ms. kaptur? ms. kaptur: i just want to say i am proud to stand with my democratic colleagues. social security is an earned benefit and it belongs to the american people. we know its power not just to let seepor, allow them to live a decent life in their retirement years but power to lift the economy because seniors spend, mainly on their grandchildren, and they move those dollars into the economy. you watch with that cost of living increase, which i'm very happy about next year, and the fact that the medicare offset will not be so great that seniors will have extra buying power and they will watch every penny. i am just so proud to be part of a tradition of the democratic party that has fought for social security and for medicare not just for the few but for all. but for all. and we have made the country a better country as a result. so i think it's fair to say that yes, it is true the republican party has fought social security, you know, can't they find something else? i don't know what the problem

ms. kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, thank goodness some americans continue to analyze the real causes of job loss and turmoil in our economy. i would like to include in the record a few recent articles on the wall street perpetrators of this crisis. while all eyes are on europe, the problem just isn't in greece. on october 31, u.s.-based m.f. global holds, limited, filed for chapter 11. it reportedly is the eighth largest bankruptcy in u.s. history. its failure, like the crash in 2008, reinvolves around the actions of money traders using slick instruments called credit derivatives. as analysts try to piece together what happened at m.f. global, one word seems to keep popping up -- fraud. in a recent posting, attorney william black, describes the failure of our justice system to investigate, and i quote, accounting control fraud as a systemic risk that underlies the damage still being done. the collapse of m.f. global has garnered massively attention, partly because jon corzine sat at its helm. mr. corzine is th

ms. kaptur, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank my colleague, my able colleague from florida, congressman hastings, for yielding and rise in support of congressman's effort here to focus attention on this whole issue of chinese currency manipulation. when congress passed permanent most favored nation status with china over my objection, we were told by supporters of the agreement that trade with china would create jobs. more economic opportunity and trade surpluses for our country. well, if you look at the numbers, you'll see since that was passed what's happened is we've got more and more and more trade deficits every year totaling in 2010 over $273 billion. with chinese currency manipulation, that's almost an inflated number because it would be cut in half, it would be cut substantially, if it were marked to their true value not inflated value. china has never opened up its market. that's why we get these huge trade deficits. and

ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 455, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2838, to authorize appropriations for the coast guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition. >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chabot: thomas houser is soldier of the year. specialist houser is a native of my district, ohio's first congressional district. and a graduate of high school in my district. without question, specialist houser has distinguished himself as the

ms. kaptur, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank my colleague, my able colleague from florida, congressman hastings, for yielding and rise in support of congressman's effort here to focus attention on this whole issue of chinese currency manipulation. when congress passed permanent most favored nation status with china over my objection, we were told by supporters of the agreement that trade with china would create jobs. more economic opportunity and trade surpluses for our country. well, if you look at the numbers, you'll see since that was passed what's happened is we've got more and more and more trade deficits every year totaling in 2010 over $273 billion. with chinese currency manipulation, that's almost an inflated number because it would be cut in half, it would be cut substantially, if it were marked to their true value not inflated value. china has never opened up its market. that's why we get these huge trade deficits. and

ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, with thanksgiving approaching, let us think about our fellow americans and ask ourselves the question, what we can do to serve them this coming week and into the future. you know average incomes for americans for the average family has gone down about 6.7% and we know poffer rates have risen 15%. for all those listening today as we look across our country think about what you can do this week and every week to help our food banks that are short on supplies across our country. every class, every religious organization, every person can do something extra to help this week to give every american a good thanksgiving. think about how you can help a local feeding kitchen. think about how you might challenge your sports team to go green in the fields and collect if you live in the part of the country that agriculture exists, the extra cabbage and apples that will be there and plowed under if you don't pick them. across our country this is a year when americans can say to one anothe

ms. kaptur: i thank you for bringing us together this evening on the important question of voter suppression. and i would like to say for the record, that the stability of each of our communities and our nation rests on the fragile read of trust, trust of the people. that trust enshines in our right to vote. and our obligation to do so. today, in fact, we passed a resolution that is stated over the speaker's rostrum, in god we trust. and john kennedy reminded us that god's work must truly be our own. trying to prevent voter suppression is our work. in ohio, we see new forms of voter suppression in the works as we watch the redistricting process unfold, the districts in which we will run. as members of the house and senate, whether for congress or legislature, ohio, a home rule state that values community, that values where people live, we call it a home rule state, where we live matters. and yet we see in the redistricting what is happening in ohio, the population hasn't grown as fast as other states. of 88 counties in ohio, 62 county lines completely violated. what does that do? moves peopl