mr. dent has indicated the urgency.my suggestion of a resolution of injured -- inquiry is premature. it shows the urgency of the matter and we need to respond to that. i would suggest that the first response for mr. dent and his colleagues is a request to the chairman of the full committee, mr. thompson, and then i would want to have the additional information for our subcommittee as to the time that you believe this might occur. >> yes, ma'am, i will do that. >> the ig report. >> i would ask respectfully that should we be given a date certain as to when we receive this document, i would happily withdraw the motion for the resolution of inquiry. i feel the inspector general investigation is irrelevant to our request for that particular document we have receive. many thousands of pages that would secure information and i think the committee has handled it well. i certainly will make a request to the chairman but hopefully, i would like to keep this resolution out there for consideration and hopefully, in the intervening

the chair now recognizes the ranking member, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. dentjoins us in our sympathies for mr. kelly, and i note that mr. kelly came from his region if not his particular district. >> thank you, madame chair. i want at my condolences and sympathies to the kelly family. ed was a wonderful public servant. he served the department of homeless security so well. this is on behalf of the entire committee, expressing our condolences to his wife, his sister, and his niece. our heartfelt condolences. one thing -- i note that the family has the north -- a connection to northeast pennsylvania, a very special place for the family and many of us to know pennsylvania well. i wanted to thank you for holding this important hearing today. i agreed that the tsa disclosure of this is sensitive -- of this sensitive the affirmation is important. this mistake is undoubtedly weakened our security. what we have many layers and our aviation security process, some of those lawyers have been exposed after having the aviation security screening standard operation procedur

mr. dent: in the current form. i move to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. the motion to recommit will immediately end the troubled assets relief program, otherwise known as tarp, and require that all tarp funds that are repaid to the treasury, including interest, dividends, the sell value of stock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman can proceed. mr. dent: the tarp funds that are repaid to the treasury, including interest, dividends, the selva value of stock and the warrants be reduced our national burgeoning deficits. it will reduce the debt limit by the same amount saved by ending tarp. i call this motion to recommit the troubled taxpayer relief program act because it takes an important step toward getting government out of the bailout business and curving washington spending. tarp was originally enacted t

am aware that the chairman of the full committee has authority to move forward and it would seem, mr. dent that you would raise that question with the chairman of the full committee and i think that would be the appropriate next step and not a resolution of inquirey. i might also say that part of our concern has been that in disclosing the s.o.p., it is possible for leaks and of course it sounds maybe that it is ironic that i would use the term leaps because obviously we have had a breach but there have been many, many members of the house and the senate that have asked for this document and there is no doubt this is a high-profile document but our job is to ensure there are no further leaks and breaches. so i would ask that you ask the chairman of the committee as a first step but more importantly i would say that i would like ms. rose i'd to come back in the next -- rossides to come back in the next 24 hours and get a more definitive time. i know the answering today would be difficult but i would think the inspector general would be open to the enact that this is urgent. there is a sugge

mr. dent: in the current form. i move to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. the motion to recommit will immediately end the troubled assets relief program, otherwise known as tarp, and require that all tarp funds that are repaid to the treasury, including interest, dividends, the sell value of stock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman can proceed. mr. dent: the tarp funds that are repaid to the treasury, including interest, dividends, the selva value of stock and the warrants be reduced our national burgeoning deficits. it will reduce the debt limit by the same amount saved by ending tarp. i call this motion to recommit the troubled taxpayer relief program act because it takes an important step toward getting government out of the bailout business and curving washington spending. tarp was originally enacted t

i'd like to acknowledge the ranking member of this committee, mr. dent, and i've asked my colleagues to support this legislation, mr. speaker, and i believe this is a critical issue, h.res. 28 addresses a critical issue of surface transportation and i encourage my colleagues to vote aye. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has yielded back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 28. as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the resolution is agreed to and -- ms. jackson lee: on that, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. under clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this measure will be postponed. for what purpose does the ge

mr. obey for his initiative, but i dent hear that. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: madam speaker, having a charge of misspeaking is very serious. i would like therefore to allow the gentleman from arizona to speak again on the rule. for such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. ms. flake: i thank the gentlelady for her indulgence, this is important. i ask the gentleman, if i yield him time to respond, is it your understanding that this language, this new competition language, applies to senate earmarks as well as earmarks requested by both house and senate members. mr. dicks: it is my understanding that this language applies both to the house and senate earmarks for for-profit companies requiring competition. there are some little variations on -- because of section 8-a and other restrictions that the senate still claims that should be followed, but this is a major step forward and i think mr. obey deserves great credit for this. i just want

and based on independent nonpartisan analysis, it makes a serious dent in our federal deficit. mr. president, i'd like to cease my statement and pick it up at a later tievment i see the minority leader is on the floor and in deference to hirnlings -n deference to hirnlings i think it is only appropriate that -- and in deference to him, i think it is only appropriate that he be recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i thank the senator for yielding for my comments. i would ask that my comments appear at the appropriate place in the record, not to interrupt senator baucus's comments. we've now had a very, very clarifying vote on the senate floor about the direction of our friends on the other side with regard to our health care system. yesterday all but two of them voted to preserve nearly half a million dollars in cuts to medicare, the health program for our seniors. in the run-up to that vote, they said these cuts weren't really cuts appeared that medicare advantage in particular isn't really a part of medicare, arguments plainly contradicted by the text of the bill itself, by t

mr. pomeroy. we will not be allowed to debate our substitute proposal. we will not be afforded a vote on our alternative legislation. the difference in treatment is not an isolated ibs dent, but the standard -- isolated incident but the standard operating procedure for this majority. they continuously close down the process. they shut out members from both sides of the aisle from being able to introduce and have debated their amendments, and i think it's unfortunate. i reserve the balance of my time. . mr. polis: let me be clear what happens if the house does not pass this bill. the estate tax would go away for one year. in the year 2010. then it would return at 55% and a deduction of only $1 million. so every estate above a million dollars would be taxed at a rate of 55%. many families would lose their family businesses, their family farms if we fail to act and pass this bill to preserve the ability of americans to pass along their assets to the next generation. it would also create a very bizarre circumstance in the year 2010 where there would actually be a incentive to die. i had a friend with a good sense of humor who stated that his wealthy family, his father had jo