ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i now yield such time as he may consume to the republican whip, the distinguished gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for whatever time he may consume. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady. mr. speaker, the youcut program continues to pick up steam across the country. as the american people reject the spend now, pay later philosophy that has long dominated washington. this week's youcut winner was developed by my colleague, the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz. it would amend federal law to allow for the expedited sell of wasteful and unaffordable federal properties saving taxpayers up to $15 billion. president obama himself indicated his support for selling unneeded properties in a directive released the day after mr. chaffetz's youcut proposal was unveiled. today my colleagues on our side of the aisle joined together and called upon the house to support this easy, straightforward way to reduce spen

ms. foxx: meeze join me in the pledge to our -- please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed with amendment h.r. 725, cited as the indian arts and crafts amendment act of 2010 in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker: thank you. without objection, the gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes, is recognized for one minute. mr. sarbanes: thank you, madam speaker. it is my great pleasure and honor to welcome reverend byron brought to congress this morning. he's retiring this month after serving the maryland community for more than 40 years of

ms. foxx: absolutely. i yield another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. duncan: and director nussle wrote at the time i introduced that bill with congressman moore he said to reach this objective i believe we must improve and streamline the current process the federal agencies face in disposing real property assets. therefore i applaud your introduction of h.r. 3049 which would establish a five-year pilot program for expediting the disposal of properties no longer needed by the federal government. we have got to wake up, mr. speaker, and realize that private property is the

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ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. when i'm home in the district -- in my district in north carolina, what's the reaction of those in congress, well, they can sell the adoption of the budget. house democrats have failed in their responsibility to lead by not proposing or passing a 2011 budget resolution. the house has never failed to pass an annual budget resolution since the current budget rules were put in place in 1974. in 2006, then house majority leader -- then house whip, steny hoyer, now house majority leader, said, the most basic responsibility of government is enacting a budget. where's that responsibility now? they plan a deeming resolution later in the week. that is not a substitute for a budget. democrat jobs bills have failed to create jobs. democrats continue to spend at a near record pace. through the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the federal government amassed $935 billion in deficit spending on track to an annual deficit of -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired

ms. foxx: please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the unitestatesf america and to the republic for which t stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, he gentleman from georgia, congressmanohnson, is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: madam speaker, it is my great hon to welcome our -- to welcome our guest chaplain, bishop miles e. fowler, to the house of representatives, ani thank him for offering his beautiful and thoughtful prayer to us this morning. bishop fowler joins ufrom georgia where he is the pastor of the big millagove missionary baptist church, a mission he's proly held for the past 33 years. having served ounation in the air force reserve from 1957 to 1965, bishop fowler has since committed himself to the betterment of our country and its citizens through his ministry. as a pastor to more tha 1,500 pa gsers and a spiritual -- prisoners ana spiritual leader uer t auspices of refugee churches, his aim personalland throu

ms. foxx: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. we've got a debt problem in america. the federal government keeps spending money and running up the national credit card at a record clip, $8.5 trillion over 10 years. congress can't just cross its fingers and hope everything works out. that will only make the debt crisis that much more severe for our children and grandchildren. we must start cutting spending and reducing the deficit now. to do otherwise and watch our national debt prepare to overtake us reckless. it is as if we are on the titanic. we know there's an iceberg ahead of us in the darkness, but we refuse to change course. no amount of denying our debt crisis will change the fact that this iceberg exists. we can avert disaster but we must act quickly to restore fiscal responsibility before it is too late. i yield back. the speaker pro tempe: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? without objection, the gentleman is

se ms. foxx: permissiono addrs the use foonmite, mr. eaker. the spkepro tempor without jection. ms. foxx: k you,r. eake soone once saidif youan't buet, you can't gern. those wos came from m diinguished colleaguerom south caroli, current chairman of the budget commite. utd th in 2006 as nking memb of th committe e question is, what does that me this congress? today weface a budget deficit five tes large tn t e that congress fein 26or $1.4 tllion. and here warewo mth st the budget deaine aher no budget. unpressidned sending, unprecedented de and no budget. it's only eighmohs to the currenfiscal year and the feral governmeas racked upse to $1 trilli in new debt. eaker,t's ti for this ngress to provit can gorn and debate a budget if today recd breang cits aren't ason eugh to debate a budget, i don' what is. i yield back. theaker o teore:he gentleladyieback for what purpose does the gentleman from californi? >> to address the house for minu. without jection.mpe: >> family's deeply in debt, bills are pili up, your credit card interest i ting u alive, finally you ek t hp of a what's the fir

ms. foxx, north carolina. mr. fortenberry, nebraska. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i thank you very much and ask unanimous consent to insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, tonight i want to devote extra time to talking about the proposed financial reform bill the conference committee report being worked on at that moment that is likely to come before the house later in the week. i wanted to put the discussion tonight in a broader context in hopes that my colleagues will listen and consider the bill to be brought before us. let me begin with this% statement. bankers hold a very privileged position in our society because, in fact, they hold the awesome power to create money. their use of that power can advance our society or their use of that power can harm us greatly. we are living through a p

ms. foxx from north carolina. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: thank you very much, madam speaker. i come to the floor today during the specific time to talk about issues that are taking place on the borders of the united states. the issues i talk about are issues that impact both the northern border and the southern border as well, but we have had quite a bit of hype in the media lately about things that are taking place on the southern border. so i would like to try to focus my attention primarily on what is happening between the border between the united states and mexico. i also want to try and narrow the focus of the discussion tonight in some particular way. because i'm not talking about everybody who is coming through the border both legally and illegally, i'm talking about certain kinds of bad guys that are doing great harm to this particular country. let me talk abo

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. here's one way the american people can tell that it's an election year. after racking up record deficits, congressional democrats are now trying to run away from the truth about their out-of-control spending. last fiscal year democrats in congress tallied a record $1.4 trillion of deficit spending through -- and through the first seven months of this year they were overspent by $800 billion. it's no wonder with elections coming up they don't want to know how much deficit spending they plan to do next year. that's why we have no budget. house democrats are not putting a budget on the table. they don't want to own up to their numbers. they don't want you to see another $1 trillion added to the deficit, so they'll just leave t books open without a plan and spent without restraint. about the only thing that will stop them is if the american people will speak up and say this is not acceptable. we sent you to congress to lead, so write a budget. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the ge

ms. foxx: i thank the gentleman from utah for being in charge of this special order tonight. and bringing to the american people what i think is one of the most critical issues facing us in this country and that is the issue of federalism and the need for us to adhere to the 10th amendment of the constitution of the united states. too few people really understand the role othe federal government in our country. we've gotten away from the teaching of the constitution, we've gotten away from the teaching of the role of government in our country. people have this notion that they have this right and that right and if you press them to tell you whether they've read the constitution or not, most of them will tell you they have not. and they really do not understand, again, what the roles of our respective governments are. in the last week while we had a little bit of time away from washington and i managed to squeeze out some quiet time, i had the chance to read a joseph ellis book called american creation which talks about the triumphs and the tragedies of the beginning of our co

ms. foxx, today, for five minutes, mr. mack today for five minutes, and mr. fortenberry today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, 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 for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mrs. dahlkemper: mr. towns from new york, ms. woolsey from california, mrs. dahlkemper from california, ms. kaptur from ohio and mr. defazio from oregon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. moran, kansas, town, new york. without oojection, the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for five minutes. mr. fortenberry: mr. speaker, on tuesday morning, under the beautiful prairie sky, u.s. army

paul for june 30 and july 1, ms. foxx for today, mr. fortenberry for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following member mace be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include thereon extraneous material. mr. mcgovern, mr. ween over new york, mr. perriello of virginia, mr. defazio of oregon, mr. quigley of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following member are recognized for five minutes each. mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous condition sonet to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i rise to express dissatisfaction with our involvement in afghanistan. as we are being asked to consider tens of