ms. wasserman schultz, for two minus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. i would point out that to my good friend from texas, madam speaker, as a constitutional conservative he should recognize that the conitution itself was a series of compromises. and our nation and our economy is being pushed closer and closetory default. hardliners on the rit, extremists by any other name, have refused to compromise. we are putting in jeopardy the payment of social security obligations, paying the members of our military, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff yesterday couldn't even answer in the affirmative that he was confident that those payments could be made if we default. we're putting in jeopardy the full faith and credit of our nation. yesterday, seniors in my district called my office in tears wondering whether we would default and what those consequences would mean for them. these are real people who live on social security t

ms. wasserman schultz, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. i would point out that to my good friend from texas, madam speaker, as a constitutional conservative he should recognize that the constitution itself was a series of compromises. and our nation and our economy is being pushed closer and closetory default. hardliners on the right, extremists by any other name, have refused to compromise. we are putting in jeopardy the payment of social security obligations, paying the members of our military, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff yesterday couldn't even answer in the affirmative that he was confident that those payments could be made if we default. we're putting in jeopardy the full faith and credit of our nation. yesterday, seniors in my district called my office in tears wondering whether we would default and what those consequences would mean for them. these are real people who live on social securi

ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of h.res. 268. this important resolution reaffirms our nation's unwavering commitment to a negotiated settlement of the israeli-palestinian conflict which can only be achieved through israeli-palestinian peace talks. since 1948, we have always stood by israel's side as a strong ally and friend. this resolution is no exception. as each day brings a new set of changes to the middle east, it is more vital than ever that we strengthen that friendship. from insisting hamas accept israel's right to exist, h.res. 268 reaffirms the of the congress and the opaw ma administration that we must continue to stand strong with our democratic ally against hostile enemies and attempts at dehe swrit myization. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: it is an nontore to yield one minute to my colleague from florida, general west, a hero. the chair: the -- the s

ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to the republican default act. which represents a continued effort by our republican colleagues to hold our economy hostage while forcing an ideological agenda and jeopardizing our economy. yet again our colleagues across the aisle have put forward a legislative proposal that would lead to crippling cuts in medicare, social security, and medicaid all while refusing to even consider ending ill-advised tax breaks for the most fortunate americans. who absorbs the total burden from these drastic cuts, mr. speaker? our seniors and working families. that's who. on a day when exxonmobil's second quarter profits soared 41%, and they earned $10 billion , it is simply unconscionable for us to ask seniors, working families, children, and middle class folks to bear the burden of our deficits when we are asking nothing, nothing of corporations, special interests, and the wealthiest few. this short-term debt limit increase measur

ms. emerson: on behalf of congressman wasserman schultz and myself, we are proud to announce that the women's bipartisan congressional softball team beat the washington female press corps in our recent softball game by a score of 5 to 4. in the spirit of our u.s. women's soccer team won and on their way to the final world cup, we probably aren't in that category, but perhaps this was the world cup. and we are very proud and we want to thank everybody for the great support that you gave to us. i would be remiss if i didn't explain how we won. and that was in the bottom of the 7th inning, because we only played seven innings -- the chair: the house will come to order. ms. emerson: in the bottom of the 7th inning with the score tied 4 to 4. laura richardson and linda sanchez were both walked because the other team were afraid of them hitting and debbie gets up and hits a single and were it not for the fact that linda sanchez ran around the bases and collided with the catcher and slided into home, we would not have won. thank you, linda sanchez. the chair: without objection, the gentlelady from f

ms. wasserman schultz. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 2560, which attempts to manipulate the constitution in order to impose a ryan budget plan on steroids. this is yet another thinly valed attempt by our colleagues across the aisle to medicare while refusing to consider tax breaks for millionaires. it is crucial that the american people understand that this plan would require even deeper cuts than under the ryan republican plan we saw in april. this means deeper cuts in education, clean energy and increased costs for our seniors. president obama has vowed to veto this bill, which ends the medicare guarantee and the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a member from south florida. it slashes medicaid and critical investments essential to winning the future in favor of protecting tax breaks for bill oil, millionaires and companies who ship jobs overseas. the on

ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to express deep disappointment and concern about the severe proposed cut in this bill to the everglades ecosystem restoration effort. the energy and water bill before us today slashes $32 million from the administration's request. these times of tight budgets certainly call for belt tightening but cutting 20% from the requested amount for everglades restoration is draconian. it is wildly disproportion at to the more modest 3% cut in the bill to the overall fiscal year 2012 corps of engineer construction fund from fiscal year 2011 levels. i thank my colleague, congressman rivera, for joining me and other members of the florida delegation to urge this full funding be restored to this important national priority as mr. dicks just mentioned. i hope we can work together with chairman frelinghuysen to make this happen during conference with the senate. to be sure, everglades restoration is a priority the florida congressional delegation takes very seriously and we have fought for ade