mrs. emerson: will the gentleman yield? mr. frank: yes. mrs. emerson: i'm pleased to tell my good friend that that position is removed from this legislation as well. mr. frank: i have an amendment which says special master of tarp executive compensation and department of treasury. the amendment i have defunds and says you can't pay -- mrs. emerson: in fact this amendment -- mr. frank: i haven't yielded yet. mrs. emerson: oh,, pardon me. mr. frank: i want to make this clear, this is the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. the one i got says, lines 18 and 19, special master of tarp executive compensation department of the treasury. is the gentlewoman telling me i was given a defective copy? i yield. mrs. emerson: yes, i must tell you, my good friend, that you must have received a copy that perhaps missed a page. mr. frank: i take back my time. i would tell the gentlewoman, i would ask that not to come out of my time, a parliamentary inquiry. what's the text of the amendment? this is the one we were given. could i get a reading of th

mrs. emerson: thank you, madam chair, i continue trow serve. the chair: the gentlelady continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york. mr. serrano: i continue to reserve. mrs. emerson: madam chair, let me yield myself 30 seconds very quickly. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. emerson: number one. my colleague tries to make a comparison between car insurance and health insurance. first of all, auto insurance, if you will, deals with liability and the harm you may do to others. health insurance has to do with the liability to yourself. it's totally different. i don't believe that any state actually requires comprehensive insurance. bottom line is, we do not want the i.r.s. implementing, now, regulations that may be overturned perhaps in the near future in the courts. i continue to -- i reserve the balance of. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. serrano: i reserve only if she still has more speakers. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady has one minute and a halftime remaining. mrs. emerso

mrs. emerson: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 83, printed in the congressional

mrs. emerson: i yield to the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: i rise to enter in a colloquy with the chairwoman. madam chairwoman, without consulting with my office in any way, the general services administration took advantage of the lack of specific congressional direction in the stimulus bill and initiated renovation work on the richard h. pau federal building, a building in my district in roanoke, virginia and was funded at $51 million. however, the total cost of the renovations are now in excess of $65 million when you factor in the relocation costs for the agencies that were located in the building. i have repeatedly demanded a comprehensive cost benefit analysis from the g.s.a. showing that this project is financially worthwhile as is required by law. to date i have not received such an analysis. it is completely unacceptable for g.s.a. to move forward any further with this project until such an analysis is produced. i would like to request that you and the committee commit to working with me to demand the g.s.a. provide a comp

mrs. emerson: thank you, mr. chair. mr. broun: i rise today to enter into a colloquy with my friend and distinguished chairwoman of the appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government. i thank -- i'd like to thank you, madam chairman, as well as chairman rogers and your respective staffs for all your hard work. i appreciate your willingness to work with me and my staff on this issue. i planned on offering my amendment, number 264, that would have prevented any funding in this act to be used for vacant federal properties. however it's drafted, this language would have had serious unintended consequences. we see those sorts of things around here a lot, don't we? i'd like to take this opportunity to clarify the intent behind my amendment. and how it highlights an increasingly larger problem. according to the center report on questionable spending, roughly $25 billion is spent annually to maintain vacant or unused federal properties. my goal is to close off that spigot of federal waste. unfortunately my

last so mr emerson we know the u.s. has said that it supports mohamed el baradei to lead the opposition against mubarak in egypt of the former chief of the i.a.e.a. mr el baradei but now the european powers are getting involved with no evident choice of their own to replace mubarak why do you think these european powers are getting involved. could always be that concerned about what might happen. it is as you know a very fluid situation my my worry is that if the egypt or any of the other countries takes on the majority here in the form of democracy which we have in the west in most countries anyway that this would allow for one faction or another to dominate. the much better course of action would be for something like a government of national unity which they've already been calls for that in turn he said maybe it will happen to an easier tide and they haven't had to have. a government of national unity will ensure that what we're trying to ensure that no one factional can then dominate and insist on their point of vi

mrs. emerson of missouri. amendment 89, mr. king of wisconsin. amendment 88, mr. king of wisconsin. amendment 104, mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 50 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. mccollum on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 50 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. mccollum of minnesota. 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 followed by a series of two-minute votes. [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

mrs. emerson: i yield to mr. denham. mr. denham: i'd like to have a colloquy regarding the need to save taxpayer money by selling unneeded federal properties. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: i originally planned on offering an amendment to cut the general services administration's budget to force it to sell unneeded federal properties. my purpose was to get g.s.a.'s attention and compel it to stop wasting billions of dollars on federal buildings we no longer need or barely use. however, through this colloquy i hope our committees can make a commitment to work together and accomplish this same goal. just last week i held my subcommittee's first hearing in a freezing cold, vacant federal building on pennsylvania avenue. it sits on one of the most famous streets in america. within walking distance of the u.s. capitol and the white house. yet it's been empty for over a decade and loses over $6 million in taxpayer money each year. i'm sad to say there are buildings like this across the entire nation. according

mrs. emerson, mr. diaz-balart and mr. graves of georgia.e all want an open and thriving internet and that internet exists today. consumers can access anything they want with the click of a mouse thanks to our historical hands-off approach, changing direction now will only harm innovation and the economy. i'm bringing up this funds limitation today to prevent the federal communications commission from spending funds to implement its network neutrality rules regarding the internet. it is a stop-gap measure while we work toward pag -- passing a more permanent solution. our resolution of disapproval which would nullify the rules themselves and i would encourage everyone who cares about keeping the government out of the business of running the internet to co-sponsor that resolution. before we even get into the harm the network neutrality rules would cause, it's important to realize the f.c.c.'s underlying theory of authority would allow the commission to regulate any interstate communication service on barely more than a whim and without any add

mrs. emerson: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. mrs. emerson: while most would hope we never need to use this draft again, i think this agency is an important insurance policy against unforeseen threats. if it we eliminated selective service system, it would take us over a year to draft men into military service, whereas now it would take 90-120 days. . any kind of emergency wartime situation, this could be disastrous. we are six months into the budget year and the selective service has spent money on salaries and expenses and we can't take their money away. this is a small agency with a potential to avert a crisis should the draft ever be reinstated. i urge a no vote on this amendment. i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> i rise to strike the requisite number of words in opposition to this amendment. mr. dicks: the selective service is a readiness issue. if we don't have the process all set up, it would take two years to res

mrs. emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for two minutes. mr. emanuel: i rise in strong support of thes remain -- mrs. ellmers: i rise in support of the resolution. the american people didn't ask us to start making tough choices next year. -- mrs. emerson: our effort has got to start right now. this continues resolution honors our commitment, starting with funding for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year. as chair of the financial services subcommittee of the appropriations committee, i want to say that our financial services section contains a total of $20.4 billion, a $3.8 billion or 16% reduction from fiscal year 2010 levels, and a reduction of 4.9 -- $4.9 billion or 19% from the president's fiscal year 2011 request. reductions of this magnitude are really challenging but very necessary given the fiscal situation facing the nation. priority funding in this bill is focused on the most essential program such as security for the courts, counterterrorism and financial intelligence operations as well as drug task forces. yet other programs can ea

mrs. emerson: the intent of the data was to provide consumers with information on dangerous products. some people have compared the database by the one offered by the national highway and traffic safety administration, however, the two are very different because the nisa database is therefore much more reliable. from a government perspective we should be concerned there would be accurate information on a dot-gov website. the end of the day the most important factor is this, if the database isn't accurate or reliable, it will be totally useless for consumers looking to avoid unreliable or dangerous products. it's already dost $29 million and i say if you're going to set up a database, do it right. woe as a congress have a duty to fund things that are in the best interest of the american people and the cpsc database is not. it should not go live next month with inaccurate information. i strongly support this amendment. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. >> mr. chairman, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the ranking member o

emerson: does mr. neugebauer have any other speakers? then if he does not, let me say one thing that this amendment doesn't specify the account being reduced if cuts, all repairs and alterations and i yield to mr. serrano, my brother. mr. serrano: i thank you for the time. i recognize that you do not support the amendment but some folks cannot help themselves. it's not about the white house but who lives in the white house. first there was an amendment to cut his staff and then there was an amendment about not allowing him a teleprompter and now it says you can't fix the leaks in the white house. we have a plumbing system in the white house that hasn't been repaired since harry truman. that is a long, long time. yes, there are difficult times in this country but when you have a house visited by many tourists throughout the year, you should be careful as to the wiring and things that could happen with water and safety. and after all, whether we like this president or not, this is the residential place and the office space for our presiden

mr. goodlatte: i thank the chairman and yield back to her. ms. emerson: i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk number 214. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendments number 214, printed in the congressional record offered by mr. kline of minnesota. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. kline: thank you, mr. chairman. in an op ed published in the "wall street journal" president obama laid out his plan to conduct a review to quote, remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive, closed quote. i pledge to be a partner in that effort. job creation and american competitiveness is a top priority. i'm offering an amendment to deny funds to use and implement a job restoring department of education regulation. more than three million students attend pro prite tear schools, these schools provide students with skills that can be applied medley to specific jobs in the work force with more than six million wor