mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill 2017 with the senate amendments thereto and concur in the senate amendments. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill and report the senate amendments. the clerk: h.r. 2017, an act making appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2012, and for other purposes. and amendments -- mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the amendments be considered as read, and the reading be dispensed with. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. without objection, the senate amendment is concurred in and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 2:00 p.m. on monday next. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ord

mr. culberson of texas for today and mr. moreno of pennsylvania for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:35 p.m. for the purpose of receiving in joint session the we will follow the president's address your phone calls here, on c-span. earlier today, the joint deficit reduction committee held its first meeting. the 12-member panel made up of six democrats and six republicans have been instructed to come up with $1.20 trillion in deficit cuts by thanksgiving. if today's meeting focused on jobs, the tax cut, and entitlement programs. it is a little bit more than an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> to serve on the committee. today's inaugural meeting is for the purpose of organizing the committee. there are two items on the agenda. each member will have an opportunity to make an opening statement, and then the committee will take up conside