mr. sensenbrenner: i thank the gentleman. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased now to yield to the distinguished the gentleman from virginia, bobby scott, a senior member of the house judiciary committee as much time as he may consume. mr. scott: thank you. and i thank the gentleman for yielding and i join the gentleman from wisconsin and the gentleman from michigan who are leaders of the voting rights act in 2006. they were there and have been fighting the battle for voting rights for a long time. the leadership in reauthorization was the gentleman from wisconsin and the gentleman from michigan and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt. mr. speaker, our right to vote is the very foundation of our democracy. the supreme court noted in west bury v. sanders in 1964 that no right is more precious in a free country than that having a voice in the election of those who make laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. other rights, even the most basic, if the right to vote is undermined. from the initial passage of the voting righ

mr. sensenbrenner of wisconsin for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, -- under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. franks: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton recently issued a stern warning in her testimony before the house and senate committees responsible for oversight of u.s. foreign policy. she referred repeatedly to the need for our country to recognize and respond to what she called a, quote, global jihadist threat. mr. speaker, rarely have i agreed more with secretary clinton. yet mrs. clinton has been worried about this threat before now. she has done an impressive job of concealing it. the same is true of the obama stad ad administration more generally -- obama administration more generally. for the past four years the executive branch has gone to e

mr. sensenbrenner of wisconsin for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. does the gentleman from pennsylvania have a motion? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands >> would require the president to submit a plan that would actually balance the budget. and the sooner we solve our spending problems, the sooner our jobs will be resolved as well. >> good morning. i, too, want to thank dr. price for bringing forth the require a plan act. it will continue to put forward a plan that manages down the debt and deficit in 10 years. we want to see from the president how long he thinks it should take a balance a budget and how he's going to do it. you know, at the end of the day, all of us are here trying to improve the prospects for brighter future for all americans. we believe strongly that the