mr. scott: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1082. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1082, resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the fourth annual america saves week. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, and the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. biggert, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the legislation and to insert extraneous materials thereon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume at this point. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of house resolution 1082, which supports the goals and ideals of the fourth annual america saves week, which was held f

mr. scott: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from ohio for his leadership in bringing us together to make sure we discuss the importance of creating jobs. i think it's important that we put our job efforts in perspective, because a little over a year ago when this administration came into office, we were losing jobs at the rate of over 700,000 per month, every month. 700,000 jobs a month. and we passed the -- reacted to it bypassing the american recovery and reinvestment act. we have slowly made some progress. losing fewer and fewer jobs every month. but that's obviously not sufficient. we have to do better than that. we have to put this in perspective. we are losing all of those jobs and we found ourselves not only in the ditch in the economy but with the federal budget. we had a huge deficit, which limited our ability to respond to this challenge. we are also shooting at a moving target. just this week, the virginia legislature, my home state of virginia, will pass a budget that will cut approxim

mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: mr. speaker, america's been debating health care for over 100 years and during this debate we have heard complaints and blame and misrepresentation, slogans, even name calling, but today, we finally get to discuss the bill. the bill will provide affordable health care insurance to over 32 million americans who are uninsured including those with pre-existing conditions. this bill will provide security for those who have insurance because 1,000 americans will no longer lose their insurance every day and others will no longer have to watch the cost of their insurance skyrocket every year. insurance companies will no longer be able to cancel payments or stop making payments. no longer those with health care have to make co-payments for preventative services or go bankrupt because the bills provide affordable limits on co-pays and deductibles and the legislation will provide affordable insurance to all americ

expert and mr. scott mentioned blame. -- mr. etherege and mr. scott mentioned land.e deficit, but we are all to blame for that deficit. i am afraid you -- we are not blaming anyone here but all of us. mr. scott says that there is no plan. the opposite is true. mr. ryan has the only plan that deals with this problem, the only plants that deals with the insolvency of the park -- of the country. even the president does not have a plan to deal with that. health care reform is budget reform -- even if you accept the gimmicks to plug in at night for -- that number, that does not solve the problems on the board. we need to solve that before we do anything. members, we are going bankrupt. this will increase that bankruptcy. we need to deal with our debt and deficits. i yield back. >> the book now occurs on the motion of mr. campbell. all those in favor, say hi. all opposed, appeared in the opinion of the chair, the nose have it. >> i'll ask for recorded vote. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no.

mr. scott, no. mr. langivin, aye. mr. larsen, no. mr. bishop, no. ms. moore, no. mr. connelly, no.chrad event r. mr. moore, no. mr. ryan, aye. mr. hencer link, aye. mr. garrett. mr. diaz, aye. mr. simpson, aye. mr. mchenry, aye. mr. mac, aye. mr. campbell, aye. mr. jordan, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. aderholt, aye. mr. nunez, aye. mr. harper, aye. mr. latta, aye. mr. spratt, no. >> are there additional members who wish to be recorded? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> on that vote, the ayes are >> the health care committee finished its work on health care monday when the committee passed a reconciliation bill. the measure now goes to the rules committee wednesday to set the parameters of debate for the house floor. for more information, visit c- span.org/healthcare. >> "washington journal" is next where we look at today's news and take your calls. we will talk about the water preservation measure and a wilderness bill. coming up this hour, we will get an update on health care legislation and talk about the november elections. next hour, a look at the financial situation in

mr. scott is recognized for the purposes of that motion for six and half minutes. >> thank you, mr.chairman. can i get chart number one? we have seen a lot of the chart with exploding debt. i think it's important to just read that up the time a little bit because this chart shows where we were in 2001 with projections showing that by now we would have been into surpluses no debt held by the public a position that we would have been in for half of the 21st century. we got there by making tough choices, spending cuts and targeted tax increases the dow jones industrial average almost quadrupled, record number of jobs unfortunately eight years we created the new chart that you keep shoving and we are going to fix that just as we did in 1993. we just can't do it right now while we are in the middle of a recession. we are going to fix it and expect complaints and a plane and no help on the tough choices that are required to fix the financial mess. now earlier this evening, i said that the republicans had no plan that it's just complain and blame and i would like to apologize to the rankin

mr. scott, aye. mr. bishop, aye. mr. connolly, aye. mr. more, aye. mr. edwards, aye. mr. ryan, no. mr. garrett, no. mr. simpson, no. mr. mechanic, no. mr. mack, no. mr. jordan, no. mr. austria, no. mr. harper, no. mr. spratt, aye. >> are there additional members who wish to be recorded? anybody wishes to change the vote? if not, the clerk will announce the vote. >> on that boat, the ayes 24, the no's 15. >> 21 aye and 15 no. the motion is agreed to. is there an additional motion on the republican side? you're recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. who would have thought in this great country we would have seen the things we have over this past year? who would that we could see the president of the united states fire the ceo of general motors? who would have thought that we could see this congress passed a $700 billion stimulus program that has not done anything? who would have thought that and the united states of america, we would have a pay czar telling private citizens how much money they can make? who would have thought that we have a 1.4 trillion dollar debt?

the energy, mr. scott what's your new committee name? energy, education and labor committee under the leadership of mr. george miller of california. all of these committees working together with the budget committee led by john spratt of texas and louise slaughter of new york -- did i say texas? excuse me, from south carolina. i'll personally apologize to him for that. john spratt from south carolina and louise slaughter from new york leading the rules committee. all these individuals working together to get us to the point where we were last night. the passage of this bill is monumental. it is historic. yesterday was not an ordinary day in the house of representatives. i thank my colleagues who voted for this legislation and i look forward to the results that it will yield. at this time, i will yield back my time to the congresswoman from the virgin islands. mrs. christensen: thank you, congressman butter feel. thank you for going through the process we have gone through over the past year. it's been a little difficult, i think, for the

mr. scott: thank you very much, mr. speaker. it's very significant that we're having this debate on sunday, the lord's day, because this is a day of faith and we're going to have to step forward on fate and courage. there are many people out here who have been warning us and threatening us as to whether or not what will happen to us in the november elections if we vote on this bill. that's not the question. the question is not what will happen to us in november, the question is, what will happen to the american people if we do not vote on this bill? that is why we've got to step out on faith, we've got to step out on courage. the american people are expecting it. each and every one of us were elected here for some great purpose, at some great time. well, that great purpose is for health care for all the american people and the time is now. vote yes for this bill. and make america proud. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york reserves the balance of her time. the g

mr. scott: the side to be on is the american people's side. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise? mr. young: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: madam speaker, we talk about reform. we're for reform and you're for reform, but 2,700 pages of what? 2,700 pages. the bible runs 1,341 in it. let me tell you on page 2,017 of this bill. eligibility for nontraditional individuals with income below 130% of the poverty level a section of the social security act of 40 u.s.c., 96-usba says adding or at the end of the subclause 7 and by end at the following new subclause 8 who are under 65 years of age, who are not described in subclauses of this clause, whose family -- procedures specified by the secretary in consultation with the health choices commissioner does not exceed 133.3% of the official poverty line as defined by the office of management and budget according to 632 of the budg

a vote now will curse on the last motion offered by mr. scott. all of those in favor say aye all those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it read the ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the house budget committee wrapping up its work for the day. earlier they voted 21-16 to move big reconciliation bill for. that legislation will be used as a vehicle to make changes to the senate passed health care bill. the next stop for the reconciliation bill is the house rules committee which is expected to meet on wednesday. "the washington post" writing that that rules committee, that panel on which the democrats had a have in mind -- go for it bandage welp smoke out the language by the budget committee today today substituting the amendments that have been crafted in consultation with democratic leaders, chairman and the white house. supporters of the legislation hope the process will end with a final passage vote in the house floor by the end of th

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mr.{~}{-|}\mister scott is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you \mr.{~}{-|}\mister chairman. dr. shah let me first of all commend you and the obama administration for the very quick response to the situation in haiti. i would like to ask you a few questions about that if i may. first of all, as of today, how much money has usaid spent in the disaster relief in haiti? >> i believe the overall federal commitment has been just over $600 million, maybe just over 600 and 30 million. of that amount, i think usaid has been approximately 350 million with the majority of the alternative part of that being department of defense spending. >> and which leads to my next question, where has that money been spent by category? >> i would have to provide you more specific rate down but the more areas have been a disaster relief account which immediately supported priorities for urban search-and-rescue. we sent our to train international search-and-rescue teams but also for five other teams that were stood up by fema so that we had at any one time more than 500 american search-and-rescue professio

mr.{~}{-|}\mister scott is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you \mr.{~}{-|}\mister chairman. dr.shah let me first of all commend you and the obama administration for the very quick response to the situation in haiti. i would like to ask you a few questions about that if i may. first of all, as of today, how much money has usaid spent in the disaster relief in haiti? >> i believe the overall federal commitment has been just over $600 million, maybe just over 600 and 30 million. of that amount, i think usaid has been approximately 350 million with the majority of the alternative part of that being department of defense spending. >> and which leads to my next question, where has that money been spent by category? >> i would have to provide you more specific rate down but the more areas have been a disaster relief account which immediately supported priorities for urban search-and-rescue. we sent our to train international search-and-rescue teams but also for five other teams that were stood up by fema so that we had at any one time more than 500 american search-and-rescue profession

mr. speaker, let me begin by thanking chairman cohen, chairman conyers, chairman scott, and ranking member poe and all of their staff for their support and work on this issue. i'm proud to have sponsored this resolution and hope that all of my colleagues will support this simple but important effort. this is an important effort. it's an important step. youth violence is spreading all across our country. in my congressional district the center for disease control, the district attorney, the partnership against domestic violence, colleges, high school, and, yes, even middle schools have been seeing an increase in abusive teen relationships. fear, stalking, bullying, violence, and abuse are unacceptable and always shocking. but it is tragic that the domestic abuse is a very real part of our children's relationship. we see it in the headlines, we see it on the streets, we see it with our own children. mr. speaker, we must break this change. we must start this cycle -- stop this cycle from being repeated over and over and over again. the c.d.c. working with liz claiborne inc. to develop dating

joining us now is a man who stands by the seal, a former navy seal himself, scott taylor running for congress in virginia. mr. taylor, thank you for being here. >> good morning, dave and alisyn. how are you all. >> you say you're also in constant contact with matthew mccabe, how is he doing this week, his trial on may 3rd. how is it feeling about it? >> first, i'd like to recognize first petty officers adam brown who gave america the ultimate sacrifice, prayers out to his family, teammates and friends. matthew mccabe's morale is high, continuing to work as a team and preparing of course, and is in good spirits. >> what the latest on the trial. i understand an immunity ruling and what would it mean to navy seals like yourself and the ones currently serving if in fact in they are court martialed. >> well, first, fortunately of course the first hearing for the pay officers, the other seals can testify on behalf of the defense and not face prosecution themselves. that's a positive of course and sends a horrible message to us as operators that have to go out of course every single night and take care of things in

berkowitz, ivy english, andrew fishburn, laura hoffmeister, scott mathews, mena sharma, max updike. mr. president? the presiding officer: would the senators hold for a moment. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 331, h.r. 4872, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of the current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, s. con res. 13. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: madam president, for the information of all senators -- i might ask the senator from new hampshire if he agrees, it is probably best to alternate time back and forth, each side, say, roughly one half-hour blocks of time, if that meets the approval -- mr. gregg: madam president, i would suggest we do that for the first two hours at least, until we see how this is evolving. so the first half-hour would go to the majority, then the second half-hour would go to the republican side, third half-hour to the majority -- mr. baucus: that would be my intention. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: madam president, this morning president oba

joining me now to talk about it is scott paul, executive director of the alliance for american manufacturing. mrve you back with us tonight. is this the first time that we've ever really taken a close look at where the jobs are being lost? >> absolutely it is. i think it's illuminating. the results even surprised me. we were able to drill down with this economic policy institute data and find from california to maine just how many jobs were lost and by industry as well. and i think the challenge for washington is going to be jobs are the number-one issue. voters are angry. china's clearly eating our lunch. i think they're going to expect answers. so far all they've seen is more outsourcing to china. >> hardest hit areas as far as districts are concerned. there's eight in california, four in north carolina, three in texas, two in massachusetts and one each in georgia, oregon and alabama. losing more than 8,600 jobs. now, is this just by chance that these parts of the country are getting hit so hard? or is it just industry targeted? >> there's a common thread. it is the industry that's competing w

scott proast. i also want to honor, mr. speaker, the staffs of the house committees on ways and means, energy and commerce, education and labor, rules, and the budget. as well as the staff of the c.b.o., doug elman dorf, phil ellis, kate massey, pete fountaine, and the whole c.b.o. health care team along with tom and everyone on the staffer on the joint committee on taxation who contributed to their estimates. and finally, two remarkable staffers in my office. have made health reform the cause of their lives and just about every one of their waking hours for the past year. liz murray and ed lorenzi. thank you very much. mr. speaker, one of my staffers, my deputy chief of staff, has a 4-year-old daughter. she's a beautiful young woman. she's a smart young woman. her name is could he let -- collette. a few days ago a neighbor asked collette where her mom was. and i'm told that she answered, she's at work making sure everyone can go see a doctor. thanks, mom. thanks to all the moms throughout america who when we pass this bill

in the "wall street journal" yesterday, march 10, there was an article by scott rasmussen and doug schoen. mr. rasmussen is an independent pollster. mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr. president, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and mr. schoen. they say, "60% of voters believe passage of the president's plan will lead to higher deficits." and they're right about that. and why do i say that? because -- because not included in the comprehensive health care plan that the president has yet to send up -- we don't have a bill yet. we have an 11-page memo which are suggested recommendations in a 2,700-page senate bill, so we don't have a bill, but the plan does not include what it costs to

in the "wall street journal" yesterday, march 10, there was an article by scott rasmussen and doug schoen. mr. rasmussen is an independent pollster. mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr. president, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and >> 60% of voters think it will lead to higher deficits. they are right about that. not included in the health care plan that the president has yet to send up, we do not have a bill yet. we have an 11 page memo. we do not have a bill. the plan does not include what it costs to pay doctors for serving medicare patients over the next 10-years. according to the president's own budget, that costs $371 billion over 10-years. what we are being asked to believe i

in the "wall street journal" yesterday, march 10, there was an article by scott rasmussen and doug schoen. mrsmussen is an independent pollster. mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr. president, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and mr. schoen. they say, "60% of voters believe passage of the president's plan will lead to higher deficits." and they're right about that. and why do i say that? because -- because not included in the comprehensive health care plan that the president has yet to send up -- we don't have a bill yet. we have an 11-page memo which are suggested recommendations in a 2,700-page senate bill, so we don't have a bill, but the plan does not include what it costs to pay

mr. warner: thank you, senator whitehouse. madam president, unanimous consent request unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to the following member of senator cardin's staff: scott glick, during the pendency of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: i appreciate senator whitehouse's comments and pointing out one more example of the qualified nominee that needs toc needs to be votea aproved up or down. i now call on my colleague from illinois, senator burris. mr. burris: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: it is a pleasure for me to join in this very, very important position in the united states senate. i'm proud to join my democratic colleagues on the floor this morning to discuss some of the obstructionism we're seeing from the other side on a number of presidential nominations. it is a duty of the senate to provide advise and consent for more than 2,000 government officials appointed by the president of the united states. these individuals range from cabinet-level officers to agency administrators, ambassadors, federal judges, and more. they are tasked with leading important agencies a

a disevment lin baker, mary baker, brittany dur religion, scott matthews, greg sullivan, maximilian updike and mina sharma. and i ask consent, mr. president, that jim kineely and roshat guthren, both detailees, be granted floor privileges throughout consideration of this bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: is it the order that the senator from texas will have the floor? if not -- the presiding officer: there is no order to that effect. mr. rockefeller: business as usual. the presiding officer: correct. mr. rockefeller: i yield proudly to the senator from texas. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank the distinguished chairman of the committee, and i want to say, as the ranking member of the commerce committee, that i believe this f.a.a. reauthorization bill is a very good, solid bill. it is very bipartisan, and we have worked through many of the sticky issues that have held up the long-term extension of f.a.a. reauthorization, i think, in a bill that most everyone on this floor will support, if the bill stays as it has come out of the

scott hartge post office. . the speaker pro tempore: purpt to the rule, the gentleman from missouri, mr. clay and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. clay: i now yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 4624. this legislation will designate the facility of the u.s. postal service located at 125 kerr avenue in rome city, indiana, as the specialist nicholas scott hartge post office, army specialist hartge was raised in the small town of rome city in northeastern indiana. after the terrorists attacks of september 11, 2001, specialist hartge enlisted in the infantry while still in high school and stationed in germany before deploying to iraq. on may 14, 2007, specialist hartge's patrol came under heavy attack. he was killed in combat when his humvee hit a roadside bomb while maneuvering under int

. >> mr. scott? >> mr. scott, aye. >> mr. larson? >> aye. >> mr. larson, aye. mr. bishop? >> aye. >> mr. bishop, aye. miss moore? miss moore, aye. mr. colonelly? mr. conley, aye. mr. schroeter? mr. moore? mr. moore? aye. mr. hensarling? mr. hensarling? mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. diaz ballard? >> no. >> mr. simpson? >> no. >> mr. mchenry? >> no. >> mr. mack? mr. mack, no. mr. campbell? mr. camp bel, no. mr. jordan? >> no. mr. jordan, no. miss llamas? >> no. >> mr. austria? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt? >> no. >> mr. adderhalt, no. mr. nunez? >> no. >> mr. harper? >> no. >> mr. latter? >> no. >> mr. sprat? >> aye. >> mr. spratt, aye. >> mr. ryan? >> no. >> mr. ryan, no. >> are there members who wish to record their votes who have not voted or change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 21, the nos 16. >> there being 21 ayes and 16 nos, the motion is agreed to and the reconciliation act of 2010 is ordered reported to the house without recommendation. i would note for the record that a quarom is present. without obje

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following staff be allowed floor privileges during consideration of the pending bill, mary baker, ivy english, sam cone, scott matthews, pheta . the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: i understand that we have two amendments that will be put on shortly, the thune amendment and the grassley amendment. let me say a few words about each. first, the grassley amendment. the grassley amendment essentially extends the formula under which doctors are wade -- reimbursed for medicare services by three more months. the underlying bill, the formula that's called sustainable growth rate, known as s.g.r., is extended for seven months. frankly, it's my preference, strange as this might sound, that it not be seven months, but three months. we negotiated out these provisions, it turned out that the extension is seven months. now, you might ask why do i favor three month extension rather than seven months? the main reason -- there are two reasons. the main reason, mr. president, is that i firmly expect health care reform to be passed within three months. and if the formula, the sustainable growth, is extended fo