mr. michaud of maine, mr. michaud of maine moves that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on the disagreeing vote of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 3630 be instructed to receive from section 2123 of the house bill relating to allowing a waiver of requirements under section 3304-a-4 of the internal revenue code of 1986, including a requirement that all money withdrawn from the unemployment fund of the state shall be used solely in the payment of unemployment compensation. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 7 of rule 22, the gentleman from maine, mr. michaud, and the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maine. mr. michaud: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yealed four minutes to the gentlelady from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for four minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank my esteemed colleague, mike michaud of maine, for allowing me to join him a

mr. michaud: mr. speaker, i have a motion to reconsider at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. me show of maine -- michaud of maine moves to recommit the bill to the committee on transportation and infrastructure with instructions to report the same back to the house forthdid with with the following amendment. page 4 after line 21 insert the following, 10, properties owned by the department of veterans' affairs or other properties used in connection with providing services for veterans, including hospitals, clinics, and facilities that provide job training, posttraumatic stress disorder treatment, housing assistance, home homeless services and rehabilitative care. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes once the house is in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. michaud: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm hoping today we'll see a rare bipartisan moment here in the house when both sides can come together in support of our veteran

mr. michaud: mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maine. mr. michaud: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and nays have been requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays. a a sufficient number having arisen having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. carson of indiana for today and for the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the chair now recognizes the gentleman -- under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 011, the gentleman from colorado, mr. gardner is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gardner: i thank you, mr. speaker, for the opportunity to address the chamber tonight to discuss a very important issue, the issue of job creation, the issue of energy independence and what we are doing in

mr. michaud of maine for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. shimkus: before my pennsylvania friends get all freaked out, i appreciate you letting me come to the floor for five minutes to do what is now a weekly constitutional of mine and talk about high-level nuclear waste in yucca mountain. washington i've been doing to -- what i've been doing to set the stage is highlighting areas where there's nuclear waste throughout this country and just making the statement that it is in the national interests and actually it's national federal law that this waste be consolidated in a centralized storage facility. and so with that, i'll begin. today we're headed to the great state of minnesota and we're looking at a nucle

mr. michaud of maine. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 184, the nays are 236. the motion is not adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the gentleman from illinois. mr. jackson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 3764 the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jackson: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin ri