ms. greene her degree after fulfilling requirements related to her life experiences. the book of ms greene in a cap and gown and shared the good news with a few simple words. >> i'm greatful to all of you. thank you. [cheering and applause] >> ms. greene is believed to be the oldest person in new jersey to earn a high school diploma. >> who's taking her to the senior prom. that's neat. >> life on streets can be hard but when it is a successful show that changes things a little bit. >> >> a school in patterson park is celebrating the newest, a little bit more. let learn about our wetter. >> at 5:35: we had a stormy monday and we could have a stormny tuesday but take the umbrella as you are leaving the house, even though you may see stars, it is a little stormy later today. let's check income with mark jones. >> good morning. >> good morning, on the metro subway, light rail is running about 5 to 10 in the northbound direction. be aware of that. on the buses the number 11 taking the diversion, northbound at bos lee and chesapeake, due to construction, at carolina and mad

ms. woolsey, mr. al green, ms. titus, mr. defazio and ms. kaptur each for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, thele following members are recognized -- the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. at first al gore claimed to invent the internet. now looks like he really did invent something. global warming. the nation had one of the coldest winters in years including record snowfalls in the south. but the warmers like al gore ignore the obvious and still claim we're all going to perish, saying man is the threat to the planet. the groundhog is a better predictor of the weather than al gore. his long-winded article in the "the new york times" over the weekend was long on claims and short on facts. he didn't cite hard source -- sources for his information. like the rest of the global warming scientists who are using fraudulent infor

ms. kaptur, five minutes, mr. ortiz, five minutes, mr. gene green, five minutes, mr. chet edwards, five minutes, mr. charlie gonzalez, five minutes, mr. hendrix five minutes, and ms. eddie bernice johnson for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. bright of alabama. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. ortiz: i ask unanimous consent that the time be yielded to us, i don't think the gentleman is here at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. ortiz: today we are here to honor the life and work of my good friend, representative charlie wilson, who i had the pleasure of serving with in the house of representatives for 13 years. charlie was a unique person. one of a kind. and he will be missed dearly by his family, friends, and colleagues in the house. you know, charlie had a very special and unique side to him. he knew when to be

congratulating the green mountain club for its century of dedication and develop -- of developing and maintaining the trail. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from guam, ms. bordallo, and the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from guam. ms. bordallo: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. bordallo: mr. speaker, house resolution 1173 sponsored by representative peter welch of vermont is a commemorative resolution to mark the 100th anniversary of the vermont long trail. this resolution also recognizes the contribution of the green mountain club for its efforts to develop and maintain the trail over the last century. the vermont long trail is the oldest long distance hiking trail in the united states. the trail runs 273 miles along the ridges of the vermont green mountains and spans the state from the border of massachusetts to the border of canada. on march 11, 1910, the green

ms. jackson lee of texas for today and wednesday, march 3, mr. rodriguez of texas for today, mr. jackson of illinois for today, mr. again greentexas for today and mr. reyes of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: 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 this house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, mr. harper for march 3, mr. paulsen for march 3, mr. poe for march 9, mr. jones for march 9, ms. ros-lehtinen for march 3 and 4. mr. moran for march 9 and mr. burton for today, march 3 and march 4. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? wool wools i ask unanimous consent that todd -- ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be addressed to house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous mater

ms. ros-lehtinen: i rise tonight to recognize the contributions of the relief efforts in haiti made by dr. bart green and the university of miami's global institute, project medyshare and miller school of medicine at the university of miami. when haiti was devastated by the earthquake on january 12, dr. green of the project medishare for haiti and doctors and nurses pleadly sprung into action, arriving the very next day, they were the first medical team in haiti following this catastrophic earthquake. and within less than 24 hours at the request of haitian president preval, project medishare set up a field hospital on the grounds of the port-au-prince airport. this critical care hospital is reportedly the country's largest functioning urgent care hospital and it is working closely with the u.s. military in haiti, providing important triage services. under dr. green's leadership, project medishare has deployed over 500 medical, and logistical personnel to staff the hospital and they have raised hundreds of patients -- effectively treated hundreds of patients on a daily basis. more than 2,000 earthquak