mrs. christensen: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizing the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: i urge all members to support this bipartisan legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4771 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. pitts: i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 2154. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2154, an act to amend the public health service act to re-authorize the emergency medical services for children program. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts, and the gentlewoman from the virg

christensen, student, fort mchenry volunteer, representing the youth and future of our nation. ms. cruz, american international boxing champion, singer and aspiring olympian. general colin powell, a statesman, and iconic american and mrrnacke who endured the loss of his brother of the tragic events on september 11th, 2001. >> ms. caroline. >> o say can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, o o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming, and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, oh, say does the star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] >> on the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes. what is that which the breeze, oer the towering steep, as it fitfully blows half conceals, half discloses? now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, in full glory reflected now shines in the stream, tis the star-spangled banner! oh long may it waveoaer the land of the free and the home of the brave! [applaus