mr. rooney: mr. speaker, i have no speakers so i'd yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. it's with great pleasure that this bill comes to a conclusion. "the new york times," we passed this in the 110th congress, we couldn't get the senate to agree on the language. we did it in this congress. it was a victory for writing, said "the new york times." a rare achievement for the senate to pass this particular bill by unanimous vote and it was an important bill that protects americans from the whill whim it's of -- whims of foreign libel judgments. this bill will safeguard authors and publishers threatened with ruinous foreign judgments. the united states, this particular first amendment rights which have been jeopardized in places where the burden was shifted. so it's important as "the new york times" suggested and what is an outstonding -- outstanding editorial, men

mr. rooney. mr. rooney: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes mr. scott. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from wisconsin for her leadership on this bill as well as the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble. this is important legislation. it will protect a lot of seniors and i would hope that we pass the bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yield back the balance of his time. all time now having expired, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3040. as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the -- the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the cha

mr. rooney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd just like to remind mr. delahunt that "sports illustra illustrated" named the city of pittsburgh the city of champions. i don't know if "sports illustrated" ever did that for anywhere in massachusetts. >> we'll have that conversation later, mr. rooney. >> okay, okay. mr. chairman, and to our guest speaker, i just want to -- as mr. coble sort of alluded to and i apologize for having my opening statement being in the broad sense of a question but just generally speaking i too am interested in the state of florida and how it pertains to the realtors, specifically with how you subjectively or objectively look at claimants with regard to loss and, you knowthis idea of what is a loss, whether it's one block or how many blocks from the beach and from the spill and if you look at it in the context of specifically with the state of florida, the real estate industry, whether it be reynolds or sales or resales is a huge part of our economy obviously and just to sort of -- if possible give some focus to how realtors wil

mr. rooney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd just like to remind mr. delahunt that "sports illustra illustrated" named the city of pittsburgh the city of champions. i don't know if "sports illustrated" ever did that for anywhere in massachusetts. >> we'll have that conversation later, mr. rooney. >> okay, okay. mr. chairman, and to our guest speaker, i just want to -- as mr. coble sort of alluded to and i apologize for having my opening statement being in the broad sense of a question but just generally speaking i too am interested in the state of florida and how it pertains to the realtors, specifically with how you subjectively or objectively look at claimants with regard to loss and, you know, this idea of what is a loss, whether it's one block or how many blocks from the beach and from the spill and if you look at it in the context of specifically with the state of florida, the real estate industry, whether it be reynolds or sales or resales is a huge part of our economy obviously and just to sort of -- if possible give some focus to how realtors w