mr. murphy, and the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. murphy: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. murphy: madam speaker, the legislation before the house today is pretty simple. it will permit several communities in my district, the district of connecticut, to operate two now defunct hydroelectric dams as municipal power sources. the dams on the upper and lower collinsville dams have laid dormant in connecticut's farmington river since the 1960's. the licenses previously issued to operate both these dams are currently inactive and this legislation would allow it for them to reinstate and transfer them to the town of canton, connecticut, for operation. the state legislator has passed

mr. murphy: i reserve. mr. lungren: does the gentleman have other speakers? mr. murphy: no. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. lungren: i'd just say, mr. chairman, once again that we're moving down the wrong track here. we're chilling speech already. now we're creating the possibility of direct intimidation by those by requiring the residence, the hometown of the people that might appear there. but if we're going to go part of the way let's go all the way. we have to make sure that people not use their first amendment right, this will help seal the deal. so if that's what you want then vote for this amendment. otherwise, please support the constitution, the first amendment and defeat this amendment. the chair: the time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. murphy: mr. speaker, i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. murphy: first, it takes less than two seconds. in that time voters get valuable information of anyone trying to influence their vote. secondly, if the timing is an issue, funders may get a

mr. murphy'' district. >> the -- mr. tonko: the policies of the past gave us the disaster in the gulf, the policy of the present give us opportunity. mr. ryan: mr. murphy would you like to wrap up? we have about a minute left. mr. murphy: listen, when it comes town to it, of all the %% things that drive the recovery and this economy, it's people spending again. and the fact is, we'll go back to where we started at the heart of our economic recovery legislation is putting power in the hands of average, +everyda working class families that's what drive this is economic recovery and that's what the democrats have invested in. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the ordering of this oh five-minute special order in favor of the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert is vacated. under the speaker's announced spoifl january 6, 2009, -- announced policy of january 6, 2009, he chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 60 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it's always an honor to be here and to be s

mr. murphy. gentleman from texas. mr. green. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to wave opening statement but remind my colleague the health care tpwhail came out of the house had a permanent fix and lock step my republican colleagues voted against it. >> will the gentleman yield. >> i think the gentleman waived well didn't use his time but some how managed to get a statement in as well. >> anyway, let's move on to miss which a cow cows can i is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. chairman for this opportunity discuss med packs june 2010 worth. report. i want to tank the staff at med pack for their work at putting this together. today's hearing is about improving the ack access to and effectiveness of medicare. this congress has implemented historic reforms to our health care system that takes gigantic steps forward improve health care and quality to millions of americans. we have extended the medicare trust fund by an additional 12 years so we can keep our promise to elder americans. now to cut ack access payments to private insurance

mr. murphy oo new york, myself, ms. kaptur of ooio, mr. denazz yo of oregon, rs. grayson, florida -- mr. defazio of oregon, mr.+ grayson, florida. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of januury 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following mmmbers are recognized for ffve minutes each. mr. poe from texas. mr. poe: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes.%% mr. poe: mr. speaker, capricious, arbitrary and punitive. those are the words of a federal judge today in ruling about the moratorium for offshore drilling. the federal judge said that the administration's decision to ban off yor -- offshore drilling in the deep water was capricious, - ash treash and punitive -- prbitrary and punitive, therefore, illegal. and he granted an injunction for the hardworkinggfolks in the gulf states to stop the moratorium because of the digit remental impact it would have. you see, -- detrimental impact it would have. you see, mr. speaker, 150,

mr. murphy of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. murphy: thank you r yielding and thank you for recognizing me. house resolution 1178, requiring the clerk of the house to make available conessional budget office cost estimates by including a link on the clerk's official website. for every bihat comes to the house floor from committee there's a c.b.o. cost estimate or score. this is included with the conference report. we here in the house all know this and use the scores to make informed decisions about our votes every day. but the c.b.o. score can be difficult to find for people in my district. i've had many complaints. the clerk's office keeps the official record of the bills we're working on and this link will make it easier for people all over the country to get the information they are looking for. this lets us know how legislation will affect our long-term fiscal solvency, whether it's an increase in our debt and it's obviously as we live in this time a very great deat, something important to my constituents. making sure our co

mr. murphy: he showed the strength and bravery that made this nation great and my heart goes out to his parents. this true american hero made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of his nation and we owe him our eternal gratitude. it's moments like these that bring it forth to public discussion. we must always remember that our hardships, suffering, bravery, and fices for the families of those who serve our armed forces. on behalf of a grateful nation, our thoughts and prayers are with the entire miller family during this tough time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. brady: before coming to the floor i was with two couples back home, and their grandchildren, they are up here visiting. as mr. coiner said his goal in life is to make sure he helps leave a country better for the grandchildren than the one his parents bequeathed him. they are like all of us so worried about the deep debt this country is amassing each day, $10 trillion of new debt over

mr. murphy: ourfforts on tha front have beenramaticly improved by things in the health care billassed ier this yea givingedicare the power to do commonnse things thaany small business in erica would do. do better job ofeckingew providers as tey come into medica. do a better job ofutting people on pration and checking uon t that first year to make se ty are not abusing our system. there is a rampant prolem with waste anfraud and abuse in our dicare system. thhealth care bill passed earlier this year is making steps tobring that into check. a hring here in congss aut other tngs that we can do and testified about my legislation to put more tos in the hands of our law enforcent professional d c.s. to cutown on the wae anfrauin medicare. i ok forwa to connuing to work on this a use the dars in medicare to provide heal benefits t our seniors not allow criminals to run rampan the speaker pro teore: the ntlemas time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman fromexas rise? >>equest permiion to address the use for one minute the speaker pro mpore: wit objection. mr. poe: mr. speak, free eech

mr. murphy: while on patrol in afghanistan, staff car gent brian hooper was killed by a suicide bomber. they were the 35 and 36 members of the pennsylvania national guard to be killed in iraq and afghanistan. sergeant five was described as one of those guys who just liked instantly. he graduated in 1989 from pen traver high school, joined the national guard in 1993, and served in italy, saudi arabia, and iraq. his experience in military as well as state prison guard made him an excellent leader of the younger troops. it was said of him that the guys respected everything he said, they trusted and liked him. staff sergeant hoover graduated from elizabeth ford high school in 2000 where he was a standout athlete in track, football, and wrestling. he enlisted in the marines and served in iraq and then the army reserves before joining the national guard. back home, brian hoover was an assistant track and dross country coach at elizabeth forward high school. he also volunteered to coach low-income children at the ymca. he left a mark on his students. one described him as an inspirational coach

mr. murphy: over the next 10 years this health care reform will eliminate the doughnut hol completely forur seniors. that's a step in the right direction. providing security and safety in the health care our seors need. amaziny, though, some on the other side of thaisle are continuing to call not to change the health care reform bill but repeal it entirely, to cut up the checks,ake them away fr r seniors, and stop the help they need to y for prescription drugs. we'll always be working to make our health care system better, but repealing this positive step forward makes no sense to me. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does th gentlelady from maryland rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revi and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, sordered. . edwards: mr. speaker, in 2003, republicans said they were overhauling medicare but all they succeeded in doing was creating a prescription drug doughnut hole that in 2009 alone forced 63,000 maryland seniors to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket. forci

mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman for his excellent work and timely hearings on this catastrophic event and i thank the gentlelady from california, mrs. capps, for her excellent work on this indy spenceable piece of legislation working together in a bipartisan fashion with the minority to ensure that we have an historically accurate assessment of what has happened in the gulf of mexico. mr. markey: president obama established the bipartisan national commission to investigate the causes of the b.p. disaster through executive order. however, the president does not have the authority to give the commission subpoena power. that requires the congress to act. b.p.'s response continues to be marked by catastrophic failures. just today, an accident with an underwater rover at the bottom of the sea has forced b.p. to remove the containment cap and oil is now gushing into the ocean at a rate of 25,000 to 50,000 barrels per day. b.p.'s mistakes seem to be without end. b.p. said the rig couldn't sink. it did. b.p. said they could respond o an exxon valdez size spill every day. they couldn't. b.p. initi

mr. murphy, you're recognized for five minutes, please. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join mr. welch in appreciating the complexity of the task of moving people and goods when mr. welch and i planned tierney were in afghanissan llst year we listened to agriculture ministers explain that for a simple agriculture farmer, the farmer or company they were contracting with were stopped 20 or 25 times for various forms of illegal payment, i can't imagine the added complexity when you're dealing with security concerns of + national military shipments, military convoys. my question to you, mr. motsak, is on the issue of the reports that our investigators detiled, were made to the departmmnt from the ddfferent contracting pntities. i appreciate the fact that a lot of this information is new to you and you have to figure out what to do with it. but we have a volume of reports that went from ccntracting agencies to the department of defense that detailed a variety of different leeels of information regarding payoffs. one memo from one particular contractor to a contract man

mr. speaker, is appalling to me as a physician member. i am honored to be co-chair of the g.o.p. doctors caucus, along where my good friend from pennsylvania, psychologist tim murphy, child psychologist, author of several books, now lieutenant commander in the naval reserves. these are the kind of folks on my side of the aisle, there are about 15 of us, most are m.d.'s, probably 375 years worth of clinical experience. the whole spectrum of specialties, whether it's ob-gyn, my specialty, or family practice, the specialty of dr. john fleming, gastrointerology, the specialty of dr. bill cassidy, psychologist, the specialty of tim murphy, ob-gyn, again the specialty of mike burgess and phil roe, orthopedic surgery, the specialty of my colleague from georgia, tom price, family practice, indeed house call medicine, the specialty of my colleague, again, from georgia, dr. paul broun. i could go on and on. these are members on our side of the aisle who are just begging, calling, writing letters to the white house, let us participate. let us -- we know, we know about that sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship. we know what rationing will do and the fear that our senio