mr. nunnelee: mr. speaker, pursuant to the order of the house of today, i move that the house now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. and the motion is agreed to. accordingly, pursuant to the previous order of the house today, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday march 18, 2011, unless it sooner has received a message from the senate transmitting its adoption of the house concurrent resolution 30 in which case the house shall stand adjourned pursuant to >> today, members voted 228-192 to prohibit federal funds for public radio and blocked the use of funds to purchase radio programming radionpr -- from npr or other providers. congressman dennis q. sandage also introduced a powers resolution calling for all operations in afghanistan to and -- dennis kucinich. the house has completed legislation and will be in recess until march 28. >> the house and senate are

mr. nunnelee: that's why i'm proud to co-sponsor this legislation and will vote to repeal it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: i yield one minute to the gentleman from colorado. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> today i rise in support of h.r. 4. i have spoken with countless constituents around the fourth congressional district of colorado not as republicans or tells but business owners as people who worked hard to build up their businesses from scratch into successful opportunities for thems an their families. they oppose the bill not because they're republicans or because they're democrats but because they know it will cause grave impact on their businesses an their ability to thrive and grow and hire new people. madam speaker, they are speaking as the voice of this country's businesses, the back bone of our economy. mr. gard never: if we are going -- mr. gardner: i

mr. nunnelee: the rising gas prices are a serious strain on an economy that is beginning to show small signs of recovery. right now, the average gas price in mississippi is $3.50 a gallon. and i don't think anybody would be surprised if that number continues to rise. every time gas prices go up by one penny, that costs american consumers $4 million a day. families in north mississippi have been dealing with tight budget for the last couple of years. and rising gas prices severely impact an already tightened family budget. we all know that ultimately gas prices will be passed onto in higher prices through higher transportation costs, increased cost of groceries and other commodities. when there's no extra money in the pocketbooks, there is no padding in the family budget to deal with this higher cost of living associated with oil prices. with what's happening in the middle east coupled with third world countries that places demand on foreign energy demands, that's going to cost gas prices to further increase. this problem is serious and it needs to be addressed now. it needs to be addressed t