mr. fleming. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fleming: i want to spon to a couple of -- respond to a couple of things on the other side. first, mr. landry and i are from louisiana. we are not potted plants. we are actually from a state that's on coast. mr. landry actually lives on the coast. so i think we speak from experience and knowledge on that. with respect to seafood. yes, there is a problem with the seafood. it's a perception problem. seafood in louisiana is the safest seafood in the world. we just got to get that message out to the american people. let's talk about subsidies. we hear about subsidies. well, you know, there is a profiteer when it comes to oil. 36 cents to 63 cents per gallon is swept off the top. and who profits from that? the government profits from it. and what does the government do with much of that money? puts it into so-called alternative energy with so-called phony green jobs that we're yet to see being produced. wind, solar, etc. now, it's also been suggested, well, perhaps we should punish these pro

mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman. where we have a veritable saudi arabia of natural gas in my district. the most natural gas in north america and the fourth largest deposit in the world and we didn't even know about it four years ago. that just goes to show you how new technologies in the area of exploration and development are creating many more resources than we ever thought we had. and that will help stabilize their prices. so i ask that we pass this bill today and that we finally get this country back on the stable footing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you. i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question i'll offer an amendment to the rule to provide immediately after the house adopts this rule it will bring up h.r. 168 , the big oil welfare repeal act of 2011. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment into the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on t

mr. fleming. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. fleming: i thank the gentleman and i appreciate dr. burgess allowing me to speak on this specific bill. but let's just talk about the elephant that's in the room here this afternoon. and that is the so-called afford -- affordability act, the so-called patient affordability act. we call it obamacare affectionately. folks, we've got a bill here which is now law that is at best questionably constitutional. we have a bill that's going to add another $is 1 trillion ultimately to our -- $1 trillion ultimately to our deficit. we have half a trillion dollars that's going to be taken out of medicare and then put on both medicare extension and then on subsidy of the private health plans, even if we ever save that half trillion dollars. this whole law has questionable financing and then today we're talking about construction money that may or may not exist. so, mr. speaker, i just have to say as a physician of 30 years of practice, i was here during the health care debate in 2009 where this body

mr. fleming. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on the votes be ayes were 35, the no's were 26. >> the amendment is agreed to. a roll call vote was requested by mr. turner second-degree amendment number 267 to ms. sanchez amendment. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes were 33, the no's were 28. >> the amendment is agreed to. the questions now on ms. sanchez amendment as amended by mr. turner second-degree amendment. so many as are in favor will say i ago. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. excuse me. the no's have it. excu

mr. fleming: this is after half a billion dollars has been shaved from medicare to extend the life of medicare and that money is already infamously booked twice, once for middle class insurance subsidies and the other to extend the life of medicare. the 2012 budget that passed the house with support is the beginning to the solution for this -- of this problem. it preserves medicare for those 55 and other re-- and reforms it to a market based system with lots of choices for those under 55 today. democrats simply play mediscare on this issue and insist on doing nothing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there further one-minute requests? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. duncan of south carolina for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection. ms. jackson lee: a lot of times our constituents are confused about the processes of this house. the one thing we're not confused about is what we all join together in u

mr. fleming for the purpose of an amendment. >> i would like to call up amendment 248 are. >> please pass out the amendment. without objection reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. if the gentleman will suspend the amendment to be distributed. gentleman is recognized to explain his amendment. >> before i talk about the amendment specifically i would like to reflect upon the comments made by other members here. mr thornberry talked about the fact that we would love to beat our swords into plowshares but that would not compel others to do the same. we are in a period in which more and more countries are considering or have gone for nuclear-weapons but we have to be very careful about unilaterally disarming our sales. he also talked about the fact that we have an aging nuclear weapons system which we are in the process of updating but at some point in the process we have malfunctions which could in some way with a small margin we are down to under the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty could create a dangerous situation in terms of limiting our ability to be a deterrent. to be more specific, i

fleming. >> thank you, mr. chairman. some of the arguments in hearing on the other side are very interesting. i, for one, believe in the constitution's separation of powers in the rule of law. but with regard to doma, the administration has decided in its infinite wisdom for some reason it's not even going to try to defend it in court it makes no sense at all because what the administration is really doing is substituting its judgment for the supreme court and number should be the cause abrasion of power that is to the supreme court, the administration. we are seeing this also in the immigration law where the administration refuses to implement and respect and move forward on immigration law is the verso important. we even had a case where the president of the united states stands in front of the justices and criticizes them directly in the citizens united case telling them that they were wrong. i just don't believe the administration has the power to substitute its wisdom for that of the supreme court. i hear with the g

fleming for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in full disclosure, i opposed the feel of "don't ask, don't tell" before, however, i do support mr. hunter's amendment. i think this is all about unit cohesiveness and readiness. reflecting back to the survey that was done was quite flawed in many ways. the ones that is very remmable is the fact that the survey surrounded the question of how to implement the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" not whether to. you know the study was done. with that, i yield to my friend, mr. harper. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i did not mean for the debate to repeat the debate that is we've had in the last congress. in fact, as i get better as being a congressman, i guess i'll learn how to put everything in the first five minutes as we got sucked into the debate of "don't ask, don't tell" i didn't mention this amendment makes them sign off only for their combat units, moss their own men, men only because there's no women, of men only in combat in theater, going over to theater, or getting ready or prepar