mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguisheded gentleman from massachusetts, my good friend and colleague on the rules committee, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman voiced for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, extending help to the unemployed is the right thing to do. it's the decent thing to do. we should have done it a long time ago. my colleagues on the republican side have frustrateded attempt after attempt after attempt after attempt to extend these benefits to people, most of whom have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. my friends on the other side of the aisle say, well, we can't afford to do it. so we need to pay for this, these emergency -- even though they're emergency benefits. well, why don't we pay for the bush tax cuts which added d hundreds of billions of dollars to our debt? why don't we pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan, all funded through borroweded money? why is

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished the gentlewoman from north carolina, dr. foxx. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on house resolution 1550. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, this resolution provides for consideration of the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4213, the unemployment compensation extension act of 2010. finally. the rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the committee on ways and means or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment, that the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4213. the rule provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield one additional minute to the gentlelady from south dakota, ms. herseth sandlin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from south dakota is recognized for one minute. ms. herseth sandlin: i want to submit letters in support of h.r. 725. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from virginia, the chairman of the interior subcommittee on appropriations, mr. -- mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from virginia, the chairman of the interior subcommittee on appropriations, mr. moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: the only argument i hear is a jurisdictional one. the chair of the judiciary committee

mr. hastings: i'm very pleased to yield to my colleague and fellow floridian, the distinguished gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am appalled and my constituents are appalled at the republicans' disrespect and cold heartedness when it comes

mr. hastings of washington state. madame chair, i can say with certainty that each of us has every intention of completing this investigation before the end of 2008. due in part to additional evidence that was submitted, multiple delays in receiving recipe as an extension on two separate occasions of the investigative subcommittee pus jurisdiction because of new facts that came before the subcommittee, this investigation has concluded within the past few days. not everyone in this room, much less everyone watching at home on television, made no that the house ethics committee is the only truly bipartisan committee with an equal number of democrats and republicans. it is only one in the entire house. five democrats and five republicans said on this committee in judgment of our peers. today there are four democrats and four republicans as has already been noted, none of whom volunteered for this duty but who sit now with this responsibility. at times, members of the investigative committee disagreed and some of the coun

mr. hastings of florida for today and mrs. eddie bernice johnson of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. moran for today, july 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20. mr. burton for today, july 14, 5 and 16. myself, mr. poe, for today, july 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20. mr. upton for today, mr. jones for today, and july 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20. and ms. ros-lehtinen for today and july 14. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minu

mr. hastings of florida for today the balance of the week and mr. olson of texas for july 13 and the balance of the week with. -- of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: ski unanimous consent that today, following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. myself, mr. poe, for july 21, mr. jones for july 21, mr. garrett for today, ms. ros-lehtinen for july 19 and 20, mr. pence for today and mr. lun bren for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes. myself, five minutes, ms. wool seve california, five minutes, mr. mcdermo

the democrat majority to move the regular appropriations bills through regular order with all due haste. mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. price: mr. speaker, i believe we're ready to move to a vote. i appreciate the comments of the gentleman from kentucky and of course share his hope that we will in reasonably short order have progress to report on the fiscal 2011 homeland security bill. we have that bill assembled, we have put it through the subcommittee process and we plan to proceed with it in due course. i stress, this bill tonight is in no way a substitute for that bill this bill tonight is not new. this bill was passed by this house. the exact language, the exact provisions, were passed by this house on july 1. as part of a supplemental propings bill. and the only reason it is before us tonight as a free standing measure is because of the senate's unwise action in stripping these border security provisions from the bill. as for the emergency spending, we did run s

i believe that the system will do the right thing and move with haste to conclude this issue that is still hanging over mr. rangel's head and still hanging over the house of representatives' head. this is the people's house. everyone here was elected by people. no one in here appointed ever to this position. everyone who ever serves in this congress serves because they were elected by people. can't say that about the senate. but you can't say that about this house. so when i say the house deserves an answer, the american people deserve an answer, it's because they do. they deserve an answer and i hope this thing will be resolved and it will be very appropriate if we resolve at least some of the issues, if possible, before the people of new york are asked to cast a vote in a primary later on in the next few weeks. i'm not sure that's possible because we are about to go into recess. but it's a shame that we aren't getting the information to the people of new york that they should have. . i want to thank the speaker for allowing me to come in here and do this talk, i'll probably talk about other things in th