1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1237831205.05187 2 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,000 USE. 3 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,000 IT LOO TO COME IN. . 4 00:00:03,001 --> 00:00:46,000 . 5 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:48,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 6 00:00:48,001 --> 00:00:50,000 HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. 7 00:00:50,001 --> 00:00:52,000 THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY 8 00:00:52,001 --> 00:00:56,000 OUR CHAPLAIN, FATHER COUGHLIN. 9 00:00:56,001 --> 00:01:00,000 CHAPLAIN COUGHLIN: LORD GOD, 10 00:01:00,001 --> 00:01:02,000 CONTRARY LINES RUN PARALLEL. 11 00:01:02,001 --> 00:01:06,000 THEY MAY NEVER MEET. 12 00:01:06,001 --> 00:01:09,000 HOLDING THEIR OWN, THEY FOREVER 13 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:11,000 SPECT EQUAL DISTANCE TO EACH 14 00:01:11,001 --> 00:01:12,000 OTHER. 15 00:01:12,001 --> 00:01:13,000 CONTRADICTORY LINES ARE SURE TO 16 00:01:13,001 --> 00:01:17,000 CLASH BECAUSE THEY ARE 17 00:01:17,001 --> 00:01:18,000 DETERMINED ONLY BY 18 00:01:18,001 --> 00:01:19,000 SELF-DIRECTION. 19 00:01:19,001 --> 00:01:22,000 A STRAIGHT LINE DEMANDS 20 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:25,000 EVERYONE TO TAKE A SIDE. 21 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:27,000 A CURVE LINE, HOWEVER, HOWEVER 22 00:01:27,001 --> 00:01:32,000 SUBTLE IT IS, IN THE END WILL 23 00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:35,000 FORM A CIRCLE AND FIND ITSELF. 24 00:01:35,001 --> 00:01:38,000 LORD, HELP US NOT TO BE RIGID 25 00:01:38,001 --> 00:01:41,000 IN OUR OWN SENSE OF DIRECTION 26 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:43,000 OR RASH IN DRAWING LINES FOR 27 00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:44,000 OTHERS. 28 00:01:44,001 --> 00:01:46,000 DRAW US CLOSER TO YOUR 29 00:01:46,001 --> 00:01:49,000 PRESENCE, LORD, SO WE MAY 30 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:54,000 RESPOND TO YOUR INFLUENCE UPON 31 00:01:54,001 --> 00:01:57,000 US AND ALLOW US TO HAVE YOUR 32 00:01:57,001 --> 00:01:58,000 WAY WITH US BOTH NOW AND 33 00:01:58,001 --> 00:02:02,000 FOREVER. 34 00:02:02,001 --> 00:02:04,000 AMEN. 35 00:02:04,001 --> 00:02:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 36 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:06,000 CHAIR HAS EXAMINED THE JOURNAL 37 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:08,000 OF THE LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS 38 00:02:08,001 --> 00:02:09,000 AND ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE HIS 39 00:02:09,001 --> 00:02:10,000 APPROVAL THEREOF. 40 00:02:10,001 --> 00:02:12,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 1 41 00:02:12,001 --> 00:02:14,000 THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED. 42 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,000 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL 43 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:17,000 LED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM 44 00:02:17,001 --> 00:02:20,000 MASSACHUSETTS, CONGRESSMAN 45 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:22,000 LYNCH. 46 00:02:22,001 --> 00:02:23,000 MR. LYNCH: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 47 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:24,000 TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED 48 00:02:24,001 --> 00:02:26,000 STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE 49 00:02:26,001 --> 00:02:27,000 REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 50 00:02:27,001 --> 00:02:28,000 ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 51 00:02:28,001 --> 00:02:38,000 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 52 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:39,000 JUSTICE FOR ALL. 53 00:02:39,001 --> 00:02:41,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 54 00:02:41,001 --> 00:02:45,000 CHAIR WILL NOW ENTERTAIN REQUESTS FOR ONE-MINUTE 55 00:02:45,001 --> 00:02:46,000 SPEECHES ON EACH SIDOF THE 56 00:02:46,001 --> 00:02:47,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH 57 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:49,000 CAROLINA. 58 00:02:49,001 --> 00:02:50,000 MR. WILSON: MR. SPEAKER, I ASK 59 00:02:50,001 --> 00:02:52,000 PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE 60 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:53,000 FOR ONE MINUTE AND TO REVISE 61 00:02:53,001 --> 00:02:55,000 AND EXTEND MY RE 62 00:02:55,001 --> 00:02:57,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 63 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:58,000 MR. WILSON: MR. SPEAKER, 64 00:02:58,001 --> 00:02:59,000 ACCORDING TO A RECENT 65 00:02:59,001 --> 00:03:01,000 RASSMUSEON POL 2/3 THE 66 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:03,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN 67 00:03:03,001 --> 00:03:04,000 JUDGME THAN THEY DO IN 68 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:06,000 CONGRESS. 69 00:03:06,001 --> 00:03:07,000 I COULDN'T AGREE MORE, WHICH IS 70 00:03:07,001 --> 00:03:09,000 WHY I AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES 71 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:10,000 IN CONGRESS BELIEVE WE CAN 72 00:03:10,001 --> 00:03:12,000 LEARN FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 73 00:03:12,001 --> 00:03:13,000 WE CAN TIGHTEN OUR BUDGET WHEN 74 00:03:13,001 --> 00:03:14,000 TIMES ARE TOUGH. 75 00:03:14,001 --> 00:03:15,000 WE CAN CUT OUT THE THINGS WE 76 00:03:15,001 --> 00:03:17,000 DON'T NEED. 77 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:18,000 WE CAN MAKE SOME DIFFICULT 78 00:03:18,001 --> 00:03:20,000 CHOICES RATHER THAN MORTGAGING 79 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:22,000 THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT 80 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:23,000 GENERATION AND THREATENING 81 00:03:23,001 --> 00:03:24,000 SOCIAL SECURITY. 82 00:03:24,001 --> 00:03:26,000 WE SHOULD RESPECT THE FACT THAT 83 00:03:26,001 --> 00:03:27,000 AMERICANS KNOW BETTER HOW TO 84 00:03:27,001 --> 00:03:29,000 SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY. 85 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:32,000 CONGRESS DOESN'T NEED AN EXPERT 86 00:03:32,001 --> 00:03:33,000 ECONOMIST TO TELL US HOW TO BE 87 00:03:33,001 --> 00:03:34,000 FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 88 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:36,000 WE HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICAN 89 00:03:36,001 --> 00:03:38,000 FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES AND 90 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:41,000 HOME BUILDERS ALL ACROSS THIS 91 00:03:41,001 --> 00:03:43,000 NATION O ARE FINE EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP AND RESOLVE. 92 00:03:43,001 --> 00:03:45,000 WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING SMALL 93 00:03:45,001 --> 00:03:47,000 BUSINESSES TO CREATE JOBS, NOT 94 00:03:47,001 --> 00:03:48,000 TAX THEIR SUCCESS. 95 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:50,000 IN CONCLUSION, GOD BLESS OUR 96 00:03:50,001 --> 00:03:53,000 TROOPS AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET 97 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:55,000 SEPTEMBER 11. 98 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 99 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:57,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 100 00:03:57,001 --> 00:03:58,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 101 00:03:58,001 --> 00:04:00,000 GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE? 102 00:04:00,001 --> 00:04:01,000 MR. POE: I ASK PERMISSION TO 103 00:04:01,001 --> 00:04:02,000 ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE 104 00:04:02,001 --> 00:04:03,000 MINUTE. 105 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 106 00:04:05,001 --> 00:04:06,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 107 00:04:06,001 --> 00:04:08,000 MR. POE: MR. SPEAKER, THE 108 00:04:08,001 --> 00:04:10,000 PROPOSED BUDGET IS GOING TO DOUBLE THE NATIONAL DEBT. 109 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:11,000 WHAT THAT MEANS TO JOE SIX PACK 110 00:04:11,001 --> 00:04:13,000 IS EVERY AMERICAN WILL BE 111 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:15,000 RESPONSIBLE FOR $70,000 APIECE 112 00:04:15,001 --> 00:04:17,000 TO PAY OFF THIS MASSIVE DEBT 113 00:04:17,001 --> 00:04:18,000 INCURRED BY MONEY-GRABBING 114 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:19,000 GOVERNMENT. 115 00:04:19,001 --> 00:04:20,000 DOES ANYONE KNOW THERE'S A 116 00:04:20,001 --> 00:04:22,000 RECESSION GOING ON? 117 00:04:22,001 --> 00:04:23,000 GOVERNMENT CANNOT SPEND AMERICA 118 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:24,000 INTO PROSPERITY WITH SOMEBODY 119 00:04:24,001 --> 00:04:27,000 EL'S MONEY. 120 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:28,000 WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE BORROWING MORE MONEY DURING THESE HARD 121 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:30,000 TIMES. 122 00:04:30,001 --> 00:04:31,000 THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS 123 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:36,000 PART OF THE REASON GOVERNMENT 124 00:04:36,001 --> 00:04:38,000 GOT INTO THIS ECONOMIC MESS WAS GOVERNMENT BORROWING. 125 00:04:38,001 --> 00:04:39,000 THEY PLAN TO RAISE TAXES ON 126 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:41,000 AMERICAN CITIZENS TO PAY FOR 127 00:04:41,001 --> 00:04:42,000 ALL THESE FANCY PROJECTS IN THE 128 00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:43,000 BUDGET. 129 00:04:43,001 --> 00:04:45,000 AMERICANS PAY ALREADY TOO MUCH 130 00:04:45,001 --> 00:04:46,000 IN TAXES DURING THIS RECESSION. 131 00:04:46,001 --> 00:04:47,000 AMERICANS DON'T WANT MORE 132 00:04:47,001 --> 00:04:48,000 TAXES. 133 00:04:48,001 --> 00:04:50,000 AMERICANS DON'T WANT TO INCUR 134 00:04:50,001 --> 00:04:51,000 MORE DEBT. 135 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:52,000 AMERICANS DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT 136 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:54,000 TO SPEND MONEY IT DOES NOT 137 00:04:54,001 --> 00:04:55,000 HAVE. 138 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:56,000 GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AMERICA'S 139 00:04:56,001 --> 00:04:57,000 MONEY TO REWARD FAILURE AND 140 00:04:57,001 --> 00:04:59,000 SENDING NEY TO SPECIAL 141 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:00,000 INTEREST GROUPS. 142 00:05:00,001 --> 00:05:02,000 MEANWHILE, AMERICANS ARE LOSING 143 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:03,000 THEIR JOBS. 144 00:05:03,001 --> 00:05:05,000 AMERICANS ARE TIRED, WEARY AND 145 00:05:05,001 --> 00:05:06,000 MAD ABOUT GOVERNMENT RIPOFFS, 146 00:05:06,001 --> 00:05:09,000 PAYOFFS AND LAYOFFS. 147 00:05:09,001 --> 00:05:11,000 AND THAT'S ST THE WAY IT IS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR 148 00:05:11,001 --> 00:05:15,000 WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN 149 00:05:15,001 --> 00:05:17,000 FROM ARKANSAS RISE? 150 00:05:17,001 --> 00:05:20,000 PERSONS IN THE GALLERY WILL 151 00:05:20,001 --> 00:05:21,000 REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE. 152 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:23,000 MR. BOOZMAN: I ASK PERMISSION 153 00:05:23,001 --> 00:05:24,000 TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE 154 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:26,000 MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND 155 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:28,000 MY REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 156 00:05:28,001 --> 00:05:29,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 157 00:05:29,001 --> 00:05:31,000 MR. BOOZMAN: THANK YOU, MR. 158 00:05:31,001 --> 00:05:32,000 SPEAKER. 159 00:05:32,001 --> 00:05:33,000 MY CONSTITUENT DANA HILTON WAS 160 00:05:33,001 --> 00:05:34,000 RECENTLY NAMED THE 2009 161 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,000 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR BY 162 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:37,000 NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION 163 00:05:37,001 --> 00:05:38,000 ASSOCIATION. 164 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:40,000 SHE HAS DILIGENTLY BEEN 165 00:05:40,001 --> 00:05:42,000 INVOLVED IN THE FIRE SERVICE 166 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:43,000 FOR NINE YEARS. 167 00:05:43,001 --> 00:05:46,000 SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE 168 00:05:46,001 --> 00:05:48,000 PUBLIC FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY 169 00:05:48,001 --> 00:05:50,000 EDUCATOR FOR JOHNSON COUNTY'S 170 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:52,000 RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 171 00:05:52,001 --> 00:05:54,000 CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, AS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR BOTH THE 172 00:05:54,001 --> 00:05:56,000 ARKANSAS FIRE ACADEMY AND THE 173 00:05:56,001 --> 00:05:58,000 NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY. 174 00:05:58,001 --> 00:06:00,000 DANA ENCOURAGED THE RURAL FIRE 175 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:02,000 DEPARTMENT IN JOHNSON COUNTY TO 176 00:06:02,001 --> 00:06:03,000 MAKE FIRE PREVENTION PART OF 177 00:06:03,001 --> 00:06:06,000 ITS MISSION. 178 00:06:06,001 --> 00:06:07,000 NOW IT HAS A FIRE PREVENTION 179 00:06:07,001 --> 00:06:10,000 DIVISION AND THANKS TO DANA'S 180 00:06:10,001 --> 00:06:12,000 EFFORTS HAS RECEIVED ALMOST 181 00:06:12,001 --> 00:06:14,000 $150,000 IN GRANTS AWARDS FOR 182 00:06:14,001 --> 00:06:15,000 FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS. 183 00:06:15,001 --> 00:06:16,000 IN ADDITION TO SERVING THE 184 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,000 STATE OF ARKANSAS, DANA HAS 185 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:20,000 PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES, 186 00:06:20,001 --> 00:06:22,000 APPEARED ON SEVERAL TELEVISION 187 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:24,000 NETWORKS AND RECORDED 188 00:06:24,001 --> 00:06:27,000 EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS TO PROMOTE 189 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:28,000 FIRE AND SAFETY ON THE NATIONAL 190 00:06:28,001 --> 00:06:32,000 LEVEL. 191 00:06:32,001 --> 00:06:34,000 DANA OWNS FIRE HOUSE STOCK 192 00:06:34,001 --> 00:06:37,000 PUBLISHING. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME 193 00:06:37,001 --> 00:06:38,000 IN CONGRATULATING DANA. 194 00:06:38,001 --> 00:06:39,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 195 00:06:39,001 --> 00:06:40,000 TIME. 196 00:06:40,001 --> 00:06:41,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 197 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:43,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK 198 00:06:43,001 --> 00:06:44,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 199 00:06:44,001 --> 00:06:48,000 THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE 200 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:49,000 A COMMUNICATION. 201 00:06:49,001 --> 00:06:51,000 THE CLERK: THE SPEAKER'S ROOM 202 00:06:51,001 --> 00:06:52,000 -- THE HONORABLEHE SPEAKER, 203 00:06:52,001 --> 00:06:55,000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 204 00:06:55,001 --> 00:06:57,000 MADAM, PURSUANT TO THE PERMISSION GRAED IN CLAUSE 205 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,000 2-H OF RULE 2 OF THE RULES OF 206 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:01,000 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE CLERK RECEIVED THE 207 00:07:01,001 --> 00:07:02,000 FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM THE 208 00:07:02,001 --> 00:07:06,000 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE ON 209 00:07:06,001 --> 00:07:08,000 MARCH 23, 2009, AT 9:40 A.M. 210 00:07:08,001 --> 00:07:09,000 APPOINTMENTS, CONGRESSIONAL 211 00:07:09,001 --> 00:07:11,000 AWARD BOAR HEALTH INFORMATION 212 00:07:11,001 --> 00:07:13,000 TECHNOLOGY POLICY COMMITTEE. 213 00:07:13,001 --> 00:07:15,000 WITH BEST WISHES I AM, SIGNED 214 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:17,000 SINCERELY, LORRAINE C. MILR, 215 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:18,000 CLERK OF THE HOUSE. 216 00:07:18,001 --> 00:07:19,000 THE SPEAKER PRO 217 00:07:19,001 --> 00:07:23,000 CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A 218 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:24,000 COMMUNICATION. 219 00:07:24,001 --> 00:07:26,000 THE CLERK: THE HONORABLE THE 220 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:27,000 SPEAKER, HOUSE OF 221 00:07:27,001 --> 00:07:28,000 REPRESENTATIVES, MADAM,. 222 00:07:28,001 --> 00:07:30,000 MADAM, THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU 223 00:07:30,001 --> 00:07:32,000 FORMERLY PURSUANT TO RULE 8 OF 224 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:34,000 THE RULES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRES 225 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:36,000 BEEN SERVED WITH A SUBPOENA 226 00:07:36,001 --> 00:07:38,000 ISSUED IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT 227 00:07:38,001 --> 00:07:39,000 OF VIRGINIA FOR TESTIMONY IN A 228 00:07:39,001 --> 00:07:40,000 CRIMINAL CASE. 229 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:42,000 AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE 230 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:43,000 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL I 231 00:07:43,001 --> 00:07:45,000 HAVE DETERMINED THAT COMIAE 232 00:07:45,001 --> 00:07:47,000 WITH THE SUBPOENA IS CONSISTENT 233 00:07:47,001 --> 00:07:49,000 WITH THE PRECEDENCE AND 234 00:07:49,001 --> 00:07:55,000 PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE. 235 00:07:55,001 --> 00:07:56,000 SIGNED DEPUTY STAFF DIRECTOR. 236 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:58,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 237 00:07:58,001 --> 00:07:59,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 238 00:07:59,001 --> 00:08:00,000 20, THE CHAIR WILL POSTPONE 239 00:08:00,001 --> 00:08:02,000 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TODAY ON 240 00:08:02,001 --> 00:08:03,000 MOTIONS SUSPEND THE RULES ON 241 00:08:03,001 --> 00:08:05,000 WHICH A RECORDED VOTE OR THE 242 00:08:05,001 --> 00:08:07,000 YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED OR ON 243 00:08:07,001 --> 00:08:09,000 WHICH THE VOTE INCURS OBJECTION 244 00:08:09,001 --> 00:08:10,000 UNDER CLAUSE 6 OF RULE 20. 245 00:08:10,001 --> 00:08:13,000 RECORDED VOTES ON 246 00:08:13,001 --> 00:08:17,000 QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER 247 00:08:17,001 --> 00:08:19,000 6:30 P.M. TODAY. 248 00:08:19,001 --> 00:08:20,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 249 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:22,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS 250 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,000 RISE? 251 00:08:23,001 --> 00:08:24,000 MR. LYNCH: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. 252 00:08:24,001 --> 00:08:25,000 SPEAKER. 253 00:08:25,001 --> 00:08:26,000 I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND 254 00:08:26,001 --> 00:08:28,000 THE RULES AND A 255 00:08:28,001 --> 00:08:29,000 RESOLUTION 178. 256 00:08:29,001 --> 00:08:31,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 257 00:08:31,001 --> 00:08:33,000 CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. 258 00:08:33,001 --> 00:08:34,000 THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 259 00:08:34,001 --> 00:08:36,000 178. 260 00:08:36,001 --> 00:08:37,000 RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE NEED 261 00:08:37,001 --> 00:08:38,000 FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC AWARENESS 262 00:08:38,001 --> 00:08:39,000 OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 263 00:08:39,001 --> 00:08:41,000 SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF 264 00:08:41,001 --> 00:08:42,000 A NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY 265 00:08:42,001 --> 00:08:43,000 AWARENESS MONTH. 266 00:08:43,001 --> 00:08:45,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 267 00:08:45,001 --> 00:08:47,000 PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 268 00:08:47,001 --> 00:08:49,000 MR. LYNCH, AND THE GENTLEMAN 269 00:08:49,001 --> 00:08:51,000 FROM MISSOURI, MR. AKIN, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. 270 00:08:51,001 --> 00:08:52,000 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE 271 00:08:52,001 --> 00:08:53,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 272 00:08:53,001 --> 00:08:54,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 273 00:08:54,001 --> 00:08:56,000 SPEAKER. 274 00:08:56,001 --> 00:08:57,000 MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS 275 00:08:57,001 --> 00:08:58,000 CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY 276 00:08:58,001 --> 00:09:00,000 HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO 277 00:09:00,001 --> 00:09:01,000 REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS 278 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:02,000 . 279 00:09:02,001 --> 00:09:04,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 280 00:09:04,001 --> 00:09:05,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 281 00:09:05,001 --> 00:09:06,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW 282 00:09:06,001 --> 00:09:08,000 YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY 283 00:09:08,001 --> 00:09:10,000 CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 284 00:09:10,001 --> 00:09:11,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 285 00:09:11,001 --> 00:09:12,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, AS A 286 00:09:12,001 --> 00:09:14,000 MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE 287 00:09:14,001 --> 00:09:15,000 ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT 288 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:17,000 REFORM, I AM JOINED BY MY 289 00:09:17,001 --> 00:09:18,000 COLLEAGUES IN THE CONSIDERATION 290 00:09:18,001 --> 00:09:19,000 OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 178, WHICH 291 00:09:19,001 --> 00:09:21,000 EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ENHANCED 292 00:09:21,001 --> 00:09:22,000 PUBLIC AWARENESS OF TRAUMTRAUM 293 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:24,000 -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 294 00:09:24,001 --> 00:09:26,000 FOR DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL 295 00:09:26,001 --> 00:09:27,000 BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH, 296 00:09:27,001 --> 00:09:28,000 WHICH HAS BEEN COMMEMORATED 297 00:09:28,001 --> 00:09:30,000 DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. 298 00:09:30,001 --> 00:09:32,000 HOUSE RESOLUTION 178 WAS 299 00:09:32,001 --> 00:09:33,000 INTRODUCED BY THE GREAT 300 00:09:33,001 --> 00:09:35,000 REPRESENTATIVE, MR. BILL 301 00:09:35,001 --> 00:09:37,000 PASCRELL OF NEW JERSEY, ON 302 00:09:37,001 --> 00:09:39,000 FEBRUARY 13, 2009, AND HAS THE 303 00:09:39,001 --> 00:09:41,000 SUPPORT AND CO-SPOORS OF OVER 304 00:09:41,001 --> 00:09:43,000 90 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 305 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:44,000 AND THE REASON FOR SUCH 306 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:47,000 GENEROUS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT 307 00:09:47,001 --> 00:09:48,000 IS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT 308 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:51,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IMPACTS 309 00:09:51,001 --> 00:09:53,000 NEARLY 1.5 MILLION AMERICANS A 310 00:09:53,001 --> 00:09:54,000 THE MEASURE WAS CONSIDERED BY 311 00:09:54,001 --> 00:09:56,000 THE OVERSIGHT PANEL ON MARCH 312 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:57,000 10, 2009, AND WAS PASSED BY 313 00:09:57,001 --> 00:10:00,000 VOICE VOTE WITH UNANIMOUS 314 00:10:00,001 --> 00:10:01,000 SUPPORT FROM MYSELF AND MY 315 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:02,000 FELLOW 316 00:10:02,001 --> 00:10:03,000 MR. SPEAKER, EACH AND EVERY 317 00:10:03,001 --> 00:10:05,000 MARCH, THE NATIONAL BRAIN 318 00:10:05,001 --> 00:10:07,000 INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 319 00:10:07,001 --> 00:10:08,000 AND THE STATE AFFILIATES COME 320 00:10:08,001 --> 00:10:10,000 TOGETHER WITH OTHER 321 00:10:10,001 --> 00:10:11,000 ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, 322 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:14,000 SCHOOLS AND, OF COURSE, THOSE 323 00:10:14,001 --> 00:10:16,000 WHO HAVE SURVIVED OR SUSTAINED 324 00:10:16,001 --> 00:10:17,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 325 00:10:17,001 --> 00:10:19,000 THEIR FAMILIES TO PROMOTE 326 00:10:19,001 --> 00:10:20,000 GREATER AWARENESS AND AWARENESS 327 00:10:20,001 --> 00:10:22,000 OF BRAIN INJURY. 328 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:24,000 MR. SPEAKER, BEFORE CONSIDERATION OF THIS 329 00:10:24,001 --> 00:10:25,000 RESOLUTION, HOW MANY OF US ARE 330 00:10:25,001 --> 00:10:27,000 AWARE THAT EVERY 21 SECONDS 331 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:29,000 THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR 332 00:10:29,001 --> 00:10:31,000 COUNTRY SUSTAINS A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR THE FACT THAT 333 00:10:31,001 --> 00:10:34,000 AMONG OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN 334 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,000 ENGAGED IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON 335 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:37,000 TERRORISM, BRAIN INJURY HAS 336 00:10:37,001 --> 00:10:39,000 BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNATURE 337 00:10:39,001 --> 00:10:41,000 WOUND USUALLY RESULTING FROM 338 00:10:41,001 --> 00:10:42,000 ROADSIDE BOMBS AND 339 00:10:42,001 --> 00:10:44,000 EXEXPLOSIVIVE DEVICES? 340 00:10:44,001 --> 00:10:46,000 OFTEN DESCRIBED AS SOMEWHAT A 341 00:10:46,001 --> 00:10:48,000 SILENT EPIDEMIC, BRAIN INJURY, 342 00:10:48,001 --> 00:10:51,000 WHETHER AS A MILD CONCUSSION OR 343 00:10:51,001 --> 00:10:53,000 SEVERE EUGH TO RESULT IN 344 00:10:53,001 --> 00:10:56,000 COMATOSE CONDITIONS CERTAINLY 345 00:10:56,001 --> 00:10:58,000 DESERVES THE ATTENTION OF THE CONGRESS AND THE RESEARCH 346 00:10:58,001 --> 00:10:59,000 CENTERS IN THIS COUNTRY. 347 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:01,000 MR. SPEAKER, IN CLOSING, I'D 348 00:11:01,001 --> 00:11:03,000 LIKE TO, AGAIN, THANK MY 349 00:11:03,001 --> 00:11:04,000 COLLEAGUE FROM NEW JERSEY, 350 00:11:04,001 --> 00:11:06,000 CONGRESSMAN BILL PASCRELL, FOR 351 00:11:06,001 --> 00:11:07,000 WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE 352 00:11:07,001 --> 00:11:08,000 RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR GREATER 353 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:10,000 PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BRAIN 354 00:11:10,001 --> 00:11:14,000 INJURY AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE 355 00:11:14,001 --> 00:11:16,000 MONTH, WHICH THIS YEAR I SHOULD 356 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:18,000 ADD, WILL FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON 357 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:19,000 BRAIN INJURY IN SPORTS AND 358 00:11:19,001 --> 00:11:21,000 YOUTH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 359 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:22,000 HOUSE RESOLUTION 178 IS 360 00:11:22,001 --> 00:11:24,000 CERTAINLY WORTHY OF THE SUPPORT 361 00:11:24,001 --> 00:11:25,000 OF THIS BODY, AND I HOPE M 362 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:26,000 COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE 363 00:11:26,001 --> 00:11:27,000 ACCORDINGLY. 364 00:11:27,001 --> 00:11:31,000 MR. SPEAKER, I RESERVE THE 365 00:11:31,001 --> 00:11:32,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 366 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:33,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 367 00:11:33,001 --> 00:11:34,000 OF HIS TIME. 368 00:11:34,001 --> 00:11:35,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, 369 00:11:35,001 --> 00:11:36,000 MR. AKIN. 370 00:11:36,001 --> 00:11:37,000 MR. AKIN: THANK YOU, MR. 371 00:11:37,001 --> 00:11:39,000 SPEAKER. 372 00:11:39,001 --> 00:11:41,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 373 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:42,000 MAY CONSUME -- I'D LIKE TO 374 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,000 YIELD TIME 375 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:44,000 RESPECTED AND DISTINGUISHED 376 00:11:44,001 --> 00:11:46,000 COLLEAGUE FROM PENNSYLVANIA, 377 00:11:46,001 --> 00:11:48,000 CONGRESSMAN PLATTS, AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME. 378 00:11:48,001 --> 00:11:49,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 379 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:50,000 GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA IS 380 00:11:50,001 --> 00:11:52,000 RECOGNIZED. 381 00:11:52,001 --> 00:11:53,000 MR. PLATTS: THANK YOU, MR. 382 00:11:53,001 --> 00:11:55,000 SPEAKER. 383 00:11:55,001 --> 00:11:57,000 I APPRECIATE THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI FOR 384 00:11:57,001 --> 00:11:58,000 YIELDING TO ME. 385 00:11:58,001 --> 00:11:59,000 I'M HONORED TO JOIN WITH THE 386 00:11:59,001 --> 00:12:01,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 387 00:12:01,001 --> 00:12:02,000 MR. LYNCH, AS WELL AS MY GOOD 388 00:12:02,001 --> 00:12:03,000 FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, MR. 389 00:12:03,001 --> 00:12:04,000 PASCRELL FROM NEW JERSEY, ON 390 00:12:04,001 --> 00:12:06,000 SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS 391 00:12:06,001 --> 00:12:08,000 RESOLUTI 392 00:12:08,001 --> 00:12:10,000 IMPORTANT NEED FOR INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF TRAUMATIC 393 00:12:10,001 --> 00:12:12,000 BRAIN INJURY AND TO DESIGNATE 394 00:12:12,001 --> 00:12:14,000 MARCH AS NATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH. 395 00:12:14,001 --> 00:12:15,000 FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I'VE 396 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:17,000 BEEN HONORED TO CO-CHAIR THE 397 00:12:17,001 --> 00:12:20,000 CONGRESSIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN 398 00:12:20,001 --> 00:12:21,000 INJURY TASK FORCE WITH MY GOOD 399 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:22,000 FRIEND, REPRESENTATIVE PASCRELL 400 00:12:22,001 --> 00:12:24,000 FROM NEW JERSEY, AND WHILE IT'S 401 00:12:24,001 --> 00:12:25,000 BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH 402 00:12:25,001 --> 00:12:26,000 BILL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I 403 00:12:26,001 --> 00:12:28,000 ESPECIALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 404 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:29,000 HIS GREAT LEADERSHIP LONG 405 00:12:29,001 --> 00:12:31,000 BEFORE I JOINED THE TASK FORCE 406 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:32,000 FOR MANY YEARS LEADING THIS 407 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:34,000 CAUSE AND HELPING TO RAISE 408 00:12:34,001 --> 00:12:36,000 AWARENESS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT 409 00:12:36,001 --> 00:12:37,000 ISSUE. 410 00:12:37,001 --> 00:12:39,000 TOGETHER WE HAVE WORKED TO 411 00:12:39,001 --> 00:12:40,000 INCREASE AWARENESS OF T.B.I. 412 00:12:40,001 --> 00:12:42,000 WHICH MANY PEOPLE DO NOT 413 00:12:42,001 --> 00:12:44,000 REALIZE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF 414 00:12:44,001 --> 00:12:46,000 DEATH AND DISABILITY AMONG 415 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:48,000 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN 416 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:50,000 THE UNITED STATES. 417 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:53,000 MR. SPEAKER, THIS YEAR ALONE 418 00:12:53,001 --> 00:12:55,000 OVER 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE WILL 419 00:12:55,001 --> 00:12:56,000 SUSTAIN A TRAUMATIC BRAIN 420 00:12:56,001 --> 00:12:58,000 INJURY. 421 00:12:58,001 --> 00:13:00,000 SADLY, AT LEAST 80,000 OF THESE 422 00:13:00,001 --> 00:13:03,000 INDIVIDUALS WILL REMAIN 423 00:13:03,001 --> 00:13:04,000 PERMANENTLY DISABLED FROM THE 424 00:13:04,001 --> 00:13:06,000 TRAUMA. 425 00:13:06,001 --> 00:13:07,000 FALLS, MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, 426 00:13:07,001 --> 00:13:10,000 SPORTS INJURIES AND VIOLENCE 427 00:13:10,001 --> 00:13:13,000 ARE AMONG THE MAJOR CAUSES OF 428 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:14,000 T.B.I. LEAVING EVERY INDIVIDUAL 429 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:16,000 SUSCEPTIBLE. 430 00:13:16,001 --> 00:13:18,000 ADDITIONALLY, T.B.I.'S CAN 431 00:13:18,001 --> 00:13:20,000 MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN VARIOUS 432 00:13:20,001 --> 00:13:23,000 WAYS FROM SMALL BEHAVIORAL 433 00:13:23,001 --> 00:13:25,000 CHANGES TO MORE TRAGIC INJURIES 434 00:13:25,001 --> 00:13:27,000 INCLUDING COMPLETE PHYSICAL 435 00:13:27,001 --> 00:13:31,000 DISABILITY AND DEATH. 436 00:13:31,001 --> 00:13:33,000 BRAIN INJU FAMILY EMOTIONALLY AND 437 00:13:33,001 --> 00:13:36,000 FINANCIALLY, OFTEN RESULTING IN 438 00:13:36,001 --> 00:13:37,000 HUGE MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION 439 00:13:37,001 --> 00:13:39,000 EXPENSES. 440 00:13:39,001 --> 00:13:40,000 THE RECENT TRAGIC DEATH OF 441 00:13:40,001 --> 00:13:42,000 NATASHA RICHARDSON AMPLIFIES 442 00:13:42,001 --> 00:13:44,000 THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING 443 00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:46,000 AWARENESS TO THIS CRITICAL 444 00:13:46,001 --> 00:13:48,000 ISSUE. BECAUSE MS. RICHARDSON APPEARED 445 00:13:48,001 --> 00:13:49,000 TO BE UNAFFECTED IMMEDIATELY 446 00:13:49,001 --> 00:13:51,000 AFTER A SKIING ACCIDENT IN 447 00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:53,000 WHICH SHE HIT HER HEAD, SHE DID 448 00:13:53,001 --> 00:13:55,000 NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. 449 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:59,000 UNFORTUNATELY ONLY HOURS LATER 450 00:13:59,001 --> 00:14:01,000 AFTER EXPERIENCING A SEVERE 451 00:14:01,001 --> 00:14:04,000 THE HOSPITAL, LAPSED INTO A 452 00:14:04,001 --> 00:14:05,000 COMA AND TRAGICALLY DIED. 453 00:14:05,001 --> 00:14:09,000 TRAGEDY SUCH AS THESE HAPPEN 454 00:14:09,001 --> 00:14:10,000 EVERY DAY AND CAN OFTEN BE 455 00:14:10,001 --> 00:14:12,000 PREVENTED. 456 00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:13,000 T.B.I. HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED THE 457 00:14:13,001 --> 00:14:16,000 SIGNATURE WOUND OF THE WAR IN 458 00:14:16,001 --> 00:14:19,000 IRAQ WITH APPROXIMATELY MORE 459 00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:21,000 THAN 20% OF OUR DEPLOYED MEN 460 00:14:21,001 --> 00:14:22,000 AND WOMEN RETURNING WITH THIS 461 00:14:22,001 --> 00:14:24,000 INJURY. 462 00:14:24,001 --> 00:14:25,000 THANKS TO THE STATE OF THE ART 463 00:14:25,001 --> 00:14:27,000 BODY ARMOR WHICH 464 00:14:27,001 --> 00:14:30,000 WOMEN OVERSEAS ARE EQUIPPED 465 00:14:30,001 --> 00:14:31,000 THEY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE 466 00:14:31,001 --> 00:14:33,000 VIOLENT ATTACKS WHILE STILL 467 00:14:33,001 --> 00:14:35,000 RECEIVING A BLUNT FORCE TO THE 468 00:14:35,001 --> 00:14:36,000 HEAD. 469 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:37,000 FORTUNATELY IN RECENT YEARS 470 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:39,000 CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION 471 00:14:39,001 --> 00:14:40,000 HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE 472 00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:41,000 INCREASED FUNDING FOR MILITARY 473 00:14:41,001 --> 00:14:42,000 T.B.I. SCREENING AND TREATMENT 474 00:14:42,001 --> 00:14:44,000 PROGRAMS. 475 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:46,000 HOWEVER, MORE STILL NEEDS TO 476 00:14:46,001 --> 00:14:47,000 DONE. 477 00:14:47,001 --> 00:14:48,000 MR. SPEAKER, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR 478 00:14:48,001 --> 00:14:50,000 FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE FAMILY, 479 00:14:50,001 --> 00:14:52,000 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO COULD 480 00:14:52,001 --> 00:14:54,000 FALL VICTIM TO T.B.I. AT 481 00:14:54,001 --> 00:14:56,000 ANYTIME I STRONGLY URGE SUPPORT 482 00:14:56,001 --> 00:14:57,000 FROM ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR 483 00:14:57,001 --> 00:14:59,000 THIS RESOLUTION HERE TODAY AND 484 00:14:59,001 --> 00:15:00,000 URGE A YES VOTE. 485 00:15:00,001 --> 00:15:01,000 I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR 486 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:05,000 YIELDING AND YIELD BACK THE 487 00:15:05,001 --> 00:15:07,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 488 00:15:07,001 --> 00:15:09,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 489 00:15:09,001 --> 00:15:10,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI 490 00:15:10,001 --> 00:15:11,000 RESERVES. 491 00:15:11,001 --> 00:15:12,000 MR. AKIN: I VERVE. 492 00:15:12,001 --> 00:15:14,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 493 00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:15,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS IS 494 00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:17,000 RECOGNIZED. 495 00:15:17,001 --> 00:15:19,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, AT THIS TIME I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN 496 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,000 RECOGNIZING THE GENTLEMAN FROM 497 00:15:20,001 --> 00:15:21,000 NEW JERSEY, MR. PASCRELL, FOR 498 00:15:21,001 --> 00:15:23,000 FIVE MINUTES. 499 00:15:23,001 --> 00:15:25,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 500 00:15:25,001 --> 00:15:26,000 GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS 501 00:15:26,001 --> 00:15:28,000 RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 502 00:15:28,001 --> 00:15:29,000 SCRELLSCRELL THANK YOU, MR. 503 00:15:29,001 --> 00:15:33,000 SPEAKER, -- MR. PASCRELL: THANK 504 00:15:33,001 --> 00:15:35,000 YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I THANK 505 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:36,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 506 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:37,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 507 00:15:37,001 --> 00:15:39,000 MR. SPEAKER, I LEARNED ABOUT 508 00:15:39,001 --> 00:15:41,000 THIS INJURY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO 509 00:15:41,001 --> 00:15:44,000 WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY ONE OF 510 00:15:44,001 --> 00:15:45,000 MY CONSTITUENTS WHOSE SON WAS 511 00:15:45,001 --> 00:15:47,000 STRUCK BY A CAR, LEAVING HIM 512 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:48,000 WITH SEVERE COGNITIVE AND 513 00:15:48,001 --> 00:15:50,000 YSICAL DISABILITIES. 514 00:15:50,001 --> 00:15:52,000 IN RESPONSE, CONGRESSMAN -- 515 00:15:52,001 --> 00:15:53,000 FORMER CONGRESSMAN JIM 516 00:15:53,001 --> 00:15:55,000 GREENWOOD FROM PENNSYLVANIA, 517 00:15:55,001 --> 00:15:58,000 AND I FORMED THE CONGRESSIONAL 518 00:15:58,001 --> 00:16:00,000 BRAIN INJURY TASK FORCE TO 519 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:02,000 FURTHER EDUCATE AND MAKE AWARE 520 00:16:02,001 --> 00:16:03,000 OF BRAIN INJURIES AND SUPPORT 521 00:16:03,001 --> 00:16:04,000 FUNDING FOR BRAIN INJURY 522 00:16:04,001 --> 00:16:06,000 RESEARCH. 523 00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:07,000 THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH AT THAT 524 00:16:07,001 --> 00:16:09,000 TIME. 525 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,000 IN FACT, MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF 526 00:16:10,001 --> 00:16:12,000 CONGRESS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE 527 00:16:12,001 --> 00:16:13,000 SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURY, HOW 528 00:16:13,001 --> 00:16:15,000 A MILLION AND A HALF AMERICANS 529 00:16:15,001 --> 00:16:16,000 ARE AFFECTED EVERY YEAR. 530 00:16:16,001 --> 00:16:18,000 I THINK PEOPLE OFTEN WONDER WHY 531 00:16:18,001 --> 00:16:20,000 WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TALKING 532 00:16:20,001 --> 00:16:22,000 ABOUT BRAIN INJURY. 533 00:16:22,001 --> 00:16:24,000 UNFORTUNATELY IT TOOK THE WAR 534 00:16:24,001 --> 00:16:25,000 TO CRYSTALIZE WHAT THIS ENTIRE 535 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:30,000 ISSUE IS ALL ABOUT. 536 00:16:30,001 --> 00:16:31,000 SOMEONE IN AMERICA SUFFERS A 537 00:16:31,001 --> 00:16:32,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY EVERY 21 ?? 538 00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:35,000 SECONDS. 539 00:16:35,001 --> 00:16:36,000 AT LEAST A MILLION AND A HA 540 00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:38,000 AMERICANS SUSTAIN THIS INJURY 541 00:16:38,001 --> 00:16:40,000 INJURY, AS I'VE MENTIONED. 542 00:16:40,001 --> 00:16:42,000 THAT'S MORE THAN BREAST CANCER, 543 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:45,000 H.I.V., MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, 544 00:16:45,001 --> 00:16:49,000 SPINAL CORD INJURIES COMBINED. 545 00:16:49,001 --> 00:16:50,000 OF THOSE, 50,000 WILL DIE EVERY 546 00:16:50,001 --> 00:16:52,000 YEAR. 547 00:16:52,001 --> 00:16:53,000 AN ESTIMATED 3.2 MILLION 548 00:16:53,001 --> 00:16:56,000 AMERICANS ARE CURRENTLY LIVING 549 00:16:56,001 --> 00:16:57,000 A LONG-TERM DISABILITY BECAUSE 550 00:16:57,001 --> 00:16:58,000 OF T.B.I. 551 00:16:58,001 --> 00:17:01,000 AS MANY AS 20% OF THE 1.8 552 00:17:01,001 --> 00:17:04,000 MILLION DEPLOYED TROOPS IN 553 00:17:04,001 --> 00:17:06,000 AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, THAT'S 554 00:17:06,001 --> 00:17:09,000 360,000 SOLDIERS, HAVE 555 00:17:09,001 --> 00:17:10,000 SUSTAINED T.B.I.'S IN IRAQ AND 556 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:12,000 AFGHAN. 557 00:17:12,001 --> 00:17:14,000 THAT IS -- AFGHANISTAN. 558 00:17:14,001 --> 00:17:16,000 THAT IS AN ASTONISHING FIGURE. 559 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:17,000 T.B.I. ISNE OF THE RARE 560 00:17:17,001 --> 00:17:18,000 AFFLICTIONS THAT IS WIDESPREAD 561 00:17:18,001 --> 00:17:20,000 AMONG BOTH THE CIVILIAN 562 00:17:20,001 --> 00:17:22,000 POPULATION AND OUR SOLDIERS. 563 00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:25,000 THERE'S BEEN A WEAKNESS IN THE 564 00:17:25,001 --> 00:17:27,000 DEFENSE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND 565 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:28,000 MANY INJURED SOLDIERS WEREN'T 566 00:17:28,001 --> 00:17:29,000 RECEIVING THE LEVEL OF CARE 567 00:17:29,001 --> 00:17:32,000 THAT THEY DESERVE. 568 00:17:32,001 --> 00:17:35,000 THE MILITARY'S MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THE LAST SEVERAL 569 00:17:35,001 --> 00:17:37,000 YEARS TO BETTER PREVENT, IDENTIFY, TREAT BRAIN INJURIES 570 00:17:37,001 --> 00:17:38,000 AMONG OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN 571 00:17:38,001 --> 00:17:41,000 IN UNIFORM. 572 00:17:41,001 --> 00:17:44,000 AND CONGRESS HAS BEEN A WILLING 573 00:17:44,001 --> 00:17:46,000 PARTNER IN THE EFFORT TO ENSURE SUSTAINED PROGRESS ON THIS 574 00:17:46,001 --> 00:17:47,000 FRONT. 575 00:17:47,001 --> 00:17:49,000 JUST TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, MY 576 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,000 GOOD FRIEND FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 577 00:17:50,001 --> 00:17:53,000 JUST TODAY ON "USA TODAY," 578 00:17:53,001 --> 00:17:56,000 FRONT PAGE, REVIEW, "G.I.'S AT 579 00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:58,000 RISK BY FITNESS PRACTICES 580 00:17:58,001 --> 00:17:59,000 MANY OF THE SOLDIERS ARE NOT 581 00:17:59,001 --> 00:18:01,000 FIT TO GO TO THE 582 00:18:01,001 --> 00:18:02,000 BATTLEFIELDMENT MANY OF OUR 583 00:18:02,001 --> 00:18:03,000 FOOTBALL PLAYERS -- 584 00:18:03,001 --> 00:18:05,000 BATTLEFIELD. 585 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:07,000 MANY OF OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN 586 00:18:07,001 --> 00:18:09,000 COLLEGE ARE NOT FIT TO GO ONTO THE FIELD IF THEY'RE NOT 587 00:18:09,001 --> 00:18:11,000 SCREENED WE ARE DOING AN 588 00:18:11,001 --> 00:18:13,000 INJUSTICE TO THE CAUSE. 589 00:18:13,001 --> 00:18:15,000 ACCORDINGLY, THE BRAIN INJURY 590 00:18:15,001 --> 00:18:17,000 TASK FORCE BROUGHT TOGETHER 591 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:19,000 EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 592 00:18:19,001 --> 00:18:21,000 AT ST. J 593 00:18:21,001 --> 00:18:22,000 MEDICAL CENTER IN PATTERSON, 594 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:24,000 NEW JERSEY, IN OCTOBER FOR THE 595 00:18:24,001 --> 00:18:25,000 INTERNATIONAL CORN 596 00:18:25,001 --> 00:18:26,000 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND TRAUMATIC 597 00:18:26,001 --> 00:18:27,000 BRAIN INJURY. 598 00:18:27,001 --> 00:18:29,000 THESE EXPERTS GENERATED 599 00:18:29,001 --> 00:18:31,000 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 600 00:18:31,001 --> 00:18:32,000 -- THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE 601 00:18:32,001 --> 00:18:34,000 CONGRESS TWO WEEKS AGO. 602 00:18:34,001 --> 00:18:35,000 WE CANNOT FORGET FOR THOSE 603 00:18:35,001 --> 00:18:37,000 WOUNDED WARRIORS AND THEIR 604 00:18:37,001 --> 00:18:38,000 FAMILIES, THE WAR WILL NOT END 605 00:18:38,001 --> 00:18:40,000 WHEN THE LAST SHOTS ARE FIRED. 606 00:18:40,001 --> 00:18:43,000 DESPITE THE STAGGERING 607 00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:44,000 STATISTICS AND HEART-SHATTERING 608 00:18:44,001 --> 00:18:45,000 STORIES THAT COME TO US FROM 609 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:48,000 IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, PUBLIC 610 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:51,000 AWARENESS CONTINUES TO LAG, 611 00:18:51,001 --> 00:18:54,000 T.B.I. REMAINS A 612 00:18:54,001 --> 00:18:55,000 EPIDEMIC PLAYINGING OUR NATION 613 00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:57,000 -- PLAGUING OUR NATION. 614 00:18:57,001 --> 00:18:58,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CAN 615 00:18:58,001 --> 00:18:59,000 STRIKE ANYONE AND LEAVE 616 00:18:59,001 --> 00:19:00,000 DEVASTATING RESULTS. 617 00:19:00,001 --> 00:19:03,000 WE PROBABLY ALL KN SOMEONE OR 618 00:19:03,001 --> 00:19:04,000 KNOW THE STORY OF SOMEONE WHOSE 619 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:05,000 LIFE WAS IRREVERSEABLY CHANGED 620 00:19:05,001 --> 00:19:08,000 BECAUSE OF A BRAIN INJURY. 621 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:09,000 JUST LAST WEEK WE SAW A FLURRY 622 00:19:09,001 --> 00:19:11,000 OF MEDIA ACCOUNTS OF THE TRAGIC 623 00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:14,000 DEATH OF ACTRESS IN A TASHA 624 00:19:14,001 --> 00:19:15,000 RICHARDSON WHO SUSTAINED A 625 00:19:15,001 --> 00:19:16,000 BRAIN INJURY FROM SKIING. 626 00:19:16,001 --> 00:19:18,000 IF THAT TRAGEDY TAUGHT US 627 00:19:18,001 --> 00:19:20,000 ANYTHING, IT'S THAT AS FAR AS 628 00:19:20,001 --> 00:19:22,000 SCIENCE HAS COME, WE STILL KNOW 629 00:19:22,001 --> 00:19:24,000 RELATIVELY LITTLE ABOUT THIS 630 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:25,000 PERVASIVE INJURY. 631 00:19:25,001 --> 00:19:27,000 THE CONGRESSIONAL BRAIN INJURY 632 00:19:27,001 --> 00:19:28,000 TASK FORCE CONTINUES TO SEEK 633 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,000 INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE 634 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:31,000 PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED BY THE 635 00:19:31,001 --> 00:19:34,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ACT. 636 00:19:34,001 --> 00:19:36,000 AFTER AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT 637 00:19:36,001 --> 00:19:37,000 OF CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT IN 638 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:39,000 THESE RECENT YEARS. 639 00:19:39,001 --> 00:19:41,000 DESIGNATING A MONTH TO 640 00:19:41,001 --> 00:19:43,000 RECOGNIZ 641 00:19:43,001 --> 00:19:45,000 THE SEOUSNESS OF BRAIN 642 00:19:45,001 --> 00:19:46,000 INJURIES AMONG BOTH CIVILIANS 643 00:19:46,001 --> 00:19:47,000 AND MILITARY COMMUNITY WILL 644 00:19:47,001 --> 00:19:49,000 BRING MUCH-NEEDED PUBLIC 645 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:50,000 ATTENTION TO THIS FREQUENTLY 646 00:19:50,001 --> 00:19:52,000 FORGOTTEN MALADY. 647 00:19:52,001 --> 00:19:54,000 AND I MIGHT ADD, MR. SPEAKER, 648 00:19:54,001 --> 00:19:56,000 THAT THIS WEDNESDAY THROUGHOUT 649 00:19:56,001 --> 00:19:57,000 THE DAY, FROM 10:00 IN THE 650 00:19:57,001 --> 00:19:58,000 MORNING UNTIL 2:00 IN THE 651 00:19:58,001 --> 00:19:59,000 AFTERNOON, IN THE RAYBURN 652 00:19:59,001 --> 00:20:02,000 BUILDING, WE'RE HAVING A FAIR, 653 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,000 TWICE AS MANY DISPLAYS, CLOSE TO 50 DISPLAYS AND THEN WE WILL 654 00:20:04,001 --> 00:20:07,000 HAVE THE LEADING FOLKS FM THE 655 00:20:07,001 --> 00:20:11,000 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN TALK 656 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:12,000 ABOUT IT FROM 3:30 UNTIL 4:30 657 00:20:12,001 --> 00:20:13,000 AND IN T EVENING, A 658 00:20:13,001 --> 00:20:16,000 RECEPTION. 659 00:20:16,001 --> 00:20:18,000 WE'RE COMING TOGETHER, BRINGING THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN 660 00:20:18,001 --> 00:20:19,000 TOGETHER TO HELP OUR SOLDIERS 661 00:20:19,001 --> 00:20:22,000 AND HELP AMERICANS. 662 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,000 THIS RESOLUTION WILL HONOR THE 663 00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:27,000 FAMILIES WHO DAY IN AND DAY OUT 664 00:20:27,001 --> 00:20:28,000 CARE FOR AND LOVE THEIR FAMILY 665 00:20:28,001 --> 00:20:30,000 MEMBERS. 666 00:20:30,001 --> 00:20:33,000 WHO HAVE AFFLICTED AND DO SO 667 00:20:33,001 --> 00:20:36,000 WITHOUT FANFARE, WITHOUT 668 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:38,000 30 S 669 00:20:38,001 --> 00:20:40,000 MR. LYNCH: I GRANT THE 670 00:20:40,001 --> 00:20:41,000 GENTLEMAN AN DISH MINUTE. 671 00:20:41,001 --> 00:20:42,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 672 00:20:42,001 --> 00:20:43,000 GENTLEMAIS RECOGNIZED FOR AN 673 00:20:43,001 --> 00:20:45,000 DISH MINUTE. 674 00:20:45,001 --> 00:20:46,000 MR. PASCRELL: THEY DO IT 675 00:20:46,001 --> 00:20:47,000 BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEIR SONS OR 676 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:49,000 THAT YOU ARE DAUGHTERS, THEIR 677 00:20:49,001 --> 00:20:51,000 BROTHERS OR SISTER, EEF DAY 678 00:20:51,001 --> 00:20:53,000 EVERY MONTH. 679 00:20:53,001 --> 00:20:55,000 TO MEET SOME OF THE FOLKS AS WE 680 00:20:55,001 --> 00:20:56,000 RECOGNIZE BRAIN INJURY 681 00:20:56,001 --> 00:20:58,000 AWARENESS MONTH HERE IN ON 682 00:20:58,001 --> 00:20:59,000 CAPITOL HILL. 683 00:20:59,001 --> 00:21:01,000 WE ARE HOSTING A FARE WITH 684 00:21:01,001 --> 00:21:02,000 HUNDRED -- FAIR WITH HUNDREDS 685 00:21:02,001 --> 00:21:03,000 OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BRAIN 686 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:06,000 INJURY COMMUNITY. 687 00:21:06,001 --> 00:21:08,000 LET'S PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM CONGRESSIONAL 688 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:09,000 COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING 689 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,000 AWARENES EDUCATION, 690 00:21:10,001 --> 00:21:12,000 PREVENTION AND RESEARCH BY 691 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:14,000 REMINDING ALL AMERICANS OF 692 00:21:14,001 --> 00:21:15,000 THOSE INDIVIDUALS OF FAMILIES 693 00:21:15,001 --> 00:21:17,000 WHO SUFFER FROM A BRAIN INJURY. 694 00:21:17,001 --> 00:21:18,000 WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, MR. 695 00:21:18,001 --> 00:21:19,000 SPEAKER. 696 00:21:19,001 --> 00:21:20,000 IN 10 YEARS. 697 00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:22,000 WE COULD FIT THE AMOUNT OF 698 00:21:22,001 --> 00:21:23,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CAUCUS IN A PHONE 699 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:24,000 BOOTH. 700 00:21:24,001 --> 00:21:27,000 THAT'S ALL CHANGED. 701 00:21:27,001 --> 00:21:28,000 NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO 125, 130 702 00:21:28,001 --> 00:21:30,000 MEMBERS OF THIS, BOTH SIDES OF 703 00:21:30,001 --> 00:21:31,000 THE AISLE. 704 00:21:31,001 --> 00:21:32,000 WE'RE DOING -- WE'RE REALLY 705 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:34,000 SEEING RESULTS, PARTICULARLY IN 706 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:35,000 THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 707 00:21:35,001 --> 00:21:37,000 I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN 708 00:21:37,001 --> 00:21:38,000 FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 709 00:21:38,001 --> 00:21:40,000 I WA TO THANK MY FRIEND FROM 710 00:21:40,001 --> 00:21:42,000 PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE THIS IS 711 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:43,000 ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A FIGHT 712 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:44,000 WHERE WE WILL RESPOND AND OUR 713 00:21:44,001 --> 00:21:46,000 MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR 714 00:21:46,001 --> 00:21:47,000 LIVES ON THE LINE WILL KNOW 715 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:50,000 THAT WE REALLY MEAN WHAT WE 716 00:21:50,001 --> 00:21:51,000 SAY, THA 717 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:52,000 WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR 718 00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:56,000 THEM. 719 00:21:56,001 --> 00:21:57,000 THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. 720 00:21:57,001 --> 00:21:58,000 MR. LYNCH: WE CONTINUE TO 721 00:21:58,001 --> 00:22:00,000 RESERV 722 00:22:00,001 --> 00:22:01,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 723 00:22:01,001 --> 00:22:03,000 GENTLEMAN CONTINUES TO RESERVE 724 00:22:03,001 --> 00:22:05,000 HIS TIME. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. 725 00:22:05,001 --> 00:22:06,000 MR. AKIN: THANK YOU, MR. 726 00:22:06,001 --> 00:22:07,000 SPEAKER. 727 00:22:07,001 --> 00:22:08,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 728 00:22:08,001 --> 00:22:10,000 MAY CONSUME. 729 00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 730 00:22:11,001 --> 00:22:13,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 731 00:22:13,001 --> 00:22:15,000 MR. AKIN: LAST WEEK THE DEVASTATION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN 732 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:17,000 INJURY WAS ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT 733 00:22:17,001 --> 00:22:18,000 TO OUR ATTENTION WITH THE DEATH 734 00:22:18,001 --> 00:22:20,000 OF ACTRESS NATASHA RICHARDSON. 735 00:22:20,001 --> 00:22:21,000 THIS TRAGEDY WAS BUT ONE TYPE 736 00:22:21,001 --> 00:22:24,000 OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THAT 737 00:22:24,001 --> 00:22:28,000 BRINGS ABOUT DEATH OR PHYSICAL 738 00:22:28,001 --> 00:22:30,000 DY BILLTATION TO OVER 1.4 739 00:22:30,001 --> 00:22:31,000 YEAR. 740 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:33,000 WHILE THE LEADING CAUSE OF 741 00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:34,000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IS THE 742 00:22:34,001 --> 00:22:36,000 RESULT OF FALLS, THEY'RE 743 00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:37,000 FOLLOWED BY AUTOMOBILE 744 00:22:37,001 --> 00:22:39,000 ACCIDENTS BEING STRUCK BY OR 745 00:22:39,001 --> 00:22:41,000 AGAINST A HARD SURFACE AND 746 00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:42,000 ASSAULT. 747 00:22:42,001 --> 00:22:44,000 MEN ARE THE GREATER RISK OF 748 00:22:44,001 --> 00:22:45,000 BRAIN INJURY AND 749 00:22:45,001 --> 00:22:47,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE THE 750 00:22:47,001 --> 00:22:48,000 HIGHEST DEATH RATE FROM THIS 751 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:49,000 INJURY. 752 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:51,000 ALL OF THESE COLD, HARD FACTS 753 00:22:51,001 --> 00:22:53,000 DO NOT TELL THE STORY OF 754 00:22:53,001 --> 00:22:55,000 SHATTERED LIVES, OF THE 755 00:22:55,001 --> 00:22:57,000 INDIVIDUAL IF THEY SURVIVE, AND 756 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,000 UNTOLD HEART ACHE AND LIFELONG 757 00:22:59,001 --> 00:23:01,000 IMPACT ON LOVED ONES AND 758 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:03,000 FRIENDS OF THE INJURED. 759 00:23:03,001 --> 00:23:06,000 IN AMERICA THERE ARE 125,000 760 00:23:06,001 --> 00:23:09,000 CITIZENS LIVING WITH LIFE-LONG 761 00:23:09,001 --> 00:23:10,000 DISABILITIES FROM TRAUMATIC 762 00:23:10,001 --> 00:23:11,000 BRAIN INJURY -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN 763 00:23:11,001 --> 00:23:12,000 INJURIES. 764 00:23:12,001 --> 00:23:14,000 THESE HEAD INJURES COME ABOUT 765 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,000 IN MANY WAYS, NOT THE LEAST OF 766 00:23:15,001 --> 00:23:17,000 WHICH ARE THE INJURIES 767 00:23:17,001 --> 00:23:18,000 SUSTAINED THROUGH OUR SOLDIERS 768 00:23:18,001 --> 00:23:20,000 FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN AND 769 00:23:20,001 --> 00:23:23,000 IRAQ. THE COST OF LIVES AND THE 770 00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:25,000 ONGOING SUFFERING IS TRAGIC FOR THESE BRAVE MENED A WOMEN. 771 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:27,000 THEIR INJURIES WILL CONTINUE TO 772 00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:28,000 REQUIRE COSTLY MEDICAL 773 00:23:28,001 --> 00:23:30,000 ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND 774 00:23:30,001 --> 00:23:33,000 FEDERAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES. 775 00:23:33,001 --> 00:23:34,000 GENERALLY A CONCUSSION IS A 776 00:23:34,001 --> 00:23:35,000 TYPE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 777 00:23:35,001 --> 00:23:38,000 THAT IS CAUSED BY AN INJURY TO 778 00:23:38,001 --> 00:23:40,000 THE HEAD THAT MANY PEOPLE 779 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:41,000 UNDERESTIMATE. 780 00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:42,000 IT IS CRITICAL TO RECOVERY THAT 781 00:23:42,001 --> 00:23:44,000 ANY TYPE OF BLOW TO THE HEAD, 782 00:23:44,001 --> 00:23:47,000 WHETHER IT IS A CHILD'S FALL 783 00:23:47,001 --> 00:23:50,000 FROM A SWING TO A TEEN SPORT OR 784 00:23:50,001 --> 00:23:51,000 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, BE TAKEN 785 00:23:51,001 --> 00:23:53,000 SERIOUSLY. 786 00:23:53,001 --> 00:23:54,000 OFTEN SYMPTOMS DON'T SHOW UP 787 00:23:54,001 --> 00:23:56,000 IMMEDIATELY, SO KEEPING A CLOSE 788 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,000 WATCH ON THE INJURED PERSON IS 789 00:23:58,001 --> 00:24:00,000 IMPERATIVE SO THAT MEDICAL 790 00:24:00,001 --> 00:24:01,000 ATTENTION CAN BE SOUGHT IF 791 00:24:01,001 --> 00:24:02,000 NEEDED. 792 00:24:02,001 --> 00:24:04,000 WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR 793 00:24:04,001 --> 00:24:05,000 ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE BRAIN 794 00:24:05,001 --> 00:24:08,000 INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, 795 00:24:08,001 --> 00:24:09,000 WHO ARE INVALUABLE IN 796 00:24:09,001 --> 00:24:11,000 GENERATING, UNDERSTANDING AND 797 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,000 AWARENESS OF BRAIN INJURY. 798 00:24:12,001 --> 00:24:15,000 WE JOIN WITH ALL WHO WISH TO 799 00:24:15,001 --> 00:24:17,000 BROADCAST A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND 800 00:24:17,001 --> 00:24:19,000 ACTION OF THIS OFTEN 801 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:21,000 UNDERESTIMATED CONDITION DURING 802 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:23,000 MARCH, WHICH HAS BEEN 803 00:24:23,001 --> 00:24:24,000 DESIGNATED AS THE NATIONAL 804 00:24:24,001 --> 00:24:26,000 BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH. 805 00:24:26,001 --> 00:24:29,000 THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I 806 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,000 RESERVE THE BALANCE 807 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:32,000 THE SPEAKER PRO 808 00:24:32,001 --> 00:24:33,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 809 00:24:33,001 --> 00:24:34,000 OF HIS TIME. 810 00:24:34,001 --> 00:24:35,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 811 00:24:35,001 --> 00:24:37,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 812 00:24:37,001 --> 00:24:38,000 MR. LYNCH: WE CONTIN 813 00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:40,000 RESERVE, MR. SPEAKER. 814 00:24:40,001 --> 00:24:41,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 815 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS 816 00:24:42,001 --> 00:24:43,000 CONTINUES TO RESERVE HIS TIME. 817 00:24:43,001 --> 00:24:44,000 MR. AKIN: I YIELD BACK. 818 00:24:44,001 --> 00:24:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 819 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:47,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI YIELDED 820 00:24:47,001 --> 00:24:48,000 BACK HIS TIME. 821 00:24:48,001 --> 00:24:49,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 822 00:24:49,001 --> 00:24:51,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 823 00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:52,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 824 00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:54,000 SPEAKER. 825 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:56,000 IN CLOSING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE RELENTLESS WORK DONE ON 826 00:24:56,001 --> 00:24:58,000 THIS ISSUE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN 827 00:24:58,001 --> 00:25:00,000 INJURY BY MR. PASCRELL FROM NEW JERSEY WHO IS THE CHAIR AND 828 00:25:00,001 --> 00:25:01,000 ALSO BY MR. TODD PLATTS FROM 829 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,000 PENNSYLVANIA WHO IS THE 830 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,000 CO-CHAIR. 831 00:25:04,001 --> 00:25:06,000 I HAVE ACCOMPANIED BOTH OF 832 00:25:06,001 --> 00:25:08,000 THOSE GENTLEMEN, SEEN THEIR 833 00:25:08,001 --> 00:25:11,000 WORK IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 834 00:25:11,001 --> 00:25:12,000 THEY'VE SEEN THE SITUATION IN 835 00:25:12,001 --> 00:25:16,000 BALAD IN THE FIELD HOSPITALS IN 836 00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,000 IRAQ, AS WELL AS GERMANY, THE 837 00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:21,000 MILITARY HOSPITAL THERE, AS 838 00:25:21,001 --> 00:25:22,000 WELL AS GOING BACK TO WALTER 839 00:25:22,001 --> 00:25:24,000 REED ARMY HOSPITAL. 840 00:25:24,001 --> 00:25:25,000 THEY KNOW FULL WELL THE EXTENT 841 00:25:25,001 --> 00:25:27,000 OF TS. 842 00:25:27,001 --> 00:25:29,000 THEY ARE OUR MOST OUTSPOKEN 843 00:25:29,001 --> 00:25:31,000 ADVOTES ON BEHALF OF FAMILIES 844 00:25:31,001 --> 00:25:34,000 WHOSE LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN 845 00:25:34,001 --> 00:25:36,000 AFFECTED WITH T.B.I. AND WE ARE 846 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:37,000 ALL IN DEBT TO THEIR HARD WORK. 847 00:25:37,001 --> 00:25:39,000 MR. SPEAKER, WITH THAT I ASK 848 00:25:39,001 --> 00:25:40,000 ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 849 00:25:40,001 --> 00:25:44,000 THE MEASURE OF MR. PASCRELL OF 850 00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:45,000 NEW JERSEY AND MR. PLATTS OF 851 00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:49,000 PENNSYLVANIA AND SUPPORT HOUSE 852 00:25:49,001 --> 00:25:51,000 RESOLUTION 178 AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 853 00:25:51,001 --> 00:25:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 854 00:25:52,001 --> 00:25:54,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 855 00:25:54,001 --> 00:25:55,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 856 00:25:55,001 --> 00:25:56,000 ALL TIME EXPIRED, THE QUESTION 857 00:25:56,001 --> 00:25:58,000 NOW IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND 858 00:25:58,001 --> 00:26:00,000 THE RULES AND AGREE TO HOUSE 859 00:26:00,001 --> 00:26:03,000 RESOLUTION 178. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 860 00:26:03,001 --> 00:26:05,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 861 00:26:05,001 --> 00:26:07,000 IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 862 00:26:07,001 --> 00:26:08,000 2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING 863 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:09,000 RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, 864 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:10,000 THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE 865 00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:12,000 RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND 866 00:26:12,001 --> 00:26:13,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO 867 00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:20,000 RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE 868 00:26:20,001 --> 00:26:21,000 TABLE. 869 00:26:21,001 --> 00:26:22,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 870 00:26:22,001 --> 00:26:23,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS 871 00:26:23,001 --> 00:26:25,000 RISE? 872 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:26,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE 873 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:27,000 THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE 874 00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:28,000 RULES AND PASS THE BILL H.R. 875 00:26:28,001 --> 00:26:30,000 918. 876 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:31,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 877 00:26:31,001 --> 00:26:32,000 CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF 878 00:26:32,001 --> 00:26:33,000 THE BILL. 879 00:26:33,001 --> 00:26:35,000 THE CLERK: H.R. 918. 880 00:26:35,001 --> 00:26:37,000 A BILL TO DESIGNATE THE 881 00:26:37,001 --> 00:26:38,000 FACILITY OF THE UNITED STATES 882 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,000 POSTAL SERVICE LOCATED AT 300 883 00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:41,000 EAST THIRD STREET IN JAMESTOWN, 884 00:26:41,001 --> 00:26:43,000 NEW YORK, AS THE STAN LUNDINE 885 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:44,000 POST OFFICE BUILDING. 886 00:26:44,001 --> 00:26:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 887 00:26:46,001 --> 00:26:48,000 PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 888 00:26:48,001 --> 00:26:50,000 MR. LYNCH, AND THE GENTLEMAN 889 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:52,000 FROM MISSOURI, MR. AKIN, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. 890 00:26:52,001 --> 00:26:53,000 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE 891 00:26:53,001 --> 00:26:54,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 892 00:26:54,001 --> 00:26:55,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 893 00:26:55,001 --> 00:26:57,000 SPEAKER. 894 00:26:57,001 --> 00:26:58,000 MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS 895 00:26:58,001 --> 00:26:59,000 CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY 896 00:26:59,001 --> 00:27:01,000 HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS 897 00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:02,000 WITHIN WHICH TO REVISE AND 898 00:27:02,001 --> 00:27:03,000 EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. 899 00:27:03,001 --> 00:27:04,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 900 00:27:04,001 --> 00:27:06,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 901 00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:07,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 902 00:27:07,001 --> 00:27:08,000 SPEAKER. 903 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:10,000 I NOW YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS 904 00:27:10,001 --> 00:27:11,000 I MAY CONSUME. 905 00:27:11,001 --> 00:27:12,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 906 00:27:12,001 --> 00:27:14,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 907 00:27:14,001 --> 00:27:16,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, IN MY ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OF 908 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:18,000 THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH OVERSIGHT 909 00:27:18,001 --> 00:27:20,000 AUTHORITY FOR THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, I AM PLEASED TO 910 00:27:20,001 --> 00:27:22,000 STAND BEFORE THE BODY IN 911 00:27:22,001 --> 00:27:24,000 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 918, WHICH IS THE MEASURE BEFORE US 912 00:27:24,001 --> 00:27:25,000 DESIGNED TO RENAME THE UNITED 913 00:27:25,001 --> 00:27:26,000 STATES POSTAL FACILITY LOCATED 914 00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:28,000 AT 300 EAST THIRD STREET IN 915 00:27:28,001 --> 00:27:30,000 JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, AS THE 916 00:27:30,001 --> 00:27:31,000 STAN LUNDINE POST OFFICE 917 00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:33,000 BUILDING. 918 00:27:33,001 --> 00:27:36,000 THIS LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED 919 00:27:36,001 --> 00:27:37,000 BY MY FRIEND, BRIAN HIGGINS, 920 00:27:37,001 --> 00:27:39,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, ON 921 00:27:39,001 --> 00:27:41,000 FEBRUARY 9, 2009, AND IT WAS 922 00:27:41,001 --> 00:27:43,000 CONSIDERED AND REPORTED OUT OF 923 00:27:43,001 --> 00:27:46,000 THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BY 924 00:27:46,001 --> 00:27:47,000 VOICE VOTE ON MARCH 10, 2009. 925 00:27:47,001 --> 00:27:49,000 ADDITION, H.R. 918 ENJOYS 926 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,000 THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE 927 00:27:51,001 --> 00:27:52,000 SITTING NEW YORK HOUSE 928 00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:54,000 DELEGATION. 929 00:27:54,001 --> 00:27:55,000 A NATIVE OF THE CITY OF 930 00:27:55,001 --> 00:27:58,000 JAMESTOWN, STANLEY NELSON 931 00:27:58,001 --> 00:27:59,000 LUNDINE HAS DEVOTED OVER FOUR 932 00:27:59,001 --> 00:28:01,000 DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO PUBC 933 00:28:01,001 --> 00:28:03,000 SERVICE IN THE NEW YORK STATE. 934 00:28:03,001 --> 00:28:06,000 BORN IN JAMESTOWN ON FEBRUARY 935 00:28:06,001 --> 00:28:09,000 4, 1939, MR. LUNDINE GRADUATED 936 00:28:09,001 --> 00:28:10,000 FROM JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 937 00:28:10,001 --> 00:28:11,000 1957. 938 00:28:11,001 --> 00:28:15,000 HE RECEIVED HIS B.A. FROM DUKE 939 00:28:15,001 --> 00:28:17,000 UNIVERSITY IN 1961 AND IN 1964 940 00:28:17,001 --> 00:28:19,000 RECEIVED HIS INJURES DOCTORATE 941 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:20,000 FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 942 00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:23,000 OF LAW. 943 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:25,000 AFTER FIVE YEARS OF GAINING ADMISSION TO THE NEW YORK STATE 944 00:28:25,001 --> 00:28:26,000 BAR, HE WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRM 945 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:29,000 TERM AS MAYOR OF JAMESTOWN, 946 00:28:29,001 --> 00:28:31,000 HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS E 947 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:33,000 CITY'S ASSOCIATE CORPORATE 948 00:28:33,001 --> 00:28:35,000 COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE -- 949 00:28:35,001 --> 00:28:36,000 COUNSEL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE 950 00:28:36,001 --> 00:28:38,000 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. 951 00:28:38,001 --> 00:28:40,000 MR. LUNDINE DEDICATED HIS 952 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:42,000 EFFORTS TO ADDRESSING 953 00:28:42,001 --> 00:28:43,000 LONG-STANDING LABOR STRIFE IN 954 00:28:43,001 --> 00:28:44,000 THE CITY. 955 00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:46,000 TO THIS END, HE DEVELOPED A 956 00:28:46,001 --> 00:28:47,000 UNIQUE LABOR MANAGEMENT 957 00:28:47,001 --> 00:28:49,000 STRATEGY AND SUBSEQUENTLY 958 00:28:49,001 --> 00:28:51,000 GARNERED JAMESTOWN NATIONAL 959 00:28:51,001 --> 00:28:53,000 ATTENTION AS A WIDELY 960 00:28:53,001 --> 00:28:55,000 SUCCESSFUL LABOR MANAGEMENT 961 00:28:55,001 --> 00:28:56,000 PARTNERSHIP MODEL, A MODEL THAT 962 00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:59,000 WE COULD DEALER USE TODAY. 963 00:28:59,001 --> 00:29:01,000 IN 1976 MR. LUNDINE WAS ELECTED 964 00:29:01,001 --> 00:29:04,000 TO REPRESENT NEW YORK STATE'S 965 00:29:04,001 --> 00:29:05,000 39TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, 966 00:29:05,001 --> 00:29:07,000 BECOMING THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO 967 00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:09,000 HOLD THAT SEAT SINCE 1874. 968 00:29:09,001 --> 00:29:12,000 WHILE REPRESENTING NEW YORK'S 969 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:13,000 SOUTHERN TIER DISTRICT IN CORN, 970 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:15,000 UNTIL 1987, MR. LUNDINE 971 00:29:15,001 --> 00:29:17,000 CONTINUED HIS COMMITMENT TO 972 00:29:17,001 --> 00:29:18,000 LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION 973 00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:20,000 THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 974 00:29:20,001 --> 00:29:22,000 LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH LABOR 975 00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:24,000 MANAGEMENT COUNCILS AND 976 00:29:24,001 --> 00:29:26,000 EMPLOYEE STARK OWNERSHIP PLANS. 977 00:29:26,001 --> 00:29:28,000 HE ALSO REMAINED DEDICATED TO 978 00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:30,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, 979 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:32,000 SERVING A SUBCOMMITTEE 980 00:29:32,001 --> 00:29:33,000 CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE BANKING 981 00:29:33,001 --> 00:29:35,000 COMMITTEE. 982 00:29:35,001 --> 00:29:36,000 IN 1986 MR. LUNDINE WAS ELECTED 983 00:29:36,001 --> 00:29:38,000 TO STATEWIDE OFFICE AS 984 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:39,000 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NEW 985 00:29:39,001 --> 00:29:41,000 YORK. 986 00:29:41,001 --> 00:29:45,000 UNDER GOVERNOR MARIO QUOMEOW, 987 00:29:45,001 --> 00:29:47,000 SERVING UNTIL 1994. 988 00:29:47,001 --> 00:29:49,000 DEVELOPMENT THE STATE'S 989 00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:52,000 ECONOMY, INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF JOB TRAINING 990 00:29:52,001 --> 00:29:56,000 PROGRAMS AND ALSO STRENGTHEN NEW YORK'S HOUSING AND 991 00:29:56,001 --> 00:29:58,000 TECHNOLOGY SECTORS. 992 00:29:58,001 --> 00:30:01,000 CURRENTLY, STAN LUNDINE SERVES 993 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:02,000 AT THE CITIZEN -- SERVES THE 994 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:03,000 CITIZENS OF NEW YORK THROUGH 995 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:05,000 PUBLIC SERVICE ON A WIDE 996 00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:06,000 VARIETY OF NONPROFIT PRIVATE 997 00:30:06,001 --> 00:30:10,000 SECTOR EFFORTS. 998 00:30:10,001 --> 00:30:12,000 NOTABLY, IN APRIL OF 2007, MR. 999 00:30:12,001 --> 00:30:15,000 DUN -- LUNDINE WAS APPOINTED ON 1000 00:30:15,001 --> 00:30:16,000 LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND 1001 00:30:16,001 --> 00:30:18,000 COMPETITIVENESS. 1002 00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:19,000 THE PANEL IS TASKED WITH 1003 00:30:19,001 --> 00:30:20,000 PROMOTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1004 00:30:20,001 --> 00:30:22,000 COLLABORATION AND EFFICIENCY IN 1005 00:30:22,001 --> 00:30:24,000 THE NAME OF SAVING TAXPAYER 1006 00:30:24,001 --> 00:30:27,000 DOLLARS. 1007 00:30:27,001 --> 00:30:31,000 MR. SPEAKER, LET US HONOR STAN 1008 00:30:31,001 --> 00:30:33,000 LUNDINE'S, TO DESIGNATE HIS 1009 00:30:33,001 --> 00:30:34,000 HOMETOWN POST OFFICE IN HIS 1010 00:30:34,001 --> 00:30:36,000 NAME. 1011 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:38,000 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN 1012 00:30:38,001 --> 00:30:40,000 WITH MYSELF AND CONGRESSMAN 1013 00:30:40,001 --> 00:30:42,000 BRIAN HIGGINS, WHOAS THE 1014 00:30:42,001 --> 00:30:44,000 CHIEF SPONSOR OF THIS 1015 00:30:44,001 --> 00:30:46,000 LEGISLATION, AND I ASK MY 1016 00:30:46,001 --> 00:30:50,000 COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN 1017 00:30:50,001 --> 00:30:52,000 SUPPORTING THIS H.R. 918 AND RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1018 00:30:52,001 --> 00:30:53,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1019 00:30:53,001 --> 00:30:55,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 1020 00:30:55,001 --> 00:30:57,000 OF HIS TIME. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. 1021 00:30:57,001 --> 00:30:58,000 MR. AKIN: THANK YOU, MR. 1022 00:30:58,001 --> 00:30:59,000 SPEAKER. 1023 00:30:59,001 --> 00:31:00,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 1024 00:31:00,001 --> 00:31:02,000 MAY CONSUME. 1025 00:31:02,001 --> 00:31:03,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1026 00:31:03,001 --> 00:31:05,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1027 00:31:05,001 --> 00:31:07,000 MR. AKIN: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 918, 1028 00:31:07,001 --> 00:31:08,000 LESLATION TO DESIGNATE THE 1029 00:31:08,001 --> 00:31:11,000 POST OFFICE IN JAMESTOWN, NEW 1030 00:31:11,001 --> 00:31:14,000 YORK, AND THE STAN LUNDINE POST 1031 00:31:14,001 --> 00:31:16,000 OFFICE BUILDING. 1032 00:31:16,001 --> 00:31:18,000 STAN LUNDINE IS ONE OF 1033 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,000 JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, MOST 1034 00:31:19,001 --> 00:31:24,000 STEADFAST PUBLIC SERVANTS. 1035 00:31:24,001 --> 00:31:26,000 HE SERVED AS MAYOR OF JAMESTOWN 1036 00:31:26,001 --> 00:31:29,000 , AS UNITED STATES 1037 00:31:29,001 --> 00:31:31,000 REPRESENTATIVE AND AS 1038 00:31:31,001 --> 00:31:33,000 LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF NEW YORK. 1039 00:31:33,001 --> 00:31:35,000 HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF HIS 1040 00:31:35,001 --> 00:31:37,000 HOMETOWN JUST SIX YEARS AFTER 1041 00:31:37,001 --> 00:31:39,000 GRADUATING FROM NEW YORK 1042 00:31:39,001 --> 00:31:41,000 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. 1043 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:43,000 REALIZING HIS SUCCESS AS MAYOR, 1044 00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:45,000 NEW YORK'S 39TH DISTRICT 1045 00:31:45,001 --> 00:31:46,000 ELECTED LUNDINE TO THE HOUSE OF 1046 00:31:46,001 --> 00:31:47,000 REPRENTATIVES IN 1976. 1047 00:31:47,001 --> 00:31:50,000 IN HIS FIVE TERMS AS 1048 00:31:50,001 --> 00:31:52,000 CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK, 1049 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:53,000 LUNDINE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON 1050 00:31:53,001 --> 00:31:55,000 LABOR MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 1051 00:31:55,001 --> 00:31:58,000 IN THE CONGRESS HE FOCUSED ON 1052 00:31:58,001 --> 00:31:59,000 FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICING 1053 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:02,000 AS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1054 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:03,000 HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE. 1055 00:32:03,001 --> 00:32:06,000 AFTER HIS HOUSE CAREER HE WAS 1056 00:32:06,001 --> 00:32:09,000 ELECTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF 1057 00:32:09,001 --> 00:32:12,000 NEW YORK UNDER MAYORIO CUOMO 1058 00:32:12,001 --> 00:32:13,000 AND WORKED ON HOUSING, 1059 00:32:13,001 --> 00:32:15,000 TECHNOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT 1060 00:32:15,001 --> 00:32:16,000 INITIATIVES AS WELL AS TRAINING 1061 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:18,000 AND PROGRAMMING POLICIES. 1062 00:32:18,001 --> 00:32:20,000 PUTTING HIS LABOR MANAGEMENT 1063 00:32:20,001 --> 00:32:23,000 SKILLS TO USE, HE NOW SERVES AS 1064 00:32:23,001 --> 00:32:25,000 DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FORGE 1065 00:32:25,001 --> 00:32:30,000 COMPANY, U.S. INVESTMENT 1066 00:32:30,001 --> 00:32:31,000 SERVICES AND JOHN OHLMAN 1067 00:32:31,001 --> 00:32:33,000 ASSOCIATION. 1068 00:32:33,001 --> 00:32:34,000 HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR AS THE 1069 00:32:34,001 --> 00:32:36,000 COUNTRY HEALTH NETWORK, A GROUP 1070 00:32:36,001 --> 00:32:37,000 OF FOUR HOSPITALS AND THEIR 1071 00:32:37,001 --> 00:32:40,000 PHYSICIANS DEDICATED TO 1072 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:42,000 IMPROVING THE LOCAL HEALTH CARE 1073 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:43,000 DELIVERY SYSTEM IN HIS 1074 00:32:43,001 --> 00:32:45,000 COMMUNITY. 1075 00:32:45,001 --> 00:32:47,000 STAN LUNDINE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1076 00:32:47,001 --> 00:32:48,000 THE COUNTRY, THE STATE OF NEW 1077 00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:50,000 YORK AND THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN, 1078 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:52,000 LET US NOW COMMEMORATE HIS 25 1079 00:32:52,001 --> 00:32:53,000 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE BY 1080 00:32:53,001 --> 00:32:56,000 NAMING THE POST OFFICE IN HIS 1081 00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:58,000 HOMETOWN OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK 1082 00:32:58,001 --> 00:33:02,000 , AS THE STUN LUNDINE POST 1083 00:33:02,001 --> 00:33:06,000 OFFICE BUILDIN MR. SPEAKER, I RESERVE THE 1084 00:33:06,001 --> 00:33:07,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1085 00:33:07,001 --> 00:33:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1086 00:33:08,001 --> 00:33:09,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 1087 00:33:09,001 --> 00:33:11,000 OF HIS TIME. 1088 00:33:11,001 --> 00:33:12,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1089 00:33:12,001 --> 00:33:13,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 1090 00:33:13,001 --> 00:33:14,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I 1091 00:33:14,001 --> 00:33:16,000 CONTINUE TO RESERVE. 1092 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:17,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1093 00:33:17,001 --> 00:33:18,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS 1094 00:33:18,001 --> 00:33:19,000 RESERVES THE BALANCE OF S 1095 00:33:19,001 --> 00:33:21,000 TIME. 1096 00:33:21,001 --> 00:33:22,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. 1097 00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:23,000 MR. AKIN: YIELD BACK. 1098 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1099 00:33:25,001 --> 00:33:26,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 1100 00:33:26,001 --> 00:33:28,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1101 00:33:28,001 --> 00:33:29,000 MASSACHUSETTS. MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 1102 00:33:29,001 --> 00:33:31,000 SPEAKER. 1103 00:33:31,001 --> 00:33:32,000 IN CLOSING I WANT TO THANK MY 1104 00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:34,000 COLLEAGUE FOR HIS GENEROUS 1105 00:33:34,001 --> 00:33:36,000 REMARKS. AND I DO WANT TO GIVE GREAT 1106 00:33:36,001 --> 00:33:38,000 CREDIT TO CONGRESSMAN BRIAN 1107 00:33:38,001 --> 00:33:39,000 HIGGINS FROM THE BUFFALO AREA. 1108 00:33:39,001 --> 00:33:40,000 HE IS THE CENTRAL SPONSOR OF 1109 00:33:40,001 --> 00:33:41,000 THIS MEASURE TO NAME THIS POST 1110 00:33:41,001 --> 00:33:42,000 OFFICE AFTER STAN LUNDINE. 1111 00:33:42,001 --> 00:33:44,000 VERY DESERVING HONOR. 1112 00:33:44,001 --> 00:33:45,000 WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD 1113 00:33:45,001 --> 00:33:47,000 BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1114 00:33:47,001 --> 00:33:49,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1115 00:33:49,001 --> 00:33:51,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 1116 00:33:51,001 --> 00:33:53,000 ALL TIME HAVING EXPIRED, THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE 1117 00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:54,000 SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1118 00:33:54,001 --> 00:33:55,000 918. 1119 00:33:55,001 --> 00:33:56,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 1120 00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:58,000 THOS 1121 00:33:58,001 --> 00:33:59,000 IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 1122 00:33:59,001 --> 00:34:01,000 2/3 HAVING RES 1123 00:34:01,001 --> 00:34:03,000 AFFIRMATIVE, THE -- MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER. 1124 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1125 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:06,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 1126 00:34:06,001 --> 00:34:07,000 MRLYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I ASK 1127 00:34:07,001 --> 00:34:08,000 FOR THE CALL OF THE YEAS AND 1128 00:34:08,001 --> 00:34:09,000 NAYS. 1129 00:34:09,001 --> 00:34:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1130 00:34:11,001 --> 00:34:12,000 YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. 1131 00:34:12,001 --> 00:34:13,000 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING 1132 00:34:13,001 --> 00:34:15,000 THIS VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS 1133 00:34:15,001 --> 00:34:17,000 WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING 1134 00:34:17,001 --> 00:34:18,000 UNTIL COUNTED. 1135 00:34:18,001 --> 00:34:19,000 A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING 1136 00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:21,000 ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE 1137 00:34:21,001 --> 00:34:23,000 ORDERED. PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20 1138 00:34:23,001 --> 00:34:24,000 AND THE CHAIR'S PRIOR 1139 00:34:24,001 --> 00:34:25,000 ANNOUNCEMENT, FURTHER 1140 00:34:25,001 --> 00:34:35,000 PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOON WILL 1141 00:34:35,001 --> 00:34:36,000 BE POSTPONED. 1142 00:34:36,001 --> 00:34:37,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 1143 00:34:37,001 --> 00:34:38,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS 1144 00:34:38,001 --> 00:34:40,000 RISE? 1145 00:34:40,001 --> 00:34:41,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE 1146 00:34:41,001 --> 00:34:42,000 THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE 1147 00:34:42,001 --> 00:34:43,000 RULES AND PASS THE BILL H.R. 1148 00:34:43,001 --> 00:34:45,000 1218. 1149 00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1150 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:48,000 CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF 1151 00:34:48,001 --> 00:34:49,000 THE BILL. 1152 00:34:49,001 --> 00:34:50,000 THE CLERK: H.R. 1218, A BILL TO 1153 00:34:50,001 --> 00:34:52,000 DESIGNATE THE FACILITY OF THE 1154 00:34:52,001 --> 00:34:53,000 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 1155 00:34:53,001 --> 00:34:54,000 LOCATED AT 112 SOUTH 5TH STREET 1156 00:34:54,001 --> 00:34:55,000 IN SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, AS 1157 00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:57,000 THE LANCE CORPORAL DREW W. 1158 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:59,000 WEAVER POST OFFICE BUILDING. 1159 00:34:59,001 --> 00:35:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 1160 00:35:00,001 --> 00:35:01,000 PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE 1161 00:35:01,001 --> 00:35:03,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 1162 00:35:03,001 --> 00:35:05,000 MR. LYNCH, AND THE GENTLEMAN 1163 00:35:05,001 --> 00:35:06,000 FROM MISSOURI, MR. AKIN, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. 1164 00:35:06,001 --> 00:35:08,000 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE 1165 00:35:08,001 --> 00:35:09,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 1166 00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:11,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 1167 00:35:11,001 --> 00:35:12,000 SPEAKER. 1168 00:35:12,001 --> 00:35:13,000 MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS 1169 00:35:13,001 --> 00:35:14,000 CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY 1170 00:35:14,001 --> 00:35:16,000 HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO 1171 00:35:16,001 --> 00:35:17,000 REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR 1172 00:35:17,001 --> 00:35:18,000 REMARKS. 1173 00:35:18,001 --> 00:35:20,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 1174 00:35:20,001 --> 00:35:22,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I NOW 1175 00:35:22,001 --> 00:35:23,000 YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY 1176 00:35:23,001 --> 00:35:25,000 CONSUME. 1177 00:35:25,001 --> 00:35:27,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1178 00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:28,000 MR. LYNCH: THANK YOU, MR. 1179 00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:30,000 SPEAKER. 1180 00:35:30,001 --> 00:35:31,000 MR. SPEAKER, I PRESENT FOR 1181 00:35:31,001 --> 00:35:32,000 CONSIDERATIOH.R. 1218, A BILL 1182 00:35:32,001 --> 00:35:34,000 TO DESIGNATE THE UNITED STATES 1183 00:35:34,001 --> 00:35:35,000 POSTAL FACILITY LOCATED AT 112 1184 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:37,000 SOUTH FIFTH STREET IN ST. 1185 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:39,000 CHARLES, MISSOURI, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL DREW W. WEAVER POST 1186 00:35:39,001 --> 00:35:40,000 OFFICE BUILDING. 1187 00:35:40,001 --> 00:35:42,000 THIS LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED 1188 00:35:42,001 --> 00:35:45,000 ON FEBRUARY 26, BY MY COLLEAGUE 1189 00:35:45,001 --> 00:35:46,000 AND FRIEND, REPRESEATIVE TODD 1190 00:35:46,001 --> 00:35:48,000 W. AKIN OF MISSOURI AND 1191 00:35:48,001 --> 00:35:50,000 CONSIDERED AND REPORT OUT OF THE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT 1192 00:35:50,001 --> 00:35:52,000 REFORM COMMITTEE BY A VOICE 1193 00:35:52,001 --> 00:35:54,000 VOTE ON MARCH 10, 2009. 1194 00:35:54,001 --> 00:35:56,000 ADDITIONALLY, H.R. 1218 ENJOYS 1195 00:35:56,001 --> 00:35:59,000 THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE 1196 00:35:59,001 --> 00:36:00,000 MISSRI CONGRESSIONAL 1197 00:36:00,001 --> 00:36:03,000 DELEGATION. 1198 00:36:03,001 --> 00:36:04,000 A NATIVE OF ST. CHARLES, 1199 00:36:04,001 --> 00:36:07,000 MISSOURI, LANCE CORPORAL DREW 1200 00:36:07,001 --> 00:36:10,000 W. WEAVER BRAVELY SERVED WITH 1201 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:12,000 THE THIRD LIGHT ARMORED 1202 00:36:12,001 --> 00:36:15,000 RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, FIRST 1203 00:36:15,001 --> 00:36:17,000 MARINE DIVISION OUT OF THE 29 1204 00:36:17,001 --> 00:36:18,000 PALMS, CALIFORNIA, ON FEBRUARY 1205 00:36:18,001 --> 00:36:20,000 21, 2008. 1206 00:36:20,001 --> 00:36:22,000 THE YOUNG MARINE WAS KILLED IN 1207 00:36:22,001 --> 00:36:25,000 ACTION AND AL ANBAR PROVINCE IN 1208 00:36:25,001 --> 00:36:26,000 IRAQ WHILE CONDUCTING COMBAT 1209 00:36:26,001 --> 00:36:29,000 OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF 1210 00:36:29,001 --> 00:36:31,000 OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 1211 00:36:31,001 --> 00:36:34,000 BORN ON JULY 5, 1987, LANCE 1212 00:36:34,001 --> 00:36:36,000 CORPORAL WEAVER DECIDED TO JOIN 1213 00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:38,000 THE MARINES SHORTLY BEFORE HIS 1214 00:36:38,001 --> 00:36:39,000 GRADUATION FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL 1215 00:36:39,001 --> 00:36:41,000 IN 2005. 1216 00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:43,000 HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1217 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:47,000 POSITIVE ATTITUDE, HIS SENSE OF 1218 00:36:47,001 --> 00:36:53,000 HUMOR AND LOVE OFED A MINITER 1219 00:36:53,001 --> 00:36:55,000 -- OF ADVENTURE. 1220 00:36:55,001 --> 00:36:57,000 ST. CHARLES WEST ASSISTANT 1221 00:36:57,001 --> 00:36:58,000 PRINCIPAL REMEMBERED SEEN LANCE 1222 00:36:58,001 --> 00:37:03,000 CORPORAL WEAVER TAKE DAILY 1223 00:37:03,001 --> 00:37:04,000 MORNING RUNS ON ZUMBLE ROAD IN 1224 00:37:04,001 --> 00:37:07,000 FRONT OF THE SCHOOL FOR 1225 00:37:07,001 --> 00:37:08,000 PREPARATION OF BOOT CAMP. 1226 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:10,000 UPON RETURNING OF HIS BASIC 1227 00:37:10,001 --> 00:37:13,000 TRAINING HE ASKED IF HE WANTED 1228 00:37:13,001 --> 00:37:14,000 TO SERVE IN THE MARINES. 1229 00:37:14,001 --> 00:37:16,000 ABSOLUTELY, RELIED LANCE 1230 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:18,000 CORPORAL WEAVER. 1231 00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:22,000 ANOTHER ADMINISTER RECALLED 1232 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:25,000 THAT LANCE CORPORAL WEAVER, QUOTE, TRULY BELIEVED IN WHAT 1233 00:37:25,001 --> 00:37:27,000 HE WAS DOING, CLOSED QUOTE. 1234 00:37:27,001 --> 00:37:30,000 AND ONE SAID HE WAS A TRUE HERO 1235 00:37:30,001 --> 00:37:32,000 AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY. 1236 00:37:32,001 --> 00:37:34,000 MR. SPEAKER, LANCE CORPORAL 1237 00:37:34,001 --> 00:37:37,000 WEAVER'S LIFE AND SERVICE 1238 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:38,000 STANDS AS A TTAMENT TO THE 1239 00:37:38,001 --> 00:37:40,000 STRENGTH AND DEVOTION OF HIS 1240 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:42,000 FAMILY AS WELL AS THE BRAVERY 1241 00:37:42,001 --> 00:37:43,000 AND DEDICATION OF THE YOUNG MEN 1242 00:37:43,001 --> 00:37:45,000 AND WOMEN THAT HAVE JOINED HIM 1243 00:37:45,001 --> 00:37:47,000 IN OFFERING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON BEHALF OUR 1244 00:37:47,001 --> 00:37:49,000 NATION. 1245 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:51,000 IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN HONOR 1246 00:37:51,001 --> 00:37:52,000 THIS OUTSTANDING SOLDIER 1247 00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:53,000 THROUGH PASSAGE OF THIS 1248 00:37:53,001 --> 00:37:55,000 LEGISLATION. 1249 00:37:55,001 --> 00:37:56,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, I URGE MY 1250 00:37:56,001 --> 00:38:00,000 LLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN 1251 00:38:00,001 --> 00:38:02,000 SUPPORTING CONGRESSMAN AKIN IN 1252 00:38:02,001 --> 00:38:04,000 HIS SPONSORSHIP OF H.R. 1218. 1253 00:38:04,001 --> 00:38:05,000 AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY 1254 00:38:05,001 --> 00:38:07,000 TIME. 1255 00:38:07,001 --> 00:38:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1256 00:38:08,001 --> 00:38:10,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 1257 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:11,000 OF HIS TIME. 1258 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:12,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. 1259 00:38:12,001 --> 00:38:13,000 MR. AKIN: THANK YOU, MR. 1260 00:38:13,001 --> 00:38:14,000 SPEAKER. 1261 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:15,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 1262 00:38:15,001 --> 00:38:17,000 MAY CONSUME. 1263 00:38:17,001 --> 00:38:18,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1264 00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:19,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1265 00:38:19,001 --> 00:38:21,000 MR. AKIN: TODAY I RISE IN 1266 00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:22,000 STRONG SUPPORT OF HOUSE 1267 00:38:22,001 --> 00:38:23,000 RESOLUTION 1218, A BILL I 1268 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:25,000 INTRODUCED TO HONOR THE LIFE OF 1269 00:38:25,001 --> 00:38:27,000 DREW W. WEAVER BY DESIGNATING 1270 00:38:27,001 --> 00:38:30,000 THE POST OFFICE IN ST. CHARLES, 1271 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:33,000 MISSOURI, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL 1272 00:38:33,001 --> 00:38:35,000 DREW W. WEAVER POST OFFICE 1273 00:38:35,001 --> 00:38:36,000 BUILNG. 1274 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,000 A RESIDENT OF ST. CHARLES, 1275 00:38:37,001 --> 00:38:40,000 MISSOURI, LANCE CORPORAL DREW 1276 00:38:40,001 --> 00:38:42,000 W. WEAVER WAS PART OF THE THIRD 1277 00:38:42,001 --> 00:38:44,000 LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE 1278 00:38:44,001 --> 00:38:46,000 BATTALION, FIRST MARINE 1279 00:38:46,001 --> 00:38:47,000 DIVISION, FIRST MARINE 1280 00:38:47,001 --> 00:38:50,000 EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. 1281 00:38:50,001 --> 00:38:54,000 ON FEBRUARY 21, 2007, LANCE 1282 00:38:54,001 --> 00:38:56,000 CORPORAL WEAVER DIED WHILE 1283 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:58,000 CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN 1284 00:38:58,001 --> 00:39:01,000 AL ANBAR PROVINCE OF IRAQ. 1285 00:39:01,001 --> 00:39:02,000 AS CAPTAIN MARK BROWN NOTED, 1286 00:39:02,001 --> 00:39:04,000 DREW WAS KNOWN FOR HIS 1287 00:39:04,001 --> 00:39:06,000 ENTHUSIASM AND HIS ABILITY TO 1288 00:39:06,001 --> 00:39:08,000 MOTIVATE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. 1289 00:39:08,001 --> 00:39:09,000 DREW'S CONTRIBUTION TO HIS 1290 00:39:09,001 --> 00:39:11,000 COUNTRY WAS HONORED BY HIS 1291 00:39:11,001 --> 00:39:13,000 COMMUNITY WHEN HUNDREDS, MAYBE 1292 00:39:13,001 --> 00:39:15,000 MORE THAN HUNDREDS, ACTUALLY, 1293 00:39:15,001 --> 00:39:16,000 SHOWED UP FOR HIMEMORIAL 1294 00:39:16,001 --> 00:39:19,000 SERVICE AND PROCESSION. 1295 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:20,000 A GRADUATE OF ST. CHARLES WEST 1296 00:39:20,001 --> 00:39:22,000 HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDS AND FAMILY 1297 00:39:22,001 --> 00:39:23,000 DREW REMEMBER HIM AS AN 1298 00:39:23,001 --> 00:39:25,000 ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN WHO IS 1299 00:39:25,001 --> 00:39:26,000 EAGER TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. 1300 00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:30,000 RYAN HANSON, HIS BEST FRIEND 1301 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,000 AND A FELLOW SERVICEMAN, SAID DREW LOVED WHAT HE WAS DOING 1302 00:39:32,001 --> 00:39:34,000 AND WAS PROUD OF WHAT HE DID 1303 00:39:34,001 --> 00:39:36,000 FOR THE MARINE CORPS. 1304 00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:38,000 AS THE FATHER OF TWOARINES, 1305 00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:40,000 ONE OF WHOM HAS SERVED IN IRAQ 1306 00:39:40,001 --> 00:39:41,000 AND IN FALLUJAH, IT'S A 1307 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:44,000 PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE TODAY 1308 00:39:44,001 --> 00:39:45,000 TO HONOR ONE OF OUR FALLEN 1309 00:39:45,001 --> 00:39:47,000 SOLDIERS. 1310 00:39:47,001 --> 00:39:48,000 DREW'S COMMITMENT AND 1311 00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:49,000 DEDICATION TO HIS COUNTRY IS A 1312 00:39:49,001 --> 00:39:51,000 SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR 1313 00:39:51,001 --> 00:39:53,000 MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN ARE THE 1314 00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:55,000 FINEST OUR NATION HAS TO OFFER. 1315 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:58,000 HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S SACRIFICE 1316 00:39:58,001 --> 00:40:00,000 SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER TO 1317 00:40:00,001 --> 00:40:03,000 ALL THAT THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY 1318 00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:07,000 AS AMERICANS IS NOT ALL IS FREE 1319 00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:08,000 BUT THE RESULT OF TREMENDOUS 1320 00:40:08,001 --> 00:40:10,000 BRAVERY AND SELFLESS SERVICE OF 1321 00:40:10,001 --> 00:40:12,000 MEN AND WOMEN WILLING TO PUT 1322 00:40:12,001 --> 00:40:14,000 THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY FOR 1323 00:40:14,001 --> 00:40:17,000 FREEDOM'S CAUSE. 1324 00:40:17,001 --> 00:40:19,000 AS REVEREND JAMES BEND NOTED 1325 00:40:19,001 --> 00:40:21,000 DURING DREW'S FUNERAL, I THINK 1326 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:23,000 WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM THAT THE 1327 00:40:23,001 --> 00:40:24,000 FREEDOM WE ENJOY IN THIS 1328 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:26,000 COUNTRY IS PRECIOUS, THAT IT IS 1329 00:40:26,001 --> 00:40:28,000 SPECL AND THAT IT MUST BE 1330 00:40:28,001 --> 00:40:29,000 PRESERVE SOMETIMES AT GREAT 1331 00:40:29,001 --> 00:40:31,000 PERSONAL COST. 1332 00:40:31,001 --> 00:40:33,000 OUR NATION WILL BE FOREVER 1333 00:40:33,001 --> 00:40:34,000 INDEBTED TO LANCE CORPORAL DREW 1334 00:40:34,001 --> 00:40:37,000 WEAVER. 1335 00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:39,000 MR. SPEAKER, I ASK THAT MY 1336 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:41,000 COLLEAGUES JOIN ME TODAY IN 1337 00:40:41,001 --> 00:40:42,000 HONORING LANCE CORPORAL DREW 1338 00:40:42,001 --> 00:40:44,000 AVER. 1339 00:40:44,001 --> 00:40:46,000 VOTE YES ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 1340 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:47,000 1218. 1341 00:40:47,001 --> 00:40:49,000 I RESERVE. 1342 00:40:49,001 --> 00:40:50,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITH 1343 00:40:50,001 --> 00:40:51,000 THAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1344 00:40:51,001 --> 00:40:52,000 MISSOURI RESERVES THE BALANCE 1345 00:40:52,001 --> 00:40:54,000 OF HIS TIME. 1346 00:40:54,001 --> 00:40:55,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1347 00:40:55,001 --> 00:40:57,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 1348 00:40:57,001 --> 00:40:58,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, WE HAVE 1349 00:40:58,001 --> 00:41:01,000 NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I'M 1350 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:04,000 PREPARED TO YIELD BACK. 1351 00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:06,000 IF THE GENTLEMAN HAS COMPLETED. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: DOES 1352 00:41:06,001 --> 00:41:07,000 THE GENTLEMAN RESERVE? 1353 00:41:07,001 --> 00:41:09,000 MR. LYNCH: YES. 1354 00:41:09,001 --> 00:41:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1355 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:13,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS 1356 00:41:13,001 --> 00:41:14,000 TIME. 1357 00:41:14,001 --> 00:41:16,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. 1358 00:41:16,001 --> 00:41:18,000 MR. AKIN: I YIELD BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1359 00:41:18,001 --> 00:41:19,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI YIELDS 1360 00:41:19,001 --> 00:41:20,000 BACK. 1361 00:41:20,001 --> 00:41:21,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1362 00:41:21,001 --> 00:41:23,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 1363 00:41:23,001 --> 00:41:24,000 MR. LYNCH: I ASK THAT WE 1364 00:41:24,001 --> 00:41:25,000 SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION 1218. 1365 00:41:25,001 --> 00:41:27,000 AND I ASK ALL MEMBERS TO 1366 00:41:27,001 --> 00:41:29,000 SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. 1367 00:41:29,001 --> 00:41:30,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1368 00:41:30,001 --> 00:41:32,000 TIME. 1369 00:41:32,001 --> 00:41:34,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1370 00:41:34,001 --> 00:41:35,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 1371 00:41:35,001 --> 00:41:37,000 ALL TIME HAVING EXPIRED, THE 1372 00:41:37,001 --> 00:41:38,000 QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE 1373 00:41:38,001 --> 00:41:39,000 SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1374 00:41:39,001 --> 00:41:40,000 1218. 1375 00:41:40,001 --> 00:41:44,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 1376 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:45,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 1377 00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:47,000 IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 1378 00:41:47,001 --> 00:41:48,000 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE 1379 00:41:48,001 --> 00:41:49,000 AFFIRMATIVE -- THE GENTLEMAN 1380 00:41:49,001 --> 00:41:51,000 FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 1381 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:53,000 MR. LYNCH: MR. SPEAKER, I OBJE TO THE VOTE ON THE 1382 00:41:53,001 --> 00:41:55,000 GROUNDS THAT A QUORUM IS NOT 1383 00:41:55,001 --> 00:41:56,000 PRESENT AND I MAKE A POINT OF ORDER THAT A QUORUM IS NOT 1384 00:41:56,001 --> 00:41:58,000 PRESENT. 1385 00:41:58,001 --> 00:42:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 1386 00:42:00,001 --> 00:42:01,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20 AND THE CHAIR'S PRIOR 1387 00:42:01,001 --> 00:42:03,000 ANNOUNCEMENT, FURTHER 1388 00:42:03,001 --> 00:42:26,000 PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL 1389 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:28,000 BE POSTPONED. 1390 00:42:28,001 --> 00:42:30,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE 1391 00:42:30,001 --> 00:42:31,000 1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE 1392 00:42:31,001 --> 00:42:31,000 IN RECESSION UNTIL