ms. kaptur: will the gentlelady yield? ms. speier: i will. ms. kaptur: do you know what the boe nutses were for goldman sachs? ms. speier: i yield to the gentleman from oregon. mr. defazio: it was $9 million, most americans would be happy to have that salary for a fraction of a week. ms. kaptur: i think he thought it was too little. mr. defazio: compared to the enormous wealth he created by shorting and manipulating and, you know, synthesizing. the one thing that i would reflect on and i think the gentlelady has more experience with this than me, i was puzzled yesterday when i kept hearing him say, we are the market makers. we're the market makers. we're the market makers. after a while, i started thinking, bookmakers, market makers, is there a difference? what's the difference when they're not dealing in reality or productive investment, they're dealing in manipulated investment, actually products designed to fail. we have too big to fail institutions who create products designed to fail and they profit immensely by doing that. what's this about?

ms. kaptur: i thank my colleagues who are joining us this evening, including congressman joe donnelly of indiana. as we begin this special order commemorating the polish nation during its days of deepest mourning and the magnificent people of that country. as we speak here tonight in this hour, in my home district of toledo, ohio, the polish community has gathered for a memorial mass that began at a catholic church at 6:30 p.m. they and we here tonight are united in solidarity with our polish brothers and sisters halfway around the world. the americans gathered tonight here in congress and in my home community and the nine million americans of polish decent across our nation in places as far flung as chicago, detroit, new york, threado, las vegas and places like pittsburgh and philadelphia and cole and texas, from coast to coast, americans are united in our mourning and in the encouragement that we wish to share with the people of poland in these dark hours. today the house passed unanimously house resolution 1246, originally introduced by congresswoman kathy dahlkemper of erie, pennsylv

ms. kaptur for five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and and you previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey, california. mr. moran from kansas. ms. kaptur, ohio. mr. poe, texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i want to bring to the attention of the house a serious problem that we have encountered. it seems as though we have such a problem on our borders that now in southeast texas, in a small port city called port arthur, three illegal brazilians have shown up in the last couple of days. they've come into the port of port arthur and they were stow aways on this massive ship that was bringing in brazilian paper pulp. 13,000 tons of this pulp was brought in on this ship and through inspection by federal authorities, they found three stow aways, three illegals from the nation of brazil. now, you probably assume that i'm talking about

ms. kaptur: thank you for bringing this bill to the -- ms. kaptur. ms. aptur: thank you for bringing this bill to the floor. i was emailed by a leader of the polish community informing me of this tragic situation and i rise in support of this important resolution offering sympathy to the libblet-loving nation and people of the republic of poland. our great ally. poland is one of america's longest and most steadfast allies from the time of our own republic's founding made possible by the valuians of polish generals -- valuians of polish generals. poland's highest leaders, including its president and first lady, were among the victims of that terrible crash. as they went in their way to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the katyn massacre when over 22,000 polish officers, intellectuals and leaders were murdered at the hands of josef stalin and the soviet army in and around that forest during world war ii. and the truth of that slaughter was hidden for over 70 years and now the entire world knows of that sacred ground. madam speaker, please allow me to ext

ms. kaptur: thank you for bringing this bill to the -- ms. kaptur. ms. kaptur: thank you for bringing this bill to the floor. i was emailed by a leader of the polish community informing me of this tragic situation and i rise in support of this important resolution offering sympathy to the libblet-loving nation and people of the republic of poland. our great ally. poland is one of america's longest and most steadfast allies from the time of our own republic's founding made possible by the valuians of polish generals -- valuians of polish generals. poland's highest leaders, including its president and first lady, were among the victims of that terrible crash. as they went in their way to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the katyn massacre when over 22,000 polish officers, intellectuals and leaders were murdered at the hands of josef stalin and the soviet army in and around that forest during world war ii. and the truth of that slaughter was hidden for over 70 years and now the entire world knows of that sacred ground. madam speaker, please allow me to ex

ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. forbes from virginia. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. bilbray of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. royce is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as we watch the senate move on legislation yet again toward a cloture vote on senator dodd's legislation, i think it's worth noting some of the concerns that many of us have, and that many economists have, with the dodd-frank approach on the legislation. i begin with focusing on a past occurrence, the rescue of investment bank bear stearns in the spring of 2008. the federal government has committed trillions of taxpayer dollars to institutions like fannie mae, freddie mac, a.i.g., citigroup, and bank of america, out of fear that the demise of any of these too-big-to-fail institutions would strig arer a systemic crisis and collapse of the global financial system. for my own part, i make the observation that i thought -- i v

ms. kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to insert extraneous material into the record. woiment. ms. kaptur: wall street speculation and the disaster it caused had been clear since the bailout in the fall of 2008. more foreclosures on main street, higher profits for wall street. i fought against that bailout and continue to fight for main street and the people who are not high-powered gamblers or investors nor the mega banks. i would like people to regain their jobs, people to save their homes and for people to have their hope restored. i have been oak the u.s. securities and exchange commission taking a baby step long overdue as watchdog of the markets they are supposed to be regulating as enforcer of securities law. as the "new york times" reported, rather than that goldman misrepresented a product they were selling, the grounds for securities fraud, the securities and exchange commission said in a civil lawsuit filed on friday that the investment bank misled customers about how the product was created. in fact, the s.e.c. can only file civil cases so it's high time to look at the a

ms. kaptur from ohio. mr. jones from north carolina. mr. defazio from oregon. mr. moran from kansas. ms. ros-lehtinen from florida. ms. foxx from north carolina. ms. blackburn from tennessee. mr. rohrabacher from california . mr. garrett -- i'm sorry -- mr. garrett: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: mr. garrett from new jersey. the gentleman is recognized. mr. garrett: madam speaker, on september 11, 2001, almost 3,000 individuals were victims of the most devastating acts of terror in our nation's history. first responders and civilians, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, we acted towards impunity and the nation still mourns this tragic loss. i would like to specifically remember one of those victims and that is richard j. morgan. mr. morgan, or dick as he was known to his friends was many things to many people. he was an enduring husband to his wife patricia, a beloved father to his four children, a proud grandfather to his seven grandchildren and respected colleague to all that he worked with and cherished friend

ms. kaptur of ohio. without objection. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, this past saturday, one of america's longest and strongest ally, the republic of poland, suffered a horrendous loss. a plane carrying 97 passengers crashed in russia, including polish president, the first lady , a man who led a government in compile during the communist era, the deputy speaker of poland's parliament, the head of the national security bureau, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, the army chief of staff, along with the president of poland's national bank, and a host of other public service -- servants, including an activist who started a strike that led to the formation of solidarity. all modern leaders of the polish nation, they were mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, proud all, now logs to -- to this -- lost to this life but not to history. yet again, the forest embraces the collective tragedy of poland's precious leaders. the doomed plane was flying to russia to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the massacre, whe

ms. kaptur, ohio. mr. defazio, oregon. 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 members are recognized for five minutes each. each. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. i bring you news from the third front. that being the southern border of the united states with mexico. the first front, of course, is that engagement in iraq, the second in afghanistan, the third on our violent sorpe border. people are coming -- southern border. people are coming into the united states from all over the world through the country of mexico because mexico has a vast coastline in the atlantic and the pacific. people go to mexico, sneak into mexico and then sneak into the united states through our southern border. and part of those people are coming in are called drug cartels. they're coming in to sell narcotics, a profit of over $40 billion a year to the drug cart tells -- cartels that smuggle dope into our country. here's a photograph that was taken in zapat

ms. kaptur of ohio, mr. defazio of oregon, ms. -- mr. sablan of northern mariana, and ms. norton of d.c. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 26, 2009 -- of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. davis of tennessee. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. davis: our region is known for its natural beauty, rivers, streams, rolling hills, farms, fields and forests all come together to create the rich tappestry of the region. just as the beauty of the land contributes to the character of the place i'm proud to call home, so does the remarkable beauty of the people, the teachers, statesmen, war heroes and artists of the region are the vehicle that was carried our most cherished traditions of the ages. out of these great men and women, there's one many particular i'm proud to call my friend. never one to shrink from a challenge, he's always been ready and willing to dedicate his time and reso

ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, and mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. 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 members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. sutton of ohio. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to honor the life and service of police officer james kersetter. . kerstetter. on march 15, he was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to the domestic call. he made the sacrifice, putting his life on the line to protect another. the officer was a committed public servant. he was a member of the department for 15 years. he was a member of the s.w.a.t. team and taught the rookie officers at the department. he was the lead crash investigator and prior to joining the police force, he served with the lorraine county sheriff's department. but even more importantly, he was the loving and devoted husband of wife tammy and the proud father of three daughters, misty, shelby and bailey. james

ms. kaptur of oregon. excuse me. of ohio. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a treat to join you and my colleagues once again this evening and talk about a subject that has been troublesome to all of us for some number of months now. that is the state of the economy, the problem with unemployment and the various causes and factors that caused some of the tremendous level of distress economically which we've been experiencing. and sometimes it's helpful as we weigh into a rather broad subject about jobs and the economy, it's good to take a look back a little bit and see what we can learn from some of the lessons of history and how we got into the mess in the first place. some of the first rather troubling signs of the condition which brought on the recession go back to september 11, 2003, as recorded by "the new york times," not exactly a republican or conserva

ms. kaptur. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm interested in whether or not you are able to achieve the enough data to track what is obviously a major public health issue, one that has deadly consequences for so many. when i look at the estimates, we have estimates in the number of antibiotic resistant infections, and it we have estimates in number of health care associated infections. the cdc's most recent data is that in the u.s., every year it's about 2 million hospital related infections, and about 90,000 americans die from it. and in the other one include in our material in america there are 90 -- annually about 94,000 cases of mrsa every year with 18,000 -- 18,000 deaths from mrsa. doctors, do these figures sound about right for you? is it fair for me to conclude that over 100,000 americans die each year to antibiotic resistance? >> large numbers, i think the estimate you gave was 90,000 which is an estimate that has been used before. as i indicated in my opening statement, there has been progress with mrsa where we have

ms. kaptur: thank you. mr. speaker, our country observe am had a showa or holocaust remembrance day this past sunday which recalls the global tragedy of state sponsored systemic annihilation and persecution ofure poohian --ofure peaian jewry by nazis as well as million more deaths of people of people who were of roma exstracks, disabled, slavic people, home sexuals, jehovah's witnesses, and potential distents. i -- dissidents. i would like to include in the record an article from the tweedle blade in our district front page story last sunday entitled survivors urge world to never forget horror which recounts of story of some of the survivors in our district in ohio. in our country 150,000 to 170,000 survivors remain today. the horror of the holocaust has affected countless souls across this globe. our district is home to persevering survivors like mrs. clara roana whose words i will place in the record today and so many others who never should have had to make this sacrifice. but she remains a woman of hope. mr

ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: take mr. moran's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you for the time, yesterday congresswoman wasserman schultz and fellow members of congress held a great press conference with the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives on how to make our offices more energy efficient. representing such natural wonder iris like the florida keys national marine sanctuary, i'm sensitive to the impact of our daily routine on the environment. i'm a supporter of the green proposals, such as increasing the fuel efficiency in our cars and promoting the use of clean alternative energy. however, as we all know, green living begins at home and the workplace, whether it is by turning off the lights when ex