mr. poe: prepared to close. i want to thank chairman scott and chairman conyers and also the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, for sponsoring this legislation and i want to thank mr. schiff for not just this piece of legislation, but other pieces of legislation and his relentless effort as a member of congress to make sure that the greatest resource in our country, children, are protected from child predators. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i thank the gentleman from california for his leadership on this issue. i ask my colleagues to support the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1469 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the gentleman from vi

mr. poe, mr. jones, july 30 for five minutes, mr. flake today for five minutes, mrs. ros-lehtinen on july 237, 28, 29 and 30 for five minutes each, myself, mr. dumping and for five minutes, mr. thompson today and july 28 for five minutes and mr. mr. lincoln diaz-balart on july 27, 28 and 29 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. davis of illinois for today, mr. young of florida for today and the balance of the week and mr. poe of texas for today until 7:30 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i thank the individuals who are waiting to speak as well. the national media have been quick to blame for the firing of agriculture department official shirley sherro dn and points to fox news. the article says the network is in pursuit of sherro did, however they did not air any storie

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the administration continues its aassault on the workers in the deepwater drilling industry. it double downed its relentless destruction of the energy industry by issuing an ill-advised moratorium. two courts have said the first moratorium on drilling was, i quote, arbitrary, ca appreciateous and wrong. the federal government furnished no specifics that shutting deepwater drilling was absolutely necessary, never mind the facts on or edict of the administration violates the spirit of the court ruling and never mind this job-killing ban is more about the politics of panic than safety of offshore drilling. the administration is intentionally destroying zphesk energy and making us more dependent on foreign oil. the administration is seeking the jobs of offshore workers and the president's plan is succeeding. jobs are being lost, rigs are leaving the gulf to friendlier waters and why? who knows. the second disaster is brought to you by this administration and our own federal gover

mr. poe request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: the sonoran antelope 61 minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: the sonoran antelope are in danger. the protectors have stopped construction of seven border patrol observation tours they feel are too intrusive for them. never mind the border patrol can protect them and secure the border as well and the crafts haven't gotten the word out to the illegals. drulling cartels and human traffickers trample through the home on the range and running through the wildlife refuge every day. they leave trash on the preserves. the cartels are erecting cell phone tower relay stations. the border is closed being too dangerous for americans to enter because it has become a sanction tu area for drug cartels. prohibiting the border patrol is not helping the wildlife but endanger the areas more. the illegals don't care about its home on the range. and it's just the way it is.

mr. poe: as you know, mr. brady, port arthur, especially port arthur, texas, is a refinery town but it has high unemployment and the whole area has high unemployment for a lot of reasons. one reason, of course, is we've been hit by numerous hurricanes. just since i've been in office we've had katrina, rita, gustav and ike. all come through my congressional district and your congressional district. because of that it's affected the economy and now these workers are trying to get back to work, many of them work offshore. and then they work onshore in oil-related industries. but the affect of the shutdown in the deep water -- the effect of the shutdown in the deep water causes economic hardship not just on the workers on those platforms but for the people onshore that supply parts and maintenance and other industries, other commodities that those people that work offshore. and so we don't know yet how many thousands or hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost because of this. but one thing that we also need to

mr. poe: 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 this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. moran for july 28, myself, mr. poe, for july 27 and 28, mr. jones for july 28, mr. grace for today, mrs. miller for today, dr. gingrey for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> 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. roybal-allard, mrs. bright, ms. woolsey, mr. is a plan, ms. kaptur and -- mr. sablan, ms. kaptur and mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of ja

mr. poe: ski unanimous consent that today, following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. myself, mr. poe, for july 21, mr. jones for july 21, mr. garrett for today, ms. ros-lehtinen for july 19 and 20, mr. pence for today and mr. lun bren for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> madam 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. myself, five minutes, ms. wool seve california, five minutes, mr. mcdermott of washington, five minutes, mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona, five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio, five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speak

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the american people are opposed to the administration's ban on deepwater drilling. almost 3/4 of american people, 73%, say it's not necessary, but in spite of the will of most americans, in spite of two court rulings that say the moratorium is arbitrary, capricious, they are killing drilling in the gulf. the president's moratorium on drilling is destroying lives, and good people are being put out of work on purpose by this administration. these are not statistics. they're real people, hardworking people. how do they buy groceries and put gasoline in their cars? the largest drilling company had to move another deepcals water rig to the -- deepwater rig to the middle east. all of the good-paying jobs are going with it. mr. speaker, the moratorium on drilling is the second disaster in the gulf of mexico, and it's brought to us by this administration. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask

. >> mr. poe of texas recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. trying to put this in perspective. i appreciate your thoughts on this, it is great. representing southeast texas the district that borders louisiana. because of the gulf stream, we don't get the oil spill it goes to louisiana. however, the people in my district work in louisiana. the direct injury but not being able to fish crawfish, shrimp all of that. and the second problem is, is the moratorium, i know you are not involved in that,ut has bp put money into a fund to pay for losts based on the moratorium? >> yes,ho is administering that fund? >> i don't think they have chosen an administrator for that fund yet. >> my understanding is as follows. >> you are correct. it is not on my watch. $100 million has been set aside unrelated to the $20 billion. not businesses associated with the moratorium, workers. that 100 million will be represented separately by a charity or non profit foundation in the gulf. i don't think they have selected anybody yet. >> i don't know. >> now as totexas, residents in the gulf who are joining

mr. poe: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain requests for one minutes on both sides of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> madam speaker, to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tonko: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today just a few weeks in advance of the 75th anniversary of social security. this bedrock promised earned with a lifetime of hard work should be available for our nation's seniors and future generations. however, my friends on the other side of the aisle are once again trying to privatize social security. returning to previously rejected ideas, republicans want to create a casino economy and play russian roulette with your hard-earned benefits. if they would have succeed md 2005 seniors would have lost

mr. poe of texas. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. burton of indiana. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. putnam of florida. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. lincoln diaz-balart of florida. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate being recognized to address you here on the floor of the house of representatives. it's always an honor and one of the reasons i try to come down here often and convey the values that eminate from the midwest and hopefully some of the people across the rest of the country that don't adhere to those values can index with the things we believe in. but what i found out, mr. speaker, is as i traveled around the country that we have a tremendous amount of common values from corner to corner of america and up through the midwest as well. and when i think of the states that i have been to and helping other candidates and trying to convey a message from the northeast to the southeast to the south up throug

mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the federal government has decided some people are more special than others. the administration thinks the wall street elites are special. the big banks and the big auto industry, well, they're really special and too big to fail. but the administration has decided that the blue collar workers who work on the oil rigs just aren't special. they don't want handouts like the special interest big shots got. they just want their jobs back. but the administration not only will treat these workers special, the administration just took their jobs away because of the offshore drilling moratorium. now these american jobs are headed to brazil, libya and to egypt. the drilling moratorium is not based on scientist. it's arbitrary. two courts have so ruled. i don't see anyone wanting to close all the roads down for people dying on the roads. the offshore workers should get their jobs back, but that'

mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the violence continues to spill across our southern border with mexico. this week seven shots from gunfire hit city hall in downtown el paso, texas, and more cross-border violence. city hall is over a half mile from the rio grande valley. it came from a drug cartel shootout in juarez, mexico. in 1911, 99 years ago, stray bullets rained down when pancho villa seized juarez, mexico. bandits raided ranches and attacked border towns. there was lawlessness on the border frontier. history is repeating itself. but in 1911, president taft took swift action. he deployed the calvary from fort bliss to the border patrol and to the areas along the border. they stopped the violence on american lives and property, but today this administration is missing in action on the border. meanwhile, the border war continues. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doe

mr. poe: thank you. i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding. while i support some of this legislation, i certainly believe responsible parties for this disaster in the gulf of mexico near my home state of texas, those people should be held accountable to every extent of the law and injured individuals and families of those who died should be compensated. however, i wish to address just one provision of this act, the detrimental effect of the maritime shipping in the united states if this legislation is passed. the unintended consequences of h.r. 5503 could be widespread. among other things, h.r. 5503 repeals the limitation of liability act. which is a drastic fundamental change in american maritime law. this change would end the longstanding practice in the united states that all maritime claims be determined in one federal forum. it also ends the limitation on u.s. vessels' owners liability, a limitation which is in place in virtually every other country in the maritime industry. the loss of this limitation will handicap u.s. ship owners in th

mr. poe: mr. speaker, private industry is creating solutions to protect the gulf of mexico because the government really doesn't create anything. government just stops things from being created, like jobs. exxonmobil, chevron, conocophillips and shell oil have announced a new coordinated plan. they're building a new emergency oil spill containment system to protect the gulf of mexico. their deepwater rapid response system will capture and contain oil in a blowout emergency. it will be engineered to be used in underwater depths up to 10,000 feet, and under different weather conditions as well. the initial capacity will contain 100,000 barrels of oil a day. these oil industry leaders have committed $1 billion to the initial cost. engineering, procurement and construction will begin immediately. exxonmobil has taken the lead on behalf of the other four companies. this is great news for drilling in the gulf of mexico. american private industry is taking the lead. the administration needs to end the mo

mr. poe, my colleague from california, and i especially want to say something to mr. lungren. i especially want to say something about chris smith, chris smith who is the sponsor of this bill has been one of the hardest working congressmen that i have ever seen in my life. he's worked very hard on the rights of the unborn since he came to congress 25 or so years ago. he's worked very hard on things like megan's law and we have had a lot of great legislators throughout this body, but i don't know of anybody who has been more dedicated, more committed to doing the right things for children both born and unborn than chris smith. and i think in the bible, i may misquote this, but paul the apostle says i applaud the fight,. that fits you. let me say this about megan's law. there should be no place in the world for these people to hide. there should be no place where they are not prosecuted or persecuted for what they do to these children. and so i think this law is so important because there have been literally plane loads of perverts -- plane loads of perverts, pedophiles that tra

mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. when i was at a town hall meeting in texas, a local man came up to me afterward to talk about his concerns over where our country was headed, something to do with the firey inferno in a hand basket. i noticed his tee-shirt. here's what it said, i love my bible and had a photograph of the bible and i love my guns, with a photograph of two .45 colt resolvers. they were in the right order after all he was the local preacher. we have the freedom of speech and that includes the freedom of religion. it is first in the constitutional bill of rights because without it, none of the wreft would be possible. the right to bear arms is the second amendment because without it we could not protect the first amendment. the recent supreme court decision stated the obvious what is written in the bill of rights, a militia being necessary to the security of a free state, right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, end quote. the halls were up in arm about the right to bear arms. the

mr. poe: mr. speaker, venezuela dictator hugo chavez is threatening to cut off oil supplies to the united states. chavez doesn't like the fact that america is friendly with colombia. and since america is the bigger buyer of venezuelan oil, chavez thips he has a say in foreign policy. it makes no sense at all. and why are we paying dictators and tie rants to supply us with energy? -- tyrants to supply us with energy? we have energy here at home but we don't produce it. american-made energy provides good-paying jobs, the kinds of jobs that puts kids through college. but the offshore jobs is moving to indonesia, brazil and venezuela. it threatens america's jobs and the economy. it's a national security issue and it gives a brutal about a foon dictator like hugo chavez dangerous influence. end the ill-logical, ill-conceived offshore drilling moratorium. it's about time and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? mrs. capps: to addr

mr. poe: mr. speaker, seven more countries now join mexico and the united states to sue the state of arizona. they are nicaragua, peru, paraguay and guatemala. not exactly all champions of human or civil rights. they say illegals in arizona might mistreated. but here's the real kicker, our old state department has sided with these other nations against the american people. it has filed a declaration in the lawsuit saying the arizona law is causing an international incident and hurting foreign policy. now it's nine chris versus arizona. the nerve of our government to side with foreign powers and sue the american people, foreign countries have no business meddling in and dictating american national security. our government is on the wrong side. it should support and defend the constitution and the people of arizona. it should be not be siding with nations that have illeagues in our country. it's nine countries versus arizona. i cast my lot with the people of arizona. and that's just the way it is. t

mr. poe of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. paul: i ask to claim my five minutes at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. paul: mr. speaker, in january, 1991, we went to war in the middle east against saddam hussein. iraq's dictator who was our ally during the iran-iraq war. a border dispute between kuwait and iraq broke out after our state department gave a green light to hussein's invasion. after iraq's successful invasion of kuwait we reacted with gusto and have been militarily involved in the entire region 6,000 miles from our shore ever since. this has included iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, yemen and somalia. after 20 years of killing and a couple of trillion dollars wasted, not only does the fighting continue with no end in sight but the leaders threat ton spread our balms of benevolence on iran. for most americans, we are at war. at war against a tactic called % terrorism. not a country. this allows our military to go any place in the world with without limits as to time or place. but how can we be at

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the administration says there will be spending 1,200 national guard troops to the southern border region on august 1 but they are not going to the actual border. they'll be far behind the lines guarding computers. and the national guard will be unarmed while they are guarding the computers. the border patrol well covepls the national guard at the border, they appreciate the help, but the border patrol agents made it real clear, they need armed national guard to help them stop the criminal cartels at the border. further the border patrol will need to guard the national guard. how does that make sense? mr. speaker, we have 15 million unemployed americans already. we could hire some of those 15 million unemployed to do the technical work behind the lines and the national guard should be armed and on the frontlines of the border doing what they are trained to do, protect the country. we need the national guard with boots on the ground on the border, not rebooting computers somewh

burton, july 20, 27, 28, 29, five minutes each, mr. poe, july 29 for five minutes, mr. jones, july 29 for five minutes, mr. flake, today, for five minutes, mr. putnam, july 27, 28 for five minutes each, and mr. graves of georgia today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? 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 remark, and include therein extraneous materials. ms. woolsey, mr. bright, ms. watson, mr. is a plan, ms. kaptur, mr. defazio. . defazio. 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. mr. moran from kansas. without objection mr. jones: mr. speaker, back in may, i had the privilege of seeing camp lejeune in my district

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i got a letter from a really mad cajun maimed kenny, he's from louisiana and runs an oil related drilling business. it's to the president and says, quote, i am terribly troubled to find jobs for americans you make a hasty decision to stop drilling for six months. did you stop the coal mines? no. did you stop the airlines after the crashes they have had? no. now you want to shut down the oil industry for six months which will hurt tens of thousands of workers. i only hope you understand the trickle-down effect of this will have a disaster on many industries. mr. speaker, the rest of the letter gets a little more colorful but he wants to know why the president is intentionally putting him out of business. maybe the president will write him back. meanwhile, the ill-advised deepwater drilling ban is putting people out of work and the second disaster in the gulf of mexico. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? m

mr. poe of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to provide my five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise this evening to mark a number of very important anniversaries and celebrations within my congressional district. first today i rise todd to honor the compassionate work that goes on in the nearly 100-year-old children aid society house in clearfield, pennsylvania. on this coming august 6, the society will be celebrating its 120th anniversary marking over a century of dedication and service. originally founded as a child welfare agency that served to place orphan children into suitable homes. several auxillaries were established. and they proved instrumental in fundraising and maintaining contact with the children placed in homes. the society also expanded within clearfield and became involved in big brothers, big sisters and health and human services council. they have reseffed praise and support fr