mr. manzullo, a member of the financial services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. man sdemruleo: madam speaker, there are over -- mr. manzullo: madam speaker, there are over 10,000 federal programs and cnting. no one really quite knows how many there are. i do most of my work in congress on manufacturing. and for 12 years i've been working on a chart to identity fight every agency, every bureau that is involved somehow in manufacturing. and it continues to grow and grow and grow. my object was to -- objective was to find a way with a common portalvia the internet to see. it's not possible. that's the problem with this governnt. a person says i have a program for this and for that. you know what, it's time to start eliminating programs around here. it's time to just keep those programs that are absolutely necessary, and the best way to do that is to have the fiscal restraint imposed by a balanced budget amendment. you can't go to the back room and cover this program and th

mr. manzullo, a member of the financial services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. man sdemruleo: madam speaker, there are over -- mr. manzullo: madam speaker, there are over 10,00federal programs and counting. no one really quite knows how many there are. i do most of my work in congress on manufacturing. and for 12 years i've been working on a chart to identity fight every agency, every bureau that is involved somehow in manufacturing. and it continues to grow and grow and grow. my object was to -- oective was to find a way with a common portal via the internet to see. it's not possible. that's the problem with this government. a person says i have a program for this and for that. you know what, it's time to start eliminating programs around here. it's time to just keep those programs that are absolutely necessary, and the best way to do that is to have the fiscal restraint imposed by a balanced budget amendment. you can't go to the back room and cover this program and t

mr. manzullo of illinois and mr. royce of california. -- mr. wolf of virginia, mr. manzullo of illinois and mr. royce of california. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. will members please take their conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order. >> a recent graph reflects the progress made so far in this year's appropriations bills. only one box, that's for labor, health and human services committee is blank. with 9.1% unemployment, we need a vigorous debate over this bill. ms. delauro: it includes job training, k through 12 funding and health care services. unlike the 11 other proping bills, labor h is the only bill that has seen no action. instead, the chairman posted a draft bill on the internet representing his own preferences for the people's budget. but the chairman by himself

mr. manzullo for five minutes. >> thank you. i find it quite frightening that you made the statement that there are tens of thousands of products to be examined to see whether or not the should be regulated. i practiced law for 22 years before i came here, closed over a thousand real estate transactions, commercial, agriculture, residential. we made up hour own closing statements at that time that given enough information so people can understand when they came along in the mid 70's we had to sit there and pretend that the closing took place three days before because the requirements for so stupid that said we should have to adjourn the closing and come back three days later because the consumer has a right to vichy the mortgage. now we have the community banks who did absolutely nothing to bring about this crisis, bearing the brunt of the regulation and i disagree with your statement that says on page four the regulatory system prior to dodd-frank failed to protect consumers from harmful practices industry can tick lending mark

mr. manzullo, a member of the financial services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. man sdemruleo: madam speaker, there are over -- mr. manzullo: madam speaker, there are over 10,000 federal programs and counting. no one really quite knows how many there are. i do most of my work in congress on manufacturing. and for 12 years i've been working on a chart to identity fight every agency, every bureau that is involved somehow in manufacturing. and it continues to grow and grow and grow. my object was to -- objective was to find a way with a common portal via the internet to see. it's not possible. that's the problem with this government. a person says i have a program for this and for that. you know what, it's time to start eliminating programs around here. it's time to just keep those programs that are absolutely necessary, and the best way to do that is to have the fiscal restraint imposed by a balanced budget amendment. you can't go to the back room and cover this program a

mr. manzullo: this bill would make an exemption for the advertisement ban. h.r. 2940 will make it easier for companies to raise capital without putting less sophisticated investors at risk. as former chairman of the small business committee, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2940, the bill would help small gazelle firms raise capital during these difficult economic times. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from california. mr. mccarthy: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio mr. stivers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stivers: i would like to thank the gentleman for yielding me time. i want to voice my support for the access to capital and job creators act. this is straightforward legislation that provides a simple method for job creators to provide funding for their businesses. it will allow entrepreneurs to advertise their investment opportunity to accredited investors to solicit their investment without being subject to costly and burdensome regulations. this exemp