mr. gohmert. mr. gohmert: former george w. bush must have had an awful lot of activity to have that kind of effect on global warming back then. i find it interesting because i know my friend recalls seeing the articles as i did. in fact, i recall in college being told that we we were probably at the very beginning, some said we were at the early stages of a new ice age that would end the world and all people in the world with ice. well, i just didn't believe it, because as a christian, the bible doesn't teach with the world ending with an ice age. i knew that couldn't be right but people are saying, this is the beginning of an ice age. global cooling and ultimately going to have the whole planet frozen solid and who knows what forms will emerge after the ice age. i remember the discussions and discussing with classmates and things and i just could not buy back in the 1970's that we were at the beginning of a new ice age. so i come into this thing a bit skeptical and as i said many times, there is an addage here in washington,

mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, at this time, i would move that we now 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 agreed to. >> in a little more than an hour, defense secretary robert gates talks with reporters about why he is supporting the president's decision to replace general stanley mcchrystal. after that, a tour of one of the areas in louisiana affected by the gulf oil spill. later, president obama and russian president medvedev hold a joint news conference. >> next week, watch the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan, like, starting monday at 12:30 p.m. eastern on the c-span network and at c-span.org and watched replays of each day's hearing every night on c-span2. >> in response to a supreme court ruling allowing certain campaign spending, the house has passed a bill setting new campaign finance reporting rules for corporations, unions, and interest groups. the bill requires individuals and groups to disclose when they paid f

mr. gohmert for 60 minutes. mr. gohmert: there was a good "wall street journal" article, june 4 and talked about this wonderful news that we heard from washington that last month, the job total increased by 431,000. that is fantastic news. just wonderful. but there's a little problem in it. the u.s. department of labor released statistics saying yes there were 431,000 jobs created last month and that's fantastic and all, but unfortunately, 411,000 of sthem were temporary -- of them were temporary census workers' jobs. it's hard to really feel good about the economy when 431,000 new jobs last month, 411,000 of them were government jobs. not just government, temporary government jobs. and i've talked to some census workers. we had a job fair in my district in marshall, texas, at east baptist texas university. we had one previously at another university, texas work force commission. they did a great job. we partnered with them at long view and many others. we partnered with angelina college and this one was in marshall.

mr. gohmert, for 60 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it's always an honor to be here and to be speaking on the floor. there are so many who have served this country so honorably and well and have done the same thing. i never lose sight of that fact. it's a little discouraging at times. it's interesting to hear the stimulus is working because that's what george w. bush was doing and as i recall in 2006, the republicans lost the majority because democrats convinced them thaa t was the wrong thing to do and you know what? the democrats were right. they appropriately warned the majority because as they said, we should not be deficit spending. you're killing the country, killing the country, and they won the majority in 2006 because they were right. we should nnt have been deficit spending like that. but that went on. so it's interesting to hear just four short years later thattit turns out that what president bush was doing and was encouraging being done is actually the good thing, but i still tend to go back and think% that those of us on

mr. gohmert of texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. carter, is ecognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate being recognnzed this hour. i'm pleased to be joinee by several of my colleagues. and i want to raise an issue that is of real concern to the people of the state of texas, state of alabama, state of %% florida. those who for now for generationn been invested in and proud of that great american accomplishment of our space program. you know, we are an exceptional people and there is an awful lot of people that seem to be ashamed of our exceptionalism. but one of the things we have been exceptional in our inception is our space program. i can remember as a young teenager when the russians put sputnik over the roof of my house and we watched that thing, this little flashing light and thought, oh, my lord, the russians are in space and we aren't there. what are we going to do? being

mr. gohmert, for 60 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to follow up on what my friends were discussing because this oil spill is so important and when our colleagues across the aisle controlled the white house, senate, the house of representatives, the most we can do is use this honored place here to bring out some points so that hopefully america will respond, let their members of congress know what can be done, what should be done and why and then perhaps will get the appropriate action from the majority. but i know there have been a lot of people that have been perplexed over the president waiting for so long to sit down with the chairman of british petroleum, i know our president has said he's been involved and been in control and been in charge since day one, we've heard that over and over. and i know my colleague, former judge carter, like me, maybe it's the judge in us, but even though the president has said he wasn't going to believe or -- i don't know, something like he wasn't going to be able to believe whatever he said,

mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. gohmert: i thought she was yielding to me. she said somebody eloquent. sorry. anyway. anyway, i'll take the time. when we talk about wall street, one of the things that really gets me, if you look at the numbers and why there wasn't more reform of wall street, what we find out is actually both to the obama campaign running for president and to our friends across the aisle, the executives on wall street, despite what sometimes seems the conventional wisdom, the executives on wall street give to the democrats and to the obama campaign 4-1 over republicans. it's an amazing thing to see. and if you look at that, then you begin to understand a little better why there may be games being played but there was no real reform of wall street that was going on. and that also brings up the issue of british petroleum. some might wonder, why in the world would the president of the united states wait all these weeks, week after week after week to even meet with british petroleum to even call them down

mr. gohmert, irecogned for 60 minute as the designee of he minority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. tee different iss feel compeld to bring up and dicuss one, rsof all, is what's going on in the gulf of mexico. being from texas,we are particularly sensitive to what happens there. en so many days on the gulf of mexico coas on texas coast, louisiana, alabama, missisippi, florida, all of those areas. ante what's happening is heartbreaking. two things nd to be done. e is immediely do everything we c to stop adition oil from flowing into tharea, at the same tcleaning up the area before we do a more devastation. and then the otherhing is we need to find ouwhat caused the spill, what could have been do better to prevent this from ever happenin weind out that british petreum had been cited 750 times on rigs for safety violations, coaredhat to hers. shell had one during theame period there are indicators th perha b.p. was hurrying perhaps there s a test that dn't wk t well. we've heard those rumors and yet we heard the rumor someo yelling the pho after the explosion i told you. i to

mr. gohmert: i do move that the house hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed. to accordingly, the house will stand adjourned until 10:00 admiral thad allen held this half-hour news briefing earlier in washington. >> good morning. this is the daily operations brief. i am joined by my partner in noaa. i will give you operational highlights and we will take questions you may have. in general, the weather may become a little bit of a factor in the next couple days. it has been out of the south- southeast at 10 to 15 knots for some time. it is moving the oil up into the panhandle of florida. that will be slightly less and there is a current to the west that may hold it where it is and we're watching that closely. we had two flights yesterday. one of the west coast of florida and no sightings of oil were made. we have been reporting for week or so there has been an eddy that has separated the oil and we continue to watch

mr. gohmert. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulson. the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. fox. the gentleman from florida, mr. mack. the gentleman from arizona, mr. fraaks. under the speaker's annouuced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, is recognized for six minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i thank you, and i thank my leadership on the republican side, leader boehner and our leadership team to give me the opportunity this evening before this packed house chamber. of course, mr. speaker, with the exception of those few names that you just read off. but on this occasion of the three-month anniversary, if you will, the three-month anniversary of the signage into law of the health care reform bill better known as patient protection and affordaale care act of 2010, sometimes referred to with no disrespect as obama care. not unlike hilary care of 1993, which never became law. mr. speaker, indeed when i say obama care, i do not mean any disrespect, although i consistently, along with my colleagues on this side

mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. i -- our guest chaplain today is reverend powell. he's retired dean of baylor university's theological seminary and distinguished graduate of baylor. he's also been the president of the baptist board and baptist general convention in texas. along with other offices with many charitable institutions. he's the author of 36 books and been pastor of churches all over texas and span two decades as pastor of green acres baptist church in tyler, texas, leading our church from about 700 members to over 7,000. we have fed and clothed the poor, and people helping. our children began hispanic church ministries. medical outreach ministries, churches in becks could he, and other places -- in mexico and other places. he and his wife have three children and three grandchildren and he is now the interim pastor of the church in tyler. he brings wisdom, accountability, and light wherever he serves and truly has a heart after god's home. seeking always to serve, he's been pastor, dean, president, chairman, director, officer, trustee of so many entities

mr. gohmert from texas. mr. paulsen from minnesota. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? without objection. mr. paulsen: i rise to remember an inspiring and patriotic american, master sergeant edward william cole. edward embodies the love of this nation that has been critical to american success throughout our history and will serve as an example of dedication and service for generations to come. ed was born in the bronx, raised in the hell's kitchen neighborhood of manhattan and enlisted the moment he became eligible for service back in 1949. he served in korea where he was injured in battle and received a purple heart and despite being offered the opportunity to return home, he overcame painful reconstructive purgeries on both of his fight so he could continue to serve in the united states army. just as our nation has overcome many painful challenges, ed overcame his injuries and continued to serve with profound distinction and success. he joined the special forces and in 1961, became one of the very first 100 gre

mr. gohmert: i thank my friend from iowa so much and in fact have some dear friends and actually have them here present . but one my wife and i taught in sunday school 20 years or so ago, she's with her mom. and anyway, she was saying she really enjoyed steve king special orders, and so i thought i might pass that on. i also heard my friend mention the jones act and how president bush was able to suspend it. it's interesting when you put things in perspective how sometimes they appear different. back at the time that hurricane katrina hit, some people thought he waited too long, but he suspended -- hurricane katrina hit on august 29, 2005. on september 1, september 1 president bush suspended the jones act so foreign ships could come in and help. they helped put people up. they helped bring things that people could use, to help clean up, but katrina on august 29, september 1 he suspended it through september 19. and i know there are some who say, well, it probably takes a lot of things. actually, it has to be signed off on by customs and border protection, department of energy and the marit