mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker.i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 3980. it's amended by the senate. this bill was passed by the house on december 2, 2009, by a vote of 414-0. on september 22, 2010, the bill passed the senate with an amendment by unanimous consent. h.r. 3980 requires that the federal emergency management agency, fema, to identify and eliminate any redundant requirements that places undue burden on state and local governments that receive grant funds under the state homeland security grant program, the urban area security initiative and other programs as determined by the fema administer. -- administrator. this bill will help issue -- deal with sending similar information under different grant programs. h.r. 3980 builds on the requirements of the post-katrina management reform act of 2006, and the 9/11 act of 2007 by requiring fema to develop

. -- mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. 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, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i move that the house agree to h.r. 3470 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. -- union calendar number 354, h.r. 3470, a bill to authorize funding for the creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs and standard metropolitan statistical areas of high rates of infant mortality and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, will each control 20 minutes.

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

mr. broun: request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking the vote by a vote will rise and remain standing. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to s. 2781. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2781, an act to change references in federal law to mental retardation to references to intellectual disability and change references to a men tallly retarded individual to references to individual with an intellectual disability. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield will each control 20 minutes. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and

forbes, september 29 for five minutes, mr. broun september 29 for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. mcgovern. mr. poe. ms. woolsey. mr. jones. mr. defazio. mr. burton. ms. kaptur. mr. sherman. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it's always an honor to be here. we've had quite a day of different suspension bills. it's been an interesting day all the way around. i also was honored to have a visit from the new president of baylor university, a man named president ken starr, i think he'll do a great deal of good for baylor university. in fact, i'm wearing a green and gold tie in his honor and in honor of the school where i got my law degree. a lot is going on. we haven't had time to take up the i