mr. cummings: thank you very much, madam speaker. i just wanted to close here and just say that i agree with the the gentlelady -- agree with the gentlelady coming from a port city of baltimore. we've had an opportunity to see the tall ships and to sew what sailing has done for our country -- and to see what sailing has done for our country. i think this is an outstanding resolution. i would move for adoption of it and suggest that all members vote for it. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 197 as amended. those in favor say aye. . opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4275, as amended, to designate the

mr. cummings: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. ms. speier: i'd like to invite my good friend from the state of new york, congressman hinchey, to engage. mr. hinchey: well, thank you very much. i want to express to you my appreciation that you engaged in in initiating this discussion here. and it's something that's very important, something that needs attention and it certainly needs relief. as i think we all know we are facing, involved in one of the most serious economic crisis in the history of this country. we haven't had an economic downturn as serious at this one since the great depression which happened in 1929 and ran through the 1930's. and one of the most interesting things about the way in which this economic recession has come about and continues is the failure -- in fact in many ways the refusal of responsible people to understand what happened back in the 1930's and the relationship between what's happening now. the kinds of circumstances that caused that great depression similar to the circumstances that are causing this

mr. cummings, thank you. >> thank you mr.airman and i thank you are convening today's hearings to receive an update on the implementation of highway transit and waste water into a structure products and as the american recovery and reinvestment act. under your leadership mr. chairman of this committee has kept meticulous records of how our recovery act funding has been expanded. i applaud the diligence of our staff and compiling the data available to us today. you have ensure that we have remained focused on the goal of getting this money out of the door and flowing into the economy as quickly as possible. while also ensuring that funding recipients are fully accountable for every single dollar that expanded. today's report shows more than $40 billion of the more than $64 billion provided for transportation infrastructure projects in the recovery act has now been obligated to more than 18 gao's in 500 projects. further of the $30 billion provision of the highway transit and waste water infrastructure projects that of the focu

mr. cummings: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to ask the securities and exchange commission to do their job. the letter mr. defazio and i wrote to the s.e.c. asks for nothing more and nothing less. the s.e.c. has sued goldman sachs for potential fraud. rather than jumping to the conclusion that there was no fraud or simply convicting goldman sachs in public opinion, mr. defazio and our 60 co-sponsors asked for an expanded investigation by the s.e.c. should fraud be found we ask that any taxpayer money paid by a.i.g. and obtained through fraudulent transactions be recovered. finally, we're asking that evidence of criminal wrongdoing be turned over to the justice department. the s.e.c. must be serious about reining in companies who ignore our laws. i am committed to this cause. mr. defazio is committed to our cause and our co-sponsors are committed to this cause. i ask all of my colleagues to sign onto the letter and join us. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

mr. cummings of maryland for today, mr. danny davis of illinois for today, mr.ing of louisiana for today, ms. kilpatrick of michigan for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise. mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material, mr. posey for april 29. mr. forbes for april 27 and 28. mr. dent for april 28. ms. ros-lehtinen for april 27 and 28. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr.

mr. cummings, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1062 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 177, house resolution 1062, resolution recognizing the coast guard group astoria's more than 60 years of service to the pacific northwest, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. members will record their votes by electronic v% the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 401. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is fwred to, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. -- agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to h.con.res 222, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 222. concurrent resolution recognizing the leadership and historical contributions

mr. cummings a. >> thank you very much. doctor, let me ask you this or any other panelist, the problem is i think lou gossett said it earlier when he was talking about african american men but he could apply it to them then point*. they are squeamish about the prostate and in the exam and and so i am trying to figure out they already are not likely to go and for the exam and don't want to talk about it so how do you make the jump with all of the new information that just came out yesterday to give men the excuse not to do it? men look for excuses not to do this. they'll ready don't want to do it but really not now if they said see? they told do it did not do any good anyway so how do we deal with that? is seems the question becomes even if i go and and it sounds like there is confusion. do you follow me? >> what is the best argument to a man who is looking at you right now to go and try to address this issue? >> i can tell a the argument to address the issue but not why they shouldn't be screened baidu think there are guys

mr. cummings. last year he approached me to ask us to work together on a bipartisan basis on this legislation. i accepted and again thank him for his leadership. as the chairman said, prostate cancer affects 2 million american men living here every day including one of our witnesses. more importantly, when there is confusion as to what to do about eight, even after decades of the improvement and survivability as the rays with prostate cancer and also breast cancer, it's very clear the congress has a role to hold these types of hearings and in fact finding to reach if at all possible either consensus on and off, were consensus on direction. i hope today is the beginning of that process so that we can provide guidance to the administration and health care industry about what the message should be read we are not healthcare professionals here at the top. we do not intend to become that. what we do intend is to try to help make the message clear and understandable to 306 million americans come slightly

mr. cummings a. >> thank you very much. doctor, let me ask you this or any other panelist, the problem is i think lou gossett said it earlier when he was talking about african american men but he could apply it to them then point*. they are squeamish about the prostate and in the exam and and so i am trying to figure out they already are not likely to go and for the exam and don't want to talk about it so how do you make the jump with all of the new information that just came out yesterday to give men the excuse not to do it? men look for excuses not to do this. they'll ready don't want to do it but really not now if they said see? they told do it did not do any good anyway so how do we deal with that? is seems the question becomes even if i go and and it sounds like there is confusion. do you follow me? >> what is the best argument to a man who is looking at you right now to go and try to address this issue? >> i can tell a the argument to address the issue but not why they shouldn't be screened baidu think there are guys

mr. shoemaker, what can you tell me about ronald cummings who, i'm going out on a limb here, i've maintained from the very beginning had no part in his daughter's disappearance. >> absolutely. he had nothing to do whatsoever -- >> how is he doing with this news? he's behind bars. >> he's shocked. you know, he's been holding out hope, thinking that possibly someday, you know, there's been so many rumors and so many different leads, that haleigh's been seen. and he's hoping that maybe someday she would come home. but i believe at this point he's obviously -- he's got a hold of the truth and he understands that most likely haleigh is not coming home. >> has he ever talked to you about the night haleigh went missing? >> no, ma'am. >> have you asked him? >> not really. >> why? >> he just throws his hands up and says "f it," and then he'll get up and walk away. ♪ ♪ what did we make better ? communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together... information. ... people ... ... machines ... ... systems ... ideas... verizon helps businesses worldwide... including fortune 500 c

cummings. terry shoemaker is joining us out of st. augustine, florida. mr. oemaker, thank you for joining us. i know that you have just visited ronald cummings today, your client, the father of haleigh. how is he doing? >> considering, he's holding up quite well. you know, he's shocked by all the latest news, and he's anxious to finally have an end to this and find out exactly what happened. but overall, he's doing pretty well. >> can you tell us procedurally, earlier in the week we know they called the family to the jail. we know that ronald was taken somewhere. can you -- procedurally, what happened to ronald early this week when authorities came there? >> well, originally, it probably would have been around wednesday i think he was taken out of his cell and he had been in his cell on his own ever since he was arrested. he was taken over to the sheriff's office. they talked to him about what had transpired and the fact that there were some new tips that they were searching. he was then put back -- he has to be put back into general population at that time.

mr. chairman, we understand that you have to leave, but i would like to give representative cummings a chance to ask you questions. if you do have times. >> certainly. >> i apologize. i had to be on the floor for three bills. i really wanted to hear all of your testimony and he tells me that we've gone over small business quite a bit. you did say one thing that before i left that i was curious about when you're talking about the consumer protection agency. you implied that when borrowers were having difficulty getting access to credit, it might not be a bad idea or it might be helpful -- correct me if i am wrong -- if the consumer protection agency was inside the fed. is that a fair statement? and that i wanted to explain. >> know, what i said is that there would be some benefit of the consumer protection agency working, however it is structured, in a way that as cooperative with banks safety and soundness, those regulators, because they would have an understanding of the implications of the consumer protection rules for the cost to the business models of the bank to determine whether or not