mrs. maloney is recognized. mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2827 and commend my ghood friend and colleague, ms. moore, and mr. dold, and ranking member frank, and everyone else who worked very hard on this bill in their willingness to work in a bipartisan way. it is helpful to recall that the original dodd-frank regulations relating to municipal bond advisors only came about because of a number of manmade financial disasters involving municipalities and their advisors. who were unregulated. it was just about a year ago that jefferson county, alabama, filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. they joined the ranks of 11 other entities to file a chapter 9 bankruptcy that year, including boise county, idaho, central falls, rhode island, and harrisonburg, pennsylvania. they all had unique problems. but one of the things that they had in common, they got some pretty costly advice and it will haunt taxpayers for years. this was an area that was completely unregulated before the financial crisis and th

mrs. maloney, is recognized. mrs. maloney: i recognize john barrow from the great state of georgia for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia, mr. barrow, is recognized for three minutes. mr. barrow: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentlelady for the time. mr. speaker, i am pleased to reach across the aisle in support of the cutting fuel act, a commonsense bill to cut wasteful government spending by reducing it's number of nonessential vehicles purchased by the federal government. any family or business knows that you can't spend beyond your means. government should work the same way. buying brand new cars the federal government doesn't need is a waste of hard-earned taxpayer dollars and this bill puts an end to that. the government spends $4 billion a year to maintain and operate over 650,000 vehicles. since 2006, the federal government has added over 20,000 vehicles to this fleet and the cost of operating these vehicles has gone up 5.4%. i recently introduced h.r. 6144, which also

mrs. maloney: madam speaker, today we mark the 11th anniversary of 9/11. that day still burns in our hearts and once again we renew our pledge to never forget. the thousands who died and the thousands who rushed to rescue them truly deserve this moment of honor and remembrance. but today there's also good news for those who became sick as a direct result of being exposed to the deadly toxins. as part of the drug and compensation act which speaker pelosi and those in the house, especially the new york delegation, fought so hard to pass, the world trade center health program ruled yesterday that 50 kinds of cancers will now be included under the act. this important step means that those who developed cancer often years after their exposure will have the opportunity to receive the needed care and compensation that they justly deserve. on 9/11 thousands lost their lives and thousands more lost their health because of their exposure to the deadly toxins. many are sick and dying. i am proud that this act can now include their needs and hope that they accept once

mr. ryan was happy to embrace the photo-op, he hasn't always been so supportive. two years ago new york congresswoman carolyn maloney 9/11 health and compensation act in order to provide proper medical support for first responders who had ingested lethal toxins, and concerned not to add to the nation's debt burden, democrats ensured that every cent was covered by closing a tax loophole on foreign corporations. but, unfortunately, mr. ryan repeatedly opposed the bill. he didn't actually turn up for the final vote in the house, but he did explain his position saying, this bill would create a new health care entitlement. as a result, had i been present, i would have voted against passage of this bill. on behalf of those who have benefitted from that