mr. paulsen is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've really enjoyed the testimony this morning. and i think it just follows on the heels of a full year of hearing we've had on tax reform. and the message has been pretty clear from the folks here today, as well as the folks that have testified in the past about the need to provide certainty for companies that are investing their capital on a fife-year and a ten-year and a longer horizon, rather than dealing with these temporary tax extensions or provision or extenders that can create a lot of difficulties, not only for the companies' planning, but the accounting side of the equation as well. u.s. is trying to play catch-up now to make sure we've got a tax code that is competitive, along with the fairness and the simplicity component. and it is important to focus on the competitive side and the pro-growth side. sheer my question. i know that the united kingdom in particular is moving forward with tax reform as well. other countries are doing. this they've kind of staggered, kind of m

mr. steve paulsen?>> you are correct, around sunrise we tend to see that fog come in a little bit but not too much. some fog around santa rosa but if you have fog where you live you can always tweet me. we are going for a cooling trend. no biggy, sunny and warmer today, 60s to #0s. 42 up in santa rosa 43 in livermore and temperatures down to san jose, up and over when you see a thin rope it usually does not go well. the system will start working its way towards us and in return it will knock down a ridge of high pressure which is over us today. i will have more on that as we look into the weekend and there is a trench cooler but today sunnyside up and warmer, morgan hill yes, even down to monterey if you are heading down there for the golf, i know claudine wong is heading there and it is going to be beautiful. saturday night and increasing clouds on sunday and cool and breezy by monday. >>> police opened fire after a police officer was trapped between two cars. the special technology police officers are

mr. paulsen: this victory could not have happened if not for the outstanding goal tending who blocked 23 shots in the shutout. i want to congratulate all the girls on the skippers hobblingkey team as well as their coaches. i also want to thank and recognize their hard work, training, perseverance and commitment because it really paid off. we're proud of the student athletes and so is our entire community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i serve on the homeland security committee and have the privilege of serving on the committee dealing with foreign affairs here in the house. i rise today to, as usual, offer our deepest sympathy for all of our soldiers that have fallen in battle but i'm particularly outraged at the incident that our -- that is occurring around the unfortunate burning of the koran which our president appropriately extended his apology, as we would if someone -- we would want if someone

mr. paulsen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to rise in strong support of repealing this misguided class act. we knew from the start that the class act was fiscally unsustainable but the president and those who supported the new health care law used this and inserted it into a budget gimmick to help pass the law this new program was an illusion, an illusion craft sod the government would start collecting funds long before it would pay anything out, making it seem as if it would raise revenue and save money. it was clear that the program would have disastrous effects. the c.m.s. chief actuary himself said if implemented, the program would collapse. after months of failed attempt, even the administration has admitted the program is unworkable. minnesota families and small businesses are tired of the smoke and mirrors coming out of washingtonful let's do the right thing and repeal this terrible program and focus on what's really important, putting americans back to work. i want to thank my colleague >> the house voted 267-15

mr. paulsen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to rise in strong support of repealing this misguided class act. we knew from the start that the class act was fiscally unsustainable but the president and those who supported the new health care law used this and inserted it into a budget gimmick to help pass the law this new program was an illusion, an illusion craft sod the government would start collecting funds long before it would pay anything out, making it seem as if it would raise revenue and save money. it was clear that the program would have disastrous effects. the c.m.s. chief actuary himself said if implemented, the program would collapse. after months of failed attempt, even the administration has admitted the program is unworkable. minnesota families and small businesses are tired of the smoke and mirrors coming out of washingtonful let's do the right thing and repeal this terrible program and focus on what's really important, putting americans back to work. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana, he's a do

mr. paulsen: he flew in strategic spots in europe over enemy lines and flew supplies during the battle of the bulge. john has been awarded seven bronze stars on wednesday this past wednesday he received the highest recognition and honor, the legion of honor. madam speaker, john epitomizes what it means to be a hero. i want to thank him for his service and congratulate him on an honor thatess much deserved. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from delaware rise? mr. carney: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carney: i rise today to encourage my colleagues to support bipartisan legislation to create jobs. in december, congressman steven fincher and i introduced h.r. 3606 the reopening american capital markets to emerging growth companies act of 2011. our legislation will create jobs by making it easier for companies to undertake an i.p.o. 90% of a company's growth occurs after they go public. unfortunately in recent years the number of companies going public has fallen dramatica