mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 2087. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 587 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2087. the chair appoints the gentleman from colorado, mr. gardner, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the h. -- of h.r. 2087 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the atlantic district accomack county, virginia. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, each will control 30 minutes.

mr. hastings. mr. hastings: thank you very much, madam speaker. i'm very pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished woman from california, my good friend, ms. richardson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. richardson: i thank the gentleman for yielding so that i might speak tohe house companion bill of map-21 of h.r. 14 of which i'm a co-sponsor. map-21, which we call h.r. 14 going forward, will generate jobs, repair roads and bridges and invest in our infrastructure. this surface transportation authorization bill passed by the senate by far with the majority and with bipartisan support. i come before you today to urge my colleagues to let's bring th bill fward, h.r. 14, so that we might establish some consistency, unlike what we saw with the f.a.a. re-authorization. consistency for states, for companies, for workers, for projects that need to get done. this bill will maintain current funding levels for highways and public transportation, it will

mr. hastings. mr. hastings: madam speaker, my friend from georgia -- and he is my friend -- pointed out that his amendment was made in order yesterday. i might add in keeping with the notion if you can't have it both ways, he'd strike all the findings and it seems to me that's admitting justification for the authority to pass federal tort reform but it directly contradicts the same constitutional arguments will make next week in front of the supreme court to reform the affordable care act. i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to my very good friend from new jersey, a member of the budget committee, the distinguished gentleman, mr. andrews. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding. whether you're a democrat or republican, liberal or conservative, no matter where you live, i think the number one issue confronting our country is the lack of jobs

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 2842. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 570 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2842. the chair appoints the gentleman from utah, mr. chesapeake bay fits, to preside -- mr. chesapeake bay fets -- mr. chaff fets -- mr. chaffetz to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the committee will be in order. the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2842 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize all bureau of reclamation conduit to silts for hydropower development under federal reclamation law, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first t

mr. hastings. mr. hastings: i thank the gentleman for yielding time to me an i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: this rule provides for consideration--- of h.r. 3309 the federal communications reform act. there may be beneficial provisions in the underlying legislation to make the f.c.c.'s processes more transparent an more efficient. i do suggest that the f.c.c. has made great strides in this regard under the leadership of chairman general cousekey and certainly more can be done. but the fact remains that my friends on the other side of -- chairman janikowski and certainly more can be done. but the fact remains that my friends on the other side of the isle still have to walk the walk and talk the talk. last night an amendment was offered by my good friend and colleague, congresswoman eshoo, who -- to require f.c.c. disclosure of spending on political advertisements, which was opposed in committee, but made in order to go forward

mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i first want to note that the author of the motion to recommit voted for the bill out of committee without this amendment. so certainly there's some basis of support for this amendment, but i find it very, very ironic that we continue to have what i consider impediments to job creation in this country made by the other side. because the other side has generally, not everybody to the credit of some of those that understand energy creation, but generalry they oppose all american energy. . look at the vote of developing resources in the outer continental shelf. look at the vote of developing resources in alaska. look at the vote of developing resources in the intermountain west. they have always been generally opposed to it on that side of the aisle. so now we have here in front of us a bill that would create american energy, and they want to put another qualification on it. now, the gentleman, as a matter of fact, in the debate he did somewhat mischaracterize because the amendm

mr. hastings. mr. hastings:adam speaker, my friend from georgia -- and he is my friend -- pointed out that his amendment was made in order yesterday. i might add in keeping with the notion if you can't have it both ways, he'd strike all the findings and it seems to me that's admitting justification for the authority to pass federal tort reform but it directly contradicts the same constitutional arguments will make next week in front of the supreme court to reform the affordable care act. i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to my very good friend from new jersey, a member of the budget committee, the distinished gentleman, mr. andrews. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding. whether you're a democrat or republican, liberal or conservative, no matter where you live, i think the number one issue confronting our country is the lack of jobs. i

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, you'll notice a theme here. there's -- mr. latourette: mr. speaker, you'll notice a theme here. there's nothing greater an honor than being asked by the speaker to be the speaker pro tempore and reside over the house. seeing a theme of those from both sides, one of our best presiding officers, the gentlelady from illinois, mrs. biggert, i'm pleased to yield to her. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, you know, mr. speaker, it's not every day that we get to speak on the house floor about friends and colleagues that are not constituents or other members of congress. and tonight we have the distinct privilege to recognize a friend and fixture of congress, behind the scenes -- scenes, mr. john sullivan. most of you will probably remember that john was appointed parliamentarian by our former colleague, speaker dennis hastert, in 2004. and he stood for 25 years. those that have worked with him will tell you he is an excellent parliamentarian, an institutionalist, a man of integrity, that truly cares about the house of representati

mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nugent: madam speaker, i rise today in support of this rule, house resolution in front of you. house resolution provides a structured rule so that the house may consider h.r. 5, the health efficient accessible low cost timely health care act of 2011. the rule provides for six hours of debate on this vital issue. six hours, madam speaker. in my opinion the health act is one of the most imperative piece of legislation to come to the house, to the floor of the house in the 112th congress thus far. the bill repeals a particularly egregious part of government takeover of health care. the independent payment advisory board, or ipab. in case you are aware, ipab is the 15-member panel created by obamacare created to reign in costs. th

hast with this test of time -- has stood the test of time. we have weathered the political fortunes in each of our countries, and nothing changes. mr.prime minister, we are honored to welcome you on your first official visit to washington. we are also always anxious to welcome a british prime minister back to washington, even on the anniversary of the war of 1812. i want to tell you, in my family it was not the war of 1812 that bothered anybody about the british. the biden's immigrated from liverpool in 18 05. but the other side of the family -- the senate and side of the family -- [laughter] they had a different problem. -- the then again -- the finnigan side of the family. to my grandfather, ambrose finnigan, please, things are fine. mr. prime minister, we are truly honored that you are here. you wrote, "what makes our relationships special, unique and essential asset, is that we join hands across so many endeavors. put simply, we count on each other, and the world council on our alliance." that is absolutely true. the united states and united kingdom cooperate on a breathtaking array of issues, none more important than the six mi

supposed to rule, and are supposed to rein in the excesses of haste and incaution and i urge my colleagues to undertake that responsibility today. mr. president, i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to be able to speak in morning business for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. sessions: mr. president, i'd ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: and that i be allowed to speak as if in morning business for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, i was surprised a bit, although you're never totally surprised in this body, when my democratic colleagues are saying this morning that something bad has happened because the historic budget that would change the debt course of america, that has been announced by congressman paul ryan and his h

senator sanders hast to go vote for perot senator paul paul, you don't have to go to if you don't want to. [laughter] >> you have to play the percentages. [laughter] thank you mr. secretary. i want to ask about the competition in the world with these technologies. it is important we keep pace don't fall behind china, india, europe. just as i was listening to other questions on the heather panel, thinking all of the above, i know the president is criticized for example, he may not approve offshore drilling everywhere. what about all of the above? my feeling is all of the above does not mean all of the above. but if it does, certainly it means innovation r&d, patterned after what is created the internet to comment tell me if i am wrong, has created some jobs? >> i think you are right. >> thank you for that validation. also what mr. allison refers to as investment. so we don't have the valley of death. and rehab had some investment by the federal government to commercialize it. that is what the loan program was about. >> it is mischaracterized the government being a venture capitalist. it is at an earlier stage. the debt is to deploy a commercial scale where a la

hast with this test of time -- has stood the test of time. we have weathered the political fortunes in each of our countries, and nothing changes. mr.me minister, we are honored to welcome you on your first official visit to washington. we are also always anxious to welcome a british prime minister back to washington, even on the anniversary of the war of 1812. i want to tell you, in my family it was not the war of 1812 that bothered anybody about the british. the biden's immigrated from liverpool in 18 05. but the other side of the family -- the senate and side of the family -- [laughter] they had a different problem. -- the then again -- the finnigan side of the family. to my grandfather, ambrose finnigan, please, things are fine. mr. prime minister, we are truly honored that you are here. you wrote, "what makes our relationships special, unique and essential asset, is that we join hands across so many endeavors. put simply, we count on each other, and the world council on our alliance." that is absolutely true. the united states and united kingdom cooperate on a breathtaking array of issues, none more important than the six milit