ms. delauro: -- 30 seconds. ms. delauro: let's bring equal pay law into line with other civil rights laws. i urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question, support the paycheck fairness act, end unequal pay for good. 50 years after the equal pay acts, it is finally time to give women the tools they need to ensure that they are paid what they deserve for the same day's work. what are we waiting for in this body? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from colorado. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. this is a typical liberal habit. do as i say, not as i do. i think, mr. speaker, that our colleague from connecticut should direct her comments to the white house. there's absolutely nothing to stop the white house from correcting the egregious pay differentials that exist there among the most liberal group in the country. ms. delauro: would the gentlewoman yield? ms. foxx: with that i reserve t

ms. delauro, for 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for two 2 -- for 2 1/2 minutes. ms. delauro: i rise in strong opposition to this ill-conceived bill. it aims to effectively shut down the national labor relations board, another direct attack by this house majority on workers' rights. as we have been debating, a d.c. court recently ruled that two of the board's current appointments made during a recess within the congressional session are invalid. d therefore nlrb currently lacks a quorum. this ruling is at odds with three other court rulings on the same matter. and in fact the court did not order the nlrb to stop performing its duties. nevertheless, the majority's trying to use this one decision as a pretext to stop the board from issuing any decision or taking any other action on behalf of workers. it is a transparent attempt to effectively shut down the nlrb. what we need to do here is have the senate take up the five pending nominations and act quickly so that

ms. delauro: make the dubious milestone of equal payday a thing of the past. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 9, 2013, at 9:43 a.m. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 10. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 5:00 p.m. today. really very simple. and that is you have revenues coming in and expenditures going out and if the two don't match, you have to -- you have deficits. >> what we are seeing in the united states of america is call an exploding deficits, that's the revenues we have coming in to the federal government and spending going out. we have been running deficits of $1.42 trillion, $1.29 trillion, 1.3

ms. delauro: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. miss ms. esty: i have had the honor of getting to know many families in newtown. they live with grief so deep any mother or father can only imagine. i was honored to be with both parties as the gun violence provincial law was signed in connecticut. connecticut has shown democrats and republicans can work together. that a special interest in their small minority cannot stand in the way of common sense and doing the right thing. yesterday was a shameful day. i'm outraged that 46 senators prevented a he compromise to reduce gun violence which 92% of the american people support. 46 senators ignore the voices of the courageous newtown families who have paid the ultimate price of political inaction. i join the message of the sandy hook promise and mark who lost his son daniel in the tragedy at sandy hook elementary. our hearts are broken, our spirits are not. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempor