mr. jim clyburn. >> thank you very much, mr. whip. madam leader, distinguished chairs. despite coming up about 44 votes short of 218, to prevent our nation from being devastated by a default, republicans in washington continue to play political games. they have turned their my way or the highway into my way or the runway. that is what has taken place with this f.a.a. bill. the federal aviation administration has been bottled up now, this is the 10th day. we have lost about $300 million in revenue and i'm pleased that the senate seems to be willing to put a turn cat on some of this hemorrhaging. but the legislation that seems to be agreed to, which is the house version, leaves out a big chunk that is small, rural airports. and the jobs, the contracting jobs that are being held in the balance, that have already been decided upon, there is little that's anymore important to job creation in rural communities than these small airports. and for my republican friends to continue to wreak havoc, havoc among the lives of those men and women, those working men and women who are d

mr. clyburn and the president of the united states and those who tried to work in a bipartisan way to accomplish something. i hear our republican colleagues have said they got 98% in the bill and i hope their votes real flect that. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin has four minutes. mr. ryan: i yield two minutes to mr. hensarling. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mchenry: mr. speaker, the america -- mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, the american people want more jobs and less debt. the american people are telling washington you have to quit spending money you don't have and quit borrowing 42 cents on the dollar much of it from all default. and what this has done, it has brought our two parties together. i would like to reflect for a moment the fact that we have a bipartisan compromise here. that doesn't happen all that off en, but that's a good thing. first thing as my colleague just said, this is a down payment on the problem, good step in the right direction, and it is a huge cult

mr. clyburn and the president of the united states and those who trd to work in a bipartisan way to accomplish something. i hear our republican colleagues have said they got 98% in t bill and i hope their votes real flect that. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin has four minutes. mr. ryan: i yield two minutes to mr. hensarling. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mchenry: mr. speaker, the america -- mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, the american people want more jobs and less debt. the american people are telling washington you have to quit spending money you don't have and quit borrowing 42 cents on the dollar much of it from the chinese and send the bill to our children and grandchildren. our crisis today is not the debt ceiling, it is our debt and it is a spending-driven debt. that is why we are here today, mr. speaker. i would like toe say this bill solves -- like to say this bill solves our problem. it doesn't. it is a doll i had first step. nobody, nobody on our side of the aisl

mr. clyburn and the bipartisan talks, as they strove to have what the american people want, a balanced, bipartisan, fair agreement to lift the debt ceiling and take america forward. unfortunately that did not happen. wat did happen and it brings to mind the question, why are we here? and i would divide, as we say in legislation, i would divide that question into why are we here and why are we here today? we are here because all of us in this body care about our country , have decided that public service is a noble pursuit and that we have come here to make the future better for future generations. hat is what our founding fathers visualized for america. that every generation would take responsibility to make the future better for the next. that's why, mr. speaker, our founders, in addition to writing our founding documents, the declaration, the great deck -- declaration which embodies fairness in it and equality, then the constitution they dclared independence, they fought the greatest naval power in the wor, they won, they wrote the constitution, the bill of rights, making us the freest, greatest

mr. clyburn of south carolina. mr. becerra of california. and mr. van hollen of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 and 4 of house resolution 375, the house stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. on august 16, >> the house is back on september 7 with live coverage here on c-span. the appointment of the republican and democratic members of the joint committee on deficit. these are the members. the senate members were named the other day. you can find out more information on our web site, c- span.org/deficit. that is alice rivlin on your screen. she is a former white house budget director. they are discussing the deficit reduction deal. its front to around 11:30. our live coverage from i what will get under way at 11:30 eastern. >> if you are familiar with plan, andn bowls le the other plan, those plants were balanced plans which did three things, which i think are things you have to do if you have a long-term deficit problem. they reduced the growth of entitlement spending in different ways -- medicare, medicaid, social security. they got more tax revenues b

mr. clyburn and the president of the united states and those who tried to work in a bipartisan way to accomplish something. i hear our republican colleagues have said they got 98% in the bill and i hope their votes real flect that. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin has four minutes. mr. ryan: i yield two minutes to mr. hensarling. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mchenry: mr. speaker, the america -- mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, the american people want more jobs and less debt. the american people are telling washington you have to quit spending money you don't have and quit borrowing 42 cents on the dollar much of it from the chinese and send the bill to our children and grandchildren. our crisis today is not the debt ceiling, it is our debt and it is a spending-driven debt. that is why we are here today, mr. speaker. i would like toe say this bill solves -- like to say this bill solves our problem. it doesn't. it is a doll i had first step. nobody, nobody on the aisle wants to