mr. hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair at this time lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 4213, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: thank you very muchism ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourned today it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on monday next if morning hour debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute recognitions. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. oberstar: i rise with a heavy heart in mourning the untimely loss of terry mcgou fwmbings hey, founder, empreczar yow of the paul bunyan bicycle trail. it was terry who 20 years ago saw the notice of termination of rail service alon

mr. hoyer: i thank the republican whip for yielding. on monday the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:00 p.m. on tuesday, madam speaker, the house will meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. and on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. we'll consider several bills under suspension of the rules. a complete list of all suspension bills will be announced by the close of business tomorrow. in addition, we'll consider mr. taylor's bill, h.r. 1264, the multiple peril insurance act of 2009. we are also expecting to consider several items from the senate including senate amendments to h.r. 4313, the restoration of emergency unemployment compensation act, and senate amendments to h.r. 4899, the supplemental appropriations act of 2010. lastly, madam speaker, we expe

that's why, as mr. hoyer said very eloquently in his opening remarks, we want to ensure that we diminish the kind of threat that exists for the united states of america and for our interests around the world. that's the reason that we are there. now, the dwir distinguished chair of the committee on rules just a little while ago upstairs talked about the fact or implied in some way that we were imposing democracy on the people of afghanistan and it's something that they are not really interested in. well, the fact of the matter is, our colleague, mr. price, and i, along with 18 other members, have a commission which has expended time, energy, resources and effort in 15 new and re-emerging democracies around the world, working to build their parliaments. now, mr. speaker, one of our partner nations for the house democracy partnership happens to be afghanistan. and while there have been real difficulties with the democracy there, there have been difficulties and a real struggle as they begin to plant the seeds o

mr. hoyer: it's a good point. i ask my friend, that is true. why couldn't you do it when you had the house, the senate and the presidency? mr. boustany: and i will reclaim my time, mr. speaker. i will reclaim my time and i will remind the majority leader that we have the opportunity to go forward now and not cast blame on the past so i would say that -- mr. hoyer: i missed the answer. mr. boustany: president obama got it right in november, 2009, regarding unemployment benefit extension ich was fully paid for and he said, and i quote, fiscal responsibility is central the medium-term recovery of the economy and the creation of jobs. the administration, therefore, supports the fiscally responsible approach to expanding unemployment benefits embodied in the bill, end quote. all we're saying is there's a better way to do this and that is to pay for this extension. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker

mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding and i congratulate the chairman for the extraordinary work he's done. i thank mr. bachus, too, who i think is one of the really responsible leaders in the minority in terms of issues of substance and where there are differences, there are honest differences. mr. speaker, i come to the floor and when i do i hear the portions of the debate, sometimes not all the debate. i want to make an observation, though, i listened to the gentleman from new jersey and he remarked on what the people were saying. and i think that frankly his remarks reflected the difference in the perspective between both parties. indeed, that perspective has been reflected in my three decades here, under mr. reagan and others who have served as president. and lastly with mr. bush. mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator would simply get out of the way things would be fine. mr. royce indicates that the market will take care of things. the market

mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding and i congratulate the chairman for the extraordinary work he's done. i thank mr. bachus, too, who i think is one of the really responsible leaders in the minority in terms of issues of substance and where there are differences, there are honest differences. mr. speaker, i come to the floor and when i do i hear the portions of the debate, sometimes not all the debate. i want to make an observation, though, i listened to the gentleman from new jersey and he remarked on what the people were saying. and i think that frankly his remarks reflected the difference in the perspective between both parties. indeed, that perspective has been reflected in my three decades here, under mr. reagan and others who have served as president. and lastly with mr. bush. mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator would simply get out of the way things would be fine. mr. royce indicates that the market will take care of things. the market

mr. hoyer: it's a good point. i ask my friend, that is true. why couldn't you do it when you had the house, the senate and the presidency? mr. boustany: and i will reclaim my time, mr. speaker. i will reclaim my time and i will remind the majority leader that we have the opportunity to go forward now and not cast blame on the past so i would say that -- mr. hoyer: i missed the answer. mr. boustany: president obama got it right in november, 2009, regarding unemployment benefit extension which was fully paid for and he said, and i quote, fiscal responsibility is central to the medium-term recovery of the economy and the creation of jobs. the administration, therefore, supports the fiscally responsible approach to expanding unemployment benefits embodied in the bill, end quote. all we're saying is there's a better way to do this and that is to pay for this extension. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. sp

in addition to what mr. hoyer said about using the unused stimulus funds, mr. obey has hailed amendments to the supplemental appropriations bill made on july 1 that were paid for by repeatedly cutting unspent projects in the stimulus law. in the other body, the chairman of the senate finance committee, mr. baucus, has suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked together on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals run

i also want to congratulate my colleague, mr. hoyer, the majority leader, who i know played a key role in making this legislation a reality along with other colleagues from the other body and retired, along with mr. sensenbrenner, but really want to thank all of you for ensuring that we come together across the aisle when necessary when it comes to make certain that we continue this act fulfills its original mission. before the americans with disabilities act, nowhere in the world was there a comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. in the medical community people with disabilities are called handicapable. because they succeed in the face of great personal obstacles. there was a time, however, when the encouragement alone was not enough to get them into their hometown theaters to see a movie or office build to go apply for a job, much less to provide for their families. now, those wrongs were corrected on july 26, 1990, when president gorge herber walker bush signed the americans with disabilities act into la

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for yielding.i thank her for taking this special order. and rise in strong support, as the house has already done, saying that we remember those who are unemployed, through no fault of their own. nearly 2.5 million out of work americans are without unemployment insurance today. that means they can't -- don't have dollars to buy food, they don't have dollars to pay their mortgage, they don't have dollars to pay gas to even look for a job. there's one reason, republicans are blocking those benefits in the united states senate. period. it's the only reason. we've passed it. several republican members of congress and candidates have suggested that unemployment insurance makes americans too lazy or uninterested in looking for work. this is at time, frankly, when five unemployed americans are looking for work for every one job that is available. one republican member of the house even asked, is the government now creating hobos? is the government creating hobos? for those who through no fault of their ow

the speaker pro tempore: the late mr. hoyer is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: the reports of my lateness are overstated, but i am certainly glad that i got here in a timely fashion. and because i did i rise in support of this legislation and thank mr. scott for yielding to me. i also want to thank the former attorney general from california, dan lungren, for working with me on this issue and others. jim sensenbrenner and others. two -- aids ago congress responded -- two decades ago congress responded to the adickiveness of crack cocaine, a terrible -- addictiveness of crack cocaine, a terrible drug, and the violence it brought. in supporting that policy, congress created a wide disparity, however, between crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentences. both addictive, both illegal. possessing an amount of crack equal fought weight of two pennies has resulted in a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. in order to receive a similar sentence for possessing chemically similar powder cocaine, one would have to be carrying 100 times as much cocaine. 100-1 dispa

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank mr. lynch and certainly my colleague from maryland, congressman sarbanes, for his leadership and for his efforts on this bill. i also want to thank those members of the subcommittee, mr. issa, for facilitating this bill coming to the floor. i have been working on this issue along with frank wolf for a very long time. indeed over two decades. congressman wolf and i, congressman wolf from virginia, a republican, myself, serve on the treasury postal committee which is now called the financial services subcommittee of the appropriations committee. that committee many, many years ago, and interestingly enough john berry, who is now the directoff of the -- director of the office of personnel management, was on my staff at that point in time, we worked on this issue of telework which makes so much sense for so many reasons. it saves gas, that's an important issue. it helps the environment in doing so. reduces road congestion. lowers commuting costs for all drivers. helps employees balance work a

speaker, mr. hoyer was down here. i want to thank him again for really putting forward this make it in america, sell it to the world. you ask any american, they know that's what we need to do to keep this recovery going and really get us out of this recession. i also want to thank mr. manzullo for all the work he's done. we worked closely together since i've been in congress in manufacturing, and i think the chart he had up here was one of the best reasons we need a strategy. the government is doing a lot on manufacturing. it's oftentime ad hoc. i thank mr. manzullo for his work on that. i think that's a great example. and those who say, well, maybe the government shouldn't be doing anything on manufacturing, we are already doing a lot. let's get it together and let's do it right. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i have four minutes left, is that correct? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 4 1/2. m

mr. hoyer: i thank my friend from california. thank my friend from colorado, wisconsin and new york and certainly from ohio. we are's on the floor here talking about making it in america. we believe everybody ought to be able to make it in this, the greatest land on the face of the earth. and we believe one way they're go to go make it in america -- i tell the gentleman, the speaker, mr. driehaus from ohio, is to make it in america. and so, throughout the world. make sure that our manufacturing capacity is as robust as it was in former decades and as it needs to be. and as americans know it needs to be if our economy is going to get back an america which is a great country, can be even greater. and that america, which has been the engine of economic opportunity will be an even greater engine of opportunity -- economic opportunity for our people and create jobs and growth. manufacturing is critical. and americans know it. critical to our economic strength. and democrats are committed to rebuilding it as a part of america's economi

the majority leader himself, mr. hoyer, said on june 13, there is spending fatigue across this spending fatigue across this country

and if we don't get the funding done today, i would -- mr. hoyer has already said, we're not going home. we'll stay here until we get this done. i think this is a responsibility of this congress, we've had months to work on this thing and it's in and out time to get the job done. i hope we can have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle for this supplemental. it isn't a supplemental i wanted, i had, i think, a much better bill. but the reality is time has run out. we've got to do it now. mr. lewis: if the gentleman will yield, i very much appreciate the leadership my colleague is providing on the defense subcommittee of appropriations. he knows clearly that secretary gates has his back against the wall. we've got to deliver the supplemental now and i applaud his leadership in connection with this effort. mr. dicks: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from was

hoyer from china strayed extra. you -- you have anticipated my question. >> is that a signal? >> i did. that the china currency bill, mr. ryan and mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back

mr. broun: i appreciate you yielding. in fact, the quotes that you have up there on the chart i think are very telling. democratic whip, steny hoyer, when he was the minority whip in 2006 as is indicated said quote, the most basic responsibility of governing, unquote. and as you also very ably pointed out, john spratt, the chairman of the budget committee, congressman from south carolina said, quote, if you can't budget, you can't govern, unquote. if you can't budget, you can't govern. and it's just inane and unconscionable that this leadership here in this house isn't even going to attempt, not even attempt to bring about a budget to this congress to vote on. and why is that? why would they not, particularly with these very strong statements that majority whip steny hoyer made in 2006 before they became the majority, john spratt was on the budget committee, when he said, you can't budget, you can't govern. they won't budget and they aren't governing very well. but why? why is that that so? mr. akin: i would like to jump in. i would like to ask the question because when republicans were in the majority, and they are saying the mos

hoyer from china strayed extra. you -- you have anticipated my question. >> is that a signal? >> i did. that the china currency bill, mr. ryan and mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back

mr. payne and i are deeply grateful to all who have helped craft this legislation. i want to thank majority leader, steny hoyer, for scheduling this legislation today, and for his commitment to lowering the heinous crime of human trafficking and the international megan's law, has as its singular goal the protection of children from sex predators. special thanks to chairman berman and ileana ros-lehtinen, for their strong support of international megan's law, for shepherding it through the committee and for them and their staff helpful in terms of words and phrases as well as important concepts in the bill. i'd also like to thank chairman payne and ranking member lamar smith, bobby scott for their support and their recommendations that are included in the bill as well. i especially like to thank the gentleman from california, the former attorney general, dan lungren, now congressman, an expert on megan's law because he was at the forefront in his state in implementing the megan's law for his enormous contribution, and ted poe, who is the co-chairman of the victims caucus for his hard work and compassion who are

hoyer and chairman price for their leadership on this important issue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: i recognize our leader of the homeland security committee, mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the speaker for the time. i rise today to voice my opposition to the blatant exploittation of our brave troops and the brazen process being undertaken here tonight. with this ongoing char arch de, the democrat majority has chosen to drag out the consideration of this supplemental appropriations bill, now five months lagging. they have chosen to bypass the markup by the appropriations committee. they have chosen to dictate by the few, rather than legislate by the representative many. and worst of all, they're holding hostage vital funding for our troops as a vehicle for more spending, more bailouts, more encroachment by the federal government into our private lives. a clean supplemental, mr. speaker, could have easily been disposed of through regular order months ago. regrettably, the majority has waited until the very last

hoyer from china strayed extra. you -- you have anticipated my question. >> is that a signal? >> i did. that the china currency bill, mr. ryan and mr. murphy's bill is going to have a hearing. is there any doubt in your mind that this -- this legislation fully fits within this initiative and -- and should get treated in the fall? >> there's going to be a hearing. clearly as i said, we need a level playing field. we're prepared to compete with anybody in the world. but we can't compete when the rules are skewed against us. that is what the hearing will address. i'm sure secretary geithner and the administration will look at this and -- at this as well. but we frankly think there are a number of &s in which china is not playing by the rules and -- that our competitors do not have a -- a stable playing field there. i.t. is another area, a proprietary information is another area so that i think -- we're going to look at a number of areas. not just china, although china is obviously a focus of the ryan bill itself. but at other -- other -- other of our trading partners as well. >> we'll open it up more generally, come back

hoyer and chairman price for their leadership on this important issue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: i recognize our leader of the homeland security committee, mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the speaker for the time. i rise today to voice my opposition to the blatant exploittation of our brave troops and the brazen process being undertaken here tonight. with this ongoing char arch de, the democrat majory has chosen to drag out the consideration of this supplemental appropriations bill, now five months lagging. they have chosen to bypass the markup by the appropriations committee. they have chosen to dictate by the few, rather than legislate by the representative many. and worst of all, they're holding hostage vital funding for our troops as a vehicle for more spending, more bailouts, more encroachment by the federal government into our private lives. a clean supplemental, mr. speaker, could have easily been disposed of through regular order months ago. regrettably, the majority has waitedntil the very last min

hoyer and chairman price for their leadership on this important issue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: i recognize our leader of the homeland security committee, mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the speaker for the time. i rise today to voice my opposition to the blatant exploittation of our brave troops and the brazen process being undertaken here tonight. with this ongoing char arch de, the democrat majority has chosen to drag out the consideration of this supplemental appropriations bill, now five months lagging. they have chosen to bypass the markup by the appropriations committee. they have chosen to dictate by the few, rather than legislate by the representative many. and worst of all, they're holding hostage vital funding for our troops as a vehicle for more spending, more bailouts, more encroachment by the federal government into our private lives. a clean supplemental, mr. speaker, could have easily been disposed of through regular order months ago. regrettably, the majority has waited until the very last