ms. norton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i appreciate -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: i appreciate speaker boehner, government affairs committee chair lieberman and oversight and government reform chair issa as well as my good colleague on the other side of the aisle, the subcommittee chairman, mr. gowdy. i appreciate that all of them have worked with us and have consulted with us on these technical changes, and i do not oppose this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. gowdy: mr. speaker, i reserve. i am not aware of any more speakers, so i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady. ms. norton: i have no further speakers, mr. speaker. i yield back the remainder time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. gowdy: thank you, mr. speaker. i would again thank our c

ms. norton, for 30 minutes. ms. norton: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to claim a half hour to speak about a possible set of events that will i think astound the american people. most by now would agree that a shutdown of the government is a very bad idea. even more so, a shutdown of the government is a worse idea for the american people. but if you want to hear the worst of the worst, i would say by far it is shutting down the government of a local government . which is not involved in your national fight. that is what could happen. as the 112th congress closes out and leaves its signature on american history. the district's local budget raised in the city, a budget larger than the budget of some states, thanks to the taxpayers of the city, nevertheless has become to be approved by the congress. it was approved by the district of columbia months ago. even approved by the financial service committee months ago. but here it sits. because most of the appropriations have not been approved by the congress of the united states. no wonder the district o

ms. norton, for 30 minutes. ms. norton: thank you, mr. speaker. i come to make a few remarks about the 2012 omnibus appropriation conference report just passed and about one part of that report that had no place in any conference report or any house appropriations bill. i refer, of course, to the part of that report called the d.c. appropriation bill. for all of the contention in this congress, as we look at the 2012 omnibus appropriation, there are certainly much more democrats to be relieved -- much for democrats to be relieved about. there was a wholesale attack in the beginning of this congress on everything from education to clean energy, but in the end, because democrats know how to fight for what the american people tell them to fight for, health care reform was saved. wall street reform was saved. clean energy was saved. job traping was saved. n.p.r., the national public radio, was not defunded. planned parenthood, which offers reproductive services throughout our country, was not defunded. and title 10, family planning, was not defunded.

ms. norton, for her support and for working with me on the language in this bill. i also want to recognize the hard work of mayor jerry guest of jackson, the jackson city council, madison county mayor, jimmy harris, and the madison county commission and finally i want to specifically thank mr. dicky day of jackson, tennessee, and mr. carter edwards of murray city, tennessee, for their efforts to ensure the life and achievements of m.d. anderson are memized in his home town of -- memorialized in his hometown of jackson, tennessee. it's an honor to sponsor this bill and i urge my colleagues to sponsor this legislation and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1264. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. -- as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. fleischmann: i object to the vote on the gr

ms. murkowski: i ask unanimous consent that patrick norton and will frye he granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i too rise in support of morgan christen, the nominee that is before us today. and i add my thanks to the chairman of the judiciary committee. in fact, the entire judiciary committee for their work in advancing not only judge christen as she has moved forward through the process, but it was just several weeks ago that we were pleased to move through this body the nomination of judge sharon gleason. i think it is worthy of note that alaska in the past months now has moved forward two extraordinary women jurists who will work to serve us in an incredible way. if there is any regret that i have, it is that such exceptional women are being taken from our state judiciary system and moved on to other positions. there is a loss there. we're just going to have to work to fill those back benches there. but i am very pleased today to speak in support of morgan christen, a justice of the a