mr. schiff asked for. and that is they -- the proposed increase for 2011 the members of the court is 1.4%. that's the mandatory increase. and for the court personnel, it's 1.4% also. so that shows that it's different from the 5%. that's the overall budget. and they're unrelated. with respect to who is -- i was asked when i -- in my early years on the court to participate, be part of the budget committee. and that meant that i came up here as a part of that and testified. i don't know how that selection was made. except when the chief justice asks you to do something, you normally try to be positive and be a part and help him out. i think it's good for the courts and good for the institution to be asked to do these things. and i think it's like anything else. you get used to it. and you know the process. and they like that continuity. especially with a new chief justice. and he asked that we participate in this. and i think it's -- we -- i think i speaking for me, i enjoy this. i know -- gotten to know the

mr. schiff asked for. and that is they -- the proposed increase for 2011 the members of the court is 1.4%. that's the mandatory increase. and for the court personnel, it's 1.4% also. so that shows that it's different from the 5%. that's the overall budget. and they're unrelated. with respect to who is -- i was asked when i -- in my early years on the court to participate, be part of the budget committee. and that meant that i came up here as a part of that and testified. i don't know how that selection was made. except when the chief justice asks you to do something, you normally try to be positive and be a part and help him out. i think it's good for the courts and good for the institution to be asked to do these things. and i think it's like anything else. you get used to it. and you know the process. and they like that continuity. especially with a new chief justice. and he asked that we participate in this. and i think it's -- we -- i think i speaking for me, i enjoy this. i know -- gotten to know the

mr. schiff of california. ms. loretta sanchez of california. mr. marshall of georgia. mr. garamendi of california. mr. quigley of illinois. mr. smith of washington. ms. woolsey of california. mr. defazio of oregon. ms. kaptur of oregon. excuse me. of ohio. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a treat to join you and my colleagues once again this evening and talk about a subject that has been troublesome to all of us for some number of months now. that is the state of the economy, the problem with unemployment and the various causes and factors that caused some of the tremendous level of distress economically which we've been experiencing. and sometimes it's helpful as we weigh into a rather broad subject about jobs and the economy, it's good to take a look back a little bit and see what we can learn from some of the lessons of history and how we got into the mess in the first place. some of the first rather t

mr. schiff of california, ms. sanchez of california, mr. marshall of california, mr. garamendi of california, ms. chu of california, mr. smith of washington, ms. woolsey of california, mr. defazio of oregon and ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: take mr. moran's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you for the time, yesterday congresswoman wasserman schultz and fellow members of congress held a great press conference with the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives on how to make our offices more energy efficient. representing such natural wonder iris like the florida keys national marine sanctuary, i'm sensitive to the impact of our daily routine on the environment. i'm a supporter of the green proposals, such as increasing the fuel eff

mr. schiff, to preside over the committee of preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2499 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of puerto rico. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. general debate shall not exceed one hour and 30 minutes with one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on natural resources and 30 minutes controlled by the the gentlewoman from new york, mr. velazquez, or her designee. the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, and the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, each will control 30 minutes. the the gentlewoman from -- the gentlewoman from new york mr. will control 30 minutes -- from new york will control 30 minutes. when the house is in order the chair will recognize the gentleman. come to order. the committee will come to order. memb

mr. chan. go ahead. >> caller: i hope the select peop for this commission who have the ability to predict is happening, you, ron paul has been talking about this for years. peter schiff has challenged allen greenspan. peter schiff being of course the connecticut senate candidate. he predicted this years ago. and peter schiff has challenged alan greenspan to a debate. so i would suggest that they did people that project, predicted this event to be on the commission. because they have the answers. >> host: to commission has ordered an established where the graphic that has the name of the members. we will put that on the screen and asked mr. chan to talk about whether or not there are any skeptics i guess to characterize it probably, that are among the members who populate it. >> guest: skeptics of the d. regulatory philosophy? assure. i think one of the most interesting exchanges yesterday was with between mr. greenspan and commissioner born. ms. born was chairwoman of the commodity futures trading commission during the clinton administration. at the time it was before she took it over i think a very sleepy, obscure regular agency. the name is incredible to most peopl