mr. hastings: will my colleague yield? mr. sessions: not only by this bill today but also following regular order. allowing members of congress to come and speak very clearly on the floor. by allowing an open process. things which were never allowed in the previous two congresses. so i appreciate members coming to the floor and talking about what's in the best interest of the country. madam speaker, the bottom line is that the republican majority is going to do something about jobs, going to do something about spending. we will bring discipline, authority, responsibility, and actions directly to the floor of the house of representatives as opposed to spending which was out of control. ideas which ran amuck. and a lack of vision and clarity for our future. so i'm very proud of what we are doing here today. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i'm going to be the last speaker. do you have additional speakers? mr. sessions: i apprecia

mr. hastings: i'm going to be the last speaker and i will yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. bishop: madam speaker, if i might just to give you some planning ability, i do have one other person coming down who wants to speak, as well as myself. i'd be willing to talk for a few minutes, in fact, i'd be willing not to talk for a few minutes. mr. hastings: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: with that, madam speaker, i'd like to yield something to myself -- no, i won't yield something to myself. i'd like to yield as -- i have, madam speaker, can i inquire if i have around 15 minutes left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 15 minutes remaining. mr. bishop: i will yield 10 minutes if the gentleman from california wants it, otherwise i'll be happy to use what he does not use. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. dreier: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pr

mr. hastings was here. he wanted to speak as a citizen. he recently had health problems and had to leave the building for a second. vice commissioner garcia: if it is ok with everybody else, given the circumstances, we could reopen the public hearing and give him an opportunity to speak. commissioner fung: ms. bright, if the housing authority is no longer supporting this permit, you are saying that your group will implement it if this body overturns? >> i think of would be very interested in finding out if our group can petition the city for removal of the trees, since they do not belong to the san francisco housing authority. as far as i understand, the housing authority is a nonprofit -- commissioner fung: let me be clear. will your group pay for the removal and planting of new trees? >> i would be happy to raise those funds. vice commissioner garcia: and maintenance. >> and absolutely to sign of volunteers. vice commissioner garcia: i am not saying that is going to happen. i think you answered my question. we are going to reopen, with e

mr. hastings. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only and i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days during which they may revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: this resolution provides for a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 471, the scholarship for opportunity and result act, sometimes called the sore act. with one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the oversight and government reform committee. further, this proposed rule will make in order all the amendments filed in the rules committee for h.r. 471. it was only one amendment but it is made in order and it is offered by mrs. holmes norton of the district of columbia. it's an amendment that was presented in the commit

mr. hastings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd ask either of my colleagues, i did the count, it was 11 republicans that said obama care and two democrats. now, i'm the third democrat to say it. while i agree with mr. bishop with regard to the pejorative nature perhaps of matters of this kind, the way it is intended and i'll echo the sentiments of my colleague, mr. mcgovern, the way it's intended by my colleagues when they say it, it's almost as if it's something nasty, and i for one would wonder what did you call what the health care program in america was before the democrats in the house of representatives and the united states senate passed a measure that took all too much time in my judgment to do and did not go nearly as far as it needs to go. so what kind of care was it then? and what kind of care will it be when you do the paring back that you wish to assert and then we are wherever you take us backward and i don't know -- i guess it will be obama care light at that point because he'll still be in office with the kind o

mr. hastings were to try to arrange a meeting and say there are people in the neighborhood who are very concerned about the appearance of the building, about the safety issues. how can we as members get involved in and do things that are beneficial to the residents of that particular building, the building itself, and the general appearance of the street? beyond that, i do not know what else could be done. i am not in favor of overturning the department are granting the appeal. commissioner peterson: i would concur with those sentiments. it sounded to me it like a resounding, "we would raise money to do the maintenance and care." i am wondering if there are other opportunities of beautifying the building itself that the neighbors might want to pitch in to do. these are just -- i think what vice president garcia suggested is very good. i am similarly disinclined to overturn the department position on this. commissioner fung: i have always supported the renewal of our flora in the city. i do not think it has to stay constant throughout. in this instance, we are being asked to pick the desires, the

short of a process but at some point we're going to discover you would be taking depositions of mr hastings and others the commission will find about staff members who are told will interview senator ben cardin who miss pastor went to complained about since he was the saddest equivalent of the strange things and i asked him what did you do the thing what do you stand by idly when you read a complicit or negligent in your duties did you stand by do nothing or did you willingly do you think the u.s. government might think twice next time on who they choose to lead that commissions are chris farrell director of investigations and research at judicial watch and that's going to do it for now though for more on the story of the com or go to our two you've got comes last usa or you tube dot com slash r.t. america and christine for the.

mr. hastings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd ask either of my colleagues, i did the count, it was 11 republicans that said obama care and two democrats. now, i'm the third democrat to say it. while i agree with mr. bishop with regard to the pejorative nature perhaps of matters of this kind, the way it is intended and i'll echo the sentiments of my colleague, mr. mcgovern, the way it's intended by my colleagues when they say it, it's almost as if it's something nasty, and i for one would wonder what did you call what the health care program in america was before the democrats in the house of representatives and the united states senate passed a measure that took all too much time in my judgment to do and did not go nearly as far as it needs to go. so what kind of care was it then? and what kind of care will it be when you do the paring back that you wish to assert and then we are wherever you take us backward and i don't know -- i guess it will be obama care light at that point because he'll still be in office with the kind o

mr. hastings? aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. and the clerk will report the total. the motion is not agreed to. rther amendment ss? mr. sessions, those in favor say aye. the motion is agreed to. mr. wood all -- oh, you'd like a roll call on that? clerk will call the roll. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aey. >> aey of of of of of >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> aye. and the clerk report the total. the tion is agreed to accordingly t gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall will be naging for the majority. and mr. mcgovern for the minority. let me just say to members we'll be meeting at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon for consideration on the two financial services members. yes, tomorrow at 3:00. >> what do we think about for wednesday? >> i'm not sure yet. we don't have a time set, but we have announced further legislation for the week and we'll look forward to letting you know when we're going to have a meeting. without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [ recess ] they may never have heard that person. but the honest -- this is for the media to track this. again, no problem

mr. hastings. i really appreciate your candor, and i hope you will stand up very strongly. have an adversary to the fringe. i call their energy policy to suit their energy policy with wind and solar. basically the policy is run on btu's. one of the things when you get into these hearings that i think, and i really need to to address and pressure on is this issue of ethanol and the subsidies and the fact that the cost of ethanol in the gas supply and all of the things that have to go with it, all the side of beck's, blending, the cost, the water usage that is wasted in producing the corn, that increases -- increases our food prices dramatically. taken out.ds to take be guest: you make a great point. again, i will go back to what i said before. there should be a diverse mix within our economy. there are two ways to affect an outcome. you can incentivize or mandate. i do recognize the incentives, which have been with the tax code, should have a time limit. industries mature over time. we should celebrate that, but they should be able to compete in the marketplace. host: richar

mr. hastings: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman may continue. mr. connolly: from 2007 to 2008 the rate of foreclosure within 10 miles of a military facility swelled by 217%. compared with 59% in the rest of the country. right here in our own backyard in my district, the community of woodbridge, virginia, the foreclosure rates spiket an astounding 414%, around the quantico marine base. . why is that? because the unemployment rate for our military heroes are 15% higher than the national average. we all know how difficult the transition back to civilian life can be. particularly the disabled as they try to find work. congress has repeatedly single out veterans for additional assistance whether it is work force training or small business assistance. in fact, the house itself initiated a wounded warrior program to place veterans in our member offices. but even with that assistance to men and women who so bravely fought on behalf of our nation find difficulties succeeding here back home. that's why we had more than 75,600 ho

mr. hastings, but most of all i hope we'll listen to the american people who are angry, disillusioned, and pleading with us to bring our troops home. they want us to do that so there will be no more staff sar get mark wells' deaths like the young man from congressman poe's district. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. quayle, for five minutes. mr. quayle: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to honor a man who was would delight and epitomized america's dream. never asked for anything in return. we here in washington talk a lot about the american dream. unfortunately we often talk about this dream in abstract terms. yet every day there are people all across this great country who are living this dream without any recognition. and for many of them, that's exactly how they like it. they want acould he -- they don't want accolades or praise, they simply want to live a happy life and be surrounded by the people they love. they believe that building a strong family and serving their country is nothing special. they believe

we don't want haste, or we have waste and abuse to the system. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks, add minister fugate. we look forward to the question and answer period. mr. skinner, richard skinner, thanks for returning to capitol hill. it is your report of last september at fema's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. an update that led us to plan this marrying a long time ago. it comes obviously in the immediate context of the tragedy in japan. so it's just inevitable that we will be looking at the report based on what's happening there now, but it's a great piece of work. typical of the high standards that you reached throughout your career in public service and we welcome your testimony on the report now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member collins. it's a pleasure to be here again this afternoon. i don't really feel like i've retired yet and i've been spending a considerable amount of time actually preparing for this hearing, but it is a pleasure and honor to be here. i can't agree with you more. the tragic events that are unfolding tod

we don't want haste, or we have waste and abuse to the system. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks, add minister fugate. we look forward to the question and answer period. mr. skinner, richard skinner, thanks for returning to capitol hill. it is your report of last september at fema's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. an update that led us to plan this marrying a long time ago. it comes obviously in the immediate context of the tragedy in japan. so it's just inevitable that we will be looking at the report based on what's happening there now, but it's a great piece of work. typical of the high standards that you reached throughout your career in public service and we welcome your testimony on the report now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member collins. it's a pleasure to be here again this afternoon. i don't really feel like i've retired yet and i've been spending a considerable amount of time actually preparing for this hearing, but it is a pleasure and honor to be here. i can't agree with you more. the tragic events that are unfolding tod

we don't want haste, or we have waste and abuse to the system. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks, add minister fugate. we look forward to the question and answer period. mr. skinner, richard skinner, thanks for returning to capitol hill. it is your report of last september at fema's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. an update that led us to plan this marrying a long time ago. it comes obviously in the immediate context of the tragedy in japan. so it's just inevitable that we will be looking at the report based on what's happening there now, but it's a great piece of work. typical of the high standards that you reached throughout your career in public service and we welcome your testimony on the report now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member collins. it's a pleasure to be here again this afternoon. i don't really feel like i've retired yet and i've been spending a considerable amount of time actually preparing for this hearing, but it is a pleasure and honor to be here. i can't agree with you more. the tragic events that are unfolding tod