mr. wilson's advice -- trying to answer the question, following mr. wilson's advice.etting a clear goal, reducing america's health care costs so that more of us can afford to buy insurance. but then we propose the first six steps towards that goal. one, allow small businesses to pool their resources to buy health care plans. two, reducing junk lawsuits against doctors. 3, allowing policies against state lines. 5, promoting wellness for prevention. 6, avoiding fraud and abuse. create the environment for 100 new nuclear plants, in metrified our cars, explore our shore for natural gas and oil, double energy research and develop four new forms of clean energy. this step-by-step republican clean energy plan was a an alternative to the tax that would have imposed an economy- wide cap and trade scheme collecting hundreds of billions of dollars each year for slush funds with which congress could play. here is still another example, a bipartisan one. and 2005, they asked the national academy to identify the first 10 steps congress should take to preserve america's competitive

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: when americans are worried about the state of the economy, the senate tried to push a reckless $1.1 trillion spending bill. the omnibus contained over 6,000 earmarks costing taxpayers close to $8 billion. the 2,000-page bill took over two days to print. i agree with speaker-elect john boehner's statement, this bill represents exactly what the american people have rejected, more spending, more earmarks and more big government. senate liberals tried to bulldoze this legislation with pork-filled spending. for example, $1.8 million to study swine odor and manure management in ames, iowa. $2.19 million for center of grapes genetics in new york. $1.76 million for honey bee lab in texas. withdrawing the bill shows the american people can make a difference. thanks to the tea party activists and radio talk

mr. wilson. i would urge all members to join mr. clay and the entire missouri delegation in support of this bill, and i have no further speakers, and i would yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: thank you, madam speaker. at this time we have no further speakers, and, again, i'd just like to urge my colleagues to pass the underlying bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time being yielded back, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6400. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. clay: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the rules are suspended and the bill is -- mr. clay: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the

mr. wilson's co., the latest example of the truth of mr. miums, at two federal debt, caused millions of individual policyholders to lose their policies, cause businesses to postpone adding new jobs and inflict huge unfunded medicaid mandates on states all consequences, the sponsors of the law, strenuously argued, never were intended. although i have to say they were predicted by republicans. james q. wilson also wrote that neoconservatives than as irving kristol originally conceived of and in the 60s was not an organized ideology or even necessarily can ever do,, but quote, a way of thinking about politics rather than a set of principles and rules. would've been better if we had been called policy skeptics he said. well, this skepticism of chambra and wilson and kristol toward grand legislative policy schemes hopes to explain how during the 2010 election, the law of unintended consequences may been a member of the so-called party of no and more electable choice than being a member of the party of yes we can. james q. wilson also wrote in his

mr. wilson, is recognized for two minutes. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, in the final days of the lame duck congress, i am grateful to join with ranking member buck mckeon of california to be concerned that this outgoing majority has placed a higher priority on repealing don't-ask, don't-tell than actually passing the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2011. the defense authorization bill is crucial for our national security concerns and the welfare of our troops and their families and our veterans and has passed for 48 consecutive years in some form. secondly, as a son of a world war ii veteran and as a 31-year veteran of the army myself and as the proud father of four sons currently serving in the military, i oppose the attempts to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell in the waning days of this lame duck congress. the service chiefs have urged caution because of the strenuous demands placed on our forces in the wars in afghanistan and iraq. in fact, army chief of staff, general george casey, who i trained with in pennsylvania, said

mr. wilson: everyone, including our guests in the gallery, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker: without objection. mr. tonko: madam speaker, i wanted to take a moment to -- >> some may look at the recent election and say we were off track. while shows showing up to vote may have chenoweth-haged from 2008 to 2010, i and so many of my colleagues stayed trued to the people who elected us to change this country. we did that from health care to financial reform to the repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell, i do not apologize for our accomplishments i embrace them. i have worked on capitol hill nearly 12 years starting at a junior staffer for a senator and becoming an elected member of this house. de

mr. wilson, is recognized for two minutes. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, in the final days of the lame duck congress, i am grateful to join with ranking member buck mckeon of california to be concerned that this outgoing majority has placed a higher priority on repealing don't-ask, don't-tell than actually passing the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2011. the defense authorization bill is crucial for our national security concerns and the welfare of our troops and their families and our veterans and has passed for 48 consecutive years some form. secondly, as a son of a world war ii veteran and as a 31-year veteran of the army myself and as the proud father of four sons currently serving in the military, i oppose the attempts to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell in the waning days of this lame duck congress. thservice chiefs have urged caution because of the strenuous demands placed on our forces in the wars in afghanistan and iraq. in fact, army chief of staff, general george casey, who i trained with in pennsylvania, said the f

mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from south carolina is recognized to address the house for one minute. mr. wilson: there is a great debate over the january 1 tax increases of over $2,000 annually per family. i strongly believe we need to extend tax relief for all americans to create jobs and i hope that the bipartisan issue of the adoption tax credit is also quickly extended. while extremely rewarding, the adoption process may be extremely expensive. often pricing out hardworking individuals and couples. to help keep the dream of parenting alive, congress originally passed and president clinton signed a $5,000 tax credit per adopted family. a great success. this credit was later increased to $10,000. today, however, we are facing a looming deadline that threatens this financial incentive and compromises the ability of average american families to adopt. i urge speaker pelosi to immediately schedule a vote on h.r. 213, the adoption tax relief guarantee act of

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: amazon.com announced plans to open a distribution in casey. this will bring 1,200 jobs to the midlands. and i thank amazon.com for their commitment to our state. they put together a positive incentives package promoted by economic development manager chuck wiffle. the south carolina department of commerce has proven the success of creating long-term private sector jobs. under secretary taylor's leadership, the department of commerce has recruited 82,695 jobs and $16.7 billion in capital investment. as a result of local leaders like secretary taylor, the future is looking bright for south carolina. his proven successor is b.m.w. successor named by the governor-elect. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. welcome back to washington bob livingston. america's only electedagent general. the speaker pro tempore: for what pur

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, american enterprise institute fellows, peter wallison and edward pinto, says that the u.s. will use taxpayers as a checkbook again for down payments and overstretched credit limits. leading into the 2008 financial crisis, these loans will continue contribute to a housing bubble. they go on to state, the goal of congress and regulators should be to foster the residential mortgage markets return to the standards that used to prevail in 1990 before the affordable housing requirements were imposed by fannie and freddie. we should fix the current problem. for starters, the dodd-frank act needs to be amended so that quality standards are applied by f.h.a. and other government agencies. this should not impair credit availability for the important home building and real estate industries. as a former real estate attorney, i know the governors -- the government should not overwhelm homeowners with mortgages they cannot afford. this destroys neighborhoods and families. in conclusion, g

mr. wilson: ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: madam speaker, i am grateful to welcome the addition of a new congressional seat to my home state of south carolina. one of america's fastest growing states. the census bureau announced the state's population has grown enough to merit one more representative in congress. our state has been enhanced by transplants through the midwest and northeast and from people across the world due to a mild climate and lower tax rates. after 80 seats it appears we will regain a seventh house member. the people of south carolina will now have another advocate on their behalf in washington and another electoral vote for president. growing our representation on capitol hill is a key factor in achieving goals for the people of south carolina. our state will have another voice fighting for conservative principles with the new district on the grand strand with florence. in conclusion, god bless our troops a

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. we stand here today seven months after the house passedts version of the 2011 defense authorization bill, because the leadership of the other body thered. instead of doing the right thing for all members of our armed services. as a result the senate has not passed its version of the defense authorization. then in a last-minute rush to get a defense bill, any defense bill, we stand on the floor today to debate for 40 minutes under suspension of the rules a 900-page bill, $600 billion measure that is a stripped-down, weakened version of what the house enacted in may. we may hear some good things out the bill, but let me remind members that this rush to have a bill has cost the men and women in uniform. this bill is stripping out key house provisions in the ne of expediency. it falls short in many ways. this bill is named in honor of chairman ike skelton, who is de-- who has devoted years of service to the men and women of the armed forces. i want to say thank you chairman skelton for hi

mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: madam speaker, my home state of south carolina, along with washington state and the national association of utility regulators headed by commissioner david wright, scored a victory in the battle for the yucca mountain project. a federal court ruled in favor of a plan to continue the nuclear repository. the president's decision to abandon this project was editorially condemned. as breathtakingly irresponsible. as billions of dollars have already been spent to fund it. utility customers of south carolina have invested over $1.2 billion. the action also poses a security risk at dozens of nuclear waste disposal sites across the country. it means that vast amounts of nuclear waste will sit idle at the savannah river site. this is unacceptable. nuclear energy is clean energy. it's provided my home state over 50% of our electrical power for 30 years. it's an important part of our nation's

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. we stand here today seven months after the house passed its version of the 2011 defense authorization bill, because the leadership of the other body dithered. instead of doing the right thing for all members of our armed services. as a result the senate has not passed its version of the defense authorization. then in a last-minute rush to get a defense bill, any defense bill, we stand on the floor today to debate for 40 minutes under suspension of the rules a 900-page bill, $600 billion measure that is a stripped-down, weakened version of what the house enacted in may. we may hear some good things about the bill, but let me remind members that this rush to have a bill has cost the men and women in uniform. this bill is stripping out key house provisions in the name of expediency. it falls short in many ways. this bill is named in honor of chairman ike skelton, who is de-- who has devoted years of service to the men and women of the armed forces. i want to say thank you to chairman ske

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: u.s. district jubbling henry e. hudson of virginia struck down the individual mandate within the health care takeover as unconstitutional. this job-killing mandate infringes upon an individual's right to choose whether to participate in the government takeover. the ruling affirms that this legislation goes beyond the government's power to regulate interstate commerce. virginia attorney general ken cucinnelli has taken the lead protecting citizens' rights. americans should not be forced to purchase health insurance by the federal government. many small businesses cannot afford it. it's time that congress repeal the government takeover of health care and replace it with a pasheent centered program. this is the solution that provides a viable answer to america's health care issues. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what pur

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. we stand here today seven months after the house passed its version of the 2011 defense authorization bill, because the leadership of the other body dithered. instead of doing the right thing for all members of our armed services. as a result the senate has not passed its version of the defense authorization. then in a last-minute rush to get a defense bill, any defense bill, we stand on the floor today to debate for 40 minutes under suspension of the rules a 900-page bill, $600 billion measure that is a stripped-down, weakened version of what the house enacted in may. we may hear some good things about the bill, but let me remind members that this rush to have a bill has cost the men and women in uniform. this bill is stripping out key house provisions in the name of expediency. it falls short in many ways. this bill is named in honor of chairman ike skelton, who is de-- who has devoted years of service to the men and women of the armed forces. i want to say thank you to chairman ske

mr. wilson: i am happy the president recognizes tax increases kill jobs as documented by the national federation of independent business, nfib. this resolution protects south carolina from losing 9,000 jobs a year and $3,000 a family of disposable income. i have two corrections. first the death tax must be permanently are repealed as this double taxation destroys family-owned businesses. secly i'm concerned about extending unemployment benefits without paying for them. i understand that hardworking americans find themselves needing assistance. a common sense solution is to pay for an extension of unemployment benefits with unused stimulus funds. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we'll never forget september 11. congratulations to the lexington county council for recruit 1g00 new jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is are recognized for one minute. >> i rise today in support of the dream act. further, i rise in support of the nation's children and young adult

if one doctor prescribes a medicine for mrs. wilson that conflicts with a medicine that another doctor prescribed, she could end up bleeding, she could end up in the hospital and not at home where she wants to be. better care for chronically ill people means coordinated care. >> right. we've all heard that. so how do we get there? how do we get better coordinated care? >> you need to envision it and reward it. right now we pay for health care in fragments. the new affordable care act offers us a tremendous rake of possibilities -- range of possibilities for making it possible for clinicians to give the kind of care they want. medical health homes in medicaid and bundled payment. these are ways to support the system to come together to do the kind of work that the chronically ill need them to do. >> could you tell us more about those organizations and how far along they are and what you envision them doing in what parts of the country. >> it's an exciting part of the new law, the chance to encourage that kind of coordinated care. an acc

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mr. wilson, i just never heard you apologize to the american people for your outburst that time in the chamber. >> guest: i'm glad you brought the issue up. of course i apologized to the president within an hour without being asked to, and because i am a gentleman, and i -- hey, i'm the dad of scouts, and i know honor and integrity and responsibility. i apologized one time. there was an effort by people on the far left to put me on a apology tour. i'm not going to do it. i know that i'm a gentleman. i apologized to the president one time. he accepted the apology. the vice president the next day accepted the apology and pointed out that he knows joe wilson because senator biden and i have actually traveled together to iraq, and so, yes, the apology was made, and i'm glad you brought that up so i could say again, one apology, one time, and that's the way it should be. it was my oldest son who pointed out to me, allen, served a year in iraq, elected attorney general of south carolina. he said, the next day, dad, i know what happened. it was a town hall moment. it was. it was -- i apologized withi

wilson school. happy 75th. >> it is always tough falling mr. morrell. good evening. i wanted to start by saying i am delighted to be here. thank you for having me. i would like to say thank you to the woodrow wilson school, primarily professor hugh price for having me with this discussion along with you. if you do not know, i'm here representing the new york urban league of young professionals. i will not speak long. othert to get to conversations. just to give you a brief background about the new york urban league, national urban league of young professionals, of group of 21-40 year olds, we range in age from 21 to 40. going from washington, d.c., to chicago, to anchorage, alaska. we have over 50 chapters of specific engagements that the mission support. one area is education, economics, housing, so on and so forth. i serve as the vice president and through my position, we hope to help dynamic programs on a monthly basis. this is work we're doing throughout the country. we just had the privilege of serving as the host chapter for the national urban league day of empo

mr. morial. i want to start by saying i'm delighted to be here. thank you for having me. thank you to the woodrow wilson school, especially professor hugh price. i am here representing the national league of young professionals. does to give you a brief background, -- just to be a beef -- just to give you a brief background, we range in age from 21 to 40, going from chicago to washington. we have over 50 sectors. one area is education and economics, housing, etc. i served as the vice-president. we hope to give opportunities on a monthly basis. we were the hosts chapter for the national urban league day of empowerment to fight world hunger. we gave distribution bins to the community. part of our mission is to give people the tools so that they are self sustaining. we have to create ways that they can help themselves. another initiative is the technology and education center where people of the community have open access to computer lab ts and programs. you can come in and sign up for classes for rosetta stone and the basic skills for computers. some people do not know how to open a checking account or an

and josh wilson made fun of me on the baseball field and i started crying and running after him and mrsrson ran after him. the next day on the school bus, someone said hey divens and i tried to squirt suntan lotion on those. >> you will stall any way you possibly can? >> some people say this business model is fantastic right now, but they worry, they have a major concern that's too easily copyable and that any other company can copy this and someone who wants to be aggressive and come in and undercut your fees can basically push you to the side, are you worried about that? >> in addition to being the fastest growing company ever, we have probably been the most copied company ever. there's over 500 groupon claims all over the country. the first groupon claim came out in the first 18 months. 99 of them are completely irrelevant. >> last week amazon made a significant investment in one of your competitors called living social. does that worry you that a company like amazon is pouring money into that company? >> we think as long as we build a product that our consumers really like to use an

progressive manifesto that launched the thinking of president wilson an more recently president obama. and our thought then in 1995 an 1996, mr. crystal, mr. chambra, and mr. finn were all contributors to our vocialtion was that progressivism had gone too far understand that we nee needed less of washington and more of ourselves. that's what we said in 1995. well, looking back over that volume, that was pretty good advice, but obviously nobody took it. and so what we decided to do today was the hudson institute sponsored another forum about the new promise of american li life. i talked about it and the peopl that i just mentioned commented on it. it was interesting for me in a vai right-of-ways. i am going to ask unanimous consent at this time if i may include in the "congressional record" the address i made at the hudson institute today as well as excerpts from the new promise of american life that was published in 1995. namely, the introduction, the preface and first chapter. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, the changing -- the premise of my remarks was that we don't do comprehensive w

wilson jr. post office. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will please take their seats. >> mr. speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, my question is, if we take one of these green cards and sign it and have it sent back by certified mail, would that be acceptable as a vote in the house? it's more than 1,000 miles from the capitol. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has not stated a parliamentary inquiry. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. obey: mr. speaker, pursuant to the rule, i call up joint resolution h.j. res. 105 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 105, joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pursuant to house resolution 1776, the joint resolution is considered as read. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. o