ms. pelosi: i ask unanimous consent to speak to the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: as the speaker takes the chair, i join him in commending the leadership of father pat conroy. father boehner -- speaker of the house -- at least he -- the speaker: i've been called a lot of things but not that. ms. pelosi: you really have to be a good politician to be called father boehner. in any sense, speaker boehner, his remarks beautifully explained how proud we are that father conroy has agreed to this additional responsibility. i would only like to add that in his ministering to the needs of georgetown as chaplain there, he was engaged in many interfaith ministries. so that serves him well to come here with the diversity of -- within the protestant part of our congress but also throughout the congress. so father pat conroy comes with a healthy respect of what we do, as speaker boehner said. he was -- has been a long-time jesuit and, again, served very beautifully in that capacity. before that he was an attorney for the mak

ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank him for his leadersh on the health of america's women. this is approximately the 120th day of the republican majority in the congress of the united states. and not -- in all those 120 days we have yet to see a jobs bill brought to the floor. we haven't even seen a jobs proposal or a jobs agenda. instead, once again, we see a diversion, a diversion. we see legislation which is extreme and divisive and harmful to women's help. i rise today to urge my republican colleagues in the house, let us come together to work in a bipartisan way to address the number one priority of the american people, the creation of jobs. and i rise today as the republicans bring to the floor this legislation instead of bringing to the floor a bill to end the subsidies for big oip -- oil. they gave the impression during the break he -- they would do that. i asked for an end to the subsidies to big oil. instead of doing that, we are, again, undermining women's health. let us begin debate or this p

ms. pelosi: i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his kind words. i thank you for yielding your special order that you have practically every night that congress is in session to talk about jobs for the american people to instead allow us to use this time to come to the floor to say hail to the chief, congratulations and thank you president obama. all of -- many of us in congress come together to -- in appreciation for your leadership, your determination, your commitment of resources in the fight against osama bin laden. i'm pleased to join so many of my colleagues who have come to the throor to express their appreciation for that historic achievement. we all know the death of osama bin laden is not the end of terrorism but it is a significant step. it sends a clear message that the american people will pursue justice. i'd also like to express my gratitude to our former colleague, congressman but now director of the c.i.a., soon to be secretary of defense, leon panetta. he was tasked by the president and named by the president in his remarks on sund

ms. pelosi from the great state of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you for your compliment to our great state of california. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, when i first heard that this legislation was coming to the floor i anticipated with some positive thought of, yes, this is the right thing to do. america must pay its bills. we know how to do that. we want to go forward assuring the american people that when we decide not to default on our debt that we are showing our strength even though it may be difficult for people to support that. then, i heard that it was going to come up like this on sunday. they said it would be up on tuesday. the bill is predicated on a false premise. it says the congress signs that the president's budget proposed, budget of the united states government, fiscal year 2012, necessitates an increase in the staffary debt of $2.4 trillion. -- staff wear debt of $.4 trillion. that's not the case. the bill never passed the house and never passed the united states senate. what passed was a republican budge

ms. pelosi. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. pelosi: i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for working with congressman walter jones on this bipartisan amendment brought to the floor. they have worked again in a bipartisan way in a patriotic way, to ensure that u.s. troops are brought home from afghanistan safely and expeditiously. listening to the debate, it's interesting because i don't know that we're that far off because we all want to ensure the national security of our country. we all respect our men and women in uniform and the job that they are doing to keep us, the land of the -- to keep us the lan of the free an the home of the brave. we respect them when they come home as our veterans. but we have to know that involvement of nearly 10 years has serious consequences to our country. i had told the president of afghanistan on my recent visit this spring that each time i go there, i say the american people are growing tired of war. we're weary of war. we went into afghanistan in the fall of 2001. for about seven

ms. pelosi. the gentleman from maryland, mr. o'hare. the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyborn. the gentleman from new york, mr. israel. the gentleman from california, mr. waxman. the gentleman from new york, mr. aman, the gentleman from california, mr. berman. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. lowey. the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. berkeley. the gentlewoman from illinois, miss tchaikowsky. mr. shift, from california, ms. shatter. ms. wasserman shultz, and the gentleman from florida, mr. deutsche. >> you can see this is going to be a formal introduction. the vice president, joe biden, is now using his capacity as president of the senate to offer a few remarks. hala, suzanne, this is one of those moments that's not that often a foreign leader comes to capitol hill, addresses what's called a joint meeting. it's not technically a joint session, it's a joint meeting of the house and the senate. but benjamin netanyahu, he really wanted to come at this particular time. and the speaker, john boehner, obviously made it happen. >> and you know, y

ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr.r. israel, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, the gentleman from new york, mr. ackerman, the gentleman from california, mr. berman, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. berkley, the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky, the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. schwartz, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, and the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch. vice president biden: the senators as members of the committee to escort his excellency, mr. binyamin netanyahu, into the house chamber. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from michigan, mr. levin, the senator from massachusetts, mr. kerry, the senator from wisconsin, mr. cole, the senator from connecticut, mr. lieberman, the senator from california, ms. feinstein, the senator from california, ms. boxer, the senator from arizona, mr. kyl, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune

ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank him for his leadership on the health of america's women. this is approximately the 120th day of the republican majority in the congress of the united states. and not -- in all those 120 days we have yet to see a jobs bill brought to the floor. we haven't even seen a jobs proposal or a jobs agenda. instead, once again, we see a diversion, a diversion. we see legislation which is extreme and divisive and harmful to women's help. i rise today to urge my republican colleagues in the house, let us come together to work in a bipartisan way to address the number one priority of the american people, the creation of jobs. and i rise today as the republicans bring to the floor this legislation instead of bringing to the floor a bill to end the subsidies for big oip -- oil. they gave the impression during the break he -- they would do that. i asked for an end to the subsidies to big oil. instead of doing that, we are, again, undermining women's health. let us begin debate or this

ms. pelosi: i thank the gentleman for yielding and his leadership on this very important issue. important and having an immediate impact on america's families. they are feeling the pain at the pump and our families, our workers, our small businesses, every day it gets worse for them with the price at the pump. so what can we do about it? we can do enough -- a number of things. and we will. and we have been advocating. for of course we must increase domestic production, and there is a way to do that. but that's not all that we have to do. the american people understand that their tax dollar is going to subsidies to big oil. if we ended those subsidies, we could save over $30 billion for the american people. to put it into context, my colleagues, for the first quarter of this year, the big five oil companies made profits of over $30 billion. why are we, the taxpayers, subsidizing their drilling of oil when they are making huge profits doing it in the free market? president obama has written to leaders in congress asking to bring a bill to the floor to end these subsidies. i have w

ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. want to thank him for his leadership on the health of america's women. this is approximately the 120th day of the republican majority in the congress of the united states. and not -- in all those 120 days we have yet to see a jobs bill brought to the floor. we haven't even seen a jobs proposal or a jobs agenda. instead, once again, we see a diversion, a diversion. we see legislation which is extreme and divisive and harmful to women's help. i rise today to urge my republican colleagues in the house, let us come together to work in a bipartisan way to address the number one priority of the american people, the creation of jobs. and i rise today as the republicans bring to the floor this legislation instead of bringing to the floor a bill to end the subsidies for big oip -- oil. they gave the impression during the break he -- they would do that. i asked for an end to the subsidies to big oil. instead of doing that, we are, again, undermining women's health. let us begin debate or this p