mr. burgess: i yield back any time that was yielded to me. we need to vote on this amendment and move on. mr. dicks: i yield to the gentleman from texas. >> i enter into the record the record of organizations all over the state of texas and the statement of the texas delegation last year and this year. governor perry may have come up here on the book tour for his book "federal up" but not afraid to ask for federal aid even though it takes it away from our school children. there is a clear path to get this money. the governor has to sign a three-page application like he did to get the aid he kept for purposes other than education. though this is presented as an attempt to repeal our amendment, it does not repeal it but a meaningless gesture though it does cloud up the possibility -- mr. dicks: regaining my time. dog dog suggests that texas is not entitled to any money. let us not shut the door to opportunity. reject this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the the gentleman from texas. tho

mr. burgess of texas. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 18, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and a member opposed will control three minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i thank you for the recognition. this amendment would allow no funding made available in this continuing resolution is to be used to pay for the salary of any officer or employee at the center for consumer information and insurance oversight within the department of health and human services. the patient protection affordable care act never mentions, never authorizes, never appropriates money to the center for consumer information and insurance oversight formerly known as the office of consumer information and insurance oversight. so without congressional authorization of ciio proceeded to hire staff which is estimated to be 200 people and rented office space in bethesda. tasked with implementing some of the largest and expensive protections of the patient affordable care

mr. burgess. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as was so eloquently put forward by mr. rehberg, the chairman of the subcommittee on health and human services appropriations just a moment ago, this is a temporary limiting amendment on the appropriation for implementation of the patient protection affordable care act. bait and switch, that term was used by the other side a moment ago in their argument. bait and switch. think back to where we were just a little over a year ago in this house of representatives when the democrats' version of the health care bill passed. where is that bill today? somewhere in the dust bin out in the halls outside the office of the former speaker, -- former speaker now occupies. bait and switch. what happened on christmas eve of last year of 2009? the senate passed a bill, a bill that was never intended to become law. it was a placeholder, a vehicle, to simply get the senators home for christmas eve ahead of a snowstorm so that then everyone could come back to

mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. seeing mr. waxman, the gentleman from california, down on the floor reminds me when this bill passed the congressional budget office told us, $142 billion in savings over 10 years. but let's spend 30 days later the chief actuary at c.m.s. came forward and said the bill was going to cost $318 billion additionally over that time. that's a $450 billion swing. even in the united states congress we ought to be able to get closer than that. a resolution of inquiry with chairman waxman, said let's sort this out. what did they know? when did they know? was congress given inaccurate information before we voted on this very large bill? i was never allowed to bring that forward. we can solve that last year -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. burgess: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: c.b.o., repeal of health care bill would add $230 billion to the deficit in the first 10 years. rehberg amendment would add $2 billion in 2012, t

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, on november 5, 1994, former president ronald reagan announced he had been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. you now begin the journey that will lead into into the sunset of my life. at that time four million americans suffered with alzheimer's. today over five million now carry that diagnosis and for members of my generation, that number will double to 10 million. president reagan's 100th birthday would have been this past sunday. this week i'm introducing the mind act. if passed it will establish the issuance of united states alzheimer's bonds to aid in the funding of alzheimer's research. proceeds of bond sales would fund the program and be available to the director of the national institutes of health solely for alzheimer's research. the revenues generated by the sale of bonds would be funds for research in addition not instead of regular appropriated funds. in his letter president reagan said, i know for america there will always be a bright dawn ahead. i know he is cor

mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. just before we left on break, francis collins came and talked to a small group of us at the health caucus one morning. francis collins, dr. collins, director of the national institutes and health and the lead in the human genomic project at the national institutes much health when the human genome was finally solved a little less than a decade ago. the advances have been startling and the project continues to provide much excitement. over 1,800 genes that cause disease have been discovered. whole genomes for cancer cells have been mapped. that's remarkable. the promise this research holds to help those suffering or likely to suffer from those diseases is very real. cannot overstate the significance of these advances and i have no doubt that the field of medicine will be revolutionized. the technology has certainly evolved since i was a medical student some 40 years ago. i think i would never thought imaginable are now clearly within the grasp, reach and grasp of today's practitioner.

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, today i sent a letter to kathleen see we'llous -- sebelius, secretary of health and human services asking in light of judge vincent's ruling in florida two weeks ago today where a declare torrey judgment was issued that the patient protection affordable care act is inconstitutional that further implementation of this act not go forward. in fact, judge vincent stated that officials of the executive branch willing adhere to the law as declared by the court. as a result the declaratory judgment is the functional equivalent of an injunction. there is no reason to conclude this presumption should not apply here. end quote. i believe the judge is correct. that the administration should not proceed with implementation and i have asked the secretary for clarification that is indeed her position and will be her position going forward. now, of course, we do have debate and vote on the continuing resolution to fund the united states government for the next seven months. it is my expecta

mr. burgess of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. bachus of alabama for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from california mr. gallegly, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gallegly: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gallegly: mr. speaker, as the author of the legislation creating the ronald reagan centennial commission, i've asked -- i was asked by the reagan foundation to host this special order this afternoon and i'm honored to have many of my colleagues here to join us on the floor today. as a fellow californian, i had the great privilege of spendin

mr. vice chairman? >> thanks, madame chairman. general burgess, going back to this guantanamo detainee issue, the recidivism rate as i understand it is in excess of 25 percent today. that means one out of every four that have been let go, turned over to another country has engaged on the battlefield against american or maybe afghan troops. now, that's what we know. i suspect the number is probably higher than that because we don't know all of the individuals who have gone back to the battlefield. inve -- our policy that's place today has even allowed some of those prisoners to be returned to places like yemen where we have very little control, and my understanding on a visit to yemen is that they basically were sent back to their tribal region and they have a personal obligation on themselves to support back -- to report back to us. nobody believes and certainly they haven't on their own initiative come and told us where they are and what they're doing, so they are -- basically have no supervision. we are now down to probably the real hardcore in

mr. vice chairman. >> has come madam chairman curt general burgess, going back to this guantÁnamo detainee issue, doesitizen rate is in excess of 25% today. that means one out of every four that have been let go, turned over to another country has engaged on the battlefield against the american army be afghan troops. now that's what we know. i suspect the number is probably higher in that we go through all the individuals who go back to the battlefield. we've -- our policy in place today is even alive by those prisoners to be returned to places like yemen where we have very little control and my understanding on the visit to yemen is they basically were sent back to their travel region and they have a personal obligation on themselves to report back to us -- nobody believes that certainly they haven't on their own initiative, and told us that they are and what they're doing, so they basically have no supervision. we are now down to probably the real hard-core in guantÁnamo. do you see any further revisions in our policy with it to those individuals and what -- with what is happening in the middle east