amen. >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen, the ranking member of the united states house ofce, and technology, and the representative from the 30th district of texas, the honorable eddie bernice johnson. >> thank you, and good morning. thank you for this opportunity to make -- to permit me to make a few remarks as we honor distinguished americans. you know, hero is an overused word. but i think that all who are assembled today would not hesitate to describe our honorees as genuine national heroes. in fact, the only ones who might object to that description are the honorees themselves. in an age of inflated egos and self-promotion, each of these has distinguished himself and his modest, his competence, his bravery and his dedication to serving this nation. while we ostensibly are honoring them by bestowing gold medals, it is a simple representation of all they have meant to america. as i said to mr. armstrong when he testified before our committee earlier this year, america's space program is as much about inspiration as it is about rockets and space capsules. and the four ge

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: on this vote the yeas are 173, the nays are 249. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 112-398 by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 112-3 98 offered by -- 3 -- 112-398 offered by mr. markey of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. 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 nation

united states house. it became law. this president has had a majority in the united states senate for four years. he has had a supermajority in the united states house. well, let me restate that. he had 59% of the united states house after 2008 election. so this idea that he's complaining about the congress's inaction is pretty absurd. so let me go to the cfpb. in the president's lawyers said there's a great risk, a litigation risk on anything the cfpb does would be challenged based on constitutionality does, anything the labor relations board could be challenged based on this president's unprecedented action. you know, looking at that litigation risk and the amount of uncertainty that creates for small businesses, even big businesses and the impact it has on the economy, that is sort of the net impact of this debate we're having. now i know you're a constitutional scholar but i understand you represent folks in utah that are concerned like my constituents about jobs. this does have an impact on the americ

through the house and through the senate and didn't get a single vote the republicans in the united states house. it became law. this president has had a majority in the united states senate for four years. he has had a majority -- a supermajority in the united states house. let me restate that. it's 59 states after the 2008 election. so this idea he complained about the congress inaction is pretty absurd. so let me go to the cfpb. now, the president's lawyers said that there is a great risk, a litigation rest that anything the cfpb delta be challenged based on the constitutionality of this appointment. anything the national labor relations as could be challenged legally based on the unprecedented action. you know, looking at the litigation risk in the amount of uncertainty that cruise for small businesses and the impact it has on the economy, that is sort of the net impact of this debate we are having. i know you're a constitutional scholar, but i also may represent the folks in utah who are concerned about jobs. this does have an impact on the american people in a real way. it is not some acad

house of representatives. on to the united states senate, and to to the white house. this is a budget reform bill that as the gentleman accurately stated is a serious bill to address a serious problem. we didn't do this in january of last year, our very first term in office. then we were working on repealing the president's health care bill which remains a national priority. we didn't do this last april when we were focused on presenting the serious budget that dealt seriously with the underlying debt drivers of this entitle programs for the first time since 1965. we didn't deal with these issues while we were trying to continue to fund this government through a regular appropriations process, a process that hasn't taken place in over three years. we have brought this bill to the floor today. what were we doing in the intervening time, mr. speaker? we were working on jobs. we were working on jobs because i agree with the gentleman that is something we must focus on. reducing regulatory burdens sits with the senate. energy tax prevention act sits with the senate. consu

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 238, the nays are 177. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, on that i ask for a recorded vote. i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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 proh

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. >> the heavens declare the glory of god. the firm show of his handiwork. this adventures have touched the firment. you think of the significance of the congressional gold medal. it has only been awarded to 100. of those in aviation and space first think of the wright brothers, charles lindberg, dr. robert goddard, the father of modern rocketry and now, today's honorees. i dare say in future years, we will be giving this same ceremony and gold medal to the first crew that will land on the planet mars. ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. as a matter of fact, it's a part of us. it's our character as the american people to be adventure you ares and explorers. and we won't ever give that dream up. indeed, in the honoring of these astronauts, we foretell the future, the greatness, the discovery, the expressing of ourselves as a people. pioneers, adventurers and explorers. ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. [ applause ] >> ladies a

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> well, i think i'm going to go ahead and say what i think everybody here is thinking. this is pretty cool. when the prime minister of australia addressed the congress last march, she said that as a little girl watching the men land on the moon proved to her that americans could do anything. she grew up in adelaide, east of perth. whose residents turned all their lights on to greet john glenn the night that he flew back across australia. now, the world looks to america because we are free, and it's to our values to which people aspire. along those values is humility. the idea that you're part of a cause greater than yourself that nothing in life is a do it yourself project. though an often unsung virtue, humility figured prominently in the pinnacle of human hi to this day john glenn insists he was no hero. just a patriot serving his country, which in those days was gripped by the notion that america and democracy itself had fallen behind. these were daring missions but they

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: on this vote the yeas are 170. the nays are 247. the amendment is not adopted. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. will all members please take seats. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. will all members please take seats or take conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latourette: i thank the speaker and i thank my colleagues for their attention. madam speaker, sadly, in a set of occurrences that have become all too frequent in our country, on 7:45 a.m. in ohio, about 25 miles east of cleveland, allegedly a student brought a gun into the cafeteria of the high school, opened fire and shot fi

united states house speaker, said congress is close to a deal to extend the payroll tax cuts through the end of the year. this means about 160 million americans will keep their tax cut of a thousand dollars a year. the deal also extends unemployment benefits and blocks a 27% cut the in payments for doctors for medicare. if a deal is reached the speaker said there will be a vote before the end of the week. >>> i can't imagine how much it would cost to put gas in the comfort but it's going to move t will need gas. the ship has called baltimore home for more than two decades but the navy said yesterday that it'll sail to norfolk virginia next year. >>> we are looking at the roads, 695, traffic is moving smoothly. beautiful day. what is in store? let's check in with wyatt . >> here we go. another nice day of weather that won't quite hold through the day tomorrow. sun, 50s, a nice day and as we look at some of the winds out there they are light but have changed direction from the north and west. five to ten mile appear hour breeze bringing in dryer and cooler air meaning our air temperatu

he'd been -- he'd served in the united states house of representatives. he coined the term, first in peace about george washington. he reveered washington. he made lee, the family into federalists, later wigs. lee never knew his father, really, and always tried to figure his father out and even after the war, lee did a new introduction to his father's reminiscences of the revolution and lee repeated all of the old myths about all he moved to alexandria to further the education of his children. no. he moved to alexandria because he didn't know stratford anymore and he was trying to recoup his financial reverses and convince somebody else to invest in something silly. anyway, lee spent much of his life trying to figure out who his father was and in some ways never came at peace with that, and i think he finally figured out that he was going to have to figure out sort of not be his own father, but accommodate for the absence of a father just like he accommodated for the absence of many other things. yes, sir? [ inaudible ] >> he had another son called black

also in the united states, housing starts for january are due out thursday. in december, they showed a 4.1% month to month drop. finally friday, the u.s. consumer price index for january will be out. the cbi remained flat in november and december last year. >>> a recap now of the latest market figures. more business for you next hour. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan, post march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings insight and information on the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" focuses on rebuilding. don't miss them on "newsline." >>> the operators of the fukushima daiichi plant are trying to get a handle on what's going on in reactor number two. officials with the power company say a thermometer hit more than 80 degrees celsius. a reading above that could mean conditions for a cold shut down have been compromised. two other thermometers suggest temperatures remain low. the thermometer in question is at the bottom of the re

outreach, this year has borne much fruit as it relates to our strategic partnership with the united states house of representatives. for the first year, all of our schedules have aligned to where when our members are on the hill visiting with their legislators, chap tin hallet who has been chosen to be the guest chaplain for the house of representatives by her congressmen, the honorable scott garrett from new jersey. and with that note, i would like to encourage all members and anyone who will be in the vicinity of the house of representatives on wednesday to please ask your members or their aides if they could escort you to the gallery to show support for chaplain hallet as she becomes part of history, inducted into the congressional record with her beautiful prayer and a one-minute speech by her congressman, praising r.o.a. and a contribution that my esteemed peer and colleague has made on behalf of the republic. chaplain hallet, we congratulate you and thank you for representing us in such an esteemed accomplishment by our legislators. thank you. >> chaplain hallet, do you have a few words, p

chairman cliff stearns, chairman of the commerce, trade and consumer protection panel of the united states house of representatives. i would welcome the chairman by notifying him we are here on the set and stuart pratt is with us. he is the president and c.e.o. of consumer data industry association. can you give me some idea, can you volumize how much data is in your association, by the way, stuart? we represent a lot of different models, consumer credit associations --. >> how many --. >> they have probably 250 million credit reports and we're updating four billion data elements a month. >> that's a sizable amount, is it not, evan hendricks who is editor and publisher of "privacy times". by the way he has written this great book, a great read --. >> named book of the month. >> credit scores and credit reports, how the system work and what you can do. do you want to comment about anything he has said? >> information about social security very valuable. one of the tough things about sit that we don't own data about us. when companies like stuart collects it, they own our names, we don't own them

the honorable john boehner, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. thank you. let me say thank you to al credenes and acu and all of the organizers and responsers ofspo. i came to my first conference as a brand-new legislator in ohio and i'm certainly pleased to be here today as the speaker of the whole house of representatives. let's stop for a second. and let's picture america on a date in the not-so-distant future. let's say september 23rd, 2014, 4 years to the day since we unveiled our pledge to america, a document that commits us to governing based on the truths of our founding. it would be a year and a half after the founding of the economic freedom act of 2013 under a new president and a new senate. the economy's growing after the tax code has been reformed from top to bottom, thousands of special interest loopholes are gone, rates permanently lowered for every american. the deficit's dropping and our entitlement programs are being saved because washington now operates on paul ryan's budget. again, picture the this da

includes 11 votes from the senate and an unprecedented 35 votes from the united states house of representatives. leaving no area of the environment and public health untouched. the 35 house votes are a subset of the unprecedented assault on the environment and public health by the republican leadership of the house of relationships in 2011. the single most anti-environmental chamber of commerce. on the attacks throughout the year, votes are ordered to tell the story of last year's onslaught. the first session of the congress got off to a particularly appalling start with house rule 1. it is must pass legislation. before it reached the house floor, hr 1 included attacks on the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wildlife and places americans hold dear as well as funding cuts to critical programs. as if that weren't bad enough, members of congress proceeded to offer a broad array to hr 1 on the floor. in light of what was there at the time, the league of conversation voters took the extraordinary step of releasing a continuing resolution special edition scorecard in february. 9 of the 25

the legacy of the cbc is it's an institution of the united states house of representatives. and it is a legacy that shows that you can have ability to represent more than one constituency. you can represent the people that elected you, but you can also represent a constituency of your ethnic background. today everyone accepts that. they accept that there can be a latino caucus. there can be an asian caucus. there can be a blue collar caucus. the idea being that you represent many different things. you represent those people that elect you, primarily because you have to get elected again, but you also represent the people that are part of your ethnicity or of your whole identification in terms of interests. the black caucus established that. before the black caucus, nothing like that existed. >>> you're watching american history tv. all weekend every spnd on c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter. >>> this bronze rendition of sciencetist albert einstein stands out. even if it stands 12 feet tall and weighs four tons. here robert burks distinctive style, some cri

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the capitol rotunda. since the day of the american revolution, congress has commissioned gold medals to express appreciation for distinguished achievements and distributions to our country. the first recipient of a gold medal was general george washington. and today

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: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered today by our guest champ lane, reverend cal lamont, first presbyterian church, springfield, missouri. the chaplain: let us pray. god, as you know, these walls have echoed with your name for centuries. you see, god, we know your name because we are your nation, your people. to prove it we printed your name on our dollar bills, chizzled your name into our granite walls everywhere in this city and regularly include your name in prayers before friday night high school games. therefore, since you are our god and the prince of peace, i ask you to quell the need in this room to dominate, degrade and even den grade. i ask you, god, the healer, to rob the salive of your holy spirit into our wounds. i ask you, god, the creator, to whisper new wo

united states. the united states down but not out. still have trust in the united states, but having said that the united states have to put their house in order. republicans, democrats, president and congress have to put the house in order and meet together and this solution for the problems of the united states are solvable. >> i want to talk more about your investing in the u.s. take a short break and then come back to our exclusive conversation with prince alwaleed bin talal, chairman of kingdom holding company. from the macroenvironment to ininvestigation, he will talk to us about ininvestigation. find out where he sees the biggest opportunities. >>> welcome back, here with me, saudi prince alwaleed bin talal, chairman of the kingdom holding company, with us for the very first time. so happy you made your trip to the united states, your highness. talk about the money you just put into twitter. $300 million you invested in twitter what is so attractive about this company to you? >> usually we don't enter into venture capital company bus twitter has passed that phase and no more venture capital phase. and i believe that the company

>> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable steve kin -- honorable john boehner, speaker of the united states house of representative. >> you got to pay the speakers more. i'm joined by msnbc host martin bashir and joy-ann reid, msnbc contributor and managing editor of thegrio. what a funny farm that was. >> poor john boehner. >> on a serious note, today a white nationalist was allowed to speak on multi-culturalism, while a predominant gay group was not invited, because they are just too aggressive. what are we seeing here? >> i think that it's unbelievable a party that has a minority problem with go to the founder of vdare.com, a known white nationalist and give him a panel. the american conservative union who did the invite, stood behind the invite is run by al cardenas, hispanic, one of the few hispanic conservatives, close to jeb bush, he's savvy on the issue of trying to broaden the party, for you to do such an obviously kind of insane seeming thing that makes the party look like it's coddling racists, cuddling up to people who have extremist views. >> the attacks on the president were juvenil

. >> to that very point is the united states doing enough? white house has spoken up, state department. do we do more? if so, what? >> people can do more. there is a danger, george, a legitimate one of making this u.s. verse iran. we look back and know, september, october, u.s. was trying to negotiate. much more defiant regime. there are countries around the world, brazil for instance, 90 percent of population is christian. very good diplomatic relationship with iran. that is what we need the world coming together. it won't be one specific leader. this white house statement, i understand what reverend gram is talking about. this white house statement, make sure we now know that iranian regime for the second time know it is united states president knows what is going on. that is a strong message to send to the iranian regime and ayatollah itself. >> thank you so much. hundreds of thousands of people taking part in a twitter campaign to free pastor yousef nadarkhani. sign up at the american center for justice website. cwnews.org. >>> an extremist jewish gr

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 233, the nays are 155. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. >> i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the conference report accompanying h.r. 658. the speaker pro tempore: five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is suspending the rules and passing h.r. 1162, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: h.r. 1162, a bill to provide the quileute indian tribe tsunami and flood protection and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the gentleman

what do we expect to see this bill on the floor of the united states house? possibly friday however the gop has a rule that any pill has to be posted for three days. it came after midnight last night, the earliest that could be is saturday. so maybe a late friday night, early saturday morning vote or a decent hour on saturday. or they might just get rid of their own rule and do it on friday. i want to go home because i have a president's day recess coming up. either way, thomas, big victory for president obama and congress. they did the act last week. amazing thing. republicans and democrats coming to a conclusion that they both find agreeable. >> a trend of bipartisanship, how uncommon in washington, d.c. nbc's luke russert. >> take it while it lasts. >>> only family and close friends are going to get to attend whitney houston's funeral this weekend. everyone else is going to be watching online. and there's new information in the investigation into her death as investigators look to her doctors for more answers. >>> plus, the shocking request from josh powel

united states senate. that's a problem with the leadership here in the house of representatives. my colleague talks about jobs. the president of the united states came to this chamber and addressed the nation on the need to create more jobs. on the need to help create a climate where more private sector jobs could be -- could happen. and he submitted to us a plan. we cannot even get an up or down vote on the president's jobs plan. we can't even get a vote on it. so when my friends talk about jobs, we have this opportunity to even vote on a jobs bill, you don't want to vote on jobs, that's one thing, give us an opportunity to vote up or down on it. one final thing about the deficit and debt. i don't know of a single economist who would disagree with the statement that this debt crisis that we are currently in began with the passage of the bush tax cuts which were not paid for, not paid for. then the prescription drug bill that was a lot more expensive that my republican colleagues advertised wasn't paid for. add on to that two wars, afghanistan and iraq, not paid for. the last time

i mean it's not just reelecting president obama or election for the president of the united states, every house up, and the control of the united states senate as well. with a mitt romney at the head of the ticket, you have been out there now, not only trying to get your own seat back but to help raise money for other democrats around the country. what are the chances of the house getting back in control particularly given that it looks like romney is the nominee? >> i guess that is true. but we have felt that way so many times before. things seemed to change so much so that from time to time it looks like somebody is winning but you really can't tell. i think they are all one scandal away from being eliminated from the race. there will be sewer money, pac money against the president. if the election were held today, i think it would be close, but i think you'll see the democrats winning the house, senate and keeping the white house. >> we are told mitt romney is just minutes away from coming to speak to his supporters there. we will bring you that live if that's the case. that will be interest

mean, it's not just reelecting president obama or the election for the president of the united states. every house up and the control of the united states senate as well. with a mitt romney at the head of the ticket, you have been out there not only trying to get your own seat back but to help other democrats win, raising money for other democrats around the country. what are the chances of the house getting back democratic control room particularly given it looks like romney is the nominee? >> well i guess that's probably true but we felt that way so many times before. >> true. >> in iowa there were eight leaders in the polls in seven months. things seemed to change pretty dramatically among the -- how can i say this? the manicgressive element of the electorate so that from time to time, it looks like somebody is winning but you really can't tell. i think they are all one scandal away from being eliminated from the race but if romney is, in fact the nominee, i think he will be a formidable one. there will be an enormous amount of money sewer money, pac money, lobbiest money and that will be again

all we are asking is the united states senate to take action on things that we, in the house, have passed. many in a very bipartisan way. many in a very bipartisan way. remember back on january 24 on the 1,000th day, this body here, this body, voted 410-1 to vote on a resolution calling upon the senate to pass a budget. that it's of national importance that we actually have a budget and the senatele is a participant in the discussions not just sitting on the sidelines expecting us to carry the water. mr. speaker, we stand here today imploring our members to do the right thing. let's keep the pressure on the senate to do the right thing. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not to others in the second person. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from ohio, ms. kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you. mr. speaker, it's overtime for wall street megabanks, their c.e.o.'s, speculators, and sharpies to come and scrub the floors of homeless shelters across this country. that are

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 413. the nays are 2. this bill -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 417. the nays are two. the bill is passed. the unfinished business is on the motion to instruct. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is on the vote on the motion to instruct on h.r. 3630 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: motion to instruct conferees on h.r. 3630 offered by mr. bishop of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of repre