ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. er pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from maine is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. doggett: for 65 years, health insurance companies have enjoyed a special interest exemption from laws that prohibit price fixing, big rigging and carving up the market. consumer insurance premiums go up while coverage gets worse and worse. over the past six years health insurance premiums have increased the rate four times the increase in american average workers' wages. you know, 27 years ago as a young texas state senator i authored the texas free enterprise and antitrust act. but one industry, one industry alone to all others was exempted because of this federal law. so action about anti-competitive practices of one industry, the insurance industry. and we see the results. in the last decade, insurance premiums, health i

ms. foxx: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 -- pursuant to clause 8 and 9 of rule 20 will be followed by five-minute votes on adoption of house resolution 1051 if ordered and suspend the rules with regarding to house resolution 1048, house resolution 901, and house resolution 1044. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by v the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas were 234. the nays were -- the speaker pro tempore: on the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 238. the nays are 175. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker.n the floor, we had a rare occasion when we were able to congratulate one of our colleagues, mr. kildee of michigan, for casting his 20,000th vote. it was a great opportunity for us to show our appreciation and affection for a member who is extraordinarily well-respected and i would say even loved by his colleagues. it's unfortunate that so much emphasis in the media is placed on the partisanship that occurs here in the house. we do have strong philosophical differences, but on a personal level we respect each other and have genuine affection for each other. that extends even to our staff. a few weeks ago, we had a similar situation when we had the unfortunate passing of congressman boehner's chief of staff. she was eulogized here on the floor by both democrats and republicans. and i'm so pleased that we've been able to show again that we do care for each other personally in this house because that's not the image that people have of us. i want to come back to speaking some more about

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker.care bill, but this new bill is essentially the same as the old one. it is still a hugely expensive package full of harmful tax increases that will destroy even more jobs than trattic policies have destroyed. during his campaign, the president said that, quote, under my plan no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase, not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax, not any of your taxes. that's interesting because this new health care bill includes about $136 billion in new taxes on the very group that wasn't supposed to see, quote, any form of tax increase, end quote. mr. speaker, the american people don't want a government takeover of health care with billions in new taxes on hardworking americans who are struggling to make ends meet. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute

the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. k you, madam speaker. madam speaker, last week president obama enveiled his fiscal year 2011 budget. i hope it doesn't run into a deficit like last year. this budget spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much. it includes $3.8 trillion in federal spending for 2011, a record high. it projects a $1.6 trillion deficit, a record high. it assumes $2 trillion in tax hikes over the next 10 years, a record high. and it estimates $14 trillion in government debt that will be inherited by our children and grandchildren. in fact, the president's budget will more than double the federal government's public debt. one of the most touted parts of this budget is its call for a spending freeze which is a good idea. just like the millions of americans who've adjusted their budgets, the federal government should respond to record deficits by halting its spending expansion. but unfortunately this budget freeze is merely papering over our record federal deficits. instead of a meaningful freeze, th

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker.i'd now like to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished ranking member of the rules committee, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: thank you very much, and i thank my friend for yielding. i want to congratulate her on her superb management of this as well as other rules she's brought to the floor. i just don't get it, mr. speaker. my very good friend, my rules committee colleague would not yield to the author of the brooks-conyers-johnson-lungren amendment, the bipartisan agreed to amendment out of the committee because she said she wasn't an expert on this and didn't want to engage in a discussion with mr. lungren on the issue. and all we're asking is, let's not force you to have this discussion. let's allow members of this house to debate it. that's the only request that we were making. mr. speaker, the american people get it. i've been on t