ms. brown-waite. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from is recognized for 35 second disease -- the gentlewoman is recognized for 45 seconds. ms. brown-waite: democrats on the other side of the aisle believe that the american citizens can no longer be trusted to manage their own health care in the best way they see fit. you must now do things in their socialist way or face the wrath of the i.r.s. unfortunately the size of the federal government isn't the only thing that's going to grow as a result of this bill. so will your insurance premiums because the cost of insurance will grow. that's right. the bill increases premiums for every american who has insurance. our national debt will grow. your taxes will grow. the only thing that won't grow are the benefits that the seniors who are in the medicare advantage plan have. they will be losing their doctors because doctors are refusing to take medicare patients and will once this bill becomes law. mr. speaker, cuts medicare, raises social secu

ms. brown-waite. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from is recognized for 35 second disease -- the gentlewoman is recognized for 45 seconds. ms. brown-waite: democrats on the other side of the aisle believe that the american citizens can no longer be trusted to manage their own health care in the best way they see fit. you must now do things in their socialist way or face the wrath of the i.r.s. unfortunately the size of the federal government isn't the only thing that's going to grow as a result of this bill. so will your insurance premiums because the cost of insurance will grow. that's right. the bill increases premiums for every american who has insurance. our national debt will grow. your taxes will grow. the only thing that won't grow are the benefits that the seniors who are in the medica

ms. brown-waite: thank you, madam speaker, and i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. you know, earlier today, this afternoon, our democratic colleague, mr. skelton, a decorated war hero himself, came down to the floor and he said he opposed the question, have we forgotten -- he posed the question, have we forgotten 9/11? i think this resolution perhaps sends the wrong message that this congress has forgotten 9/11 and also the wrong message to americans. just as our young men and women are always ready and always there for us in the military, we must show equally steadfast loyalty to them. over 1.4 million men and women are bravely serving our nation in active duty military duty today. i've attended sendoff ceremonies for the troops from my district headed overseas and i've well welcomed them home. i've rejoip joyced with those mothers and -- i've rejoiced with those mothers and fathers and wives who after months of not being with their loved soldier they're able to spend time with him. or her. and i've also wept for those who made the ultimate sacrifice, i've wept wit

ms. brown-waite. ms. brown-waite: the gentlewoman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. brown-waite: i want to make clear there are some items in this bill, provisions that everyone in this chamber could support. providing tax relief to small businesses is good. this raises an important question. if the majority recognizes that lowering taxes for businesses is a good -- is good for employment and certainly good for the economy, then why do they insist on dramatically raising taxes everywhere every single chance that the democrats get? i also think that it is worth discussing the nefarious accounting gimmicks in this bill. i voted for the principle of pay-go because i believed in it, but no sooner did the democrats finish patting themselves on the back for passo than they came back -- pay-go than they came back waving it and then sort of bernie madoffing it -- i think i created a new word, madam speaker. i don't want to get too far in th

ms. brownwaite. ms. brown-waite: the gentlewoman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. brown-waite: i want to make clear there are some items in this bill, provisions that everyone in this chamber could support. providing tax relief to small businesses is good. this raises an important question. if the majority recognizes that lowering taxes for businesses is a good -- is good for employment and certainly good for the economy, then why do they insist on dramatically raising taxes everywhere every single chance that the democrats get? i also think that it is worth discussing the nefarious accounting gimmicks in this bill. i voted for the principle of pay-go because i believed in it, but no sooner did the democrats finish patting themselves on the back for passo than they came back -- pay-go than they came back waving it and then sort of bernie madoffing it -- i think i created a new word, madam speaker. i don't want to get too far in the

ms. brown: thank you, mr. chairman. i stand in strong support of debt relief act for the earthquake recovery for haiti act, introduced by my dear friend and colleague, representative maxine waters like so many of my colleagues here in the congress and the c.b.c., we have been working to improve the lives of the people of haiti for many, many years. i was in haiti last october with chairman oberstar and congressman gregory meeks and we met with president preval and members of the haitian cabinet to discuss ways to improve the nation's infrastructure system which is absolutely vital to haiti's future scommick development. haiti is an island filled with good-willed, hardworking people yet their lives are extraordinarily difficult buzz their country has been in great turmoil for decades. long before the earthquake that hit port-au-prince. being from florida, haiti has always been near and dear to my heart. in my congressional district of florida, we worked with new mexico russ area churches, businesses, nonprofit organizati

the high-speed rail, i love it and by sorry ms. brown, a great job. california is getting a lot of the funding for that, and like ms. richardson was stating it is going through, and yet there is very few -- i had to force the issue with the high-speed rail authority to sit with the locals especially in my area because a lot of it goes through my area to deal to determine whether are they talking eminent domain? have they purchased right of ways, which they have not. they talk to the locals about the ability to go through the communities. the cities are saying no you're not. so while they may have plans, they are going to run into legal objections from the communities they planned to go through. and i certainly have some concerns and some issues i want to sit and discuss with somebody and bring the people who are actually going to be affected to the table so that there is at least an understanding on what -- if they want to go through, fine. i need mass transit. i don't need high-speed rail in my area. i need to move the mouse is. there's 12 million peo

ms. brownite. ms. brown-waite: the gentlewoman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. brown-waite: i want to make clear there are some items in this bill, provisions that everyone in this chamber could support. providing tax relief to small businesses is good. this raises an important question. if the majority recognizes that lowering taxes for businesses is a good -- is good for employment and certainly good for the economy, then why do they insist on dramatically raising taxes everywhere every single chance that the democrats get? i also think that it is worth discussing the nefarious accounting gimmicks in this bill. i voted for the principle of pay-go because i believed in it, but no sooner did the democrats finish patting themselves on the back for passo than they came back -- pay-go than they came back waving it and then sort of bernie madoffing it -- i think i created a new word, madam speaker. i don't want to get too far in the t

oberstar, ms. brown and mr.chuster to sign and requested. >> congressman, if i might, because i perhaps misunderstood the question there wasn't thinking quite clearly, the numbers we refer to i believe our projects that were requested by the state and they likely will be in our service and our lines. >> again between fra and amtrak is the recipient. finally, mr. peck, good morning mr. peck. [laughter] sorry you couldn't get away without me saying something. but i'm sure you saw this "washington post" story about the commercial real-estate situation in d.c. which is desperate but which presents us with a great opportunity to read i saw your number of dollars available allocated, obligated, extended. i work with ms. norton, the chairman to see at this time when we have a fire sale and we are leasing we have expensive leases when we have public agencies that can be housed at 50 cents, 25 cents on the dollar that we act now instead of later and to get vantage of the situation. i used to be in the development busines

ms. brown-waite: thank you, madam speaker. by now we all know the many flaws with the health care bill that's going to be rammed through this house. and there certainly are many. it cuts medicare by half a trillion dollars. it raises taxes. jeopardizes patient access to health care. and puts an un-elected bureaucrat or many bureaucrats in charge of your health care. i want to tell a brief story about something that happened to me this weekend. i was in a local drugstore with a friend of mine waiting for a prescription and a woman came up to me and she said, are you ginny brown-waite? i said yes, ma'am. she said i want to talk to you about the health care bill. she proceeded to tell me, she said, i'm about to lozz my job. which means i'll lose my health care. i thought i knew what she was next going to say, and she totally shocked me. and she pointed to her daughter who she told me was 9 years old and she said, but i don't want you to vote for that bill, congresswoman, because i don't want this child and her children paying for

ms. blackburn and mr. brown of georgia which would add a section on interstate purchasing of health insurance, something that both parties say that they support, the president has indicated his support of this notion and i believe that making this amendment in order would go along way towards ensuring that we reduce the cost of health insurance for the fellow americans. >> you heard the gentleman's motion. is there any discussion? if not the vote will occur on the motion by mr. dreier. all in favor, say aye. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. >> the committee in order to provie the appropriate waivers for amendment number 88 offered by mr. brown of georgia which would allow for 100% deductibility of individual medical expenses. >> you heard the motion to read any discussion? if not the focus on the motion. say aye. the post, no. record vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the tools. i want to say, madam chair, that i was considering, since we do have all of thes

ms. ginny brown-waite of florida for today before 3:00 p.m., mrs. maloney of new york for today after 2:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. speaker, thank you, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a co-spon or of h.r. 1255. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. does the gentleman have another request? mr. moran: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. wolf, today, march 25, and march 26 for five minutes and mr. franks march 26 for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house forefive -- for five mi

ms. titus: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to honor ken brown, known throughout nevada as mr. veteran. as my colleague, ms. berkley, pointed out a few moments ago, mr. brown was instrumental in providing a final resting place for n providing a final resting place for nevada's veterans. in 1987, when he donated the necessary funding for the southern nevada veterans memorial cemetery. mr. brown personally donated the funding to purchase 83.5 acres of land in boulder city in district 3 that serves as a cemetery for nevada's fallen heroes. he worked tirelessly so military veterans would have a dignified final resting place in our home state, close to their loved ones. this effort was formally recognized by the state of nevada when it declared april 6, 1990, ken brown day on. that same day, the southern nevada memorial cemetery was officially dedicated. everyone in southern nevada knows that this project would never have been completed without the hard work and dedication of ken brown. now this was just one of many awards and commendations that our mr. veteran has received, including the pro

ms. blackburn and mr. brown of georgia which would add a section on interstate purchasing of health insurance, something that both parties say that they support, the president has indicated his support of this notion and i believe that making this amendment in order would go along way towards ensuring that we reduce the cost of health insurance for the fellow americans. >> you heard the gentleman's motion. is there any discussion? if not the vote will occur on the motion by mr. dreier. all in favor, say aye. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. >> the committee in order to provie the appropriate waivers for amendment number 88 offered by mr. brown of georgia which would allow for 100% deductibility of individual medical expenses. >> you heard the motion to read any discussion? if not the focus on the motion. say aye. the post, no. record vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the tools. i want to say, madam chair, that i was considering, since we do have all of thes