo, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from guam. ms. bordallo: mr. speaker, i ask una

mr. broun for today. mr. deal for today. mr. wolf for today. mr. westmoreland for today. mr. pence for today. and ms. foxx for today. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. snyder of arkansas, mr. nie of virginia, ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and previous order of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, the united states constitution starts out with the words, we the people. it's right there at the beginning, written large so folks don't miss it. it means that we are a self-governing people. it means that the constitut

mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a record -- recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of peaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 253, the nays are 171. the bill is passed. without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. miller: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i first i want to thank the staffs of the education and labor committee on both sides of the aisle for all of their hard work, and i also rise to ask unanimous consent that the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment of h.r. 322

mr. broun: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. towns: i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3137. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3137, a bill to amend title 39 united states code to provide clarification relating to the authority of the united states postal service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plax -- plaques. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. towns, and the gentleman from california, mr. issa, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. towns: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous conse

vote for an amendment that will be offered by representative broun of georgia to reduce the authorization amount in the bill by $650 million. mr. speaker, the transportation sector uses 67.9% of the petroleum used in our country, and if we want to reduce or wean our dependence on foreign sources of oil, we are going to need technological advances in the vehicles that americans drive to help us reach that goal. the bill before us today will certainly help to achieve these advances. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to the author of this excellent piece of legislation, mr. gary peters from michigan, and concur with mr. hall in saying he did a terrific job in reaching out to all parties to make this a bipartisan bill that has great support both here in congress, as well as throughout industry. i yield three minutes to mr. peters. the chair: the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters, is recognized for three minutes. mr. peters: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, chairman gordon, for those kind words. it is no