mr. harper: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of this very important resolution. under congress' direction, the united states holocaust memorial museum has organized and annually led the national days of remembrance ceremony in the capitol rotunda. the theme chosen by the museum this year is stories of freedom, what you do matters. and what we do does matter, mr. speaker. on occasions like this, there aren't appropriate enough words to share on behalf of the millions of victims of the holocaust yet we here today and those on the rotunda next month will once again commemorate the line ofs taken and the lives that suffered due to the unspeakable brutality and evil of that it dark moment in history. mr. speaker, this year is the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camps. 65 years have passed since the doors were opened and the inhumane was laid bear for all eyes. just as the theme this year is, what do you matters, so it mattered what others did then. we think of those

mr. harper, aye. mr. latta, aye. mr.t, no. >> are there additional members who wish to be recorded? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> on that vote, the ayes are >> the health care committee finished its work on health care monday when the committee passed a reconciliation bill. the measure now goes to the rules committee wednesday to set the parameters of debate for the house floor. for more information, visit c- span.org/healthcare. >> "washington journal" is next where we look at today's news and take your calls. we will talk about the water preservation measure and a wilderness bill. coming up this hour, we will get an update on health care legislation and talk about the november elections. next hour, a look at the financial situation in europe. w

mr. harper and mr. jordan, you and i on the same page. we want the same things. i want to make sure you understood that before we take this vote. i am very concerned about the reform of the program and moving to all direct lending. i would like to keep it like it is. i would to make sure. i thought that's what you were arguing too. i just want to make sure that everybody here understands. if we bring these bills before the house, the stimulus packages and ask us to vote, to take federal money to create jobs. and the next day you come in and say i'm going to eliminate, that doesn't make much sense. let's get this health reform done if that's what we're going to do. but leave the student loan for another day and not mix up the two. i would strongly encourage and ask for your yes vote on that motion. >> all time has expired. a vote occurs on the motion of providing, mr. bio. all of those in favor say aye. [aye] >> all those opposed say no. [no] >> the chair reports favor of the no. will you please call the roll? [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll

mr. harper, no. mr. spratt, aye. >> are there additional members who wish to be recorded? anybody wishes to change the vote? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> on that boat, the ayes 24, the no's 15. >> 21 aye and 15 no. the motion is agreed to. is there an additional motion on the republican side? you're recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. who would have thought in this great country we would have seen the things we have over this past year? who would that we could see the president of the united states fire the ceo of general motors? who would have thought that we could see this congress passed a $700 billion stimulus program that has not done anything? who would have thought that and the united states of america, we would have a pay czar telling private citizens how much money they can make? who would have thought that we have a 1.4 trillion dollar debt? who would've thought that this administration would attempt to ram through this health-care bill using reconciliation? simply put, the american people have had enough. they told democrats

mr. harper, aye. aye. s who wish to be reported to have not yet been recorded? does anyone wish to change? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that the bank, the ayes are 14, the no's 23. >> the motion is not agreed to. are there additional motions? you're recognized. >> thank you. i have a motion to instruct. this is a particularly important motion -- there will be a number of them. there are so many aspects of the health care reform the legislation that we are moving forward. when most common sense understandable -- one of the most common sense, understand the issue is that there will be new rules for insurance companies that will create protections for americans in being able to assure that they can buy affordable means of coverage. it is a major issue for americans when someone in their family has a pre-existing condition. they have been yet unable to buy insurance coverage that is affordable, or unable to buy any insurance for that particular problem. two quick stories, if i m

mr. harper. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. arper: i rise in opposition to this flawed health care bill. mr. dreier: i yield to unanimous consent request to the distinguished the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner. mr. sensenbrenner: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: i yield for unanimous consent request to the the gentleman from south carolina, mr. inglis. mr. inglis: i revise and extend my remarks against this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, may i inquire of the gentlewoman if she has remaining speakers? ms. slaughter: i have one. and time for me to close. mr. dreier: i resevere the balance of my time -- i'm sorry, for unanimous consent request, i'm happy to yield to my friend from california, mr. lewis. mr. lewis: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore

mr. harper for march 3, mr. paulsen for march 3, mr. poe for march 9, mr. jones for march 9, ms.-lehtinen for march 3 and 4. mr. moran for march 9 and mr. burton for today, march 3 and march 4. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? wool wools i ask unanimous consent that todd -- ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be addressed to house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, ms. woolsey, mr. defazio and ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each, mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: this is a unique day in the state of texas. today is texas independence day. and on this day, 174 years ago, texas declared its incheds from mexico and its dictator santa anna. in 1836 in washington, 54 text ans gathered to do something

mr. harper having control of the second house, the senate, and what that means for government legislationnd how the government tries to move its agenda forward. so i think we're going to see probably a full range of discussion, plus the liberals are having this thinkers conference, so that is bound to generate some discussion on issues. i think we will do maybe a bit less of the, you know, when are we having an election thing. but i have to tell you over the past 48 hours, i found being around ottawa and liberal m.p.s that our perception of improvement of mr. ignatieff is not widely shared at this point in his caucus. >> peter: and they're watching every poll, well, depending on which one you want to believe, it's good or bad. >> and they are nervous nellies. >> peter: andrew, you get the last word tonight. >> i think the government's left them a bit of an opening by having such a thin budget that for the opposition to go back now on hammering them on abuse of power and arrogance, on things like the afghan detainees, refusing to release the documents, prorogation, if the government had be

mr. harper having control over the second house, the senate and what that means for the government legislationhe government tries to move its agenda for work so i think we are going to see probably a full range of discussion plus the liberals are having this conference, so that is bound to generate some discussion on the issues. i think we will do less of the when are we having the election but i have to tell you that over the past 48 hours i found being around the liberal mps that our perception of improvement is not wildly share at this point in this caucus. >> and they're watching every poll. >> and they are nervous nellies. >> andrew, you get the last word tonight. >> the government is left in an opening by having such a thin budget that for the opposition to go back to having them on the abuse of power and arrogance on things like the afghan detainee's in terms of refusing to release the documents of the government had been made and potatoes with the budget the opposition would have been in peril looking like they were obsessed with institutional things and not dealing with bread and butt

mr. blair did during this period he did harper lee and i do not say that i was anything other than fully informed about the issues that i needed information and to make my decisions. >> thank you here at back to you, sir roderic. >> can i now turn to the campaign particularly to the immediate aftermath of the military action. in january this year you said in a press conference that the mistake in the war was not to do the reconstruction and planet in the way that was necessary so that iraq could recover quickly after saddam hussein fell. what was wrong with the planning for the aftermath? >> i think this will be dated for many years to come and i hope that your inquiry can make some recommendations about how to do with that in the future. the ideal situation would be this, but an international organization like the united nations have a security and reconstruction agency that is available immediately at reconstruction of an individual country needs to happen. that would be true for example in zimbabwe if there was to be a change in government. it's certainly true in saddam, somalia, in t

mr. harper? >> no. >> mr. latter? >> no. >> mr. sprat? >> aye. >> mr. spratt, aye. >> mr. ryan? >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted or change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 21, the nos 16. >> there being 21 ayes and 16 nos, the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 is ordered reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quarom is present. without objection, the question of reconsideration is laid upon the table. the request is note forward the record. i recognize the gentlewoman from pennsylvania for another request. >> mr. chairman iask unanimous consent with respect to the reconciliation legislation just reported that the chair be authorized to offer such motions in the house as may be necessary to go to conference with the senate on the reconciliation act of 20 penn pursubt to clause one of house rule 22. that the staff be authorized to make any necessary technical and conforming corrections prior to f