mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 1490, resolution providing for consideration for the conference report to accompany the bill h.r. 4173, to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 1487 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 207, house resolution 1487. resolved, that the requirement of clause 6-a of rule 13

mr. mcgovern: i reserve, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i now would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. boustany. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. lieu standy: thank you, madam speaker. i -- mr. boustany: thank you, madam speaker, i rise in opposition to the previous question and the rule because american families continue to struggle with rising health care costs. recently the congressional budget office and the center for medicare and medicaid services reported that health care costs for families and for seniors will rise even higher due to this massive new health care law. today's youcut vote helps to stop one of the major problems with the new health care law. and it could save taxpayers across this country between $5 billion and $10 billion. under the new health care law, the i.r.s. will be in charge of verifying that every american taxpayer that obtained government approved accepta

mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous condition sonet to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i rise to express dissatisfaction with our involvement in afghanistan. as we are being asked to consider tens of billions of dollars in supplemental funding for the war, i believe that now is the time for us to ask tough questions and demand straightances. -- straight answers. of all the problems president obama inherlted from the bush administration, afghanistan is the one that keeps get manager complicated. in just the past few week two brave young soldiers from my congressional district in fall river, massachusetts, lost their lives in afghanistan, this is a big deal. we need to get it right. last december, president obama told the american people that we would going withdraw our forces next july. the american people the serve to know if that plan is still in place, and how we're going to get there. much has been made about

mr. mcgovern mentioned, i have camp lejeune in my district and we are wearing out our miiitary. and, madam speaker, i hope the president will keep his word and have a timetable to get our troops out of afghanistan. and with that, madam speaker, i'm close -- in closing, i'd ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless the men and women in uniform, ask god to please in his arms -- hold a child dying for freedom in iraq and afghanistan. and, madam speaker, i ask god to bless the house and senate that we will do what is right in the eyes of god. and i ask god to give wisdom, strength and courage to president obama that he would do what is right in the eyes of god. and three times i will say, please, god, please, god, please, god, continue to bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. weiner of new york. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois will be allowed to speak out of or