mr. johnson and mr. coble for their contributions and especially as veterans of this -- of the korean war. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house joint resolution 86 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, -- mr. faleomavaega: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. and, madam speaker, i want to say that i meant also to include congressman john conyers in my previous statement before closing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agr

mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> aye. >> mr. schumer. >> aye, by proxy. >> ms. lincoln? >> aye. >> mr. harkin. >> aye, by proxy. >> aye, by proxy. >> mr. shelby? >> no. >> mr. crapo. >> no. >> mr. corker. >> no. >> mr. gregg. >> no. >> mr. chambliss. >> no. >> the clerk will report. >> 7 aye, 5 nay. the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues. [applause] >> with the votes of the house and senate conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and the conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] >> nice to meet you. take care. >> i'm on the cleanup crew. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> we recognize the tremendous efforts of staff. barney frank and i have worked together for the last few years. it has been nothing quite like this. as is as good as it gets in terms of a legislative effort. this makes a huge difference. no one thought we could get this done. it is a tough environment to operate in. to establish a consumer protection bureau for the first time in the history of our country, to stop the too big to fail, to ensure that we do

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. you know the whinings of the economists and lessons of greece and other debt burdened european countries collapsing under the weight of their cradle to grave welfare systems have done nothing to restrain the democrats in washington. they fail to heed the warnings from abroad and continue to simply declare that out-of-control spending as emergency spending to try to cover up their fiscal irresponsibility. as a constitutional conservative with grave concerns with the democrats' out-of-control spending, i support a different plan. i say balance the budget. cut the deficit, pay down the debt, fire the czars, and grow the economy. with president obama in control, the term g.d.p. has taken on a whole new meaning. growing democrats programs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> we are

mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, aye. ms. lincoln, aye. mr. leahy, aye by proxy. mr. harkin, aye by proxy. mr. shelby, no. mr. corker, no. mr. gregg, no. >> the clerk will report. >> the votes are 7 aye, 5 nay. the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues, immensely. [applause] >> will the house and senate conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and the conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i think chairman frank and his team. we recognize the tremendous effort of the staff, representative barney frank and i worked together the last couple of years. it is a big legislative effort. we have a lot of work to do. this makes a huge difference. we thought we could get this done, but to establish a consumer protections bureau for the first time in the history of our country. stopped too big to fail, provide for the protections and see to it that we don't end up in a kind of cataclysmic event that brought our country to the brink of financial collapse. that kind of early warning, there are other items that

mr. johnson was the hard-driving type. he type that could towards arms, threatened hamas cajole, -- threaten, cajole, to plead, and drive. mr. mansfield was just the opposite. he believed every senator would go his own way and make up his own mind. he did not attempt to twist arms. they have their different styles. they both were good leaders. speaker mccormick is there. the late hale boggs. and carl robert, and there's the late hubert humphrey. and there is mike mansfield with his back turned and his head turned. mike was walking away. that picture was given to senator mansfield by the late president kennedy who wrote on it something to the effect, to mike mansfield, who knows when to go. it looks like mike is walking away from the center of conversation. >> who is the new arrival in this picture? >> that is the late senator dirksen. senator transco was majority leader and senator dirksen was -- senator mansfield was majority leader and senator dirksen was minority leader. the late martin dies, a representative in the hous

mr. johnson aye, mr. reid, aye, mr. schumer aye by proxy. . licoln aye, mr leahy aye, mr. ahrkin aye by proxy, proxycorker no, mr. greg no. the votes are seven ayes, 5 nays, the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues immensely. [applause] >> conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and a conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] [random chatter] [random chatter] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [crowd chatter] >> we have consumer protection for the first time in this country. we don't want to end up with the same situation that brought our country to near financial collapse. we believe we needed this before the crisis. it is nice that we could actually get this job done. chairman frank leading the house effort is a great college. -- colleague. they have done some plant that the needed to do for a long time. [unintelligible] [inaudible] ñxu>> senator dodd and i triedr best to get this done. as things happen, we got a lot of legislation prepared. if you intend to focus [no audio] [inaudible] risk retention requirem

mr. johnson. >> now, by proxy. >> mystery. >> no. >> mr. schumer. >> know, by proxy. >> ms. lincoln. >> know by proxy. -- no, by proxy. wait, a little bit. senator lincoln, aye by proxy. >> mr. harkin. no, by proxy. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> mr. kriegel. crapo.mr. krieg >> aye. >> to the measure is a tie and it is defeated. >> we are going to recess for five minutes. [gavel] >> come to order. let me say, we previously had a tie vote and the proposal failed on the tie vote. as an expressive to senator chambliss, i believe -- as i expressed to senator chambliss, i think it is important to note that, while i do not necessarily disagree with what he is suggesting, and the fundamental reason for the vote on this side has less to do with the substance of the thing. the fact of the matter is we have a limitation on the parameters of this conference to be focused on the title that deals for the pay-for provisions of the deal. i'm prepared to work with my colleague from georgia on this to see if a call away solves the problem or something else may be done. >> in the procedural footin

mr. johnson: thank you. you know, last week the house later announced that democrats will not craft a budget this year. instead of going line by line to see what programs could be eliminated or reduced, they ignoring the dire warnings of economists and continuing on their spending frenzy. no budget, no problem. not enough money? no problem. they'll just raise taxes on the middle class, breaking their promise not to raise taxes on families earning less than $250,000. they need to produce a budget and stop the out-of-control spending that has pushed our national debt past $13 trillion. i don't know what's worse, failing to produce a budget or how the democrats already have resigned to the fact they will raise taxes on middle class families to pay for their wasteful ways. americans want, need, and deserve better. make a budget. cut spending for our freedom, for our future. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise

mr. johnson: let's get right down to it. why are the republicans opposed to restricting caaign donations in american campaigns, th local, state and federal? why? it's because republicans favor big business, and big business favors republicans. with all of these unlimited dollars flowing through, we'll see more republicans getting elected, both local, state and federal. what it means is that b.p., a corporate wrong doer, foreign corporation -- wrongdoer, foreign corporation, can influence elections. it means that goldman sachs can influence elections. no limit, no boundaries. that's what will happen if we don't pass the disclose act. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: mr. chairman, again, may i inquire how much time is left? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has six minutes. the ntleman from michigan has 45 seconds. and the gentleman from california has 11 minutes. mr. brady: mr. chairman, at this time i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman froo delaware a minute and a half, mr. castle. the chair:

mr. johnson: thank you, madam. recent "new york times" poll ipped case 54% of the public believe the president does not have clear plan for creating jobs. clearly the failed $1 trillion stimulus plan created to keep unemployment below 8% shows the president's inability to lead. the dismal numbers come as the democrats neglected to produce a budget and the majority leader announced the democrats will raise taxes to pay for more government spending. i say cut government spending so you don't have to raise taxes. while they should be focused on creating jobs, the democrats have proven the only thing they can do well is tax and spend. here's a new novel idea. the american people know from personal experience, stop pend -- spending the money you don't have. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from the great state of nevada rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recogniz

mr. johnson: let's get right down to it. why are the republicans opposed to restricting campaign donations in american campaigns, both local, state and federal? why? it's because republicans favor big business, and big business favors republicans. with all of these unlimited dollars flowing through, we'll see more republicans getting elected, both local, state and federal. what it means is that b.p., a corporate wrong doer, foreign corporation -- wrongdoer, foreign corporation, can influence elections. it means that goldman sachs can influence elections. no limit, no boundaries. that's what will happen if we don't pass the disclose act. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: mr. chairman, again, may i inquire how much time is left? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has six minutes. the gentleman from michigan has 45 seconds. and the gentleman from california has 11 minutes. mr. brady: mr. chairman, at this time i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman froo delaware a minute and a half, mr. castle. the

mr. johnson: let's get right down to it. why are the republicans opposed to restricting campaign donations in american campaigns, both local, state and federal? why? it's because republicans favor big business, and big business favors republicans. with all of these unlimited dollars flowing through, we'll see more republicans getting elected, both local, state and federal. what it means is that b.p., a corporate wrong doer, foreign corporation -- wrongdoer, foreign corporation, can influence elections. it means that goldman sachs can influence elections. no limit, no boundaries. that's what willappen if we don't ss the disclose act. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: mr. chairman, again, may i inquire how much time is left? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has six minutes. the gentleman from michigan has 45 seconds. and the gentleman from california has 11 minutes. mr. brady: mr. chairman, at this time i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman froo delaware a minute and a half, mr. castle. the chai

mr. johnson, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble. we had hoped the senate would take up and pass the house version of the joint resolution and then send it over to the president for his signature before tomorrow's korean war commemoration in statuary hall. however, the other body made a number of technical corrections to their version of the joint resolution subsequent to last week's house action and as a result, the only viable means for us to get the joint resolution to the president in a timely fashion was for the house to take up and pass the joint -- the senate joint resolution, which is the legislation before us today. madam speaker, i urge all my colleagues to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: at this time, i would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle

mr. johnson: madam speaker, it is my great hon to welcome our -- to welcome our guest chaplain, bishop miles e. fowler, to the house of representatives, ani thank him for offering his beautiful and thoughtful prayer to us this morning. bishop fowler joins ufrom georgia where he is the pastor of the big millagove missionary baptist church, a mission he's proly held for the past 33 years. having served ounation in the air force reserve from 1957 to 1965, bishop fowler has since committed himself to the betterment of our country and its citizens through his ministry. as a pastor to more tha 1,500 pa gsers and a spiritual -- prisoners ana spiritual leader uer t auspices of refugee churches, his aim personalland through his nistry has always been to provide aid, assistae and spiritual support in every aspect of our community. and grandfather and his wife and some relatives seateup in the gallery, bishop fowler recognizes the importance of family providing spiritual guidance to married couples. madam speaker, i'm pleased that bishop fowler was able to share some of his words of wisdom and grace wi

mr. johnson: you know, a recent gallup poll showed 79% of americans now you few the federal debt as a serious threat to the future well-being ofthis nation. it's no wonder because the administration just annoued the nation's debt will reach 93% of g.d.p. this year. a new high. economic expes predict that an unprecedented debt level could squash at least one million more jobs. the news ce the same day th labor department reported that nearly all of the new jobs were temporary hires at the census and some of them rehires at that. make no mistake. the out-of-control government spending coupled with a heavy debt prevent us from creating the quality jobs and bright future americans want, nee and deserve. it's time to get our fiscal house in order once and for all. the stimul, the bailouts, government-run health care. enough is enough. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> to address the house for one minute. e speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kagen: mr. speaker, last w

>> senator johnson we will b making sure including those in shallow and deep water. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. lete just say i don't think he meant it quite as harshly as it sounded withpect to the issue offed edoffed a adoe less. e president didn't punch that hole and he can't plug it either. the secretary of energy, dr. tom hunter,hom i met with this moing, there is a seriousness of purpose here that has brought together the best minds we have in this country to work with all of you. i wish it had been plugged i the worst way. this raises questions it seems to me about regulations. >> number one, you talked about bp and their responsibility and their pledge and commitment. the fact is there is is nothing bind in binding i propose $10 billion which is about -- it's just a bit more than the first quarter ofits of bp. 6 or $7 billion. be put in a gulf coast recovery fund that is run by a master that would be selected and per happens a counselorrom bp so you would have joint management from that. i think it is time to move this from a pledge to so

johnson: -- ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is right. will members please take their conversations off the floor. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, we have had a good week and i'm very grateful that we had the opportunity today to say to the doctors of america that we are committed to your practice, your medicine and your caring for our seniors. in addition we were able to say to iran, who has called for the extinction of israel, has caused the existence of a camp in iraq, and literally tried to destroy disdepartments and resisters -- dissidents and resisters for democracy, that we will not tolerate an iran that's nuclear armed. and so i'm glad that we passed iran sanctions act. but we have more to do and i'm grateful that the president saw fit to change command in afghanistan. it was unfortunate that the command of the commander in chief was not respected. but we know that this is a civilian government and the military respects a civilian leadership that must be. but now we must turn to esta

johnson. >> thank you, very much, mr. chairman. i have not taken a position on this merger. i have been concerned about what most passengers are concerned about. that is employees. in your joint testimony, you state that there will be access to 16 domestic destinations and that small communities will continue to be served. my question is, who will be serving these communities and do you intend to subcontract out smaller communities? i would like to have both of you comment on that. >> let me address that. this will be very good for our employees. it will provide them with good jobs. careers, and not just jobs. it will provide us with the synergies that will permit us to continue to invest in our employees and i have made it very clear that the wealth creation -- i intend to share that with all groups. in terms of service to communities, we allocate the aircraft that we have with the larger jets, depending on the demand of the routes and for smaller markets, we often use a regional affiliates that we contract with because those routes cannot bear a large aircraft, but rather

i want to thank senator johnson and his staff, your staff, mr.hairman and others who worked on that as well as on the proxy access. a l of work has been done as well. so i know they're fairly close to making offers on those matters which we would like to consider as well when they're ready to present them to us. >> i reccize the ranking member of the committee on agriculture. >> if i could inquire about the recess. is this subject to the call of the chair? my understanding is we could tentially have a floor vote between 11:30 and noon. >> we certainly will. let me put it this way. i know the agriculture committee people are interested in derivatives where their jurisdiction is at least equal to us. we will be doing the vocal rule, the senate will doing its verse and sending it to us. so there there will be plenty of notice w we start winding down on the vocal rule on the house side, that will be the signal we're about to take up derivatives so members have plenty of notice on that with that, we'll be in recess. >> i'm going to send over the s.e.c

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mr. speaker, to further emphasize the importance of this issue, i recently participated in co-founding and now co-chairing the national pollinator protection caucus, along with representative tim johnson and representative cardoza and harry brown of south carolina -- north carolina. henry brown. the caucus is a bipartisan source of information and discussion related to how natural, political and economic development impact the security of pollinators and their habitats. last week a briefing on the future of pollinators and in recognition of national pollinator week was held in conjunction with the caucus and was a tremendous success. we are planning more events and briefings to keep members and their staff informed on this important issue. i urge all of my colleagues to become members of the congressional national pollinator caucus. mr. speaker, national pollinator week provides us with an opportunity to recognize how important pollinators are to the sustainability of our involvement and to our food supply. you know, mr. cardoza, several in my local media and throughout have come forward with all sorts of humor about this. you know, it bees that way and it's the buzz and a whole bunch