mrs. capps. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. capps: i thank the gentleman. mr. chairman, i rise today to ask for your help in providing fair and adequate disability benefits to our nation's federal firefighters. together with the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. platts, i introduced the federal firefighters fairness act to create the presumption that federal firefighters who become disabled by heart disease, lung disease, certain cancers and other infection diseases contracted the illness on the job. this effort is strongly supported by all five major fire organizations and has 130 bipartisan co-sponsors. i offered this bill as an amendment to the national defense authorization act. however, it was not made in order due to pay-go issues. mr. skelton: i thank the gentlewoman for raising this important issue. i certainly share her concern for our federal firefighters while protecting our national trend military installations, nuclear facilities, v.a. hospitals and other federal facil

mrs. capps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from kapp is recognized for one -- from california is recognized for one minute. mrs. capps: i rise in strong support of house resolution 505 with deepest sympathy for the family and loved ones of dr. george tiller in strongest condemnation of his murder. murder in any setting is horrific, it's unconscionable. but to commit a heinous crime of violence inside a place of worship that teaches a message of tolerance and nonviolence is especially reprehensible. dr. tiller was guiding worshipers to their seats. his wife was singing in the choir when he was gunned down. this is so precisely the opposite of where humanity should be in 2009. violence, especially murder, should never be a recourse for differences in beliefs. so i ask my colleagues to join me in condemning acts of violence and intolerence and i ask that we resolve to honor the memory of dr. george tiller, a physician and man of god, by working harder than ever to promote tolerence, to pro

mrs. capps: madam speaker, i rise with great pride to support the american clean energy and security act. we built a record on energy and climate policy that indicates that the time for action is now. america is ready. the world is watching. we must transition to clean energy economy and jobs so that we can create jobs, achieve energy independence and protect our planet. we have before us a powerful and thorough and effective bill. it includes a nationwide renewable electricity standard. it contains critical investments in energy efficiency. it requires immediate significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are harming the health of our people and our planet. the bill also makes substantial investments in domestic, international, natural resource and public health adaptations that are crucial to the continuing prosperity of our nation and our world. madam speaker, to protect our health, to protect our economy, our national security and our planet, we must enact comprehensive climate l

mrs. capps of california, mr. holt of new jersey, mr. schiff of california, ms. schwartz of pennsylvania, mr. payne of new jersey, mr. pomeroy of north dakota, mr. farr of california, mr. ellison of minnesota, ms. hirono of hawaii, and ms. roibled of -- and ms. roybal-allard of california. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to section 4-b of house resolution 5, 111th congress, i am pleased to appoint the following members to the house democracy assistance commission. the honorable david dreier of california. the honorable john boozman of arkansas. the honorable jeff fortenberry of nebraska. the honorable judy biggert of illinois. the honorable bill shuster of pennsylvania. the honorable kay granger of texas. the honorable charles w. boustany jr. of louisiana. the honorable k. michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader. the speaker pr