mr. coble: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to voice my strong support for h.r. 4786. i yield myself such time as i may consume, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. coble: the distinguished gentleman from minnesota has covered this bill in detail. i'll speak briefly to it. midnight february 28 through march 2 all the programs in the operations of the agencies funded under the highway trust fund came to a halt because an extension of these programs was not passed by congress, as the chairman has already pointed out. as a result, nearly 2,000 department of transportation employees were furloughed. this bill will ensure that these employees furloughed at no fault of their own will receive their normal compensation for that period of time. between february 28 and march 2 certain service transportation activities were classified as essential, such as federal safety inspection of trucks and buses. this bill approves these activities as essential actions taking to save lives and protect property, allowing the d.o.t. employ

mr. coble: mr. speaker, on that i demand the yeas and nays.speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote will be followed by five-minute votes, if order, on resolving each of the three succeeding articles and motions to suspend the rules with regard to house resolution 1107 and house resolution 1047, if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-páf"ttap:u the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 412. the nays are zero. with zero answering present. the first article is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the question is on resolving the second article of impeach. . so many as are in favor say aye. those o

oberstar, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. oberstar: mr. speaker, thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the bill h.r. 4786, and to include extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. oberstar: mr. speaker, we are here on both sides of the aisle this morning on a mission of equity, fairness, even mercy on behalf

mr. coble, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: and thank you, mr. speaker, and i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: and i yield to myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, today we seek to correct a technical and unintentional mistake in the trademark laws that could result in inadvertent abandonment for trademark owners who registered under our international agreement on trade marks which is called -- trademarks which is called the madrid protocol. at the exploration of their trademark term, they're required to submit affidavits to the united states patent and trademark office stayeding that -- stating that they have continuously met the statutory requirements of use in commerce or

mr. coble: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . mr. barton: i ask unanimous consent to allow the gentleman for a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. barton: i'd like to yield to mr. deal for one minute. mr. deal: i thank the gentleman for yielding. it's been said that the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. despite billions of dollars in new taxes, despite billions of dollars in cuts to medicare and despite deceptive accounting practices to hide the true cost of this bill, it appears we've run out of money here in washington because we're seeking to impose unprecedented an unconstitutional mandates on our states. tonight, as i cast what might be the last congressional votes of my career, i am pleased to say as i pursue my full-time activity to become governor of the state of georgi

mr. coble: i thank the gentleman for yielding.madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and my remarks and objection to this flawed health care bill. >> i'll like to yield to the ranking member from georgia. >> he is recognized for one minute. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. it's been said that the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. sp

mr. obey: yield myself 30 seconds. let me say i largely agree with my friend from oklahoma. we have one simple dilemma, both in the case of the coble settlement, the administration has asked us to provide the money. we do not yet have an understanding of whether that will be provided through an emergency designation or whether it will be fully offset. we can't proceed without the decision to move one way or the other. as soon as it is, we want to bring both of those to the floor, because i agree, we need to deal with both of them. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from texas, mr. brady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. brady: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank you for the time. today, we are debating more disaster-related spending and we have to ask ourselves, what about the money congress has sent to communities and families. texas is waiting for the supplemental disaster fund for hurricane ike that congress approved 18 months ago. congress led by chairman obey to help comm