mr. webster: not to my knowledge, no. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, at this time i'd like to insert in the record the statement of administration policymaking it very clear that this bill would be vetoed. at this point -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. reyes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. reyes: i thank you madam speaker, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. i am reminded of the broadway play "chicago" when one of the acts razzle-dazzle them. with all due respect with my colleagues on the other side, all the razzle and all the dazzle is not working here. there are conflicts in terms of the offsets that are being used in trying to offset money, both in this bill and in other legislation, and i think that's indicative of the kinds of issues that are being brought before the floor here. h.r. 7 takes $44 billion out of the pockets of millions of middle-class american workers over the next 10 years by slas

mr. webster: i yield an additional 30 seconds. mr. denham: since the bill was modified to require the approval of congress before they can be implemented, c.b.o. now says the savings will be scored on the future approval resolution and not in this bill before us today. the savings that will be generated by this commission still exist. this will be scored at a later date. only in washington, d.c., can you get rid of properties, get rid of the cost of maintaining these properties, have billions of dollars in revenue, actually create jobs in the redevelopment sale of the properties and still are able to argue against the savings. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado. >> i inquire if the gentleman from florida has any remaining speakers? mr. webster: mr. speaker, we have no other presenters. we're ready to close. mr. polis: i'm prepared to close. i'll yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: i thank

mr. webster: thank you, mr. speaker. for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from new york, ms. slaughter. pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. webster: during consideration of the resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. webster: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. webster: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this rule and the underlying bill. house resolution 33 -- 533 provides for a standard rule for consideration of the conference report from h.r. 658, the f.a.a. modernization reform act of 2012. according to the federal aviation administration, the f.a.a., the united states aviation industry currently accounts for nearly 11 million jobs and contributes $1.3 trillion to the nation's gro

mr. webster: thank you madam speaker. in hearing what i heard in rules committee last night and here on the floor this morning, it reminds me that people have been here a long time love cookie cutters. and so many of the people that are opposed to this bill are opposed to it because they like cookie cutters. they like to say that this program works here and there and everywhere as opposed to giving flexibility to the states. cookie cutters are used in education funding, they are used in medicaid funding, they are used in this particular funding, transportation. and they are used to limit the flexibility of states who really know what their program is. it's far better for the district 5 in central florida to put together a program, build it from the ground up, determine what their needs are and what the modes of transportation they would like to have, build that program, send it up to the states, the legislature passes it and becomes law. no, right now there are so many different little programs that you have to put money

mr. ryan would please look up in the webster's dictionary the meaning of the word fair. it means that everybody gets treated equal. and i wish you would look that up and quit using the word fair, because the rich pay most of the taxes in this country, and you know that. if you don't know it, you should find out about it. president obama has spent over a billion dollars -- i mean a trillion dollars this year. the numbers came out yesterday. the numbers look dismal. it looks like we're going to be in a slump until 2018. and then you want to talk about a high-speed rail? i don't want to ride on a train and smell everybody's b.o. i want to have my own car. and oil is going to be around for at least 100 years before you get alternative energies that pay off. you know -- >> okay, eddie, i'm going to take that last point. oil around for 100 years before these alternative energies pay off. >> yeah, it's not our oil. we have 2% of the world's oil. and if, eddie, you want to rely on the saudis and the middle eastern countries for oil, hey, god bless you. i just don't think that is

mr. singer, a goldfinger in the rest of the gang and stoner webster no matter what shape they have shifted into, to know that the picnic is over. in fact, i agreed on one thing.

right, the man who just announced the results of the maine caucuses, charlie webster, chairman of the maine republican party. mr. chairman, the results were only separated by a few votes, a small margin of victory for mitt romney. could that outcome have possibly changed because of what happened in washington county, they canceled their caucuses due to weather and recent death of a young girl. could the outcome have possibly changed? >> probably wouldn't have been enough votes cast there, maybe even 150 people attending, you'd have to assume the votes would have been divided up so i don't think it really would have affected it. >> reporter: what's the history of the voting patterns in the area in washington county? >> washington county say conservative part of the state so it would be fair to assume gingrich or santorum would have done really well. who knows. >> reporter: earlier you gave me an estimate of how many votes might have been cast. >> a high turnout would be a couple hundred so you assume they would have been split up among the four candidates. >> reporter: so it's possible that the margin of victory

mr. singer, a goldfinger in the rest of the gang and stoner webster no matter what shape they have shifted to know that the picnic is over. in fact, i agreed on one thing. i want him to get everything that is coming to him. [laughter] [applause]

mr. singer, a goldfinger in the rest of the gang and stoner webster no matter what shape they have shifted into, to know that the picnic is over. in fact, i agreed on one thing. i want him to get everything that is coming to him. [laughter] [applause] he may be toto talk about the life and career of american diplomat richard holbrooke who passed away in december of 2010. this is about an hour. >> good evening everybody. thank you so much for being here tonight. my name is lissa muscatine i'm one of the owners of politics and prose and on behalf of my honor and co-owner of the booksellers' we welcome all of you to this evening's event which by the way for those of you that are not regulars here is one of about 475 author defense that we do every year and it's part of our mission not only to bring great books to the community but also to promote civic discourse which is which seems comes in greater scarcity so we love to have these eve ensler you can listen to authors and ask them questions so think you for joining us. there's a couple quick housekeeping these before we get started our guest

mr. ryan would please look up in the webster's dictionary the meaning of the word fair.ans that everyone gets treated equal. i wish you would look that up and quit using the word affair, because the rich pay most of the taxes in this country, and you know that. if you do not know it, you should find out about it. overdent obama has bent ovspent a trillion dollars this year. the numbers came out yesterday. the numbers look dismal. it looks like we will be in a slump until 2018. you want to talk about high- speed rail? i do not want to ride on a train and smell everyone's b.o. i want to have my own car. oil will be around for at least 100 years before you get alternative energies that pay off. and host: oil around for 100 years before alternative energies pay off? guest: it is not our oil. we have 2% of the world's oil. if you want to rely on the saudis and middle eastern people for oil, god bless you. i do not think that a smart when we have the creativity to lead a green revolution. not to mention global warming. many of us think this could be a whole new industry for us

mr. ryan would please look up in the webster's dictionary the meaning of the word fair. it means that everybody gets treated equal. and i wish you would look that up and quit using the word fair because the rich pay most of the taxes in this country and you know that. if you don't know it you should find out about it, but president obama has spent over $1 billion -- i mean, $1 trillion this year. the numbers came out yesterday. the numbers looked dismal. it looked like we are going to be in a slump until 2018. you know, -- you want to talk about a high-speed rail. i don't want to ride on a train and smell everybody's b.o. i want to have my own car. oil is going to be around for at least 100 years before you get alternative energies. you know -- host: ok, eddie, i want to take that last point, oil around for 100 before alternative energies pay off. guest: we have 2% of the world's oil. eddie, if you want to rely on the saudis and middle eastern countries for oil, hey, god bless you. i just don't think that is a good long-term strategy for the united states when we have th

mr. speaker, i'd like to share this quote by one of our famous and well respected founders and forefathers of our great country and it is daniel webster who said this in addressing americans about preserving the principles of the constitution, he said, it is hardly too strong to say that the constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. there are men in all ages who mean to govern well but they mean to govern. they promise to be good masters but they mean to be masters. end quote. mr. speaker, i'd submit to you today that this administration past congresses, have good intentions, but they are beginning to control and to rule the people in ways that violate our constitutional freedoms and our liberties. so i want to thank the gentleman for organizing this special order. because i believe that the people must know that this is a rule that will infringe on their first amendment rights. last quote i'd like to read tonight is a quote from thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson says, all tyranny needs to gain a foot hold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. i ask the american people to voice the