mr. jones for june 17, mr. moran for june 17, mr. duncan for today, mr. man hsu la for today, mr. olson for june 11, mr. gomeert for today, june 11, mr. broun for today, mr. hensarling for june 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. engel of new york, ms. berkley for five palestinians and ms. kaptur from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman's recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. unveiled today was a new energy plan that would increase

mr. jones: i rise in strong support of mcgovern amendment. when the previous administration was in office, many times members on both sides of the aisle kept saying, why isn't there an end point to the war in iraq? now after eight years in afghanistan, the current administration must clearly articulate the benchmarks for success and the end point to its war strategy. in my years in congress, i have many opportunities to speak to military leaders. time after time, time after time i heard this. to have a successful war strategy you must have an end point. an end point is an understanding of what has to be achieved. general petraeus recently said, and i quote, afghanistan has been known over the years as the graveyard of empires. we cannot take that history lightly, end ever quote. another voice who brings credibility to this position is a retired army colonel nell, vietnam and gulf war veteran, military historian, and father after son who died in iraq in 2007. he has written that embarking on a protracted war with no foreseeable end to the u.s.

the speaker pro tempore: mr. jones of north carolina. . mr. jones: madam speaker, i want to thank my colleagues in the house from both parties for joining me as co-spon or of h. are r. 24 legislation to redesignate the department of the navy as the department of the navy and marine corps. as of today this legislation has 278 bipartisan co-sponsors. for the past seven year the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act. each year, the full house of representatives has supported this change. this year, i am grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts a former marine who introduced the same bill in the senate s. 504. with his help i'm hoping this will be the year the senate supports the house position and joins in bringing proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps. the navy and marine corps have operated as one entity for more than two centuries and h.r. 24 would allow the name of their department to illustrate this fact. this legislation is not about changing t

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes mr. jones of north carolina. mr. jones: thank you very much. tonight i'm going to take my time and refer to an article in "the american conservative" of may 18, 2009, titled "to die for mystique," subtitled, the lessons our leaders didn't learn if the vietnam war. i'm going to read two or three paragraphs and then close. in one of the most thoughtful vietnam era accounts, general bruce palmer once observed, with respect to vietnam, our leaders should have known the american people would not standstill for a protracted war of indeterminate nature with no foreseeable end to the united states commitment. he further stated in the article, general palmer thereby distilled into a single sentence the lessons of vietnam to embark on an open-ended war was to forfeit public support, thereby courting disaster. the implications were clear. never again. i further read from the article, the dirty little secret to which few in washington will own up is that the united states now faces the prospects of perpetual conflict. we find our

mr. jones: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. i respect everyone's position and everyone's right. but i would like to say that to die for a mystique is an article written by andrew who i quote add few minutes ago. subtitle, the lessons our leaders didn't learn from the vietnam war. . here we are extending an eight-year commitment of our troops in afghanistan. what's going to happen three or four years from now if we are in the same situation and then we're talking about a 12, 14, 16-year commitment? look at what the russians did. they spent 10 years and billions of dollars and thousands of russians killed. look at alexander the great. he tried to conquer afghanistan. he failed. look at what the british did, and they couldn't make it. so all we are saying is, we are not talking about a pullout. we are saying have an end point to your war strategy that the marn people will understand and more -- american people will understand and more important, our military. they're tired. they're worn out. they'll keep going. they'll go back fiv

mr. jones, june 18 for five minutes. mr. bishop, today for five minutes. mr. mann zuleo today for five minutes. mr. gingrey, today for five minutes. mr. goodlatte today for five minutes and ms. bachmann today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? mr. polis: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials. ms. woolsey of california, ms. giffords of arizona, mr. ryan of ohio, ms. kaptur of ohio and ms. jackson lee of texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona rise? ms. giffords: i ask animous consent to speak out of or

poe, june 11 for five minutes, mr. jones, june 11 for five minutes. mr. paul, june 9, 10, and 11 for five minutes. and mr. gohmert for today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, that the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend their remarks and include them therein. the following members, mr. kostya of california, myself, ms. giffords of arizona, ms. pingree of minnesota and ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each, mr. dingell of michigan. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. costa: five minutes, mr. speaker to address the house, i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the

mr. jones of north carolina. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. request unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boccieri: thank you, mr. speaker. there are difference makers among us. there are difference makers among us. i rise today to honor a man who committed his life to public service and put his life on the line working to save people in our community. just a few short weeks ago james martin hall, city of canton, ohio, firefighter captain of 15 years sacrificed and died in the line of duty after suffering a fatal heart attack just hours after serving a volunteer fire shift at the greentown volunteer fire department. captain hall was a member of the city of canton's fire force for more than 20 years. captain hall clearly moved our community. joining the thousands of friends and neighbors and loved ones who lined the streets of canton for his funeral procession deeply moved me. this man was a res

mr. jones for june 25 and 26. mr. moran for today, june 25, june 26. mr. olson for today. mr. burton for june 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. mr. duncan for today. mr. franks for today. mr. garrett for today. and mr. mccotter for june 23. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . ms. kaptur: i ask that any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes revise and extend their remarks and include ex train material. ms. woolsey, mr. schiff, ms. kaptur all for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each, ms. woolsey from california. ms. kaptur: i ask to use ms. woolsey time. last sunday, treasury secretary geithner and the president's economic adviser, larry summers, both wall street men, wrote an editorial, laying out their case for financial regulatory reform or at least that's what they called it. it fell far short of the mark. they stated the b

mr. jones of north carolina. mr. jones: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm pleased to announce that 290 of my colleagues in the house, from both parties, have joined me as co-sponsors of h.r. 24, legislation to redesignate the department of the navy as the department of navy and marine corps. i'm grateful for the widespread support for this change among my house colleagues and i also thank chairman ike skelton who will include the language of h.r. 24 in the national defense authorization act markup tomorrow. for the past seven years, the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act. each year the full house of representatives has supported this change. this year i'm also grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts, a former marine, who introduced the same bill in the senate, s. 504. with his help, i'm hopeful that this will be the year the senate supports the house position and joins in bringing proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps. over the course of

mr. jones for 12 and 15. mr. mcclintock for june 9 the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous materials, ms. woolsey of california, ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman will be recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the recent focus on israel and the arab-israeli conflict that continues today is vital and important to our world peace. there are a lot of people out there trying to revise history, however. the state of israel was established

mr. jones. mr. flake. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergencies act 50 u.s.c. 1622-d provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in belarus are to continue in effect beyond june 16, 2009. despite some positive developments during the past year, including the release of internationally recognized political prisoners, the actions and policies of certain members of the government of belarus and other persons that have undermined democratic processes or institutions committe

. >> gary: mr. jones. roberts takes it away. and it will go to 2-1.this has been a ballgame with the pitchers have really had to work at it. there have just been runners all over the place in this game. all but two innings the mets have had people on. the orioles all but one. that will even the count up at two balls, two strikes. the orioles, if they can win this one will be 4-4 in the home stand and give themselves a chance at a winning home stand tomorrow. cora, the shortstop, trying to hold him a bit, but not real tight. roberts fights it off. >> jim: we think of brian as a guy that steals bases, a switch hitter, but he's, there it is, rsvp, the -- all right, risp, over .300. that's better than his .293 batting average. >> gary: brian has had great luck in interleague play. this is his 142nd interleague game. he and aubrey huff have exactly the same number. melvin mora is the orioles leader with 161 interleague contests. big battle here. stokes, the long look. down to first and fouled off again. >> jim: i think it's a chance. with a did dave trembl

mr. jones june 23 and 24. mr. moran june 23 and 24, five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

poe, for june 16, mr. jones for june 16, mr. moran for june 16, mr. olson for today, mr. mcclintock for june 10 and mr. bishop for june 10. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes. to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, ms. richardson of california for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes and ms. lofgren of california for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair lays before the house the following message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, today i am pleased to submit to the congress the enclosed legislative proposal, the statutory pay as you go d act of 2009, or pay-go, together with a sectional analysis. the deficits that my a

mr. jones was murdered in a place build to memorialize humanity's most unspeakable murders. he was a victim of violence and hatred in a place dedicated to teaching us the evils of violence and hatred. he was a target of intolerance in a blaze created for reflection on the consequences of intolerance. his death remind us we have much more to do, much work to do. stephen johns was just 39 years old. he had a wife and a son. he grew up in temple hills maryland, a few miles south and east of where i stand today. he still lived in that communi community. stephen johns started working at the holocaust museum after spending a year in new articles in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. those who knew mr. johns called him "big john," a genera gentle, friendly and helpful. even those who did not know him are deeply saddened by the loss and inspired by hi the heroism. it is our duty to keep alive his memory. today the holocaust museum is closed. flags fly at half-staff. when it opens tomorrow it will continue to serve as one of our nation's most poignant reminders of the inexcusable ra

poe, for june 19, mr. jones for june 19 for five minutes, mr. flake for today for five minutes and mr. fleming june 18 for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous materials. ms. woolsey of california, mr. schiff of california, ms. richardson, california. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. paul of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i wish to claim mr. paul's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the out of control violence along our border is made up of more c

the speaker pro tempore: mr. jones of north carolina. ms. kaptur, ohio. mr. paul, texas. ms. lofgren. mr. burton, indiana. mr. moran, kansas. mr. paul zen, minnesota. mr. mc-- mr. paulsen, minnesota, mr. mcclintock, california. mr. olson, texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. murphy: thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank you and the speaker of the house for allowing the 30-something working group, which has been empowered by the speaker's office to come to the house floor every so often and share with our colleagues in the house some of the burning questions of our constituents out there, especially those that affect younger individuals and younger families. and to talk about how this house, under new leadership, with a new face in the white house, is rising to answer those questions and meet those challenges. we'll put this poster up at the end of the hour as well but we are always eager to hear feedback from people who want to

this includes the re-establishment of jones academy of oklahoma. mr. chairman, the choctaw nation has paid all construction and maintenance costs and jones academy has received positive recognition from multiple sources, yet the tribe is prohibited from operating as a federal grants school or re-establishing the pre-existing program. and i submit for the record with unanimous consent a description of the current jones academy program. and it is to meet this concern that i ask for a clarification, mr. chairman. is it the chairman's understanding that the study and report should be done in consultation with the tribes involved as required by public law 95-561 and that the cost to be provided are to be those associated with the current tribal programs and practices and the current state of the school programs involved as opposed to the rule-farm-based program of the 1950's? understanding that t mem' statement of our intis correct. mr. boren: reclaiming my time if i may ask one more qstion. is it the committee's intention this time, absent a timely report b

mr. adam jones. i want to thank them for their service on the house page board and thank you-all our departing pages. mr. speaker, at this time i yield my time to the vice chair of the page board and my friend, mr. bishop of utah. mr. bishop: i thank my good friend from michigan for yielding time. it has been an enjoyable experience being part of the page board, part of the page process. the pages who are here and the ones who are not here because you're set to do work in the morning, we are very grateful for you having joined us here. some for a semester, some for a year. but your time and dedication in helping to serve the house of representatives. i think if nothing else as -- put many of the eloquent words about what you have seen, what you have not seen, what you have experienced here. but if nothing else, i hope that it instilled within you this idea the united states had of self-government still does work. that you put together people who are not experts, not trained to be parliamentarians, put

mr. analyst. jones going back on the ball. >> buck: looking to see where he is in relationship to the wall. casual, little bubble right there. >> jim: there's one. there's two. >> buck: got room. >> jim: not a big deal. >> buck: see how he separates his glove from his body and keeps his glove in his vision. john shelby has done a good job about that. i asked him about that. he says you always know where your hand is where you see it. it's in your field of vision. it gives you better hand-eye coordination and made adam aware you want o'keep your glove to a point where you have a sense of where it is. don't threat get up over your head where you lose that glove in your field of vision. he's done a great job separating his body from his glove, but keeping it in his eye line. >> jim: runner goes. pitch is swung on and hit deep to left field. back it goes! it's gone! cody ross with a two-run home run and the marlins grab the sleed. -- grabt lead. buck mentioned he's been wearing out the orioles in this serie

jones. >> mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you to be here today. the recent high-profile outbreaks demonstrate the huge challenges and opportunities for piven in the nation's food supply this ap infrastructure. laws and policies to be frank philosophies developed decades ago no longer suffice. two successfully meet the new demands. the legislation we're discussing is there for a critical step in reviving the food safety capacities of the fda. i work in a state health department as an epidemiologist responsible for investigating foodborne diseases and in effect cleaning up the mess left when things go awry in the food safety chain. i'm excited to see this proposed legislation addresses many of the problems i experience firsthand. in my role of investigating and helping prevent foodborne disease. improving the traceability of food called for in this legislation is fundamental to successfully achieving many of the other tasks described herein and traced back information have been more broadly available in shared pastor at the many other problems assoc

jones. south-- this seems pretty extraordinary. is the writer accurate, mr. ignatius that the secretary reached out? >> he is accurate in the sense that i reach that to david ignatius and arrange the interview because the secretary firmly believes, as the articulate to mr. ignatius, the general jones is doing a terrific job, and in fact is he characterized it to ignatius, jones he believes is the glue that is holding this team together. he is the one who he thinks is most responsible for the fact that it has chilled and come together as quickly as it has, that this is not a team of rivals as it was originally billed think as to jones's leta maggette is truly a national security team. there is, as you are all no doubt aware, a lot of chatter in washington about the job that he is doing and the secretary felt strongly enough that he wanted to be on the record as a guy knows a lot about how the industry works and his work with the great many national security advisers over the course of his career, in sync its misestimation at this point jones is up there with t

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this week on the communicators, andrew fine virga broadband census.org and fawn johnson of dow jones newswires. mr. feinberg, before we had reviewed the hearing itself, give us a little background on julius genachowski. >> guest: the guy has been everywhere. he is than that the fcc. he has been in the private sector on both the entertainment side. he has been a venture capitalist, actually weisser in washington with a d.c.-based start of incubator and he served-- sort have been a tech and city terry to the obama campaign all the way through. he is on the advisory committee, and now he is probably going to be our next sec chairman, barring anything horrible or strange. >> host: phone johnson, given his background what we know about him now and where do you think he will take the fcc? >> guest: we know he is passionate about the internet and this comes from the obama presidential campaign. he was one of the early supporters of obama. he was actually when the first to bring the telecom community around him in supporting him. he brought people in who have never given money to a presidential candidate

jones coming over. >> jim: mr. bobblehead. he got a new glove today.id you cannot use that glove. it looks pretty, he goes no, that's just -- they send it to me, and i said don't bring it out. nobody will want to dance with you out there with that glove. >> gary: here's castillo, and the unusual shift as they move scott over to the line way in. jones in center playing like a softball center field. markakis straightaway in right. and it is inside. two down. castillo has the only hit for the mets, a single that came in the third inning. other thing berken is doing he lasted 4 and a third, and 3 13 in innings pitched. grounded to second base. right now, berken is dominatig through five. shutting out the mets. ♪ ah, man, love that drinkability. drink-a what? drinkability. it's what makes bud light so incredibly refreshing. it's like a wave of refreshment, gently washing over your whole body. it's getting bigger. here comes the refreshment. [ sfx: screaming, wave splashing ] whew. well that almost never happens. easy drinking

the new fcc chief, and joining us to talk about that, andrew feinberg and fawn johnson of dow jones news wire. mr. feinberg, before we review the hearing itself, give us a little background on julius genachowski. >> guest: well, the guy's been everywhere. he's been at the fcc, he's been in the private sector on both the entertainment side, he's been with venture capitalists actually right here in washington with launch box digital which is a d.c.-based start-up incubator, and he's sort of been a tech con cigly yea to the obama campaign all the way through, and now he's probably going to be our next fcc chairman barring anything horrible or strange. >> host: fawn johnson, given his background what do we know about him now, and where do you think he'll take the fcc? >> guest: well, we know he's passionate about the internet, and this comes from the obama presidential campaign. he was one of the early supporters of obama. he was actually one of the first to bring the telecom community around him in supporting him. he brought people in who have never given money to a presidential candidate before, so

mr. manager wlarks do you do here? markakis on, jones at the plate?> buck: you let him hitno question about it. >> jim: hit and run? bounce tore third. bonifacio, tough hop. he goes to second and back to first and there's the double play. so just like that on one pitch that eliminates the lead-off walk and two men are down. and adam jones atough night. he is oh-fer five. >> buck: he has become a little pull conscious. he hits the ball sharply to the left field most of the night and uggla, again, turning a tough double play with fick markakis all over him and pinto picks up two outs on one pitch. >> jim: aubrey huff has another chance to extend his hitting streak. he has ---he has grounded out all four times tonight. he could in the agree with marty foster. >> are you sure about that? are you sure about that? >> buck: aubrey huff has had big hits in walk-off fashion recently, most recently thursday night against the mets agame winner. he is not going to have a walk- off on the road, but he has gotten some big hits. >> jim: over the last eight games dur

mr. chairman and i want to well, dr. tim jones who is going to be on our second panel. he is hiding over. the back. you must be one of the baptists from tennessee, sitting in the back row until time for him to come forward, but dr. jones is an epidemiologist with the department of health in our great state. does a wonderful job for our state and i'm absolutely delighted we're going to be able to hear from him today on the second panel so dr. jones thank you for taking the time to tom. while the draft legislation before us attempts to improve the safety and efficacy of the nation's food supply it appears a there is still a lot of room for improvement in am appreciative that we're having the hearing and i am hopeful that we are going to be able to work in a bipartisan way on this issue. i appreciate the majority's attempt to improve the food safety system, but i think that we all know especially those of us who are mothers, we know that you can't inspect your way to food safety. we know that this legislation is going to have to do more than be reactive. this legislation b

jones home. church coming in. he'll just lob it back. the orioles have a 1-0 lead. aubrey huff the rbi. mr.blehead is bouncing. >> jim: he really earned that walk, as you mentioned. here's the change-up again. you can see by x-mo, aubrey's out in front of it. but he's able to get it by daniel murphy into right field. a great jump. >> gary: good at-bat by aubrey huff after he got fooled on a couple of pitches. now melvin mora. mora's got a five game hit streak going. tailor-made for two. and the relay throw made by castillo. that will do it. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools

mr. chairman. i'm now realizing why they elevate this. i'm not accustomed to looking up this. >> i remember how it was when i was elected in 1974. i remember chairman bob jones portrait in the other room let each of us new members say something for one minute. came to me and i said, well, mr. chairman it's a different feeling from when i had real power on this committee when i was the administrator. >> i appreciate the opportunity to discus the recovery act. but before i do, i want to take a moment on behalf of secretary hood, myself and the entire family to express our condolences and mourn the tragic loss 06 life that resulted from the washington metro crash earlier this week. we've been focused on that event. we've been in constant touch with member hersman with the ntsb and i'm happy to talk more about that q & a. in the 15 week since this hallmark legislation was enacted we've been working very hard. today i'll share with the committee some of our accomplishments on how transit has helped local communities large and small. the recovery act made available for public transportation $8.4 billion and we view that as an extraordinary opportunity. unlike some

. >> when i was elected in 1974, bob jones let each of us new members say something for one minute. he came to me and i said, mr. chairman, is a different feeling from what i had real power as an administrator. [laughter] >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to take a moment, on behalf of secretary la hood and the entire peltier family, to express our condolences to the families of the tragedy of the metrarail in washington, d.c. i would be happy to talk more about that in q&a. ms. norton may be calling a safety hearing. we would be happy to participate in that as well. on the recovery act, in the 16 weeks since this hallmark legislation was enacted, the fda has been working to support the economic recovery. i want to share some of our accomplishments. we were allocated $8.4 billion. we view that as an extraordinary opportunity. fda is stepping up -- fta is stepping up six different programs. together, they will serve no fewer than 695 grantees with the potential of 1300 separate recovery act grants. these grantees exhibit drastically different levels of strength, staffing capacity, and range from the largest rai

i tickets seaway down there and the chairman, bob jones, let each of those new members say something for one minute. he came to me, and i said well mr. chairman this is a different feeling from when i had real power on this committee when i was administrator. [laughter] >> thank you mr. chairman and i appreciate this opportunity to discuss the recovery act. i do want to take a moment on behalf of secretary lahood, myself and the entire family to express our condolences and mourn the tragic loss of life that resulted from the washington metro crash earlier this week. we have been singularly focused on that event. we have been in constant touch with members men, the ntsb and i'm happy to talk more about that in q&a and i have also been notified that ms. norton maybe calling ect hearing and we are happy to participate in that as well. on the recovery act mr. chairman, in the 16 weeks since this hallmarked legislation was enacted, the fda has been working very hard to deliver funding to support the economic recovery and today want to share with the committee some of our accomplishments

mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from ohio, mary jo kilroy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. kilroy: to the grieving family of stephen tyrone jones, i offer my deepest sympathy. you are in our thoughts and prayers. to the men and women in blue, especially those serving here on capitol hill, i offer my condolences at the loss of your brother officer and recognize the courage and devotion to duty he displayed at the cost of his life. i know that our nation's police forces stand ready each and every day to serve and to protect. this particular outrage is all the more heinous because of the place of the crime, our national holocaust museum and memorial. and because its perpetrated -- perpetrator had a repeated history of public ex-preckses of racism and anti-semitism. it is long past time for us to come together as a nation and put an end to racism to put an end to anti-semitism. to put an eand to homophobea and to eliminate hate crimes. to come together and say that hatred and intolerance should not be allowed, that we should be able to end this as a community and come together as a nation that respects each other for the true gift

mr. try and find something wrong with that? people will say that he has cheery picked and it will just be those articles that agreed and not the articles that say something different this is filled jones caught on a weak afternoon he was probably upset and just saw something of but not everybody cites him. but if you go back to the sec and assessment report i had almost the same deal with santer. the balance of evidence to just influence on the climate. number of us looked at ' if he gave us references that were very political he receives support from a mess the american geophysical union but nevertheless the idea was in this case the balance of evidence suggest influence on climate and has provided research to argue that yes in fact, that is what happens. in a letter written to the proposing body from virginia had done some research that proved that this research was bogus and you could start with two fields that are exactly the same and go in opposite directions. in reality, what happens when he wrote a letter that he said no. that did not have been so they said if the data from santer and see if that occurred. we approached him and the official line from him he got data from differ

jones-pingree amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: -- the chair: all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. mcgovern: mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 18 will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 4 printed in house report 111-182. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in house report 111-182 offered by mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, and a member opposed, will control five minutes each. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself 1 1/2 minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. cha

gary miller of california for today, mr. jones of north carolina for today, mr. gingrey of georgia for today, and mr. rogers of michigan for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted.