mr. cantor believes, what i believe, what mr. camp believes and many on this side of the aisle believe will occur and that is, we will see a dive in the number of hsas throughout michigan. i hope that your sincerity today of what you have said, that you will work with us, to implement the cantor amendment that you are probably going to vote against in a few minutes. i yield back. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. very briefly, listen, you know, either you are going to allow the promise of the president to be fulfilled or not. more than 8 million people have hsas. and, with all due deference the gentleman from california, i don't think we are here to cast judgment against those who believe that an hsa is appropriate for them or their family. in fact, the increasing number of people purchasing hsas is reflective of the fact that they can have some backstop, that a cot strofk coverage is something that allows them some sense of health care security, and economic security. and to sit here and say we have heard sea many stories of

mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, this is our first colloquy since the july fourth recess. and we are scheduled to be in session for three more weeks before the next recess. so, madam speaker, i'd ask the gentleman if he can give us a sense of what will be considered on the floor beyond next week and i yield. mr. hoyer: i expect to complete the appropriations bills and i also -- the large item that will be on the agenda is the health care legislation that with we hope to pass before we leave on the august break. and prior to that i intend to have on the floor a provision in dealing with statutory pay-go. we have not yet determined exactly whether that bill will be free standing or whether it will be on another bill that would be reported to the house. in addition the food safety bill is possible. the committees are still working on other matters and we hope to have the food safety issue resolved. there are a number of other committees that came out of the energy and commerce committee but there are a num

mr. cantor: i yield. mr. hoyer: i want to say to the gentleman i want to continue to work with him whether on appropriations bills or other bills so we can affect a degree of comity i know you and i would like to reach. mr. cantor: i would ask the gentleman if he can give us some sense of where we are in terms of the health care reform bill working its way through the committee process right now? as the gentleman know, i'm on the ways and means committee and we completed our markup on the bill last night or early hours this morning. the other two committees, i know, are hard at work in terms of delivering their products. but i did note that the gentleman was reported as having said in the press, i believe it was this morning, in his response to a question about the congressional budget office's commentary and analysis of the health care proposal, and if i could loosely paraphrase the gentleman's remarks, mr. speaker, i believe it was that he said we need to go back to the drawing board as far as the scoring o

mr. cantor: i thank you, mr. speaker. i did not hear the gentleman speak of the prospects of the house considering the health care bill, an i would ask the gentleman the status of that discussion and whether this house will be delivering on the speaker's commitment that this house was going to vote on her health care bill, and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the status of the health bill as i think the gentleman knows is it's still in the energy and commerce committee. the energy and commerce committee has not reported out that bill. i don't know the speaker's commitment, but certainly the speaker and i both had the hope that we would be able to pass the health care bill by the time we left here on the 31st of july. my view is that this point in time that may not be possible. however, that does not mean necessarily that we won't be here perhaps longer. i hope that's not the case, but if it proves to be necessary, we may be here a either longer, either on a saturday or the third or the fourth. i don

mr. cantor: mr.peaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker and i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman from virginia, the rep whip for yielding. on monday the house will meet at 12:30 for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. on tuesday the house will meet at 10:30 for morning hour and 12:00 for legislative. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00. and on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. we will consider several bills under suspension. the complete list of suspension bills will be announced at the close of business today. in addition we'll consider the 2010 department of defense appropriation act. also h.r. 2269, the corporate financial -- compensation fairness act of 2009 and the food safety enhancement act of

mr. cantor: i thank you mr. speaker. i did not hear the gentleman speak of the prospects of the house considering the health care bill, an i would ask the gentleman the status of that discussion and whether this house will be delivering on the speaker's commitment that this house was going to vote on her health care bill, and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the status of the health bill as i think the gentleman knows is it's still in the energy and commerce committee. the energy and commerce committee has not reported out that bill. i don't know the speaker's commitment, but certainly the speaker and i both had the hope that we would be able to pass the health care bill by the time we left here on the 31st of july. my view is that this point in time that may not be possible. however, that does not mean necessarily that we won't be here perhaps longer. i hope that's not the case, but if it proves to be necessary, we may be here a either longer, either on a saturday or the third or the fourth. i don

mr. cantor -- i love the way he speaks for him like he's the pope, mr. cantor finds it ironic that those most eager to talk about the president's citizenship are, in fact, some of his biggest cheerleaders, whether it's chris matthews or others on msnbc, "the huffington post" or camera toting liberal bloggers chasing people through the streets of washington. well, maybe we should show -- let's watch the video of one liberal blogger. this is mike stark trying to get a straight answer out of some members of congress on this birther question. >> i would like to talk to you but i am -- no, no, no, no. r >> quick question. >> no, no. >> do you believe barack obama was born in the united states? >> you know, i have to go right now. i wish i could talk to you right now. but i'm on my way -- >> people are going to think i'm tugging you. >> what i don't know is why the president can't produce a birth certificate. i don't know anybody else that can't produce one. i think that's a legitimate question. no health records, no birth certificate -- >> he's produced a cert

mr. cantor sently had a premeditative attack. before joe biden showed up, he wanted to remind people, you know what, this stimulus thing is not working. he told reporters, mr. cantor did, that the stimulus plan will destroy small businesses and deepen unemployment. so that was the stage that was set before joe biden sailed into town yesterday of. clayton: the mistake was putting out the remarks ahead of his speech. "the washington post" had parts of those remarks. cantor gets parts of these remarks in his own home district and comes out with this preemptive attempt. steve: point biby point. >> we're going to go bankrupt as a nation. so when i say that people say what are you talking about, joe? you're telling me we got to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt? the answer, yes, i'm telling you. clayton: yes, spend more money to make jobs. steve: we have to spend more money to keep from going bankrupt. wait. i remember in college that whole economics thing that i took. if you keep spending money, you do go bankrupt. so how do

mr. cantor, how about that? is it too soon to say? i am just sitting here a little bit in disbelief about making the excuses for the failure of this bill. the president promised that we would do something to stave off the job loss. and if you are talking about what a estimate knew husband bill should do, it was about preserving, protecting, creating jobs. this bill has failed miserably towards that end. chris indicates that maybe we, as republicans, wanted to do nothing. now he knows that's not true. we presented a plan to the president, the plan focused on the job generators who were small business people. we've got to go about getting investment started again in this economy. that's the only way that recovery will take place. any kind of lasting rebound has to come from investor confidence f. working families from, small businesses. putting their money back to work again. this bill has failed in terms of that end. what we've seen now is as you indicated, tremendous job loss. people are losing jobs at about eight jobs a minute. that'

cantor: i thank you, mr. speaker. did not hear the gentleman speak of the prospects of the house considering the health care bill, an i would ask the gentleman the status of that discussion and whether this house will be delivering on the speaker's commitment that this house was going to vote on her health care bill, and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the status of the health bill as i think the gentleman knows is it's still in the energy and commerce committee. the energy and commerce committee has not reported out that bill. i don't know the speaker's commitment, but certainly the speaker and i both had the hope that we would be able to pass the health care bill by the time we left here on the 31st of july. my view is that this point in time that may not be possible. however, that does not mean necessarily that we won't be here perhaps longer. i hope that's not the case, but if it proves to be necessary, we may be here a either longer, either on a saturday or the third or the fourth. i don't

mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i rise and i ask unanimous consent to drouse and to revise and extend my remarks. -- to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, at a time when millions of americans are losing their jobs and families are desperately seeking employment, this congress and this administration have made job creation a secondary concern, and as a result, they have squandered a golden opportunity to put people back to work. and frankly the american people have had enough. they've had enough of the stimulus bill that's wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and not staved off job loss. they have had enough with the national energy tax that will impose extraordinary job killing taxes on the people of this country, and now, mr. speaker, they've had enough of talk of a health care bill that not only will fail to deliver the access and quality that we need but it will cripple small businesses by i

mr. cantor, we will not be forced into voting on a bill we have not had a chance to look get. >> we are in an unprecedented economic times and every community across the country, most families are concerned about their jobs and what we can see is a political move by the administration and the majority, attempting to deliver on a political mission to overhaul the health care and letting us lurch into a government controlled environment. every man and woman and child in this country is impacted in health care reform, and as we are seeing a loss of jobs, there is no need to rush into a passage of legislation by the end of the month, at the cost of millions of jobs. we are ready to work with the other side, we are very hopeful that we can be constructive in the discussion on health care reform, so that we are given an opportunity to talk with the constituents and the doctors and health care providers, to make certain that we are doing the right thing that is affecting so many americans. i would like to present the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. >> theoretically i am is su

mr. cantor. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, the legislation before us provides $2.22 billion worth of vital security assistance to the state of israel, our most dependable ally in the middle east. the funding in this bill will help ensure israel maintains its qualitative military advantage in the region. that means israel can defend itself against the threat posed by iran and against iranian terrorist proxies, hamas and hezbollah, both sworn to israel's destruction. a strong israel means a more stable middle east. a weakened israel only gives momentum to the radicals in the region determined to harm u.s. interests. joint cooperation with israel has also yielded tangible benefits to america since israel is a leader in methods of fighting terrorism and preventing civilian casualties in terrorist attacks. mr. speaker, there is no doubt in my mind that israel is a pillar in the national security interest of the united states, and it is in my opinion essential that we provide this assistance to israel because it is in t

mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in these desperate economic times, congress must undertake all of its actions with a watchful eye toward the effects on job creation. yet, this unmistakeably has not been the case. from the stimulus bill to the cap and trade legislation, to an effort to pass a health care bill on the backs of small business, the majority has put jobs on the back burner to muscle through an agenda, frankly, that is an anathama to the american people. slapping an 8% payroll tax on struggling small businesses who can't afford to pay for insurance doesn't create jobs. it kills them. imposing a 5% surtax on small businesses and america's producers doesn't hasten our recovery, it prolongs it. the american people deserves an agenda that puts jobs first. that is why we asked the majority to work with us. republicans do have a plan that can expand affordable coverage in health care. it will allow you to keep what you have, not do it by squeezing small business. i urge the majority to begin with us. le

mr. cantor, thanks for being with us.here does health care debate and the legislation stand in your eyes right now? guest: we heard the president last night talk about the need for us all to support some kind of health care reform. i do not think there's any question that any of us accept the status quo, but we have to get around. the president seemed impatient that we were not necessarily embracing his government healthcare plan. there are many questions about what that means. what we heard last night it was not many details. the president got into some discussion about the government knowing that doctors are prescribing the wrong remedies. and that we in washington can do better. that was a think a very alarming statement. all of us need to work together. we should deliver the health care reform and get it right. host: what does getting it right mean? guest: number one, we have to realize that most americans have health care and like their quality of care. we have to maintain quality and increase the ability for the pri

mr. cantor. >> thank you. i want to just commend you, roy, for having this panel today.ause i think it is very important that we respond to the many questions thathe american people have with regard to what a government health care plan would mean for their families. and as we know, there are many people across the country that are very, very uncomfortable with the rush to get something done if we don't get it right. health care obviously is important to every man, woman and child in this country. and frankly, as we saw last night with the president's press conference, there are still a lot of unanswered questions as far as his plan is concerned and that which is making its way through congress. the reality is right now as it stands there is a bipartisan majority against the bill, which creates a government health care plan. and a lot -- the reason, i think, for a lot of that opposition has do with the uncertainty around what government health care has produced in other countries. and what that would mean for the ability of american families to continue to access the kin

mr. cantor. >> thank you. i want to just commend you, roy, for having this panel today. i think it is very important that we respond to the many questions that the american people have with regard to what a government health care plan would mean for their families. and as we know, there are many people across the country that are very, very uncomfortable with the rush to get something done if we don't get it right. health care obviously is important to every man, woman and child in this country. and frankly, as we saw last night with the president's press conference, there are still a lot of unanswered questions as far as his plan is concerned and that which is making its way through congress. the reality is right now as it stands there is a bipartisan majority against the bill, which creates a government health care plan. and a lot -- the reason, i think, for a lot of that opposition has do with the uncertainty around what government health care has produced in other countries. and what that would mean for the ability of american families to continue to access the kind

mr. cantor. throughout the course of that debate, summer of 1789, it was very clear that mr. madison had great respect for the views of the members who disagreed with him. he had a great deal of respect for those with whom he vigorously disagreed he argued with civility, comity and respect. he never impugned his adversaries' motives. in fact, mr. speaker, he not only didn't impugn his adversaries' motives he actually defended them himself in debate. he passionately sought consensus on the fundamental issues and placed it above his own ambivalence, his ambivalence that existed on lesser concerns. it was ambivalence because, if you'll recall your history, mr. speaker, he was not at the outset a believer in the necessity of a bill of rights. he urged his colleagues to act on, and i quote from a june, 1789, speech when he introduced the bill of rights, what he called the principles of amity and moderation to proceed with caution, but that ultimately they must act resolutely to satisfy the public mind. again, congressman madison's minds he did not believe that decisive action and

i think i read something right before i came out here that i think eric cantor would necessarily have used the same words that mr. demint used. i think that this may be an admission that the message got a little off the rails about playing political games. yes, sir. >> robert come to questions. one on health care. democrats of the president for a delay and if so, what is he saying? secondly on the budget. >> i think there are some who webcast for different timetables in letters to and from capitol hill. his response is not different to democrats than it is the republicans about the fact that we can't afford to delay this, that we can afford to simply wait months and months or another year, add that to the other 40 years that we have waited for comprehensive reform that will actually cut costs. >> even a delay of a few weeks? >> again i think we are making products. that is what is the most important, and the president things we can continue to make progress in the next couple of weeks. >> and the question on the budget, peter orszag said yesterday about the mid-session review coming out in august that there woul

mr. cantor criticize the decision to grinning ghalani to trial. he said, and i quote, we have no judicial precedence for the conviction of someone like this. the truth is there are many precedents. let me name a few. one is ramsi youssef, richard reid, the shoe bomber, and mo can't say moussai. this is the very same attack for which ghalani is being prosecuted. four men were prosecuted to life without parole in the var same court where ghalan zi being tried. the argue thamt we cannot prosecute him in that court, the argument that it's somehow unsafe to the people of new york city for him to be incarcerated while he's being tried really defies history. susan hirsch an american citizen lost her husband in kenya at the embassy bombing. she testified in the hearing for the four suspects coin victimed. she supports the decision to prosecute ghalani. she said, and i quote, i'm 'leaved we're finally moving forward. it's really, really important to me anyone we have in custody accused of acts that led to the death of my husband and others be held accounta