ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. in the political life that we have here and our service to the american people, i take great pride in always saying when someone says to me were you surprised when somebody did this or this bill did that, i say, i'm hardly ever surprised in politics. because i know what the possibilities are. i am thoroughly surprised today t i had absolutely no idea that -- today. i had absolutely no idea the mischief that mr. hoyer was up to going bk decades i might add. but i thank him for his kind words and all of you for your nice reception and i thank the speaker for his gracious comments as well. . i was remembering, oh, my goodness, we are taking up time on the floor and this is personal and i was recalling it wasn't that long ago when we -- mae five, six years ago we came to the floor and that then speaker hastert was the longest serving republican speaker of the house and we made much adieu about that landmark. so i comfortably accept your kind words. since we could observe that, i think --

ms. pelosi: i thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office to protect and defendhe constitution and for recognizing full well the congressional role of oversight of all branches of government. i think we all share thatiew that congress has a legitimate role to play in oversight and thus your committee has so mu jurisdiction and i respect that. i think we all also agree -- i think we all very, very much agree that we are very sad and seek justice for the family of border patrol agent brian terry . his loss is a tragedy for all who knew him, for all of us who care about him and we offer our condolences to his family. so sad. but that's not what we're here to debate. what we agree upon. what we're here to debate is something very, very large because it is a major disagreement between the two sides of the aisle here, and i'm sorry to say that, about what our responsibilities are to the constitution of the united states. the constitution says -- it r

ms. pelosi or limbaugh, i have a better theory. george bush and his attorney general set up operationer wide receiver. then came back and did the hernandez case. all of this was fast and furious so they could set the president obama up who they knew they were going to be replaced by. who they knew was going to beat mccain so he could go after the second amendment. it was bush and obama all along. how you like that one, jonathan? thanks for your time. >> wow. >> i'll give you overnight to think about that one. if we're going to be crazy, go all the way crazy. >>> ahead, i have a big question. where did mitt "self-deportation" romney go? wait until you hear his speech today. ♪music plays throughout summer in new york state has something different for everyone to love. discover what you love. visit ilovenewyork.com to plan your summer trip now. diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer

ms. pelosi said minimally take a look at this time when people have done extraordinarily well that maybe they can do more for the country. it's probably a good segue for me to talk about an idea that, and the president mentioned this in his speech, the state of the union, when he talked about -- and the men and women who serve our military, and indeed, they have been the people we've called on to sacrifice, and they do so. it's an all volunteer military, as you know, but it was not always that way in the country, and certainly we've never been in point in our history where both the wars were unpaid for, that we accumulated this national debt, and that we've seen stress and not prevail upon american citizens. we think we have a bit of a bipartisan wave to get people involved. i was going through my mother's letters that she and my father exchanged during the second world war. i notice this stamp here, i don't know if we can get that -- >> host: put it on the camera here, can i do that? >> guest: yes, please. it's a 3 # cent stamp that says "win the war," and back then with collecting rags

ms. pelosi: i thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and for recognizing full well the congressional role of oversight of all branches of government. i think we all share that view that congress has a legitimate role to play in oversight and thus your committee has so much jurisdiction and i respect that. i think we all also agree -- i think we all very, very much agree that we are very sad and seek justice for the family of border patrol agent brian terry . his loss is a tragedy for all who knew him, for all of us who care about him and we offer our condolences to his family. so sad. but that's not what we're here to debate. what we agree upon. what we're here to debate is something very, very large because it is a major disagreement between the two sides of the aisle here, and i'm sorry to say that, about what our responsibilities are to the constitution of the united states. the constitution says -

ms. pelosi: i thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office to protect and defendhe constitution and for recognizing full well the congressional role of oversight of all branches of government. i think we all share that view that congress has a legitimate role to play in oversight and thus your committee has so much jurisdiction and i respect that. i think we all also agree -- i think we all very, very much agree that we are very sad and seek justice for the family of border patrol agent brian terry . his loss is a tragedy for all who knew him, for all of us who care about him and we offer our condolences to his family. so sad. but that's not what we're here to debate. what we agree upon. what we're here to debate is something very, very large because it is a major disagreement between the two sides of the aisle here, and i'm sorry to say that, about what our responsibilities are to the constitution of the united states. the constitution says --

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. in the political life that we have here and our service to the american people, i take great pride in always saying when someone says to me were you surprised when somebody did this or this bill did that, i say, i'm hardly ever surprised in politics. because i know what the possibilities are. i am thoroughly surprised today t i had absolutely no idea that -- today. i had absolutely no idea the mischief that mr. hoyer was up to going back decades i might add. but i thank him for his kind words and all of you for your nice reception and i thank the speaker for his gracious comments as well. . i was remembering, oh, my goodness, we are taking up time on the floor and this is personal and i was recalling it wasn't that long ago when we -- maybe five, six years ago we came to the floor and that then speaker hastert was the longest serving republican speaker of the house and we made much adieu about that landmark. so i comfortably accept your kind words. since we could observe that, i think

ms. pelosi has suggested rich. seems to be a point of some confusion among the democrats. and if you're rich, does that mean you should never again face an increase in your taxes? ever? that seems to be a point of confusion among the republicans. and can we tax the rich enough to address our problem of surging deficits and debt? you might think so if you follow the budget debate. and how important are the rich when it comes to investment and job creation? you might think they're more important than anything else based on some of the rhetoric we hear. in my own defense, i should point out i'm hardly the only confused person in america. tax practitioners often tell me what they should tell their high wealth clients about the future of estate tax. here's the most honest thing i can tell them: i have no idea. and they always seem dissatisfied with that answer. so here we are, democrats are frantically looking for rich people to tax, and republicans are adamantly refusing to tax anyone, especially the rich. with the parties largely gridlocks over tax policy, unable to set a lon

ms. pelosi, and with that the gentleman -- the clerk: leaves of be a requested for mr.illine of rhode island for today after 11:00. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. and now the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. the gentleman is recognized for 60 minutes. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, thank you for the privilege, and good to get the housekeeping work out of the way. we all like to think about what if. what if i had actually gotten an a rather than an f in that high school class? what if i had hit that home run instead of struck out? the what if game is part of our life, but i want to take that up today in a very, very serious way. this is about what if this congress, led by our republican colleagues, had taken up and passed president barack obama's american jobs act. last september the president made a very bold proposal to put americans back to work. comprehensive piece of legislation that covered many, many different parts of the american economy. it's called t

ms. arthel is off this evening. so it's just me and gutfeld, fill in your own dumb joke here. all right. gutfeld. i'm going to begin with carl rove. now, earlier this week nancy pelosishe could have had mr. rove arrested, she, nancy pelosi, in the u.s. attorney's case. you may remember that 8 attorneys were fired by the bush administration. some people thought mr. rove was behind it here is what carl rove said about that. >> it's nice to know the speaker pelosi wanted to have me arrested. it's nice to know that she thinks she had the power to. you know, she sounds a little bit like inspector clueso and mad queen but speaker pelosi was dead wrong in her assertion. >> bill: up top, i don't know whether you were paying attention because you know your attention span. but we mocked nancy pelosi for saying hey, this isn't about attorney general holder and suppressing documents and fast and furious. this is about voter suppression. so now she says that she could have had rove arrested and you say? >> well, here's the thing. to pelosi truth is like a face lift that you just keep stretching. >> bill: oh. >> yes, telling point. here is the thing, there is no way she could hav