mr. schock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. schock: thank you, mr. speaker. last night i offered a simple amendment to study the economic impact of this body delaying the enactment of the colombia free trade agreement. while majority accepted my amendment, it was clear that my amendment would not be included in the final version of the bill. and as such, i requested a recorded vote as is my right as a member of the house of representatives. this right was then denied to me by the majority. this goes directly against what the speaker said in her new direction for america and i quote, every person in america has a right to have his or her voice heard. no member of congress should be silenced on the floor, end quote. i had an issue that i thought should be included in the bill and i have a right to try to amend the bill to include this provision. i follow the majority's requirements, jumped through all of their new hoops to offer this amendment. i followed all of the rules yet was denied not because of procedure, not because of dec

mr. schock of illinois. three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. schock: i rise in opposition to house resolution 626. what we do here in the united states house and the united states congress sets as predon't, -- precedent, not only for the people we employee as a federal government but also who small businesses and large businesses around our country employee. the standards we set, the expectations we have in terms of benefits. and i, like everyone else, enjoy federal benefits. my employees here as a member of congress enjoy our great benefits plan. unfortunately, back home in central illinois, my individuals there are not employed by the federal government. by and large, they're employed by the private sector. and unfortunately for them, this is a time for them not looking to expand their benefit programs, not going to their employers, asking for more. but they're thankful for the paycheck they've go and -- they've got. it seems to me a little disingenuous by those in support of the legislation that at a time we're talking about stimulating the e

mr. schock, my good friend, he and i have a good relationship, we've traveled together, i think he's a good member, he offered we accepted it. notwithstanding that, it took 20 minutes of debate and would be stouget a vote. if you multiply 25, say 15 minute vote. if you multiply that by 127, you come to a high number, making it impossible for us to complete the appropriations process by the end of this jewel. if we don't finish it by the end of july we won't have the opportunity to conference with the senate and therefore would not be able to complete the process in a timely fashion. i don't know whether that's the objective of some, but it is certainly not my objective. as a result, i was not here but mr. obey felt it necessary for us to go to the rules committee for the purposes of constraining time so that in a body of 435 people in which everybody has an opportunity to do five minutes and perhaps get to some -- get yielded some additional time from somebody else who takes five minutes, it would be impossible to complete 10 amendments, much less 127 minutes in a time frame we agreed to in

mr. schock. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i move that the committee to do now rise -- that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. price: mr. chairman, i believe that the gentleman from illinois was on his feet prior to the gentleman asking that the committee do rise. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia had a preferential motion. mr. price: i thank the chair. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the committee rises. >> mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the chair will count for a recorded vote. the chair: the chair will count for a quorum. the speaker pro tempore: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. on the motion to rise. [captioning made possible by the nationa

mr. schock of illinois. the chair: the question is on -- the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the shock amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. >> mr. speaker, on that i'd like a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five opinion minute vote -- five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 179, the nays are 236. the amendment is not agreed to. for what purpose does does the minority leader rise? mr. boehner: i

mr. schock, had been disposed of and the bill had been read through page 4, line 7. pursuant to house resolution 552, no further general debate shall be in order. no further amendment shall be in order except, one, amendments number 3, 6, 19, 22, 25, 31, 35, 41, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 71, 93, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 111, 114 and 118 printed in the congressional record of june 15, 2009, which may be offered only by the member who submitted it for printing or a designee. and, two, not to exceed 10 of the following amendments if offered by the ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or his designee. amendments numbered 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 100 and 108 printed june 15, 2009. each amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by an opponent and proproponent and shall not be subject for demand on the question. an amendment smay be offered by -- a pro forma amendment for the purpose of debate following consideration any amendment previously described. the clerk wil

mr. speaker, i demand a separate vote on the following amendments, mollohan number1, schock number 8, bordallo number 19, moore number 3, boswell number 41, nadler number 31, bernice johnson number 35, cuellar number 102, hodes number 98, and reichert number 114. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman will put the question on the remaining amendment. the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it.