mr. engel: i'd be happy to yield. mr. rogers: does the gentleman realize that back in june, in this body we passed the homeland security bill which contained $1 billion for fema, sent it to the senate and it's been laying there for the last three months? does the gentleman know that? mr. engel: i know it and -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. engel: if the gentleman will yield to me. i do know that and unfortunately it's been difficult passing things in the senate because quite frankly the minority filibusters everything to death and getting the 60 votes is very, very difficult. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the very hardworking chair of the interior subcommittee on appropriations, the gentleman whose subcommittee held more hearings than any other, i think 22 different hearings, we had 150 committeewide, but he won the award for the most hearings. mr. simpson, idaho. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from idaho is

mr. engel: i said before that the u.n. has been a kangaroo court against israel time and time again and israel cannot get a fair shake in the united nations. and i do hope that we are able to block the votes in the security council where the united states is -- the obama administration has said that the president will do a veto of any kind of resolution, and i hope it won't come to that because i hope they do not get the votes to even pass it. and then the palestinians might then go to the general assembly or they say they are going to do that. and while the general assembly cannot admit a palestinian state, it can upgrade their status which would allow them to run around and that rass israeli leaders in the different international courts. the u.n. better be careful. it sits in my hometown of new york and we have been proud that the u.n. is in new york. but i think the u.n. is on the basis of discrediting itself very, very badly. you know, there was resolution 242 which talked about land for peace in the middle east. i wou

mr. engel: i'd be happy to yield. mr. rogers: does the gentleman realize that back in june, in this body we passed the homeland security bill which contained $1 billion for fema, sent it to the senate and it's been laying there for the last three months? doeshe gentleman know that? mr. engel: i know it and -- the speaker pro tempore: the ntleman's time has expired. mr. engel: if the gentleman will yield to me. i do know that and unfortunately it's been difficult passing things in the senate bause quite frankly the minority filibusters everything to death and getting the 60 votes is very, very difficult. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the very hardworking chair of the interior subcommittee on appropriations, the gentleman whose subcommittee held more hearings than any other, i think 22 different hearings, we had 150 committeewide, but he won the award for the most hearings. mr. simpson, idaho. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from idaho is recog

the american people -- mr. engel: the american people sent us here to work together and are tired of the partisan bickering and finger pointing. i think it's important to tonight as we listen to the president talk about creating jobs that we work together to work with him and i hope my republican friends on the other side of the aisle don't summarily reject what the president is saying, just to play politics. we need to create jobs in this country. franklin delano roosevelt, many years ago, decided that -- decided that in order to get america back to work, he would create infrastructure jobs from the government. i think that's something we should do. i hope the president mentions it tonight. we have crumbling roads an bridges and all kinds of things that could put america back to work. let's not have a repetition of what happened a month ago when standard and poor's downgraded the united states in terms of finances. let's work together. let's work with our president. let's support him as he tries to create more jobs.

mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman for yielding to me and i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 2608, the continuing appropriations act of 2012. i oppose playing political games with fema disaster funding while american citizens are recovering from recent natural disasters that have wiped out home, businesses and lives. in an unprecedented move, the republican majority requires an justify set for fema funding. fema must be fully fund sod my constituts who are recovering from hurricane arein. by requiring this offset we're playing politics with the lives of those who need our assistance most. let me tell your republican colleagues, if you want an offset, get rid of the bush tax cuts for the rich. this bill presents a false choice, that we need to cut off one hand to save the other. e bill slashes funds from a program that would reinvigorate the manufacturing sector and decrease reliance on foreign oil to fund fema. we c

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