mr. pallone: gentleman mr. pallone: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: at this time i yield one minute to the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr. aderholt: thank you, thank you, madam speaker. i rise today, of course, in strong support of this legislation, the protect life act. and i do want to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. lipinski for this bipartisan legislation. we have heard during this debate the health care legislation was signed into law back in 2010, it simply did not protect the unborn. it in no way included clear or direct provisions that would prohibit federal funding of abortion. and the president's executive order on this issue is totally inadequate. executive orders can simply be rescinded at any time and can be -- and cannot be relied upon to clarify such an issue at any time. there is some people that have said the legislation th

mr. pallone of new jersey. amendment number 8 by mr. quigley of illinois. amendment number 18 by mr. connelly of virginia. amendment number 20 of mr. welch of vermont. amendment number 2 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment number 14 by mr. ellison of minnesota. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. waxman of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the u

mr. pallone: i ask for a roll call vote. the chair: in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. pallone: i ask for a roll call on that. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey will be postponed. who seeks recognition? >> madam speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number four printed in the congressional record, offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairwoman. i've been to the floor before and i've used these famous words, i think i've even used them in committee, can we all get along. i just can't imagine that if we queried this industry that so many people would want to, you will, ignore the facts that are impacting not only our community but our children. first of all it's important to note that the c.b.o. has established that h.r. 2681 will cost $1 million. i want jobs to continue, i want jobs to be created. i think the service dealing with our i

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: i rise in opposition to the three trade agreements. it is essential we work to keep jobs here in the united states and i believe the trade agreements with south korea, colombia and panama will cost u.s. jobs. we should be doing everything we can to create jobs and advance economic opportunity here at home. these trade pacts are modeled on the nafta agreement. in the last decade alone we lost 55,000 manufacturing plants and six million jobs with nafta in place. we don't want to repeat. the essential issue at hant is the trade deals between a large economy and smaller economy naturally benefits a smaller economy. in this case, south korea, panama and colombia. they are a fraction of the size of the u.s. and will stand to benefit greatly by exporting their goods here while i fear u.s. exports will not have the same advantage. we should be focused on passing the american jobs act to hire new workers in the united states and not passing free trailed pacts that will encourage compan

mr. pallone brought to the mark up, never had a hearing on it, never called a witness on it. we were just presented with this information, and, oh, well, we'll fill in the details later. well, now it's later. we're filling in those details, and some of the details don't look too encouraging. it looks like the class act was a budgetary deception to mask the actual cost of the affordable care act, and people are rightly asking now, would we have passed the affordable care act had the true extent of the budgetary impact been known? again, what did they known, and when did they know did? in the spring of 2009, mai 19th to be precise, the chief actuary for medicaid services talked about the financial structure of the program would be "a terminal problem for the program." he knew that in may of 2009. why not discuss that in july when doing the mark up on hr3200? that would have been a service to the committee and a service to the people if we couch had those hearings, but we didn't, so here we are. it's a fact of life. we all age, and at some time we have to rely only some form of

mr. pallone: and i want to urge that this house take up the american jobs act as soon as possible. the bill includes an array of tax cuts for small businesses that hire new workers or give raises to existing workers. it also includes a payroll tax cut that puts money into the pockets of american workers. the jobs act will help small businesses do what they do best, create jobs, drive innovation and provide economic security for the middle class. and the payroll tax cuts would save a small business with 50 workers approximately $50,000 a year. on the employee side, each american family would take home an additional $1,500 annually. mr. speaker, when i talk to my small businesses in red bank about the american jobs act, they thought it was a great idea, they thought they would be able to take advantage of it. we also worked with the s.b.a. to look at possible loans that they were interested in, to expand their businesses. this is what we need to do. pass the american jobs act, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman