mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i yield two minutes to one of our bright young attorneys, mrs. roby of alabama. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from alabama is recognized for two minutes. mrs. roby: thank you, madam speaker. and i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i rise to support h.r. 1797, the pain-capable unborn child protection act. this bill would at least prohibit dangerous late-term abortions of unborn children at 20 weeks. that's the stage of development which we feel pain, and i say we, mr. speaker, for a reason. many supporters of this bill are taking to facebook and twitter, using the #theyfeelpain to illustrate the brutal reality of late-term abortion. i applaud their efforts and i appreciate the many notes of encouragement i've received from constituents back home in support of this bill. i certainly hope that they will keep those facebook posts coming to get the word out about what we are doing here today. but i use the phrase we feel pain because i'm afraid too often we speak of

mrs. blackburn: thank you. i have to tell you, madam speaker, so often we come to the floor and we will hear members say, we're doing this for the children or that for the children and i have to tell you, this is one of those days that we truly can stand and say, yes indeed, we are taking an action that will enable so many children to enjoy that first guarantee, that guarantee to life. and indeed that is the reason that we stand here. the unborn child protection act is based in science. this is an area that has overwhelming public support and it is indyed deed an appropriate -- it is indeed an appropriate response to kermit gosnell's house of horrors and the similar stories that we are hearing emanate from across the nation about what is happening in these abortion clinics. what this does is to limit abortion at the sixth month of pregnancy and includes exceptions so that we can send the clearest possible message to the american people that we do not support more gosnell-like abortions. it does nothing to ban a

mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. the gentleman from new mexico, mr. ben ray lujan, of which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yinse prevailed by voice vote. -- ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. ben ray lujan of new mexico. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is exp

mrs. blackburn: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee will e postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment offered by by mr. barr leta of pennsylvania. section, none of the funds made available under the heading departmental management and operations, departmental operations, office of secretary and executive management maybe used for expenses until the secretary of homeland security and 8es with section 7078 u.s.c. 1365-b. the chair: the gentleman from is recognized for five minutes. >> my amendment is simple. none of the funds from the office of the secretary may be untilor official expenses here is a biometric data entry system. it is already required by the law. in 2004, congressman dated the establishment of this system to track foreigners. the 9/11 commission created the system as well. the creation of an effective exit system would keep our country s

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i come to the floor to share a quote with my colleagues to make them aware of this. it is from daniel shrag, he's the white house advisor on climate change, and this was reported in "the new york times" and quite frankly, i find this quote baffling. here it is. the one thing the president really needs to do now is to begin the process of shutting down the conventional coal plants. politically, the white house is hesitant to say we're having a war on coal. on the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what's needed, end quote. and that was mr. shragg, who is the white house advisor on climate change. mr. speaker, i highlight this with my colleagues in this house right now, because a war on coal is a war on jobs, a war on jobs is a war on the american worker. i have never met anybody that wants to pay more for electric power generation, but the actions of this administration, the actions of the president choosing to circumvent congress and implement these is costing us 500,000 jobs. i yie

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. when congress was created, when it cree aed the transportation security administration in 2001, we defined t.s.a. screeners in law as federal security screeners. their role, as defined by the aviation and transportation security act, is to screen passengers and luggage at airports across the country. however, beginning in 2005, t.s.a. administratively reclassified t.s.a. security screeners as transportation security officers and proceeded to upgrade their union forls to reflect those of federal law enforcement officers with metal officer badges. my concern and those of many of my constituents is that despite their appearance, t.s.a. officers do not have any federal law enforcement training to reflect their current title and appearance. this can be confusing to the traveling public as they interact with t.s.a. officers at airports and now on the highways, rail stations, ferry terminals, bus stations and other mass transit facilities across the country. i strongly believe that congress

mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. i want to express my gratitude to mrs. walorski from indiana for the leadership that she has brought to this issue and for the bipartisan manner in which she and ranking member sanchez have approached this issue to bring together a bill which we can focus on, we can agree on, and we can pass this to address a problem that does need our attention and our best effort. we have heard about the 26,000 estimated sexual assaults that are taking place in our military each year. now, as we look at those numbers, we have to look at the numbers that are reported. 3,374. those are the number of reports. 3,3p 4. -- 3,374. more stunning is the number of convictions, 238. that is what we have learned from this d.o.d. report. and as we have heard, the reason given for the lack of reporting is because so many fear retaliation and the fact that it would negatively impact their career. 62%, 62% give that as their reason. i think the scope of the problem is much larger than we know at this point in time, and here is an example. on may 15, pol

mrs. blackburn, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. eshoo and i think have some of the same questions. and i'm going to go right to the copyright issue. ms. burdick, let me come to you. i appreciate your comments and how you expressed support for property rights. i'm quoting, recognizing local broadcasters' property interest in their signal seeking compensation. i agree, program deserves to be compensated and incentivized. what about the radio side, refusing to recognize the sound recordings, if that undermines your position before us as we look at the video prame work and the retransmission -- framework and the retransmission rights? as you know radio broadcasters say they shouldn't have to pay performance royalties because they help distribute an artist's music. so square that up for me. where's the contradiction in that? >> sure. just by way of background, our company has been in the radio business for 90 years, 18 months after the first commercial station was -- >> quickly. >> there's been a relationship between radio and artist --

mrs. blackburn. the chair: the gentlelady from tennessee is recognized for 30 seconds. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam chairman. today i stand to support keeping the money that we need for readiness. having that $5 billion in here is why i think it's absolutely immoral we would sign up, superintendent, and ship out men and women in uniform and not give them the readiness and the skills and the training that they need. the flying hours program is a great example of that. in the $5 billion that the gentleman would like to cut is the money for the flying hours program. 37,000 flying hours. it would equip us with 500 aviators we need. let's fund these efforts for the men and women in uniform. yield back. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam chairman. i find it interesting the gentlelady would suggest that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey, would ask for an amount of money for our war fighters that is immoral. what is cynical is to use the afghan and overseas contingency

mrs. blackburn, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. eshoo and i think have some of the same questions. and i'm going to go right to the copyright issue. ms. burdick, let me come to you. i appreciate your comments and how you expressed support for property rights. i'm quoting, recognizing local broadcasters' property interest n their signal seeking compensation. i agree, program deserves to be compensated and incentivized. what about the radio side, refusing to recognize the sound recordings, if that undermines your position before us as we look at the video prame work and the retransmission -- framework and the retransmission rights? as you know radio broadcasters say they shouldn't have to pay performance royalties because they help distribute an artist's music. so square that up for me. where's the contradiction in that? >> sure. just by way of background, our company has been in the radio business for 90 years, 18 months after the first commercial station was -- >> quickly. >> there's been a relationship between radio and artist --

mr. franks? i can't remember hearing it. >> you might have missed it. shame on the men of the republican party for pushing marsha blackburnof them and hiding behind her skirts. >> tough guys. they're tough guys. >> these tough guys. right? they want to make a women submit to a vaginal probe but can't defend their ownen situation to try to challenge roe v. wade. they have to put that lady out there and she gets to be the spokesman to challenge the underpinnings of roe versus wade. good for them. so tough. >> now to the science of fetal pain. republicans say the science is with them with you but the current research i've read and nothing is entirely conclusive, it says fetuses may feel pain somewhere around the 29th, not the 20th and certainly not the 15th which is what you just heard. this party is fabricating science in order to make an aargument. >> it's so disconnected from the political reality that will republicans face. republicans face a tremendous deficit with women voters. so they keep putting on this spectacle over and over and over again. >> you're watching it now live. >> of challenging roe versus wade. they're