poe of texas. the gentleman will be recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the recent focus on israel and the arab-israeli conflict that continues today is vital and important to our world peace. there are a lot of people out there trying to revise history, however. the state of israel was established in 1948 by british mandate after the holocaust of world war ii. the jewish people lay claim to this area since biblical times. the establishment of the jewish state of israel formalized the return of their homeland by an international agreement. both the united states and the u.n. including the soviet union, recognized the state of israel. the day after the jewish state was established in 1948, it was invaded by six surrounding arab nations. a negotiated cease fire ended hostility, with jerusalem being split in the middle between israel and jordan. in 1967, israel was once again invaded by syria from the north, jordan from the east and jirpt from the southwest. -- egypt from the southwest. israel expanded its border by including the golan heights that was contr

poe: thank you, madam speaker. this amendment would make it a requirement for the president to report annually the total united states cash in kind contributions to the united nations system. each fiscal year by every united states agency or department. this amendment only applies for the next two calendar years. fiscal years, however. last year american taxpayers crbts contributed $5 billion to the united nations, making the united states the largest member donor to that institution. seeing the amount of american investment and the influence the united nations has on world opinion and world advance, it's important how manies -- americans know how their money is being spent and it's not subsidizing activities which hurt american security, values or our national interests. the amendment i'm sponsoring today would make this requirement for the president to submit to congress a report of u.s. cash in kind contributions or u.s. cash and in kind contributions to the united nations and u.n. affiliated agencies each fisca

poe: i appreciate the chairman's input on my amendment. as i mentioned earlier, the request for predisaster mitigation is three times what is available under current law. and i'm probably -- have dealt with fema as much as anybody in this house, not by choice but because of the fact that our district keeps getting hammered by hurricanes starting with katrina. and the management system of fema has a lot to be desired. that has to be dealt with eventually in another issue. hurricane rita, 2005, people in my congressional district are still living with blue plastic tarps on their roofs because of the inadequate response. that is why this bill is so important, because it allows for predisaster mitigation, it allows the hospital to get a generator so when they lose their power they're able to take care of the patients that are in the emergency room. that is a portion of predisaster mitigation. and i think it's imperative that we be proactive because it takes fema too long to respond to disasters which drives up the cost of recovery. some people

poe: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered noork the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extends their remarks and include there therein extraneous material. mr. mccotter for today, mr. mcclintock for today and mr. mccotter for june 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a message from the senate. the clerk: i, nancy ericson, having custody of the seal of the united states senate, hereby certify that the attached record is a true and correct copy of a record of the united states senate, received by the united states senate sergeant at arms from samuel b. kent on june 24, 2009, and presented to the senate in open sessi o

poe has been in this initiative. and indeed this is not a partisan issue. mr. poe mentioned that these funds will be drawn from the department of commerce salaries and expenses which is -- they are provided $60 million. that's $7 million over last year's funding. and, of course, legal assistance programs have steadily declined since 2003. and only about a third of women who appear in court of the advocates who actually apply for this legal funding actually received funding. so this is really critical funding and support to help these women leave their abusers. for every danielle and chris who's able to free themselves of their abusers, there are four other women out there who are still being silenced because they don't have access to adequate legal representation. this $4 million is very appreciated. it's not enough but it's a great start. the legal assistance program is one of the most effective tools to ensure that battered women and children have a voice in our justice system. i urge support for this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the cha

poe, i'd like to yield to judge poe in our last few minutes. mr. poe: may i inquire of the speaker how much time mr. gohmert has left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has two minutes. mr. poe: i will try to not take all two minutes. thank you for yielding. the concern that i have about this bill is that as i mentioned at the outset we love the fact that we are a free people and independent nation. this bill makes us dependent on government. it will control our lives. we have to get permission from the government for every action we will have -- we will take as individuals and as businesses. we do not have free will to make decisions because the government won't let us have that free will to make decisions. decisions will be made by the government. and the government picks winners and losers in that bill because it creates great subsidies for some people to make them more dependent on government and government control. that's not what america's about. america's about freedom. it's not about dependence. at's the sad part about the bill is the

poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special order heretofore entered into, the following member mace be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. paulson today for five minutes, mr. mcclintock, june 11 for five minutes, mr. jones for june 17, mr. moran for june 17, mr. duncan for today, mr. man hsu la for today, mr. olson for june 11, mr. gomeert for today, june 11, mr. broun for today, mr. hensarling for june 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. engel of new york, ms. berkley for five palestinians and ms. kaptur from ohio. the speake

poe of texas. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: mr. speaker, noble sacrifice dominates the character of a man so willing willly dedicated in his life for others. there are none who understand that any better today than the men and women in our u.s. military. they personify the very he essence of what it means to be an american. today under the morning sky at arlington cemetery, myself and other members of congress, rob witman from virginia, jo bonner from alabama and senator sessions from alabama, joined several other hundred members of family and friends as a 21-gun salute and "taps" was played for the united states air force lieutenant clon, mark e. straten ii. the somber silence of the gravesites were broken with this tribute. colonel straten was trained as a navigator on an air force k.c. 135. in his honor, one of thighs massive aircraft flew low and slow over arlington cemetery, over the flag-draped coffin of one of air force's finest. i gave his life helping the afghan people to know dignity of a life lived in freedom. he was ass

poe: mr. speaker, the turmoil continues in iran with the little man from the desert, president ahmadinejad, claiming victory in the apparent fraudulent presidential elections. believe it to the students of iran to continue to protest in spite of the government shootings of students and others who risk their lives for the human right to peaceably assemble and freedom of speech. backed by the government controlled press and the religious leaders, ahmadinejad is trying to quell the hundreds of thousands who say his claim to the imperial thrown of the presidency is a fraud. the sons of liberty and the daughters of democracy of iran who wish to exercise the right of free speech and freedom to assemble should resolve this drama peaceably in order to ensure their human rights. i hope our american policy would be morally and verbally supportive as stated by president kennedy years ago when he said, let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill we will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any

poe for his sponsorship and mr. lungren for his work in the foundation of the national center for missing and exploited children and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. tonchingtonching the resolution before the house, 454, in recognizing the 25th anniversary of the national center for missing and exploited children is one that brings with it many happy endings for at least 138,000 families. and while not all of the stories are those happy endings, the center has provided itself as a resource and network that i has devoted itself to the reconnection of our youth to their families. and so, with that outstanding record and with the concerns for missing children still alive and haunting us as a society, i strongly encourage a yes vote on the resolution. and i yield back my remaining time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. the

poe: i wish to claim mr. burton's time to speak out of order the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: madam speaker, the state of texas lost a warrior this month in the forward operating base in afghanistan. a remote and december late place in the middle of the badlands in this war zone. army specialist garrett died on june 9, 2009 from injuries he suffered in afghanistan. he was just 20 years of age. this is a photograph right here, madam speaker of specialist grimmell. he is the 28th warrior to die in afghanistan with connections to my district in texas. he was a young man who personified the best qualities of the young people in america today. born in texas, jarrett was living the life he always made to map plans to live, that being a life filled with achievement and adventure that he desired. he was a patriot and joined the army his junior year in high school and completed basic training before graduating with honors from high school. he was a member of the swim team and surf club and loved th

poe. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from florida, congresswoman ros-lehtinen, is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to commend my good friend, rabbi solomon schiff, for the uplifting prayer that he delivered for all of us today as well as for his tireless effort to strengthen our religious communities in my home district of south florida. rabbi schiff serves as a director of chaplaincy emeritus. in this role rabbi schiff offers educational support and comfort to those in the jewish communities in the united states, in israel and indeed throughout theorld. i have long been aware of rabbi schiff's commitment and contributions to academia, to the jewish community and to the social welfare of all residence of south florida. his spirit of optimism and det

poe of texas. >> i ask unanimous consent that since mr. poe is not here, to take his five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. burton: mr. speaker, in the past couple of weeks, two of our colleagues, frank wolf of virginia, a republican and jim cooper of tennessee, a democrat, sent this booklet around to all of the members. and we get a lot of correspondence and books and leaflets, but i would like to say, i hope you read this. it doesn't take long, but it's extremely important, because it deals with not only with today but with our future and kids' future and our posterity. what it talks about is the debt that we have in this country and where we're going. in the last 10 years, we have gone from 5.5 trillion in debt to over $11 trillion in debt and the debt is escalating at a rapid rate. in fact right now, the projected deficit in the future is up to $56 trillion. and the reason these are expected expenditures is for what programs that have been proposed and have been passed into law by this body and the other body. rig

poe: thank you, madam speaker. the out of control violence along our border is made up of more complex elements than most people realize. the criminal cartels controling our southern border are a lot more powerful than we are led to believe. they are international organized crime cartels that make money off the weaknesses of others. they traffic drugs, money, weapons, and human beings across our southern border. they leave death, doom, and destruction in their wake. make no mistake about it, there is corruption on both sides of the border that facilitates the lawlessness taking place there. just last month, former sheriff of starr county -- stark county, texas, ray guera pled guilty to federal markets charges he admitted to facilitating intelligence that helped mexican drug traffickers invade the united states and evade countermarkets efforts, include tryinging to find out the ident i have to confidential informants he needs to be locked up forever for his betrayal to this country and law enforcement. he's just one

poe: thank you, mr. speaker. do we really want to nationalize health care and let it be run by the government? here's what's going on in england with their nationalized system. recently a british medical ethics expert proclaimed that people who suffer from dementia have a patriotic duty to die. the government medical advisor says that the care of dementia requires is very expensive and drains the government resources for health care. this government decisionmaker says that people will, quote, soon be licensed to put others down if they are unable to look after themselves. she goes on, if you're demented, you are wasting people's lives, you are wasting family lives, and you're wasting government resources. mr. speaker, when the government controls health care , it's expensive, inefficient, and ultimately provides more care. in britain they ration services. the government picks who lives and who dies. that doesn't seem to be a healthy solution for health care. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pr

poe of texas. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in favor of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the nays are 230. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 111-183, offered by the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: part b amendment number 4, printed in house report number 111-183, offered by mr. king of of iowa. the

poe, is recognized for two minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. i think a little history is in order here because only congress can remove a federal judge. it's part of the checks and balances in our constitution. it prevents the executive, who doesn't like what a judge is doing, from taking that person out of office. it prevents other judges in the united states in the judicial branch from removing a judge when they don't like that judge's opinion. that is our duty today to resolve this issue. over my career i have been somewhat critical of federal judges but the reason is because of a philosophical difference sometimes with interpretation of the constitution and constitutional law. for the most part, most of our judges, the hundreds that serve all over the united states in the third branch of government have the utmost of integrity and demeanor. in our judicial branch, i would hope we would always have the best legal minds on the bench, not those -- not the best legal minds that appear before the bench as attorneys. unfortunately, that's not uni

poe of texas is now recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, saturday, june 6, 2009 will mark the 65th anniversary of the invasion of normandy. operation overload was the code name but most folks know the massive invasion by its military term we call it d-day. we honor the amazing men who stormed the beaches at normandy on that day. utah, sword, gold, juno and omaha beaches were the name of the invasion sites. june 6, 1944 was a wicked day of weather. the seas were high and the rain came in hard. the sky only broke occasionally for the allied air cover to protect landings. the rangers climbed the cliffs under heavy, brutal german fire. the sand was stained red with the blood of young american warriors and that of our friends, our allies. felix brenham went ashore at the second wave of omaha -- omaha beach as a demolition man he joined the national guard in 1938. he said of his landing, the water was so would have the guys were getting seasick. i saw water spilling up over the sides of our landing crafts. the sea water was splashing in

poe. mr. poe: i thank you for yielding. you know, we approach what we consider the most important of all days for our republic, and that's independence day. and this legislation that unfortunately passed tonight has not made us more independent, but it has made us more dependent as a nation we are more dependent on every control of our lives. when the government starts telling you what type of electricity you can have in your home, when the government starts telling you you have to pass an energy efficiency before you can sell your home, maybe we have gone too far in government control over our lives. but that is a smidge. i'm not sure what the goal of the legislation was. we heard different things. one was it's going to create more jobs for americans. well, that's just not going to happen. all the sane studies show that's not going to occur in the united states. there will be government programs, which means subsidies paid by taxpayers to go to, quote, green jobs. those are programs. and they will be created, subsidized by

poe: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the gentleman for yielding. i represent southeast texas, the energy capital of the united states. 20% of the refineries in this country that help all these folks all over the fruited plain with energy i represent them. this week alone we've had 86 people call and say vote for this bill. we've had 1,578 people in my district call and say, vote no against this bill. almost 20 times. i'm an advocate for those people in southeast texas. they believe, as i believe, we're going to close america's energy with this bill. the c.b.o. and the e.p.a. says there's not going to be much difference in the climate if we pass this deal. bummer. it's not even going to work. and it's more important to realize this bill is about control, government control of our lives, our businesses and everything we do. washington, d.c.'s going to dictate how we live and how we shall live and how our businesses will live and it's all bad because d.c. is in control and not the people. this is a bad bill. vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

poe of texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. as dangerous to the public's health and well-being as government-run health care is in europe and canada, we have our own american example that hags serious problems. last month there was a surprise inspection at veterans' affairs clinics in the united states. the surprise inspections exposed that fewer than half of those clinics followed proper standards for colonoscopies. some mistakes could have exposed veterans to h.i.v. and other diseases. let me repeat less than half followed proper medical standards for colonoscopies. since february the v.a. has informed 10,000 veterans in three states to get retested. more than 50 patients tested positive for infections including some with h.i.v. but that's just the beginning of the medical malpractice by the v.a. v.a. patients with prostate cancer were put through their own particular set of horrors. in philadelphia a patient received a common surgical procedure where a doctor implants dozens of radioactive seeds to attack the cancer. but the

poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: madam speaker, this country has lost nearly three million jobs just this year. that's over a million more than the two million men, women, children, and illegals living within the fourth largest city in the united states, namely houston, texas. we are still buying oil from dictators who don't like us because the enviro elites are dead set on the energy plan, no oil, no gasoline, no nuclear, no drilling, and that means no natural gas. just what do they expect to use to power the nation's cities and industries? the taxo contracts -- taxocrats plan is simple, tax energy consumption. according to the national black chamber of commerce, the national energy tax will cost another 2.5 million jobs in america. america cannot afford any more of this change. the cap and trade bill will cost jobs, raise taxes, raise the cost of energy, and according to the congressional budget office won't even signif

poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, two american journalists, laura ling and euna lee are reporters for current tv. they were in china near the north korean border making a film about the horrible sex trafficking between north korea and china. the north koreans claim they crossed the border illegally. so the communist court sentenced them to 12 years at hard labor. that's some border enforcement polcy. the conditions in these prison camps are harsh. some reports say a quarter of the inmates die of starvation every year. the prisoners do back breaking work in factories, coal mines, and rice paddies. they are also used in experiments involving biological weapons. i he guess the communists didn't get the memo on human rights. now we hear they may have actually been kidnapped and forcibly taken to north korea. anyway they are being used as political prisoners to try to force this administration to give more concessions and american money to north korea. north

poe: the most patrioticic time of the year is at hand. i love the 4th july, it's hot dogs, picnics and barbecue. and kids decorating wagons, kids sitting on dads' shoulders and john phillip sousa and stars and stripes forever and waving flags and thanking our troops. yellow ribbons tied to trees. the 4th of july is a long weekend, going to the beach and getting sand in everything, coolers and beach towels, blankets, sunscreen and salty air. big fireworks display. making circles in the air with sparklers, bolt rocket wars, black cap fire crackers. buy one, get four free. it stum -- stump speeches by politicians, snow cones, kids, grand kids and pets all packed in the jeep. happy is everybody happy about the 4th july. nothing is sad about freedom. it's happy birthday to our country. the speaker pro tempore: any further one-minute requests? for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? jackson lee zwreel permission to address the house -- ms. jackson lee: permission to address the house and revise and extend. i wish our nation a ver

poe: mr. speaker, the justice department has ordered miranda rights to be read to terrorists captured on the battlefields. the administration is confusing constitutional rights of arrested criminal defendants in the america with acts of war by terrorists against the united states in foreign lands. miranda rights ordered to be given by the supreme court do not apply to the group of people who have a worldwide mission to murder in the name of religion who are captured by our military in afghanistan. never mind, say it the administration. enemy war combatants must be told you have the right to remain silent, you have a right to a lawyer. if you cannot provide a lawyer we will provide one for you. and anything you say will be used against you. this new policy is misguided. never in history have captured war combatants overseas have been treated by such an overflow of privileges. they have been dealt with by our military, especially regarding interrogations. but now i guess we are changing all that

poe of texas. mr. poe: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to assume the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise this evening to announce the sad passing of dr. bob frederic. a distinguished kansan and an exceptional human being. dr. frederic served as athletic director at the university of kansas for 14 years, the second longest tenure in the school's history and a period during which the jayhawks experienced tremendous success. under bob's leadership, jayhawk athletics received 32 conference championships and generated 31 all-american -- academic all americans. the latter of which i'm sure meant the most to dr. frederic, as that was the kind of person he was. dr. frederic felt most concerned about the well-being of student athletes. first as a coach and later as an athletic director, dr. frederic showed that concern as he personally took an interest in the students at kansas university that were also engaged in an intense dedication that it takes to be a college athlete today. while very competitive by nature, he w

poe: i wish to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. we all know that liberty is not free. and our history shows that it cost a stand on principle. but freedom has always been worth the price. even before that magic list was published in 1776 on july 4th of the signers of the declaration of independence, those 56 men, the british menu who they were and marked down every member of congress suspected of putting their name to their traceonous document. all of them became the objects of manhunts by the british. the punishment was death by hanging. of the 56 who signed, nine of them died from wounds or hardships during the american war of independence. five were captured and imprisonned and in each case they retreated. several lost their wives or sons or entire families. one member lost all 13 of his children. two wives were drought alley treated and all at one time were victims of manhunts or driven from their homes. 12 signers had their

poe: mr. speaker, we've all seen the bold and brave students defy the imperial regime of president ahmadinejad in iran as they struggle for freedom. the people of iran are being shot, assaulted and arrested by their oppressive government. this is the same government that supplies arms and money with insurgents that are at war with our military in iraq and afghanistan. the iranian revolutionary guard, a state sponsor of terror. or more appropriately called the demons of democracy are killing their own people, mostly students, whose only crime is speaking out in public against these tough tyrants. as july 4 nears, the most sacred of all days of liberty, how about we invite the sons of freedom and daughters of democracy of iran for a bit of hotdog diplomacy? the youth of iran has shown more love of freedom than the world has seen in years. this would be -- there would be no better way to honor the fourth of july, our founders, our heritage than to celebrate this glorious day by opening our embass

poe: thank you, mr. speaker. can you hear me now? that phrase repeated by cell phone users across the vast prairies and wide open spations of america soon may be taxed by the feds. that's right. they want to tax citizens for their private cell phone use and use of mobile phones at work. it's a benefit they say, so they want to tax it. and don't think this new talking on the phone tax will ever leave. in 1898 congress passed temporary phone taxes to fund the spanish-american war. but teddy roosevelt and the rough riders had the war won before the tax even took effect and guess what? americans are still paying that temporary phone tax for that war 111 years ago. phone taxes never die, they don't even fade away. americans are taxed enough already. government addiction to spending should be cured cold turkey style. citizens don't need more silly taxes to fund pet projects. mr. speaker, the people are weary of taxes. can you hear them now? no more taxes. no talking on the phone tax and that's just the way it is. . the speaker pro tempore:

poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: madam speaker, many countries, including china and european nations, are continuing to move to clean energy such as nuclear power. the united states, the nuclear power pioneer, lags far behind in new generating plants. the united states could and move to the licensing and development of more nuclear power plants. nuclear power is efficient and a cheaper way of providing clean energy to america's manufacturing sector. we should streamline the long come bersome process of power plant applications that use safe reactor designs, designs that have already been approved by the nuclear regulatory commission. costs have advanced to a state that america can safely store spent nuclear fuel rods and also recycle fuel. one of america's most impressive plants is in the north anna nuclear station here in nearby virginia. nuclear power is responsible for 20% of our energy, but in france 80% of their ener

poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: madam speaker, with the banner cry they never found a tax they didn't like, the tax-a-

poe: mr. speaker, while our president preaches the virtues of government-run health care, the prime minister of great britain is apologizing for his country for their socialize ied system and no -- socialized system and no wonder. things were so bad one lady got scared because of the poorly trained english staff. her fears proved correct when a nurse dropped bailey on the floor. her daughter said meals were brought to patients who didn't feed themselves but the staffs didn't help. elderly men were in the halls. patients were left dirty and screaming in pain. some people were so thirsty they were drinking in flower vases. i fed patients and took them to the laughtory. well, mrs. bailey did die from that government-run hospital from injuries sustained while there. do we really want the government controlling access to health care? nationalized health care will have the competence of fema, the efficiency of the post office and the compassion of the i.r.s. and that's just the way it is. the speake

we all saw the picture of the poe all right bears. and that picture is worth so much to us. we can see what is happening to the habitat there. i will lead a trip to alaska for a couple of days at the invitation of senator mark begich who wants to show me and a group of senators and also senator murkowski has been gracious enough to say that she will join us in this. we're going to see ground zero for global warming in alaska. i know greenland where i went is -- you can see thetic melt. you can sit and actually see thetic break off if thes off frt icebergs and watch them go to sea. so the scientists have proven it and we know it's absolutely true. so when senator inhofe comes down here and he flies in the face of science, those of us who have been working on this -- and i see one of our great leaders not only, i say this in the senate, but, frankly, in the country, and even in the world community, john kerry, who has joined us. just for his information i will speak for about another continue manipulates and i'll be so happy to sit and hear him because he's got such an importa

. >> johnny:  nats xtra poe g show brought to you by verizon fios. this is big. fans continue to celebrate. great to see you guys hanging with us and staying all 12 innings, incidentally in a 5-3 walkoff homerun by willie harris. the nationals go on to win. they have now won four in a row, a second consecutive ser wise. when you talk about a guy getting the job done, we talked to ross detwiler a few minutes ago. let's take a look at his outing. he started like he was on fire. >> phil: he started off fast, striking out wells. in the 7th inning, he gets a little flare to second base. then kevin millar comes to the plate and he hits a flyball which is caught in right field. then he gets another flyball here in still by chavez. he had a ety low pitch count. first batter, bautista, the pinch hitter, singled into centerfield. at that point, mapy acta came in and took aim out of the game. this is a quality start. this is one of those outings that they expected when he drafted him in the first round. >> johnny: dwight, two earned run, six hits allowed, threw 99 pitches.

i would say that if you -- it's sort of like calling the former soviet union's poe lit bureau row and -- politburo an advisory council. this council would dictate decisions over personal health decisions to unelected and unaccounted bureaucrats. i don't think anybody who thinks that's a good idea. certainly nobody i've talked to. and this kennedy proposal, withual due respect to our friend and colleague from massachusetts, is chockful of bad care policies. but the worst part is they will not lower health care costs for people who have health insurance now, and in fact they will make our debt burden and the debt burden of our children and grandchildren much, much worse. well, mr. president, the price tag on government programs just keeps growing and growing and growing here in washington, d.c. in fact, the president's proposal for his budget this year projected a -- quote -- "down payment on health care refume." well, i've told people that, you know, where i come from, we don't make down payments on something unless we know exactly what it is we're buying and so far the american people

. >> rob: he's got extra base poe pension. now, this guy, he needs to be a slasher. some contact. >> bob: josh has always liked hitting here. he certainly did his share against the nationals in this yard. his best year with the marlins. 07 when he hit 21 homers, drove in 89 runs. he was healthy that year. and hernandez has to lay off that pitch. he did says james hoye down at third. anderson hitting at .266 but he's only 6 for his last 29. 3 for 4 with an rbi yesterday. he was spraying the ball around camden yards. nolasco buried it on him. ricky never looked at the runner going to third. willingham is over there with two outs. >> rob: that's severe damage. >> bob: look at the bat. >> rob: it sheared all the way up the center to the top. this is when a guy's getting in your kitchen. and the bat comes up to ricky nolasco. he takes it, throws it to first base. >> bob: maybe that's why ricky didn't bother looking at the runner. he had to worry about the ball and the bat. here is wil nieves. >> rob: i'm sure anderson's hands kind of reverb rated after that hit. they'll b

. >> what can a book like douglas brinkley poe's writing about conservation and about the roosevelt to do for your work? >> a lot. it can help our employees, for them to recognize their own heritage. it helped the american public realize that this like melecio or any other historic artifacts, parks and refuges are precious heritage items. it helped us explain to the public what we do. a lot of us give stocks at parks or schools. it's useful if we can turn them over to a substantive history book like that of douglas brinkley if they want to know more about the history. >> your background, and graduated from harvard? >> in 1989 with a ph.d. in history science. >> how long have you been here? >> 10 years. this is my 10th anniversary. the best place i've ever worked. i was a professor at harvard and in australia. here i am doing history in the field. >> steve, your background? >> i have a master's in public administration from the bharti school at harvard -- the bani school-- barney school. i was in public government and then came into the vision of life service in presidential management

poe, june 23 and 24, five minutes each. mr. jones june 23 and 24. mr. moran june 23 and 24, five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

terry: there's a debate about the ant row poe logic impact -- anthropologic impact on our planet. we need to have our constituents to treat them in a manner that preserves our nation's economic competitiveness. advocates for the cap and frayed bill state that it will not significantly increase economic burdens on our constituents. this is just not true. the cap and tax bill also contains renewable electric standards and other elements which will significantly increase costs to utilities and consumers. the omaha public power district in my district conducted an independent anational sifts costs to my constituents free of political interference like the one put out by the e.p.a. even with the free allowances and allocated under the waxman-markey cap and tax bill, nebraskans will have to suffer a $74 million bill in 2012, an increase to $410 million a year by 2030 in the most optimistic case. vote against this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: madam speaker, it's my privilege at this time to yield to the gentle

talked to were optimistic about their ability to handle the@@@@@@@@bb'k$ i think there are signs that poe direction. in afghanistan there is no secret that it has been going in the wrong direction recently in terms of government loss of control of provinces in terms of insurgent strength. now we are in the new fighting season. when i was there last week, there was an average of 25 attacks around the country every day with a number of deaths res. decisions made by president obama, a very strong u.s. effort is coming in to help afghanistan and there is international support on a lesser scale but certainly welcome and important. it is also the right thing. military forces are coming into areas that were previously basically ceded to the insurgents. a great deal of emphasis on the provincial reconstruction teams and other economic assistance. heavy emphasis on training of the afghani security forces, both the army and especially the police. so i think the elements of a strong support to afghanistan are coming and certainly are recognized by the development there. when i talked to those who ha

we've seen it poe lute the air we the air we breathe and endanger our planet. most of all we've seen that other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that lead in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy. now's the time for the united states of america to realize this as well. now is the time for -- the time for us to lead. the energy bill before the house will finally create a set of incentives that will spark a clean energy transformation of our economy. it will spur the development of low carbon sources of energy, everything from wind, solar and geothermal power to safe nuclear energy and cleaner coal. it will spur new energy savings that reduce heating cost notice winter and cooling costs in the summer. and most importantly it will make possible the creation of millions of new jobs. make no mistake. this is a jobs bill. we're already seeing why this is true in the clean energy investments we're making through the recovery act. in california, 3,000 people will be employed to build a new sol

poe of texas. amendment number 4 printed in part b by mr. king of iowa. amendment number 6 printed in part b by mr. neugebauer of texas. amendment number 7 printed in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 5 plinted in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 2 printed in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 1 printed in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 1 print the in part d by mr. flake of arizona. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first

has been a painful time for politics and for individual politicians, but let's be clear, this it is a poe development for the country. it's information, not a new law, not a new regulation, not some announcement by a politician, just the provision of information that's enabled people to take on the political class, question them, demand answers, and get those answers. that's as it should be. that is actually what accountability is about. it's people power, and we need more of it, not less. now, we've already announced some of the ways in which we as a government would put information and thereby power into people's hands. we will publish every item of government spending over 25,000 pounds. it will be there for an army of, if you like, armchair auditors to go through line by line, pound by pound to hold wasteful governments to account. we will require the publication of crime data online in an open way so that every community can build up its own crime map, which crimes are being committed where, what time they're being committed at, and they can then hold their local police to account if

poe: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperatn with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 405, the nays are zero, the amendment is agreed. -- is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. king: i move to reconsider the vote. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion trow consider. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes visit. mr. king: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those favor

poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: madam speaker, somewhere in the dank dungons of federal government the tax-a-crats are loose and now they are working on a news tax. death by a thousand taxes. this time they are talking about taxing health care benefits that folks get from their employers. in other words, if you take care of your family by having health benefits, you are going to be punished for doing so. i thought the goal was to make sure everyone had affordable health care. that's what the tax-a-crats do tell us. if that's the goal it doesn't make sense to make health care more expensive by taxing it. someone will have to explain to me how raising taxes on working people will make things better for all of us. they are trying to convince people that taxing health insurance won't affect very many people f that's true experts say it's not going to be enough money to pay for the government-run health care socialized system we are going to. but they also want to mand

poe: i ask for a recorded vote on this the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 235 and the nays are 187 with zero voting present. without objection, the the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: i ask the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in engrossment of 2410 to include corrections in spelling, numbing and cross-referencing and the insertion of appropriate headings. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for