mr. denham: mr. speaker, just to reiterate one more time, i support the gentlelady's amendment, i look forward to voting on it, as long as she brings it up. support the homeless in this bill, we agreed to it in rule, still support it today and there will definitely be sufficient votes on this side of the aisle if she decides to bring it up. and you know what? if it doesn't pass, then vote against the bill. but if you believe in the homeless issue then put your amendment up and let's have the votes on it. at this time, mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, also a former subcommittee chairman. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it was a privilege for two years to be the ranking member of this subcommittee. mr. diaz-balart: and i will tell that you the subcommittee has never been a partisan subcommittee and i commend chairman denham for keeping that tradition of focusing on the issues, working with both sides

mr. denham: -- mr. nunes: i would say the gentleman from california, i hope he read the bill because he claims about the subsidies but in fact this bill gets rid of the subsidies. this bill returns almost $300 million to the treasury. we agree we want to get rid of the subsidies, we want to cut the deficit. that's what this bill does. and so i didn't quite understand what he was talking about about tearing down farms. but i would say that the gentleman's legislation that was passed with a senator from new jersey and a congressman from california to preempt state law has been very successful at tearing apart farms and families. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. nunes: if i could get 15 more seconds, mr. chairman. mr. hastings: i yield the gentleman 15 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nunes: as many will say, secretary of interior, bruce babbitt, made a deal with republican governor, pete wilson. a deal is a deal. the only problem was is there was some dishonest bro

mr. denham: reclaiming my time. i support the amendment. look forward to a bipartisan support on the bill tomorrow morning. this is something that taxpayers need. this is something that will help us reduce our debt and republicans and democrats can work on something on a bipartisan level and give something back to the president that he is asking for you. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. carnahan: i want to thank the gentleman for his remarks and the ranking member has asked for the remaining one minute of our time and i yield to our ranking member. ms. norton: i support the carnahan amendment and i want to indicate what i -- what the agreement was in the bill, we would have a bill that democrats and republicans would support. what we have here is a bill that are somehow that republicans are divided on and democrats are expected to carry over the finish line. if in fact this bill had come as a base bill, i think he would have democrats in larger numbers

mr. denham: this gives us an opportunity to have republicans and democrats come together on something that the president included in his jobs bill to actually create american jobs. the old post office right here in washington, d.c., is a perfect example of waste in government. we have had a property sitting well over a decade that cost us $6.5 million in upkeep every single year. now we have redevelopment happening where we've got different hotel companies coming in not only bidding on it, creating 150 new jobs in construction, but an additional 150 jobs in ongoing jobs once this facility is redone. keeping it in its historic fashion and actually being able to utilize it once again. an opportunity to redevelop things that aren't being used today but also selling off things that have been sitting for decades. our federal government has a horrible track record of selling properties that aren't being used. in fact, we sold 82 properties in the last 25 years. we can do much better and the american taxpayers demand we do better. here's a bipartisan opportunity to get both parties to come togeth

mr. denham, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 3521 which the clerk will report by the title. the clerk: a bill to amend the congressional budget and empowerment control act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and for other purposes. the chair: the committee will be in order. pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. jem debate shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on budget and the gentleman from idaho, mr. simpson. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, and the gentleman from idaho, mr. simpson, each control 20 minutes. the house will be in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i want to begin by thanking my friend, chris van hollen, the ranking member of

mr. denham: if you want to be able to get the republicans and democrats to come together on a jobs bill, here's a fantastic opportunity, one that will bring in billions of dollars of new revenue from the sale of properties, will cut waste and get rid a lot of the expense that we have in ongoing properties every year and ultimately get americans back to work. truly a bipartisan proposal, something i'm looking forward to seeing on the floor next week and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leaves of be a requested for ms. hahn of california for today, mr. heinrich of new mexico for today and mr. turner of ohio for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergency act provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the president publishes in the fede

mr. denham: getting rid of properties we can sell off and bringing in new ref nue. not by raising taxes but new ref nigh by selling off the property that are underutilized or excess or have yet to be declared excess properties. we can also bring in local tax revenue by putting private development back in these properties. and most of all if you really want to create jobs, not only do we have 30 jobs bills sitting over in the senate right now, but here's yet one more with bipartisan support to sell off properties we don't need, reinvest in properties we can redevelop, bringing in -- reining in the abuse by leasing authority from other agencies. and getting government accountable again. h.r. 1734 will be on the house floor and we'll be looking forward to bipartisan support. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives