ms. foxx. "fox & friends" thank you, mr. speaker. -- ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: five minutes. ms. foxx: i want to highlight a group of high school students from with a taga high school in my district -- from watagua high school in my district. these students completed and got third place at the -- after winning first place in the carolina's pro start competition earlier this year. they are to be congratulated for this fantastic achievement and i commend everyone from the parents and students to the teachers and mentors involved in this innovative educational program. pro start is a nationwide two-year program for high school students that seeks to develop the next generation of restaurant and food service industry leaders. students participating in the program learn everything from cullnear techniques to manage -- culinary techniques to management and real-world educational opportunities by building practical professional skills, these students are investing in

ms. foxx: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the gentlelady has one printed and one unprinted amendment. can you specify which you wish to offer? ms. foxx: it is the printed amendment. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in the congressional record, offered by ms. foxx of north carolina, page 45, line 1 after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $75 million. page 45, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $7,500,000. page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert, increased by $82,500,000. the chair: i ask the gentlelady from north carolina is this the correct amendment? ms. foxx: yes, sir. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes in support of her amendment. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. foxx: my amendment today is an effort to save taxpayers' hard earned money by ending funding for an unnecessary program that spends money coming to the federal governm

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate my colleague from massachusetts talking about right-wing radicals because i associate myself with george washington, james madison, and thomas jefferson, who were right-wing radicals. along with the other founders. i would now like to yield three minutes to my distinguished colleague from wyoming, mrs. lummis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. chairman. or mr. speaker, rather. i would like to focus on what this bill does and what it does not do. first of all, it increases spending because mandatory programs are growing. the mandatory programs like snap and child nutrition are growing so rapidly that they exceed the cuts in the discretionary programs in this bill. so while my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are talking about the dreadful calamity associated with the cuts in this bill, the fact of the matter is, food programs get more money under this bill. and that's because they are mandatory pr

the chair will clarify that the second amendment is amendment number 1 by ms. foxx of north carolina, not amendment number 2. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment offered by the gentlewoman from maine, ms. pingree, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. pingree of maine. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are -- the chair: on this vote, the ye

and i would like to yield the remainder of my time to ms. foxx. ms. foxx: i thank my colleague from texas yielding time. and i want to respond to my colleague from california. i'm not afraid of a program. i'm afraid of the executive branch continuing branch continuing to overstep its grouvends and develop programs that have no authorization and do the things that it has no business doing without authorization from congress. and i find it interesting that my colleague would bring up the fact that we went to war without authorization. i believe that was his president that did that and i voted resoundingly not to do that. and i want to sympathesize with my colleague from california. i'm certainly doing my best to lose weight, too. i think it's a struggle that most of us, particularly in this body have. but i can tell you that i'm not looking to the department of agriculture to give me my nutrition information. i know how to find that nutrition information and most americans know how to do that and we don't need a special program in the department of agric

ms. foxx: i simply want to add my congratulations to the pages and my great thanks to them for their service to us. they really do a tremendous amount to help this house work effectively, and i also want to say a thank you to the page coordinators, ms. keating and ms. campson, who are with them -- [applause] ms. foxx: who help facilitate their activities here. they also do a tremendous job and work long hours, and i'm very grateful to them. mr. bishop: mr. chairman, once again, we thank the pages who will be having their graduation ceremonies tomorrow and leaving us. we wish them very well on their further endeavors. thank you very much. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. -- without objection, the time of the the gentleman is expired. the unfinished business is the request for a vote offered on the amendment from the gentleman from high because, mr. king, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. king of iowa.

ms. foxx: i thank my colleague from georgia for yielding time.today in support of this rule and of h.r. 2278, a bill to prohibit funds for continued u.s. military involvement in libya except for operations involving search and rescue, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, ariel refueling, and planning. in 2007 -- arial refueling and planning. in 2007 the junior senator, barack obama, confidentially proclaimed to "the boston globe" this comment. quote, the president does not have power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an act -- an actual or imminent threat to the nation. end quote. however, now that he is not attacking political opponents, that -- that stance has proven inconvenient. prompting one of his many, many flip-flops such as his vote opposing to raise the debt limit. regardless of one's position on the constitutional powers of the president's -- president, commander in chief, or the congress to declare war, the legislative branch unquestionably yields

ms. foxx: thank you so much. and thank you mr. speaker for allowing us tonight to come as republican women to speak out to the american people. you know, i came to washington as one of the new freshmen here and i'm very horpped to be part of this group. we are a group of women who believe in our country. we believe in the rights of every american to achieve. there are no guarantees, but if you put your mind to it and work hard, everyone can achieve. i came from a family that was not wealthy. my parents did not really see the value in a college education. i am a second-generation american here in the united states and i'm first generation college educated haven't i basically put myself through college with many different jobs and nursing school. i became a nurse and i have been a nurse for over 21 years. and very happy to do so. i'm a wife and mom. my son is 16 years old. and when health care became such a huge issue in this country and when our president spoke about changing it, the best healt

ms. foxx: mr. speaker, on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 409, the nays are one, with none answering present they feel question is decided in the affirmative and title 2 of the bill vetained and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19 further consideration of h.r. 2055 is postponed. the chair lay tpwhevers house the following personal requests. the ch

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. thank my colleague for -- from south carolina for yielding time. i want to say from the very beginning that mr. mcgovern and i don't often agree on issues, but we do agree that this is a very serious issue that we are dealing with today. and yesterday in the rules committee all of us dealt with this in a very serious way. mr. speaker, we live in the greatest country in the world. a major part of what makes us so great is that we are a nation of laws and not of men and our rule of law is based on god's laws and our constitution. indeed, each one of us in congress takes an oath to uphold the constitution when we take our office. the president and vice president as well as members of the cabinet do the same thing. we are here today to debate a rule and two resolutions related to the inattention of the president to the constitution and i dare say that none of us takes any joy in this, but we feel compelled by our dedication to our founding document to do this because we love our country.

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, let me reiterate, this debate is not about our troops. it's about our constitution. our men and women in uniform are doing their duty by following orders. they make me and the rest of us very proud. we're a blessed nation to have such men and women in the military. mr. speaker, this is about our oath to protect and defend the constitution, about the checks and balances our founding fathers had in mind when they broke away from an imperial monarchy. i urge my colleagues to support the rule and i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from north carolina for her remarks. much of which i agree with. and i don't always agree with her, but i especially appreciate her emphasis on the importance of the war powers resolut