mr. coble: yes, i am telling you that. mr. conyers: and -- but do you accept the office of management and budget's findings that the benefits of regulations by the current administration in the last three fiscal years exceeded $91 billion? mr. coble: i don't know that. i'll yield to the chairman for that. mr. conyers: you're not able to yield because i yielded to you. so you don't know? mr. smith: if the gentleman would yield to me i'd be happy to try to respond. mr. conyers: i just wanted to ask the gentleman, i didn't mean to make this as prolonged as it's become but i don't think his response of a freeze was adequate -- an adequate response to my question. mr. coble: i was not aware of the question you put to me. i neither embrace nor reject that. mr. conyers: all right. i thank the gentleman for his attempted response. and i would now like to yield to the gentlelady from upstate new york, ms. hochul, who serves with great distinction on the armed services committee two minutes. the chair: the gentlelady from new york. mr.

mr. coble: thank you, mr. speaker. ask unanimous consent to revise and extend, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. coble: i stand today to honor the legacy of one of the greatest friends america has ever known. one who died recently at the age of 98 in his home country of denmark. whom i have known personally for more than two decades was a dane and american by virtue of his american mother. a loyal husband, a doting father, a brilliant businessman and a leading figure in the development of the -- of modern globalized marketplace. i initially met mr. muller, mr. speaker, in his copenhagen office. we spoke to 35 to 45 minutes and it appeared to me that i was in the presence of a truly great man. mr. muller loved america. his u.s.'s -- his u.s. flag owns the largest flag fleet serving our military today. in fact, these u.s. flag vessel employ more american mariners and have delivered more of the critical material to supply u.s. troops in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts than any other carrier. and the same is true of humanitarian aid and every other

the clerk: leaves of be a requested for mr. coble -- absence requested for mr. coble of north carolina today, ms. jackson lee of texas for today, and mr. rush of illinois for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i rise today to draw attention to how campaign superpacs are contributing unlimited campaign spending which shifts enormous political power to the superwealthy, ruled by those who truly threaten our republic and harm representative republic. look at this cartoon. shows how the superpacs really have a stranglehold on the politics of this country. with the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, they threw away decades of legal precedence governing campaign contributions and the result has been a growing stranglehold by the money barons in our political process. the american people know it and they know wh

the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. coble of north carolina for today, mr. culberson of texas for today and mr. desjarlais of tennessee for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. and i ask unanimous consent that all speakers may have -- i ask unanimous consent for them to be able to revise and extend their remarks in accordance with the subject of the special order this evening. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. christensen: and i'd like to enter into the record a statement from congresswoman eddie bernice johnson. the speaker pro tempore: it will be covered by general leave. mrs. christensen: thank you. i want to again begin by thanking the democratic leader forgiving the congressional black caucus this time, to focus on health care reform specifically. specialy -- especially as the

mr. coble is recognized for his questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, good to have you with us this morning. the distinguished ranking member pointed out we've been kicking this issue around and we may be in the study of the shadow of the resolution. i hope so. governor, let me start with you and work our way down to the two-part question. the rhetorical question i think i still would like on the record. will this bill creates a new tax? nv, is it feasible for internet retailers to collect and remit sales -- state sales tax? >> no, they won't bring a new tax. it is a sales tax that is paid. you know, when businesses put their p&l together, they don't show sales-tax odin sales tax paid. it is due from the buyer. that is number one. number two, is their capacity to do this? i understand issues and i understand jurisdictions and sales tax holidays in different places, but given the capacity we have today, i am very confident we can solve those issues. >> thank you, mr. governor. >> no, this is not a new tax. what we are asking for is that congre

mr. coble is recognized for his questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, good to have you with us this morning. the distinguished ranking member pointed out we've been kicking this issue around and we may be in the study of the shadow of the resolution. i hope so. governor, let me start with you and work our way down to the two-part question. the rhetorical question i think i still would like on the record. will this bill creates a new tax? nv, is it feasible for internet retailers to collect and remit sales -- state sales tax? >> no, they won't bring a new tax. it is a sales tax that is paid. you know, when businesses put their p&l together, they don't show sales-tax odin sales tax paid. it is due from the buyer. that is number one. number two, is their capacity to do this? i understand issues and i understand jurisdictions and sales tax holidays in different places, but given the capacity we have today, i am very confident we can solve those issues. >> thank you, mr. governor. >> no, this is not a new tax. what we are asking for is that congre

mr. boehner tomorrow. i promise i will ask him t. will be done by house coble, not by oversight judiciary. >> is that someone on staff for the house of representatives? the reason i ask, you know, i am always suspicious when people owts source to law firms and do it by billable hours. this is taking -- this could have been done faster. >> you would think somebody was being paid billable hours. no. it is done in house by staff members who are not paid any more whether they do it tomorrow or a year from tomorrow. the only president is harriet myers and josh bolon. i read that the g.o.p. is on the verge of commit something legal malpractice theory of the case, we don't want to draft the pleadings and get bounced out of court. that would be humiliating, at a minimum. so if it takes another week to get it right. i know you are thinking, it's been a week since i asked you last time. you are right. i will anticipate your question. i will ask speaker boehner tomorrow and i will ask him to do it as quickly as we can gsht that the pleadings are correct. >> thank you, sir