ms. pingree: thank you. madam speaker, house resolution 1764 provides for the consideration of the senate amendment to h.r. 2965. the rule makes in order a motion offered by the majority leader or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 2965 with the amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying the resolution. the rule provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. the rule waives all points of order against consideration of the motion except those arising under clause 10 of rule 21. the rule provides that the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. madam speaker, the time has come to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell. we have all heard the arguments, the studies have been done, the hearings have been held. the men and women of the armed services have spoken and their leaders have weighed in. there are no more excuses, not to repeal this misguided a

ms. pingree: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 1745 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 249. house resolution 1745. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 4853, to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and airway trust fund, to amend title 49, united states code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes, with the senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the house, without intervention of any point of order except those arising under clause 10 of rule 21, a motion offered by the chair of the committee on ways and means or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment with the amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this reso

ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in the remaining days of this congress, we have some choices to make and those choices couldn't be more clear. are we going to extend tax cuts for the break giving them an average break of over $100,000 or are we going to continue unemployment benefits of about $245 a week for out-of-work americans? are we going to approve a giveaway to high-paid c.e.o.'s that the congressional budget office puts at the bottom of their list of what would stimulate the economy? or are we going to extend the unemployment benefits the c.b.o. puts at the top of that same list? are we going to hand out tax breaks to the wealthy that will add $700 billion to the deficit? or are we going to continue funding unemployment checks that generate $2 in economic activity for every $1 in benefits paid? the american people sent us here to set priorities and make tough choices. putting american workers ahead of millionaires and billionaires should be our priority and shouldn't be a tough choice to make. i yie