mr. rangel: mr. speaker, i rise to call up h.r. 4213 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4213, a bill to amend the internal rev now code of 198 -- revenue code of 1986. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 955 the bill is considered read. the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extends their remarks and insert extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. will all members please take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. rangel: mr. speaker, this package of extensions of legislation that are being to -- about to expire represents the real need

mr. rangel: mr.peaker, i rise to call up h.r. 4154, the permanent estate tax relief for families, farmers, and small businesses act of 2009. and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4154, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rule in order to prevent tax increases and imposition of clines versions on many more estates than would benefit from repeal to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, and for other purposes. mr. rangel: i ask -- the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 941, the bill is considered as read. the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel -- mr. rangel: i ask that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rangel: in addition, i along with ways and means ranking member david camp, have asked the n

mr. rangel does, anyway. this is the same concept, the same indicator that there are those, and they are in positions of very high power related to our tax structural, that are being treated differently from the ordinary american. . the ordinary american that works in the oil field or the computer industry, if he fails to pay taxes or is late on the taxes, he gets penalty and interest. and he pays them. when the inch r.s. says you owe penalty and interest, you might question them, but when they show you what you owe them, you pay them. we don't get, oh, we forgot who you were, you don't have to pay penalties and interest, didn't realize you were secretary of the treasury or the chairman of the ways and means committee. we don't get treated that way. i don't get treated that way. i would argue that no member of this house gets treated that way with certain exceptions and those exceptions are not right. and this political correctness we've got going in this country, there are things that are right and things th

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: chairman obey, let me thank you for not just saying what we've got to do about jobs, but bringing this all together and doing something about it. one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much of you. and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: let me first thank chairman neal for the great job that he's done over the years in terms of presenting legislation that is so sorely needed. this house -- and let me speculate in terms of how far it's going to go that we're going to have this partisanship in the house of representatives. you know, we have a saying that once we oversee -- once we leave overseas that we leave the republicanic and democratic label behind us -- whether it's the chinese or japanese or the european union, it seems to me that the pride we once had in terms of being the leader of the world, not only in fiscal policy but in foreign policy is on the line. no one out there in our communities are going to look at this as a republican issue or a democratic issue. they are going to look at it as an american issue. and they're going to look at the congress. why? becau

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. ngel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: chairman obey, let me thank you for not just saying what we've got to do about jobs, but bringing this all together and doing something about it. one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much of you. and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home d

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. l: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: chairman obey, let me thank you for not just saying what we've got to do about jobs, but bringing this all together and doing something about it. one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much of you. and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home dist

mr. rangel: permission to revise and extend. thank you, madam speaker. and once again, i thank judge, congresswoman fudge, for taking the time out as well as barbara lee for showing the depth of commitment that we in the congressional black caucus have not only in our communities that has had the brunt of economic setbacks but for the entire country. because in my experience, it appears as though our great nation's national security is at stake. we can talk about the terrorists. we can talk about those that are out to destroy our way of life, but we can destroy our own way of life, because what made america great is not the bankers, but those people who thought in this great country, they could aspire and work hard and no limits on what they could achieve. but unemployment is more than a statistic. loss of a job means more than losing your house and health care. it also means losing your dignity. i cannot foresee how it's possible to have an economic recovery and have a jobless state in the economy. it seems to me that more important than the exchange of

means committee, randolph worked out of new york, i'm hopeful that chairman rangel may have met him and knew him as well. so mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time and urge support for the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize plsmed smith: i support house resolution 150, which recognizes asa philip randolph for his lifelong leadership and work to end discrimination and secure equal employment and labor opportunities for all americans. he's one of the most well-known trade unionists of his time and helped found the modern civil rights movement. mr. randolph moved to the harlem district of new york city in 1911, when where he organized black voters in favor of labor rights. in 1970, he co-founded a magazine, the messenger, calling for more opportunities for african-americans in the war industry. in 1955, he organized the brotherhood of sleeping carporters. this was the first serious effort to organize a labor union for the pullm

mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from north dakota for yielding. and i also thank chairman rangel for his work and also particularly the gentleman from north dakota for his long-time dedication to resolving this issue and making it fair and permanent for families who are trying to plan estates. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak against the motion to recommit and in favor of h.r. 4154, the permanent estate tax relief for families, farmers, and small business act of 2009. the bill before us creates permanent financial guidelines for the future of families, farmers, and small businesses across this country. due to the policy enacted in 2001 under the republican leadership, financial planning for a states since then has been at best unpredictable, a crapshoot for now a decade. the leadership at that time had a chance to fix this problem because we had surpluses as far as the eye could see, but they failed to act and by doing so they failed hundreds -- or thousands ever families in this country. -- of families in this contry. despite as i said earlier, a picture of record surpluses as