mr. diaz-balart has some. >> thank you, madame gereed i have the amendment to the rule i ask a brief waivers for amendment number 82 offered by representative brown weight of florida, which will eliminate any cuts to medicare in the bill. >> any discussion? if not the vote occurs on mr. diaz colored. all in favor, say aye. opposed, no. in the opinion of the share, noes have it. recorded vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. mr. diaz colored. >> i'm of the committee meet in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 91 offered by representative cassidy of louisiana of which would clarify high deductible health plans with an hsa meet the definition of adequate coverage, furthermore any new standards adopted by the secretary shall not apply to a high deductible health plans and health savings accounts with such standards would have the effect of disqualifying such plans from meeting the central requirements. >> thank you mr. d

mr. diaz-balart. all time is for debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. . on house resolution 1205. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cardoza: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cardoza: madam speaker, house resolution 1205 provides for the consideration of the small business and infrastructure job tax act of 2010. the rule provides for one hour of general debate controlled by the committee on ways and means. the rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except for clause 9 and 10 of rule 21. the rule also provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute reported by the committee on ways and means, modified by the amendment printed in the rules committee report shall be considered as adopted. finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with wore without instructions. -- with or wit

mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask my colleague -- no other speakers. >> i'm the last speaker. mr. diaz-balart: i think this has been a good discussion today. i think it's appropriate to have it. i certainly hope that the result is clear and that this congress today strongly and in a bipartisan way reject the resolution that is being brought forth. it would be a grave mistake to -- for us to allow the taliban to regain power in afghanistan. sometimes the lessons of history may be a little bit more difficult to explain. in this case when the taliban was in power they opened the country up to training camps for terrorists to attack the united states. and that was in 2001. it's not ancient history. so i hope we don't forget the lessons of history. in addition, as i said before, mr. speaker, we are in the midst. our armed forces, our coalition allies is in the first major offensive in president obama's new strategy so i think it would be a grave mistake if this congress does not emphatically reject the resolution tod

mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker, and my dear friend he, mr. roskam, for the time and i simply rise to join my voice in praise and commendation for all those who have made possible that this resolution come to the floor. and i think it speaks very highly of this congress. mr. speaker, there is no more generous nation in the world than the american nation, the american people. and one sees that generosity time and time again. as mr. blumenauer mentioned we just saw an extraordinary outpouring of generosity toward the people of haiti and then we've seen another tragedy and the american people with regard to chile are demonstrating once again that extraordinary generosity and so i think it's so appropriate and that's why i rise to commend all of those that have made this resolution possible, to accelerate the deduction for the donations that americans have made, extend that policy with regard to haiti and to make it possible with regard to the donations that are being made or have been made or will be made for those who have suffered in chile. our

mr. diaz-balart has some. >> thank you, madame gereed i have the amendment to the rule i ask a brief waivers for amendment number 82 offered by representative brown weight of florida, which will eliminate any cuts to medicare in the bill. >> any discussion? if not the vote occurs on mr. diaz colored. all in favor, say aye. opposed, no. in the opinion of the share, noes have it. recorded vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. mr. diaz colored. >> i'm of the committee meet in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 91 offered by representative cassidy of louisiana of which would clarify high deductible health plans with an hsa meet the definition of adequate coverage, furthermore any new standards adopted by the secretary shall not apply to a high deductible health plans and health savings accounts with such standards would have the effect of disqualifying such plans from meeting the central requirements. >> thank you mr. d

mr. diaz-balart: i thank my -- mr. smith: i thank you for yielding and i say to both diaz-balart brothers, mario and lincoln diaz-balart, you have spoken for so long and with such clarity for those all over the world, including especially in cuba, the people of cuba have no greater friends than you brother the diaz-balart brothers. there is -- isn't a single argument, fight, debate, amendment, bill, that you -- the two of you -- are not out in front taking all of the flak, all of the disinformation that is dished by those enablers of tyranny, who believe that somehow if you coddle dictatorship you'll see an amealoration of their egregious acts. it doesn't happen. it didn't happen with the nazis, it has not happened with the chinese communist regime. it has not happened in north korea. and other this last half century it has not happened in cuba. the more you enable dictatorship, the more of an appetite it has for political prisoners, for repression, because there's no check no tourniquet on their horrific abuse. let me

>> mr. diazlart has the desk. >> you have two separate issues. we have a 2700 pages senate bill and we have a large reconciliation bill, there are two different pieces of legislation. okay, you're going to have a vote on a roll number one, and then if you do what chairman waxman said you're going to have a vote on the senate-passed bill number to it, and if that passes then you'll have a vote on this reconciliation. if you don't do it that way is is a version of the process. >> do you have a point? >> mr. diaz-balart, they do raising the point because we have to go through a process of due policy so to respond, what we are doing is we are passing a legislative package which you knew having sex on the rules committee for so many years and many now that we oftensput together a package of proposals into one bill that is passed on the floor. i give the example that i've heard from some of my colleagues that best explain this. you have purchased a house and i have, when you make an offer on a house yo

mr. diaz-balart, will each control 20 minutes. the gentleman from virginia. mr. perriello: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include thereon extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pe role he spock i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in strong support of h.r. 3562 as amended which designates the federally occupied building at 1220 echelon parkway as the james chaney, andrew goodman, and michael schwerner building. these three young men have a special place in the history of civil rights in this country. they were civil rights activists training in ohio to train people in mississippi in the freedom sum over 1964. they represented a wave of young americans that took time off from other parts of their lives to wade into certain adversity in the fight for equal rights for all americans. during this fateful summer, these three young men were arrested by the local police. as they were

>> mr. diazalart has the desk. >> you have two separate issues. we have a 2700 pages senate bill and we have a large reconciliation bill, there are two different pieces of legislation. okay, you're going to have a vote on a roll number one, and then if you do what chairman waxman said you're going to have a vote on the senate-passed bill number to it, and if that passes then you'll have a vote on this reconciliation. if you don't do it that way is is a version of the process. >> do you have a point? >> mr. diaz-balart, they do raising the point because we have to go through a process of due policy so to respond, what we are doing is we are passing a legislative package which you knew having sex on the rules committee for so many years and many now that we oftensput together a package of proposals into one bill that is passed on the floor. i give the example that i've heard from some of my colleagues that best explain this. you have purchased a house and i have, when you make an offer on a house y

>> mr. diazalart has the desk. >> you have two separate issues. we have a 2700 pages senate bill and we have a large reconciliation bill, there are two different pieces of legislation. okay, you're going to have a vote on a roll number one, and then if you do what chairman waxman said you're going to have a vote on the senate-passed bill number to it, and if that passes then you'll have a vote on this reconciliation. if you don't do it that way is is a version of the process. >> do you have a point? >> mr. diaz-balart, they do raising the point because we have to go through a process of due policy so to respond, what we are doing is we are passing a legislative package which you knew having sex on the rules committee for so many years and many now that we oftensput together a package of proposals into one bill that is passed on the floor. i give the example that i've heard from some of my colleagues that best explain this. you have purchased a house and i have, when you make an offer on a house y

have actually there are members of this committee here in 1999 who voted in favor of this amendment mr. diazower, mr. pacings, mr. mcgovern, pete sessions luis slaughter. ms. matsui vote in favor in the committee. this language passed the house by a vote of 275 to 151 and six on this committee voted in favor. we owe to the american people to include protection against unwarranted denial of treatment reviewed by medical professionals and not paper pushers have never set foot in an examination room or treatment room. and the amendments offered from mr. martin. march 15th david axelrod state of the president doesn't believe state only notes or the president does not believe the state only votes should not be in the bill the president said special deals should come out so please allow mr. barton's amendments to be made in order they will help the president keep his word and save taxpayers billions. the first louisiana purchase, the amount is to remove the provision commonly referred to as the louisiana purchase which provides an extra $300 million to louisianans medicaid program. the second is s

. >> [inaudible] >> mr. diaz-balart yielded to me, here's the question i think is a very important one as people talk about the fact that nobody likes the senate bill and yet that's going to be public law, correct? we all acknowledge it's going to be public law. what guarantee do we have in light of the fact the chairman of the budget committee kent conrad said that he believed that there would be changed to come about that we are not going to end up with nothing but the senate bill and, in fact, the only guarantee we're going to emerge from based on the process before us is that the store nearly unpopular bill that everybody hates is going to be public law. and we are going to be left with, we are going to be left with a hope that our colleagues on the other body just might be able to do what happened back in 1983 and do this without modifications but since it's only happened one time since the 1974 budget act put in place, i guess what, based on the fact the senate budget committee chairman said what he did it

mr. diaz, aye. mr. simpson, aye. mr. mchenry, aye. mr. mac, aye. mr. campbell, aye. mr.n, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. aderholt, aye. mr. nunez, aye. mr. harper, aye. mr. latta, aye. mr. spratt, no. >> are there additional members who wish to be recorded? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> on that vote, the ayes are >> the health care committee finished its work on health care monday when the committee passed a reconciliation bill. the measure now goes to the rules committee wednesday to set the parameters of debate for the house floor. for more information, visit c- span.org/healthcare. >> "washington journal" is next where we look at today's news and take your calls. we will talk about the water preservation measure and a wilderness bill. coming up this hour, we will get an update on health care legislation and talk about the november elections. next hour, a look at the financial situation in europe. w

my friend, mr. diaz-balart and my friend mr. hastings talk about sections of the constitution that were implicated in the process are undergoing but the substance i believe is discussed right in our section 1 of the 14th amendment to the constitution which guarantees each and every one of us equal protection of the laws. people with prior illnesses are not getting that equal protection, so if this bill does nothing else, then to assist individuals who have prior conditions, it has advanced the ball for americans from coast to coast and i see my friend would like to say something and i will offer him, i will yield to him. i would say we have now gone almost six hours on this thing and this is my first opportunity to say anything that i will yield to my friend. >> i thank the gentleman. i am trying to take time at the end of your time. >> i would like to say something else. i have another daughter who just turned 23 and under the federal plan, she can no longer be part of my plan. under my law firm, a lot of people say you guys in

dreier: i yield to the the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart. mr. iaz-balart: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: for unanimous consent request, i yield to the the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. bachmann. mrs. bachmann: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this dangerous health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: i would like to yield to the the gentleman from colorado, mr. could have man. mr. coffman: i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. mr. dreier: i yield to mr. hoekstra. mr. hoekstra: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: i yield to the the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this fla

mr. diaz-balart. mr. simpson. mr. mchenry. mr. campbell. mr. jordan. ms. lamas. mr. aderholt. mr. aye. >> mr. ryan. >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted, or change their votes? if not, the clerk will report the votes. >> mr. chairman, the ayes are 21, the no's, 16. >> the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 will be reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quorum is present. without objection, the question of reconciliation is laid on the table. the request is noted for the record did i recognize that the gentleman from pennsylvania for another request. >> ask unanimous consent with respect to the reconciliation that the chair be authorized to offer such motions in the house as may be necessary on the reconciliation act of 2010. this is pursuant to clause 1 of house rule 22. that this gap be authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming corrections parts -- that the staff be authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming corrections. >> without o

mr. lincoln diaz-balart of florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, madam speaker. inside the gulag of prisons in the caribbean totalitarian state of the castro brothers a few days ago six heroes managed to get a statement out of one of the prisons. and i'd like to read it at this time. we continue to suffer cruel treatment, inhuman, degrading treatment and even torture in the communist regime's prisons. we ask all who support cuba's freedom to between march 12 and march 31 unite in short periods of fasting and study of the bible, demanding the liberation of all political prisoners and liberty and democracy in cuba, to engage in short fasts and prayer sessions in your homes, churches or other public gathering places and speak out in articles and conferences to reflect upon and help implement through peaceful, just and patriotic means the long-sought objectives of the cuban people. this statement is from julio, recardow -- ricardo and others who are in a prison in cuba. this was sent march 3. the parliamentary forum of the community of democracies was formed this las

sessions, mr. diaz-balart, and ms. foxx.urs, considered that measure and it was a very important time, madam speaker, because that's when the american people got it. they began this chant, read the bill, read the bill. the next day we will all recall when the customary one minute was yielded to the distinguished minority leader, the gentleman from ohio, mr. boehner, he spent one hour going through the 300 pages in that amendment that members of this house had not yet read and had only had before them for a matter of a few hours. and i talked about that just yesterday when we were, for the second time in as many weeks, proceeding under martial law rule. i was arguing that that takes place at the end of a congress, when we're dealing with very, very pressing situations, not in the third month of the second session of the 111th congress, which is where we are today. so madam speaker, we once again have it again, i know that my friends from texas, mr. culberson and mr. sessions, have both referred to the fact that we met this mo

mr. lincoln diaz-balart for today, march 16, 17, and 18, and mrs. capito for march 16. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. woolsey: 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, mr. engel of new york, ms. jackson lee of texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: i request permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: the new health care bill is an invasion of people's privacy. it's another reason why we should vote it down. the government shouldn't be sticking its nose i

mr. diaz-balart: in 2017 the medicare bill goes insolvent. it goes broke in 2017. do they have a plan to reform and save medicare? no. their plan, the democrats' plan actually raids half a trillion dollars from medicare to create a massive new government-controlled health care program. so even though the speaker is writing this bill behind closed doors in secret, madam speaker, the american people, particularly senior citizens, are not being fooled. they oppose this massive bill that will nationalize health care and that will raid half a trillion dollars from medicare. now, they oppose it and so should we. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, this bill is based on so many fictions it should not be passed. one is that we are going to do a rule and then that is going to be self-effectuating and that's going to pass the bill. that's

lincoln diaz-balart. mrs. capito. mr. smith. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, mrs. dahlkemper, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mrs. dahlkemper: thank you, mr. speaker. i look forward tonight to, in this next hour, to discuss the democratic small business agenda. one that i believe will really help to bring our country further out of the recession we are now climbing out of. i'm glad that some of my colleagues are able to join me tonight as we talk about this agenda doing forward. as our country struggles to overcome the effects of the financial crisis and economic recession we must look for innovative ways to help create new jobs and foster the private sector growth. we must act aggressively to counter the job losses of the past two years and those job losses have been great. more than eight million jobs have been lost since the recession began in late 2007. our nation's unemployment rate is near 10% and in many areas, well above 10%.

mr. chairman. >> thank you. the chair now recognizes the new chairman of the air land committee diaz i apologize for running a little behind schedule. welcome to you all. if there is no objection i ask my full statement be included in the record and i will follow mr. ward -- mr. bartlett and i will last question to the appropriate time and i appreciate very important issues we are here to discuss the issues and what you're doing on them and with that i yield back. >> thank you. without objection of the one is prepared testimony will be included in the record. general oates, thank you for your service and taking the time to be with us today. please proceed with your remarks. >> thinks mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and testify. the ied remains the greatest threat to the life and limb of the forces in iraq and afghanistan to include the civilian employees that are present, and so the protection of those forces is a priority for the organization on the amount of lead the joint ied organization and have provided written statements and i will stand by and by an anxious to answer questions. th

mr. chairman. >> thank you. the chair now recognizes the new chairman of the air land committee diaz i apologize for running a littleschedule. welcome to you all. if there is no objection i ask my full statement be included in the record and i will follow mr. ward -- mr. bartlett and i will last question to the appropriate time and i appreciate very important issues we are here to discuss the issues and what you're doing on them and with that i yield back. >> thank you. without objection of the one is prepared testimony will be included in the record. general oates, thank you for your service and taking the time to be with us today. please proceed with your remarks. >> thinks mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and testify. the ied remains the greatest threat to the life and limb of the forces in iraq and afghanistan to include the civilian employees that are present, and so the protection of those forces is a priority for the organization on the amount of lead the joint ied organization and have provided written statements and i will stand by and by an anxious to answer questions. thank you.

mr. diaz ballard? >> no. >> mr. simpson? >> no. >> mr. mchenry? >> no. >> mr. mack? mr. mack, no. mr. campbell? mr. camp bel, no. mr. jordan? >> no. mr. jordan, no. miss llamas? >> no. >> mr. austria? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt, no. mr. nunez? >> no. >> mr. harper? >> no. >> mr. latter? >> no. >> mr. sprat? >> aye. >> mr. spratt, aye. >> mr. ryan? >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted or change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 21, the nos 16. >> there being 21 ayes and 16 nos, the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 is ordered reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quarom is present. without objection, the question of reconsideration is laid upon the table. the request is note forward the record. i recognize the gentlewoman from pennsylvania for another request. >> mr. chairman iask unanimous consent with respect to the reconciliation legislation just reported that the chair be aut