mr. cuellar of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1436, the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: madam chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of the amendment, my amendment, h.r. -- on the bill 52 7, the small business lending act of 2010. the concept of this bill is simple. create a lending fund to help small businesses get capital. this bill will help stabilizee our economy and create jobs and i warrant to thank the chairwoman from new york anti-in just a moment illinois for their work and my particular commonsense amendment is straightforward. my amendment requires that the secretary steak into consideration those -- take into consideration those areas with high unemployment rates that exceeds the national average. this consideration will increase opportunitiis for small businesses development in places where it's needed the most. the national unemployment rate is about 9.7 as of last month. there are certain communities wh

mr. cuellar from texas, mr. plltts. mr. cuellar, who is a fellow member of our blue dog task force, for introducing this bill, and his fellow member, mr. todd platts. i want to thank chairman towns and ranking member issa and the house leadership for their support of this initiative. the congress is taking strides to instill a greater sense of fiscal responsibility over the last year including enactment of the pay-as-you-go language and a commission. this bill seeks tt ensure that we are acting as responsibly as possible as stewards of our taxpayer dollars. our efforts do not stop here, however. my blue dog colleagues and i have unveiled a 15-point blueprint for responsible fiscal reform. may i have an additional 10 seconds? 15? ms. watson: i will add what is requested, an additional 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. boyd: my blue dog colleagues and i have unveiled a 15-point blueprint for responsible fiscal reform. we will continue to eliminate wasteful spenged and move tow

mr. cuellar for being a ptner and bringi this amendment forrd. and i wanto thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield back the balance ofy me. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. all time has been yielded ba. the qution is on the amendment offered byhe gentleladyrom new york, ms. clarke. so many as are in favor say aye. the oppose no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes havet. the amendment is agreed to. it's now in order tonsider amendment number 11 printed in house report 111-503. wh purposeoes the geleman from virginia seek recognition? nye: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. thchair: the crk wl designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 11, printed in house report number 111-503, offered by mr. nye virgin. the chair: pursuant to house solution 1, the gentleman from virginia, mr. nye, and a member opposed, each will contro2 five mis. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virgini mrnye: m spear, i yaings. the air: the gentlan -- i yield myselfuch time as i may nsume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nye: i scan

mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the accomplishments of an outstanding citizen for its educational contributions to the community. he recently retired as a public school superinteedent witt 30 years of experience. he retired with an exceptional background, having earned a bachelor degree in education + and master's degree in+ education administration. he has dedicated over 33 years to case -- education including the 30 years as a superinteedent. he started off in the 1970's teaching elementary and junior high sccool and then promoted to superintendent for the school district and from there he went uu to the progressive independence school district and recently retired from the charlotte independent school district. throughout his career he has been one that served the public% and has taught the difference between right and wrong. mr. speaker, it's an honor to have time to recognize mr. agagon, a great educator, of south texas. i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the c

mr. cuellar, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5297 which the clerk will report the title. the clerk: a bill to create the small business lending fund program to direct the secretary of the treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, june 16, 2010, amendment number 17 plinted in part c of house report 111-506 offered by the gentleman from texas mr. al green, had been disposed of. pursuant to house resolution 1448 it shall be in order to consider amendment printed in house report 111-507 as such amendments have been in part c of house report 111-506. each amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report by a member designated in the report. shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally d