mr. fortenberry or 30 minutes. mr. fortenberry: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. fortenberry: this is an extraordinarily busy week in washington as we have all returned from a district work period. there are many, many issues to discuss including how we are going to fund the federal budget and get the fiscal house in order and have the right type of tax reform and deal with a whole host of other issues. i felt like it would be very, very inadequate if the evening didn't go by to get into a discussion as to the nature of the syrian conflict and potential for united states military involvement. mr. speaker, i wrote my constituents last week as they expressed tremendous concern about the potential for u.s. entanglement in the situation in syria. in fact, it's overwhelming the number of people who shared deep heartfelt concerns. it is overwhelming and i'm hearing that from my colleagues as well. and this isn't some sort of populous reaction to the elites of this institution and government, but an intuition of the america

mr. fortenberry: 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 stanledses adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate. has the government done this. we aim for that to happen. we aim to stop obamacare before it causes cut -- cost one more out-of-pocket expenses for a family one more dollar. that will continue as we negotiate the debt limit with the president and the senate. in the coming weeks, we will unveil a plan to extend our nation's ability to borrow while delaying obamacare and protecting working class -- middle-class families from the horrific effects. will also focus on a path forward, tax reform, the keystone pipeline. and a variety of other measures designed to simplify our tax system and get the economy going, from the middle class working people of the country. , we house republicans will not ignore the problem of our debt or the problems facing th

mr. fortenberry: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, many americans are bewildered as to what is happening in washington and understandably so. but really the goal is pretty simple. we do need to keep this government running while also protecting americans from the harmful effects of the new health care law known as obamacare. until now, the debate over health care has been largely in the abstract. but now many americans are recognizing just how hurtful this is. mr. speaker, we need the right type of health care reform, but we don't need skyrocketing premiums or plans that erode health care liberties. mr. speaker, yvonne just wrote to me from nebraska. she said this, of her family of five, their monthly insurance premiums are going to nearly double. she asked, how can we call in the affordable care act? rodney just wrote to me, he's a self-employed truck driver, he told me he may have to sell his truck just to afford the insurance. mr. speaker, since parts of this law have already been delayed, isn't it only fair that we delay

mr. fortenberry, to preside over he committee of the whole. the chair: the committee will be in order. the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 761 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to require the secretary of the interior and secretary of agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to united states economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness. the chair: pursuant to the rule the bill is considered read the first time they have gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, the committee is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the committee will come to order. the committee will come to order. members are reminded to please take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. i y