neugebauer: i thank the chairman. there has been a lot of discussion about this bill and people were talking about reforms. i think what american people need to understand is why these reforms are important to them. the reason they're important to them is quite honestly right now, the taxpayers in this country are underwriting part of the risk for terrorism attack in this country for the property owners. and what this bill does is begin to bring certainty for the industry, for the insurers, also certainty for the people that are building the new buildings and apartment houses and shopping centers and other types of public facilities, gives them certainty what the policy will be over the next few years. but i think the important part is taxpayers, additional cushion is being put between them and any potential loss. one of the things that's been mentioned, we raised the trigger from $100 million to $200 million. that's an important part of that. i think the other issue we tried to do with this in order to create the cer

neugebauer: i thank the gentleman. i rise to honor the service of my colleague, ralph hall.ralph's life, it's a record of serve to his country. it began in 1942 as a young lieutenant flying an aircraft off of an aircraft carrier, and after the war, ralph came back to this country and started work in the private sector in creating jobs and expanding the economy in texas. . later ralph would be the county judge for rock wall, texas, and would late behr elected as a texas state senator. in 1980, he was elected to the united states congress to represent the fourth district of texas, where he has represented that district with distinction. one of the things, you ever traveled in ralph's district and stop at the 7-eleven or place to get a little gas and mention the name ralph hall, people's faces light up. i bet everybody in rock wall county has met ralph hall in fact, probably everybody in ralph's district has met ralph. because one of the things he was diligent about doing was making sure people in his district felt represented. since his election, he's worked tirelessly here in

neugebauer: i thank the gentleman. i rise to honor the service of my colleague, ralph hall. when you look at ralph's life, it's a record of serve to his country. it began in 1942 as a young lieutenant flying an aircraft off of an aircraft carrier, and after the war, ralph came back to this country and started work in the private sector in creating jobs and expanding the economy in texas. . later ralph would be the county judge for rock wall, texas, and would late behr elected as a texas state senator. in 1980, he was elected to the united states congress to represent the fourth district of texas, where he has represented that district with distinction. one of the things, you ever traveled in ralph's district and stop at the 7-eleven or place to get a little gas and mention the name ralph hall, people's faces light up. i bet everybody in rock wall county has met ralph hall in fact, probably everybody in ralph's district has met ralph. because one of the things he was diligent about doing was making sure people in his district felt represented. since his election, he's worked

i hereby appoint the honorable randy neugebauer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by guest dominican house of studies, washington, d.c. the chaplain: dear god, as we enter a time of expectation and new beginnings, help us to direct our minds towards the things that will last. let us be attentive to why we act and what we seek and how we want our last days to be spent. give us the space to rest this season in this cell of self-knowledge. remove the curtains of ignorance that shield us from the light of faith. open us to tran sendent wisdom and enlighten the dark corners of our neglected hearts and scatter their your cheerful means. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-a of house resolution 775, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, ind

neugebauer: i thank the gentleman. i rise to honor the service of my colleague, ralph hall. when you look at ralph's life, it's a record of serve to his country. it began in 1942 as a young lieutenant flying an aircraft off of an aircraft carrier, and after the war, ralph came back to this country and started work in the private sector in creating jobs and expanding the economy in texas. . later ralph would be the county judge for rock wall, texas, and would late behr elected as a texas state senator. in 1980, he was elected to the united states congress to represent the fourth district of texas, where he has represented that district with distinction. one of the things, you ever traveled in ralph's district and stop at the 7-eleven or place to get a little gas and mention the name ralph hall, people's faces light up. i bet everybody in rock wall county has met ralph hall in fact, probably everybody in ralph's district has met ralph. because one of the things he was diligent about doing was making sure people in his district felt represented. since his election, he's worked

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