mr. woodall: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 487 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 487, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 3865, to prohibit the internal revenue service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501-c-4 of the internal revenue code of 986. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on a

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 478, resolution providing for consideration of the bill senate 540, to designate the air route traffic control center located in new hampshire as the patricia clark boston air route traffic control center, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. woodall: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 478 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title resolution. the clerk: house resolution 478 -- house calendar number 85, house resolution 478, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill senate 540, to designate the air route traffic control center located in nash

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing unthe rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 487. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3865, to prohibit the internal revenue service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, for purposes of section 501-c-4 of the internal revenue code of 1986, providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2804, to amend title 5, united states code, to require the administrator of the office of information and regulatory affairs to publish information about rules on the internet, and for other purposes. -- and for what purpose does. -- and for other purposes. and for providing for consideration for motion to suspend the rules. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the speaker pro tempore: the chair wi

mr. woodall talked about tax levels being high, higher and if i understood it correctly we really haven'tseen this era of really high deficits in our history such as we have experienced and maybe looking at in the future. minder standing and i'm just looking at the charge that you provided provided -- the chart that you provided it shows the long-term average was 17.4%. do you think that that's going to go up to 18.1% going forward as a percentage of gdp that on the same chart on page six of the documents provided to us it shows back when we were actually in surplus, the rs were higher than 19.1%. and i think my friend mr. van hollen alluded to that in his opening statement. no, we have seen revenues that were higher back when we were producing surplus and we have seen deficits that were much higher that when we were struggling with the depression and world war ii and to get these things in the balance. i hope this is a day to look forward to because i like watching you walk the tightrope, refer back to the data, encourage us to do so and not take topline focus group points but look at wh

mr. woodall: i thank my friend from oklahoma for yielding, mr. chairman.eciate his leadership on the government and oversight reform committee. he haddest' been in this institution for three years but he's brought his heart of service that he's been applying for a lifetime and that's that heart of service that's made him work across the aisle. i say it's not without a heavy heart, mr. speaker, that i hear folks talk about a republican assault, a majority this, conservatives that. there are some things that happen in this institution that are party line events. there are things that happen in this institution that are republicans driving in one way and democrats driving in another. but this is an openness bill today, and by its very -- by its very introduction, mr. speaker -- i have a copy of the bill here. it's available for anyone to read online. and the very first thing they'll see when they open up this piece of legislation are the men and women who came together to offer it. now, one of those people is my good friend, the chairman of the subcommittee,