mr. hoyer: would the gentleman yield? mr. huelskamp: i would not yield. madam chairman, again it's very clear contrary to the claims. americans should not be required to pay for abortions, h.r. 3 accomplishes this objective. i encourage my colleagues to support the bill. i eld my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield a judiciary committee member, ted deutsch of florida, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. deutch: i rise today in opposition to h.r. 3, but i also rise in great disappointment that the people's house is again engaging in a debate about the rights of women rather than a discussion about the challenges that our nation faces. for months democrats have urged this body to refocus its efforts on jobs, yet since the congress convened in january, the republican majority has failed to bring to the floor any measures to help create jobs. their negligence is showing and instead of working in a bipartisan way to regain amer

levin: it's now my pleasure to yield to the whip, mr. hoyer from maryland, three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding, unfortunately, this is a serious issue on which serious time has not been allotted because you put this on suspension. this is a serious issue. our country is in crisis from a fiscal standpoint. i wanted the gentleman to yield because i don't think he has any idea what the facts are. 89% increase in the debt under ronald reagan. he could have vetoed every one of those bills. under george bush, 115% increase in the debt. under bill clinton, less than 40%. ladies and gentlemen, this issue is an important issue that is being treated not as an adult. this is not the adult moment of which speaker boehner spoke. and you didn't mention that the budget you voted for, i presume, i'm not sure, increased the debt by $1.9 trillion between now and october 1 of this year. ladies and gentlemen, this is not an honest debate. this is not an honest proposal. this is a serious issue. tarp is a serious issue and the american public didn't want to see it passed. a

i didn't hear what mr. hoyer had to say.ying that we have demonstrated that we know how to deal with medicare without affecting benefits of seniors at all because we demonstrated that last november. and, i might add, the republicans used that against us in their campaigns last november when they knew full well that they were not telling the elderly the truth about what we had done. >> woodruff: gentlemen, we are going to have to leave it there. we will certainly be coming back to this. we'll be watching this vote tonight very closely. congressman peter roskam, congressman clyburn, we thank you both. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ifill: now, an international panel of scientists is raising questions about whether there's a link between cell phones and cancer. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the news led to provocative headlines, all triggered by an announcement from a panel of the world health organization. a team of 31 scientists from 14 countries said radiation emitted by cell phones is "possibly carcinogenic

mr. hoyer: will my friend yield? mr. huelskamp: order, madam chairman. mr. hoyer: would the gentleman yield? mr. huelskamp: i would not yield. madam chairman, again it's very clear contrary to the claims. americans should not be required to pay for abortions, h.r. 3 accomplishes this objective. i encourage my colleagues to support the bill. i yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield a judiciary committee member, ted deutsch of florida, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. deutch: i rise today in opposition to h.r. 3, but i also rise in great disappointment that the people's house is again engaging in a debate about the rights of women rather than a discussion about the challenges that our nation faces. for months democrats have urged this body to refocus its efforts on jobs, yet since the congress convened in january, the republican majority has failed to bring to the floor any measures to help create jobs. their negligence

mr. hoyer: will my friend yield? mr. huelskamp: order, madam chairman. mr. yer: would the gentleman yield? mr. huelskamp: i would not yield. madam chairman, again it's very clear contrary to the claims. americans should not be required to pay for abortions, h.r. 3 accomplishes this objective. i encourage my colleagues to support the bill. i yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield a judiciary committee member, ted deutsch of florida, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. deutch: i rise today in opposition to h.r. 3, but i also rise in great disappointment that the people's house is again engaging in a debate about the rights of women rather than a discussion about the challenges that our nation faces. for months democrats have urged this body to refocus its efforts on jobs, yet since the congress convened in january, the republican majority has failed to bring to the floor any measures to help create jobs. their negligence i

mr. hoyer, you have been the advocate, the leader of make it in america strategy. share us your thoughts and i will turn to my other two colleagues. mr. hoyer: i will be brief and i thank the gentleman for his continuing focus. if i am i am the corner of the phrase and focuser of make it in america, you are its chief spoke sperson and i thank you for that. americans are rightfully very concerned at the fact that we don't have enough jobs for the people who are looking for jobs. we've got to have a growth agenda in america. we have to have an agenda in america that focuses on expanding opportunities. we've got to have an agenda that gives to americans the sense that they, their families and children can make it in america. and you have been focusing on night after night, week after week, month after month on a jobs agenda that we call make it in america. we have introduced over 25 bills that are focused on trying to help us focus on that agenda, trying to help business, small, medium and large e

mr. hoyer: before i start, mr. speaker, let me say i hope the words of my young friend who is now leaving the floor are adhered to by both of us. too infrequently that is the case. the problems are serious. we must address them in a serious way. mr. speaker, i raise a happyier point of -- happier point of discussion now. i'm a proud alumnus of the university of maryland and recent months have, however, brought some bittersweet news. an era is coming to an end in the terrapin athletic program as our successful coaches of basketball and football have left the school. i want to take this opportunity, therefore, to honor coaches gary williams and ralph fridgen, all they have meant to the university of maryland community, both on and off the court and field. both of them are good friends of mine, gary williams was my neighbor for a number of years. gary retired as maryland's basketball coach after 22 hardworking, successful years in college park. and 33 years in college coaching ranks. at his retirement, gary williams r

clyburn. >> thank you, mr. hoyer. thank you, leader pelosi.t want us to really keep in mind that yesterday's resolution does not end this fight any more than 9/11 started it. i am very respect all of the -- respectful of the families of 9/11, but last night, and this morning, i found myself thinking about the families of those men and women of the u.s.s. cole, one of whom was a constituent of mine from south carolina. i thought about the brother of anton gunn, the regional director of hhs, his brother was on the u.s.s. cole. i thought about the families, some of them from your district, on the embassy in nairobi in 1998. cole was 2000. these issues have been there for a long, long time. president clinton started us on this path, president bush kept us there, and president obama has opened a new chapter in this fight. and i congratulate him for doing it in a way that it restores the faith and confidence of the people around the world. adrenalinesurge of o to our citizens, to our men and women in uniform. this is the surge we have been waiting f

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to honor the legacy of an extraordinary marylander, marylander's governor, william donald schaefer. he died just a few weeks ago after a long time of public service. william donald schaefer was one of the great american mayors. few mayors can never say that they transformed a city as thoroughly as did william donald schaefer transforming baltimore. but over his 16 years' tenure as mayor of baltimore, he led a dramatic and historic turnaround. in 1971 when his tenure started, baltimore was a struggling city. a city plagued by population plight, crime and decaying urban infrastructure. when so many had given up on baltimore, mayor schaefer made it his mission to stand up to that decay. and we can still see his legacy today. it is the legacy that includes physical landmarks like camden yards, the national asquarian, baltimore's harbor place and an outstanding light rail system. projects that he saw through completion as both mayor and governor of our

pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr.r. israel, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, the gentleman from new york, mr. ackerman, the gentleman from california, mr. berman, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. berkley, the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky, the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, and the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch. vice president biden: the senators as members of the committee to escort his excellency, mr. binyamin netanyahu, into the house chamber. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from michigan, mr. levin, the senator from massachusetts, mr. kerry, the senator from wisconsin, mr. cole, the senator from connecticut, mr. lieberman, the senator from california, ms. feinstein, the senator from california, ms. boxer, the senator from arizona, mr. kyl, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune

mr. highwayerer -- hoyer. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i ask the speaker to go into his community in those same institutions and see what they say. i rise in support of this amendment as one who has supported this effort for all 10 years we have been at it. in 2001, in response to the attacks of 9/11, we began a war in afghanistan that targeted osama bin laden, al qaeda and the taliban, which provided bin laden with sanctuary and aid. i supported that effort. we have been pursuing this conflict for nearly a decade now. the death of osama bin laden was a land mark moment in our ongoing struggle to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the terrorist networks that intend to do americans harm and that struggle has not ended with bin laden's death. but his death is a moment for reflection on that struggle. and how we can best equip ourselves to win it. many of the terrorists against which we are fighting are no longer located in afghanistan, but are in disparate locations, from yemen to somalia to southeast asia and bin laden was found in pakis

. >> thank you, mr. hoyer. i just want us to really keep in mind that yesterday's resolution does not end this fight any more than 9/11 started it. i am very respect all of the families of 9/11, but last night, and this morning, i found myself thinking about the families of those men and women of the u.s.s. cole, one of whom was a constituent of mine from south carolina. i thought about the brother of anton gunn, the regional er wasor of hhs, his broth on the u.s.s. cole. i thought about the families, some of them from your district, on the embassy in nairobi in 1998. cole was 2000. have been there for a long, long time. president clinton started us on this path, president bush kept us there, and president obama has opened a new chapter in this fight. and i congratulate him for doing it in a way that it restores the faith and confidence of the people around the world. it gives a surge of of adrenaline to our citizens, to our men and women in uniform. this is the surge we have been waiting for . to what occurred