mr. speaker. does my honorable friend agree that the story of robin hood has parallels with a government that is taxing bankers to build a big city, city fat cats to fund taxes for lower earners and oil barons to take up fuel prices. will he have members disaffected to join the government that helps the poor and takes away from the rich? >> my honorable friend has made a big point. it's this government that has taxed the oil companies at the time when the oil prices are high to cut petroduties in order to help people in our country. with a contrast in the party opposite where the banks gave fr fred guber a knighthood. >> can the prime minister tell the house what risk assessment he has made of london mr. and mrs. services decision to cut 20% of its work force including 560 front line nhs staff. >> well, i have london's emergency services some of the challenges that they face not least about the olympics but also the terrorist threat they face. all organizations in this country are having to make saving

respond to the issue, the fact of helping san francisco for those individuals a live audience and mrs. doe, people are eligible for access to health care. that is one way of managing the cuts. so -- i am not sure about the state cuts. it sounds like the health care workers are working in the homes. >> just shoveled a light on its -- shed a little light on it. the dental has no support, for instance. >> just to respond, i think that issue is an important one, not just for the home workers, but a bigger issue facing a lot of workers in the city. it is a very difficult discussion and a very difficult situation. one of the things that is causing it though is we are facing these deficits and we are seeing high demands for services and one of the things creating a lot of pressure on the city for all costs is the cost of benefits. so, nobody is excited about having that conversation, because we are looking at a growing need for services, even with the state's cuts to a lot of our social safety net programs. there is a growing costs associated with those programs, and we are having to try to look

mr. chairman, on that i request the yeas and nays. the chair: does the gentleman ask for a recorded vote? mr. markey: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pusuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts will be postponed. the chair: it's now ein order to consider amendment number four printed in house report part a. ms. hanabusa: mr. chairman, i rise -- i offer the amendment. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number four printed in house report 112-73, offered by ms. hanabusa of haye. -- of hawaii. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from haye, ms. han due -- -- from hawaii, the -- the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hanabusa, and a member oppose each will control five minutes. ms. hanabusa: the amendment i propose is a simple amendment. title 43, section 1340, entitled geological and geophysical explorations is what is the subject of h r. 1229. specifically, subsection d entitled drilling permits. under that subsection, the secretary -- it

does the gentleman yield back? mr. mckeon: i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: thank you. mr. chairman, in addition, i think it should be pointed out that in the f.y. 2010 national defense authorization act, the congress required that the panel on contracting integrity review policies related to postemployment restrictions. now, that report is supposed to be delivered this summer, and it seems to be to be prudent that we listen -- and it seems to me to be prudent that we listen to what they tell us before we make new requirements without hearing what their report says. so i appreciate the concerns that the gentlelady brings up on this issue, but as the chairman indicated, study after study related to our acquisition process talks about the difficulty of atracking top-quality acquisition folks, and yet the importance of having those having people. and so i think it's very important while we obviously must cons

mr. welch: thank you. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. andrews: i rise to claim time nopsition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized forever five minutes. mr. andrews: thank you, mr. chairman. at this time i'd like to yield to mr. coffman. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. coffman: i thank the gentleman from new jersey. so many ask me as an iraq war veteran if i had learned any lessons from that war and i said yes, never do it again. but i volunteered for iraq because i believe that once we were involved in the fight, that we had to reasonably fin thashe job and my concern about afghanistan is the fact that we are pretty far down this road and we know that the president's going to reduce the conventional footprint in july of this year, the president has already stated as commander in chief that he expects afghan security forces to take operational control by 2014 and let me tell you something that i think we're not thinking about tonight and that is, as a similar affairs officer working in

mr. mcgovern, and myself. the chair: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: i have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 55, printed in horlt number 11-88, offered by mr. mcmassachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, and the gentleman from california, mr. mckeon, by previous order of the house, will each control 10 minutes. and the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. chairman, i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. chairman, too many people have died in afghanistan. since january, i have attended three funerals in my district alone. of young men who sacrificed their lives there. tens of thousands more have been wounded. and the suicide rate among our veterans from afghanistan and iraq is soaring. there is no clear mission. the karzai government is corrupt. we continue to

for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. markey: i rise in support of my amendment at the desk. the chair: does the gentleman offer the amendment in mr. markey: i offer the amendment. the chair: this the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number three printed in house report 112-74, offer id by mr. markey of massachusetts. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: i thank the chair and yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. markey: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman in the first quarter of this year, the oil companies actually were able to make $35 billion in profits. but in my amendment, we're able to save them -- say to them that because of a flaw in leases, in the 1990's, which require them to pay no royalties on public lands, taxpayers' lands, for oil they're drilling for right now and charging $100 a barrel, $4 a gallon at the pump, that there's something wrong when the taxpayers don't get anything back so what my a

mr. lee does not want to spend money he does not have. it indicates there is knowledge of how you are going to do that. you could send out a note saying you are going to be brought back as soon as the money is received. that would go a long way to allaying some of the concerns. a lot of people are very concerned about that. you are going to have state money that comes down after that, but doing something conditionally like that would be an incredible sign of good faith, and i would encourage you to do that. the second thing is nowhere near as pleasant as what we have heard on this day. we have a school in this district where the zone superintendent has declared it a safety hazard. the zone superintended is turned into those who work for her and demanded that they work for her. not everyone that works for her works under our contract, but those who do have protection from going into harm or on save situations. -- or un-saves situations. we do not want to see our people sent into what is declared tuesday -- to be an unsafe situation. we do

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that it may be in order at any time on tuesday, may 24, 2011, for the speaker to declare a recess subject to the call of the chair for the pumps of receiving in joint meeting his excellency, benjamin netanyahu -- bena min netanyahu, prime minister of -- benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, sir. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on may 12, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. appointments, board of visitors of the united states air force academy, with best wishes i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michig

for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. guthrie: thank you, madam speaker. i claim time in opposition. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would note that the gentleman did not reserve a point of order. does the gentleman seek time in opposition to the motion? mr. guthrie: i withdraw my point of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. guthrie: thank you, madam speaker. as we began the debate just a minute ago, talking about medicare, we know last week when we left to go home to work in our districts that medicare's actuary said it's going to go bankrupt in 2024. this side of the aisle has offered a plan to make it stable, secure, and sustainable . there's no member, no member as we heard all day yesterday, the greatest generation, that has any effect. matter of fact, over half the baney boom generation has no -- baby-boom generation has no changes. we are changing medicare to make it work so it's sustainable. if we follow the plan introduced by the president which does raise taxes on the rich but still does not address

mr. schuman, does an incredible job at retaining staff. last year he prioritized keeping the staff, entirely cutting our supply budget. we had essentially zero supply budget so that we could retain the staff because he cares so much about creating that connectedness in that community and we put a lot of money into professional development and continuity across grade levels. all that work will be lost if we retain only half of our staff. so i'm here to ask you to do anything you can to prevent those layoffs and find the money elsewhere in the budget. we need our people. we need our teachers. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i am a teacher at marina middle school and also the parent of a student at lowell. i'm addressing you this evening regarding the $10 million from the federal funds that are available to our district, and the $8 million in the rainy day fund. we at marina have three vappa teachers. all three of whom have received consolidation notices. and that predicts the loss, the complete elimination, of our vappa program. pleas

for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise? mr. young: i thank you, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: does the gentleman claim the time in opposition? mr. young: i claim time in opposition. i apologize. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. young: when i first saw this amendment i was wondering if we were debating financial services legislation here on the floor. clearly this amendment raises issues outside the realm of today's debating on increasing jobs. the department of the interior should protuct our -- retect our resources -- protect our resources. the department doesn't have dozens of employees sitting around reading company securities and exchange commission's filings and a similar list of which executives got to do and what bonus. this amendment would burden the interior department for yet another publishing which is publicly disclosed. it should be made public and that's why it is. this amendment is mott about openness and transparency. that's already law. the real effect of t

mr. speaker, does the prime minister agree with the comments of lord glassman, the special advisor to the leader to the opposition that the previous government lied to the british people about the extent of immigration. >> well, i think the honorable lady makes an important point which the last government didn't tell it straight to people by what was happening in terms of imprison and it's fallen to this government to get it under control. something lord glassman is something i said many times there was very hard rhetoric combined with very loose policy and that was the worst approach of all. >> mr. jack straw? [laughter] >> thank you, mr. speaker, may i ask the prime minister if he shares my profound anxiety about the recommendation of the advocate general to the european court of justice for a european-wide ban on stem cell based on human embryos? does he agree with me that were such a ban to be confirmed by the european court of justice, it would have profoundly damaging effects on our south loop base and on our pharmaceutical industries? and would he be able to say what constituency p

for what purpose does the gentleman from new york wish to be recognized? mr. weiner: i rise as the designee of ms. castor to offer an amendment printed in the record. the chair: does the gentleman designate a number? mr. weiner: amendment number one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky wish to be recognized? mr. guthrie: i reserve a point of order against the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. weiner: i ask that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. mr. chairman, i support this amendment, i hope we all vote for it. i want to take an opportunity to respond to the gentleman just at the microphone, you know, it is one thing to say you're saving medicare but if you leave a different medicare when you're done, then today -- than today if it's entirely different, then how have you saved it i know premium support or price support is the term of art now trying to take he will as you try to explain what you're doing but let me make it clear. if i say anything the gentleman can rise and i will permit to

does and save $25 billion a year? mr. mchenry: reclaiming my time, does the gentleman favor the medicare part d prescription drug benefit that has a lower cost basis than what your colleagues proposed at the time of enactment? reclaiming my time, i would say, they have lots of -- i'm going to finish up here, my friend. i would just tell the chairman that what is missing from this discussion, lots of questions, but little substantive action, no policy proposals to make sure that medicare is there for the next generation. much less, the end of the greatest generation. i would ask my colleagues to come forward with a substantive plan, not just take up the time here on the u.s. house floor, not take away time from these important amendments that we have under this open rule here on the house floor, i would ask my colleagues to do something real and substantive rather than push us to a debt crisis which their policies and their spending are pushing us towards and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gen

mr. obama does. that's up in the air. >> two questions. is the idea with 67 borders with mutually agreed upon land swap is a short-term deal because the president knows there's not going to be a peace agreement and this is the fight to use now? and it's sort of a double bank shot. but wasn't there also components of that speech the president gave that were much more direct to the palestinians. it has to be a demilitarized state? there were things that were as equally directed to the palestinians in hamas that don't seem to have gotten as much attention. >> easily. a palestinian president wasn't in washington giving a speech to apack and jumping up and down. forget the joint meeting of copping where they were competing to see who could cheer more loudly for him. that's absolutely true. most people believe the proposal of president obama is outlining is one where everybody thought we would privately go to anyway. but the reality is it's different once somebody actually says it. gwen: thanks. the supreme court is beginning to hand down a seri

of horrible genocides of lots of terrible death and suffering some of which the russian i think mr putin does accept that did happen under started after the decades of denial but nothing is the same as hitler zob which is to tire you wipe out all the jewish people not just kill saddam just as today we look at some of the islamist ideologues we look at dissolve a bit larger when we look at the language of syria and ideologues of people in egypt cold look at that free above all the rug and this talk about exterminating jews and wiping israel off the back of the earth frankly while just shivers but these people can get any political support anywhere in the world but sadly they do well let's talk about some of those rising trends that you talk about us again going back to that the rise of popularity of nationalist movements particularly in . what about the e.u.'s role in all this do you think it's somehow condoning such movements by not adopting a tougher stance really on nationalism and profound. i think that there's always a conflict to believe in my country there are very people who don't like

mr. lipinski, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: does the ntleman -- the gentleman from texas. is recognized. you have 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: madam speaker, we're prepared to close and wait for the gentleman from michigan to yield back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. mr. conyers: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, who is the chief sponsor of this leslation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. smith, for his leadership. i want to thank mr. lipinski. i want to thank dave camp and our speakers, john boehner, for his eloquent statement and his compassion for both mothers and children who are hurt by abortion and for eric cantor, our majority leader, and for 228 co-sponsors of this legislation. madam speaker, there is no doubt whatsoever that ending alp

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for one hin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. broun: it is long past time to stop rewarding irresponsibility. if we continue to give the democrat administration everything they ask for they'll never learn fiscal discipline or how to control their outrageous spending. taxpayers do not want to write the administration another blank check out of their own checkbooks only to see it bounce and further worsen our economy along with job creation. merps have said loudly and clearly that they want serious spending cuts and i will not support raising the debt ceiling unless this administration begins to practice some self-control. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today because i fear that lost amidst the controversy i

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed? nadya suleman in the current form. the clerk: mr. nadler moves to recommit the bill h.r. 754 to the permanent select committee on intelligence with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the amendment. at the end of title 3, add the following new section. section 304, prioritization of funding to combat terrorists. a, finding. congress finds the following -- one, under the leadership and direction of president barack obama, the intelligence community performs with exceptional bravery and professionalism in the pursuit of osama bin laden who was killed on may 1, 2011, that enabled special warfare development group. two, the tremendo

mr. james clapperson. >> does my right honorable friend agree that there is no case for giving the e.u. power over taxation, at least of all in prent circumstances? committee assure me that the government will simply say no to the proposed e.u. directive for a corporate common tax base? >> i can certainly reassure my right honorable friend. the point those in the e.u. who want to see further, they are normally making one of two arguments. either they want to raise more money to the e.u. which i don't agree with or secondly they're trying to reduce tax competition within the e.u. i think it's important we keep our competitive tax rates and don't give them further our tax base. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the ministerial court is extensive and it's in the rules governing ministers but what is his policies and his government's policy on those ministershat break the ministerial code. >> what was the ministerial code is an extremely serious offense and i know he has asked questions before about my right honorable friend for epson. let me be clear that there was no decision in making process -

mr. cain, does the gop risk the perception it is becoming the union busting party? >> i don't think so. because what the national labor relations board did by siteing -- citing boeing about coming to south carolina is outrageous. we have a free market system. for the government to start picking winners and losers and trying to decide where those winners should put their business it is outrageous. it would upset the balance of how our free market system is suppose odd to work. one of the biggest problems we have with this country today is too much government intervention in trying to tell businesses how to do what they do best, which is create jobs. government doesn't create jobs. businesses create jobs. we need to get government out of the way, including trying to tell a company where they should be build a new plant! [ applause ] >> juan: congressman paul, i have the same question for you, sir. let me add, republicans have historically had success when appealing to union voters, blue collar voters. do you see danger in the gop alienating union members? >> i wouldn't think so. i think u

. >> does that work for commissioners? ok, great. next item, please, mr. secretary? what other commission business. does any commissioner happening in light of? >> hearing done, next item. >> the report of the general manager. " we have a quarterly financial report? -- >> we have the quarterly financial report? >> [inaudible] >> would you like to make a public comment? we called public comment a little while ago, but these come forward if you have something to say. sorry. >> i have a question about the report or gray water. i want to know if there is a manual in progress that is designed for indoor use of gray water. apparently there is a design manual for outdoor use. can someone answer that? >> yes, please. but paula? >> thank you. what i am the manager of water resources. we do not have a design for indoor use. we have a design manual for outdoor irrigation only. i am happy to share it up with you. >> indoor use is a much more involved process? >> yes. let's not in progress currently. >> thank you. >> other public comments on the general managers' report? sorry, on

mr. chairman? >> what purpose does mr.ks recognition >> i wish to raise a concern and point of order with the gentleman is amendment. estimate of a gentleman is recognized. >> the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina would require mandatory spending which would result in a point of order against the bill on the floor. it's certainly always been the practice of this committee to not allow such amendments to be offered in the committee when that could occur and so i would suggest it would be inappropriate to consider the amendment. >> of the chair finds the amendment if adopted would require mandatory spending which would result in a point of order against the bill on the floor. it's the practice and the custom of the committee to not accept amendments which would cause a point of order on the floor. the amendment is not in order. >> 0155 with ask the the clerks out of the amendment >> mr. bartlett for maryland. >> in the conference and it's true in the democratic caucus we are able to express ourselves to

mr. filner: does the gentleman have further speakers? mr. miller: we have no further speakers. mr. filner: i again urge support of the bill and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: i thank the ranking member for bringing this bill to the floor. i would add that tomorrow morning the full committee will be having a hearing at 10:00 a.m. titled putting american veterans back to work. i would also ask my friend the ranking member not to give all the good ideas to the white house because you and i will be working together on a summit to bring together those individuals who are wanting good employees to hire and highlight the veterans' community to them for employment in their exens. -- companies. once again i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative day tots revise and extend and add extraneous material to h.r. 802 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. miller: i encourage all members to support h.r. 802 as amended and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will

mr. weiner: yes, he does. the chair: a recorded vote is requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. mr. weiner: pending that i make a point of order, a quorum is not present. i think you want to rule that the vote is in order. the chair: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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 expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in the congressional record on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number 2 by mr. tonko of new york, amendment number 9 by mr. cardoza of cali

but i'm not sure what interest i would have in saying it doesn't mean what it says, i think it does mr. do you have a particular judgment and if you stand before someone whom will that be. >> i believe under their judgment all human beings, creation will stand before god for judgment, for that which they did or said or how they acted in life. >> who is god? >> god is the almighty creator of this planet and universe. >> a person? >> god is not to be -- >> a force? >> well, god's form is not to be known by us but he is the creator of this universe. >> he -- what about she? >> we don't use the pronouns to define god. >> he just use he. >> this is the english language. in erik we would say god and not give pronoun, whether masculine or feminine mr. i think what we're going to see in the 21st century, and sooner rather than later, is an overwhelming conflict between science and faith. look at what's coming along. we're going to unlock the human genome, we're going to engage in genetic engineering to eliminate inherited disease and perfect mankind. we may overcome, to a great extent, the agi

mr. lipinski, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman -- the gentleman from texas. is recognized. you have 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: madam speaker, we're prepared to close and wait for the gentleman from michigan to yield back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. mr. conyers: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, who is the chief sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 3 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: i thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. smith, for his leadership. i want to thank mr. lipinski. i want to thank dave camp and our speakers, john boehner, for his eloquent statement and his compassion for both mothers and children who are hurt by abortion and for eric cantor, our majority leader, and for 228 co-sponsors of this legislation. madam speaker, there is no doubt whatsoever that ending

for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> like all americans, i was relieved to hear the news that the world's most notorious terrorist no longer will be able to pose a threat to those who seek peace and freedom. we owe a great deal of gratitude to our brave men and women serving in uniform as well as our intelligence officers for successfully bringing down osama bin laden and scoring a major victory in the fight against terrorism. these individuals truly deserve our nation's deepest appreciation for the selfless work they do in order to keep us safe. unfortunately this occasion is bittersweet. as we reflect on those that laid down their lives in defending our freedom. these individuals made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that we enjoy the precious blessings of liberty. while there is nothing that can replace their lives, the lives that have been lost, i hope that their loved ones can take some solace in the fact that the man

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. sires: mr. speaker, i rise today to express my outrage over this weekend's religious violence in egypt. despite january's calls for freedom and democracy, religious minorities in egypt, such as the christians, are facing attacks. on saturday, a religious clash broke out in cairo involving an estimated 2,000 people. six muslims and six christians were dead. the catholic christians are demanding freedom and respect. i am concerned that even with egypt's transitions, the rights remain limited and the interim government is not doing enough to protect the lives of their citizens. catholic christians should not be injured or killed. violence in the name of religion is unacceptable. when -- but when governments do not sufficiently adress such behavior it is far more troubling. the united states must stand firmly with the country of egypt and they must be taught human right

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr.muth: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: this past tuesday 41 house republicans sent a letter to president obama pleading with him to stop the criticism of the g.o.p.'s plan to turn medicare into a private voucher system. a system that would cost future seniors thousands of dollars each year. let bygones be bygones, these republicans said. let's wipe the slate clean. i can't help but laugh at the irony. republican candidates in congress claimed the affordable care act cut $500 billion from medicare. wrongly, i might add. fast forward one year later and those same republicans now in congress, just a few weeks ago, voted for a budget that actually embraces the very same $500 billion in savings we found in medicare in the affordable care act. there's a difference, though. in the health care law, they took that $500 billion and invest it had in medicare to increase the life of the program for more than a decade. what do the republi

for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of making an announcement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rogers: i wish to announce to all members -- the speaker pro tempore: excuse me. the house is not in order. the gentleman may continue. mr. rogers: i wish to announce to all members of the house that the permanent select committee on intelligence has ordered the bill h.r. 754, intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2011, reported favorably to the house with an amendment. the committee's report will be filed today. mr. speaker, the classified schedule of authorizations and the classified annex will be available for review at the offices in room h.v.c. in the capitol visitors' center. the office will be open during regular business for any member who wish wishes to resue this material. i anticipate that h.r. 754 will be considered in the house in the near future, perhaps as early as next week

for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? without objection. >> mr. speaker, the average for a gallon of gas in ohio is over $4 a gallon. and in eastern and southeastern ohio this is particularly hard on families in rural areas. farmers, ranchers, seniors, working families, these high gas prices are having a negative impact on everyone. the higher gas prices go, the more of an impact it has on our economy and our chances for real economic recovery. small business owners are watching money they could otherwise invest in their businesses go to paying for fuel. and working families are anxiously redoing their budgets to account for higher fuel costs and looking for ways to cut back. we're blessed with an abundance of natural resources in ohio. we're one of the highest coal producing areas and with the marcellus shale right next door in west virginia, we're poised to make a contribution to making america self-sufficient. we need an energy strategy that will help us be energy self-sufficient so we stop relying on other countries to meet our needs. now is t

mr. rumsfeld, that this does justify the use of enhanced interrogation that was such a controversial thing during your administration? >> well, if you think about it, you've had three directors of the central intelligence agency who have said that the intelligence take from the three people that the c.i.a. water boarded, the department of defense water boarded nobody and nobody was water boarded at guantanamo despite the myths, but three c.i.a. directors, george tenet, porter goss, and general hayden have all said that the take from those three people that were water boarded constituted a major fraction of all our knowledge about al qaeda. the fourth c.i.a. director, panetta, leon panetta, has said very recently on television that some of that information was part of a patchwork or mosaic that led to the attack on osama bin laden. so i think that it's clear that that... those techniques that the c.i.a. used worked. and to have taken them away and ruled them out i think may be a mistake. i would add, however, that i think that the department of justice investigation into the c.i.a. operativ