mr. poe: mr. speaker, seven more countries now join mexico and the united states to sue the state of arizona. they are nicaragua, peru, paraguay and guatemala. not exactly all champions of human or civil rights. they say illegals in arizona might mistreated. but here's the real kicker, our old state department has sided with these other nations against the american people. it has filed a declaration in the lawsuit saying the arizona law is causing an international incident and hurting foreign policy. now it's nine chris versus arizona. the nerve of our government to side with foreign powers and sue the american people, foreign countries have no business meddling in and dictating american national security. our government is on the wrong side. it should support and defend the constitution and the people of arizona. it should be not be siding with nations that have illeagues in our country. it's nine countries versus arizona. i cast my lot with the people of arizona. and that's just the way it is. t

mr. smith: mr. speaker, the international megan's law is the culmination of over three years of extensive negotiation, research by multiple parties and mr. payne and i are deeply grateful to all who have helped craft this legislation. i want to thank majority leader, steny hoyer, for scheduling this legislation today, and for his commitment to lowering the heinous crime of human trafficking and the international megan's law, has as its singular goal the protection of children from sex predators. special thanks to chairman berman and ileana ros-lehtinen, for their strong support of international megan's law, for shepherding it through the committee and for them and their staff helpful in terms of words and phrases as well as important concepts in the bill. i'd also like to thank chairman payne and ranking member lamar smith, bobby scott for their support and their recommendations that are included in the bill as well. i especially like to thank the gentleman from california, the former attorney gener

mr. mollohan: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the united states patent and trade mark office on an annual basis practically has budgetary problems that arises from the system under which they are funded and estimate their own finances in the -- and the appropriation committee's response to that. it's important because the predictions are obviously imperfect. they are talking about revenues that they may or may not receive into the future. the activities of the -- and this legislation addresses their concerns for this year. the activities of the u.s. patent and trade mark office are fully financed by user fees and every year congress appropriates an amount for the agency's activities that is equal to what the agency estimates it will collect in fees. based on higher than estimated fee collections to date in fiscal year 2010, it appears that the agency could potentially collect

mr. cao: mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss the ongoing maritime conflict in the south china sea and the need for the united states to support long-term sovereignty of the vietnamese people. given this conflict will destabilize trade in its region, this is a matter of great importance for all of us in this esteemed body. since the summer of 2009, reports of maritime disputes in the south china sea have risen. i continue to hear of aggression from chinese ships and submarines interfering with the freedom of navigation of neighboring asian countries. i also hear of aggressive actions being taken towards the united states interests as well and this is particularly troubling and unacceptable. according to reports, china has committed aggressive maritime acts against southeast asian countries including japan, the philippines, taiwan, malaysia and especially the people of vietnam. china claims that ocean territory includes many islands and extends into much of the south china sea. if we were to look a

mr. poe: mr. speaker, private industry is creating solutions to protect the gulf of mexico because the government really doesn't create anything. government just stops things from being created, like jobs. exxonmobil, chevron, conocophillips and shell oil have announced a new coordinated plan. they're building a new emergency oil spill containment system to protect the gulf of mexico. their deepwater rapid response system will capture and contain oil in a blowout emergency. it will be engineered to be used in underwater depths up to 10,000 feet, and under different weather conditions as well. the initial capacity will contain 100,000 barrels of oil a day. these oil industry leaders have committed $1 billion to the initial cost. engineering, procurement and construction will begin immediately. exxonmobil has taken the lead on behalf of the other four companies. this is great news for drilling in the gulf of mexico. american private industry is taking the lead. the administration needs to end the mo

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. moran for july 28, myself, mr. poe, for july 27 and 28, mr. jones for july 28, mr. grace for today, mrs. miller for today, dr. gingrey for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. roybal-allard, mrs. bright, ms. woolsey, mr. is a plan, ms. kaptur and -- mr. sablan, ms. kaptur and mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of ja

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i can't help but respond to the change of subject from the gentleman from louisiana. i guess fishermen aren't worth anything. fishermen are worthless, all that sea stuff that comes up and they sell all over the place they don't care about that. all they want to do is drill for oil. that the president is careful and prudent and says, let's look at this drilling before we go on with it, because we've just proved that the oil companies are reckless, they've proved it for 79 days in the gulf and if you can't learn from that and realize what it's doing to crabbers and to shrimp fishermen and to oyster beds then you have missed the point. mr. boustany: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcdermott: i yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. people all over illinois and all over america are waiting with baited breath and they're waiting to pay utility bills, to pay house notes, t

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the administration says there will be spending 1,200 national guard troops to the southern border region on august 1 but they are not going to the actual border. they'll be far behind the lines guarding computers. and the national guard will be unarmed while they are guarding the computers. the border patrol well covepls the national guard at the border, they appreciate the help, but the border patrol agents made it real clear, they need armed national guard to help them stop the criminal cartels at the border. further the border patrol will need to guard the national guard. how does that make sense? mr. speaker, we have 15 million unemployed americans already. we could hire some of those 15 million unemployed to do the technical work behind the lines and the national guard should be armed and on the frontlines of the border doing what they are trained to do, protect the country. we need the national guard with boots on the ground on the border, not rebooting computers somewh

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from california, my very good friend, mr. dreier. all time yielded during consideration is for debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman will suspend for a moment so we can get order in the house. the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. mcgovern: the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 4899 and to concur in the senate amendments printed in the rules committee report. at this time, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlema

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extends their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, the esign bill, a landmark piece of legislation that has transformed how we conduct interstate commerce and business. the advent of e signatures has brought enormous benefit to both consumers and businesses alike by drastically improving convenience, reducing cost and increasing the speed of transactions. as many of you know, i represent seattle, which is one of the most wired and high-tech cities in the world, esign has great ily you improvinged the ability of companies in my -- greatly improvi

mr. scott: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: mr. speaker, s. 1789, the fair sentencing act of 2010, is a bipartisan compromise that was negotiated and drafted by democratic and republican members of the senate judiciary committee. then passed the senate judiciary committee and the senate by unanimous consent. the legislation will reduce the 100-1 sentences disparity between crack and powder cocaine in federal law from 100-1 to 18-1. the crack personalities, it only take five grams of crack to trigger a mandatory five-year sentence but powder it takes 500 grams of cocaine, 100-1 ratio. this disparity is particularly egregious when you consider that the sentencing commission has concluded that

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the american people are opposed to the administration's ban on deepwater drilling. almost 3/4 of american people, 73%, say it's not necessary, but in spite of the will of most americans, in spite of two court rulings that say the moratorium is arbitrary, capricious, they are killing drilling in the gulf. the president's moratorium on drilling is destroying lives, and good people are being put out of work on purpose by this administration. these are not statistics. they're real people, hardworking people. how do they buy groceries and put gasoline in their cars? the largest drilling company had to move another deepcals water rig to the -- deepwater rig to the middle east. all of the good-paying jobs are going with it. mr. speaker, the moratorium on drilling is the second disaster in the gulf of mexico, and it's brought to us by this administration. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i got a letter from a really mad cajun maimed kenny, he's from louisiana and runs an oil related drilling business. it's to the president and says, quote, i am terribly troubled to find jobs for americans you make a hasty decision to stop drilling for six months. did you stop the coal mines? no. did you stop the airlines after the crashes they have had? no. now you want to shut down the oil industry for six months which will hurt tens of thousands of workers. i only hope you understand the trickle-down effect of this will have a disaster on many industries. mr. speaker, the rest of the letter gets a little more colorful but he wants to know why the president is intentionally putting him out of business. maybe the president will write him back. meanwhile, the ill-advised deepwater drilling ban is putting people out of work and the second disaster in the gulf of mexico. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? m

mr. poe: mr. speaker, venezuela dictator hugo chavez is threatening to cut off oil supplies to the united states. chavez doesn't like the fact that america is friendly with colombia. and since america is the bigger buyer of venezuelan oil, chavez thips he has a say in foreign policy. it makes no sense at all. and why are we paying dictators and tie rants to supply us with energy? -- tyrants to supply us with energy? we have energy here at home but we don't produce it. american-made energy provides good-paying jobs, the kinds of jobs that puts kids through college. but the offshore jobs is moving to indonesia, brazil and venezuela. it threatens america's jobs and the economy. it's a national security issue and it gives a brutal about a foon dictator like hugo chavez dangerous influence. end the ill-logical, ill-conceived offshore drilling moratorium. it's about time and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? mrs. capps: to addr

mr. linder: mr. speaker, we are here today to consider legislation paying another $34 billion in unemployment benefits. the other side says that these unemployment benefits stretching to almost two years are needed and must be added to the $13 trillion debt. even as they claim their trillion-dollar stimulus plan has been a success at creating millions of jobs. it makes you wonder if they're looking at the same jobs data as the rest of us. 18 months ago this administration said the stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs. it hasn't. through june of 2010 the united states lost 2.6 million more private sector jobs, leading millions of americans to ask, where are the jobs? the administration also promised that the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8%. it hasn't. instead, unemployment reached 130rs and remains stuck near that level today -- 10% and remains stuck near that level today and thatting norse millions of miss -- that ignores millions of unemployed missing out of the statistics. the administr

mr. polis: mr. speaker, there are hundreds of thousands of children in our country, cheerleaders on a high school cheerleading squad, members of the high school football team, students who work hard and play by the rules, get ready for college and, yet, they are unable to ever enter the work force legally or go to college. why? because their parents violated the law and brought them here when they were 1 or 2 or 3 years old. the dream act will address and help these hundreds of thousands of de facto americans who in most cases don't even have a memory of another country and frequently don't even speak any other language other than english fluently. regardless of where one is in the larger issue of emigration we form, -- immigration reform, we shouldn't hurt our children. the bipartisan dream act would recognize the hundreds of thousands of de facto americans as actual americans. it catches up with where people already are and helps our nation be able to benefit from the hard work and study of these

mr. braley: mr. speaker, it's always a privilege when a member of your district, a constituent, gets to deliver the prayer to open the house day and it's also a rare privilege when that individual happens to be your personal pastor. but, mr. speaker, no one knows better than you what a rare privilege it is when that person is also a member of your family. i'm expreemly -- extremely proud to have my brother here to deliver the opening prayer. this is an important week in his life because this is also the 30th anniversary this week of his ordination as a presbyterian minister. he's the pastor of first presbyterian church in cedar falls, iowa. he got his divinity degree from the university theological seminary in my district. he's been a great role model to me and my family and has been an inspiration to the parishes he's served because of his community leadership, including a very long and strong action in leading the crop walk to help take care of needy people throughout this world. for that reason i

mr. obey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the pending legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: mr. speaker, i yield myself five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. obey: mr. speaker, the underlying bill presented to us by the senate is essentially a bill to provide funding to continue the war activities in afghanistan. why, people might ask, are we trying to add this amendment to that proposal? i would suggest the numbers tell the story. with this bill from the senate, we will be spending in this fiscal year $167 billion on the war in iraq and afghanistan. it is obvious to any but the most obtuse that that expenditure is killing our ability to finance a recovery of our own economy. we tried to deal with that problem in ddcember with the $90 billion ec

ladies and gentlemen, mr. frankware. -- mr. frank wear. how's it going today? >> great. >> if you weren't driving the cable car what would you be doing? >> i'd be bar-hopping. >> start at one end of clement street and go all the way down, hitting all the bars. if you could choose anybody to pick your partner, who would you pick? >> i would say the governor but i knows -- know he's busy clearing up all this mess we're in. ity would say the superintendent. he was a conductor at one time. >> excellent. then we could just take the car and go on that bell-hopping or bar-hopping run. i'm hammered already. ladies and gentlemen, mr. frank ware. [ringing bells] [applause] >> ah-ha! yes! oh, yeah. >> frank ware, ladies and gentlemen! got a little body english in there. frank ware. our fifth contestant is his second time to qualify for the finals. he is a grip. he's been with muni for nine years and spent seven years with the cable car division. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. trini whittaker. so trini -- >> like i told frank, the cable car has two people. who wo

mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield four minutes to the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, our subcommittee chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for fo four minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, when most of our republican colleagues vote no against extending unemployment benefits for americans toda these people have who have lost their job through no fault of their own, they're doing it and they'll say it's because of the deficit. but in reality they're simply trying to make the president fail at any cost. we have precedent here for that. back in the 1990 when newt gingrich ruled this place, they thought the american people were stupid, but it didn't work then and it won't work now. in december, 1995, newt gingrich thought he could win the presidency for the republican party by shutting down the government. and proving t

mr. obey: mr. speaker, i'm waiting for my last speaker to arrive. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. obey: i reserve for the moment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, my next speaker is not here either. i reserve myself. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker prtempore: the gentleman from wisconsin has reserved. the gentleman from california has reserved. mr. obey: mr. speaker, how much time does each side have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin has six minutes remaining. and the gentleman from california has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. obey: let me yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for 90 seconds. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and i'm happy as the chairman of the homela security appropriations subcommittee to remind our colleagues of the provisio in this bill that

mr. polis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on house resolution 1504 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. polis: i'm pleased to recognize the leader, mr. hoyer, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. speaker langevin, i congratulate you on taking the podium. i congratulate you your extraordinary service to the people of rhode island, the people of our country, and i congratulate you for being an example. the can-do spirit that has made america such a great country. mr. speaker, i'm glad to be here on the 20th anniversary of the enact of the americans with disabilities act. and i'm proud to be here on the floor with tony quello from the state of california. tony quello was the whip on our side of the aisle for a number of years, elected into that position very shortly

mr. frank: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding and i congratulate the chairman for the extraordinary work he's done. i thank mr. bachus, too, who i think is one of the really responsible leaders in the minority in terms of issues of substance and where there are differences, there are honest differences. mr. speaker, i come to the floor and when i do i hear the portions of the debate, sometimes not all the debate. i want to make an observation, though, i listened to the gentleman from new jersey and he remarked on what the people were saying. and i think that frankly his remarks reflected the difference in the perspective between both parties. indeed, that perspective has been reflected in my three decades here, under mr. reagan and others who have served as president. and lastly with mr. bush. mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator would simpl

mr well let's let's see if he did the fairness he did yes he did comment to the senate mr patricia mr portrays himself said on the record transistor patris general petraeus himself said general petraeus himself said on the record that his words were completely distorted by a politically charged government representatives following his testimony to the senate and what mr patris said which is that if the israeli the israeli palestinian conflict is won and you can check the protocols of what i'm telling you here go to google and check out what he said is one of a number of different problems in the middle east now you know extremely well that in fact the majority just answer what are mr mr fix misstatements of fact that the majority of the injured wounded and murdered israelis in the in the intifada after israel made a far reaching statehood offer in two thousand and one of two they made a second one in two thousand and eight which was rejected the majority of israelis that were killed in priest sixty seven israel and if mr fyshe thinks that the israeli the israeli settlements are illega

mr mr if mr fish doesn't really believe that america that america's position in somalia or in sudan in the civil war there or in the in the civil war that's been going on between the iranian backed hizbollah and the druze and the christians in lebanon or with the shiite militias in iraq or or the taliban in afghanistan have anything to do with the palestinian israeli conflict i mean that's just simply patiently absurd and you think you know something about one thousand nine hundred i mean dan dan if i could end here dan if i could tell me where general petraeus set is much. mr well let's let since he said he did as he did comments to the senate mr patricio mr portrays himself said on the record mr patris general petraeus himself said general petraeus himself said on the record that his words were completely distorted by a politically charged government representatives following his testimony to the senate and what mr patris said which is that if the israeli the israeli palestinian conflict is won and you can check the protocols of what i'm telling you here go to google and check out wh

mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i rise today to speak in support of h.res. 1366, recognizing and honoring the united states freight rail industry. before i do, i must note once again, as other of my colleagues have, that every single transportation bill on today's suspension calendar is a democratic bill. the majority has not been living up to the common practice of a 70/30 split on those suspend calendars. although i -- currently it's running 95% to 5%. they added three republican suspension bills to the calendar this week. i hope that the majority will honor that common practice that we've had in the house for a number of years. we are honoring the freight rail today because our freight rail network is the undisputed envy of the world. every year freight trains move 40 tons of material for every man, woman and child in this country. railroads provide a remarkable public benefit, reducing traffic on the highways, lowering pollution and providing a less expensive mode of transit for freight. and this public

mr. frank: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding and i congratulate the chairman for the extraordinary work he's done. i thank mr. bachus, too, who i think is one of the really responsible leaders in the minority in terms of issues of substance and where there are differences, there are honest differences. mr. speaker, i come to the floor and when i do i hear the portions of the debate, sometimes not all the debate. i want to make an observation, though, i listened to the gentleman from new jersey and he remarked on what the people were saying. and i think that frankly his remarks reflected the difference in the perspective between both parties. indeed, that perspective has been reflected in my three decades here, under mr. reagan and others who have served as president. and lastly with mr. bush. mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator would simpl

mr. price: mr. speaker, i would like to yield two minutes to an outstanding member of our subcommittee, mr. rodriguez of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rodriguez: i rise in support in support of this bill and i thank chairman price for his work on these issues. the chairman has joined me on the board. i represent more border than anybody else in the congress, 785 miles and we have had the opportunity to tour all the way from texas to san diego, including the northern border. and i want to thank him for his bringing forth this piece of legislation. let me just indicate that this is a major piece of legislation that's critical to making sure that we secure or border. if anything is important, it's to make sure that this country remains secure. earlier this month, the house passed a supplemental appropriation bill that continued to fund our operations both in iraq and afghanistan and included $701 million in much needed border security funding. this is the funding that

mr. smith: mr. speaker, first of all i want to thank the ranking member, the gentleman from california, mr. lewis, for yielding me time. mr. speaker, i'm opposed to the inclusion of the preserved access to affordable generics act in r.r. 4899. most cases in the united states where the civil or criminal, antitrust or patent settle. the reasons for this are simple. litigation is expensive and its outcomes are uncertain. the supposed problem involves a payment of cash in the settlement of a patent case brought by generic drug manufacturer. such payments were said to frustrate the intent of federal law by allowing the brand name pharmaceutical company to pay to delay entry of the generic competitor into the market. the proposed solution to this problem incorporated in this bill goes much too far. it creates a presumption that all such settlements are unlawful. the bill sets forth the criteria that a court may use to determine whether to uphold a settlement. however the validity of the underlying patent

mr. lynch: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentlelady, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton from the district of columbia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the district of columbia is recognized for five minutes. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding. i particularly thank him for his leadership on many issues in our subcommittee, not the least of which is this issue which he has shepherded it to the floor so rapidly. and i certainly want to thank mr. sarbanes, add my kudos. he's already heard from the leadership. he's already shown when he was a member of our subcommittee. mr. speaker, this bill does nothing more than make -- give us a presumption in favor of teleworking. and i believe that's the most important thing the bill does. you have heard that we've been doing something called teleworking for decades, but that was whatever agency chose to move forward, whatever employees chose to participate. i can't imagine what the rank

mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield as much time as he may consume to my colleague from michigan, mike rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you. i'd like to thank the gentlelady from the district of columbia for her help and support. i'd like to thank mr. dingell from michigan. it's great to know that the leadership and statesmanship is still alive in the people's house in washington, d.c. you know, it is fitting, i think, that this great body, this great deliberative body stop along the way of its important business of nation-changing business to recognize some of the greatest acts happen locally. they're just reflected here and the great things do happen in communities like brighton, michigan, and every other state in this great union. and today is really that day. very, very few times do you get to come to the floor and talk about some great community leader that you have such personal relationship, my mother. and this post office is

mr. levin: mr. speaker, pursuant to h.res. 1495 i call up the bill h.r. 5618, to continue federal unemployment programs and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5618, a bill to continue federal unemployment programs. the speaker pro tempore: we will have members and staff please take their conversations off the floor, the gentleman deserves to be heard. members, please. the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself -- no, you need to split the time first. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is still not in order. pursuant to house resolution 1495, the amendment printed in house report 111-519 is adopted and the bill is amended, is considered read. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: thank you very much. i yield myself such time as i sh

mrs. mrs. sherry horsily, the principal of west carter middle school in olive hill, kentucky, another amazing turn around story. heruperintendant is also here today. in five years she boosted math scores by 50% and reading scores by 25%. today it was one of the top middle schools in the state. can you please stand? [ applause ] we have some great superintennts here as well. dr. william covington from kansas city who is facing tough budget decision that's were neglected for years by that district but he's determined to turn crisis into opportunity and right size the district so it can improve. terry greer is here from houston, he has a bold plan for evaluating teachers using multiple years of data on student growth. we have andrea solanzo from baimore, turning around schools and making significant gains in test scores. please stand. thank you so much. [ applause ] beyond them, there are literally thousands and thousands of innovative educators all across america using technology in new ways to i

mr. brady: yes, mr. speaker. mr. rangel: i would ask the gentleman to yield to me for five minutes for the purposes of making a statement. mr. brady: i yield to the the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: i thank you for extending this courtesy, in view of the great contribution you make on the community and in the congress and i want to thank you for bringing it to the attention of the american people the sacrifices that so many people are making as a result of the incident that is taking place in the gulf. mr. speaker, i rise to say i have introduced legislation to reinstate the draft and make it permanent during time of war. it is h.r. 5741. and what this does is to make everyone between the ages of 18 and 42, whether they are men or women, whether they are straight or gay, to have the opportunity to defend this great country whenever the president truly believes that our national security is threatened. during the last few weeks and months as we have gone through a heat wave in the northeast, i could not but thi

mr. speaker, thank you, mr. speaker. as the house will be aware today is the fifth anniversary of the seventh of july terrorist attacks on central london. i'm sure everyone in this house, people in our country will remember where they were and what they were doing when that dreadful news came through. our hearts should go out to the families and friends of those who died. they will never be forgotten. and our thoughts are are those with those injured by the dreadful events of that day. it was a dreadful day. but it is also a day that will remain, i believe, a symbol of the enduring bravery of the british people. >> here. >> mr. speaker, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in the house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, can i ask the prime minister if he will join me in congratulating the people of somali land on the successful peaceful and transparent election of a new president? as the somali land republic has now be

green, mr. scott, mr. hastings, and especially the committee staff who have worked countless hours a day and night over the span of almost two years devoted to this matter. whatever happens from this point forward, i believe it is incumbent on each of us to do our part individually and collectively to take a measured step forward in the direction of helping to restore the trust that the american people have placed in us in this the people's house where we are all privileged to serve. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. bonner. and mr. greene. as i noted at the outset, this is an organizational meeting of the subcommittee. the respondent is not here and is not required to attend this session this meeting is not a forum for parties to make their case. represent rangel has submitted a written statementth. we have received the statement of alleged violations and various motions filed by the respondent's an investigative subcommittee responding to those motions. mr. rangel has submitted a written s

mr. sanchez? >> thank you. good afternoon, president peterson, members of the board. scott sanchez, planning department's staff. the department respectfully request the board denied this rehearing request. there is no new information presented this evening that is not available at the time of the previous hearing. also, the letter of determination holders, there is no manifest injustice. they have the right to go through and fulfill the use, at which they work properly entitled for. i respectfully suggest the discussion at a previous hearing and the decision was largely based upon the two issues of whether or not it was actually entitled properly in the first place. i think we thought it was not properly entitled and we did not have the permit and not unlawful mcd. the second issue, that they abandon the use by converting it and making significant efforts to convert it into another use. we believe the board properly heard that matter and we request you uphold the action and denied reheari

mr. hollis has saved by his injust enrichment, particularly with the workers' comp penization insurance. it's roughy $400 per medallion fer -- per month and mr. hollis by operating his business for 40 months without that coverage, didn't have to pay it. that's where the $16,000 comes from. many other companies have to pay this and your experience goes up many p depending on your compensation coverage. he doesn't have any. another company could tell you that it's expensive. some companies are paying six figures a year for could cover the workers' comp. mr. hollis only has one vehicle, but, however, it's $400 at least per medallion and that's the money he saved and was unjustly addressed by. commissioner garcia: but also you didn't address the issue that the money he saved because of the workman's comp he passed on to the drivers. at least we were informed of that and no statement was made about that by you, the fact that he lowered the gate fees for those same drivers and made it a choice.

mr. smith: mr. speaker, 2/3 of americans say they are angry at the national media, according to a new rasmussen public opinion poll. the poll suggests that americans are angry because the national media's clear liberal bias. by a margin of more than three to one, americans say the average reporter is more liberal than they are rather than more conservative. by almost the same margin, americans think reporters are trying to help president obama pass his agenda. most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win. and a majority think reporters would hide information that might hurt a candidate they wanted to win. americans will continue to be angry until the national media reports the facts and stops telling the american people what to think. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further one-minute requests? the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays ar

after we saw the drawing from mr. kornfield, i am wondering if that is not within our jurisdiction as well. it does not seem to be part of this nov. perhaps it would be. but after looking at this, i am inclined to agree with commissioner fung. i believe he was suggesting go ahead and deny the appeal. is that right? commissioner hwang: i was not really following. i don't understand -- looking at the list and denied the appeal? vice president goh: what i was suggesting is that things are either covered by the existing nov or are not within our jurisdiction. if they are within the nov that is exng

mr. loebsack: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. and insert extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. loebsack: this recognizes the title 6 international programs within the department of education. under the office of postsecondary education, the international education program services, i.e., p.e.s., mansion a total of 14 -- manages a total of 14 such programs. this provides grants to individuals, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations to build and strengthen international cooperation and enrich our students' cultural experiences. international education has long been an important part of strengthening the capability and performance of american educational programs in foreign languages and in area and internation

mr. defazio of oregon. mr. defazio: well, big surprise, last friday the obama administration went after the greed and excess on wall street during the financial meltdown. they went after it to form of their esteemed pay czar. he got out a feather duster and he waged it vaguely in the direction of wall street saying, shame, shame on you. he identified 17 megafirms on wall street who paid out $1.7 billion in bonuses and other to their executives while they were lining up at the same time to take tens of billions of dollars of tarp bailout money to save their firms from the risky bets they had made that were endangering their future that had gone bad. now, he described some of the bonuses and payouts as ill-advised. poor judgment, lacking clear justification. but, mr. feinberg, the all powerful pay czar who talked so tough at the beginning, won't try and recoup the money. he said, quote, it's not contrary to the public's interest. shaming. shaming. will be penalty enough. but he won't name anybody who got the mone

i would like to introduce mr. ford. >> welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation -- competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they're great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competi