mr. john conyers. >> thank you, chairman bobby scott. i would ask everyone to give you a round of applause. as a matter of fact, this is a forum. let's thank chairman bobby scott of virginia for all that he's doing. and with the tragic of one young man in our country, trayvon martin, which has electrified the nation, here comes chairman bobby scott with a forum on the youth promise act. that's worth another round of applause because it's right on time. and what this bill does is it makes us safe and on top of it its cost effective and it brings greater hope and justice for our youth. as chairman scott said, we incarcerate more people than any other country on earth. and it's way too many and i celebrate what we're doing here today. i close with this observation. hill harper was late coming to this forum. and attorneys bobby vasser and i were trying to determine whether we should issue a warrant or a subpoena to bring him here one way or the other. i'm glad we don't have to do that now. and i thank you, chairman scott. >> thank you, mr. c

mr. john conyers. >> thank you, chairman bobby scott. i would ask everyone to give you a round of applause. matter of fact, it's a forum. let's thank chairman bobby scott of virginia. [applause] for all that he's doing. [applause] and with the tragic loss of one young man in our country, trayvon martin, which has electrified the nation here comes chairman bobby scott with a forum on the youth promise act. that's worth another round of applause because it's right on time. [applause] and what this bill does -- and on top of it it's cost effective, and it brings greater hope and justice for our youth. as chairman scott said, we incarcerate more people than any other country on earth. and it's way too many, and i celebrate what we're doing here today. i close with this observation: hill harper was late coming to this forum, wasn't he? and attorneys bobby vassar and attorney carol shawdrau and i were trying to determine whether we should issue a warrant or a subpoena to bring him here one way or the other. [laughter] i'm glad we don't have to

john conyers, for giving me this time and i will yield back the balance. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i'm meezed to yield such time as he may require to the gentleman from georgia, doctor gingrey, who happens to be the sponsor of this the legislation we're considering tonight, the health act. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. gingrey: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee for yielding to me and the opportunity to follow directly my colleague from georgia on the other side of the aisle a number of things were said and i feel grateful to have the opportunity to address those. one of the comments that the gentleman made, the gentleman is my good friend and he would agree with that, but in regard to this emergency caucus meeting with the tea party caucus on the republican side with our majority leader, eric cantor, i am an original member of the tea party caucus in the house of representatives. if there had been any emergency called meeting, mr. chairman, i can assure you that i would have been right with michele bachmann and ste