mr. harper, a valued member of our committee. the chair: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. for how long? mrharper: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlan is recognized. mr. harper: if there is anything the hearings on this bill and subsequent discussion taught us, it is that the bill is far from clear. theeauthors of the bill say it does one thing, the experts says it does another. the majority's own witnesses have said it will be up to the f.c.c. to decide what the language means. this conclusion and am bigute would be bad enough in any bill, but it is especially bad here. this bill s implementing language that makes it take effect 0 days after enactment. regardless of whether the f.c.c. has published regulations. indeed one of the majority's witnesses said at a hearing it would be next to impossible for the s.e.c.o promulgate regulations before the november electis. that means as we move toward elections just four months away, and americans consider howo express their views, there will be no guidance to clear up the bill'

mr. harper. everyone has their own story to tell. there's probably not enough margin, flexibility, and in the end everyone may do what they wish and this would damage this agreement. president sarkozy has said the targets are involuntary commitment. everything is voluntary that we do here -- >> everything we do here is voluntary. we have taken such commitments. the world is looking at us and waits for our performance. in terms of the fiscal target, this is more than just an agreement between heads of state. it is an agreement for the markets. when we have seen what has happened to the markets over the last few months, i think it is clear that the markets will wait for our deeds and therefore it is essential. i have a lot of trust and i have already said earlier that european countries have adopted similar measures within the european union. we have offered greater flexibility to japan because they have a slightly different situation. but for the others is a central -- is essential to respect the commitment in order to ensure a recove

mr. harper: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harper: if there is anything in the hearings on this bill and subsequent discussion taught us, it is that the bill is far from clear. theeauthors of the bill say it does one thing, the experts says it does another. the majority's own witnesses have said it will be up to the f.c.c. to decide whathe language means. this conclusion and am big gute would be bad enough in any bill, but it is especially bad here. this bill has implementing language that makes i take effect 0 days after enactment. regardless of whether the f.c.c. has published regulations. indeed one of the majority's witnesses said at a hearing it would be next to impossible for the s.e.c. to promulgate regulations before the november elections. that means as we move toward elections just four months away, and americans consider how to express their views, there will be no guidance to clear up the bill's am big gu, no instructions for how to comply, and no way to participate in th

mr. harper: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harper: if there is anything in the hearings on this bill and subsequent discussion taught us, it is that the bill is far from clear. theeauthors of the bill say it does one thing, the experts says it does another. the majority's own witnesses have said it will be up to the f.c.c. to decide what the language means. this conclusion and am big gute would be bad enough in any bill, but it is especially bad here. this bill has implementing language that makes it take effect 0 days after enactment. regardless of whether the f.c.c. has published regulations. indeed one of the majority's witnesses said at a hearing it would be next to impossible for the s.e.c. to promulgate regulations before the november elections. that means as we move toward elections just four months away, and americans consider how to express their views, there will be no guidance to clear up the bill's am big gute, no instructions for how to comply, and no way to participate

mr. harper: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman i recognized. mr. harper: if there is anything in the hearings on this bill and subsequent discussion taught us, it is that the bill is far from clear. theeauthors of the bill say it does one thing, the experts says it does another. the majority's own witnesses have said it will be up to the f.c.c. to decide what the language means. this conclusion and am big gute would be bad enough in any bill, but it is especially bad here. this bill has implementing language that makes it take effect 0 days after ectment. regardless of whether the f.c.c. has published regulations. indeed one of the majority's witnesses said at a hearing it would be next to impossible for the s.e.c. to promulgate regulations before the november elections. that means as we move toward elections just four months away, and americans consider how to express their views, there will be no guidance to clear up the bill's am big gute, no instructions for how to comply, and no way to participate in

mr. harper: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harper: if there is anything in the hearings on this bill and subsequent discussion taught us, it is that the bill is far from clear. theeauthors of the bill say it does one thing, the experts says it does another. the majority's own witnesses have said it will be up to the f.c.c. to decide what the language means. this conclusion and am big gute would be bad enough in any bill, but it is especially bad here. this bill has implementing language that makes it take effect 0 days after enactment. regardless of whether the f.c.c. has published regulations. indeed one of the majority's witnesses said at a hearing it would be next to impossible for the s.e.c. to promulgate regulations before the november elections. that means as we move toward elections just four months away, and americans consider how to express their views, there will be no guidance to clear up the bill's am big gute, no instructions for how to comply, and no way to participate

mr. harper, on the question of climate change, you spoke about this. i would like to know what the heritage will have been on climate change. infor both of the summit's, fact, we have our declaration here, but at the end of the day, this is a discussion to prepare. it is an extremely important discussion. more discussions will take place in the un process. i think that the countries gathered here today recognized the need to work together so as to lead to achieve -- so as truly to achieve a legally binding climate change agreement. but in the end, the u.n. process process, and we are determined that this process will be successful. >> the language on bilateral trade deals have you conceded that the debt is not really going anywhere? and on afghanistan, is very clear that things are quite complex. how much confidence is there really that things are going to get better in afghanistan? >> to give good questions. first of all, on trade, i do not think it is any secret that we have run into difficulty. everybody around the table agrees that in the future at

mr. harper on the question of climate change. you talk about this in the final communicate, and you speak of global warming and i would like to know the heritage of the summit on climate change? for both summits i think that the g-8 and g-20, infact we have declaration here. but at end of the day this is a discussion to prepare extremely important discussions that will take place in the u.n. process in the autumn. i think that countries gathered here today realize the need to work together to truly achieve a legal binding committee for all countries in the long-term. that's our goal. we had long discussions about this. but at the end the real process is the u.n. process. and we are all determined to be sure this process will be successful. >> just a couple of quick points if i may. the language on bilateral trade deals, does that suggest that you concede that (inaudible) is dead. not going anywhere. i think that was the first time we have seen that language. >> were you going to ask a second question? >> in afghanistan the confli

mr. harper, on the question of climate change, you spoke about this. would like to know what the heritage will have been on climate change. infor both of the summit's, fact, we have our declaration here, but at the end of the day, this is a discussion to prepare. it is an extremely important discussion. more discussions will take place in the un process. i think that the countries gathered here today recognized the need to work together so as to lead to achieve -- so as truly to achieve a legally binding climate change agreement. but in the end, the u.n. process process, and we are determined that this process will be successful. >> the language on bilateral trade deals have you conceded that the debt is not really going anywhere? and on afghanistan, is very clear that things are quite complex. how much confidence is there really that things are going to get better in afghanistan? >> to give good questions. first of all, on trade, i do not think it is any secret that we have run into difficulty. everybody around the table agrees that in the future at s

mr. harper. here i am. everyone has its own story to tell, but probably there is not enough margin, enough flexibility, and in the end, everybody may do what they wish, and this would damage this agreement. mr. sarkozy says the targets are a voluntary commitment. what i can say is everything is voluntary that we do here, because we are sovereign countries, of course. but we have taken a certain commitment. the world is looking at us and waiting for ouu afterance. in terms of the fiscal targets, this is more than just an agreement between heads of state, but it is an agreement for the markets, and when we have seen what has happened to the markets over the last few months, i think it is clear that the markets wait for our deeds, and therefore, it is essential. i have a lot of trust, and i have already said earlier that the european countries have adopted similar measures within the european union and we have offered greater flexibility to japan because they have a slightly different situation, but for the ot

mr. harper. everyone has their own story to tell. there's probably not enough margin, flexibility, and in the end everyone may do what they wish and this would damage this agreement. president sarkozy has said the targets are involuntary commitment. everything is voluntary that we do here -- >> everything we do here is voluntary. we have taken such commitments. the world is looking at us and waits for our performance. in terms of the fiscal target, this is more than just an agreement between heads of state. it is an agreement for the markets. when we have seen what has happened to the markets over the last few months, i think it is clear that the markets will wait for our deeds and therefore it is essential. i have a lot of trust and i have already said earlier that european countries have adopted similar measures within the european union. we have offered greater flexibility to japan because they have a slightly different situation. but for the others is a central -- is essential to respect the commitment in order to ensure a recove

mr. president? >> president obama is in canada this weekend for the g-8 and the world leaders of eight of the largest industrialized nations have gathered for discussions on global economic issues. >> here is stephen harper as he welcomed the participants. [inaudible] >> nice to see you again. thank you. [inaudible] [applause] >> president obama is now in canada for the g-8 north dakota 20 summits. tomorrow, we'll have live coverage of the closing conference beginning at noon. sunday, president obama will meet with the heads of the g-20 countries, including leaders from india and china. you can see live coverage of that on sunday, starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. president obama is in canada this weekend for the g-8 and the g 20 summits. house and senate negotiators gave final approval to the bill this morning after staying in the entire night. it is the largest rewrite of a rule since the great depression. it now has to be voted on by the full house and senate, which we expect to happen next week. right now, we'll show you the last 20 minutes as the negotiators gave their final approval and then spoke with the press. >> chairman, i now intend to put to a roll-call vote the completed packag