mr. pearce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all maybes -- members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to have extraneous material on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pearce: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pearce: mr. speaker, baseball truly is the american sport. from the earliest age we begin enrolling our children in peewee baseball leagues. we take our children to games at the ballpark, eating hot dogs and cracky jacks. that's because baseball is america's -- cracker jacks. that's baseball is america's national pastime. that's why i'm proud to ask for consideration of the bill before us. this was introduced in july on the same day of the 50th congressional baseball game by mr. hanna for himself and 296 others. this bill was also introduced from mr. batterman and doyle who managed the republican and democrat teams in the baseball game.

mr. pearce. the idea is to bamboozle voters into splitting the anti-russell pearce vote between two candidates so russell pearce ends up holding on to his seat. the head of a local tea party group which supports russell pearce became the campaign manager. not for russell pearce, not for his opponent obviously, but for this third candidate who they found. she is a local woman with no political history or experience at all. she's a naturalized citizen from mexico. russell pearce's brother is a justice of the peace locally and therefore not to get involved with any campaigning at all. brother lester went out campaigning anyway with his daughters, with russell pearce's nieces to collect signatures. they were not campaigning for russell pearce. they were campaigning for this third candidate they found. olivia cortez. to get her on the ballot. in addition to that remarkably charitable effort by the russell pearce family, the mysterious cortez campaign also somehow found itself with enough money, enough

mr. pearce: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman from washington for yielding. every day in my district in new mexico people ask what's gone wrong with the american economy? what's gone wrong with the american economy is that the federal government spends $3.6 trillion a year and it brings in $2.1 trillion a year. so they ask then why are the revenues to the government down? i say because jobs are down. and they want to know why jobs are down? and i can point to the resistance of this bill and explain why jobs are down. this is a very commonsense bill. it says we are going to take land, almost twice as much land and exchange it to a private company, we'll give them half as much land and let them have a copper mine there. and the americans are currently importing about 32% of all the copper that we use. this one mine, if the resistence were dropped and were put into operation, would provide 25% of the domestic copper demand for the next 50 years. why i have heard my friends on the other side of the aisle say it'

mr. pearce, to tell them go ahead and sign this, that this will help his chances. >> so the idea was to dilute or divert the vote? >> yeah. >> by running a diversionary or a sham candidate that that might run a file of arizona's election laws? >> i had no idea. >> i had no idea, she says. no idea there could be serious legal consequences in this scheme to save russell pearce from being recalled, by saving russell pearce from running a clear election against somebody who wants to recall him. the circumstances of the russell pearce recall race were strange enough that a maricopa county judge began holding hearings into whether or not this olivia cortez had been put up for a sham candidacy. whether this was, in fact, a tea party republican pro-russell pearce dirty trick in this arizona election. on thursday facing the possibility that senator pearce's family would be compelled to testify in this case, olivia cortez suddenly dropped out of the race. she dropped out. you know what? as far as dirty tricks go, mission accomplished. because when voters in that russell pearce district go to the polls o

mr. pearce from new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pearce: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to rise in support of h.r. 2447, introduced by the gentlelady from florida, corrine brown, which would right a wrong the segregation era by submitting gold medals to montford point marines, the first african-americans marines. we honored dr. martin luther king jr. for his leadership in the civil rights movement. many fought for civil rights and equality even as they fought for peace and freedom in world war ii. it was unfair for them to have to wage the first battle of our waging the second to defend us all. while it is interesting that these brave men were the first black marines. at least a dozen served with honor foughting alongside white marines during the revolutionary war. one was recruited without permission of the slave owner. both the marines and the navy were disbanded. when the marines were reformed in 1798, the right was take from the black americans. service by blacks was barred supposedly based on british naval tradition. nearly 200,000 bl

mr. pearce, for three minutes.the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized for three minutes. mr. pearce: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1904, southeast arizona land exchange and conservation act. it's one of the 40 bills that we have highlighted in the western jobs caucus, frontier report, the jobs frontier, as i report, of 40 different bills that will create jobs immediately. i find the conversation curious, from my good friend from florida . i wonder, the administration has just approved for the sale of aviation that will be producing airplanes in this country owned by a foreign country. so maybe the argument could be made, well, maybe those jobs aren't created and run by robots, we now direct our attention to toyota, maybe honda, all have manufacturing facility here's and i know they use robots and i don't see the gentleman from florida trying to shut them down. what we are doing at this point in our history is driving the unemployment off the scale high because we'r

mr. pearce: thank you to the gentleman from pennsylvania. in the united states, if you destroy an eagle egg, you are subject to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine. if you destroy a human egg, it's not only legal, but it's taxpayer-funded. that's what we are here to talk about. you hear our friends say that we have taken too much time today, that we can't give two hours out of the endless lunches, out of the fundraisers, out of the rubbing elbows with the powerful to talk for the unborn and innocent. i would tell you that even in economic times, we cannot suspend our voices against injustice. we cannot suspend our voices for the weak, the powerless. it is our sacred duty to be a voice in the republic for those who have no standing. the unborn have no standing and no voice. let us allow our voices to be heard for these hours. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the

mr. pearce: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman from washington for yielding.every day in my district in new mexico people ask what's gone wrong with the american economy? what's gone wrong with the american enomy is that the federal government spends $3.6 trillion a year and it brings in $2.1 trillion a year. so they ask then why are the revenues to the government down? i say because jobs are down. and they want to know why jobs are down and i can point to the resistance of this bill and explain why jobs are down. this is a very commonsense bill. it says we are going to take land, almost twice asuch land and exchange it to a private company, we'll give them half as much land anlet them have a copper mine there. and the americans are currently importing about 32% of all the copper that we use. this one mine, if the resistence were dropped and were put into operation, would provide 25% of the domestic copper demand for the next 50 years. why would we be contesting this? i have heard my friends on the other side of the aisle say it's because there are robots work

mr. pearce shes to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2527 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2527, a bill to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the national baseball hall of fame. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 416, the nays are 3. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous c

mr. pearce: thank you, mr. speaker, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the three free trade agreements we are considering today. free trade is good for america. it will increase our products flowing to other countries that currently get to send their product for free here. we live in a world where products flow freely around the world. it's time for us to get american jobs to produce some of those goods moving abroad. i would note that the president has asked us to pass pieces of his legs. his jobs creating legislation, i would compliment the chairman that we have waited 2 1/2 years to get this particular proposal from the administration. in less than nine days now we have it on the floor of the house. we're serious about doing things to fix the economy. while the president lecksures us, he fails to follow through on regulatory relief, tax relief. he fails to follow through on those things which would actually create jobs. so we in the house appreciate the opportunity to bid on -- to vote on these particular bills today because it is

mr. pearce: we have to keep the president from killing jobs. that's basically what this bill does. the e.p.a. is going to implement regulations which, for instance, will have an effect in the four corners plant in new mexico, it's going to be forced to comply with regulations not to notice pli improve the quality of our air, but simply new regulations, and the coal ash from that plant is shipped around the country, it's shipped to cement factories in new mexico and california. as we shut off the ability to use this coal ash, then we're going to raise costs, we're going to create job-killing regulations that in fact are taking place across the country right now. if we look and break down the intent, really, there are several regulations that intend to kill coal mining in total and so why don't we talk about the real intent of different regulations. we're shutting down electric generation right now. last year we saw rolling blackout, we saw power outages in new mexico and yet one of our plants that generates electricity is having to shut down 60% of its capacity. these are the things

mr. pearce? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and ms.mills, it's great to have you with us today and i appreciate all the sba has been doing, particularly instead michigan. you mention innovative programs yet engaged in the state and i thank you. we been particularly hard hit as result of what's been happening in the economy and thankfully the auto industry is responding and been adding jobs in our area, but we all know that it's not just the auto industry or large industry in a particular region that's important, but a small businesses that are in the region. you have been a key player in helping us do that in michigan so i wanted to thank you for that first off. and before asking a couple specific questions i also want to get your sense on a statistic that you mention in your opening comments that job creation is down by over 100,000 i believe was the quote you have. we on this committee are all big live in small business and understand small business is the engine for growth were economy. we also know that is heavily skewed to startup