mrs. lummis: i will. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. harris, is recognized for 28 minutes as the designee of the majority party. mr. harris: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i will yield to the gentlelady from wyoming. mrs. lummis: i thank dr. harris and i want to thank dr. cassidy. i have seen dr. cassidy in the cloakroom talking on the phone pro bono to patients that he used to serve in louisiana. and i have seen other members of our doctors caucus do the same thing. these are people who care about their patients. and even though they're here working for the people of the united states in their district and not compensated financially, they are still here caring about their patients, working without compensation, pro bono, to help people that they used to serve, to make sure their lives are better and their health care is better. so i want to compliment the physicians in this conference that have made such a differe

mrs. lummis: madam chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment must remember 23, pripped in part b of house report 112-616, offered by mrs. lummis of wyoming. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 738, the gentlewoman from wyoming, mrs. lummis, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming for five minutes. mrs. lummis: i have two amendments made in order under this rule, however, i will offer this amendment and intend not to offer my second amendment with thanks to those i have been working with across the aisle, thank you, mrs. maloney. the equal access to justice act was passed in 19 0 by a congress concerned that everyday citizens could not afford to challenge the federal government in court when they had been wronged by government regulations. as originally designed, eja would reimburse small piss, seniors and veterans for successfully challenging the federal gov

mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker. let's review the top 10 reasons why obamacare is wrong for women. higher insurance costs. that's already happening. 20 new taxes. that's coming. the likely loss of your current insurance. we know that's coming. losing dependent coverage, that's already happening. employers losing rights of conscience over morally offensive procedures, already in litigation. the overwhelming of the medicaid programs that are in states that participate in the extension. lots of control over family health care decisions. doctors' shortages. a real concern in my state of wyoming. and employers cutting back work hours for their employees to 25 a week, 25 hours a week to avoid the costly mandate. loss of child-only health insurance policies. and now $210 billion added to the deficit over 10 years. mr. speaker, congress passed a bad law. the president signed a bad law. the supreme court upheld a bad law. let's repeal it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her tim

mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker.now, before the financial crisis the fed's lending to the financial system was minimal and monetary policy was limited. but since 2008 they've tripled their balance sheet and transacted nearly $16 trillion in loans. clearly congress has delegated monetary policy to the fed and i for one am not advocating that we abolish the fed. but congress retains oversight responsibility and congress should insist on an accurate accounting of the fed so members of congress can better understand monetary policy. our colleague ron paul was instrumental in getting an audit of the fed's emergency activities during the financial crisis. but restrictions remain in place on examining monetary policy actions such as quantitative easing and assisting failing banks in europe. when the fed's cumulative lending hits the size and scope to be greater than the entire g.d.p. of the united states, it's past time for congress to insist on transparency. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro

mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, before the financial crisis the fed's lending to the financial system was minimal and monetary policy was limited. but since 2008 they've tripled their balance sheet and transacted nearly $16 trillion in loans. clearly congress has delegated monetary policy to the fed and i for one am not advocating that we abolish the fed. but congress retains oversight responsibility and congress should insist on an accurate accounting of the fed so members of congress can better understand monetary policy. our colleague ron paul was instrumental in getting an audit of the fed's emergency activities during the financial crisis. but restrictions remain in place on examining monetary policy actions such as quantitative easing and assisting failing banks in europe. when the fed's cumulative lending hits the size and scope to be greater than the entire g.d.p. of the united states, it's past time for congress to insist on transparency. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speak

mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to work with representative berg on this amendment which will protect our nuclear triad from the reductions scheduled under this treaty for the term of this 2013 budget year. each leg of our nuclear triad, bombers, submarines and land-based missiles, complement each other and strengthen each other. as a lifelong resident of southeast wyoming, i've come to understand and appreciate the role of our intercontinental ballistic missiles. the 90th missile laying in cheyenne keeps 150 of our icbm's at nearly 100% alert. the bombers and subs have their own unique strength but no other leg of the triad comes close to this alert level. the constant alert, wide geographic dispersion and immediate global response capability of our icbm's make them an indispensable part of our triad. they are the most cost effective leg of the triad as well. at less than $3 million per icbm, they are less than a third the cost of a sub-launched missile or a nuclear bomber. it's because of the icbm's we

mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker.let's review the top 10 reasons why obamacare is wrong for women. higher insurance costs. that's already happening. 20 new taxes. that's coming. the likely loss of your current insurance. we know that's coming. losing dependent coverage, that's already happening. employers losing rights of conscience over morally offensive procedures, already in litigation. the overwhelming of the medicaid programs that are in states that participate in the extension. lots of control over family health care decisions. doctors' shortages. a real concern in my state of wyoming. and employers cutting back work hours for their employees to 25 a week, 25 hours a week to avoid the costly mandate. loss of child-only health insurance policies. and now $210 billion added to the deficit over 10 years. mr. speaker, congress passed a bad law. the president signed a bad law. the supreme court upheld a bad law. let's repeal it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time