ms. biggert and ms. miller and mr. boehner and mr. cantor, i accept my constructio correction.nd i appreciate him making sure making sure know he was criticizing them, not just some of them. mr. royce, he got 70 republican votes, the same group of people voted against it. by the way, the bill that the republican house passed was then denounced by the republican president. some will remember famously mr. oxley saying he could have passed this legislation in 2005 if he hadn't gotten the one finger sa absolulute from the w house. mr. snow was in favor of going forward. what happened then was the republican senate and the republican house had a fight and no bill passed. comes 2006, and mr. paulson becomes secretary of the treasury and as he report in his book, he asked for permission to negotiate with the congress. he got the president whom he admires for doing this to let him do it over the objection of many others in the white house, he then announces he began negotiating with me, and with the democrats, in that next election the democrats got the majority. he then point s out in

ms. biggert and will be back after those votes. >> any mac, very. thank you, mr.ry, it's wonderful to see you. no child left behind sounds very similar. different words, absolutely different group presenting it to us and no child left behind turned out to be punitive and set of helpful. i hate mr. hoekstra. >> is looking at a way to bring us together and away we never imagined. >> i really worry that we've got a new team in town, we've got a new white house, a new secretary, so now we've got to do a new something, but it won't be that different. so i will know it's different if we actually invest in the kids that need the help the most. so what i want to know is, is there an amount in the budget that will be targeted to ensure the students are ready to learn when they enter the classroom because to bring those failing kids, the sick kids, the hungry kids, the worry child is going to be costly. are we going to make an investment or are we going to expect the teacher to bridge that gap? pulled that teacher accountable for something that impossible because you cannot

ms. hirono: does the gentlewoman have any further speakers? mrs. biggerts. hirono: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves her time of the the -- time. the the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. biggert: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. biggert: i rise in support of house resolution 116 , recognizing washington state university honors college for 50 years of excellence. for 50 years the washington state university honors college has offered an enriched liberal arts curriculum with international context undergraduates seeking challenges can optimize their academic experience and known for their accomplishments and undergraduate research, leadership skills, and service to their local, national, and international communities. the honors thesis allows students to develop their own meant your under zpwradquat research product. -- scholarship support is available to help cover college expenses, undergraduate research, and study abroad thanks to the support of the hon

ms. judy biggert certainly deserves our commendations. she and congressman ruben hinojosa co-founded and currently co-chair the financial and economic literacy caucus, of which i'm a member. both of these outstanding congresspeople, congressman hinojosa could not be here with us today because yesterday was the texas primary and i'm pleased to announce to all of us that he won his primary yesterday. so congratulations to congressman hinojosa and we're glad to move on and carry this torch in his stead today. i also want to take this opportunity to thank congressman biggert's staff, nicole austin and vai sakanik, and the staff of ms. eddie behr these johnson -- eddie bernice johnson, she has done an admirable job in pushing this legislation and deserves to be commended for her hard work in this area. what they all are doing, what we all are doing to help the financial and economic literacy caucus attain its goals. this is a tremendous bill. it's for a tremendous purpose. mr. speaker, i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t