mr. larson: i thank the gentleman from arizona, thank you, madam speaker.eare tells us in "othello, that when aigo whispers mistruths in the ear of othello, something beautiful dies. something beautiful died in tucson, arizona, this past saturday. people who came to an event to hear their congresswoman speak, one little girl, 9 years old, all beautiful, all celebrating the great beauty and manlesty of our democrat -- majesty of our democracy passed on that day. who knows what mistruths were bouncing around in the head of the assassin, who could know that? but something beautiful died. democracy died just a little that day. but beauty has a way of coming back. it resides in people like gabrielle giffords. she epitomizes all that is good and rich about serving in the united states congress. from her very demeanor, to her graciousness, to the way she carried herself in committee with her legislation and how she held forth with her constituents in an accountable manner that has become so much a fabric of our democracy, our congress on the corner. she truly is a

mr. larson and mr. walls should be made in order. we think that what i think was the central promise i heard from the new majority in the campaign should be honored. so many of you ran and were elected on the idea that the national debt is crippling the country, burdening our children, and stifling our economy. it is. it is. so even though we have some disagreements apparently over whether the congressional budget office is right or wrong in the estimates, it's always been the rule through i believe 47 years of congressional precedent under republicans and democrats that the c berk o is the -- cbo is the authoritative arbiter whether the bill add or subtracts to the deficit. today the cbo says # the bill you would repeal reduces the deficit by $230 billion, so i think that you should make in order the amendment for mr. van holland that says the repeal should not take affect if it increases the deficit. now, you may disagree with the merits of the proposals. many of you actually said you agree with the merits of a lot of these proposa

mr. larson, mr. price. the gentleman from california.the gentlewoman from california, miss mcmorris rodgers. mr. van hollen. ms. nome. mr. george miller. mr. tim scott. ms. del oro. mr. walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass. the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. the 112 congress as the u.s. house select john boehner as the 61st speaker of the house. >> or speaker-elect, john boehner, a representative from ohio. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it is a high honor to welcome all members of congress and their families to the house of representatives. to the members -- new members and their families, it is a special welcome and congratulations. we all wish you great success. [applause] congratulations to you

mr. larson. mr. larson: when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. birkle. -- ms. buerkle. ms. buerkle: amendment 19. passed by congress june 4, 1919, ratified august 18, 19 20. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentlelady from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz. ms. schwartz: the terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january and the terms of senators and representatives at noon on the thi

mr. larson: i thank the gentleman from arizona, thank you, madam speaker.hakespeare tells us in "othello, that when aigo whispers mistruths in the ear of othello, something beautiful dies. something beautiful died in tucson, arizona, this past saturday. people who came to an event to hear their congresswoman speak, one little girl, 9 years old, all beautiful, all celebrating the great beauty and manlesty of our democrat -- majesty of our democracy passed on that day. who knows what mistruths were bouncing around in the head of the assassin, who could know that? but something beautiful died. democracy died just a little that day. but beauty has a way of coming back. it resides in people like gabrielle giffords. she epitomizes all that is good and rich about serving in the united states congress. from her very demeanor, to her graciousness, to the way she carried herself in committee with her legislation and how she held forth with her constituents in an accountable manner that has become so much a fabric of our democracy, our congress on the corner. she trul

mr. larson. mr. larson: when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. birkle. -- ms. buerkle. ms. buerkle: amendment 19. passed by congress june 4, 1919, ratified august 18, 19 20. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentlelady from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz. ms. schwartz: the terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january and the terms of senators and representatives at noon on the thi

mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from south carolina. equal protection under the law is a cornerstone of our constitution. that is why we as a nation strive to form a more perfect union in a common sense way of looking out for one another. no one can prepare for a birth defect, catastrophe or accident of life that may await any one of us. this congress cannot disenfranchise the 129 million americans with pre-existing conditions impacted by this repeal proposal. the proposal that is before us is not worthy of the party of lincoln or the tea party. repeal, repeal, repeal is not a plan, it is an empty political refrain. colleagues on the other side of the aisle are honorable people. i cannot accept that they are indifferent to the 129 million americans with pre-existing conditions who would continue to be denied coverage and forced to pay higher rates with repeal. i cannot accept that they are indifferent to millions of children who have once again faced denial of hea

mr. larson: i thank the gentleman from arizona, thank you, madam speaker. shake peer -- shakespeare tells us in "othello, that when aigo whispers mistruths in the ear of othello, something beautiful dies. something beautiful died in tucson, arizona, this past saturday. people who came to an event to hear their congresswoman speak, one little girl, 9 years old, all beautiful, all celebrating the great beauty and manlesty of our democrat -- majesty of our democracy passed on that day. who knows what mistruths were bouncing around in the head of the assassin, who could know that? but something beautiful died. democracy died just a little that day. but beauty has a way of coming back. it resides in people like gabrielle giffords. she epitomizes all that is good and rich about serving in the united states congress. from her very demeanor, to her graciousness, to the way she carried herself in committee with her legislation and how she held forth with her constituents in an accountable manner that has become so much a fabric of our democracy, our congress on the

mr. larson: i thank the gentleman from arizona, thank you, madam speaker. tells us in "othello, that when aigo whispers mistruths in the ear of othello, something beautiful dies. something beautiful died in tucson, arizona, this past saturday. people who came to an event to hear their congresswoman speak, one little girl, 9 years old, all beautiful, all celebrating the great beauty and manlesty of our democrat -- majesty of our democracy passed on that day. who knows what mistruths were bouncing around in the head of the assassin, who could know that? but something beautiful died. democracy died just a little that day. but beauty has a way of coming back. it resides in peoe like gabrielle giffords. she epitomizes all that is good and rich about serving in the united states congress. from her very demeanor, to her graciousness, to the way she carried herself in committee with her legislation and how she held forth with her constituents in an accountable manner that has become so much a fabric of our democracy, our congress on the corner. she truly is a beaut

mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to speak in opposition to this patients rights repeal and deficit explosion act. the bill before us today according to a nonpartisan c.b.o. is going to add $230 billion to our national debt. we should not stand for that. the bill before us today is going to repeal efforts that we put in place to be sure that young adults can get onto their parents' insurance plans. if we repeal this it's going to knock 20,000 adults in washington state alone off their parents' plans. if we repeal this bill today it's going to take away help from 45,000 seniors in washington state who are rely on the efforts that we have done over the last couple of years to be sure we're closing the medicare doughnut hole. repeal of this health care reform law is going to put those folks back into the doughnut hole. and finally, we ought to oppose repeal of this bill because of a simple fact that there's a young woman in my district who has severe mental health illnesses and her family was able to take he

mr. larson, mr. price. the gentleman from california.the gentlewoman from california, miss mcmorris rodgers. mr. van hollen. ms. nome. mr. george miller. mr. tim scott. ms. del oro. mr. walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass. the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> lots of ceremony and procedure on this first day of the 112 congress as the u.s. house select john boehner as the 61st speaker of the house. >> or speaker-elect, john boehner, a representative from ohio. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it is a high honor to welcome all members of congress and their families to the house of representatives. to the members -- new members and their families, it is a special welcome and congratulations. we all wi

mr. larson. mr. larson: when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. birkle. -- ms. buerkle. ms. buerkle: amendment 19. passed by congress june 4, 1919, ratified august 18, 19 20. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentlelady from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz. ms. schwartz: the terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january and the terms of senators and representatives at noon on the thi

mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from south carolina. equal protection under the law is a cornerstone of our constitution. that is why we as a nation strive to form a more perfect union in a common sense way of looking out for one another. no one can prepare for a birth defect, catastrophe or accident of life that may await any one of us. this congress cannot disenfranchise the 129 million americans with pre-existing conditions impacted by this repeal proposal. the proposal that is before us is not worthy of the party of lincoln or the tea party. repeal, repeal, repeal is not a plan, it is an empty political refrain. colleagues on the other side of the aisle are honorable people. i cannot accept that they are indifferent to the 129 million americans with pre-existing conditions who would continue to be denied coverage and forced to pay higher rates with repeal. i cannot accept that they are indifferent to millions of children who have once again faced denial of hea

mr. larson. mr. larson: when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until theeople fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. mrgoodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. birkle. -- ms. buerkle. ms. buerkle: amendment 19. passedy congress june 4, 1919, ratified august 18, 19 20. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentlelady from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz. ms. schwartz: e terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january and the terms of senators and representatives at noon on t third day of

mr. larson is recognized. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman and thank you for the opportunity. three quick questions for the panelists. one for ms. olson, if you would expound upon in your testimony if tax compliance were an industry, it would be one of the largest in the united states, consume 6 billion hours of the equivalent of more than 3 million full time workers. that's pretty amazing statistic. i i'd like you to expand upon that noting that it seems to me that our current tax system is broken. it was antiquated in the last century, a decade into this century, and we still haven't made many gains in straightening it out. with regard to tranls action packages noted on "60 minutes" that more than $60 trillion takes place in transaction over the counter that are unregulated and in terms of revenue that takes place or done algorithmicically or whatever the case may be, it seems to me this is an opportunity worth looking at as opposed to taxes one's labor, and so i'm interested in answers to those questions. >> i think, you know, what those numbers point out, and i must note t

mr. larson is recognized. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman and thank him for this opportunity. i have three quick questions for the panelists. one for mrs. olson. if you would expound upon -- in your testimony you said if tax compliance were an industry it would be one of the largest in the united states, consume 6.0 billion hours and requires the equivalent of more than three million full-time workers. that's pretty amazing statistic. i'd like you to expand upon that, noting that it seems to me that our current tax system is broken. it was antiquated in the last century, we're already a decade into this century and still haven't made much gain in terms of straightening it out. second question to any of the panelists, with regard to transaction taxes, noted on "60 minutes" more than $60 million takes place in transactions over the counter that are unregulated. in terms of looking at revenue that takes place in the atmosphere or done mathematically, it seems to me like this is an opportunity that's worth looking at

mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker.in opposition to this patients rights repeal and deficit explosion act. the bill before us today according to a nonpartisan c.b.o. is going to add $230 billion to our national debt. we should not stand for that. the bill before us today is going to repeal efforts that we put in place to be sure that young adults can get onto their parents' insurance plans. if we repeal this it's going to knock 20,000 adults in washington state alone off their parents' plans. if we repeal this bill today it's going to take away help from 45,000 seniors in washington state who are rely on the efforts that we have done over the last couple of years to be sure we're closing the medicare doughnut hole. repeal of this health care reform law is going to put those folks back into the doughnut hole. and finally, we ought to oppose repeal of this bill because of a simple fact that there's a young woman in my district who has severe mental health illnesses and her family was able to take her onto their health car

mr. larson: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker: without objection. so ordered. without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise? mr. young: i have a motion the house do now adjourn at this time. the speaker: the question is on adjournment. those in favor indicate by saying aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> pray that she might have a speedy rerecovery as well as the people in that community. bless us dear father and keep us in thy keeping power and we shall be so careful to give your name all the praise, all the honor, and all the glory and all this we ask in the matchless and marvelous name of our praise, amen. god bless you. >> thank you, reverend. please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance which will be led by assemblyman dagman representing the 18th district in middlesex coun