ms. johnson phoned the police to report that her roommate, mr. smith, was suffering from psychological problems, had been drinking, and was taking medication. in her request for the police, this johnson indicated mr. smith was not known to carry weapons and that she wanted vice from officers on how to deal with mr. smith. she needed assistance based on his behavior. officers brodericks suguitan and samuel fung arrived at the scene within four minutes. officer suguitan and fung were met by the woman outside of her porch. officer suguitan observed at the front door of the residence was open and stepped inside. officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguit

ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. johnson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. johnson: i am pleased to rise to support h.r. 6184, a bill to extend to the end of 2016 the authority of the secretary of the army to accept funds from the nonfederal public entities for the consideration of permits under the clean water act and the rivers and harbor act of 1899. this language is modeled after language included in the water resources development act of 2010 that was favorably approved by the committee on transportation and infrastructure in july of this year. while i am disappointed that the larger water resources development bill is not likely to be enacted before the end of this congress, i support the efforts of the gen

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ms. johnson, discharged at least two rounds of his firearms that mr. smith and his willful attempt to stop the threat posed by mr. smith. noticing that mr. smith was still advancing, officer suguitan discharged more rounds, mortally wounding him. mr. smith collapsed in the doorway of his residence. officer suguitan and his partner quickly responded to a residence in response to a citizen needing assistance in meeting with your roommate. officer suguitan was in the of the confronted with a life- threatening soup -- a circumstance and his attempt to offer the suspect assistance in dealing with his mental issues. with practically no time to react to the threat to his life, that does his partner, and a citizen requesting assistance, officer suguitan reacted under tremendous circumstances by discharging his department's firearms and ending on stopping the threat posed by the suspect. officer suguitan, in a split- second, had to act on the threat posed by a his environment and realize that he and his partner and the reporting party were in grave danger of se

ms. johnson. ms. johnson: thank you very much, madam speaker and let me thank the gentlewoman from minnesota for organizing this. i rise this evening to honor a long time member and the current chame of the house transportation and infrastructure committee, mr. james oberstar, the distinguished the gentleman from minnesota. it has been my pleasure to serve on transportation and infrastructure committee for 18 years with mr. oberstar. and we have had some really good moments. as a matter of fact, as i was listening about the bridge, we were right here on this floor the night that bridge collapsed and we were talking then about an aviation issue. the other thing is, being from texas, i only speak one english and that is texas english. but mr. oberstar speaks many languages and i was pleased when he heard me pro nouns those names. and those of us who serve on the transportation committee and many others in this chamber, chairman oberstar has been a historian, our friend, an expert, a champion and our admi

ms. johnson of text -- mr. johnson of texas. ms. johnson for thursday december 15 and balance of the week. ms. napolitano for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: the interior department said there will be a new drilling offshore drilling ban in the gulf of mexico. that will cost us thousands of good-paying jobs in the gulf region, especially around texas and louisiana. the administration promised us that domestic oil pralks was an important part of our energy future. but for the last six months, the federal government has blocked drilling at every turn, leaking a permit here and there. but now they say it's safe to drill again and what do they do, ban drilling? the cubans will partner with the russians and the chinese. since when is it ok for china, russia and cuba to drill off our shores and not the americans. the admini

ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i am here this morning to simply say that democrats continue to fight to maintain tax cuts on income up to $250,000 while cupples -- for cupples and $200,000 for individual. my republican colleagues continue to demand tax cuts for all incomes including millionaires and billionaires. i ask my democrats to please continue to extend the unemployment benefits to help out americans that make it through this recession, and i'm pleased with my republican colleagues to hold the middle class unemployment, not to hold them hostage any longer. i also recommend that we have the 150,000 middle class americans at a cost of $214 billion, and i plead with my colleagues to join us in assisting to help because only 4.8 million of the country's wealthiest at a cost of $133 billion is what we are trying to make a decision on. please join me and look out for the working people of this country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas ris

ms. johnson: extension of these taxes have been held hostage by the discussion of whether to extend the rate for the wealthiest americans. 98% of americans face a tax increase january 1. the typical middle income american family, that would be the loss of $2,000 a year. the republican demands would mean that those making more than $1 million a year would receive an average of $100,000 annually and the middle income would be saddled with the $700 billion in new debt to pay for the multimillion dollar tax cuts for billionaires. the billionaires' lifestyle will not change and no significant job will be created. if there were going to be, they would be now. i am committed to continuing tax cuts for the middle income families and on incomes up to $250,000. mr. speaker, i favor jobs, tax cuts for the rich will attain nothing but it will increase the deficit. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. sarbanes: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sarbanes: i rise today in strong supp

ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i do rise in support of h.r. 5116, the america competes re-authorization act. and i'm proud to say that i worked with dr. ehlers, with our incoming chairman, mr. holt, as well as outgoing chairman. we all know that the re-authorization of america competes is to ensure that our future is more prosperous than our past. it is about ensuring america's memories honored by investing in dreams that are even higher. the legislation before the u.s. congress today is a message and a message that makes america understand that we are not here just to compete but to lead the 21st century. as a member of the health -- science -- house science and technology committee for 18 years, i'm proud to be an author of this bipartisan legislation. as it returns to the senate, it is not the same deal that we sent over. but nothing is perfect around here and we are not headed in the future to be perfect, but we must stand up and make sure that our responsibilities to our country and to our future will be intac

ms. eddie bernice johnson for today and the balance of the week. mr. pastor of arizona for today. mr. poe of texas for today after 4:00 p.m. mr. reyes of texas for december 21 and 22. mr. young of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are ordered -- are granted. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. gohmert: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, this bill that's just passed is a bit indicative of how things have gone here in the last two years. people didn't have a chance to read the bill. people didn't have a chance to make amendments to the bill. there is no question the heroes from 9/11 deserved our full attention. they deserved to have proper moneys raised in proper ways in order to fund their proper treatment. that should have been done, but it wasn't. now we come rushing here at the last minute, and in fact there were 176 demo

ms. foxx: i would like to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from illinois, mr. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: thank you, congressman foxx, mr. speaker, i have to say that in my five terms here, has to take the award for the most creatively misleading acronym that i've ever seen attached to a bill. this may constitute a quote-unquote dream for a small number of people who choose to disregard our disobey the law. but it is in fact a sobering reality for america. the stark reality for citizens all over the nation who obeyed the law and to whom this is an affront. it's an affront and a stark reality that middle american families struggling to pay their bills and send their children to college only to find their own sons and daughters bumped aside by illegals in the process. it's an affront and a sobering reality to the american taxpayers and their children and grandchildren who are going to pay this bill to the tune of billions of dollars over the future and it's also a reality that 10% of americans who are unemplo

johnson: i'll continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas continues to reserve. the gentleman from north dakota. mr. pomeroy: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from florida, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: good morning, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of the seniors protection act and thank my colleague, mr. pomeroy, from north dakota for his tremendous leadership. my older neighbors throughout the tampa bay area in florida have shared with me that since the are recession hit in 2007, they've struggled with property value declines, swings in the value of their retirement savings, rising costs of medicare, so it's particularly troubling when the social security administration announced that for the second year in a row, there would be no cost of living increase. ms. castor: they just couldn't believe it. it appears the cola is not adequate taking account of the economic situation our older neighbors are facing today. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the seniors -- seniors protection act. let's keep the fundamental promise of social security that no matter what happens in a person's li