mr. van hollen and mr. levin to extend emergency unemployment benefits paid for with savings from the farm bill that it seems this house will pass today. to discuss his bill, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from michigan, the ranking member of the ways and means committee, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: you're recognized. mr. levin: let me express very personally why we're asking for a no on the previous question. unemployment insurance lifted 11 million people from poverty since 2008. it kept 2 1/2 million people from poverty in 2012. so, for so many people in this country today, there's a personalmental. -- personal emergency. since the end of this program, december 28, they're facing bills to pay, utility bills, house payment bills, rental bills, money for gas to keep looking for work. these are hardworking americans who are facing the winds of poverty. one of them today is with me for

mr. van hollen of maryland for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, i am pleased to transmit to the congress, pursuant to sections 123-b and 123-d of the atomic energy act of 1954, as amended, the act, the text of a proposed agreement between cooperation between the american institute in taiwan, a.i.t., and the taipei economic and cultural representative office in the united states, tecro, concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. the agreement, i am also pleased to transmit my written approval, authorization and determination concerning the agreement and an unclassified nuclear proliferation assessment statement, npas, concerning the agreement. in accordance with sections 123 of the act, as amended by title 12 of the foreign affairs reform and restructuring act of 1998, public law 105-277, a classified annex to the npas prepared by the secretary of state in consultation with the director o

mr. van hollen and mr. levin to extend emergency unemployment benefits paid for with savings from the farm bill that it seems the house will pass today or tomorrow. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record, along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, the only thing i really need to say other than the absolute requirements here is that we have had a great demonstration in this rule debate on what's going on here. h.r. 7, written by men, discussed before a subcommittee the men, then voted on by main committee composed mostly by men, was brought here today and yet with the exception of the manager of the bill, not a single woman on the other side came to speak on this bill. on our side, we had diversity. we had women, we had men getting up and talking about -- actually, complying with the constitution. and on the other side, we had once again men t