mrs. maloney: will the gentleman yield? mr. garamendi: certainly. mrs. maloney: this is a democracy, and i believe there is no idea in the world that is so dangerous or challenging that you can't debate it in the united states congress. it should be put up for a debate and have it fully debated and have a vote. and that's the least that the speaker should provide for the american people. mr. garamendi: now, over on the senate side, the leader of the senate, mr. reid, brought the issue to the senate floor and was unable to even get a vote on the senate floor because of the republican threat of a filibuster and the 60-vote requirement to end that filibuster. and so even though on the senate side they almost came to a vote, they were stopped short by a filibuster, and the reason apparently was that the republicans did not want to raise a .5% tax on those very small number, the top 1% of americans that are earning more than $1 million of adjusted gross income a year. and so with that small tax increase, they refuse to go along, and so here we are in this hous

mrs. maloney: no, they do not. the scientists and medical professions all support access to all appropriate legal, medical procedures. there is sometimes when the fetus -- could not live or has died and is in jeopardy for causing literally the destruction of organs or death of a woman. this is a life-taking bill from the health and welfare. and this bill allows hospitals to deny life-saving care. this is a big change in our values and procedures in our country. and i want to point out very importantly, mr. chairman, that at the same time, they are restricting reproductive choices, republicans are limiting access to family planning and primary care and by their efforts to defund planned parenthood, which is a primary care provider to most women to their basic health in this country and these actions, i would label just plain too extreme. mr. ellison: you know, the gentlelady has been eloquent about the assault on women's health. if you don't mind, given that you are a member of the joint economic committee, which is

mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, i want to begin by thanking my colleague and very good friend, corrine brown, for her leadership on this and also the chairman, walter jones, and ranking member clay. and i am a proud co-sponsor and i rise in strong support of this bill and i am thrilled that the montford point marines are with us in the gallery. and in 1941 president roosevelt issued an executive order which opened the door for the first african-americans to enlist in the united states marines. totaling approximately 20,000, these brave men faced segregated training at montford point, north carolina, while white recruits were trained at paris island in south carolina. among these distinguished marines was someone who later in life would become an outstanding mayor of the city of new york. my friend and now constituent, david dinkins. david dinkins, enlisted in the marines in 1945. immediately after grad waiting from high school -- graduating from my school and served until the end of the war. he told me of t

mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, i'd like to introduce a plan that is as simple as one, two, three. number one is getting back to basics and helping to create badly needed jobs. this economy will not grow unless we stimulate private sector job growth. it's time to drop the partisan bickering and focus on creating jobs and creating them now. pass the president's jobs bill. number two is building up our infrastructure, work on our roads and trains is desperately needed to help america compete. and this badly needed repair work creates jobs that cannot be outsourced. we need to pass the transportation bill now. number three is embracing a bold and balanced vision and crafting a true bipartisan agreement in the supercommittee, one that cuts our deficits by trillions, invests and raises revenue and creates jobs. no one is pretending it will be easy but if we get back to basics it could be as easy as one, two, three. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

mrs. maloney: thank you, i ask unanimous consent to place in the record my opposition to this attack on women's access to reproductive health services and our fundamental right to lifesaving medical care. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: madam speaker, i'm very pleased to yield to the distinguished woman from connecticut, ms. delauro, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: this bill threatens the health and basic rights of american women. the majority is once again trying to embed their extreme, their divisive, ideological preferences into law. they are trying to impose their backward view of a woman's role on everyone else. forcing women back into traditional roles with limited opportunity. they need to trust and respect american women. the bill goes beyond prior legislation. it bans working women access to a legal medical procedure. it denies all but the wealthiest women their choice in health services. it puts the government between a woman and her doctor. it allows hospitals to deny

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mr. chairman. >> i recognize the gentleman from new york, ms. maloneyfive minutes. >> i want to thank all the members of the panel who served on the commission on wartime contracting, and especially my good friend and former colleague, christopher shays. just yesterday the bill we worked on went into effect for the victims compensation fund for the 9/11 workers. i appreciate your tremendous leadership. thank you for your service in so many areas. i compliment you on this report, and you make a number of recommendations which i think are important. so many reports come back to us and they never say what you should do, but you are clear in your recommendations to increase competition. and in your written testimony you decry the fact that even after eight years in iraq, there are still multi-billion dollars contracts that have never been effectively competed. and you state that you believe there is 30-$60 billion loss in contract waste, fraud, and abuse. so it seems like some of these contractors are being treated like they are too big to fail. i financial

maloney. >> first of all, i'd like to say thank you mr. secretary for your service. you probably understand more than anyone how close we came to a total collapse in 2008, and your leadership has been a great part of helping us to dig out of that challenge. i also want to join the comments of our ranking member who said that the -- was a gift from the other body. but a gift from this committee and that congress on this side of the aisle was the card act. the credit card holders bill of rights, and in that they had many of the principles of dodd frank and transparency and level playing field and really making life better for the working men and women in our country. it stopped many of the most abusive practices such as raising rates at any time for any reason troth actively mandatory were not following these deceptive practices but others were and the report that came out recently from the puge foundation said this bill alone saved consumers over $10 billion last year. so this is an effort that the president signed into law that you championed and many members of this