mr. ellison: mr. speaker, we're talking about a vote once a year, probably at the annual meeting, probably take some total of a few seconds, and my friend on the other side of the aisle don't want to at least agree to this small thing that empowers investors and shareholders and puts them in position to be good stewards of the company that they own. now, you would think that we could come together on something like this, but when you want to stand up for the highest, most grotesque and egregious executive pay imaginable, then, of course, you're going to say no. in 2010, median pay for c.e.o.'s was $11 million. it's time to get some pay, some say-on-pay. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, every single regulation imposes some type of financial burden on a company that cannot be used to create a job. if this was a concern, why don't we find it listed in the statement of administration policy? it's not a concern of the president. let's work together and pass this bill. i yi

mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. speaker. i will claim the time of the next several minutes. and want to talk to the issues before us today, namely the budget. the budget is an issue today, mr. speaker, as you may know, the house majority has issued their -- has come out with their budget, and of course the progressive caucus has come out with its budget. and that's what i want to talk about tonight. the congress, mr. speaker, is made up of a lot of diverse interests. we have people who span the spectrum of political thought. on the far right, those folks are our present here and they allow themselves to be heard. . we have other folks who have different points of view and believe that the best of america is the idea of liberty and justice for all. that's the progressive caucus. the idea that all americans, no matter what their color is, no matter what their religion here, no matter if they're male or female, no matter who they are, has a right to live in a safe, free country with an opportunit

mr. ellison and i were in conversations about an hour ago. he is as enthusiastic about getting the race started. he expects to win, i expect him to win the race. we will look at other parts of our report to see how we can do future investment and entice private investors to come in and make sure we can repair some very valuable parts of our pier. i want to again say thank you to the members of our event authority. i know lucy is here. carey is here helping us raise private dollars. again, thank you to steven barkley and you're wonderful team for working with us. this wonderful event, with the books that we are starting with, we will start and continue on that time frame and as you have seen here, even though i cannot let you into the secretive rooms that our housing the larger boats, their technology, we will continue on those posts. we will continue to announce that. the time frame that we meet. that is the immediate news. i want to reconfirm, we expect to have these races continue. we expect to draw an hour large people around the bay area

mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> the president is expected to sign the bill. house and senate negotiators are working on a longer solution. the house is now out for a two week break. >> challo c-span's local content via post as american history tv explore the history and culture of little rock, arkansas -- follow c-span's local content vehicle as american history t the explores the history and culture of little rock, arkansas. -- tv explores the history and culture of little rock, arkansas. >> white men poured into the county to begin shooting down blacks. >> on american history television on c-span 3, bruce lindsey on integration and in north little rock high school. >> they do not

mr. ellison. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, donald payne played a very special role in my service as a member of congress. i didn't know him nearly as long as many other members and i guess i probably didn't know him as well, but there's no doubt that as a member coming into congress trying to figure out how to be the best member i could be, donald payne was one of the people who i admired and looked to and no more so than when he was fighting for the human rights of all people. donald payne gave me a new and unique perspective on suffering in darfur, explaining the complexities as it related to making sure that darfurians not only got relief but one day would get justice he didn't stop there. i have a large percentage of my constituents who hail from somalia and donald payne gave me historic perspective on somalia on a regular basis, which i didn't have, and also again helped me understand how difficult it was but how important ital was that we stand for stability for the people of somalia. in fact, his level of commi

mr. ellison, i was in conversation with him about an hour ago. enthusiastic about getting this race started. >> reporter: but the clock was ticking. getting started meant not getting turned down. >> these are the things we don't have a certaintity about. >> reporter: by the board of directors, which in a little more than 24 hours would vote on whether the city will host the race. jim lazarus with the chamber or commerce, says the pier 3032 renovation was a make it or break it part of the deal. >> there was opposition as we hear in van on land use issues. >> reporter: they feel by not giving ellison rights to develop and have 66 years potential income from piers 30/32, the city is losing out on an improved waterfront, but it tips the scale because waterfront improvement is limited and expensive. >> they were opening to put deals together with waterfront and seawall properties, things that would make it look. the longer they looked at it, the harder it was, too. >> reporter: the day teams practice on the bay, no plan b means negotiators for both th

mr. ellison. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for four minutes. mr. ellison: i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding the time. i have no doubt that these issues are important to the people involved. i have no doubt that the people who support and oppose this bill care deeply about it. it's a local issue and i come from a locality and therefore understand. but the fact of the matter is that our country is in some seriously grievous harm. because we, yes, we do have an exorbitant unemployment rate. it's been going down, we've been adding private sector jobs. but there's still too many people unemployed. and yet the majority is not -- has not taken the time on the floor today to deal with how we're going to get all americans back. they're taking time to anything out how they can do an earmark after they've said there's no earmarks. this is remarkable. i'm actually not against earmarks, mr. chairman. i'm for them. i think they're a good thing. but you know what? the majority has said no earmarks and yet this is like the second time in the last couple

mr. ellison. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: i allow me to go to the heart of the minutes and how our nation shall spend money over the course of years. what we are dealing with now is we are dealing with unemployment and this budget is no decent budget at all unless it deals with jobs. now, the budget for all, which is the progressive caucus budget, is all about jobs. we make investments in people developing our work force, developing education and putting americans back to work. america has worked that needs to be done. we have about $2 trillion worth of crumbling infrastructure, which the republicans don't invest in. america has jobs that need to be done. we've got people that do them and we have privileged americans and corporations who have the money if they were to give it in the way of taxes as the dues we pay to live in a civilized society, we could combine these three elements to put america back to work. . it invests in america's future and reduces the deficit. we're serious about that. i'd like to make sure th

mr. ellison, had been disposed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in the congressional record by the gentlelady from california, mrs. napolitano, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1, printed in the congressional record, offered by mrs. napolitano of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of represent

of course this is the sheldon aid ellison financed super pac here for mr. gingrich.t romney a lot of money going into ohio. you see more of the southern states, georgia, oklahoma, tennessee for newt gingrich and rick santorum. and then playing the ads which i always like to do. we'll play a mitt romney super pac and we'll play a rick santorum super pac. this ad aired in ohio for mr. romney. >> santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times, and for billions in waitful products. he voted zero to cut spending. >> this is one of my favorites, the whole debt ceiling thing. >> another one of those very positive ads we're seeing a lot of in the campaign. >> 95% negative. that isn't going to surprise you. because we like to be equal in our negativity or positivity let's play one rick santorum super pac put out about mitt romney also airing in ohio. >> how can mitt romney beat barack obama when on the vital decisions they're not much different? like obama, romney drastically increased spending, increased state taxes and fees. even worse, romney care is the blueprint for o

mr. ellison, is recognized for the remaining time. the gentleman needs to turn his microphone on. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman bernanke, thank you for coming. i just want to know your views on what more do you think could be done to try to help the housing market get back on track? let me just observe that about 60% of all the mortgages are either owned or backed by, you know, the gses and perhaps, you know, some people have proposed that we write those down, the ones we can write down, and yet they haven't been. and there's some resistance to that. is that a feasible solution? and if not, you know, what other ideas do you have regarding the housing market? because it seems like that is the one persistent thing that seems to be dragging the economy down. and it's not just construction jobs. i mean, it's just, you know, it's a loss of equity. it's a general prevailing sort of diminishment of demand, as i see it. let me hand it over to you. that's actually going to be my only question. >> as you may know, congressman, the fed