mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the rule and the underlying bill. i'm very excited that president obama has demonstrated that he believes in keeping taxes low for all americans. mr. speaker, you know, as i talk to people in my district and across the country, people like the fact that the democrats are the party of staying out of their personal business. we are not doing them moralizing about how they should live their lives. live your own life. personal accountability. we are the party of personal responsibility. they are always concerned in the back of the minds the democrats are going to raise their taxes. that's something i hear. i like the democrats because of the liberty issues, but you know, i always worry they are going to raise my taxes. i'm proud to say, mr. speaker, that we are conclusively p

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, h.res. 1742 provides a closed rule for consideration of s. 3307, the healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010. the rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on education and labor. the rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 of rule 21. the rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. it waives all provisions against the bill. finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. mr. speaker, before i begin, as many of my colleagues know, my colleague from florida, mr. diaz-balart, has decided not to seek re-election and move on to other endeavors in his home state of florida. and i just wanted to publicly thank him for his friendship over the years and also thank him for his great service not only to the people of florida but to the people of this country. and this may be the last rule that we handle

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. sherman: i'll be voting yes on the amendment and if it fails as i expect it will, i will be voting yes on the bill. i'll vote yes on the amendment because we ought to have a fair estate tax in this country. but instead republicans insist that we increase the deficit $28 billion over the next two years in order to provide the lowest tax rates in 80 years on the richest few dozen families in each of our states. we should care about the deficit. and to say that the tax rate included in the amendment is unfair is to say that every republican voted for an unfair tax when they voted for the bush tax law that was applicable to 2009. furthermore, another problem with the estate tax in the bill is that it provides a rate of tax for those debts that occur in 2010 that is less than zero. because the richest families can c

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the the gentlewoman from north carolina, dr. foxx. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.res. 1781. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, house resolution 1781 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from massachusetts deserves to be heard. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, house resolution 1781 provides for the consideration of the senate amendment to h.r. 5116, the american competes re-authorization act of 2010. the rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the committee on science and technology or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 5116. the rule provides one hour of debate on the motio

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, h.res. 1755 provides for the consideration of the senate amendment to h.r. 3082, the rule makes in order it a motion ordered by the chair of the committee of appropriations or his designee that the house concur to senate amendment with the amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying the resolution. the rule provides one hour of debate on the motion with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. the rule waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. finally the rule provides that the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. mr. speaker, today the house will consider the f.y. 2011 continuing resolution legislation that will fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. additionally this bill c

mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. for the purposes of the debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, house resolution 1771 waives the requirement of clause 6-a of rule 13, requiring the 2/3 vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the rules committee. this will allow for the same-day consideration of any resolution reported through the legislative day of december 24, 2010. the resolution allowses the speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules through the legislative day of december 24, 2010. the speaker or her designee shall consult with the minority leader or his designee of any matter for consi

mr. mcgovern, for introducing this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: i yield smeist such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. smith: this resolution celebrates the victory in the battle against all odds of the greek other the persian forces in 54 b.c. it's been cited by historians as one of the pivotal events in ancient european history. the vict arery at marathon marked the end of the persian invasion of greece. the following years of peace to allowed the greek city states to create the philosophy of democratic rule and establish the arts and sciences for which classical greece ve nouned to this day. the commitment of greek warriors to protect their homeland from persian invasion summoned within them the will to withstand the attack through five long days of battle. it was that same commitment to vict arery, madam speaker that propeled a greek well over 26 miles wi

mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, as we near the enofto talk about a issue that's critically important to the health and well-being of our country. it's an issue i care deeply about and that is rarely discussed that issue is hunger. i've said it over and over again, hunger is a political condition. we know how to end hunger in america. we have the resources to do it. what we need is the political will to make it happen. we've made some important progress over the last few years. we enacted historic improvements in the food stamp program. w.i.c., the program that ensures that pregnant mothers and newborn and in fant children have access to nutritious food, has been fully funded. food banks receive the assistance they need to fill their shelves as they work to put food in the hands of hungry families. we passed the hunger-free communities act a law that provides globalized grants around the country. the farm bill. most importantly indexing snap to

mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. . mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. mr. mcgove: the war in afghanistan was not an shall shoe. there was no draft in this contry. we have an all volunteer armed forces. only a small percentage of our population is at risk. and no one is paying for the war. it's all gone on america's credit card. we are borrowing all the money to pay for this war. why should anyone pay attention? i believe, mr. speaker, we should pay more attention. there is no excuse for our collective indifference. at 109 months this is the longest war in our history. over 1/400 of our uniformed men and women have lost their lives in afghanistan. over 8,700 have been wounded in action. high levels of deloy. continue to strain our uniformed men and women, their families, and their communities. in spite of the military's best efforts, suicide and posttraumatic stress rates continue to soar. and our ability to care for the wounded in severely overburdened. the ability of individual service members and their units to rest, recuperate, retain--retrain and re-equ

mr. mcgovern for five minutes, mr. rangel for five minutes, mr. jackson of illinois for five minutes, ms. kaptur, mr. defazio, ms. woolsey 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. mr. burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. shimkus will be recognized for five minutes. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i come down tonight to put into the record names of some fighters who have been jailed not only politicians, but also members of the news media after the elections in bella ruse of two nights ago. the opponents of the dictator were as follows and their locations are unknown, some have been jailed. victor, nick lay and dim my try. tens of thousands converged in the capital heeding opposition lea

mr. mcgovern's staff and the speaker's staff. all of these people were helpful in the negotiations, not only in the house and the presentation of this legislation, but monitoring and look agent what was happening in the senate where this legislation we're considering today was not only passed out in the senate with unanimous consent but it was also passed out of the committee with unanimous consent. where it was given full consideration, where hearis were made and built the confidence of the members of that committee on both sides of the aisle and built the confidence obviously on both sides of the aisle in the senate so it can pass with unanimous consent. and why has that happened? because this legislation deals with and addresses in the most profound way the problem of hunger among our schoolchildren, among poor schoolchildren in this nation. but we also address the needs of the various institutions that are involved in delivering this nutrition to these children. and that is to the local school districts, to the local schools

i join my friend jim mcgovern and in both parties that are saying to the president, please, mr. president, we think, don't stay there four more years because it's not worth it. madam speaker, after 10 years going on 10 years of being in afghanistan, we continue to see no end to this commitment that in my humble opinion is not worth one american life. madam speaker, as i do frequently on this floor, i would like to close by asking god to please bless our men and women in uniform, please bless our men and women in uniform and ask god in his loving arms who has given a child dying in iraq and afghanistan and bless the house and senate that we will do what is right in your eyes. give wisdom, strength and courage to president obama that he will do what is right for this country. and god please continue to bless america. i yield back. mr. conyers: i want to thank the gentleman for his contribution tonight and associate myself with his excellent statement and remarks. >> i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers,