mr. clyburn. for your excellent exposition of the problem faced by the middle class, by the working families of america. the fact that over the last 40 years they've seen virtually no progress in their economic status while those very, very few at the very top have seen extraordinary wealth. it's also a shifting of wealth. and some say that this discussion is a discussion of class warfare. i wouldn't call it warfare but i will tell you this, that the middle class of america is clearly losing, while those very, very few at the top are clearly winning and the reason is the policies of the united states are pushing the wealth to the top and literally taking the wealth from the working men and women. we need to change those policies and our discussion here is very, very much about that. thank you for your excellent discussion. i now see that our colleague from washington, d.c., eleanor holmes norton, is here. thank you for joining us. mr. clyburn, if you'd like to stick around, we'll engage in convers

mr. clyburn and wishing mark well and wish to welcome him back to the house. i don't back. -- i yield back. [applause] within markto come sanford of the first district of south carolina mr. speaker, ladies and gentlemen, i look forward to working with each one of you. republican and democrat, different perspectives we may hold, but at the end of the day, we are here to represent the people of south carolina. i look forward to going about that business with you. i see friends who were so kind to call me in the wake of the events of 2009. i see a host of republicans, among friends, it is indeed an honor to be back with each one of you. to working with you on a host of issues. obviously latest among them for me will be efforts to get our financial house back in order here in washington but above all else, i am humbled to be here to read each one of our allies involve different journeys but one ofjourney, -- each our lives involve different journeys but on the journey, we can be taken to places where we developed levels of appreciation we never had before. i stand

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today, mr. hinojosa of texas on may 14, 2013, mr. gary g. miller of california for today and the balance of the week, and mr. young of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. fortenberry: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i recently visited the eastern nebraska veterans home in belleview. it's a lovell place that is well designed to care for those who have served in the protection of our country. i had a nice visit talking with many of the veterans there. each with their own unique stories of service to our nation. a conversation though with one man in particular, mr. speaker, has stuck with me ever since. now in his 90's, don mcbride sat quietly as i was speaking to the entire group, but as i was leaving, i went over to him to thank him for his commendable service to our nation. but as soon as i got those words out,

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today, mr. culberson of texas for today, mr. gibson of new york for today, and mr. lewis of georgia for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. he house will come to order. members will take their conversations off the floor. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. thompson: during the 2013 state of the union address, president obama stated that every day we must ask ourselves, and i quote, how do we attract more jobs to our shore, and how do we make sure that the hard work leads to a decent living? end of quote. this week, the house considered and passed h.r. 3, the northern route approval act, legislation approving the keystone x.l. pipeline despite estimates showing thousands of new jobs resulting from the project, the administration has delays a-- d

mr. clyburn. the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the gentleman from new york, mr. israel. the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pascrell. the gentleman from california, mr. honda. the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu. the gentlewoman from alabama, ms. sewell. the gentleman from new york, ms. meng. >> the president of the senate at the direction of that body appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort her exlancey, park geun-hye, president of the republic of korea, into the house chamber. the senator from nevada, there reid. the senator from alaska, mr. begich, the senator from new jersey, mr. menendez. the senator from maryland mr. cardin, the senator from account kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator, mr. corn yirn. the senator from alaska, miss murkowski, and the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the speaker: t

mr. clyburn in wishing mark well and welcoming him back to the house and i ield back. mr. wilson: i yield to congressman mark sanford of south carolina. mr. sanford: mr. speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives of the united states congress, i look forward to working with each one of you, republican and democrat, different perspectives we may hold, but at the end of the day we are here to represent the people of south carolina and i look forward to going about that business with you. i see friends like elliot engel who were so kind to call me in the wake of events of 2009. democrats democrat he may be, i see friends ands indeed an honor to be back with each one of you. i look forward to working with you on a whole host of issues. obviously greatest among them for me will be efforts to get our financial house back in order here in washington, d.c., but above all else here on this day, i'm simply humbled to be here. and each one of our lives involve different journeys but on that journey i think that we can in essence be taken to places wherein we develo

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today and ms. herrera beutler of texas for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. rib will, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ribble: i ask unanimous consent that all members may 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. ribble: i'm proud and honored to lead this discussion on the house floor this evening. i organized this special order to show the american people that there are members of congress who can have a civilized conversation and who actually want to solve problems. everyone here tonight is a member of the organization, no labels. we are wearing orange pins. these pins represent a lot about who we are and who we want to be as legislators, instead of wasting time fighti

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today and the balance of he the week, mr. culberson of texas for today, -- for today. and mrs. ellmers of north carolina for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from indiana, mr. metzeler, are recognized for 30 minutes as the -- for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. >> i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislate i days to revise and extend -- to revise and extend their rashes on the subject of the special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. messer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in another freshman republican special order to talk about a vote to repeal obut macare. those on the other side of the aisle proudly refer to this health care law as obamacare. we should neither be proud of the process that led us to this point nor the resulting policy mess. the 2,800 page bill was crafted behind closed doors and rushed through congress in 2010 with limited de

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today and mr. diaz-balart of florida for monday, may 20, through wednesday, may 22. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. mr. speaker, 13 years ago on may 8 of the year 2000, 19 marines lost their lives in a tragic plane crash at mirana regional airport in arizona. it was a crash on the part of the pilot, lieutenant colonel john brough, and the co-pilot. the course decision to assign blame to the pilots has been a point of controversy ever since the year 2000. mr. speaker, two years after the accident, i received a letter from the major's wife, connie, who lives in the district i represent, the home of camp lejeune marine base and new river air station. i will quote from her letter to me that i received in 2000. i contact you in hopes that leaders of int

mr. clyburn, mr. becerra, our vice chair, and mr. crowley, along with chairs of our committee, ranking members, but our message has been, as i yield back to the gentleman, that we can do all the fuss, we can fix the i.r.s., we can talk about issues that are occurring with leaks, that's our jobs. we understand that. but it is not our job to come back again over and over again and revise a bill that is the law of the land not only by the vote of the united states congress but by the united states supreme court. what more do we need to answer that question? so i hope the partnership with the gentleman, we're writing legislation, i want to make one other point, we joined in on legislation about doing human exploration again that creates jobs as well. it fills the various, the oh ryon on the books right now getting ready to be built but there are so many things we can do, bipartisan, and i thank the gentleman for his leadership. mr. garamendi: sheila jackson lee, thank you so much, you are a leader on these issues, you often, almost alway

it is women under 40 and under 50 and african-americans, jim clyburn was working with mrs.rt busch this weekend. that's big. they've been doing major stuff in the black churches. that will help. can you get more democrats and more independents to vote than the republicans? that's the $64 million question. >> let's dig into the lady folk and what they're likely to do here. sanford has this group, independent voice, they've been running ads to help him out. in the ads they say we can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. that's the argument they're making for him. do you get a sense from talking to the women that that effort is working and that there is a sense of, you know, let's forgive and forget and move on and move forward? >> reporter: i think there are both sides to that. i can tell you, a public figure here in charleston, leslie turn he, she is a republican who came out for elizabeth colbert busch and campaigned for her. she is a republican. she is also teddy turner, mr. sanford's primary opponent's ex-wife. so there is a very bold move on her part to come out f

mr. vice president, thank you for coming to south airliner. thank you for what you do. keep on doing it. [applause] >> vice president joe biden in south carolina. they are recognizing jim clyburn. we will take you live in colombia to the state ted cruzds, with prayed we will tell you -- we will show you all of it. >> i think you misunderstood my question. i was not asking about propriety. you are the chief legal officer for the united states of america. does the just this apartment fast as the justice department have a position to use a droning killing u.s. citizens question mark -- citizens question mark -- citizens? he said it would not be appropriate. three times he went back and forth. i do not understand this constitution to which you refer. [laughter] 13 hour filibuster that day, one senator after another and another came to the floor of the senate and plenty of house members came to the floor of the senate. thousands upon founders -- thousands upon thousands of people got online and got on twitter and stood for liberty. next day, thee obama administration was forced to do what it refused to do for three straight weeks, which is admit in writing, no, the constitution doe

clyburn and paul ryan. "washington journal" continues. bob: regular guest goodlatte is a republican of virginia and he is chair of the house judiciary committee. mrodlatte, if we could start with the issue of immigration am a moving through the senate. where does it stand in the house? guest: we have been working very hard on it in the house. several different approaches. first of all, the judiciary committee has held a number of hearings. first am a we started out with the subject, various aspects of immigration, and then hearings on specific bills we introduced. the legislative language of those bills. yesterday we held a hearing on it hasate bill as constituted coming out of the senate judiciary committee. in addition, since there are, i think, three members of the house that have practice immigration law prior to coming to congress -- myself, democrat from california and a republican from idaho them all on the judiciary committee, by the way -- but most members do not have in-depth knowledge of immigration law. we have spent extensive time in the house holding briefings where we take members through the law and how it works and how different