mr. webster: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 385 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 68, house resolution 385, resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 3080, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the united states, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on transportation and nfrastructure. a

mr. webster, aye, miss ros-lehtinen, ms. ros-lehtinen aye. mr. burgess, mr. burgess aye. ms. slaughter, no, ms. slaughter, no. mr. mcgovern, no, mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings, no. mr. polis. mr. chairman, aye. mr. chairman. aye. the clerk will report will record. the motion is agreed to. >> just before you close, mr. chairman -- >> i do appreciate the gentleman from florida is recognized. >> just ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the statement of the administration which said that the president would veto these bills. >> i do appreciate that. the gentlewoman from new york reminded me of that. i want to thank each of you as we want to thank each of you and your staff for being here. also the appropriations staff. also to recognize university of georgia has one of its finest graduates, doug, who is celebrating his 27th birthday, harty congratulations and birthday to doug. the committee is now complete for now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> with that the house rules committee has

mr. webster is currently totally and permanently disabled..." >> narrator: and buried in the documents, a stunning admission by the league's board: football can cause brain disease. >> "...his disability is the result of head injuries he suffered as a football player..." >> the nfl acknowledges that repetitive trauma to the head in football can cause a permanent disabling injury to the brain. >> narrator: the admission would not be made public until years later, when it was discovered by the fainaru brothers. >> and that was a dramatic admission back in 2000, and in fact, when you talk about that later with fitzsimmons, he describes that as the sort of proverbial smoking gun. >> narrator: it was now in writing: the nfl's own retirement board linked playing football and dementia. at the time, it was something the league would not admit publicly, and webster felt he'd never received the acknowledgment that his years in the nfl had caused his problems. >> mike would call this his greatest battle. he'd say it was like david and goliath, over and over, because it was. he was taking on somethin

mr. webster aye. ms. ross latham, aye. ms. slaughter, no. mr. mcgovern. no. mr. hastings? no. mr. chairman, aye. clerk will report. nine yeas, four nays. the motion is agreed to. the motion is agreed to. i will be the manager. >> i will manage for the minority. >> and the gentlewoman may manage. >> are we going to go directly to the floor or do you all have a caucus? >> it is my understanding that as quickly as we get the paperwork done, we'll be down there. >> going the floor. >> the committee is now through this work. >> just 58 minutes to go untif of the fiscal year. the house committee needs to approve a motion to bring to the house floor and going to conference with the senate on the continuing resolution. but on the senate side of thing, harry reid said a short while ago that he opposes going to conference saying, quote, we like to resolve issues but we will not go to a conference with a gun to our heads. the majority leader says i propose the house post our clean cr. that's it. the comments of harry reid. here on c-span, we're hoping to take you live shortly to comments fro

mr. speaker, daniel webster said something that i think applies so profoundly here. he said, holet on, my friends, to the constitution, and to the republic for which it stands. for miracles do not cluster. and what has happened once in 6,000 years may never happen again. so hold on to the constitution, for if the american constitution should fall, there will be anarchy throughout the world. mr. speaker, we must defend this constitution. me must, as the house of represent -- we must, as the house of representatives, do our part to uphold those privileges and responsibilities we have been given by the constitution and i hope we do it, sir. and i would thank you and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced licy of january 3, 2013, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 30 inutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. to follow on my dear friend, mr. franks from arizona, discussion about the so-called affordable care act. i continue to hear from peo

mr. webster, ms. wilson, mr. grayson, mr. desantis, ms. frankel, mr. garcia, mr. murphy, mr. radel, mr. yoho. other members in attendance, mr. cantor, ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. mccarthy of california, mr. young of alaska, mr. sfwren, mr. rogers of kentucky, mr. wolf, mr. visclosky, mr. bishop of georgia, mr. calvert, mr. mckeon, mr. frelinghuysen, ms. jackson lee of texas, mr. lay them, mr. price of north carolina, mr. aderholt, ms. granger, mr. sessions, mr. carter, mr. cole, mr. king of iowa, mr. gohmert, mr. roe of tennessee, mr. nunnelee, and r. womack. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. toda house when members return at 4:00 p.m. eastern. off the floor lawmakers are holding a number of hearings ing problems with healthcare.gov. you can see the hearing live tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. wednesday, kathleen sebelius appear before committee about problems on the website. 9:00 a.m. eastern on wednesday. this morning we spoke about several congressional reporters, and this is j

mr. president, on behalf of employee, it is my privilege to welcome you back to headquarters. we also have a number of special guests here today including webster, ectors sessions, and a special warm mullen back to director and his wife anne. attorney lcome former ashcroft and lieu lucasey. you with red to have us here today. i would also like to take a moment to acknowledge our guests president obama and the includingn the stage, robin dorch, a friend and colleague with whom to represent some of richmond's hardest hit eighborhoods, judge john walker, senior judge for the united states court of appeals for the second circuit. director was the first law clerk when he was a new judge on he district court bench in the southern district of new york. and most importantly, director comey's wife, patrice. thank you for taking part in today's ceremony. we're also pleased to have irector and mrs. comby's children. brian, claire, and abby, welcome. also director comby's brother peter, and trish, chris. we welcome you. a special welcome to director comby's father, brian. welcome. here today for two purposes. know, as many of you director comby was sworn i

mr. speaker, daniel webster once said, hold on, my friends, to the constitution and to the republic for which it stands. for miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years may never happen again. so hold on to the constitution. for if the constitution should fall, there will be an aero-- anarchy throughout the world. thank you, mr. speaker. and now, mr. speaker, would like to move ther o anot subject. mr. speaker, the greatest security threat in the world today is that of a nurek leak -- a nuclear-armed iran. and now iran is once again the news of the moment. as talks between the united states and iran have begun. amer l

mr. speaker, daniel webster said it this way. he said, hold on, my friends, to the constitution. and the republican for which it stands. for miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years may never happen again. so hold on to the constitution, for if the american constitution shall fall, there will be anarchy throughout the world. mr. speaker, i hope that the court will take those words seriously and i hope when they hear obamacare, they will do can the right thing, they will simply read the origination clause and understand that if they let the president blow through this, if we walk away from this, we simply undermine our credibility and our oath and we render a critical part of the constitution that was vital to this republic ever coming into existence. we render that part of the constitution, as i said earlier, a dead letter. now, mr. speaker, i guess it all comes down to sometimes making sure that we understand as the people that the constitution was put here to really protect three basic s and that's the right to live, the right to be free and the right t

mr. president, on behalf of every fbi employee it is my privilege to welcome you back to fbi headquarters. we also have a number of other special guests here today including former directors webstersessions, and a special warm welcome back to director muller and his wife ann. we also welcome former attorney general ashcroft and mullcasey. we're honored to have you here today. i want to take a moment to invite president obama on the stage, and to my far left, a friend and colleague with whom director comey worked to help some of richmond's hardest hit neighborhoods. judge john walker, director comey was his first law clerk when he was a new judge on the district court bench in the southern district of new york. and most importantly director comey's wife, patrice. thank you for taking part in today's ceremony. we are also pleased to have director and mrs. comey's children, maureen, kate, brian, claire, and abby. welcome. also director comey's brother and sister, trish, peter, and chris, we welcome you. and a special welcome to director comey's father brian, welcome. we are here today for two purposes. first as many of you know director comey was sworn in during a private ceremony i

mr. speaker, above your rostrum there are words etched in the stone from daniel webster who said, let us develop the resources of our land. call forth its powers. build up its institutions, promote all its great interest, and see whether we also in our day may be able -- may be able to perform something worthy to be remembered. mr. speaker, that's what we need to be doing. and so as today thankfully the president and leadership in the house was meeting in negotiations, i call for our citizens as well as us to be in prayer asking for wisdom for the president, for our leaders to come to a conclusion that will move this country forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my wife had a call last night from one of her best friends. she was angry and disappointed, fright yield back the balance of my time -- frightened, her

mr. president, on behalf of every fbi employee, it is my crib wedge to welcome you back to fbi headquarters. [applause] >> we also have a number of other special guests here today, including former director webster, sessions and the special warm-up welcome back to director mueller and his wife. [applause] we also welcome former attorney general ashcroft. i would also like to have the directors join me on stage including to my far left, robert dortch, a friend and colleague with whom director call me worked to help some of richmond hardest hit areas. most importantly, director call me his wife. thank you for taking part in today's ceremony. we are also pleased to have the directors children, maureen, kate brian claire and abby. [applause] also, director call me his brother. we are here for two purposes. first, director call me was sworn in during a private ceremony in attorney general holder's office on september 4. we reviewed the rules and regulations and determined that oath was invalid. so officially i have been director. second equally important, we wanted to be able to officially welcome director call me and his family into the fbi family. [applause] we are all honored to mark the occasion,