mr. poe, is recognized. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to thank the gentlelady from florida for yielding. when this situation occurred in haiti, when the earthquake came through and devastated the land, the buildings and the lives of the people, there were over 30,000 americans in haiti at the time. many of these americans were there as volunteers to help the struggling nation. they were from churches, they were young people, civic organizations already there helping this struggling nation. one group, particularly from my hometown of houston, the group of rotarians had just gotten there to work in two places. they were going to work in the hospitals to make the hospitals better and more convenient and more efficient, and they were also there to dig wells, water wells for the haitian people. and all of these people that were there from america, most of them were vols. it's been said -- were volunteers. it's been said that governments kpt replace a volunteer. that's true -- cannot

mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following member mace be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. mr. paul for january 20, and 21, myself, mr. jones for january 21, 22, and 26. mr. burton for january 21 and 22, mr. ingells for today, mr. 340 ran for today, january 21, january 26, mr. smith for today and mr. mcclintock for today. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i too ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey, mr. defazio, mr. blumenauer, mr. quigley, ms. kaptur, and mr. gleison, all for five minutes. -- mr. grayson, all for five minutes. the speaker p

fortenberry for today, myself, mr. poe, for february 2, mr. moran for february 2, mr.reier for today, mr. jones for february 2, mr. cao for today, mr. mcclintock for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey, california, mr. defazio, oregon, mrs. maloney, new york, ms. kaptur, ohio, mr. grayson, florida. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i want to call the house's attention

mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. mr. faleomavaega: without objection, so ordered. mr. poe: -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. poe: the view of the economy could be summed up this way, if it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and if it stops moving subsidize it. the american people are uneasy about their financial future. taxing and borrowing and spending are out of control. government's the problem. the people are frustrated. we in washington should listen to the people of america. they talk to us at town hall meetings. they get louder with their marches on washington. the american people say stop the spending, cut up the credit cards. we should listen to america. america's a representative republic. that means that the people talk, we listen. we implement their ideas. that's the way it works. lately, the government dictates, the people comply. that's backwards and it's arrogant. in america the people are the sovereign, not the government. we in congress should make the government

mr. poe: thank you -- mr.ith: we heard the president say back in 2008, that's what i'll do, bringing the parties together, not negotiating behind closed door bus brings parties together and broadcasting the negotiations on c-span so the american people can see what the choices are. we know in the debate -- when he was running against john mccain, our now president said, i'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. we'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators, insurance companies, drug companies, they'll all get a seat at the table. they just won't be able to buy every chair. what we'll do is this. we'll have the negotiations televised on c-span so people can see who is making aferingts on behalf of their constituents and who is making arguments on behalf of their drug companies. we heard the speaker say, when she was speaker this would be the most open government ever. it's delipe perplexing, since we know they would never lie why they're preventing what they promised from coming tru

mr. poe: mr. speaker, on april 19, 1775, 235 years ago, shots rang out in massachusetts that forever changed the history of the world. british red coats were ordered to seize the weapons of the american militia even though it's never a good idea to try to disarm the american people. the famous midnight ride of fall revere said that the men were coming. the first shots rang out against the british tyranny, shots that was heard around the world. they fought the british army. the mighty british were defeated and turned back to boston. these were the first battles of the american revolution for a new idea of freedom. the people of massachusetts have fired a second shot heard around the world. yesterday, they fired back against big intrusive government, not with bullets, but with ballots. the senate election was a statement for freedom over oppression. our government, like the british, would do well never to underestimate the american people, and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for

mr. poe: mr. speaker, most of the american people oppose the government plan to take over health care. it costs too much, it borrows too much, it taxes too much. it's inefficient and it gives government the control over our medical decisions. people should be able to buy health insurance across state lines to get competitive rates. small businesses should be able to pool together to get better rates through larger risk pools. businesses that help take care of their employees should get tax breaks rather than tax increases. people should own their own health insurance policies and that's real portability. if anybody loses our leaves their jobs, they don't lose their insurance. people shouldn't be canceled for a pre-existing condition. and we should figure out a way to provide for catastrophic illness, catastrophic injury and affordability. these are things that most members agree on. these things don't cost billions of dollars. these things help keep government out of a doctor's office. we should f

mr. poe of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, if you were in harrisburg, pennsylvania, you could be taking part of the annual event of what reminds us what is whole some. pennsylvania farm show, one person remembers the hours it takes to sew the stitches on a wedding quilt. another recalls the time and dedication required to raise a california into a dairy cow and throwing out recipes that produces the best angel food cake ever. 400,000 people attend and that is 400,000 memories from horse shoe pitching contest to a ride on the merry-go-round. the sticky bun contest, the weird food in the food court, potato doughnuts, which is my favorite and odor from diesel from the dancing tractor contest, two callers and 14 drivers. somehow the smells are all tied up with the memories. i'm talking about the largest indoor agricultural event in america with 270 commercial vendors. the 24-acre site of the pennsylvania farm show complex and expo center in harrisburg, pennsylvania, hou

mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. since the rebirth of the nation of israel over 60 years ago, radical jihadist have literally tried to devoy this nation. funded by iran, hezbollah attacks from the north and thousands of unguided rockets have rained down on israeli villages. that's right, unguided missiles. that means they deliberately go anywhere and hit anybody where the missile is fired. that includes men, women, children, it doesn't matter to hezbollah. they want to kill in the name of terror. hamas does the same thing in the south. over 12,000 missiles have been launched into israel from the gaza strip alone. i have been to israel and it's a small country. and it's the size -- smaller than the size of new jersey, but yet from the north they get missiles, from the south they get missiles. but they still exist. and they have the right to exist. israeli citizens fight these radicals rather than give up and surrender. after all, victory never comes by taking the path of least resistence. these are unprovoked attacks

mr. poeask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: madam speaker, the united states constitution is a document to limit the federal government. thomas jefferson said, pre-government is found in jealousy and not in confidence which requires limited constitutions to bind down those who we are abliged to trust with our power. as the all-seeing government tries to take care of us and who believes that we are subjects incapable of taking care of our own health, nowhere in the constitution the federal government is given the enew mexico rated power grab and control the nation's health. the constitution sets limits on what dictates of pain the federal government is allowed to inflict on the rest of us. george washington didn't fight the red coats so people would be the subjects of a new oppressive, untruth worthy federal bureaucracy. and the colonnists didn't die in the war of independence so the health czar would have the rule over us. it

mr. poe: mr. speaker, according to the 10th amendment, any power not specifically granted to the federal government is reserved to the people and to the states. those that demand government takeover of health care have yet to provide a constitutional example for such government oppression. further, it doesn't say anywhere in the constitution that federal government can force anybody to buy anything, including health insurance. it's not there. some have said, what about car insurance? the states, not the feds, regulate car insurance so people can pay for third-party injuries and driving is a privilege, not a right. government motors would pick the car they would want the citizens to buy and then tax them to pay for it. that's unconstitutional. so is forcing people to buy health insurance. thomas jefferson said, the federal government is our servant, not our master. it's time we put government in its place and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman

broken record about jobs, jobs, jobs, but there's a sense that sometimes those on wall street and as mr. poe has mentioned, that washington-wall street collusion, only think about the folks that are doing really well in the economy and forget about that working middle class, forget about advanced manufacturer manufacturing, forget about the next generation of farming and ag products and forestry, forget about the fact that 2/3 of job growth in this country comes from small and medium sized businesses. they may not get the same headlines as the goldman sachs but they employ america, they treat their workers well, they're accountable and they produce real value in our community. those are the folks we have to remember. those are the people that are taking it on the chin from getting nickeled and dimed by credit card companies and bank fees and utility rate increases and everything across the board. those working in middle class folkses need a voice and we need to be that voice. i will say this, i've given the president a little grief tonight and certainly his secretary of the treasury, mr. gei