mr. waxman and mr. pallone and other members of the leadership to make this important legislation an important priority. the act will provide the f.d.a. with some of the resources and authority to effectively monitor our food supply. as chairman of the subcommittee on oversight investigation, i have held 13 food safety hearings, examining the failures of the f.d.a. and food industry to protect our nation's food supply. the findings of these investigations highlighted the needs for the first major overhaul of our food safety laws in 70 years. among its key provisions, this would establish a food tracing system and provide the f.d.a. with recall authority. this bill is not perfect, but it is improvement over current law. i urge the next congress to look closely at providing the f.d.a. with a dedicated revenue extreme for inspection, requiring country of origin labeling and giving the f.d.a. the subpoena power it needs. despite the lack of these provisions, this bill as compromised with the senate, is a go

mr. waxman, and the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, will each control 20 minutes. and the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the record. -- in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. waxman: madam speaker, i yield to myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of h.r. 5809, an act to re-authorize the diesel emission reduction act, or dera. since enactment in 2005, dera has provided significant public health benefits, improved our national energy security and helped create jobs. today's bill will authorize the continuation of this successful program for 2012 through 2016. it also slightly modifies the program to improve its effectiveness and administration. diesel engines are the workhorses of the economy. they are used to take students to school,

mr. waxman, is recognized for two minutes. mr. waxman: mr. speaker and my colleagues, the senate only passed this bill a couple of nights ago. and so we have now the opportunity to vote to take it or reject it. some on the other side of the aisle, republicans are saying we should reject the whole bill because of the tester amendment which exempts small farmers, producers and facilities. we didn't have that in our bill and i would have preferred that the senate not adopted that provision, but i don't think it's a reason to vote against this whole bill. this bill is a good bill. it is supported by the consumer federation of america, the consumers union, the national consumers league, the trust for america's health, the american public health is association. it's supported by major industry groups, the food marketing institute, the grocery manufacturers association and the u.s. chamber of commerce. now, i would assume that some big operations don't like the fact that small ones are going to be exempt. they're only exempt from a couple of the pro

mr. waxman and mr. pallone and other members of the leadership to make this important legislation an important priority. the act will provide the f.d.a. with some of the resources and authority to effectively monitor our food supply. as chairman of the subcommittee on oversight investigation, i have held 13 food safety hearings, examining the failures of the f.d.a. and food industry to protect our nation's food supply. the findings of these investigations highlighted the needs for the first major overhaul of our food safety laws in 70 years. among its key provisions, this would establish a food tracing system and provide the f.d.a. with recall authority. this bill is not perfect, but it is improvement over current law. i urge the next congress to look closely at providing the f.d.a. with a dedicated revenue extreme for inspection, requiring country of origin labeling and giving the f.d.a. the subpoena power it needs. despite the lack of these provisions, this bill as compromised with the senate, is a go

mr. waxman and mr. pallone and other members of the leadership to make this important legislation an important priority. the act will provide the f.d.a. with some of the resources and authority to effectively monitor our food supply. as chairman of the subcommittee on oversight investigation, i have held 13 food safety hearings, examining the failures of the f.d.a. and food industry to protect our nation's food supply. the findings of these investigations highlighted the needs for the first major overhaul of our food safety laws in 70 years. among its key provisions, this would establish a food tracing system and provide the f.d.a. with recall authority. this bill is not perfect, but it is improvement over current law. i urge the next congress to look closely at providing the f.d.a. with a dedicated revenue extreme for inspection, requiring country of origin labeling and giving the f.d.a. the subpoena power it needs. despite the lack of these provisions, this bill as compromised with the senate, is a go

mr. waxman. so, it's with -- i would not normally rush to the floor but given that i had given my word to chairman waxman, i felt it a necessity to express to the subcommittee chairman, mr. boucher, that while we agree with all of the process arguments that mr. terry annunciated, we think they're very valid, the policy in the bill is good policy and i would ask that it be supported for that reason. and i thank the gentleman from nebraska for yielding such time. i yield back. mr. terry: i yield back. mr. boucher: madam speaker, i yield back the time we have remaining. the speaker pro tempore: the question now occurs, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3386. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise in mr. boucher: madam

mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. : i rise in strong support of h.r. 847 the james zadroga 9/11 health and compensation act. i thank frank pallone and my colleagues from new york on the committee, eliot engel and anthony wiener and representative maloney and nadler and the whole new york city delegation, who are tireless in their support of this bill. this is an important piece of legislation that will attempt to provide the services to first responders and community residents who develop illness as a result of their exposure to the massive toxic dust include that blanketted lower manhattan after the terrorist attack on september 11, 2001. i urge all members to support this legislation. and i will have a further detailed description of it in my prepared statement. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cole: i t

mr. waxman, that would be the bill we would be voting on. as you know this is not the bill. this is a different bill. and so i urge my colleagues with that to vote against the bill and i yield back the balance of my time. so we can move on to other important bills. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. doyle: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doyle: i would say to my friend that this bill is identical to the bill that we had in the house. it's an identical bill. it's identical in portion. it's not the entire bill we had in the house. this portion of the bill is identical to the bill that we had in the house. i would hope my colleagues would join our colleagues in the senate in supporting this legislation. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pittsburgh yields back his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3874. so many as are in favor s

mr. waxman: i yield -- >> i yield to myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i urge my colleagues to support the food safety provisions. with the help of my good friend, the gentleman from texas, reported the bill unanimously. mr. dingell: why is it here? it's substantially the same as the bill passed by the hoss and substantially the same as that passed by the senate. it cures the weak thovepbs food and drug administration and the fact that about a third to a quarter of our food is imported from abroad where there's no real protection for american consumers. some 5,000 americans die every year of bad food, 300,000 go to the hospital and 77 million get sick. this bill gives the food and drug administration the authority to do what needs to be done. if we do not pass this legislation, we'll find that legislation like this cannot come to the floor before late in the spring or in the summer of next year. i urge my colleagues to respect the problems that we have, see to it that americans are protected agains

mr. chairman and to chairman waxman aselas members on both sides of the aisle f their work in those profound issues of the day and even a generation. on things like energy, health care, transformation effects that the whole broad band era has brought to this country and our culture, and while we didn't accomplish everything that i think we set out to accomplish, we got a lot done, and there's a lot to be done. my district back in ohio is a very rural district. it's app ration ohio where people are good and work hard and a lot of good things going for us back there, but there's a lot of challenges we have, and we share those challenges with the rest of rural ameca, and one of the things that you think about the committee, i think, is the affect that it can have on bridging the divide that exists between urban and suburb america and rural america and certainly the divide does exist when it comes to accesses education certainly with regard to accessing health care, and i encourage the committee to be every bit as ambitious in tackling some of those challenges in the upcoming session of congress

mr. chairman and to chairman waxman as well as members on both sides of the aisle for their work in those profound issues of the day and even a generation. on things like energy, health care, transformation effects that the whole broad band era has brought to this country and our culture, and while we didn't accomplish everything that i think we set out to accomplish, we got a lot done, and there's a lot to be done. my district back in ohio is a very rural district. it's app ration ohio where people are good and work hard and a lot of good things going for us back there, but there's a lot of challenges we have, and we share those challenges with the rest of rural america, a one of the things that you think about the committee, i think, is the affect that it can have on bridging the divide that exists between urban and suburb america and rural america and certainly the divide does exist when it comes to accesses education certainly with regard to accessing health care, and i encourage the committee to be every bit as ambitious in tackling some of those challenges in the upcoming session of

waxman included in this record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to clause is-c of rule 19, further consideration of this bill is postponed. the unfinished business is the vote on passage of house joint resolution 101 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 101. joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the passage of the joint resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-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 represe

letters dated december 14, 2010, between chairman waxman and chairman miller be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. grijalva: i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation to begin a national foundation on sports and nutrition andry serve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: i yield myself such time as i may consume. this legislation would establish a charitable and nonprofit foundation to raise private funds to carry out new initiatives by the president's down soinl finance, sports and nutrition. the bill establishes a board of directors to govern the activities of the foundation oy pointed by the speaker, the majority leader of the house and senate and the minority leader of the house and senate. first established in 1965, the president's council on finance, sports and nutrition has been renewed by every president for the last 45 years. council is made up of 25 volunteer citizens, including new orleans saints quarterback and super bowl xliv m.v.p. drew brees, three-time oly