gentleman from california has deferred until later in the process and the gentleman from new york mr. meek is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman, good to see you again. just want to make sure that first let me get an understanding. with the talks and reference to interest rates. i no at the last fomc meeting the president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city tom hoenig descented in regards to the use of language about low rates for an extended period of time. he basically made the argument that that does not give the feds the flexibility, the fed the flexibility it would need in case the recovery happens at a quicker pace and that people are starting to build expectations into the marketplace because of the low interest rates. do you just ask you first of all, can you have the flexibility that you need and then if the economy improves at a quicker rate, can you be flexible without shocking markets that are building in the expectations about the low interest rates? >> yes we can. mr. hunt specific concern was the sam one i talked to mr. royce about wh

mr. moore: i commend my colleagues, representative waters, representative greg meeks, and representative spencer baucus for their bipartisan work on this important issue. mr. speaker, as a result of the extraordinary events of january 12, 2010, over 230,000 people were killed and more than 1.3 million people were displaced, unable to return to their homes in haiti. still today while things are getting better, a desperate need for food, water, and medical care exists. the people of haiti are facing an enormous struggle to recover from an earthquake at a time when the country was among the poorest in the worrell. this bill supports humanitarian need by allowing the treasury to cancel the $828 million debt owed by haiti. this is the decent and humane thing to do. i ask my colleagues to once again support this measure. i yield back my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, the gentlewoman has no more addition