mr. woodall: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas who has been battling in the trenches over this idea for a number of years and who i'm just as pleased as can be that his idea has come to fruition today. the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. and i understand the concerns of the friend across the aisle. and i'm telling you, this is a great day for congress, for america. going back to 1974, most liberal congress in america until the time when speaker pelosi took the gavel. 1974, rules for c.b.o. were put in place making it difficult to ever make actual tax cuts that help the economy grow as john f. kennedy made clear and showed it by his actions. but that was also a time when congress thought it would be a good idea to create automatic increases of every discretionary department's budget in the federal government. automatic increases. i

mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. to say, i'm a few years younger than my friend from florida. i didn't get the benefit of the let's pretend radio program that he had in his day. but i feel like i've had a little dose of let's pretend here on the floor today. i feel a kinship with my friend and what that must have been like to hear that because what we have heard here on the floor is, let's pretend that there's not a serious crisis that we have to get our arms around. let's pretend that we do have the money to spend more and more and more each and every year. let's pretend that if we give the american taxpayer more information with which to make informed decisions, that will somehow do us harm. mr. speaker, these bills are about common sense. these bills are about ending the washington double speak that has been a frustration to folks back home for far, far too long. i'm joined here on the floor with sheriff rich nugent from florida, one of my freshman colleagues here in the body, mr. speaker. as as a sheriff he told

mr. woodall: then i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you. it's my honor to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent, madam speaker, to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i'm always in awe at the gentleman from the rules committee that has just spoken so eloquently about consensus and coming together. i've seen him in action in the rules committee and certainly thank the members of the rules committee for their service. we know that his history brings him here from being a staffer and so he knows this institution, he knows where all the bathrooms are, he knows where all of how much good we can do. and so i'm grateful of his acknowledging our friend, congresswoman slaughter, mr. walz who have been working and, of course, wanted to h

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i thank you for the one minute. it's the tax code that brings me down to the house floor today to -- if you care about special interest tax breaks in this town, there is only one bill in the u.s. house of representatives that eliminates every single special interest tax break in the united states code, every break, every exception, every exemption, every favor. that's h.r. 25, the fair tax, mr. speaker. you know about the fair tax. it's the most widely co-sponsored fundamental tax reform proposal in the entire u.s. house of representatives. it's the most widely co-sponsored proposal in the entire united states senate. and it is the only bill in congress that solves every single special interest break. the only one. and it brings american manufacturing jobs back to america. puts the american manufacturing community on a level playing field with our foreign competitors. the only bill in congress that gets that done. mr. speaker, if you want to see more about it, you know you ca

mr. woodall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, doctor, for staying with us throughout the morning. just so you know, i tremendously appreciate the work you and your team does. i know we're here to talk about your latest body of work. if you were in the bottom 40% of income earners in this country, you actually profit from the american income tax system. that almost half this country, i'm not talking about the refund check you get in april, i'm talking about the tax code, the tax collection system in this country sends you more money than you send to it. the privilege of being american citizen is profitable through the income tax code through the bottom 40% of all american. i don't think we think about that. we all think that we're paying our fair share, somebody else needs to pay a share. you know, i'm a proponent of the fair tax and abolishes the entire income tax code. and i look to your report that tells me that for 40% of americans, the income tax does not collect taxes. it distributes large assets as ef evidence the income tax code lost its way. i love that publication as well

mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. to say i agree with the gentleman. i agree with the gentleman that we must move jobs legislation out of this u.s. house of representatives. on to the united states senate, and to to the white house. this is a budget reform bill that as the gentleman accurately stated is a serious bill to address a serious problem. we didn't do this in january of last year, our very first term in office. then we were working on repealing the president's health care bill which remains a national priority. we didn't do this last april when we were focused on presenting the serious budget that dealt seriously with the underlying debt drivers of this entitle programs for the first time since 1965. we didn't deal with these issues while we were trying to continue to fund this government through a regular appropriations process, a process that hasn't taken place in over three years. we have brought this bill to the floor today. what were we doing in the intervening time, mr. speaker? we were working on jobs.

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, house resolution 534, this rule before us today, brings the first of two budget committee reform bills to the floor. the speaker is very familiar, the budget has been working hard not just this year but last year as well to put together an agenda to make the budget more accessible to the american people. to make budgeting in washington, d.c., look more like budgeting back home around the kitsch table. we have the -- kitchen table. we have the first of the two refortunately bills with the rule today. this rule is a structured rule, mr. speaker, that brings h.r. 3578, the baseline reform act, an h.r. 3582, the pro-growth budgeting act to the floor. we all know it's been 1,000 days, mr. speaker, over 1,000 days since the senate has produced a budget. but here in the house not only did we produce a budget last year on time, we will produce a budget this year on time. we'll produce another budget as we did last year that the american people can be proud of. knowing that the americ

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10: correspondent for takeaway. what are they sang about the latest economic outlook by the congressional budget office? >> it is hardly a surprise. they came out with the latest debt in deficit doc projection. over $1 trillion in federal deficits projected. it is the fourth year in a row we have seen deficit over one trillion dollars. nobody is surprised. everyone is aware of the deficit situation. it is plaguing not only congress but our national politics. a lot of the reaction and statements are fairly predictable. you are seeing political statements from republicans casting it as a failure of president obama's leadership. democrats see a different way. you have seen the president do more push back on the idea lately. he has gone into campaign mode. >> how will the numbers come but the pr

mr. woodall, for five minutes. wodwood mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i appreciate the time this morning. i am on the budget committee. the president's budget arrived on monday of this week. here in the budget committee we had the acting o.m.b. director with us yesterday. we have the treasury secretary with us today. we are exploring this budget. mr. speaker, i must tell you i am a hardcore conservative republican from the great south but i am grateful for this president for releasing a budget. a budget is a moral document mr. speaker. it is a moral document that talks about what your priorities are for us as a nation. now, our rulebook -- that's going to happen to this economy if we don't get our budget together. the constitution is the rulebook, everything in this nation must comply. the room book for our finances is the budget we pass each year. as we know as has been several dozen times the senate hasn't passed a budget in ove

mr. woodall: thank you, madam 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. woodall: and, madam speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i'd like to yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend from colorado, mr. polis, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: i'm pleased to be down here with you today, madam speaker. because what we have an opportunity to do with this rule is bring another in a series of 10 fundamental reforms to the congressional budgeting process. today house resolution 540 provides a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 3521, the expedited line-item veto in rescissions act. and yet again today with this rule we have made in order every single amendment by either republicans or democrats that was germane to the underlying legislation to give us an opportunity to make this bill better. now, this,

mr. woodall, for 30 minutes. mr. woodall: thank you, madam speaker. i very much appreciate the time. and i appreciate my being able to follow my colleagues from the progressive caucus. there's not a lot that the progressive caucus works for in terms of their techniques that i agree with, but there is so much that the caucus works for in terms of its overall goals for america that i agree with. and i think that that is a story that does not get told as often as it should here in this house. we can very often have common goals but have very different ways that we seek to achieve those goals. i think the way that a cheeve those goals is important. it's important. as my colleague said when he was speaking on behalf of the progressive caucus, america voted in 2008, america voted in 2010, in 2008 they elected a president. in 2010 they elected a new congress. and power has divided america. power has divided america. we have democrats controlling the white house. we have democrats controlling the senate. we have republicans controlling the u.s. house of representatives. and we have the ameri

mr. woodall kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 3408 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to set clear rules for the development of united states oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, february 15, 2015, amendment number 12 printed in part a of house report 112-398 by mr. deutch had been disposed of. it's now in order to consider amendment number 13 printed in part a of house report 112-398. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number a 13 printed in part a of house resolution 547 offered by mr. thompson of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 547, the gentleman from california, and a memb

mr. woodall, for 30 minutes. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate your being here with me on a friday afternoon. and for your providing the time. i couldn't have asked for anything better than to have the president's economic message read right before i came down here to the floor because i have exactly that same thing on my mind. and what is shocking to me, and you remember, mr. speaker, it was less than a month ago the entire u.s. house of representatives was sitting here in this chamber, the entire united states senate sitting here in this chamber supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, and the president standing right here not five feet from where i'm standing. not five feet in front of you, mr. speaker, giving his state of the union speech. what struck me about that speech is that i could have given almost word for word the exact same one. mr. speaker, when we talk about the rhetoric in this country, the rhetoric's the same. very little divides republicans and democrats. the president said in the economic address that the clerk j

mr. woodall, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h r. 1734, which the clerk will report by title. clip a bill to reduce the deficit by realigning, selling, disposing of civilian real property and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. the gentleman mr. denham an the gentlewoman, ms. norton each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. denham: the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members will please take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. denham: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. mr. denham: the purpose of h.r. 1734 is to shrink the federal real property footprint and save billions of taxpayer dollars by selling what we don't need and better utilizing what we keep. in fiscal year 2009 alone, the federal government wa

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i mover the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon on tuesday next. >> u.s. capitol police say their officers arrested the man and a sting operation. a spokesman said the person was monitored by officers and the public was not in danger. coming up in under a half an hour, we will take you live to washington, where the president will be speaking at the boeing plant there. until then we will show you some of the house floor debate ahead of the passage of the payroll conference agreement. conference report. as a result of a lot of long hours, hard work, and determination on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol, this agreement shows the american people that congress can govern and washington can work. first and foremost, this legislation prevents a tax increase on 160 million americans. as a conservative, i look at

mr. woodall: i would also like to point out that five major labor unions support the building of the keystone pipeline. a few years ago secretary of state hillary clinton was in san francisco giving a speech at the commonwealth club. in response to a question about keystone pipeline, whether or not they would issue the permit to build it, secretary of state clinton said, we are inclined to do so. this project has now been studied for over 40 months by seven or eight agencies of the federal government and normally to build an oil pipeline in america, it takes on the average of 24 months. and when the department of state issued their final environmental impact statement back in august, 2011, they concluded that there were not any significant environmental issues and they also said that when they looked at the option of either, one building a pipeline or, two, not building a pipeline, that the preferable option was to build the pipeline. of course, the rationale for that if you don't build the pipeline and you bring oil in from other countries, you either have to do it by truck or by rail, which

mr. woodall: i would also like to point out that five major labor unions support the buding of the keystone pipeline. a few years ago secretary of state hillary clinton was in san francisco giving a speech at the commonwealth club. in response to a question about keystone pipeline, whether or not they would issue the permit to build it, secretary of state clinton said, we are inclined to do so. this project has now been studied for over 40 months by seven or eight agencies of the federal government and normally to build an oil pipeline in america, it takes on the average of 24 months. and when the department of state issued their fin environmental impact statement back in august, 2011, they concluded thathere were not any significant environmental issues and they also said that when they looked at the option of either, one building a pipeline or, two, not building a pipeline, that the preferable tion was to build the pipeline. of course, the rationale for that if you don't build the pipeline and you bring oil in from other countries, you either have to do it by truck or by rail, which certa

mr. woodall: this is another common sense reform i'm proud we've brought to the floor time and time again. folks say, why haven't you gotten this already. my friend from massachusetts has laid out the reason why. these are politics of division, not of unify. these -- unity. these are politics of fear not of home hope. i tell my friend, as he knows very well, this bill does not cut one penny from any of the prior thinks mentioned. my friend knows it to be true, you know it to be true an i say it to the american people today what this bill does is to shine sunshine on what has been a budget process cloaked in darkness for far too long and both parties have been complicit in that, and both parties are going to unite today to change that history. mr. speaker, the folks back home want to see over 50 different duplicative job training programs plused up year and year without regard to their efficacy in no, they don't. do they want to see education programs that have failed our children time an time again plused up while those that have been successful be needy? no they don't don't. do they want