mr. nugent. mr. nugent: i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from california, the chairman of the august rules committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for -- without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to both of my friends from florida who serve on the rules committee. this is a very, very important debate. it's a debate that we haven't had since january of 1995, which is the last time that the house of representatives had a vote on the issue of a balanced budget amendment to the u.s. constitution. back in 1995 when we had just won our majority, mr. speaker, i was one of the enthusiastic supporters, one of the 2/3 of the house of representatives who voted in favor of the constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. i felt very strongly at the time that as we looked at the fiscal challenges that we as a nation faced that the only thing we could do to achieve a balanced budget would be to have an amendment to

mr. nugent. mr. nugent: i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from california, the chairman of the august rules committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for -- without objection. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to both of my friends from florida who serve on the rules committee. this is a very, very important debate. it's a debate that we haven't had since january of 1995, which is the last time that the house of representatives had a vote on the issue of a balanced budget amendment to the u.s. constitution. back in 1995 when we had just won our majority, mr. speaker, i was one of the enthusiastic supporters, one of the 2/3 of the house of representatives who voted in favor of the constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. i felt very strongly at the time that as we looked at the fiscal challenges that we as a nation faced that the only thing we could do to achieve a balanced budget would be to have an amendment to

mr. nugent: i have one more speaker. mr. mcgovern: a closer speaker or -- mr. nugent: no. just one more speaker. mr. mcgovern: then i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. nugent: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. nugent: moo woodall. -- mr. woodall. mr. woodall: thank you, madam speaker, and i thank my friend on the rules committee for yielding. i rise in strong support of this rule today. now, i hear a lot of conversation about states' rights here on the house floor. federalism. you know, that debate that james madison and thomas jefferson had more than two centuries ago. and it's an important debate to have and i hope we have that debate on every single thing that we do in this body. host: we ask ourselves that question every single day, is this a responsibility and a role the federal government ought to be playing or should this be something that's left to the st

mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. pole is aye. mr. hair i men no. >> three ayes and 8 nos. >> mr. chairman, i offer as one motion the amendments of number 12 by mr. nadler and/or the number 8 by mr. bishop and i believe the committee members know what they are. and i won't offer any words in support of sail. >> vote occurs on the hastings amendment. those in favor say aye. those against no. clerk will call the roll. mr. sessions, no. ms. fox, no. mr. bishop, no. mr. woodall, no. mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman no. >> and the clerk will report the total. >> three >> the house rules committee worked on this bill last night that would allow gun owners with the proper permits to carry firearms across state lines. the bill is scheduled to come up on the floor later today. [no audio] >> a couple of live event to tell you about this morning -- republican senator marco rubio will be interviewed by political at 8:15 eastern on c- s

mr. nugent, is recognized for one hour. mr. nugent: for the purposes of debate only, the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from worcester, massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent on all members that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nugent: madam speaker, i rise today in support of this rule, house resolution 463. the rule provides for consideration to an important piece of legislation, h.r. 822. the national right to carry press ross it act of 2011. i'm proud to sponsor this rule which provides for a structured amendment process that will allow members to have a thorough debate on a wide variety of relevant and germane amendments to h.r. 822. we have allowed 10 amendments to this bill, two republican amendments, and eight democratic amendments. even as conten

mr. nugent, for five minutes. mr. nugent: request permission to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nugent: i rise today to honor a great son of trinity, florida, corporal justin geithner of the first battalion engineer company. i've had the honor of getting to know scruss tin over the last year and i'd like to shear his story. after being deployed to afghanistan, he took on one of the most dangerous jobs there is in the marine corps. he was lead sweeper, clearing roads of i.e.d.'s in advance of u.s. vehicles. on november 26 of 2010, justin's unit was traveling with an eight-truck convoy. one of the trucks struck an i.e.d. following the explosion one of justin's good friends, corporal gabrielle martinez, lost both his leg willings in a second inch e.d. attack while he rushed to aid that downed vehicle. justin desperately wanted to help his friend. but his responsibility was to continue the mission to continue to sweep for i.e.d.'s to ensure the safety of the rest of the convoy. it was during the sweep that a third i.e.d. was remotely d

mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman no. >> and the clerk will report the total. >> three >> aradhana >>> now a look at the prospects of the deal being reached by the deficit reduction committee to find least $1.2 trillion in deficit savings by the november 23rd deadline. this is about 40 minutes. >> we're back with senior congressional reporter with politico and this is the front page of your newspaper this morning deficit panel ponders endgame. what is the endgame? >> guest: the $1.2 trillion question i think. these guys who've covered to come up with a $1.000000000000 reduction plan they haven't shown any progress toward that. as we've seen the last couple of weeks the progressive offers are getting further and further apart. people are digging in ideologically. we've seen democrats and republicans have brakes on their own site from each other. the congressman from south carolina who has run this panel said yesterday on fox news that democrats have not coalesced. clearly true republicans as we

mr. nugent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. nugent: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, mr. chairman. as a member of congress who represents one of the largest veterans communities in the united states, i recognize the significant responsibility a congress has to ensure that our veterans receive benefits they so honorably earned. these true american heroes answer to call of duty and put their lives on the line to protect our country, our freedoms and our way of life. it's important to remember that these proud americans also spent their lives working hard, playing by the rules and saving for a stable retirement. that is why today i'm happy to rise in support of the veterans' compensation cost of living adjustment act of 2011. this legislation will provide our proud veterans with their first costive living adjustment since -- cost of living adjust since 2009. mr. speaker, we as a nation owe our veterans a debt that can ne

mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. pole is aye. mr. hair i

mr. nugent: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this rule. house resolution 466. the rule provides for consideration of what may be the very single most significant piece of legislation that i've had the opportunity to vote on since coming to this body over 10 months ago. this rule is what allows it's house of representatives -- allows the house of representatives to move forward and vote on h.j.res. 2, a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. my resolution that we're considering here today suspends the rules and allows the house to vote on h.j.res. 2. i'm sure that some of my colleagues may be concerned we're moving to consider the balanced budget amendment under the suspension of the rules for fear it would somehow limit debate. i agree with them, amending the united states constitution is not to be taken lightly. this is why the rule provides for five hours of debate on this vital issue. because you see, mr. speaker, what we're doing here today is something that should be discussed. something that must be discussed. we're fundamentally cha

mr. nugent: in 1942 byron answered the call for service. in service he saw action with the first army across the european theater and under the command of general omar bradley. he joined the d-day invasion force in july of 1944 and saw combat in the battle of the bulge. after he returned to chicago as a decorated and proud army veteran, he married the love of his life, mildred. and like so many of our brave world war ii heroes, went on to become part of the greatest generation the world has ever seen. on october 20, 2011, my uncle byron tate, passed away in his home in macon, georgia. with his passing, however, i'm reminded that without the hard work and selfless sacrifice and attitude of our world war ii veterans, this nation truly would not be what it is today. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. payne: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

mr. nugent, i appreciate the opportunity to speak today. over the past few years the irs has seen a significant increase in identity theft. the harm that it expects is a problem we are taking very seriously. at the start, but we say the irs is confronted with the same challenges as every major financial institution in preventing and detecting identity theft. we cannot stop all identity theft however we are better than we were and we will get better still. we have to balance the need to make payments in a timely manner with the need to ensure that claims are proper and taxpayer rights our technical. let me describe our current efforts in fraud prevention and then victim assistance. up-front protection of fraud, in 2011 the irs to date has predicted $1.3 billion in refunds from being erroneously sent to identity thieves. 2012, the following is in place. despite a very tight budget we are adding staff in this area. do for 2012 is up front screening filters that will improve our ability to spot false returns before refund is issue appeared this

mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. pole is aye. mr. hair i men no. >> three ayes and 8 nos. >> mr. chairman, i offer as one motion the amendments of number 12 by mr. nadler and/or the number 8 by mr. bishop and i believe the committee members know what they are. and i won't offer any words in support of sail. >> vote occurs on the hastings amendment. those in favor say aye. those against no. clerk will call the roll. mr. sessions, no. ms. fox, no. mr. bishop, no. mr. woodall, no. mr. nugent, no. mr. scott, no. mr. webster, no. ms. slaughter. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings aye. mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman no. >> and the clerk will report the total. >> three