mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1791. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: h.r. 1791 would designate the united states courthouse currently under construction at 101 south united states route 1 in fort pearce, florida, as thealityo lee adams sr. united states courthouse. i'd like to take the opportunity to thank the gentleman from florida, mr. rooney, for introducing this bipartisan legislation. i also want to thank the 21 co-sponsored from the state of florida for supporting this bill. chief justice alto lee adams sr. honorably served his community and the state of florida throughout his life. chief justice adams was born in 1899 and was raised on a farm in walton county, florida. after graduating fro

mr. denham. mr. denham: thank you for your leadership on this issue. we can't afford any more of the overregulation. regulatory burdens from new rules just this year alone have cost american taxpayers $93.2 billion. and one sfuddy found that each million dollars increase in the federal regulatory budget costs 420 jobs. overregulation costs us jobs around the nation. and let me just speak from my own perspective. 12 years ago i started denham plastics. something that my wife and i borrowed an incredible amount of money to start a vision that we had, supporting the agriculture industry with a plastics company. you know, it has been a tough road to hoe as a small business owner. certainly comes at great risk to our family. but it was a vision that we had, that we believed that without government intervention we can succeed in not only creating new customers but new jobs. but one regulation would have put us out of business. the government-run health care, just the 1099 provision alone, by having to report all of our customers, by having to report all of o

mr. denham, for 0 minutes. mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm hear to talk about h.r. 173, the civilian property realignment act. here we have an opportunity to not only cut waste, to create jobs, and to cree -- and to bring in new revenue without raising taxes. here's an opportunity for republicans and democrats to agree and send the president actually something he's asking for. the civilian property realignment -- what it would do is have greater oversight over leasing authority. we would have redevelopment of underutilized property, the best use possible and combined agencies where you may have 50% of an agency in one building, 50% in another, have them in one agency and sell the things we just don't need. properties around the nation, some of which have set vacant, some of them are declared vacant, underutilized, then finally create transparency. . we want to create transparency, showing how many employees are going to be housed in which building and before we lease or buy new space, actually let people know before they go out and hire n

mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the balanced budget amendment. just this week the national debt exceeded $15 trillion. that's the bottom line. $15 trillion, and a balanced budget amendment would hold government accountable. now, some say that that accountability will tie the hands of congress. some say this is going to create a greater debate between revenues and spending cuts. well, i'd agree on both. the same way every american family has to balance their budget. every week, every month, every year. the same way that i as a small business owner have to pay my bills every week, every month, every year. we owe this country the opportunity to not only see a balanced budget but a bipartisan effort here in congress. if you want more job creation, we have to have certainty. before a company is going to go out there and hire new employees, they need certainty not only to see that our country is on the right path, not only to see we are going to reduce our debt, but also taking a look at our credit rating to make sure we are credit worthy and have a lo