pallone: mr. speaker, i would yield to myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, h. res. lution house resolution 1485 expresses support for the designation of september, 2010 -- expresses the support for the designation of september, 2010 as national prostate cancer awareness month. i would like to thank representative neugebauer for his leadership on this issue and i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i would yield as much time to the the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. neugebauer: i rise today as the author of h. resolution 1485 to express support for the designation of september as prostate cancer awareness month by the house of representatives. i didn't know much about prostate cancer other than occasionally on

pallone: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to h.r. 2923 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2923, a bill to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pallone: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2923, the combat methamphetamine act of 2010. h.r. 2923 is designed to respond to problems that the drug enforcement agency has identified in the implementation of t

pallone: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 6130, the legislation expands the authority of the health and human service office of inspector general to allow it to ban corporate executives from doing business with medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud. it also gives the inspector general the ability to exclude parent companies that may be committing fraud through shell companies. this important bill will close two loopholes in current law so that criminal offenders who defraud our nation's seniors will have to pay for their crimes. mr. speaker, for every $1 put into the pockets of criminals, $1 is taken out of the s

pallone: thank you. i yield now to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez. the speaker pro tempore: more -- for how many minutes? mr. pallone: 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. velazquez: i want to thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed, the best of america was on display. neighborhoods came together to comfort and support one another. communities in every corner of the country rallied together. in new york city our brave first responders answered the call vehemently putting their lives at risk to protect the rest of us. over the last nine years, the full scope of this tragedy's health effects has become increasingly clear. firefighters, police officers, e.m.t.'s and rescue workers are all suffering respiratory problems. even schoolchildren and those who work in the area have exhibited health problems. it is estimated that 36,000 people have sought treatment after being exposed to the toxic dust

and she faces frank pallon sneshgs. >> i'm pro abortion. >> and taxes?ews are outside of the mainstream. >> reporter: leon owens says that anna little's politics may represent the new middle ground. >> people are finding their right more so than their left, and right does not mean some extreme idea. it is because the current administration is so far left, you know, moderate just might be right. >> reporter: congressman frank pallone says he does not know how tea party politics can win over black voters who express their candidates, and he says that political apathy is to blame for the folks having little interest in the party for his party to have a universal appeal. >> thank you, soledad. jon stewart and stephen colbert are announcing competing rallies at the national mall next month. our national correspondent kareen wynter is covering the story for us. kareen, this is amazing and taking political satire to a whole new level. ek plain what is going on here? >> well, that is right, suzanne. a whole new level. scoot over politician, because it is now tv