1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1260979610.87458 2 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:03,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE RISE? 3 00:00:03,001 --> 00:00:05,000 MS. PINGREE: MADAM SPEAKER, BY 4 00:00:05,001 --> 00:00:08,000 THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE 5 00:00:08,001 --> 00:00:10,000 ON RULES, I CALL UP HO IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. 6 00:00:10,001 --> 00:00:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 7 00:00:11,001 --> 00:00:14,000 CLERK WILL REPORT THE 8 00:00:14,001 --> 00:00:15,000 THE CLERK: HOUSE CAL TAR NUMBER 9 00:00:15,001 --> 00:00:16,000 146. 10 00:00:16,001 --> 00:00:18,000 HOUSE RESOLUTION 976. 11 00:00:18,001 --> 00:00:20,000 RESOLVED, THAT UPON ADOPTION OF 12 00:00:20,001 --> 00:00:21,000 THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN 13 00:00:21,001 --> 00:00:23,000 ORDER TO TAKE FROM THE 14 00:00:23,001 --> 00:00:25,000 SPEAKER'S TABLE THE BILL H.R. 15 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:27,000 3326, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 16 00:00:27,001 --> 00:00:30,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR 17 00:00:30,001 --> 00:00:31,000 SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND FOR 18 00:00:31,001 --> 00:00:33,000 OTHER PURPOSES. 19 00:00:33,001 --> 00:00:34,000 WITH THE SENATE AMENDMENT 20 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:37,000 THER 21 00:00:37,001 --> 00:00:38,000 HOUSE WITHOT INTERVENTION OF 22 00:00:38,001 --> 00:00:40,000 ANY POINT OF ORDER AGAINST 23 00:00:40,001 --> 00:00:44,000 THOSE ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 10 24 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:46,000 OF RULE 21 AND A MOTION OFFERED 25 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:48,000 BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 26 00:00:48,001 --> 00:00:49,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 27 00:00:49,001 --> 00:00:50,000 THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR WITH THE 28 00:00:50,001 --> 00:00:51,000 SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED IN 29 00:00:51,001 --> 00:00:53,000 PART B ACCOMPANYING THIS 30 00:00:53,001 --> 00:00:54,000 RESOLUTION. 31 00:00:54,001 --> 00:00:55,000 THE SENATE AMENDMENT AND THE 32 00:00:55,001 --> 00:00:56,000 MOTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS 33 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:58,000 READ. 34 00:00:58,001 --> 00:00:59,000 THE MOTION SHALL BE DEBATABLE 35 00:00:59,001 --> 00:01:00,000 FOR ONE HOUR EQUALLY DIVIDED 36 00:01:00,001 --> 00:01:02,000 AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND 37 00:01:02,001 --> 00:01:04,000 RAING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE 38 00:01:04,001 --> 00:01:06,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. 39 00:01:06,001 --> 00:01:07,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 40 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:09,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 41 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:10,000 MOTION WI 42 00:01:10,001 --> 00:01:12,000 MOTION. 43 00:01:12,001 --> 00:01:13,000 SECTION 2, UPON THE ADOPTION OF 44 00:01:13,001 --> 00:01:15,000 THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN 45 00:01:15,001 --> 00:01:17,000 ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE 46 00:01:17,001 --> 00:01:19,000 THE JOINT RESOLUTION, HOUSE 47 00:01:19,001 --> 00:01:22,000 JOINT RESOLUTION 64, MAKING 48 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:23,000 FURTHER CONTINUING 49 00:01:23,001 --> 00:01:25,000 APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 50 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,000 2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 51 00:01:26,001 --> 00:01:28,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 52 00:01:28,001 --> 00:01:29,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT 53 00:01:29,001 --> 00:01:30,000 RESOLUTION ARE WAIVED EXCEPT 54 00:01:30,001 --> 00:01:32,000 THOSE ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 9 OR 55 00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:36,000 10 OF RULE 21. 56 00:01:36,001 --> 00:01:38,000 THE JOINT RESOLUTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS READ. 57 00:01:38,001 --> 00:01:40,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 58 00:01:40,001 --> 00:01:42,000 PROVISIONS IN THE JOINT RESOLUTION ARE WAIVED. 59 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:43,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 60 00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:45,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 61 00:01:45,001 --> 00:01:48,000 JOINT RESOLUTION TO FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT INTERVENING 62 00:01:48,001 --> 00:01:50,000 MOTION EXCEPT, ONE, ONE HOUR OF 63 00:01:50,001 --> 00:01:52,000 DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND 64 00:01:52,001 --> 00:01:54,000 RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE 65 00:01:54,001 --> 00:01:56,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. AND, TWO, ONE MOTION TO 66 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:58,000 RECOMMIT. 67 00:01:58,001 --> 00:01:59,000 SECTION 3, UPON THE ADOPTION OF 68 00:01:59,001 --> 00:02:01,000 THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN 69 00:02:01,001 --> 00:02:04,000 ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE 70 00:02:04,001 --> 00:02:05,000 THE BILL H.R. 4314, TO PERMIT 71 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:07,000 CONTINUED FINANCING OF 72 00:02:07,001 --> 00:02:09,000 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. 73 00:02:09,001 --> 00:02:10,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER OF ORDER 74 00:02:10,001 --> 00:02:12,000 AGAINST CONSIDER OF THE BILL 75 00:02:12,001 --> 00:02:14,000 ARE WAIVED EXCEPT THOSE ARISING 76 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,000 UNDER CLAUSE OF 9 OR 10 OF RULE 77 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:17,000 . 78 00:02:17,001 --> 00:02:18,000 THE BILL SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS 79 00:02:18,001 --> 00:02:19,000 READ. 80 00:02:19,001 --> 00:02:20,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 81 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:21,000 PROVISIONS IN THE BILL ARE 82 00:02:21,001 --> 00:02:23,000 WAIVED. 83 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:24,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 84 00:02:24,001 --> 00:02:27,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 85 00:02:27,001 --> 00:02:29,000 BILL TO FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT 86 00:02:29,001 --> 00:02:30,000 INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT, ONE, 87 00:02:30,001 --> 00:02:32,000 ONE HOUR OF DEBATE CONTROLLED 88 00:02:32,001 --> 00:02:34,000 BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE 89 00:02:34,001 --> 00:02:35,000 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. 90 00:02:35,001 --> 00:02:36,000 AND, TWO, ONE MOTION TO 91 00:02:36,001 --> 00:02:38,000 RECOMMIT. 92 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:40,000 SECTION 4, UPON THE ADOPTION OF 93 00:02:40,001 --> 00:02:41,000 THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN 94 00:02:41,001 --> 00:02:43,000 ORDER TO TAKE FROM THE 95 00:02:43,001 --> 00:02:45,000 SPEAKER'S TABLE THE BILL H.R. 96 00:02:45,001 --> 00:02:47,000 2847, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 97 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:50,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCAND 98 00:02:50,001 --> 00:02:51,000 JUSTICE AND SCIENCE AND RELATED 99 00:02:51,001 --> 00:02:54,000 AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 100 00:02:54,001 --> 00:02:55,000 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND 101 00:02:55,001 --> 00:02:57,000 FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 102 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:58,000 WITH THE SENATE AMENDMENT 103 00:02:58,001 --> 00:03:00,000 THERETO AND TO CONSIDER IN THE 104 00:03:00,001 --> 00:03:01,000 HOUSE WITHOUT INTERVENTION OF 105 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:03,000 ANY POINT OF ORDER EXCEPT THOSE 106 00:03:03,001 --> 00:03:04,000 ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 10 OF RULE 107 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:06,000 21. 108 00:03:06,001 --> 00:03:07,000 A MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR 109 00:03:07,001 --> 00:03:09,000 OF THE COMMITTEE ON 110 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:10,000 APPROPRIATIONS OR HIS DESIGNEE 111 00:03:10,001 --> 00:03:11,000 THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR IN THE 112 00:03:11,001 --> 00:03:13,000 SENATE AMENDMENT WITH THE 113 00:03:13,001 --> 00:03:14,000 AMENDMENT PRINTED IN PART B OF 114 00:03:14,001 --> 00:03:15,000 THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON 115 00:03:15,001 --> 00:03:16,000 RULES. 116 00:03:16,001 --> 00:03:17,000 THE SENATE AMENDMENT AND THE 117 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:18,000 MOTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS 118 00:03:18,001 --> 00:03:20,000 READ. 119 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:21,000 THE MOTION SHALL BE DEBATABLE 120 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:23,000 FOR ONE HOUR EQUALLY DIVIDED 121 00:03:23,001 --> 00:03:25,000 AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND 122 00:03:25,001 --> 00:03:28,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. 123 00:03:28,001 --> 00:03:29,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 124 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:31,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 125 00:03:31,001 --> 00:03:32,000 MOTION TO ITS ADOPTION WITHOUT 126 00:03:32,001 --> 00:03:34,000 INTERVENING MOTION. 127 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:35,000 SECTION 5, IN THE ENGROSSMENT 128 00:03:35,001 --> 00:03:37,000 OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE 129 00:03:37,001 --> 00:03:42,000 SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2847, 130 00:03:42,001 --> 00:03:44,000 THE CLERK SHALL, A, 131 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:46,000 TEXT OF H.R. 2920 AS PASSED BY 132 00:03:46,001 --> 00:03:48,000 THE HOUSE AS NEW MATTER AT THE 133 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,000 END OF THE TEXT PROPOSED TO BE 134 00:03:49,001 --> 00:03:50,000 INSERTED BY THE HOUSE 135 00:03:50,001 --> 00:03:51,000 AMENDMENT. 136 00:03:51,001 --> 00:03:53,000 B, ASSIGNED APPROPRIATE 137 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:54,000 DESIGNATIONS TO PROVISIONS 138 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:56,000 WITHIN THE ENGROSSMENT OF THE 139 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:57,000 TEXT PROPOSED BE INSERTED BY 140 00:03:57,001 --> 00:04:03,000 THE HOUSE. 141 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:04,000 AND, C, CONFORM PROVISIONS FOR 142 00:04:04,001 --> 00:04:06,000 ENGROSSMENT OF THE TEXT 143 00:04:06,001 --> 00:04:08,000 PROPOSED BY THE HOUS 144 00:04:08,001 --> 00:04:10,000 SECTION D, IT SHALL BE IN 145 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:13,000 ORDERED WITHIN THE REMAINING OF 146 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:14,000 THE FIRST SESSION OF THE -- 147 00:04:14,001 --> 00:04:16,000 THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE 148 00:04:16,001 --> 00:04:18,000 RULES. THE 149 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:19,000 SHALL CONSULT WITH THE MINORITY 150 00:04:19,001 --> 00:04:22,000 LEADER OR HIS DESIGNEE ON THE 151 00:04:22,001 --> 00:04:24,000 CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO THIS 152 00:04:24,001 --> 00:04:25,000 SECTION. 153 00:04:25,001 --> 00:04:27,000 SECTION 7, THE REQUIREMENT OF 154 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:29,000 CLAUSE 6-A OF RULE 13 FOR A 2/3 155 00:04:29,001 --> 00:04:31,000 VOTE TO CONSIDER A REPORT FROM 156 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:32,000 THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON THE 157 00:04:32,001 --> 00:04:35,000 SAME DAY IT IS PRESENTED TO THE 158 00:04:35,001 --> 00:04:36,000 HOUSE IS WAIVED FOR THE 159 00:04:36,001 --> 00:04:38,000 REMAINDER OF THE FIRST SESSION 160 00:04:38,001 --> 00:04:39,000 OF THE 111TH CONGRESS. 161 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:42,000 SECTION 8, THE CHAIR OF THE 162 00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:43,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS MAY 163 00:04:43,001 --> 00:04:45,000 INSERT IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 164 00:04:45,001 --> 00:04:49,000 RECORD AND ANYTIME DURING THE 165 00:04:49,001 --> 00:04:51,000 REMAINDER OF THE FIRST SESSION 166 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:52,000 MATERIAL AS HE MAY DEEM 167 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:54,000 SPLANTORY OF THE SENATE 168 00:04:54,001 --> 00:04:55,000 AMENDMENT AND THE MOTION 169 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:56,000 SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST AND 170 00:04:56,001 --> 00:04:57,000 FOURTH SECTIONS OF THIS 171 00:04:57,001 --> 00:04:59,000 RESOLUTION. 172 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:01,000 SECTION 9, ON ANY LEGISLATIVE 173 00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:03,000 DAY OF THE SECOND SESSION OF 174 00:05:03,001 --> 00:05:06,000 THE 111TH CONGRESS BEFORE 175 00:05:06,001 --> 00:05:08,000 JANUARY 12, 2010, THE SPEAKER 176 00:05:08,001 --> 00:05:11,000 AT ANYTIME MAY DISPENSE WITH 177 00:05:11,001 --> 00:05:12,000 OR 178 00:05:12,001 --> 00:05:13,000 BUSINESS. 179 00:05:13,001 --> 00:05:15,000 SECTION 10, ON ANY LEGISLATIV 180 00:05:15,001 --> 00:05:16,000 DAY OF THE SECOND SESSION OF 181 00:05:16,001 --> 00:05:20,000 THE 111TH CONGRESS BEFORE 182 00:05:20,001 --> 00:05:21,000 JANUARY 12, 2010, THE CHAIR AT 183 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:23,000 ANYTIME MAY DECLARE THE HOUSE 184 00:05:23,001 --> 00:05:24,000 ADJOURNED OR DECLARE THE HOUSE 185 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:26,000 ADJOURNED PURSUANT TO 186 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:27,000 APPLICABLE CONCURRENT 187 00:05:27,001 --> 00:05:32,000 RESOLUTION OF ADJOURNMENT. 188 00:05:32,001 --> 00:05:35,000 SECTION 11, A, ON ANY 189 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,000 SESSION OF THE 111TH CONGRESS, 190 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:37,000 THE SPEAKER MAY AT ANYTIME 191 00:05:37,001 --> 00:05:40,000 DECLARE THE HOUSE ADJOURNED. 192 00:05:40,001 --> 00:05:41,000 B, WHEN THE HOUSE 193 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:43,000 THE MOTION PURSUANT TO THIS 194 00:05:43,001 --> 00:05:44,000 SUBSECTION OR A DECLARATION 195 00:05:44,001 --> 00:05:47,000 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A ON THE 196 00:05:47,001 --> 00:05:49,000 LEGISLATIVE DAY OF, ONE, 197 00:05:49,001 --> 00:05:51,000 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009, 198 00:05:51,001 --> 00:05:54,000 IT SHALL STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 199 00:05:54,001 --> 00:05:55,000 6:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 200 00:05:55,001 --> 00:05:58,000 19, 2009. 201 00:05:58,001 --> 00:06:00,000 TWO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 202 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:02,000 2009, IT SHALL STAND ADJOURNED 203 00:06:02,001 --> 00:06:06,000 UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY, 204 00:06:06,001 --> 00:06:07,000 DECEMBER 23, 2009. 205 00:06:07,001 --> 00:06:09,000 THREE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 206 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:11,000 2009, IT SHALL STAND ADJOURNED 207 00:06:11,001 --> 00:06:13,000 UNTIL 10:00 A.M. 208 00:06:13,001 --> 00:06:18,000 DECEMBER 26, 2009. 209 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:20,000 FOUR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 210 00:06:20,001 --> 00:06:22,000 2009, IT SHALL STAND ADJOURNED 211 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:24,000 UNTIL NOON, DECEMBER 30, 2009. 212 00:06:24,001 --> 00:06:27,000 FIVE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 213 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:30,000 IT SHALL STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 214 00:06:30,001 --> 00:06:33,000 10:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 215 00:06:33,001 --> 00:06:35,000 2, 2010. 216 00:06:35,001 --> 00:06:39,000 C, IF DURING ANY ADJOURNMENT 217 00:06:39,001 --> 00:06:42,000 ADDRESSED BY SUBSECTION B THE 218 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:45,000 HAS APPROVED H.R. 3326. 219 00:06:45,001 --> 00:06:48,000 TWO, A MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE TRANSMITTING ITS PASSAGE 220 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:50,000 WITHOUT AMENDMENT OF H.R. 221 00:06:50,001 --> 00:06:52,000 AND, THREE, A MESSAGE FROM THE 222 00:06:52,001 --> 00:06:55,000 SENATE TRANSMITTING ITS 223 00:06:55,001 --> 00:06:57,000 CONCURRENCE AND AN APPLICABLE 224 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,000 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF 225 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:00,000 ADJOURNMENT, THE HOUSE SHALL 226 00:07:00,001 --> 00:07:02,000 STAND ADJOURN UNTIL SUCH 227 00:07:02,001 --> 00:07:03,000 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF 228 00:07:03,001 --> 00:07:05,000 ADJOURNMENT. 229 00:07:05,001 --> 00:07:06,000 D, THE SPEAKER MAY APPOINT 230 00:07:06,001 --> 00:07:08,000 MEMBERS TO PERFORM THE DUTIES 231 00:07:08,001 --> 00:07:10,000 OF THE CH 232 00:07:10,001 --> 00:07:16,000 OF THE ADDRESS AS THOUGH UNDER 233 00:07:16,001 --> 00:07:18,000 CLAUSE 8-A OF RULE 1. 234 00:07:18,001 --> 00:07:19,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR 235 00:07:19,001 --> 00:07:21,000 WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN 236 00:07:21,001 --> 00:07:22,000 FROM ARIZONA RISE? 237 00:07:22,001 --> 00:07:23,000 MR. FLAKE: MADAM SPEAKER, I 238 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:25,000 HAVE A POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE 239 00:07:25,001 --> 00:07:26,000 THE RESOLUTION VIOLATES SECTION 240 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:28,000 426-A OF THE CONGRE 241 00:07:28,001 --> 00:07:30,000 BUDGET ACT. THE RESOLUTION CONTAINS A 242 00:07:30,001 --> 00:07:31,000 WAIVER OF ALL POINTS OF ORDER 243 00:07:31,001 --> 00:07:33,000 AGAINST C 244 00:07:33,001 --> 00:07:34,000 LEGISLATION ICH INCLUDES A 245 00:07:34,001 --> 00:07:36,000 WAIVER OF SECTION 425 OF THE 246 00:07:36,001 --> 00:07:37,000 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WHICH 247 00:07:37,001 --> 00:07:39,000 CAUSES A VIOLATION OF SECTION 248 00:07:39,001 --> 00:07:41,000 426-A. 249 00:07:41,001 --> 00:07:42,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 250 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:43,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA MAKES A 251 00:07:43,001 --> 00:07:44,000 POINT OF ORDER THAT THE 252 00:07:44,001 --> 00:07:46,000 RESOLUTION VIOLATES SECTION 253 00:07:46,001 --> 00:07:49,000 426-A OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 254 00:07:49,001 --> 00:07:52,000 BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 255 00:07:52,001 --> 00:07:53,000 THE GENTLEMAN HAS MET THE 256 00:07:53,001 --> 00:07:54,000 THRESHOLD BURDEN UNDER THE RULE 257 00:07:54,001 --> 00:07:56,000 AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA 258 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:58,000 AND A MEMBER OPPOSED EACH WILL 259 00:07:58,001 --> 00:08:00,000 CONTROL 10 MINUTES OF DEBATE ON 260 00:08:00,001 --> 00:08:01,000 THE QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION. 261 00:08:01,001 --> 00:08:06,000 AFTER THAT DEBATE, THE CHAIR 262 00:08:06,001 --> 00:08:07,000 WILL PUT THE QUESTION OF 263 00:08:07,001 --> 00:08:08,000 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE 264 00:08:08,001 --> 00:08:12,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA. 265 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:13,000 MR. FLAKE: 266 00:08:13,001 --> 00:08:20,000 APPROXIMATELY 68 YEARS AGO ON 267 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:21,000 JANUARY -- IN JANUARY OF 1941, 268 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:22,000 RAYBURN WAS ELECTED TO THE 269 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:24,000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 270 00:08:24,001 --> 00:08:26,000 JUST PRIOR TO SWEARING IN HE 271 00:08:26,001 --> 00:08:27,000 ROSE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND 272 00:08:27,001 --> 00:08:29,000 SAID, YOU HAVE ELEVATED ME TO A 273 00:08:29,001 --> 00:08:30,000 POSITION. 274 00:08:30,001 --> 00:08:32,000 I MUST CONFESS THAT IT HAS BEEN 275 00:08:32,001 --> 00:08:33,000 ONE OTHE AMBITIONS OF MY 276 00:08:33,001 --> 00:08:35,000 LIFETIME. 277 00:08:35,001 --> 00:08:36,000 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 278 00:08:36,001 --> 00:08:37,000 HAS BEEN MY LIFE AND MY LOVE 279 00:08:37,001 --> 00:08:38,000 FOR THIS MORE THAN A QUARTER OF 280 00:08:38,001 --> 00:08:40,000 A CENTURY. 281 00:08:40,001 --> 00:08:42,000 I LOVE ITS TRADITIONS. I LOVE ITS PRECEDENCE. 282 00:08:42,001 --> 00:08:44,000 I LOVE ITS DIGNITY. 283 00:08:44,001 --> 00:08:45,000 I GLORY IN THE POWER OF THE 284 00:08:45,001 --> 00:08:47,000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 285 00:08:47,001 --> 00:08:49,000 IT IS MY HIGHEST HOPE AND MY 286 00:08:49,001 --> 00:08:51,000 UNSWERVING AIM TO PRESERVE, 287 00:08:51,001 --> 00:08:53,000 PROTECT AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS, 288 00:08:53,001 --> 00:08:59,000 PREROGATIVES AND THE POWER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 289 00:08:59,001 --> 00:09:01,000 . 290 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:04,000 AS SPEAKER, HE CONSIDERED 291 00:09:04,001 --> 00:09:05,000 HIMSEL A CUSTODIAN OF ITS 292 00:09:05,001 --> 00:09:08,000 TRADITIONS, ITS PRECEDENT, AND 293 00:09:08,001 --> 00:09:09,000 AS HE PUT IT ITS DIGNITY. 294 00:09:09,001 --> 00:09:11,000 YOU MAY ASK WHY I'M TELLING 295 00:09:11,001 --> 00:09:12,000 THIS STORY, WHY I RAISE THIS POINT. 296 00:09:12,001 --> 00:09:14,000 IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO 297 00:09:14,001 --> 00:09:16,000 CONSIDER A BILL THAT ENDORSES 298 00:09:16,001 --> 00:09:18,000 AND CONDONES A PRACTICE THAT 299 00:09:18,001 --> 00:09:20,000 HAS PLACED A DARK AND OMINOUS 300 00:09:20,001 --> 00:09:22,000 CLOUD OVER THIS INSTITUTION. 301 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:24,000 THIS PRACTICE FOR LACK OF A 302 00:09:24,001 --> 00:09:25,000 BETTER TERM CAN BE CALLED 303 00:09:25,001 --> 00:09:27,000 CIRCULAR FUNDRAISING. 304 00:09:27,001 --> 00:09:30,000 IT INVOLVES THE AWARDING OF 305 00:09:30,001 --> 00:09:31,000 EARMARKS WHICH ARE ESSTIALLY 306 00:09:31,001 --> 00:09:34,000 NO-BID CONTRACTS IN CLOSE 307 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:35,000 PROXIMITY TO THE RECEIPT OF 308 00:09:35,001 --> 00:09:36,000 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 309 00:09:36,001 --> 00:09:37,000 EARMARKED RECIPIENTS. 310 00:09:37,001 --> 00:09:39,000 THIS LEGISLATION CONTAINS MORE 311 00:09:39,001 --> 00:09:41,000 THAN 500 EARMARKS WHERE A 312 00:09:41,001 --> 00:09:42,000 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY IS 313 00:09:42,001 --> 00:09:44,000 THE INTENDED RECIPIENT. 314 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:46,000 LET ME REPEAT THAT. 315 00:09:46,001 --> 00:09:48,000 THIS LEGISLATION WE ARE ABOUT 316 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:51,000 TO CONSIDER CONTAINS MORE THAN 317 00:09:51,001 --> 00:09:54,000 EARMARKS, OR NO-BID 318 00:09:54,001 --> 00:09:55,000 CONTRACTS DIRECT THE -- 319 00:09:55,001 --> 00:09:56,000 DIRECTED TO PRIVATE COMPANIES. 320 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:58,000 IN MANY CASES THE MEMBERS OF 321 00:09:58,001 --> 00:09:59,000 CONGRESS SECURING THESE NO-BID 322 00:09:59,001 --> 00:10:03,000 CONTRACTS HAVE EITHER RECEIVED 323 00:10:03,001 --> 00:10:04,000 LEGISLATION IS ENACTED INTO LAW 324 00:10:04,001 --> 00:10:06,000 LARGE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 325 00:10:06,001 --> 00:10:09,000 FROM THE EXECUTIVES OF THE 326 00:10:09,001 --> 00:10:10,000 COMPANIES AND-OR THE LOBBYIST 327 00:10:10,001 --> 00:10:12,000 THAT IS REPRESENT THEM. 328 00:10:12,001 --> 00:10:14,000 BY NOW MY COLLEAGUESARE WELL 329 00:10:14,001 --> 00:10:16,000 AWARE OF THE P.M.A. 330 00:10:16,001 --> 00:10:17,000 WHICH WAS LARGELY CENTERED ON 331 00:10:17,001 --> 00:10:18,000 THE TRACK TISS OF CIRCULAR 332 00:10:18,001 --> 00:10:20,000 FUNDRAISING. 333 00:10:20,001 --> 00:10:22,000 SINCE NEWS BROKE IN 2008 OF THE 334 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:23,000 F.B.I.'S RAID ON THE P.M.A. 335 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:24,000 OFFICES, PRESS REPORTS AND 336 00:10:24,001 --> 00:10:25,000 EDITORIALS FROM COAST TO COAST 337 00:10:25,001 --> 00:10:27,000 HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 338 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:30,000 ACTION OF THAT FIRM AND THE 339 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:32,000 INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY. 340 00:10:32,001 --> 00:10:34,000 SHOWING PUBLIC DISTRUST AND 341 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,000 TARNISHING THE DIGNITY OF THE HOUSE. 342 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:37,000 JUST LISTEN TO WHAT IS BEING 343 00:10:37,001 --> 00:10:39,000 SAID OFF THE HILL AND BEYOND 344 00:10:39,001 --> 00:10:40,000 THE BELTWAY. 345 00:10:40,001 --> 00:10:43,000 ABC'S NEWS SITE NOTED THAT, 346 00:10:43,001 --> 00:10:45,000 QUOTE, P.M.A.'S OPERATIONS, 347 00:10:45,001 --> 00:10:46,000 MILLIONS OUT TO LAWMAKERS, 348 00:10:46,001 --> 00:10:49,000 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BACK FOR 349 00:10:49,001 --> 00:10:50,000 CLIENTS HAVE MADE IT FOR MANY 350 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:53,000 OBSERVERS THE POSTER CHILD FOR 351 00:10:53,001 --> 00:10:54,000 TACIT PAY TO PLAY POLITICS IN WASHINGTON. 352 00:10:54,001 --> 00:10:57,000 AN EDITORIAL IN THE "NEW YORK 353 00:10:57,001 --> 00:10:59,000 TIMES" ENTITLED POLITICAL 354 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:01,000 ANIMAL 101 REFERRED TO THE 355 00:11:01,001 --> 00:11:03,000 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAMPAIGN 356 00:11:03,001 --> 00:11:05,000 DONORS AND THE CUSTOMIZED 357 00:11:05,001 --> 00:11:08,000 APPROPRIATIONS THEY ARE FED BY 358 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:10,000 GRATEFUL LAWMAKERS AS, QUOTE, 359 00:11:10,001 --> 00:11:12,000 THE ULTIMATE IN SYMBIOTIC 360 00:11:12,001 --> 00:11:14,000 SURVIVAL AND CYNICAL INFLUENCE TRADING. 361 00:11:14,001 --> 00:11:16,000 AN ARTICLE IN THE KANSAS CITY 362 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:18,000 STAR NOTED THAT, QUOTE, THE 363 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:19,000 EARMARK GAIN GETS A LITTLE LESS 364 00:11:19,001 --> 00:11:20,000 BAFFLING WHEN TAXPAYERS 365 00:11:20,001 --> 00:11:21,000 CONSIDER THE QUOTE CAMPAIGN 366 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:24,000 DONORS THAT GREASE POLITICAL 367 00:11:24,001 --> 00:11:25,000 PALMS. 368 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:27,000 "THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH" SUMMED 369 00:11:27,001 --> 00:11:28,000 IT UP WHEN THEY NOTED CONGRESS 370 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:32,000 HAS AN ABYSMAL PUBLIC APPROVAL 371 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:34,000 RATING OF 26%, AND AS OF EARLY 372 00:11:34,001 --> 00:11:37,000 NOVEMBER, AND THE SMELL OF QUID 373 00:11:37,001 --> 00:11:38,000 PRO QUO CERTAINLY DOESN'T HELP. 374 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:39,000 IT ISN'T JUST LIMITED TO THE 375 00:11:39,001 --> 00:11:41,000 DOMESTIC PRESS. 376 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:44,000 THE IRISH TIMES NOTED THAT, 377 00:11:44,001 --> 00:11:46,000 QUOTE, 378 00:11:46,001 --> 00:11:47,000 TREAD A FINELINE BETWEEN A 379 00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:49,000 LEGITIMATE POLITICAL 380 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:51,000 FUNDRAISING AND INFLUENCE 381 00:11:51,001 --> 00:11:53,000 PEDDLING, BETWEEN FRIENDSHIP 382 00:11:53,001 --> 00:11:54,000 WITH LOBBYISTS AND OUTRIGHT 383 00:11:54,001 --> 00:11:56,000 CORRUPTION. 384 00:11:56,001 --> 00:11:57,000 NOW A REPORT COMPARED BY THE 385 00:11:57,001 --> 00:11:58,000 COMMITTEE ON ETHICS IN JULY AND 386 00:11:58,001 --> 00:12:00,000 DETAILED IN YESTERDAY'S 387 00:12:00,001 --> 00:12:01,000 "WASHINGTON POST" HAS PROVIDE 388 00:12:01,001 --> 00:12:03,000 ADD RARE GLIMPSE INTO THE 389 00:12:03,001 --> 00:12:05,000 CESSPOOL OF 390 00:12:05,001 --> 00:12:06,000 POLITICS. 391 00:12:06,001 --> 00:12:07,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I HAVE HERE AN 392 00:12:07,001 --> 00:12:09,000 ARTICLE, THAT ARTICLE REFERRED 393 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:17,000 TO FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST," 394 00:12:17,001 --> 00:12:18,000 DATED OCTOBER 30 OF THIS YEAR. 395 00:12:18,001 --> 00:12:20,000 IT NOTES THAT SEVEN MEMBERS WHO 396 00:12:20,001 --> 00:12:22,000 SIT ON THE PRONINGSES COMMITTEE 397 00:12:22,001 --> 00:12:25,000 , THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE, 398 00:12:25,001 --> 00:12:26,000 ARE, QUOTE, UNDER SCRUTINY BY 399 00:12:26,001 --> 00:12:28,000 ETHICS INVESTIGATORS. 400 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:30,000 THE ARTICLE NOTES THAT, QUOTE, 401 00:12:30,001 --> 00:12:31,000 TOGETHER THE SEVEN LEGISLATORS 402 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:32,000 HAVE PERSONALLY STEERED MORE 403 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:34,000 THAN $200 MILLION IN EARMARKS 404 00:12:34,001 --> 00:12:36,000 TO CLIENTS OF THE P.M.A. GROUP 405 00:12:36,001 --> 00:12:38,000 IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND 406 00:12:38,001 --> 00:12:40,000 RECEIVED MORE THAN $6.2 MILLION 407 00:12:40,001 --> 00:12:41,000 IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 408 00:12:41,001 --> 00:12:44,000 P.M.A. AND ITS CLIENTS IN THE 409 00:12:44,001 --> 00:12:46,000 PAST CADE. 410 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:47,000 ACCORDING TO THE 411 00:12:47,001 --> 00:12:49,000 JOURNAL," MEMBERS WHO SIT ON 412 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:52,000 THE DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD 413 00:12:52,001 --> 00:12:54,000 THIS ISSUE, QUOTE, RE 414 00:12:54,001 --> 00:12:55,000 $141,000 IN CAMPAIGN 415 00:12:55,001 --> 00:12:57,000 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMPANIES 416 00:12:57,001 --> 00:12:59,000 THAT RECEIVED EARMARKS FROM THE 417 00:12:59,001 --> 00:13:01,000 LAW MAKERS, UNQUOTE. 418 00:13:01,001 --> 00:13:02,000 HERE WE ARE TODAY, 419 00:13:02,001 --> 00:13:08,000 SPEAKER W. A BACKDROP OF 420 00:13:08,001 --> 00:13:10,000 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE IRK 421 00:13:10,001 --> 00:13:11,000 CIRCULAR FUNDRAISING, BUT WE 422 00:13:11,001 --> 00:13:14,000 ARE POISED TO PASS A DEFENSE 423 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:15,000 APPROPRIATION BILL THAT 424 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:16,000 CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE 425 00:13:16,001 --> 00:13:18,000 COMPANIES. 426 00:13:18,001 --> 00:13:20,000 IN MID JULY OF 2010 WE WILL SEE 427 00:13:20,001 --> 00:13:21,000 A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE 428 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:24,000 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS 429 00:13:24,001 --> 00:13:26,000 THAT WILL SHED LIGHT INTO THEIR 430 00:13:26,001 --> 00:13:27,000 INVESTIGATIONS, THEREAFTER IT'S 431 00:13:27,001 --> 00:13:28,000 LIKELY OUR OWN ETHICS COMMITTEE 432 00:13:28,001 --> 00:13:30,000 WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 433 00:13:30,001 --> 00:13:31,000 NOTICE OF THEIR ACTIONS RELATED 434 00:13:31,001 --> 00:13:33,000 TO THE 435 00:13:33,001 --> 00:13:35,000 IF THE FUTURE IS ANYTHING LIKE 436 00:13:35,001 --> 00:13:37,000 THE PAST, ADDITIONAL CANLS WILL 437 00:13:37,001 --> 00:13:39,000 SPRING FROM THE EARMARKS THAT 438 00:13:39,001 --> 00:13:41,000 WE APPROVE TODAY. 439 00:13:41,001 --> 00:13:44,000 WE ARE SURELY AS THE POET SAID, 440 00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:45,000 TRAIPSING DOWN A FLOWER STREWN 441 00:13:45,001 --> 00:13:47,000 PATH UNPRICKED BY THORNS OF 442 00:13:47,001 --> 00:13:48,000 REASON. 443 00:13:48,001 --> 00:13:50,000 I SHOULD NOTE THAT CIRCULAR 444 00:13:50,001 --> 00:13:51,000 FUNDRAISING IS NOT A PARTISAN 445 00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:53,000 ISSUE. BOTH PARTIES ENGAGE IN IT. 446 00:13:53,001 --> 00:13:56,000 AND THE CLOUD THAT HANGS OVER 447 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:58,000 THIS BODY RAINS ON REPUBLICANS 448 00:13:58,001 --> 00:13:59,000 AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE. 449 00:13:59,001 --> 00:14:00,000 IT'S IR TO ASK, WHAT ABOUT 450 00:14:00,001 --> 00:14:04,000 THE DIGNITY OF THIS BODY? 451 00:14:04,001 --> 00:14:06,000 ARE WE APPROPRIATELY CONCERNED 452 00:14:06,001 --> 00:14:08,000 THAT THE WORDS PAY TO PLAY, 453 00:14:08,001 --> 00:14:10,000 QUID PRO QUO, SWAMP AND 454 00:14:10,001 --> 00:14:12,000 CESSPOOL ARE INCREASINGLY 455 00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:13,000 ROUTINE IN ARTICLES DESCRIBING 456 00:14:13,001 --> 00:14:16,000 THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS? 457 00:14:16,001 --> 00:14:17,000 SHOULD WE HAVE NO STANDARD 458 00:14:17,001 --> 00:14:19,000 HIGHER THAN WHETHER THE ABUSE 459 00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:21,000 OF THE PROCESS RISES TO THE 460 00:14:21,001 --> 00:14:23,000 LEVEL OF AN INDICTABLE OFFENSE? 461 00:14:23,001 --> 00:14:24,000 ONE THING IS CLEAR, THE 462 00:14:24,001 --> 00:14:26,000 PRACTICE OF CIRCULAR 463 00:14:26,001 --> 00:14:28,000 FUNDRAISING WILL SOMEDAY END. 464 00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:29,000 THE QUESTION IS, WHO WILL END 465 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:32,000 IT? 466 00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:34,000 WILL IT TAKE US IN OUR OWN 467 00:14:34,001 --> 00:14:36,000 INITIIVE TO CLEAN OUR OWN 468 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:37,000 HOUSE OR WILL WE WAIT FOR THE 469 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:39,000 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO LAUNCH 470 00:14:39,001 --> 00:14:40,000 MORE INVESTIGATIONS AND TAKE 471 00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:42,000 FURTHER ACTION? 472 00:14:42,001 --> 00:14:44,000 MY OWN HOPE IS THAT THOSE WHO 473 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:48,000 FIND THEMSELVES IN LEADERSHIP 474 00:14:48,001 --> 00:14:49,000 POSITIONS TODAY WILL SUMMON THE 475 00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:50,000 DORMENT CUSTODIAL SPIRIT OF 476 00:14:50,001 --> 00:14:52,000 THOSE WHO HAVE PROTECTED AND 477 00:14:52,001 --> 00:14:53,000 DEFENDED THIS WONDERFUL 478 00:14:53,001 --> 00:14:55,000 INSTITUTION LONG BEFORE WE 479 00:14:55,001 --> 00:14:56,000 ARRIVED IN THIS CHAMBER. 480 00:14:56,001 --> 00:14:58,000 WE OWE IT TO THEM TO CORRECT 481 00:14:58,001 --> 00:14:59,000 THE PROCESS THAT LED TO THIS 482 00:14:59,001 --> 00:15:01,000 FLAWED PIECE OF LEGISLATION 483 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:02,000 BEFORE US. 484 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:03,000 I RESERVE THE BAL 485 00:15:03,001 --> 00:15:04,000 TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 486 00:15:04,001 --> 00:15:05,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA 487 00:15:05,001 --> 00:15:06,000 RESERVES. 488 00:15:06,001 --> 00:15:09,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 489 00:15:09,001 --> 00:15:11,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE RISE? 490 00:15:11,001 --> 00:15:13,000 MS. PINGREE: MADAM SPEAKER, I 491 00:15:13,001 --> 00:15:14,000 RISE TO SPEAK IN RESPONSE. 492 00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:16,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: DOES 493 00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:17,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN CLAIM TIME IN OPPOSITION? 494 00:15:17,001 --> 00:15:20,000 MS. PINGREE: I RISE TO CLAIM 495 00:15:20,001 --> 00:15:21,000 TIME IN OPPOSITION. 496 00:15:21,001 --> 00:15:22,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 497 00:15:22,001 --> 00:15:23,000 GENTLEWOMAN QUALIFIES. THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED 498 00:15:23,001 --> 00:15:25,000 FOR 10 MINUTES. 499 00:15:25,001 --> 00:15:26,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 500 00:15:26,001 --> 00:15:29,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 501 00:15:29,001 --> 00:15:31,000 MAY CONSUME. 502 00:15:31,001 --> 00:15:32,000 MADAM SPEAKER, OOSE MY -- AS MY 503 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:33,000 COLLEAGUES KNOW WE HAVE BEEN 504 00:15:33,001 --> 00:15:34,000 HERE BEFORE. 505 00:15:34,001 --> 00:15:35,000 THIS IS THE SAME POINT OF ORDER 506 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:37,000 THAT HAS BEEN RAISED AGAINST 507 00:15:37,001 --> 00:15:38,000 ALMOST EVERY APPROPRIATIONS 508 00:15:38,001 --> 00:15:40,000 MEASURE DURING THIS CONGRESS. 509 00:15:40,001 --> 00:15:41,000 AND EACH TIME IT IS USED TO 510 00:15:41,001 --> 00:15:44,000 DISCUSS SOMETHING OTHER THAN 511 00:15:44,001 --> 00:15:46,000 ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. 512 00:15:46,001 --> 00:15:47,000 I WOULD WANT TO RESPOND TO MY 513 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:49,000 GOOD COLLEAGUE FROM ARIZONA 514 00:15:49,001 --> 00:15:50,000 THAT I, TOO, SHARE CONCERNS 515 00:15:50,001 --> 00:15:53,000 ABOUT THE EARMARKING PROCESS 516 00:15:53,001 --> 00:15:54,000 AND I ENCOURAGE HIM TO BECOME A 517 00:15:54,001 --> 00:15:55,000 CO-SPONSOR ON THE FAIR 518 00:15:55,001 --> 00:15:57,000 ELECTIONS BILL AS WE HAVE IN 519 00:15:57,001 --> 00:15:59,000 MAINE, PUBLIC FINANCING TAKES 520 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:01,000 AWAY MUCH OF T 521 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:02,000 AROUND THE LINK BETWEEN 522 00:16:02,001 --> 00:16:05,000 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARMARKS. 523 00:16:05,001 --> 00:16:06,000 BUT ONCE AGAIN THIS PARTICULAR 524 00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:08,000 DEBATE IS ABOUT DELAYING 525 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,000 CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL AND 526 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,000 ULTIMATELY STOPPING IT 527 00:16:10,001 --> 00:16:12,000 ALTOGETHER. 528 00:16:12,001 --> 00:16:14,000 I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL AGAIN 529 00:16:14,001 --> 00:16:15,000 VOTE YES SO WE CAN CONSIDER 530 00:16:15,001 --> 00:16:17,000 THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION ON 531 00:16:17,001 --> 00:16:19,000 ITS MERITSND NOT STOP IT ON A 532 00:16:19,001 --> 00:16:20,000 PROCEDURAL MOTION. 533 00:16:20,001 --> 00:16:21,000 THIS RULE PROVIDES FOR 534 00:16:21,001 --> 00:16:23,000 ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION TO 535 00:16:23,001 --> 00:16:25,000 FUND OUR NATION'S DEFENSE, THE 536 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:26,000 BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE 537 00:16:26,001 --> 00:16:27,000 IN THE MILITARY, PARTICULARLY 538 00:16:27,001 --> 00:16:29,000 THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY AT WAR 539 00:16:29,001 --> 00:16:31,000 IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, 540 00:16:31,001 --> 00:16:34,000 DESERVE A SWIFT ENACTMENT OF 541 00:16:34,001 --> 00:16:36,000 THIS LEGISLATION. THIS LEGISLATION WE WILL TAKE 542 00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:38,000 UP LATER TODAY WILL DIVERT -- 543 00:16:38,001 --> 00:16:39,000 ALSO DIVERT TARP MONEY TO 544 00:16:39,001 --> 00:16:40,000 PROGRAMS THAT CREATE AND SAVE 545 00:16:40,001 --> 00:16:43,000 JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 546 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:45,000 WE DO THIS BY INVESTING $75 547 00:16:45,001 --> 00:16:49,000 BILLION OF TARP MONEY INTO 548 00:16:49,001 --> 00:16:50,000 HIGHWAYS, TRANSIT, SCHOOL 549 00:16:50,001 --> 00:16:51,000 RENOVATION, HIRING TEACHERS, 550 00:16:51,001 --> 00:16:53,000 POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, IN 551 00:16:53,001 --> 00:16:54,000 SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESS, 552 00:16:54,001 --> 00:16:55,000 FUNDING JOB TRAINING, AND 553 00:16:55,001 --> 00:16:57,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 554 00:16:57,001 --> 00:17:00,000 AND FOR THOSE HARDEST HIT BY 555 00:17:00,001 --> 00:17:02,000 THE RECESSION THIS BILL ALSO 556 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:04,000 PROVIDES EMERGENCY RELIEF BY 557 00:17:04,001 --> 00:17:07,000 EXTENDING PROGRAMS LIKE 558 00:17:07,001 --> 00:17:08,000 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, COBRA, 559 00:17:08,001 --> 00:17:10,000 FMAP, OUR HEALTH CARE FUNDING 560 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:11,000 FOR THE STATES, AND CHILDCARE 561 00:17:11,001 --> 00:17:12,000 TAX CREDIT. 562 00:17:12,001 --> 00:17:14,000 THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS MEASURE 563 00:17:14,001 --> 00:17:15,000 CAN VOTE AGAINST IT ON FINAL 564 00:17:15,001 --> 00:17:16,000 PASSAGE. 565 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:18,000 WE MUST CONSIDER THIS RULE AND 566 00:17:18,001 --> 00:17:19,000 WE MUST PASS THIS CRITICAL 567 00:17:19,001 --> 00:17:20,000 LEGISLATION TODAY. 568 00:17:20,001 --> 00:17:22,000 I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE, BUT 569 00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:23,000 IN THE END I WILL URGE MY 570 00:17:23,001 --> 00:17:25,000 COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES AND 571 00:17:25,001 --> 00:17:26,000 CONSIDER THE RULE. 572 00:17:26,001 --> 00:17:27,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I RESERVE THE 573 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:28,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 574 00:17:28,001 --> 00:17:29,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 575 00:17:29,001 --> 00:17:30,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HER 576 00:17:30,001 --> 00:17:31,000 TIME. 577 00:17:31,001 --> 00:17:32,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM AR 578 00:17:32,001 --> 00:17:34,000 RECOGNIZED. 579 00:17:34,001 --> 00:17:35,000 MR. FLAKE: MAY I INQUIRE TO THE 580 00:17:35,001 --> 00:17:36,000 TIME REMAING? 581 00:17:36,001 --> 00:17:37,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 582 00:17:37,001 --> 00:17:44,000 GENTLEMAN CONTROLS THREE REMAING MINUTES. 583 00:17:44,001 --> 00:17:46,000 MR. FLAKE: I THANK THE SPEAKER. 584 00:17:46,001 --> 00:17:47,000 I AM USING PROCEDURAL MEASURE 585 00:17:47,001 --> 00:17:48,000 TO BRING UP EARMARKS AGAIN. 586 00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:49,000 I'LL TELL YOU WHY I'M DOING 587 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,000 THAT. 588 00:17:50,001 --> 00:17:52,000 I'M DOING THAT BECAUSE THIS 589 00:17:52,001 --> 00:17:54,000 YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 590 00:17:54,001 --> 00:17:56,000 HISTORY OF THIS INSTITUTION 591 00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:57,000 EVERY APPROPRIATION BILL THAT 592 00:17:57,001 --> 00:18:00,000 CAME TO THE FLOOR, INCLUDING 593 00:18:00,001 --> 00:18:02,000 THIS ONE, INCLUDING THE DEFENSE 594 00:18:02,001 --> 00:18:04,000 APPROPRIATION BILL, CAME UNDER 595 00:18:04,001 --> 00:18:05,000 A STRUCTURED OR CLOSED RULE 596 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,000 WITH ONLY CERTAIN AMENDMENTS 597 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:07,000 BEING OFFERED. 598 00:18:07,001 --> 00:18:11,000 THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN THE 599 00:18:11,001 --> 00:18:12,000 HISTORY OF THIS INSTITUTION 600 00:18:12,001 --> 00:18:14,000 WHERE EVERY APPROPRIATION BILL 601 00:18:14,001 --> 00:18:15,000 HAS COME TO THE FLOOR IN THAT 602 00:18:15,001 --> 00:18:17,000 MANNER. INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF AND 603 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:18,000 OTHERS WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO 604 00:18:18,001 --> 00:18:20,000 OFFER AMENDMENTS THAT THE OTHER 605 00:18:20,001 --> 00:18:21,000 SIDE WANTED US TO OFFER. 606 00:18:21,001 --> 00:18:22,000 THE ONE THAT IS THEY SAID WE 607 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:25,000 COULD OFFER RATHER THAN THE 608 00:18:25,001 --> 00:18:28,000 ONES THAT WE OURSELVES WOULD CHOOSE. 609 00:18:28,001 --> 00:18:30,000 I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT I GOT 610 00:18:30,001 --> 00:18:32,000 10 OF THE 550-SOME AMENDMENTS 611 00:18:32,001 --> 00:18:34,000 OFFERED ON THIS BILL, AND I 612 00:18:34,001 --> 00:18:36,000 OFFERED THAT MANY BECAUSE 613 00:18:36,001 --> 00:18:37,000 THAT'S HOW MANY NO-BID 614 00:18:37,001 --> 00:18:38,000 CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES 615 00:18:38,001 --> 00:18:41,000 ARE CONTAINED IN THE BILL. 616 00:18:41,001 --> 00:18:43,000 I THOUGHT THEY DESERVED SOME SCRUTINY. 617 00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:45,000 I WISH THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS 618 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:47,000 COMMITTEE WAS VETTING THESE 619 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:51,000 EARMARKS. 620 00:18:51,001 --> 00:18:53,000 ARE NOT. 621 00:18:53,001 --> 00:18:54,000 THIS IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF 622 00:18:54,001 --> 00:18:57,000 ARTICLES OUT THERE. 623 00:18:57,001 --> 00:18:59,000 THERE IS ALOUD HANGING OVER 624 00:18:59,001 --> 00:19:01,000 THIS INSTITUTION BECAUSE OF PRIOR DEFENSE BILLS. 625 00:19:01,001 --> 00:19:02,000 THIS IS GOING TO END UP THE 626 00:19:02,001 --> 00:19:04,000 SAME WAY. 627 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:06,000 WE ARE GUARANTEEING THAT 628 00:19:06,001 --> 00:19:08,000 WILL BE SCANDAL THAT SPNGS 629 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:09,000 FROM EARMARKS APPROVED IN THIS 630 00:19:09,001 --> 00:19:10,000 BILL. 631 00:19:10,001 --> 00:19:11,000 BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 632 00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:13,000 APPROPRIATELY VETTED. 633 00:19:13,001 --> 00:19:15,000 AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BECAUSE 634 00:19:15,001 --> 00:19:18,000 WE WEREN'T ALLOWED A RULE, AN 635 00:19:18,001 --> 00:19:21,000 OPEN RULE, FOR PEOPLE TO BRING TO THE FLOOR AMENDMENTS THAT 636 00:19:21,001 --> 00:19:23,000 THEY WANTED TO OFFER. 637 00:19:23,001 --> 00:19:24,000 I MENTION I WAS FORTUNATE IN 638 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:26,000 THAT I GOT 10 OF THEM. 639 00:19:26,001 --> 00:19:27,000 SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OFFERED 640 00:19:27,001 --> 00:19:28,000 MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS ON MULTIPLE 641 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:30,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS THROUGHOUT 642 00:19:30,001 --> 00:19:31,000 THE YEAR AND WEREN'T GIVEN THE 643 00:19:31,001 --> 00:19:32,000 OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER ANY OF 644 00:19:32,001 --> 00:19:33,000 THEM. 645 00:19:33,001 --> 00:19:36,000 NOT ONE. 646 00:19:36,001 --> 00:19:37,000 HERE MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 647 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:38,000 WANTING TO REPRESENT THEIR 648 00:19:38,001 --> 00:19:39,000 CONSTITUENTS AND THROUGH THE 649 00:19:39,001 --> 00:19:42,000 ENTIRE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, 650 00:19:42,001 --> 00:19:44,000 12 BILLS THIS YEAR, WEREN'T 651 00:19:44,001 --> 00:19:45,000 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER 652 00:19:45,001 --> 00:19:46,000 ONE AMENDMENT. 653 00:19:46,001 --> 00:19:48,000 BECAUSE WE HAD THE EQUIVALENT 654 00:19:48,001 --> 00:19:49,000 OF MARTIAL LAW ON APPROPRIATION 655 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:50,000 BILLS. 656 00:19:50,001 --> 00:19:51,000 WHY? 657 00:19:51,001 --> 00:19:54,000 BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO 658 00:19:54,001 --> 00:19:55,000 GET IT DONE WE WOULDN'T DO ANY 659 00:19:55,001 --> 00:19:56,000 OMNIBUS BILLS AT THE END OF THE 660 00:19:56,001 --> 00:19:59,000 YEAR. 661 00:19:59,001 --> 00:20:00,000 HERE WE ARE, WE JUST APPROVED A 662 00:20:00,001 --> 00:20:02,000 MASSIVE OMNIBUS BILL LAST WEEK 663 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:03,000 AND WE ARE HERE TODAY ON -- 664 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:05,000 BECAUSE THE DEFENSE BILL WAS 665 00:20:05,001 --> 00:20:07,000 HELD JUST SO THAT WE COULD TAG 666 00:20:07,001 --> 00:20:09,000 ON ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT PEOPLE 667 00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,000 WHO DIDN'T -- WOULDN'T WANT TO 668 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:11,000 VOTE FOR THEM ANY WAY WOULD 669 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:12,000 HAVE TO BECAUSE IT'S A DEFENSE 670 00:20:12,001 --> 00:20:13,000 BILL. 671 00:20:13,001 --> 00:20:14,000 THAT'S NO WAY TO CONDUCT 672 00:20:14,001 --> 00:20:15,000 BUSINESS. 673 00:20:15,001 --> 00:20:16,000 THIS INSTITUTION DESERVES 674 00:20:16,001 --> 00:20:18,000 BETTER THAN THIS. 675 00:20:18,001 --> 00:20:21,000 IT DESERVES BETR THAN TO HAVE 676 00:20:21,001 --> 00:20:22,000 A BILL THAT HAS MORE THAN 500 677 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,000 NO-BID CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE 678 00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:26,000 COMPANIES, OF WHICH ARTICLES 679 00:20:26,001 --> 00:20:29,000 HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND WILL BE 680 00:20:29,001 --> 00:20:30,000 WRITTEN MAKING A CLOUD HOLD 681 00:20:30,001 --> 00:20:32,000 OVER THIS BODY. 682 00:20:32,001 --> 00:20:34,000 THIS ISN'T A PARTISAN ISSUE. 683 00:20:34,001 --> 00:20:35,000 THIS ISN'T WHERE ONE PARTY IS 684 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:36,000 RIGHT AND ONE PARTY IS WRONG. 685 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:37,000 WE ARE BOTH DOING THIS. 686 00:20:37,001 --> 00:20:39,000 WE SHOULDN'T. 687 00:20:39,001 --> 00:20:40,000 IT WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US 688 00:20:40,001 --> 00:20:42,000 AS SURELY AS O 689 00:20:42,001 --> 00:20:43,000 HAVE IN THE PAST. 690 00:20:43,001 --> 00:20:44,000 WITH THAT 691 00:20:44,001 --> 00:20:46,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 692 00:20:46,001 --> 00:20:47,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 693 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:48,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 694 00:20:48,001 --> 00:20:53,000 OF HIS TIME. THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE 695 00:20:53,001 --> 00:20:58,000 IS RECOGNIZED. 696 00:20:58,001 --> 00:20:59,000 MS. PINGREE: AGAIN 697 00:20:59,001 --> 00:21:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: TH 698 00:21:00,001 --> 00:21:01,000 GENTLEMAN HAS YIELDED BACK HIS REMAING TIME. 699 00:21:01,001 --> 00:21:03,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 700 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:04,000 NOW 701 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:06,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 702 00:21:06,001 --> 00:21:07,000 I WANT TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO 703 00:21:07,001 --> 00:21:08,000 VOTE YES ON THIS MOTION TO 704 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:10,000 CONSIDER SO THAT WE CAN DEBATE 705 00:21:10,001 --> 00:21:11,000 AND PASS THIS AND THE OTHER 706 00:21:11,001 --> 00:21:12,000 IMPORTANT ITEMS COVERED BY THIS 707 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:13,000 RULE. 708 00:21:13,001 --> 00:21:15,000 AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF 709 00:21:15,001 --> 00:21:16,000 MY TIME. 710 00:21:16,001 --> 00:21:18,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ALL TIME FOR DEBATE HAS EXPIRED. 711 00:21:18,001 --> 00:21:20,000 THE QUESTION IS, SHALL THE 712 00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:21,000 HOUSE NOW RESOLUTION. 713 00:21:21,001 --> 00:21:22,000 SO MANY AS ARE IN FA 714 00:21:22,001 --> 00:21:25,000 AYE. 715 00:21:25,001 --> 00:21:27,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 716 00:21:27,001 --> 00:21:28,000 THE AYES HAVE IT. 717 00:21:28,001 --> 00:21:31,000 THE QUESTION 718 00:21:31,001 --> 00:21:32,000 IS DECIDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 719 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:40,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 720 00:21:40,001 --> 00:21:41,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE HOUR. 721 00:21:41,001 --> 00:21:42,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM 722 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:45,000 SPEAKER. 723 00:21:45,001 --> 00:21:46,000 MADAM SPEAKER, BY -- MADAM 724 00:21:46,001 --> 00:21:47,000 SPEAKER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF 725 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:50,000 DEBATE ONLY I YIELD THE 726 00:21:50,001 --> 00:21:51,000 CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES TO THE 727 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:52,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 728 00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:54,000 CAROLINA, DR. FOXX. 729 00:21:54,001 --> 00:21:55,000 L TIME YIELDED DURING 730 00:21:55,001 --> 00:21:58,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE RULE IS 731 00:21:58,001 --> 00:21:59,000 FOR DEBATE ONLY. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 732 00:21:59,001 --> 00:22:01,000 MAY CONSUME. 733 00:22:01,001 --> 00:22:02,000 I ALSO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT 734 00:22:02,001 --> 00:22:03,000 THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE 735 00:22:03,001 --> 00:22:07,000 LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND 736 00:22:07,001 --> 00:22:09,000 EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON HOUSE 737 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:10,000 RESOLUTION 976. 738 00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 739 00:22:11,001 --> 00:22:12,000 WITHOUT OBJECTIONSO ORDERED. 740 00:22:12,001 --> 00:22:14,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS RECOGNIZED. 741 00:22:14,001 --> 00:22:15,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM 742 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:18,000 SPEAKER. 743 00:22:18,001 --> 00:22:20,000 MADAM SPEAKER, HOUSE RESOLUTION 744 00:22:20,001 --> 00:22:21,000 976 PROVIDES FOR THE 745 00:22:21,001 --> 00:22:24,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE 746 00:22:24,001 --> 00:22:29,000 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3326, HOUSE 747 00:22:29,001 --> 00:22:30,000 JOINT RESOLUTION 64, H.R. 4314, 748 00:22:30,001 --> 00:22:33,000 AND THE 749 00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:35,000 H.R. 2847. 750 00:22:35,001 --> 00:22:37,000 FOR THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO 751 00:22:37,001 --> 00:22:39,000 H.R. 3326, THE RULE MAKES IN 752 00:22:39,001 --> 00:22:41,000 ORDER A MOTION TO CONCUR IN THE 753 00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:42,000 SENATE AMENDMENT WITH THE HOUSE 754 00:22:42,001 --> 00:22:43,000 AMENDMENT. 755 00:22:43,001 --> 00:22:45,000 PROVIDES ONE HOUR OF DEBATE 756 00:22:45,001 --> 00:22:46,000 CONTROLLED BY THE COMMITTEE ON 757 00:22:46,001 --> 00:22:48,000 APPROPRIATIONS AND WAIVES ALL 758 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:50,000 POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE MOTION 759 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:52,000 EXCEPT THOSE ARISING UNDER 760 00:22:52,001 --> 00:22:54,000 CLAUSE 10 OF RULE 11. 761 00:22:54,001 --> 00:22:56,000 THE RULE PROVIDES FOR 762 00:22:56,001 --> 00:22:58,000 CONSIDERATION 763 00:22:58,001 --> 00:22:59,000 UNDER A CLOSEDULE. 764 00:22:59,001 --> 00:23:02,000 PROVIDES FOR ONE HOUR OF DEBATE 765 00:23:02,001 --> 00:23:03,000 CONTROLLED BY THE COMMITTEE ON 766 00:23:03,001 --> 00:23:04,000 APPROPRIATIONS. 767 00:23:04,001 --> 00:23:06,000 PROVIDES ONE MOTION TO RECOMMIT 768 00:23:06,001 --> 00:23:07,000 WITH OR WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. 769 00:23:07,001 --> 00:23:09,000 WAIVES ALL POINTS OF ORDER 770 00:23:09,001 --> 00:23:10,000 AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE 771 00:23:10,001 --> 00:23:12,000 JOINT RESOLUTION EXCEPT THOSE 772 00:23:12,001 --> 00:23:14,000 ARISING UNDER CLAU 9 OR 10 OF 773 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,000 RULE 11. 774 00:23:15,001 --> 00:23:16,000 AND WAIVES ALL POINTS OF ORDER 775 00:23:16,001 --> 00:23:18,000 AGAINST PROVISIONS IN THE JOINT 776 00:23:18,001 --> 00:23:19,000 RESOLUTION. 777 00:23:19,001 --> 00:23:21,000 THE RULE PROVIDES FOR 778 00:23:21,001 --> 00:23:23,000 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4314 779 00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:25,000 UNDER A CLOSED RULE. 780 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:27,000 PROVIDES FOR ONE HOUR OF DEBATE 781 00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:28,000 CONTROLLED BY THE COMMITTEE ON 782 00:23:28,001 --> 00:23:30,000 WAYS AND MEANS, PROVIDES ONE 783 00:23:30,001 --> 00:23:31,000 MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH OR 784 00:23:31,001 --> 00:23:33,000 WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, WAIVES 785 00:23:33,001 --> 00:23:35,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL 786 00:23:35,001 --> 00:23:39,000 EXCEPT THOSE ARISING UNDER 787 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:41,000 CLAUSE 9 OR 10 OF RULE 11, AND WAIVES ALL POINTS OF ORDER 788 00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:43,000 AGAINST PROVISIONS IN THE BILL. 789 00:23:43,001 --> 00:23:45,000 FOR THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO 790 00:23:45,001 --> 00:23:47,000 H.R. 2847, THE RULE MAKES IN 791 00:23:47,001 --> 00:23:48,000 ORDER A MOTION TO CONCUR WI 792 00:23:48,001 --> 00:23:49,000 THE SENATE AMENDMENT WITH THE 793 00:23:49,001 --> 00:23:51,000 HOUSE AMENDMENT, PROVIDES ONE 794 00:23:51,001 --> 00:23:53,000 HOUR OF DEBATE ON THE MOTION 795 00:23:53,001 --> 00:23:54,000 CONTROLLED BY THE COMMITTEE ON 796 00:23:54,001 --> 00:23:55,000 APPROPRIATIONS AND WAIVES ALL 797 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:57,000 POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 798 00:23:57,001 --> 00:23:58,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE MOTION 799 00:23:58,001 --> 00:23:59,000 EXCEPT THOSE RISING UNDER 800 00:23:59,001 --> 00:24:11,000 CLAUSE 10 OF RULE 11. 801 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,000 . 802 00:24:12,001 --> 00:24:14,000 PROVIDES THAT THE ENGROSSMENT 803 00:24:14,001 --> 00:24:15,000 OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE 804 00:24:15,001 --> 00:24:19,000 SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2847, 805 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:21,000 THE CLERK SHALL ADD THE TEXT OF 806 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:22,000 H.R. 2920, AS PASSED BY THE 807 00:24:22,001 --> 00:24:24,000 HOUSE. 808 00:24:24,001 --> 00:24:25,000 THE RULE WAIVES THE REQUIREMENT 809 00:24:25,001 --> 00:24:27,000 OF 2/3 VOTE TO CONSIDER A RULE 810 00:24:27,001 --> 00:24:29,000 ON THE SAME DAY AS IT IS 811 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,000 REPORTED FROM THE RULES 812 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,000 COMMITTEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 813 00:24:31,001 --> 00:24:34,000 THE SESSION OF THE 111TH 814 00:24:34,001 --> 00:24:36,000 CONGRESS. 815 00:24:36,001 --> 00:24:37,000 PROVIDES THAT THE CHAIR OF THE 816 00:24:37,001 --> 00:24:39,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS MAY 817 00:24:39,001 --> 00:24:47,000 INSERT IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 818 00:24:47,001 --> 00:24:48,000 RECORD AT ANY TIME EXPLANATOY 819 00:24:48,001 --> 00:24:51,000 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS AND 820 00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:52,000 THE MOTIONS REGARDING H.R. 3326 821 00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:54,000 AND H.R. 2847. 822 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:55,000 PROVIDES THAT ON ANY 823 00:24:55,001 --> 00:24:57,000 LEGISLATIVE DAY OF THE SECOND 824 00:24:57,001 --> 00:24:58,000 SESSION OF THE 111TH CONGRESS 825 00:24:58,001 --> 00:25:01,000 BEFORE JANUARY 12, 2010, THE 826 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:02,000 SPEAKER MAY ANY TIME DISPENSE 827 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:04,000 WITH ORGANIZATIONAL OR 828 00:25:04,001 --> 00:25:08,000 LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS. 829 00:25:08,001 --> 00:25:10,000 IT ALLOWS FOR PRO FORMA 830 00:25:10,001 --> 00:25:12,000 SESSIONS UNTIL THE HOUSE 831 00:25:12,001 --> 00:25:13,000 ADJOURNS SINE DIE. 832 00:25:13,001 --> 00:25:15,000 AND PROVIDES THAT ON ANY 833 00:25:15,001 --> 00:25:16,000 LEGISLATIVE DAY OF THE FIRST 834 00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,000 SESSION OF THE 111TH CONGRESS, 835 00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:20,000 THE SPEAKER MAY DECLARE THE 836 00:25:20,001 --> 00:25:24,000 HOUSE ADJOURNED. 837 00:25:24,001 --> 00:25:27,000 MADAM SPEAKER, THE RULE BEFORE 838 00:25:27,001 --> 00:25:30,000 US TODAY ALLOWS THE HOUSE TO 839 00:25:30,001 --> 00:25:31,000 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR 840 00:25:31,001 --> 00:25:32,000 FISCAL YEAR 2010, WHICH IS THE 841 00:25:32,001 --> 00:25:35,000 LAST APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR 842 00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:36,000 THIS FISCAL YEAR. 843 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:39,000 THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON 844 00:25:39,001 --> 00:25:42,000 H.R. 3326 PROVIDES OVER $363 845 00:25:42,001 --> 00:25:44,000 BILLION TOWARDS PROTECTING OUR 846 00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:45,000 TROOPS ABROAD AND TAKING BETTER 847 00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:47,000 CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME. 848 00:25:47,001 --> 00:25:49,000 TO HELP PROTECT OUR TROOPS, 849 00:25:49,001 --> 00:25:53,000 THIS BILL PROVIDES INCREASED 850 00:25:53,001 --> 00:25:55,000 FUNDING FOR THE MINE RESISTANCE 851 00:25:55,001 --> 00:25:56,000 AMBUSH VEHICLE FUND AND THE 852 00:25:56,001 --> 00:25:59,000 PROCUREMENT OF NEW HUMVEES AND 853 00:25:59,001 --> 00:26:00,000 NEW HEAVY AND MEDIUM TACTICAL 854 00:26:00,001 --> 00:26:02,000 VEHICLES. 855 00:26:02,001 --> 00:26:03,000 THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT 856 00:26:03,001 --> 00:26:04,000 GIVEN THE CASUALTY RATE AND THE 857 00:26:04,001 --> 00:26:06,000 DIFFICULTIES OUR SOLDIERS ARE 858 00:26:06,001 --> 00:26:09,000 EXPERIENCING IN AFGHANISTAN. 859 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:13,000 H.R. 3326 INCREASES PAY FOR ALL 860 00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:15,000 SERVICE MEMBERS BY 3.4% AND 861 00:26:15,001 --> 00:26:17,000 FULLY FUNDS THE REQUESTED AND 862 00:26:17,001 --> 00:26:19,000 STRENGTH LEVELS FOR ACTIVE 863 00:26:19,001 --> 00:26:20,000 RESERVE AND SELECTIVE RESERVE 864 00:26:20,001 --> 00:26:22,000 PERSONNEL. 865 00:26:22,001 --> 00:26:27,000 IT PROVIDESVER $29 BILLION 866 00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:30,000 FOR TOP-OF-THE-LINE MEDICAL 867 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:33,000 CARE, AND INCREASES FUNDING FOR 868 00:26:33,001 --> 00:26:35,000 THE WOUNDED, THE ILL AND THE 869 00:26:35,001 --> 00:26:36,000 INJURED WARRIOR PROGRAMS. 870 00:26:36,001 --> 00:26:38,000 THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT 871 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,000 INCLUDES OVER $472 MILLION FOR 872 00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:42,000 FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS AND 873 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:44,000 FULLY FUNDS THE FAMILY SUPPORT 874 00:26:44,001 --> 00:26:46,000 AND YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAMS. 875 00:26:46,001 --> 00:26:48,000 THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES $20 876 00:26:48,001 --> 00:26:50,000 MILLION FOR THE ARMY NATIONAL 877 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:54,000 GUARD FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTERS 878 00:26:54,001 --> 00:26:56,000 AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. 879 00:26:56,001 --> 00:26:58,000 THIS BILL CANNOT PROVIDE FOR A 880 00:26:58,001 --> 00:26:59,000 COMMON DEFENSE WITHOUT A COMMON 881 00:26:59,001 --> 00:27:01,000 EFFORT. 882 00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:08,000 IN MY HOME STATE OF MAINE THERE 883 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:12,000 E WOMEN AND MEN. 884 00:27:12,001 --> 00:27:16,000 THE SKILLED FACTORY WORKERS AND 885 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:21,000 ASSEMBLYMEN, THE WORLD CLASS 886 00:27:21,001 --> 00:27:23,000 MACHINISTS IN NORTH BURICK, 887 00:27:23,001 --> 00:27:24,000 THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHY 888 00:27:24,001 --> 00:27:26,000 THE BILLS BEFORE US TODAY ARE 889 00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:28,000 SO INTERCONNECTED. 890 00:27:28,001 --> 00:27:29,000 OUR ECONOMIC SECURITY AND OUR 891 00:27:29,001 --> 00:27:32,000 NATIONAL SECURITY ARE 892 00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:34,000 INEXTRICABLY LINKED AND OUR 893 00:27:34,001 --> 00:27:36,000 ECONOMIC SECURITY IS STILL IN 894 00:27:36,001 --> 00:27:38,000 DIRE STRAITS. 895 00:27:38,001 --> 00:27:39,000 MADAM SPEAKER, IF YOU WERE 896 00:27:39,001 --> 00:27:41,000 SITTING AT A BOARD ROOM TABLE 897 00:27:41,001 --> 00:27:43,000 ON WALL STREET TODAY YOU MIGHT 898 00:27:43,001 --> 00:27:45,000 HEAR THE EMPLOYEES FROM GOLDMAN 899 00:27:45,001 --> 00:27:49,000 SACHS DISCUSSING THEIR BILLION 900 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,000 DOLLAR PROFITS AND BONUSES OR 901 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:53,000 CITIGROUP TALKING ABOUT BONUSES 902 00:27:53,001 --> 00:27:54,000 FOR THEIR EXECUTIVE OR THAT THE 903 00:27:54,001 --> 00:27:57,000 STOCK MARKETES THAT GONE UP 60% 904 00:27:57,001 --> 00:27:58,000 SINCE THIS SPRING OR HEAR WORDS LIKE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OR 905 00:27:58,001 --> 00:28:00,000 REBOUND. 906 00:28:00,001 --> 00:28:02,000 SO IF YOU ARE SITTING AT THAT 907 00:28:02,001 --> 00:28:05,000 BOARD ROOM TABLE ON WALL STREET YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THE 908 00:28:05,001 --> 00:28:08,000 ECONOMY IS FULLY BOUNCED BACK AND OUT OF THE WOODS. 909 00:28:08,001 --> 00:28:09,000 YOU MIGHT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS 910 00:28:09,001 --> 00:28:10,000 NOTHING BUT SMOOTH SAILING 911 00:28:10,001 --> 00:28:12,000 AHEAD. 912 00:28:12,001 --> 00:28:14,000 BUT IF YOU WERE AT A KITCHEN 913 00:28:14,001 --> 00:28:15,000 TABLE ON MAIN STREET IN MY HOME 914 00:28:15,001 --> 00:28:16,000 STATE OF MAINE YOU WILL HEAR A 915 00:28:16,001 --> 00:28:20,000 DIFFERENT STORY. 916 00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:23,000 RATHER THAN TALK OF LARGE 917 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:26,000 PROFITS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT BANK 918 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:29,000 ACCOUNTS THAT HAS NOTHING. 919 00:28:29,001 --> 00:28:31,000 YOU MIGHT HEAR CUTBACKS ON FOOD 920 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:33,000 OR HEALTH CARE INSTEAD OF 921 00:28:33,001 --> 00:28:35,000 HEARING TERMS LIKE ECONOMIC 922 00:28:35,001 --> 00:28:37,000 RECOVERY AND REBOUND, YOU'LL HEAR TERMS LIKE HIGH 923 00:28:37,001 --> 00:28:39,000 UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEBT. 924 00:28:39,001 --> 00:28:40,000 THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY MAY BE AT 925 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:41,000 HAND. 926 00:28:41,001 --> 00:28:43,000 BUT FOR THE MILLIONS OF 927 00:28:43,001 --> 00:28:44,000 UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND 928 00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:46,000 THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES 929 00:28:46,001 --> 00:28:48,000 THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS STILL 930 00:28:48,001 --> 00:28:50,000 A LONG WAY OFF. 931 00:28:50,001 --> 00:28:51,000 MADAM SPEAKER, IN MY STATE AND 932 00:28:51,001 --> 00:28:52,000 ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE 933 00:28:52,001 --> 00:28:53,000 ARE MILLIO 934 00:28:53,001 --> 00:28:57,000 WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK. 935 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,000 BUT THEY NEED US TO LEAD THE -- 936 00:28:58,001 --> 00:28:59,000 LEND THE SAME HELPING HAND THAT 937 00:28:59,001 --> 00:29:01,000 WE GAVE TO WALL STREET IN ITS 938 00:29:01,001 --> 00:29:02,000 TIME OF NEED. 939 00:29:02,001 --> 00:29:04,000 THE RULE BEFORE US TODAY ALLOWS 940 00:29:04,001 --> 00:29:05,000 FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOBS 941 00:29:05,001 --> 00:29:08,000 FOR MAIN STREET ACT, WHICH WILL 942 00:29:08,001 --> 00:29:09,000 MOVE US DOWN THAT ROAD. 943 00:29:09,001 --> 00:29:10,000 THIS LEGISLATION INVESTS IN OUR 944 00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:12,000 NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND 945 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:15,000 PUTS MORE AMERICANS BACK TO 946 00:29:15,001 --> 00:29:17,000 WORK BY PROVIDING $48 BILLION 947 00:29:17,001 --> 00:29:18,000 TO REBUILD AND REPAIR OUR 948 00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:20,000 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 949 00:29:20,001 --> 00:29:21,000 THIS INVESTMENT PROVIDES 950 00:29:21,001 --> 00:29:22,000 MEASURABLE RETURN. 951 00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:24,000 NOT ONLY BY CREATING AND 952 00:29:24,001 --> 00:29:28,000 PRESERVING JOBS, BUT BY 953 00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:30,000 LITERALLY BUILDING THE 954 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,000 FOUNDATION FOR A LONG-TERM 955 00:29:31,001 --> 00:29:32,000 ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 956 00:29:32,001 --> 00:29:35,000 THIS BILL WILL ALSO PRESERVE 957 00:29:35,001 --> 00:29:37,000 THE JOBS OF TEACHERS, OF POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. 958 00:29:37,001 --> 00:29:40,000 AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE ALREADY 959 00:29:40,001 --> 00:29:41,000 LOST THEIR JOBS, THE JOBS ACT 960 00:29:41,001 --> 00:29:44,000 EXTENDS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 961 00:29:44,001 --> 00:29:47,000 FOR TWO MONTHS AND MAINTAINS 962 00:29:47,001 --> 00:29:49,000 THE CURRENT COBRA SUBSIDIES. 963 00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:50,000 THESE PROGRAMS, THESE 964 00:29:50,001 --> 00:29:52,000 INVESTMENTS, THE ECONOMIC 965 00:29:52,001 --> 00:29:53,000 LIFELINES HAVE A REAL IMPACT. 966 00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:55,000 JUST THIS WEEK I HEARD FROM A 967 00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:57,000 CONSTITUENT OF MINE WHO SAID 968 00:29:57,001 --> 00:29:58,000 THESE WORDS, "SOMETHING NEEDS 969 00:29:58,001 --> 00:29:59,000 TO BE DONE. 970 00:29:59,001 --> 00:30:01,000 THERE ARE LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS 971 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:02,000 LEFT FOR MY HUSBAND'S 972 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:03,000 UNEMPLOYMENT. 973 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:05,000 AFTER THAT, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO 974 00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:06,000 PAY THE RENT AND WE WILL BE OUT 975 00:30:06,001 --> 00:30:08,000 ON THE STREETS WITH A CHILD 976 00:30:08,001 --> 00:30:10,000 UNDER 2 YEARS OLD. 977 00:30:10,001 --> 00:30:11,000 EVERY DAY I WONDER WHAT'S GOING 978 00:30:11,001 --> 00:30:12,000 TO HAPPEN NEXT, AND I EVEN HAVE 979 00:30:12,001 --> 00:30:14,000 NIGHTMARES. 980 00:30:14,001 --> 00:30:16,000 YOU BAIL OUT THESE LARGE BANKS 981 00:30:16,001 --> 00:30:18,000 WHO THEN ONLY RAISE OUR 982 00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:19,000 INTEREST RATES AND LOWER OUR 983 00:30:19,001 --> 00:30:20,000 CREDIT LINE. 984 00:30:20,001 --> 00:30:22,000 AND FOR WHAT? 985 00:30:22,001 --> 00:30:23,000 THAT DOESN'T HELP THE LITTLE 986 00:30:23,001 --> 00:30:25,000 GUY LIKE US. 987 00:30:25,001 --> 00:30:26,000 DO SOMETHING TO HELP US." 988 00:30:26,001 --> 00:30:28,000 MADAM SPEAKER, WE HAVE THE 989 00:30:28,001 --> 00:30:29,000 OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE THE 990 00:30:29,001 --> 00:30:31,000 OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE BAILOUT 991 00:30:31,001 --> 00:30:32,000 MONEY THAT WAS USED AS A 992 00:30:32,001 --> 00:30:34,000 LIFELINE TO WALL STREET AND 993 00:30:34,001 --> 00:30:35,000 GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE 994 00:30:35,001 --> 00:30:36,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THOSE 995 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:39,000 WHO'VE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST BY 996 00:30:39,001 --> 00:30:40,000 THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. 997 00:30:40,001 --> 00:30:42,000 THE COBRA SUBSIDY WE PASSED 998 00:30:42,001 --> 00:30:43,000 THIS SPRING BEGAN EXPIRING A 999 00:30:43,001 --> 00:30:45,000 FEW WEEKS AGO. 1000 00:30:45,001 --> 00:30:48,000 IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, IT WILL 1001 00:30:48,001 --> 00:30:49,000 COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR BY JANUARY 1002 00:30:49,001 --> 00:30:53,000 1. 1003 00:30:53,001 --> 00:30:55,000 IN MY STATE, FULL PAYMENT FOR 1004 00:30:55,001 --> 00:30:57,000 COBRA USES UP NEARLY 90% OF THE 1005 00:30:57,001 --> 00:31:00,000 AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. 1006 00:31:00,001 --> 00:31:04,000 THAT MEANS AN OUT-OF-WORKER 1007 00:31:04,001 --> 00:31:06,000 MAINER ENDS UP ABOUT $150 A 1008 00:31:06,001 --> 00:31:08,000 MONTH LEFT AFTER PAYING THE 1009 00:31:08,001 --> 00:31:09,000 FULL COST OF THEIR HEALTH 1010 00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:11,000 INSURANCE. 1011 00:31:11,001 --> 00:31:12,000 WE NEED TO ACT NOW AND FAST TO MAKE SURE THAT MAIN STREET 1012 00:31:12,001 --> 00:31:14,000 RECOVERS. 1013 00:31:14,001 --> 00:31:16,000 IF WE DO NOT ACT, WE'LL HAVE 1014 00:31:16,001 --> 00:31:18,000 ONLY ENSURED THAT WALL STREET KEEPS THEIR BONUSES WHILE 1015 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,000 AMERICAN FAMILIES LOSE THEIR 1016 00:31:19,001 --> 00:31:21,000 BENEFITS. 1017 00:31:21,001 --> 00:31:22,000 WE WILL HAVE ONLY WATCHED WALL 1018 00:31:22,001 --> 00:31:25,000 STREET GET RID OF THEIR DEBT 1019 00:31:25,001 --> 00:31:26,000 WHILE SMALL BUSINESSES TAKE ON 1020 00:31:26,001 --> 00:31:28,000 MORE. 1021 00:31:28,001 --> 00:31:30,000 MADAM SPEAKER, WE'VE ALREADY 1022 00:31:30,001 --> 00:31:32,000 PUT MORE THAN ENOUGH INTO 1023 00:31:32,001 --> 00:31:33,000 SURING UP WALL ST 1024 00:31:33,001 --> 00:31:35,000 NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 1025 00:31:35,001 --> 00:31:36,000 CREATING 1026 00:31:36,001 --> 00:31:37,000 THAT WILL REBUILD OUR ECONOMY 1027 00:31:37,001 --> 00:31:39,000 FROM THE BOTTOM UP. 1028 00:31:39,001 --> 00:31:40,000 I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY 1029 00:31:40,001 --> 00:31:41,000 TIME. 1030 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:42,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1031 00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:44,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE RESERVES 1032 00:31:44,001 --> 00:31:46,000 THE BALANCE OF HER TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1033 00:31:46,001 --> 00:31:47,000 CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 1034 00:31:47,001 --> 00:31:50,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MAM 1035 00:31:50,001 --> 00:31:51,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 1036 00:31:51,001 --> 00:31:52,000 MAY CONSUME. 1037 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:54,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1038 00:31:54,001 --> 00:31:55,000 CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1039 00:31:55,001 --> 00:31:57,000 CAROLINA. 1040 00:31:57,001 --> 00:31:58,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 1041 00:31:58,001 --> 00:32:00,000 SPEAKER. 1042 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:02,000 I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM MAINE FOR YIELDING TIME. 1043 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:04,000 THE DE 1044 00:32:04,001 --> 00:32:05,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1045 00:32:05,001 --> 00:32:07,000 YEAR 2010 IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND 1046 00:32:07,001 --> 00:32:09,000 TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR TROOPS. 1047 00:32:09,001 --> 00:32:10,000 OUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST TREASURE 1048 00:32:10,001 --> 00:32:11,000 LIES IN THE BRAVERY, 1049 00:32:11,001 --> 00:32:12,000 DEDICATION, AND THE ABILITY OF 1050 00:32:12,001 --> 00:32:14,000 OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. 1051 00:32:14,001 --> 00:32:15,000 THESE COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS 1052 00:32:15,001 --> 00:32:16,000 PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS EVERY DAY. 1053 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:18,000 WE THANK THEM AND WE THANK 1054 00:32:18,001 --> 00:32:19,000 THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT, DEDICATION AND 1055 00:32:19,001 --> 00:32:21,000 SACRIFICE. 1056 00:32:21,001 --> 00:32:22,000 THIS BILL PROVIDES TOP OF THE 1057 00:32:22,001 --> 00:32:24,000 LINE MEDICAL CARE FOR OUR 1058 00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:25,000 TROOPS, INCLUDINFUNDING FOR 1059 00:32:25,001 --> 00:32:26,000 FROM A MATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 1060 00:32:26,001 --> 00:32:30,000 PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, FUNDING 1061 00:32:30,001 --> 00:32:32,000 FOR WOUNDED ILL AND INJURED 1062 00:32:32,001 --> 00:32:33,000 SERVICE MEMBERS AS WELL AS FOR 1063 00:32:33,001 --> 00:32:35,000 CANCER RESEARCH. 1064 00:32:35,001 --> 00:32:36,000 THIS BILL PROVIDES OUR MILITARY 1065 00:32:36,001 --> 00:32:38,000 WITH A PAY INCREASE AND 1066 00:32:38,001 --> 00:32:40,000 CONTINUES EFFORTS TO END THE 1067 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:42,000 PRACTICE OF STOP LOSS, 1068 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,000 COMPENSATING TROOPS FOR EVERY 1069 00:32:44,001 --> 00:32:46,000 MONTH THEIR TERM OF SERVICE 1070 00:32:46,001 --> 00:32:48,000 WILL BE INVOLUNTARILY EXTENDED 1071 00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:50,000 IN 2010. 1072 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,000 THIS BILL INCLUDES FUNDING TO 1073 00:32:51,001 --> 00:32:53,000 PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR 1074 00:32:53,001 --> 00:32:54,000 COUNTRY'S MILITARY FAMILIES WHO 1075 00:32:54,001 --> 00:32:56,000 SACRIFICE EVERY DAY ON BEHALF 1076 00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:58,000 OF OUR NATION AND TO WHOM WE 1077 00:32:58,001 --> 00:32:59,000 OWE A GREAT DEBT. 1078 00:32:59,001 --> 00:33:01,000 THIS BILL PROVIDES OUR TROOPS 1079 00:33:01,001 --> 00:33:03,000 WITH FIRST-CLASS MILITARY 1080 00:33:03,001 --> 00:33:06,000 EQUIPMENT AND READINESS 1081 00:33:06,001 --> 00:33:09,000 TRAING IN SURING THAT THEY 1082 00:33:09,001 --> 00:33:10,000 ARE FULLY PREPARED IN THEIR 1083 00:33:10,001 --> 00:33:12,000 MISSIONS. 1084 00:33:12,001 --> 00:33:13,000 HOWEVER, THIS BILL CONTAINS 1085 00:33:13,001 --> 00:33:14,000 SEVERAL IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY 1086 00:33:14,001 --> 00:33:16,000 INITIATIVES, I'D BE REMISS IF I 1087 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:18,000 DID NOT MENTION MY 1088 00:33:18,001 --> 00:33:20,000 DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE OVERALL 1089 00:33:20,001 --> 00:33:22,000 FUNDING LEVELS WHEN COMPARED 1090 00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:23,000 WITH THE INCREASES WE'VE SEEN 1091 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,000 THROUGHOUT THE APPROPRIATIONS 1092 00:33:24,001 --> 00:33:27,000 SEASON THIS YEAR. 1093 00:33:27,001 --> 00:33:31,000 ROUGHLY A 4.5% INCREASE OVER 1094 00:33:31,001 --> 00:33:32,000 ST YEAR, THIS INCREASE IS NOT 1095 00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:34,000 COMPARABLTO NONDEFENSE 1096 00:33:34,001 --> 00:33:35,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS WE HAVE 1097 00:33:35,001 --> 00:33:37,000 VOTED ON THIS YEAR, WHICH 1098 00:33:37,001 --> 00:33:39,000 AVERAGE A 12% INCREASE IN 1099 00:33:39,001 --> 00:33:42,000 FUNDING LEVELS. 1100 00:33:42,001 --> 00:33:44,000 AND AS WE HAVE NOTED BEFORE, 1101 00:33:44,001 --> 00:33:45,000 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE 1102 00:33:45,001 --> 00:33:47,000 ONLY UNIT OF GOVERNMENT TO 1103 00:33:47,001 --> 00:33:48,000 PROVIDE FOR OUR NATIONAL 1104 00:33:48,001 --> 00:33:50,000 CURITY. 1105 00:33:50,001 --> 00:33:52,000 THIS REPRESENTS THE LONG 1106 00:33:52,001 --> 00:33:54,000 PRIORITIES OF THE DEMOCRATS IN 1107 00:33:54,001 --> 00:33:56,000 CHARGE OF THE CONGRESS AND OF 1108 00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:58,000 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. 1109 00:33:58,001 --> 00:34:00,000 INCREASING SPENDI FOR 1110 00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:03,000 DOMESTIC PRIORITIES BY DOUBLE 1111 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:05,000 DIGITS WHILE IN C 1112 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:09,000 SHORTCHANGING NATIONAL DEFENSE REPRESENTS A DANGEROUS 1113 00:34:09,001 --> 00:34:12,000 NOT RIGHTLY PRIORITIZE THE 1114 00:34:12,001 --> 00:34:13,000 SECURITY OF OUR NATION. 1115 00:34:13,001 --> 00:34:15,000 THUS, WHILE I AM PLEASED THAT 1116 00:34:15,001 --> 00:34:17,000 SEVERAL ITEMS IN THIS BILL ARE EING FUNDED IN ORDER TO 1117 00:34:17,001 --> 00:34:19,000 PROVIDE OUR TROOPS WITH THE 1118 00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:21,000 TOOLS, TRAINING AND MEDICAL 1119 00:34:21,001 --> 00:34:23,000 SERVICES THEY NEE 1120 00:34:23,001 --> 00:34:24,000 I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT AFTER 1121 00:34:24,001 --> 00:34:26,000 INCREASING THE FUNDING LEVELS 1122 00:34:26,001 --> 00:34:28,000 FOR DOMESTIC APPROPRIATIONS 1123 00:34:28,001 --> 00:34:30,000 BILLS BY AN AVERAGE OF 12%, THE 1124 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,000 DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL DECIDED 1125 00:34:32,001 --> 00:34:36,000 ONLY TO INCREASE OUR DEFENSE 1126 00:34:36,001 --> 00:34:38,000 SPENDING BY 4.5%, LESS THAN 1127 00:34:38,001 --> 00:34:41,000 HALF FOR THE COMING YEAR. 1128 00:34:41,001 --> 00:34:45,000 THIS IS THE LAST APPROPRIATIONS 1129 00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:49,000 BILL, AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT 1130 00:34:49,001 --> 00:34:51,000 HAS BEEN HELD IN ORDER FOR THE 1131 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:53,000 MAJORITY TO PUT ON TO IT THINGS 1132 00:34:53,001 --> 00:34:55,000 THAT ARE NOT RELATED. 1133 00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:57,000 AND I'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT A 1134 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:59,000 BIT MORE. 1135 00:34:59,001 --> 00:35:02,000 WITH THE EXTENT OF THE CLOSED 1136 00:35:02,001 --> 00:35:04,000 RULE -- THE SUBSTANCE OF THE 1137 00:35:04,001 --> 00:35:05,000 D.O.D. APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS 1138 00:35:05,001 --> 00:35:07,000 NOT THE SOURCE OF MY CONCERN. 1139 00:35:07,001 --> 00:35:08,000 THE EXTENT OF THE CLOSED RULE 1140 00:35:08,001 --> 00:35:11,000 BEFORE US TODAY ALLOWS FOR 1141 00:35:11,001 --> 00:35:12,000 CONSIDERATION OF A VARIETY OF 1142 00:35:12,001 --> 00:35:16,000 ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT'S 1143 00:35:16,001 --> 00:35:17,000 BEEN COBBLED TOGETHER WIT 1144 00:35:17,001 --> 00:35:19,000 COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION. 1145 00:35:19,001 --> 00:35:21,000 AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID 1146 00:35:21,001 --> 00:35:22,000 BEFORE, OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS 1147 00:35:22,001 --> 00:35:25,000 THE AISLE HAVE GONE TO GREAT 1148 00:35:25,001 --> 00:35:27,000 LENGTHS TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE. 1149 00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:29,000 THEREFORE, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES 1150 00:35:29,001 --> 00:35:31,000 TO VOTE NO ON THE RULE SO THE 1151 00:35:31,001 --> 00:35:35,000 BILL CAN RETURN -- BE RETURNED 1152 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:38,000 AND WITH THAT, MADAM SPEAKER, I 1153 00:35:38,001 --> 00:35:40,000 RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1154 00:35:40,001 --> 00:35:41,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1155 00:35:41,001 --> 00:35:43,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA RESERVES 1156 00:35:43,001 --> 00:35:44,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 1157 00:35:44,001 --> 00:35:45,000 RECOGNIZED. 1158 00:35:45,001 --> 00:35:46,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM 1159 00:35:46,001 --> 00:35:48,000 SPEAKER. 1160 00:35:48,001 --> 00:35:50,000 I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE 1161 00:35:50,001 --> 00:35:52,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON 1162 00:35:52,001 --> 00:35:55,000 RULES, MR. MCGOVERN. 1163 00:35:55,001 --> 00:35:57,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE RECOGNIZED. 1164 00:35:57,001 --> 00:35:58,000 MR. MCGOVERN: THANK YOU, MADAM 1165 00:35:58,001 --> 00:36:00,000 SPEAKER. 1166 00:36:00,001 --> 00:36:01,000 I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR 1167 00:36:01,001 --> 00:36:02,000 YIELDING, AND I RISE IN SUPPORT 1168 00:36:02,001 --> 00:36:04,000 OF THIS RULE AND SPIFICALLY I 1169 00:36:04,001 --> 00:36:05,000 RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE JOBS FOR 1170 00:36:05,001 --> 00:36:06,000 MAIN STREET ACT, WHICH WAS MADE 1171 00:36:06,001 --> 00:36:07,000 IN ORDER UNDER THIS RULE. 1172 00:36:07,001 --> 00:36:08,000 THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE $48 1173 00:36:08,001 --> 00:36:10,000 BILLION FOR HIGHWAYS, TRANSIT 1174 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,000 AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE 1175 00:36:11,001 --> 00:36:12,000 PROJECTS. 1176 00:36:12,001 --> 00:36:14,000 $27 BILLION TO HIRE TEACHERS, 1177 00:36:14,001 --> 00:36:15,000 POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FOR 1178 00:36:15,001 --> 00:36:17,000 OTHER JOB TRAING PROGRAMS. 1179 00:36:17,001 --> 00:36:19,000 THAT'S $75 BILLION FOR JOB 1180 00:36:19,001 --> 00:36:21,000 CREATING PROGRAMS THAT ARE 1181 00:36:21,001 --> 00:36:24,000 PROVEN SUCCESSES AND WILL HELP PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK. 1182 00:36:24,001 --> 00:36:25,000 ON TOP OF THAT, THE JOBS FOR 1183 00:36:25,001 --> 00:36:27,000 MAIN REET ACT PROVIDES $79 1184 00:36:27,001 --> 00:36:28,000 BILLION IN EMERGENCY RELIEF 1185 00:36:28,001 --> 00:36:30,000 FUNDING THAT WILL GO TO 1186 00:36:30,001 --> 00:36:32,000 CRITICAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS 1187 00:36:32,001 --> 00:36:33,000 LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 1188 00:36:33,001 --> 00:36:35,000 HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED 1189 00:36:35,001 --> 00:36:36,000 WORKERS, FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS 1190 00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:37,000 FOR MEDICAID, AND FUNDING FOR 1191 00:36:37,001 --> 00:36:38,000 THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. 1192 00:36:38,001 --> 00:36:41,000 ALL TOLD, MADAM SPEAKER, THE 1193 00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:43,000 JOBS FOR MAIN STREET ACT IS A 1194 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:44,000 GOOD BILL, ONE THAT WILL BUILD 1195 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:46,000 ON THE SUCCESS OF THE RECOVERY 1196 00:36:46,001 --> 00:36:47,000 ACT THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW 1197 00:36:47,001 --> 00:36:51,000 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND ONE THAT 1198 00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:52,000 WILL PUT PEOPLE BACK T 1199 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:54,000 WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE 1200 00:36:54,001 --> 00:36:55,000 DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES, AND 1201 00:36:55,001 --> 00:36:57,000 WE REALIZE THAT THE AMERICAN 1202 00:36:57,001 --> 00:36:59,000 PEOPLE IS HURTING. 1203 00:36:59,001 --> 00:37:01,000 WITH THE -- AMERICAN PUBLIC IS 1204 00:37:01,001 --> 00:37:02,000 HURTING. 1205 00:37:02,001 --> 00:37:03,000 WE WILL CONTINUE TO STIMULATE 1206 00:37:03,001 --> 00:37:04,000 THE ECONOMY, SHRINKING THE 1207 00:37:04,001 --> 00:37:06,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND ME 1208 00:37:06,001 --> 00:37:08,000 IMPORTANTLY CREATING NEW JOBS. 1209 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:12,000 10 MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA 1210 00:37:12,001 --> 00:37:14,000 LAW, WE'VE SEEN REAL RESULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1211 00:37:14,001 --> 00:37:16,000 ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORTATION 1212 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:17,000 AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, 1213 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:18,000 REAL JOBS ARE BEING CREATED BY 1214 00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:19,000 THE RECOVERY ACT. 1215 00:37:19,001 --> 00:37:21,000 AND WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT OF 1216 00:37:21,001 --> 00:37:22,000 THESE JOBS IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT 1217 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:24,000 FIGURES. 1218 00:37:24,001 --> 00:37:26,000 LOOK AT THE RESULTS. BECAUSE OF THE RECOVERY ACT 1219 00:37:26,001 --> 00:37:28,000 WE'VE SEEN THE CREATION OF 1220 00:37:28,001 --> 00:37:30,000 ALMOST 630,000 DIRECT AND 1221 00:37:30,001 --> 00:37:31,000 INDIRECT JOBS IN THE 1222 00:37:31,001 --> 00:37:33,000 TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY ALONE. 1223 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:35,000 THAT'S 210,000 DIRECT HIRES 1224 00:37:35,001 --> 00:37:36,000 ALONE. 1225 00:37:36,001 --> 00:37:39,000 THE RESULT OF THESE DIRECT 1226 00:37:39,001 --> 00:37:43,000 HIRES IS A $1.1 BILLION 1227 00:37:43,001 --> 00:37:44,000 PAYROLL, IS $179 MILLION IN 1228 00:37:44,001 --> 00:37:47,000 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION NOT 1229 00:37:47,001 --> 00:37:48,000 SPENT, IS PEOPLE'S INSURANCE 1230 00:37:48,001 --> 00:37:50,000 RESTORED, HEALTH INSURANCE 1231 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:52,000 RESTORED AND $230 MILLION IN 1232 00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:54,000 PAID FEDERAL TAXES. 1233 00:37:54,001 --> 00:37:55,000 ADDITIONAL JOBS HAVE BEEN 1234 00:37:55,001 --> 00:37:56,000 CREATED BECAUSE OF THE CLEAN 1235 00:37:56,001 --> 00:37:58,000 WATER AND HIGH SPEED RAIL 1236 00:37:58,001 --> 00:38:00,000 PROJECTS, ALL TOLD, THE 1237 00:38:00,001 --> 00:38:02,000 TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMTEE 1238 00:38:02,001 --> 00:38:03,000 ESTIMATES THAT THE RECOVERY ACT 1239 00:38:03,001 --> 00:38:08,000 HAS CREATED OR SUSTAINED 1240 00:38:08,001 --> 00:38:10,000 APPROXIMATELY 857,000 JOBS. ALL THIS UNDERSCORES THE 1241 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:11,000 IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC 1242 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:14,000 INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. 1243 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:16,000 THESE PROJECTS AREN'T FOR THE 1244 00:38:16,001 --> 00:38:18,000 SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR 1245 00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:20,000 NEIGHBORS BUT THES PROJECTS THAT PUTS THESE 1246 00:38:20,001 --> 00:38:21,000 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BACK TO 1247 00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:22,000 WORK. 1248 00:38:22,001 --> 00:38:24,000 MADAM SPEAKER, THIS CONGRESS IS 1249 00:38:24,001 --> 00:38:25,000 ACTING. 1250 00:38:25,001 --> 00:38:26,000 THIS HOUSE WILL PASS THE JOBS 1251 00:38:26,001 --> 00:38:28,000 FOR MAIN STREET ACT, AND EVEN 1252 00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:30,000 MORE JOBS WILL BE CREATED. EARLIER THIS YEAR, MY 1253 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:31,000 REPUBLICAN FRIENDS CHOSE 1254 00:38:31,001 --> 00:38:33,000 POLITICS OVER THE NEEDS OF THE 1255 00:38:33,001 --> 00:38:34,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE -- OVER THE 1256 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:35,000 NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 1257 00:38:35,001 --> 00:38:38,000 AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM 1258 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:39,000 OPPOSED THE RECOVERY AND 1259 00:38:39,001 --> 00:38:40,000 REINVESTMENT ACT. 1260 00:38:40,001 --> 00:38:42,000 THEY LIKE THE SAME OLD SAME 1261 00:38:42,001 --> 00:38:44,000 OLD. 1262 00:38:44,001 --> 00:38:45,000 WHILE THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF 1263 00:38:45,001 --> 00:38:46,000 OF THINKING. 1264 00:38:46,001 --> 00:38:49,000 THAT WAY OF THINKING TOOK BILL 1265 00:38:49,001 --> 00:38:58,000 CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 1266 00:38:58,001 --> 00:38:59,000 CREATING A RECORD NUMBE 1267 00:38:59,001 --> 00:39:00,000 AMERICANS JOBS, A RECESSION 1268 00:39:00,001 --> 00:39:03,000 THAT -- A RECESSION THAT ADD 1269 00:39:03,001 --> 00:39:04,000 BILLIONS AND BILLIONS TO OUR 1270 00:39:04,001 --> 00:39:05,000 DEBT. 1271 00:39:05,001 --> 00:39:08,000 AND ADD THAT DEBT ON THE BACKS 1272 00:39:08,001 --> 00:39:09,000 OF OUR CHILDREN D 1273 00:39:09,001 --> 00:39:11,000 GRANDCHILDREN. 1274 00:39:11,001 --> 00:39:12,000 MADAM SPEAKER, PEOPLE IN THIS 1275 00:39:12,001 --> 00:39:13,000 COUNTRY WANT US TO CREATE JOBS 1276 00:39:13,001 --> 00:39:14,000 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 1277 00:39:14,001 --> 00:39:16,000 DO. 1278 00:39:16,001 --> 00:39:19,000 I YIELD BACK MY TIME. 1279 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:20,000 . 1280 00:39:20,001 --> 00:39:21,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1281 00:39:21,001 --> 00:39:23,000 CAROLINA. 1282 00:39:23,001 --> 00:39:24,000 MISS FOOKS: -- 1283 00:39:24,001 --> 00:39:26,000 MS. FOXX: I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD 1284 00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:27,000 THREE MINUTES TO MY 1285 00:39:27,001 --> 00:39:29,000 DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE FROM 1286 00:39:29,001 --> 00:39:31,000 TEXAS, ONE OF ONLY FIVE 1287 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:33,000 C.P.A.'S IN THE HOUSE, MR. 1288 00:39:33,001 --> 00:39:35,000 CONYAHWEH. 1289 00:39:35,001 --> 00:39:38,000 -- CONAWAY. 1290 00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:40,000 MR. CONAWAY: TWO ASPECTS OF THE 1291 00:39:40,001 --> 00:39:41,000 RULE, IT SETS UP A VOTE ON A 1292 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:43,000 TRICK THAT ALLOWS US TO VOTE ON 1293 00:39:43,001 --> 00:39:46,000 THE STIMULUS BILL THAT WILL BE 1294 00:39:46,001 --> 00:39:48,000 COMING BEFORE US LATER THIS 1295 00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:49,000 AFTERNOO VOTING HAVING 1296 00:39:49,001 --> 00:39:51,000 STRIPPED OUT THE SENATE 1297 00:39:51,001 --> 00:39:53,000 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2847 AND PUT 1298 00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:54,000 IN PLACE THIS OTHER 1299 00:39:54,001 --> 00:39:59,000 LEGISLATION. 1300 00:39:59,001 --> 00:40:01,000 THIS TRICK, WOULD NOT ALLOW A 1301 00:40:01,001 --> 00:40:03,000 MOTION TO RECOMMIT OR SUBSTITUTE ON THAT BILL. 1302 00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:05,000 THIS LEGISLATION OF SOME $150 1303 00:40:05,001 --> 00:40:06,000 BILLION WAS APPARENTLY THROWN 1304 00:40:06,001 --> 00:40:07,000 TOGETHER IN THE DARK LAST 1305 00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:09,000 NIGHT, POSTED ON THE INTERNET 1306 00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:11,000 ABOU 11:10. 1307 00:40:11,001 --> 00:40:12,000 WE ARE NOW 12 HOURS AND 35 1308 00:40:12,001 --> 00:40:15,000 MINUTES OR 25 MINUTES INTO 1309 00:40:15,001 --> 00:40:16,000 BEING ABLE TO STUDY THIS BILL. 1310 00:40:16,001 --> 00:40:18,000 AGAIN THROWN TOGETHER. 1311 00:40:18,001 --> 00:40:19,000 IT WILL INCREASE THE DEFICIT IN 1312 00:40:19,001 --> 00:40:20,000 SPITE OF THE RHETORIC THAT SAYS 1313 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:21,000 WE ARE GOING TO USE TARP MONEY 1314 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:23,000 TO DO THAT. 1315 00:40:23,001 --> 00:40:24,000 THE INTENT OF TARP ALL ALONG 1316 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:26,000 WAS ONCE IT WAS PAID BACK WAS 1317 00:40:26,001 --> 00:40:27,000 TO BE BACK INTO THE TREASURY TO 1318 00:40:27,001 --> 00:40:30,000 REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE 1319 00:40:30,001 --> 00:40:32,000 HAD TO BORROW AND/OR REDUCE THE DEFICIT. 1320 00:40:32,001 --> 00:40:33,000 THERE ARE TWO PROVISIONS IN THE 1321 00:40:33,001 --> 00:40:34,000 SLUSH FUND, BILL THAT YOU NEED 1322 00:40:34,001 --> 00:40:36,000 TO BE AWARE OF. 1323 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,000 ONE IT CREATES ADDITIONAL 1324 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:40,000 BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING IN THE 1325 00:40:40,001 --> 00:40:43,000 BARNEY FRANK SLUSH FUND, 1326 00:40:43,001 --> 00:40:45,000 HOUSING SLUSH FUND, AND MAKES 1327 00:40:45,001 --> 00:40:46,000 ACORN AVAILABLE TO GET BACK IN 1328 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:47,000 THE GAME. 1329 00:40:47,001 --> 00:40:48,000 MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF THIS 1330 00:40:48,001 --> 00:40:50,000 BODY. 1331 00:40:50,001 --> 00:40:51,000 IT ALSO REPLACES THE $2 BILLION 1332 00:40:51,001 --> 00:40:54,000 IN CLASH FOR CLUNKERS MONEY 1333 00:40:54,001 --> 00:40:55,000 THAT CAME OUT OF THE STIMULUS 1334 00:40:55,001 --> 00:40:57,000 BILL LAST SUMMER. 1335 00:40:57,001 --> 00:40:58,000 WE WERE ON THE FLOOR WHEN THE 1336 00:40:58,001 --> 00:41:00,000 PROPONENTS OF THE CASH OR 1337 00:41:00,001 --> 00:41:01,000 CLUNKERS SAID THIS WILL NOT 1338 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:02,000 INCREASE THE DEFICIT BECAUSE 1339 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:04,000 WE'LL TAKE IT OUT OF THE STIMULUS MONEY. 1340 00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:05,000 IMMEDIATELY THE SPEAKER CAME TO 1341 00:41:05,001 --> 00:41:07,000 THE FLOOR ALONG WITH OTHERS 1342 00:41:07,001 --> 00:41:08,000 SAYING CONTRARE, WE'LL FIND A 1343 00:41:08,001 --> 00:41:09,000 REPLACEMENT FOR THAT $2 BILLION 1344 00:41:09,001 --> 00:41:11,000 IN THIS BILL. 1345 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:13,000 NOW THE STIMULUS BILL, FIRST 1346 00:41:13,001 --> 00:41:15,000 STIMULUS, IS UP TO $789 AS YOU 1347 00:41:15,001 --> 00:41:17,000 KNOW WE ALL ENJOYED THE CASH 1348 00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:18,000 FOR CLUNKERS, BUT THIS MONEY IS 1349 00:41:18,001 --> 00:41:19,000 BACK IN THE BILL WITH RESPECT 1350 00:41:19,001 --> 00:41:21,000 TO THIS NEW STIMULUS. 1351 00:41:21,001 --> 00:41:24,000 THE OTHER BILL I'D LIKE TO TALK 1352 00:41:24,001 --> 00:41:25,000 ABOUT IS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 1353 00:41:25,001 --> 00:41:26,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THIS BILL 1354 00:41:26,001 --> 00:41:28,000 WAIVES THE DEMAND, REQUIREMENT, 1355 00:41:28,001 --> 00:41:29,000 THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1356 00:41:29,001 --> 00:41:31,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE POST 1357 00:41:31,001 --> 00:41:33,000 ON THE INTERNET THE EARMARKS 1358 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:35,000 AND/OR PLUSUPS DEPENDING HOW 1359 00:41:35,001 --> 00:41:36,000 YOU WANT TO CALL THOSE IN THIS BILL. 1360 00:41:36,001 --> 00:41:38,000 SOME 1,700 OF THEM WE ARE TOLD. 1361 00:41:38,001 --> 00:41:40,000 SOME GOOD, SOME BAD. 1362 00:41:40,001 --> 00:41:42,000 WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE. 1363 00:41:42,001 --> 00:41:43,000 THEY WERE SHORTLY POSTED ON THE 1364 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,000 INTERNET LAST NIGHT FOR A BRIEF 1365 00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:46,000 PERIOD OF TIME AND TAKEN DOWN. 1366 00:41:46,001 --> 00:41:49,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO 1367 00:41:49,001 --> 00:41:50,000 KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS BILL THAT 1368 00:41:50,001 --> 00:41:51,000 EMBARRASSES THE MAJORITY. 1369 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:53,000 THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS 1370 00:41:53,001 --> 00:41:54,000 TRANSPARENCY TO COME BEFORE US 1371 00:41:54,001 --> 00:41:56,000 FOR US TO LOOK AT IT. 1372 00:41:56,001 --> 00:41:58,000 LIKE I SAID 1373 00:41:58,001 --> 00:41:59,000 OR ANY OF THOSE, BUT WE DON'T 1374 00:41:59,001 --> 00:42:00,000 KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. 1375 00:42:00,001 --> 00:42:03,000 BY NOT POSTING THEM UNTIL AFTER 1376 00:42:03,001 --> 00:42:04,000 THIS BILL IS VOTED ON SOMETIME 1377 00:42:04,001 --> 00:42:05,000 BETWEEN NOW AND THE INDOF THE 1378 00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:06,000 YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING 1379 00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:07,000 BLIND ONE MORE TIME AT THE 1380 00:42:07,001 --> 00:42:08,000 SPECIFIC REQUEST OF THE 1381 00:42:08,001 --> 00:42:09,000 MAJORITY. 1382 00:42:09,001 --> 00:42:11,000 IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, 1383 00:42:11,001 --> 00:42:12,000 MADAM CHAIRMAN, THROUGH YOUR -- 1384 00:42:12,001 --> 00:42:14,000 THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO 1385 00:42:14,001 --> 00:42:15,000 HAVE POSTED THESE EARMARKS ON 1386 00:42:15,001 --> 00:42:17,000 THE INTERNET SO THAT THOSE OF 1387 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:18,000 US COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THEM. 1388 00:42:18,001 --> 00:42:19,000 WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE. 1389 00:42:19,001 --> 00:42:21,000 WHAT HAS BEEN STUCK IN HERE IN 1390 00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:22,000 THE DARK OF NIGHT BETWEEN LAST 1391 00:42:22,001 --> 00:42:23,000 NIGHT WHEN WE PASSED THE BILL 1392 00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:25,000 AND WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON 1393 00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:27,000 THIS AFTERNOON? 1394 00:42:27,001 --> 00:42:29,000 WHY IS THERE THINGS IN THERE 1395 00:42:29,001 --> 00:42:30,000 THAT'S GOING TO EMBARRASS THE MAJORITY? 1396 00:42:30,001 --> 00:42:32,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I URGE MY 1397 00:42:32,001 --> 00:42:34,000 COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST THIS 1398 00:42:34,001 --> 00:42:36,000 RULE AND AGAINST THE UNDERYING 1399 00:42:36,001 --> 00:42:38,000 BILL ON 1400 00:42:38,001 --> 00:42:40,000 I YIELD BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1401 00:42:40,001 --> 00:42:41,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1402 00:42:41,001 --> 00:42:42,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA RESERVES. 1403 00:42:42,001 --> 00:42:43,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 1404 00:42:43,001 --> 00:42:44,000 RECOGNIZED. 1405 00:42:44,001 --> 00:42:45,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 1406 00:42:45,001 --> 00:42:46,000 I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE 1407 00:42:46,001 --> 00:42:48,000 GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, A 1408 00:42:48,001 --> 00:42:51,000 MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON 1409 00:42:51,001 --> 00:42:52,000 RULES, MR. 1410 00:42:52,001 --> 00:42:53,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1411 00:42:53,001 --> 00:42:54,000 GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK IS 1412 00:42:54,001 --> 00:42:55,000 RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. 1413 00:42:55,001 --> 00:42:57,000 MR. ARCURI: I'D LIKE TO THANK 1414 00:42:57,001 --> 00:42:58,000 MY COLLEAGUE FROM MAINE FOR 1415 00:42:58,001 --> 00:43:00,000 YIELDING. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 1416 00:43:00,001 --> 00:43:02,000 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3326, THE 1417 00:43:02,001 --> 00:43:03,000 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 1418 00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:04,000 APPROPRIATIONS ACT AN THE 1419 00:43:04,001 --> 00:43:06,000 UNDERLYING RULE. 1420 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:08,000 NOT FOR THE REASONS JUST STATED 1421 00:43:08,001 --> 00:43:11,000 BY MY FRIEND FROM TEXAS, BUT 1422 00:43:11,001 --> 00:43:13,000 BECAUSE THE BILL ENSURES THAT 1423 00:43:13,001 --> 00:43:15,000 OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE 1424 00:43:15,001 --> 00:43:17,000 IN THE MILITARY ARE PAID WHAT 1425 00:43:17,001 --> 00:43:18,000 THEY DESERVE TO BE PAID FOR 1426 00:43:18,001 --> 00:43:19,000 DEFENDING US. 1427 00:43:19,001 --> 00:43:21,000 THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO FIGHT 1428 00:43:21,001 --> 00:43:22,000 E WAR ON TERROR AND THAT THEY 1429 00:43:22,001 --> 00:43:24,000 ARE ABLE TO DO THE THING THAT 1430 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:25,000 WE ASK THEM TO DO AND THAT IS 1431 00:43:25,001 --> 00:43:26,000 TO FIGHT TERROR TO KEEP US 1432 00:43:26,001 --> 00:43:28,000 SAFE. 1433 00:43:28,001 --> 00:43:29,000 THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS BILL 1434 00:43:29,001 --> 00:43:32,000 AND THE UNDERLYING RULE. 1435 00:43:32,001 --> 00:43:34,000 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND 1436 00:43:34,001 --> 00:43:35,000 COMMEND THE MEMBERS OF THE 1437 00:43:35,001 --> 00:43:36,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE 1438 00:43:36,001 --> 00:43:37,000 HOUSE AND SENATE, THEIR 1439 00:43:37,001 --> 00:43:38,000 COUNTERPARTS, FOR BRINGING 1440 00:43:38,001 --> 00:43:39,000 BEFORE US THIS BIPARTISAN 1441 00:43:39,001 --> 00:43:41,000 APPROACH THAT PUTS THE 1442 00:43:41,001 --> 00:43:42,000 PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY OF OUR 1443 00:43:42,001 --> 00:43:44,000 TROOPS FIRST. 1444 00:43:44,001 --> 00:43:45,000 AND ALSO CONTINUES PRESIDENT 1445 00:43:45,001 --> 00:43:47,000 OBAMA'S PLEDGE TO PUT THE COST 1446 00:43:47,001 --> 00:43:49,000 OF THE WAR ON THE BOOKS. 1447 00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:50,000 THE BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE 1448 00:43:50,001 --> 00:43:51,000 FUNDING FOR AN ESCALATION OF 1449 00:43:51,001 --> 00:43:52,000 TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND I 1450 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:54,000 HAVE HEARD SOME OF MY 1451 00:43:54,001 --> 00:43:55,000 COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER 1452 00:43:55,001 --> 00:43:58,000 THE AISLE CRITICIZE THAT WE MAY 1453 00:43:58,001 --> 00:44:00,000 HAVE TO CONSIDER A SUPPLEMENTAL 1454 00:44:00,001 --> 00:44:02,000 MEASURE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1455 00:44:02,001 --> 00:44:03,000 I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, 1456 00:44:03,001 --> 00:44:05,000 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1457 00:44:05,001 --> 00:44:07,000 REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING 1458 00:44:07,001 --> 00:44:09,000 TO ADDRESS CHA 1459 00:44:09,001 --> 00:44:11,000 GROUND AND SIMPLY USING THE 1460 00:44:11,001 --> 00:44:12,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ACT 1461 00:44:12,001 --> 00:44:15,000 TO FUND THE MAJORITY OF THE 1462 00:44:15,001 --> 00:44:16,000 WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AS 1463 00:44:16,001 --> 00:44:17,000 WE HAVE DONE UNDER THE PRIOR 1464 00:44:17,001 --> 00:44:19,000 ADMINISTRATION. 1465 00:44:19,001 --> 00:44:20,000 THE HOUSE 1466 00:44:20,001 --> 00:44:22,000 THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT 1467 00:44:22,001 --> 00:44:23,000 ON JULY 30 OF THIS YEAR. 1468 00:44:23,001 --> 00:44:24,000 AT THAT TIME WE DETERMINED THAT 1469 00:44:24,001 --> 00:44:25,000 THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING 1470 00:44:25,001 --> 00:44:27,000 NECESSARY FOTHE ONGOINGP 1471 00:44:27,001 --> 00:44:28,000 OPERATION IN IRAQ AND 1472 00:44:28,001 --> 00:44:29,000 AFGHANISTAN. 1473 00:44:29,001 --> 00:44:31,000 SINCE THAT TIME OUR GENERALS 1474 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:32,000 HAVE STATED THAT THEY BELIEVE 1475 00:44:32,001 --> 00:44:33,000 CONDITIONS IN AFGHANISTAN 1476 00:44:33,001 --> 00:44:34,000 WARRANT ADDITIONAL TROOPS. 1477 00:44:34,001 --> 00:44:36,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA IS LISTENING TO 1478 00:44:36,001 --> 00:44:38,000 THOSE GENERALS IN THE FIELD AND 1479 00:44:38,001 --> 00:44:41,000 MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 1480 00:44:41,001 --> 00:44:42,000 HOWEVER, THAT IS WHAT A 1481 00:44:42,001 --> 00:44:45,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT 1482 00:44:45,001 --> 00:44:46,000 ARE INTENDED FOR -- 1483 00:44:46,001 --> 00:44:47,000 TO CHANGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES 1484 00:44:47,001 --> 00:44:49,000 1485 00:44:49,001 --> 00:44:50,000 FUNDING ONGOING OPERATIONS. 1486 00:44:50,001 --> 00:44:52,000 IN ADDITION TO ENSURING THAT 1487 00:44:52,001 --> 00:44:54,000 OUR TROOPS HAVE FIRST CLASS 1488 00:44:54,001 --> 00:44:56,000 WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT, THE BILL 1489 00:44:56,001 --> 00:44:58,000 ALSO INCLUDES OTHER IMPORTANT 1490 00:44:58,001 --> 00:44:59,000 ASPECTS THAT IMPROVE 1491 00:44:59,001 --> 00:45:00,000 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 1492 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,000 OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 1493 00:45:02,001 --> 00:45:04,000 PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 1494 00:45:04,001 --> 00:45:06,000 FOR INSTANCE, CONGRESSIONAL 1495 00:45:06,001 --> 00:45:08,000 EARMARK ACCOUNT FOR ONLY 1% OF 1496 00:45:08,001 --> 00:45:11,000 THE TOTAL FUNDING OF THIS BILL. 1497 00:45:11,001 --> 00:45:14,000 IN ADDITION, FOR THE FIRST TIME 1498 00:45:14,001 --> 00:45:15,000 IN HOUSE-SENATE AGREEMENT 1499 00:45:15,001 --> 00:45:16,000 RETAINS THE REQUIREMENT THAT 1500 00:45:16,001 --> 00:45:17,000 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN EVERY 1501 00:45:17,001 --> 00:45:18,000 HOUSE PASSED APPROPRIATION BILL 1502 00:45:18,001 --> 00:45:19,000 THIS YEAR THAT REQUIRES ANY 1503 00:45:19,001 --> 00:45:20,000 EARMARK FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY 1504 00:45:20,001 --> 00:45:23,000 TO BE C 1505 00:45:23,001 --> 00:45:24,000 I APPLAUD THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR 1506 00:45:24,001 --> 00:45:26,000 SIDE OF THE CAPOL TO 1507 00:45:26,001 --> 00:45:27,000 INSTITUTE THIS IMPORTANT NEW 1508 00:45:27,001 --> 00:45:28,000 MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN 1509 00:45:28,001 --> 00:45:30,000 THE EARMARK PROCESS, AND I HOPE 1510 00:45:30,001 --> 00:45:32,000 IT WILL BECOME A PART OF ALL 1511 00:45:32,001 --> 00:45:33,000 FINAL SPENDING BILLS AS WE GO FORWARD. 1512 00:45:33,001 --> 00:45:35,000 URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 1513 00:45:35,001 --> 00:45:36,000 THIS RULE AND THE BILL AND I 1514 00:45:36,001 --> 00:45:37,000 THANK YOU. 1515 00:45:37,001 --> 00:45:40,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1516 00:45:40,001 --> 00:45:41,000 TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1517 00:45:41,001 --> 00:45:42,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE 1518 00:45:42,001 --> 00:45:43,000 RESERVES. 1519 00:45:43,001 --> 00:45:44,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 1520 00:45:44,001 --> 00:45:45,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 1521 00:45:45,001 --> 00:45:46,000 SPEAKER. 1522 00:45:46,001 --> 00:45:47,000 I NOW WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THREE 1523 00:45:47,001 --> 00:45:48,000 MINUTES TO 1524 00:45:48,001 --> 00:45:50,000 DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE FROM 1525 00:45:50,001 --> 00:45:51,000 TEXAS, MR. HENSARLING. 1526 00:45:51,001 --> 00:45:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO T 1527 00:45:52,001 --> 00:45:53,000 GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS 1528 00:45:53,001 --> 00:45:54,000 RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. 1529 00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:55,000 MR. HENSARLING: THANK YOU, 1530 00:45:55,001 --> 00:45:56,000 MADAM SPEAKER. 1531 00:45:56,001 --> 00:45:58,000 I THANK THE GENTLELADY FOR 1532 00:45:58,001 --> 00:45:59,000 YIELDING. 1533 00:45:59,001 --> 00:46:00,000 MADAM SPEAKER, APPARENTLY THE 1534 00:46:00,001 --> 00:46:03,000 HOUSE IS DUE TO ADJOURN FOR THE 1535 00:46:03,001 --> 00:46:05,000 YEAR TODAY. 1536 00:46:05,001 --> 00:46:07,000 BUT BEFORE IT DOES, THE HOUSE 1537 00:46:07,001 --> 00:46:09,000 APPARENTLY WILL PRESUME THE 1538 00:46:09,001 --> 00:46:10,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE -- PRESENT THE 1539 00:46:10,001 --> 00:46:11,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER 1540 00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:13,000 OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS WRAPPED UP 1541 00:46:13,001 --> 00:46:14,000 IN ONE NICE, NEAT LITTLE 1542 00:46:14,001 --> 00:46:15,000 PACKAGE REPRESENTED BY THIS 1543 00:46:15,001 --> 00:46:16,000 RULE. 1544 00:46:16,001 --> 00:46:19,000 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT 1545 00:46:19,001 --> 00:46:21,000 THE MAJORITY IS GIVING THE 1546 00:46:21,001 --> 00:46:22,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THE FIFTH, 1547 00:46:22,001 --> 00:46:24,000 FIFTH INCREASE IN THE DEBT 1548 00:46:24,001 --> 00:46:26,000 CEILING SINCE THEY TOOK CONTROL 1549 00:46:26,001 --> 00:46:28,000 OF CONGRESS. 1550 00:46:28,001 --> 00:46:32,000 RAISG THE DEBT CEILING AN 1551 00:46:32,001 --> 00:46:34,000 ADDITIONAL $290 BILLION, MORE 1552 00:46:34,001 --> 00:46:36,000 DEBT TO BE PLACED UPON THE 1553 00:46:36,001 --> 00:46:38,000 BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN AND 1554 00:46:38,001 --> 00:46:40,000 GRANDCHILDREN. 1555 00:46:40,001 --> 00:46:42,000 THE SECOND GIFT FOR THE 1556 00:46:42,001 --> 00:46:44,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE AT 1557 00:46:44,001 --> 00:46:45,000 CHRISTMASTIME IS, GUESS WHAT? 1558 00:46:45,001 --> 00:46:49,000 YET ANOTHER STIMULUS BILL. 1559 00:46:49,001 --> 00:46:52,000 THIS ONE WEIGHING IN AT $150 1560 00:46:52,001 --> 00:46:53,000 BILLION. 1561 00:46:53,001 --> 00:46:55,000 I LOSE TRACK, MADAM SPEAKER, 1562 00:46:55,001 --> 00:46:57,000 DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS STIMULUS 1563 00:46:57,001 --> 00:46:59,000 FOUR, STIMULUS FIVE, IT'S A 1564 00:46:59,001 --> 00:47:02,000 LITTLE BIT LIKE THOSE OLD 1565 00:47:02,001 --> 00:47:05,000 FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIES. 1566 00:47:05,001 --> 00:47:06,000 IT JUST DOESN'T GO AWAY. 1567 00:47:06,001 --> 00:47:09,000 THE NEXT GIFT, MADAM SPEAKER, 1568 00:47:09,001 --> 00:47:11,000 IS KIND OF A RECYCLED GIFT. 1569 00:47:11,001 --> 00:47:13,000 ONE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THE 1570 00:47:13,001 --> 00:47:16,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL YEAR AND 1571 00:47:16,001 --> 00:47:17,000 THAT IS UNEMPLOYMENT. 1572 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:19,000 DOUBLE-DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER 1573 00:47:19,001 --> 00:47:22,000 THE ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THIS 1574 00:47:22,001 --> 00:47:23,000 ADMINISTRATION, UNDER THIS 1575 00:47:23,001 --> 00:47:25,000 DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED CONGRESS. 1576 00:47:25,001 --> 00:47:26,000 THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE THE 1577 00:47:26,001 --> 00:47:29,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE DOUBLE-DIGIT 1578 00:47:29,001 --> 00:47:30,000 UNEMPLOYMENT. 1579 00:47:30,001 --> 00:47:31,000 THE RULE THAT IS BEFORE US, 1580 00:47:31,001 --> 00:47:33,000 MADAM SPEAKER, ALLOWS FOR MORE 1581 00:47:33,001 --> 00:47:36,000 OF THE SAME. 1582 00:47:36,001 --> 00:47:38,000 I WOULD HOPE, I WOULD HOPE THAT 1583 00:47:38,001 --> 00:47:40,000 ONE DAY FOR THE SAKE OF THE 1584 00:47:40,001 --> 00:47:41,000 COUNTRY THAT MY FRIENDS ON THE 1585 00:47:41,001 --> 00:47:43,000 OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WILL 1586 00:47:43,001 --> 00:47:47,000 REALIZE THAT YOU CANNOT SPEND 1587 00:47:47,001 --> 00:47:48,000 YOU CANNOT BORROW YOUR WAY INTO 1588 00:47:48,001 --> 00:47:50,000 MORE JOBS. 1589 00:47:50,001 --> 00:47:52,000 YOU CANNOT BAIL OUT YOUR WAY 1590 00:47:52,001 --> 00:47:56,000 INTO MORE JOBS. 1591 00:47:56,001 --> 00:47:58,000 THAT IS NOT THE RECIPE. 1592 00:47:58,001 --> 00:48:00,000 WE SUFFER FROM DOUBLE-DIGIT 1593 00:48:00,001 --> 00:48:03,000 UNEMPLOYMENT NOT THROUGH A LACK 1594 00:48:03,001 --> 00:48:06,000 OF BAILOUTS AND SPENDING AND 1595 00:48:06,001 --> 00:48:08,000 DEBT, WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF THIS CONGRESS. 1596 00:48:08,001 --> 00:48:10,000 IF WE TRULY WANT TO CREATE 1597 00:48:10,001 --> 00:48:12,000 JOBS, MADAM SPEAKER, THE FIRST 1598 00:48:12,001 --> 00:48:14,000 THING WE HAVE TO DO IS SHOW THE 1599 00:48:14,001 --> 00:48:17,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE ARE 1600 00:48:17,001 --> 00:48:18,000 INK. 1601 00:48:18,001 --> 00:48:20,000 NOBODY WANTS TO LAUNCH A NEW 1602 00:48:20,001 --> 00:48:21,000 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AN 1603 00:48:21,001 --> 00:48:24,000 ECONOMY THAT'S GOING TO BE 1604 00:48:24,001 --> 00:48:25,000 SOCKED WITH DEBT AND TAXES AND 1605 00:48:25,001 --> 00:48:27,000 POSSIBLE DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION 1606 00:48:27,001 --> 00:48:29,000 AS THE DEBT HAS TO BE 1607 00:48:29,001 --> 00:48:31,000 MONETIZED. 1608 00:48:31,001 --> 00:48:32,000 THE UNCERTAINTY AND COST OF A 1609 00:48:32,001 --> 00:48:34,000 NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 1610 00:48:34,001 --> 00:48:36,000 WHICH IS GOING TO COST THE 1611 00:48:36,001 --> 00:48:37,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE THEIR FREEDOMS, 1612 00:48:37,001 --> 00:48:38,000 THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, NOT TO 1613 00:48:38,001 --> 00:48:42,000 MENTION $1 TRILLION. 1614 00:48:42,001 --> 00:48:43,000 A $600 BILLION ENERGY TAX 1615 00:48:43,001 --> 00:48:45,000 PASSED BY THE MAJORITY. 1616 00:48:45,001 --> 00:48:47,000 LAST WEEK WE JUST PASSED THE 1617 00:48:47,001 --> 00:48:49,000 PERPETUAL WALL STREET BAILOUT 1618 00:48:49,001 --> 00:48:50,000 AND CREDIT CONTRACTION ACT OF 1619 00:48:50,001 --> 00:48:51,000 2009. 1620 00:48:51,001 --> 00:48:52,000 MADAM SPEAKER, WHERE DOES IT 1621 00:48:52,001 --> 00:48:54,000 ALL END? 1622 00:48:54,001 --> 00:48:57,000 IF WE WANT JOBS, WE HAVE TO 1623 00:48:57,001 --> 00:48:58,000 REJECT THE FAILED POLICIES. 1624 00:48:58,001 --> 00:48:59,000 THIS RULE BRINGS MORE OF THE 1625 00:48:59,001 --> 00:49:01,000 ME. 1626 00:49:01,001 --> 00:49:03,000 LET'S VOTE AGAINST THE 1627 00:49:03,001 --> 00:49:04,000 SPENDING, AGAINST THE DEBT, 1628 00:49:04,001 --> 00:49:05,000 AGAINS 1629 00:49:05,001 --> 00:49:06,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1630 00:49:06,001 --> 00:49:07,000 TIME. 1631 00:49:07,001 --> 00:49:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1632 00:49:08,001 --> 00:49:09,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1633 00:49:09,001 --> 00:49:10,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1634 00:49:10,001 --> 00:49:11,000 CAROLINA RESERVES. 1635 00:49:11,001 --> 00:49:13,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS RECOGNIZED. 1636 00:49:13,001 --> 00:49:14,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM 1637 00:49:14,001 --> 00:49:16,000 SPEAKER. 1638 00:49:16,001 --> 00:49:17,000 BEFORE I YIELD TO ONE OF MY 1639 00:49:17,001 --> 00:49:18,000 COLLEAGUES I DO 1640 00:49:18,001 --> 00:49:19,000 ONE POINT OF CONCERN I HAVE IN 1641 00:49:19,001 --> 00:49:21,000 THE BILL. 1642 00:49:21,001 --> 00:49:23,000 THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON 1643 00:49:23,001 --> 00:49:24,000 H.R. 3326 IS THE FIRST STEP 1644 00:49:24,001 --> 00:49:26,000 TOWARDS CUTTING WASTEFUL 1645 00:49:26,001 --> 00:49:27,000 DEFENSE SPENDING, BUT IT IS BY 1646 00:49:27,001 --> 00:49:29,000 NO MEANS PERFECT. 1647 00:49:29,001 --> 00:49:30,000 AND IT IS BY NO MEANS THE LAST 1648 00:49:30,001 --> 00:49:32,000 STEP WE MUST TAKE. 1649 00:49:32,001 --> 00:49:34,000 THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT 1650 00:49:34,001 --> 00:49:35,000 PROVIDES $465 MILLION FOR 1651 00:49:35,001 --> 00:49:38,000 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE 1652 00:49:38,001 --> 00:49:39,000 ENGINE FOR THE F-35 JOINT 1653 00:49:39,001 --> 00:49:40,000 STRIKE FIGHTER. 1654 00:49:40,001 --> 00:49:41,000 THIS PROVISION REPRESENTS 1655 00:49:41,001 --> 00:49:43,000 BUSINESS AS USUAL IN WASHINGTON 1656 00:49:43,001 --> 00:49:45,000 BY PROVIDING FUNDS FOR AN 1657 00:49:45,001 --> 00:49:46,000 ENGINE THAT'S ALREADY BEING 1658 00:49:46,001 --> 00:49:48,000 BUILT AND BUILT WELL. 1659 00:49:48,001 --> 00:49:50,000 THERE IS NO NEED TO DEVOTE OUR 1660 00:49:50,001 --> 00:49:51,000 PRECIOUS FEDERAL DOLLARS TO A 1661 00:49:51,001 --> 00:49:52,000 WASTEFUL ALTERNATIVE ENGINE 1662 00:49:52,001 --> 00:49:53,000 PROGRAM AT THIS TIME WHEN 1663 00:49:53,001 --> 00:49:54,000 AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO 1664 00:49:54,001 --> 00:49:56,000 FIND JOBS TO PAY THEIR MEDICAL 1665 00:49:56,001 --> 00:49:58,000 BILLS AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. 1666 00:49:58,001 --> 00:50:00,000 EVERY DEFENSE DOLLAR THAT WE 1667 00:50:00,001 --> 00:50:01,000 SPEND WISELY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR 1668 00:50:01,001 --> 00:50:04,000 NATIONAL SECURITY AND EVERY 1669 00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:06,000 DEFENSE DOLLAR WE WASTE HAMPERS 1670 00:50:06,001 --> 00:50:07,000 OUR ECONOMIC SECUTY. 1671 00:50:07,001 --> 00:50:09,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO 1672 00:50:09,001 --> 00:50:11,000 YIELD TWO MINUTES TO 1673 00:50:11,001 --> 00:50:12,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS, MR. HARE. 1674 00:50:12,001 --> 00:50:13,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1675 00:50:13,001 --> 00:50:14,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS IS 1676 00:50:14,001 --> 00:50:18,000 RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 1677 00:50:18,001 --> 00:50:19,000 MR. HARE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 1678 00:50:19,001 --> 00:50:22,000 I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE 1679 00:50:22,001 --> 00:50:23,000 RULE AND THE UNDERLYING BILL, 1680 00:50:23,001 --> 00:50:25,000 THE JOBS FOR MIN STREET ACT. 1681 00:50:25,001 --> 00:50:26,000 FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE 1682 00:50:26,001 --> 00:50:27,000 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC 1683 00:50:27,001 --> 00:50:29,000 LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR HARD WORK 1684 00:50:29,001 --> 00:50:31,000 IN PUTTING TOGETHER A JOBS 1685 00:50:31,001 --> 00:50:32,000 BILL, THE JOBS FOR MAIN STREET 1686 00:50:32,001 --> 00:50:33,000 ACT. 1687 00:50:33,001 --> 00:50:35,000 IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD. 1688 00:50:35,001 --> 00:50:36,000 AS WE ALL KNOW SINCE DECEMBER 1689 00:50:36,001 --> 00:50:38,000 OF 2007, OUR NATION HAS FACED 1690 00:50:38,001 --> 00:50:39,000 THE GREATEST ECONOMIC CRISIS 1691 00:50:39,001 --> 00:50:42,000 SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 1692 00:50:42,001 --> 00:50:44,000 AS A RESULT, 15 MILLION OR 10% 1693 00:50:44,001 --> 00:50:46,000 OF OUR AMERICANS ARE OUT OF WORK. 1694 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:48,000 THE JOBS FOR MAIN STREET ACT IS 1695 00:50:48,001 --> 00:50:49,000 AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN 1696 00:50:49,001 --> 00:50:51,000 RE-EMPLOYING AMERICA AND MAKING 1697 00:50:51,001 --> 00:50:53,000 OUR FAMILIES MORE SECURE. 1698 00:50:53,001 --> 00:50:54,000 SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO CALL 1699 00:50:54,001 --> 00:50:55,000 ATTENTION TO SEVERAL PRINCIPLES 1700 00:50:55,001 --> 00:50:56,000 THAT I HAVE CHAMPIONED THAT 1701 00:50:56,001 --> 00:50:58,000 HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BILL. 1702 00:50:58,001 --> 00:51:00,000 SUCH AS EXTENDING THE COBRA 1703 00:51:00,001 --> 00:51:01,000 SUBSIDY, THIS IS A CRITICAL 1704 00:51:01,001 --> 00:51:03,000 SAFETY NET FOR THE MILLIONS OF 1705 00:51:03,001 --> 00:51:05,000 UNEMPLOYED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 1706 00:51:05,001 --> 00:51:06,000 PROTECTING AND EXPANDING OUR 1707 00:51:06,001 --> 00:51:09,000 NATION'S CRITICAL PUBLICORK 1708 00:51:09,001 --> 00:51:10,000 FORCE WITH TEACHERS, POLICE, FIFIGHTERS. 1709 00:51:10,001 --> 00:51:12,000 PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK TO 1710 00:51:12,001 --> 00:51:13,000 IMPROVE AND REHABILITATE OUR 1711 00:51:13,001 --> 00:51:14,000 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL 1712 00:51:14,001 --> 00:51:16,000 PUBLIC LANDS. 1713 00:51:16,001 --> 00:51:17,000 I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND 1714 00:51:17,001 --> 00:51:18,000 CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR FOR HIS 1715 00:51:18,001 --> 00:51:19,000 LEADERSHIP ON THIS 1716 00:51:19,001 --> 00:51:20,000 TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION OF THIS 1717 00:51:20,001 --> 00:51:22,000 BILL. 1718 00:51:22,001 --> 00:51:23,000 THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO 1719 00:51:23,001 --> 00:51:25,000 INVEST IN OUR ECONOMY AND 1720 00:51:25,001 --> 00:51:26,000 CREATE JOBS THAN BY INVESTING 1721 00:51:26,001 --> 00:51:28,000 IN INFRASTRUCTURE. 1722 00:51:28,001 --> 00:51:31,000 FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 4% OF THE 1723 00:51:31,001 --> 00:51:33,000 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF 1724 00:51:33,001 --> 00:51:36,000 CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR. 1725 00:51:36,001 --> 00:51:38,000 HOWEVER THAT 4% HAS CREATED 25% 1726 00:51:38,001 --> 00:51:40,000 OF THE JOBS UNDER THE RECOVERY ACT. 1727 00:51:40,001 --> 00:51:42,000 THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE 1728 00:51:42,001 --> 00:51:43,000 EFFECTIVENESS OF INVESTING IN 1729 00:51:43,001 --> 00:51:44,000 INFRASTRUCTURE. 1730 00:51:44,001 --> 00:51:45,000 OVER HALF OF THIS BILL IS 1731 00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:48,000 DEDICATED TO INVESTING IN OUR 1732 00:51:48,001 --> 00:51:49,000 ROADS, BRIDGES, TRAILS, TRANSIT 1733 00:51:49,001 --> 00:51:50,000 SYSTEMS, AIRPORTS AND 1734 00:51:50,001 --> 00:51:52,000 WATERWAYS. MADAM SPEAKER, I LOOK FORWARD 1735 00:51:52,001 --> 00:51:53,000 TO WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP TO 1736 00:51:53,001 --> 00:51:55,000 ENSURE THAT THIS CONGRESS 1737 00:51:55,001 --> 00:51:56,000 PASSES THIS BILAND TAKES 1738 00:51:56,001 --> 00:51:58,000 FURTHER ACTION IN THE NEXT 1739 00:51:58,001 --> 00:51:59,000 SESSION TO PUT AMERICANS BACK 1740 00:51:59,001 --> 00:52:00,000 THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 1741 00:52:00,001 --> 00:52:02,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1742 00:52:02,001 --> 00:52:03,000 TIME. 1743 00:52:03,001 --> 00:52:04,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMP 1744 00:52:04,001 --> 00:52:05,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE RESERVES. 1745 00:52:05,001 --> 00:52:06,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1746 00:52:06,001 --> 00:52:09,000 CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 1747 00:52:09,001 --> 00:52:11,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 1748 00:52:11,001 --> 00:52:13,000 I'D NOW LI YIELD TO A 1749 00:52:13,001 --> 00:52:16,000 THIRD COLLEAGUE FROM TEXAS WHO 1750 00:52:16,001 --> 00:52:18,000 HAS COME TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS 1751 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:19,000 RULE, ONE OF THE MOST FISCALLY 1752 00:52:19,001 --> 00:52:21,000 CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE 1753 00:52:21,001 --> 00:52:22,000 HOUSE, MR. 1754 00:52:22,001 --> 00:52:23,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: HOW 1755 00:52:23,001 --> 00:52:24,000 MUCH TIME DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELD? 1756 00:52:24,001 --> 00:52:26,000 MS. FOXX: SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME. 1757 00:52:26,001 --> 00:52:27,000 THANK YOU, MADM SPEAKER. 1758 00:52:27,001 --> 00:52:28,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS 1759 00:52:28,001 --> 00:52:30,000 RECOGNIZED. 1760 00:52:30,001 --> 00:52:31,000 MR. CULBERSON: THANK YOU, MADAM 1761 00:52:31,001 --> 00:52:32,000 SPEAKER. 1762 00:52:32,001 --> 00:52:33,000 SLOW DOWN FOR JUST A MINUTE AND 1763 00:52:33,001 --> 00:52:35,000 THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING 1764 00:52:35,001 --> 00:52:38,000 HERE TODAY. 1765 00:52:38,001 --> 00:52:41,000 THE HOUSE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE 1766 00:52:41,001 --> 00:52:45,000 TODAY ON A PACKAGE OF FOUR 1767 00:52:45,001 --> 00:52:48,000 MASSIVE BILLS, SPENDING OVER 1768 00:52:48,001 --> 00:52:49,000 $1.1 TRILLION HARD-EARNED TAX 1769 00:52:49,001 --> 00:52:52,000 DOLLARS. 1770 00:52:52,001 --> 00:52:53,000 THAT WILL BE PAID FOR BY 1771 00:52:53,001 --> 00:52:56,000 ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT OUR 1772 00:52:56,001 --> 00:52:58,000 CHILDREN MUST REPAY. 1773 00:52:58,001 --> 00:53:00,000 WORST OF ALL THESE BILLS WERE 1774 00:53:00,001 --> 00:53:01,000 ONLY POSTED ON THE INTERNET 1775 00:53:01,001 --> 00:53:03,000 LAST NIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN 1776 00:53:03,001 --> 00:53:07,000 PEOPLE TO SEE ABOUT 11:00. 1777 00:53:07,001 --> 00:53:09,000 SO LITERALLY 1778 00:53:09,001 --> 00:53:11,000 PUBLIC, FOR THE TAXPAYERS, FOR 1779 00:53:11,001 --> 00:53:16,000 THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 1780 00:53:16,001 --> 00:53:20,000 THESE BILLS, SPENDING OVER 1781 00:53:20,001 --> 00:53:21,000 $1,100,000,000,000, AND THE 1782 00:53:21,001 --> 00:53:23,000 ONLY COPY OF THE BILL BEFORE 1783 00:53:23,001 --> 00:53:25,000 US, THE DEFENSE BILL ANYONE CAN 1784 00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:26,000 FIND, IS THE ONE ON THE CLERK'S 1785 00:53:26,001 --> 00:53:28,000 DESK. 1786 00:53:28,001 --> 00:53:29,000 THESE BILLS WERE PUT UP THERE 1787 00:53:29,001 --> 00:53:30,000 13 HOURS AGO. 1788 00:53:30,001 --> 00:53:31,000 THEY ARE NOT EVEN OUTSIDE IN 1789 00:53:31,001 --> 00:53:33,000 THE HOUSE LOBBY. 1790 00:53:33,001 --> 00:53:34,000 IT'S ALWAYS TRADITION AT 1791 00:53:34,001 --> 00:53:35,000 ABSOLUTE MINIMUM THAT MEMBERS 1792 00:53:35,001 --> 00:53:37,000 OF CONGRESS WOULD BE ABLE TO 1793 00:53:37,001 --> 00:53:38,000 PHYSICALLY READ THE 1794 00:53:38,001 --> 00:53:40,000 OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY, BUT THIS 1795 00:53:40,001 --> 00:53:42,000 IS ALL I FOUND. 1796 00:53:42,001 --> 00:53:44,000 THIS EMPTY BOX OUTSIDE THE 1797 00:53:44,001 --> 00:53:57,000 LOBBY IS ALL WE HAVE. BEFORE US TODAY. 1798 00:53:57,001 --> 00:54:01,000 . 1799 00:54:01,001 --> 00:54:03,000 WHY ARE WE RUSHING TO DO THIS? 1800 00:54:03,001 --> 00:54:05,000 SO SPEAKER PELOSI CAN CATCH A 1801 00:54:05,001 --> 00:54:08,000 PLANE TO COPENHAGEN. 1802 00:54:08,001 --> 00:54:13,000 WE'RE SPENDING $1.1 TRILLION ON 1803 00:54:13,001 --> 00:54:14,000 TOP OF THE $6.7 TRILLION THAT 1804 00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:16,000 THIS LIBERAL MAJORITY HAS 1805 00:54:16,001 --> 00:54:18,000 ALREADY SPENT THIS YEAR. 1806 00:54:18,001 --> 00:54:21,000 THAT MEANS IN THE COURSE OF 12 1807 00:54:21,001 --> 00:54:22,000 MONTHS THIS LIBERAL MAJORITY IN 1808 00:54:22,001 --> 00:54:26,000 CONGRESS HAS ALREADY SPENT, IN 1809 00:54:26,001 --> 00:54:28,000 THIS HOUSE, NEARLY $8 TRILLION 1810 00:54:28,001 --> 00:54:31,000 IN 12 MONTHS. 1811 00:54:31,001 --> 00:54:33,000 IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, IT'S 1812 00:54:33,001 --> 00:54:34,000 UNSUPPORTABLE, IT WILL BANKRUPT 1813 00:54:34,001 --> 00:54:35,000 THIS NATION AND CRUSH OUR 1814 00:54:35,001 --> 00:54:38,000 CHILDREN UNDER A BURDEN OF DEBT 1815 00:54:38,001 --> 00:54:40,000 THAT THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY REPAY 1816 00:54:40,001 --> 00:54:42,000 WITHOUT CRUSHING TAX BURDENS 1817 00:54:42,001 --> 00:54:44,000 AND MASSIVE SACK NICES. 1818 00:54:44,001 --> 00:54:47,000 WE MAY BE THE FIRST YEN RATION 1819 00:54:47,001 --> 00:54:50,000 IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT LEAVES 1820 00:54:50,001 --> 00:54:52,000 OUR CHILDREN WORSE OFF THAN WE 1821 00:54:52,001 --> 00:54:54,000 -- THAN THE WORLD WE INHERITED 1822 00:54:54,001 --> 00:54:55,000 FROM OUR PARENTS. 1823 00:54:55,001 --> 00:54:57,000 IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND 1824 00:54:57,001 --> 00:55:03,000 OUTRAGEOUS. 1825 00:55:03,001 --> 00:55:04,000 AND AS MY COLLEAGUE AND I 1826 00:55:04,001 --> 00:55:05,000 INTRODUCED LEGISLATION EARLIER 1827 00:55:05,001 --> 00:55:08,000 THIS YEAR TO REQUIRE THE HOUSE 1828 00:55:08,001 --> 00:55:09,000 TO LAY THESE BILLS OUT, EVERY 1829 00:55:09,001 --> 00:55:11,000 BILL, FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS 1830 00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:12,000 BEFORE THEY CAN BE VOTED ON ON 1831 00:55:12,001 --> 00:55:15,000 THE FLOOR. 1832 00:55:15,001 --> 00:55:18,000 I WANT TO ASK THE SPEAKER A SIMPLE QUESTION. 1833 00:55:18,001 --> 00:55:19,000 WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, GIVING 1834 00:55:19,001 --> 00:55:20,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TIME TO 1835 00:55:20,001 --> 00:55:22,000 READ THESE BILLS TO GIVE THE 1836 00:55:22,001 --> 00:55:25,000 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TIME TO 1837 00:55:25,001 --> 00:55:26,000 READ THESE BILLS, OR TO CATCH 1838 00:55:26,001 --> 00:55:28,000 AN AIRPLANE TO A GLOBAL WARMING 1839 00:55:28,001 --> 00:55:29,000 CONFERENCE? 1840 00:55:29,001 --> 00:55:30,000 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE 1841 00:55:30,001 --> 00:55:32,000 TODAY. 1842 00:55:32,001 --> 00:55:33,000 I WOULD ASK SPEAKER PELOSI IN 1843 00:55:33,001 --> 00:55:35,000 ALL SINCERITY, MADAM SPEAKER, 1844 00:55:35,001 --> 00:55:37,000 PLEASE, CANCEL YOUR FLIGHT. 1845 00:55:37,001 --> 00:55:39,000 GI THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TIME 1846 00:55:39,001 --> 00:55:42,000 TO READ THESE SPENDING BILLS 1847 00:55:42,001 --> 00:55:45,000 AND IT'S TIME TO STOP 1848 00:55:45,001 --> 00:55:46,000 CONGRESS TO VOTE BLIND. 1849 00:55:46,001 --> 00:55:50,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1850 00:55:50,001 --> 00:55:51,000 TIME. 1851 00:55:51,001 --> 00:55:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1852 00:55:52,001 --> 00:55:53,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 1853 00:55:53,001 --> 00:55:55,000 RECOGNIZED. 1854 00:55:55,001 --> 00:55:58,000 MS. PINGREE: I YIELD TWO 1855 00:55:58,001 --> 00:56:04,000 WASHINGTON A MEMBER OF THE 1856 00:56:04,001 --> 00:56:05,000 COMMITTEE ON PREMISES, 1857 00:56:05,001 --> 00:56:07,000 DICKS. 1858 00:56:07,001 --> 00:56:09,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1859 00:56:09,001 --> 00:56:11,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO 1860 00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:12,000 MINUTES. 1861 00:56:12,001 --> 00:56:14,000 MR. DICKS: I WANTED TO DISCUSS 1862 00:56:14,001 --> 00:56:15,000 A CHANGE MADE THIS YEAR IN THE 1863 00:56:15,001 --> 00:56:17,000 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. 1864 00:56:17,001 --> 00:56:20,000 I WANT TO READ IT INTO TH 1865 00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:22,000 RECORD TO CORRECT SOMETHING 1866 00:56:22,001 --> 00:56:23,000 SAID EARLIER. 1867 00:56:23,001 --> 00:56:26,000 EACH ITEM SPECIFIED IN THIS 1868 00:56:26,001 --> 00:56:27,000 ACT, THE DEFENSE BILL, OR THE 1869 00:56:27,001 --> 00:56:29,000 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT REGARDI 1870 00:56:29,001 --> 00:56:33,000 THIS ACT, ALSO IDENTIFIED IN 1871 00:56:33,001 --> 00:56:36,000 SENATE REPORT 111-74, AND 1872 00:56:36,001 --> 00:56:37,000 INTENDED TO AWARD TO A 1873 00:56:37,001 --> 00:56:40,000 FOR-PROFIT ENTITY, SHALL BE 1874 00:56:40,001 --> 00:56:42,000 SUBJECT TO ACQUISITION 1875 00:56:42,001 --> 00:56:45,000 REGULATIONS FOR FULL AND OPEN 1876 00:56:45,001 --> 00:56:48,000 COMPETION ON THE SAME BASIS 1877 00:56:48,001 --> 00:56:50,000 AS EACH SPENDING ITEM INTENDED 1878 00:56:50,001 --> 00:56:51,000 FOR A NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITY 1879 00:56:51,001 --> 00:56:53,000 CONTAINED IN THE BUDGET REQUEST 1880 00:56:53,001 --> 00:56:58,000 OF THE PRESIDENT. 1881 00:56:58,001 --> 00:56:59,000 EXCEPTIONS, THEY SHALL NOT 1882 00:56:59,001 --> 00:57:01,000 APPLY TO ANY CONTRACT AWARDED 1883 00:57:01,001 --> 00:57:03,000 BY A MEANS THAT IS REQUIRED BY 1884 00:57:03,001 --> 00:57:06,000 FEDERAL STATUTE, INCLUDING FOR 1885 00:57:06,001 --> 00:57:08,000 A PURCHASE MADE UNDER A 1886 00:57:08,001 --> 00:57:09,000 MANDATED PREFERENTIAL PROGRAM, 1887 00:57:09,001 --> 00:57:12,000 TWO, PURSUANT TO THE SMALL 1888 00:57:12,001 --> 00:57:16,000 BUSINESS ACT 15RK U.S.C. 631, 1889 00:57:16,001 --> 00:57:18,000 OR IN AN AMOUNT LESS THAN THE 1890 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:22,000 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION 1891 00:57:22,001 --> 00:57:24,000 THRESHOLD DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1892 00:57:24,001 --> 00:57:26,000 302-AA OF THE FEDERAL PROPERTY 1893 00:57:26,001 --> 00:57:28,000 AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT 1894 00:57:28,001 --> 00:57:30,000 OF 1949. 1895 00:57:30,001 --> 00:57:31,000 ANY CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED 1896 00:57:31,001 --> 00:57:34,000 SPENDING ITEM SPECIFIED IN THIS 1897 00:57:34,001 --> 00:57:35,000 ACT OR THE EXPLANATORY 1898 00:57:35,001 --> 00:57:37,000 STATEMENT REGARDING THIS ACT 1899 00:57:37,001 --> 00:57:39,000 THAT IS INTENDED FOR AWARDO A 1900 00:57:39,001 --> 00:57:42,000 FOR-PRIT ENTITY AND IS NOT 1901 00:57:42,001 --> 00:57:44,000 COVERED BY THE COMPETITION 1902 00:57:44,001 --> 00:57:48,000 REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN 1903 00:57:48,001 --> 00:57:50,000 SECTION A SHALL BE AWARDED IN 1904 00:57:50,001 --> 00:57:51,000 FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION 1905 00:57:51,001 --> 00:57:52,000 EXCEPT ANY CONTRACT AWARDED 1906 00:57:52,001 --> 00:57:54,000 UNDER FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION 1907 00:57:54,001 --> 00:57:57,000 THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT IN 1908 00:57:57,001 --> 00:58:00,000 FISCAL YEAR 2010 SHALL BE 1909 00:58:00,001 --> 00:58:01,000 CONSIDERED TO HAVE SATISFIED 1910 00:58:01,001 --> 00:58:02,000 THE CONDITIONS OF FULL AND OPEN 1911 00:58:02,001 --> 00:58:04,000 COMPETITION. 1912 00:58:04,001 --> 00:58:06,000 IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM 1913 00:58:06,001 --> 00:58:07,000 CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED 1914 00:58:07,001 --> 00:58:08,000 SPENDING ITEM MEANS THE 1915 00:58:08,001 --> 00:58:11,000 FOLLOWING A CONGRESSIONALLY 1916 00:58:11,001 --> 00:58:17,000 DIRECTED SPENDING ITEM 1917 00:58:17,001 --> 00:58:19,000 FINED IN RULL XLI-5 OF THE 1918 00:58:19,001 --> 00:58:21,000 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE A 1919 00:58:21,001 --> 00:58:22,000 CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK FOR 1920 00:58:22,001 --> 00:58:23,000 PURPOSES OF RULE 21 OF THE 1921 00:58:23,001 --> 00:58:25,000 HOUSE OF 1922 00:58:25,001 --> 00:58:26,000 I THINK THIS CLARIFIES THE 1923 00:58:26,001 --> 00:58:30,000 MISSTATEMENT THAT WAS MADE 1924 00:58:30,001 --> 00:58:34,000 PREVIOUSLY BY THE GENTLEMAN 1925 00:58:34,001 --> 00:58:35,000 I YIELD BACK MY TIME. 1926 00:58:35,001 --> 00:58:36,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1927 00:58:36,001 --> 00:58:38,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 1928 00:58:38,001 --> 00:58:39,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 1929 00:58:39,001 --> 00:58:40,000 CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 1930 00:58:40,001 --> 00:58:41,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 1931 00:58:41,001 --> 00:58:42,000 SPEAKER. 1932 00:58:42,001 --> 00:58:44,000 THE WEST CONTINUES TO BE 1933 00:58:44,001 --> 00:58:46,000 WELL-REPRESENTED HERE. 1934 00:58:46,001 --> 00:58:47,000 I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THREE 1935 00:58:47,001 --> 00:58:48,000 MINUTES TO OUR COLLEAGUE FROM 1936 00:58:48,001 --> 00:58:49,000 ARIZONA, MR. FLAKE. 1937 00:58:49,001 --> 00:58:51,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1938 00:58:51,001 --> 00:58:52,000 CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN 1939 00:58:52,001 --> 00:58:54,000 FROM ARIZONA FOR THREE MINUTES. 1940 00:58:54,001 --> 00:58:55,000 MR. FLAKE: I THANK THE 1941 00:58:55,001 --> 00:58:56,000 GENTLELADY FOR YIELDING. 1942 00:58:56,001 --> 00:58:59,000 I HAD HOPED THE GENTLEMAN WOULD 1943 00:58:59,001 --> 00:59:00,000 RISE AND EXPLAIN WHAT HE JUST 1944 00:59:00,001 --> 00:59:01,000 EXPLAINED. 1945 00:59:01,001 --> 00:59:04,000 NOW I WILL GLADLY YIELD HIM 1946 00:59:04,001 --> 00:59:06,000 SUCH TIME AS HE NEEDS TO 1947 00:59:06,001 --> 00:59:09,000 EXPLAIN WHY THIS WOULD ONLY 1948 00:59:09,001 --> 00:59:12,000 APPLY TO EARMARKS BY HOUSE 1949 00:59:12,001 --> 00:59:14,000 MEMBERS ALONE AND WHY THE 1950 00:59:14,001 --> 00:59:16,000 COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS DON'T 1951 00:59:16,001 --> 00:59:19,000 APPLY TO EARMARKS THAT ARE 1952 00:59:19,001 --> 00:59:20,000 JOINTLY REQUESTED BY A HOUSE 1953 00:59:20,001 --> 00:59:22,000 AND SENATE MEMBER? 1954 00:59:22,001 --> 00:59:24,000 IF WE'RE HANGING OUR HAT ON 1955 00:59:24,001 --> 00:59:27,000 LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES THAT 1956 00:59:27,001 --> 00:59:29,000 THESE EARMARKS BE SUBJECT TO 1957 00:59:29,001 --> 00:59:30,000 COMPETITION, THEN SURELY WE 1958 00:59:30,001 --> 00:59:32,000 WOULD EXTEND IT TO ANYTHING 1959 00:59:32,001 --> 00:59:34,000 THAT HAD OUR NAME ON IT, BUT 1960 00:59:34,001 --> 00:59:35,000 WE'RE NOT. 1961 00:59:35,001 --> 00:59:39,000 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 1962 00:59:39,001 --> 00:59:40,000 LANGUAGE ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE 1963 00:59:40,001 --> 00:59:42,000 EARMARKS THAT ARE REQUESTED 1964 00:59:42,001 --> 00:59:43,000 SOLELY BY A HOUSE MEMBER AND 1965 00:59:43,001 --> 00:59:46,000 THAT IF YOU HAVE A SENATE 1966 00:59:46,001 --> 00:59:48,000 MEMBER ON YOU 1967 00:59:48,001 --> 00:59:49,000 THEN IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO 1968 00:59:49,001 --> 00:59:51,000 COMPETION. 1969 00:59:51,001 --> 00:59:53,000 THE LANGUAGE JUST EXPLAINED 1970 00:59:53,001 --> 00:59:54,000 DOES NOT APPLY TO IT. 1971 00:59:54,001 --> 00:59:57,000 SO YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. 1972 00:59:57,001 --> 00:59:59,000 I WILL ARGUE IT DOESN'T MATTER 1973 00:59:59,001 --> 01:00:02,000 ANYWAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF YOU TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 1974 01:00:02,001 --> 01:00:05,000 DEFENSE, AND I HAVE, WE'VE HELD 1975 01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:06,000 MEETINGS IN MY OFFICE WITH THE 1976 01:00:06,001 --> 01:00:09,000 PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS, WE'VE 1977 01:00:09,001 --> 01:00:10,000 ASKED THEM, HOW DOES THIS WORK 1978 01:00:10,001 --> 01:00:12,000 WHEN THE EARMARKS COME OVER? 1979 01:00:12,001 --> 01:00:13,000 ARE THEY SUBJECT TO 1980 01:00:13,001 --> 01:00:14,000 COMPETITION, THEY SAID, YES. 1981 01:00:14,001 --> 01:00:16,000 WE FOLLOW THE RULES. 1982 01:00:16,001 --> 01:00:20,000 YES. 1983 01:00:20,001 --> 01:00:24,000 -- YET, WHEN YOU ASK THEM TO DO 1984 01:00:24,001 --> 01:00:26,000 A CURSORY EXAMINATION OF THOSE 1985 01:00:26,001 --> 01:00:28,000 YEARS, YOU'LL FIND AN UNCANNY 1986 01:00:28,001 --> 01:00:32,000 ALIGNMENT, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, 1987 01:00:32,001 --> 01:00:34,000 AND THOSE WHO ACTUALLY GOOD THE 1988 01:00:34,001 --> 01:00:38,000 EARMARKS IN THE END. 1989 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:39,000 YOU CAN SAY, YEAH 1990 01:00:39,001 --> 01:00:41,000 TO SUBJECT THESE TO FULL AND 1991 01:00:41,001 --> 01:00:42,000 OPEN COMPETITION, THE 1992 01:00:42,001 --> 01:00:43,000 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALREADY 1993 01:00:43,001 --> 01:00:46,000 SAYS THAT AND THESE ARTICLES I 1994 01:00:46,001 --> 01:00:48,000 TALKED ABOUT, THE SCANDALS 1995 01:00:48,001 --> 01:00:50,000 CURRENTLY UNDER WAY ARE UNDER A 1996 01:00:50,001 --> 01:00:51,000 POLICY WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF 1997 01:00:51,001 --> 01:00:53,000 DEFENSE ALREADY SAYS WE SUBJECT 1998 01:00:53,001 --> 01:00:54,000 THESE TO FULL AND OPEN 1999 01:00:54,001 --> 01:00:56,000 COMPETITION. 2000 01:00:56,001 --> 01:00:57,000 BUT LET ME TELL YOU IF AN 2001 01:00:57,001 --> 01:00:58,000 EARMARK COMES OVER FROM A 2002 01:00:58,001 --> 01:01:01,000 MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 2003 01:01:01,001 --> 01:01:02,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, I 2004 01:01:02,001 --> 01:01:05,000 SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT THE 2005 01:01:05,001 --> 01:01:09,000 MAJORITY OF EASE EARMARKS, A -- 2006 01:01:09,001 --> 01:01:10,000 OF THESE EARMARKS 2007 01:01:10,001 --> 01:01:12,000 DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER ARE 2008 01:01:12,001 --> 01:01:13,000 FROM THE POWERFUL MEMBERS ON 2009 01:01:13,001 --> 01:01:15,000 THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 2010 01:01:15,001 --> 01:01:16,000 BELIEVE ME, THOSE PROCUREMENT 2011 01:01:16,001 --> 01:01:19,000 OFFICIALS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 2012 01:01:19,001 --> 01:01:20,000 DEFENSE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 2013 01:01:20,001 --> 01:01:22,000 THEY KNOW WHO BUTTERS THEIR 2014 01:01:22,001 --> 01:01:23,000 BREAD AND THEY KNOW THEY BETTER 2015 01:01:23,001 --> 01:01:25,000 AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO THE 2016 01:01:25,001 --> 01:01:27,000 INTENDED RECIPIENT OR THEY 2017 01:01:27,001 --> 01:01:28,000 MIGHT NOT GET FUNDED THE NEXT 2018 01:01:28,001 --> 01:01:30,000 YEAR. 2019 01:01:30,001 --> 01:01:31,000 IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, WHY 2020 01:01:31,001 --> 01:01:34,000 HAVE WE SEEN SO MUCH, AN 2021 01:01:34,001 --> 01:01:35,000 UNCANNY ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE 2022 01:01:35,001 --> 01:01:36,000 INTENDED RECIPIENT AND THOSE 2023 01:01:36,001 --> 01:01:38,000 WHO GOT THE EARMARK IN THE 2024 01:01:38,001 --> 01:01:39,000 FIRST PLACE? 2025 01:01:39,001 --> 01:01:41,000 FIRST, AGAIN, LET ME SAY, IF 2026 01:01:41,001 --> 01:01:42,000 WE'RE HANGING OUR HAT ON THE 2027 01:01:42,001 --> 01:01:45,000 LANGUAGE THAT THESE ARE SUBJECT 2028 01:01:45,001 --> 01:01:46,000 TO COMPETITION, WHY WOULDN'T WE 2029 01:01:46,001 --> 01:01:48,000 APPLY IT TO EVERY EARMARK 2030 01:01:48,001 --> 01:01:50,000 THAT'S CONTAINED IN THIS BILL. 2031 01:01:50,001 --> 01:01:53,000 DOESN'T APPLY TO SENATE 2032 01:01:53,001 --> 01:01:55,000 EARMARKS NOR DOES IT APPLY TO 2033 01:01:55,001 --> 01:01:57,000 EARMARKS REESTED BY BOTH 2034 01:01:57,001 --> 01:01:58,000 SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS. 2035 01:01:58,001 --> 01:02:02,000 ARE WE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE 2036 01:02:02,001 --> 01:02:04,000 GOING 2037 01:02:04,001 --> 01:02:07,000 COMPETION AND THES 2038 01:02:07,001 --> 01:02:09,000 YEAH, IT'S OK 2039 01:02:09,001 --> 01:02:10,000 WORK. 2040 01:02:10,001 --> 01:02:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2041 01:02:11,001 --> 01:02:12,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 2042 01:02:12,001 --> 01:02:14,000 RECOGNIZED. 2043 01:02:14,001 --> 01:02:18,000 MS. PINGREE: I YIELD TO THE 2044 01:02:18,001 --> 01:02:21,000 GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON. 2045 01:02:21,001 --> 01:02:22,000 MR. DICKS: THIS IS AN 2046 01:02:22,001 --> 01:02:25,000 INITIATIVE MR. OBEY PUT INTO 2047 01:02:25,001 --> 01:02:26,000 PLACE THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE HAD IN 2048 01:02:26,001 --> 01:02:29,000 INITIATIVE. 2049 01:02:29,001 --> 01:02:31,000 IT SAYS IF AN EARMARK IS 2050 01:02:31,001 --> 01:02:33,000 DIRECTED TO A FOR-PROFIT 2051 01:02:33,001 --> 01:02:34,000 COMPANY 2052 01:02:34,001 --> 01:02:37,000 COMPETION. 2053 01:02:37,001 --> 01:02:38,000 IN THE CONFERENCE THAT WAS 2054 01:02:38,001 --> 01:02:40,000 EXTENDED TO THE UNITED STATES 2055 01:02:40,001 --> 01:02:42,000 SENATE AS WELL SYSTEM OF AGAIN, 2056 01:02:42,001 --> 01:02:45,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA 2057 01:02:45,001 --> 01:02:46,000 MISSPEAKS AND MISLEADS THE 2058 01:02:46,001 --> 01:02:49,000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON A 2059 01:02:49,001 --> 01:02:50,000 VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY 2060 01:02:50,001 --> 01:02:51,000 SENSITIVE MATTER AND THERE 2061 01:02:51,001 --> 01:02:53,000 OUGHT TO BE COMPETITION ON 2062 01:02:53,001 --> 01:02:55,000 THESE THINGS AND I THOUGHT THE 2063 01:02:55,001 --> 01:03:00,000 GENTLEMAN WOULD RECOGNIZE HOW 2064 01:03:00,001 --> 01:03:01,000 IMPOR 2065 01:03:01,001 --> 01:03:03,000 MR. OBEY FOR HIS INITIATIVE, 2066 01:03:03,001 --> 01:03:04,000 BUT I DENT HEAR THAT. 2067 01:03:04,001 --> 01:03:05,000 I YIELD BACK MY TIME. 2068 01:03:05,001 --> 01:03:06,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2069 01:03:06,001 --> 01:03:08,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA 2070 01:03:08,001 --> 01:03:10,000 IS RECOGNIZED. 2071 01:03:10,001 --> 01:03:13,000 MS. FOXX: MADAM SPEAKER, HAVING 2072 01:03:13,001 --> 01:03:14,000 A CHARGE OF MISSPEAKING IS VERY 2073 01:03:14,001 --> 01:03:17,000 SERIOUS. 2074 01:03:17,001 --> 01:03:18,000 I WOULD LIKE THEREFORE TO ALLOW 2075 01:03:18,001 --> 01:03:21,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA TO 2076 01:03:21,001 --> 01:03:23,000 SPEAK AGAIN ON THE RULE. 2077 01:03:23,001 --> 01:03:24,000 FOR SUCH TIME AS HE MAY 2078 01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:26,000 CONSUME. 2079 01:03:26,001 --> 01:03:28,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 2080 01:03:28,001 --> 01:03:29,000 MS. FLAKE: I THANK THE 2081 01:03:29,001 --> 01:03:31,000 GENTLELADY FOR HER INDULGENCE, 2082 01:03:31,001 --> 01:03:32,000 THIS IS IMPORTANT. 2083 01:03:32,001 --> 01:03:36,000 I ASKHE GENTLEMAN, IF I YIELD 2084 01:03:36,001 --> 01:03:37,000 HIM TIME TO RESPOND, IS IT YOUR 2085 01:03:37,001 --> 01:03:39,000 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS 2086 01:03:39,001 --> 01:03:43,000 LANGUAGE, THIS NEW COMPETITION 2087 01:03:43,001 --> 01:03:45,000 EARMARKS AS WELL AS EARMARKS 2088 01:03:45,001 --> 01:03:46,000 REQUESTED BY BOTH HOUSE AND 2089 01:03:46,001 --> 01:03:49,000 SENATE MEMBERS. 2090 01:03:49,001 --> 01:03:50,000 MR. DICKS: IS MY 2091 01:03:50,001 --> 01:03:51,000 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS 2092 01:03:51,001 --> 01:03:54,000 LANGUAGE APPLIES BOTH TO THE 2093 01:03:54,001 --> 01:03:57,000 HOUSE AND SENATE EARMARKS FOR 2094 01:03:57,001 --> 01:04:00,000 FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES REQUIRING COMPETITION. 2095 01:04:00,001 --> 01:04:04,000 THERE ARE SOME LITTLE 2096 01:04:04,001 --> 01:04:06,000 VARIATIONS ON -- BECAUSE OF 2097 01:04:06,001 --> 01:04:07,000 SECTION 8-A AND OTHER 2098 01:04:07,001 --> 01:04:11,000 RESTRICTIONS THAT THE SENATE 2099 01:04:11,001 --> 01:04:13,000 STILL CLAIMS THAT SHOULD BE 2100 01:04:13,001 --> 01:04:18,000 FOLLOWED, BUTHIS IS A MAJOR 2101 01:04:18,001 --> 01:04:20,000 STEP FORWARD AND I THINK MR. 2102 01:04:20,001 --> 01:04:22,000 OBEY DESERVES GREAT CREDIT FOR 2103 01:04:22,001 --> 01:04:23,000 THIS. 2104 01:04:23,001 --> 01:04:25,000 I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THIS UP. 2105 01:04:25,001 --> 01:04:27,000 ON FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES, THERE 2106 01:04:27,001 --> 01:04:29,000 IS FULL AND OPEN COMPETI 2107 01:04:29,001 --> 01:04:33,000 THESE EARMARKS. 2108 01:04:33,001 --> 01:04:37,000 I YIELD BACK MY TIME. 2109 01:04:37,001 --> 01:04:38,000 MR. FLAKE: T ME SIMPLY Y, 2110 01:04:38,001 --> 01:04:40,000 CONFLICT WITH THE AGREEMENT WE 2111 01:04:40,001 --> 01:04:41,000 UNDERSTAND BE IN EFFECT. 2112 01:04:41,001 --> 01:04:42,000 THE AGREEMENT WE UNDSTAND TO 2113 01:04:42,001 --> 01:04:46,000 BE IN EFFECT, WHAT I WAS TOLD 2114 01:04:46,001 --> 01:04:47,000 IS THAT ONLY THOSE EARMARKS 2115 01:04:47,001 --> 01:04:50,000 THAT ARE REQUESTED SOLELY BY A 2116 01:04:50,001 --> 01:04:51,000 HOUSE MEMBER HAVE THE LANGUAGE 2117 01:04:51,001 --> 01:04:54,000 THAT APPLIES TO COMPETITION. 2118 01:04:54,001 --> 01:04:55,000 IF IT IS AN EARMARK REQUESTED 2119 01:04:55,001 --> 01:04:58,000 BY BOTH A HOUSE AND SENATE 2120 01:04:58,001 --> 01:04:59,000 MEMBER, IT DOES NOT APP THIS 2121 01:04:59,001 --> 01:05:05,000 YEAR AND SUPPOSEDLY IT WILL 2122 01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:06,000 NEXT YEAR, THOUGH THERE ARE NO 2123 01:05:06,001 --> 01:05:08,000 GUARANTEES AND THE SENATE 2124 01:05:08,001 --> 01:05:11,000 DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS AT ALL. THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. 2125 01:05:11,001 --> 01:05:12,000 IF THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE 2126 01:05:12,001 --> 01:05:13,000 THERE, THEN PLEASE LET'S HAVE 2127 01:05:13,001 --> 01:05:14,000 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 2128 01:05:14,001 --> 01:05:16,000 PROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 2129 01:05:16,001 --> 01:05:18,000 EXPLAIN IT. 2130 01:05:18,001 --> 01:05:19,000 BUT AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS, 2131 01:05:19,001 --> 01:05:22,000 THAT LANGUAGE IS SO IMPORTANT, 2132 01:05:22,001 --> 01:05:23,000 WHY WOULDN'T IT APPLY ACROSS 2133 01:05:23,001 --> 01:05:25,000 THE BOARD? 2134 01:05:25,001 --> 01:05:27,000 AND DOESN'T IT STRIKE A LITTLE 2135 01:05:27,001 --> 01:05:30,000 BIT -- STRIKE EVERYBODY A 2136 01:05:30,001 --> 01:05:31,000 LITTLE BIT FUNNY THAT YOU HAVE 2137 01:05:31,001 --> 01:05:33,000 AN EARMARK THAT WHENTHE MEMBER 2138 01:05:33,001 --> 01:05:34,000 REQUES IT FROM THE 2139 01:05:34,001 --> 01:05:35,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, THE 2140 01:05:35,001 --> 01:05:38,000 SAY THIS EARMARK OF THIS 2141 01:05:38,001 --> 01:05:39,000 AMOUNT, $500,000, $2 MILLION, 2142 01:05:39,001 --> 01:05:42,000 WHATEVER, IS TO GO TO THIS 2143 01:05:42,001 --> 01:05:44,000 COMPANY AT THIS ADDRESS. 2144 01:05:44,001 --> 01:05:46,000 IT'S THAT SPECIFIC. 2145 01:05:46,001 --> 01:05:47,000 IT GOES TO THAT COMPANY AT THAT 2146 01:05:47,001 --> 01:05:49,000 ADDRESS. 2147 01:05:49,001 --> 01:05:50,000 NOW THE APPROPRIATIONS 2148 01:05:50,001 --> 01:05:52,000 COMMITTEE WILL SAY, WE'RE J 2149 01:05:52,001 --> 01:05:53,000 PROVIDING A LOOK-SEE, SO THE 2150 01:05:53,001 --> 01:05:55,000 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAN SAY, 2151 01:05:55,001 --> 01:05:56,000 WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT 2152 01:05:56,001 --> 01:05:58,000 COMPANY EXISTED, BUT NOW WE DO. 2153 01:05:58,001 --> 01:06:00,000 AND WE'RE DOING NOTHING MORE 2154 01:06:00,001 --> 01:06:02,000 THAN GIVE THEMMING A LOOK-SEE 2155 01:06:02,001 --> 01:06:04,000 AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO SEE 2156 01:06:04,001 --> 01:06:08,000 WHICH COMPANIES THOSE ARE. 2157 01:06:08,001 --> 01:06:15,000 I THINK THAT DOESN'T QUITE PASS 2158 01:06:15,001 --> 01:06:16,000 THE TEST. 2159 01:06:16,001 --> 01:06:17,000 MR. DICKS: WILL THE GENTLEMAN 2160 01:06:17,001 --> 01:06:19,000 YIELD? 2161 01:06:19,001 --> 01:06:21,000 I THINK THE GENTLEMAN IS TRYING TO CONFUSE HIMSELF. 2162 01:06:21,001 --> 01:06:23,000 CLEARLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING 2163 01:06:23,001 --> 01:06:24,000 ABOUT HERE IS THAT THERE HAS 2164 01:06:24,001 --> 01:06:25,000 BEEN A DECISION TO HAVE FULL 2165 01:06:25,001 --> 01:06:26,000 AND OPEN COMPETITION. 2166 01:06:26,001 --> 01:06:28,000 THE GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN AN 2167 01:06:28,001 --> 01:06:29,000 ADVOCATE FOR THAT, IT DOESN'T 2168 01:06:29,001 --> 01:06:31,000 MATTER HOW IT'S WRITTEN IN, THE 2169 01:06:31,001 --> 01:06:33,000 LAW SAYS FULL AND OPEN 2170 01:06:33,001 --> 01:06:36,000 COMPETION, SO PLEASE DON'T 2171 01:06:36,001 --> 01:06:38,000 TRY TO CONFUSE YOURSELF AND THE 2172 01:06:38,001 --> 01:06:39,000 HOUSE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2173 01:06:39,001 --> 01:06:41,000 THIS IS A REFORM YOU'VE BEEN 2174 01:06:41,001 --> 01:06:42,000 ADVOCANG FOR. 2175 01:06:42,001 --> 01:06:44,000 YOU OUGHT TO BE SAYING, THANK 2176 01:06:44,001 --> 01:06:45,000 YOU FOR DOING IT. 2177 01:06:45,001 --> 01:06:50,000 AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 2178 01:06:50,001 --> 01:06:53,000 BUT YOU'D RATHER HAVE THE ISSUE 2179 01:06:53,001 --> 01:06:54,000 TROUBLE THAN TO RESOLVE 2180 01:06:54,001 --> 01:06:56,000 SOMETHING. 2181 01:06:56,001 --> 01:06:58,000 I YIELD BACK MY TIME. 2182 01:06:58,001 --> 01:06:59,000 MR. FLAKE: I THANK THE 2183 01:06:59,001 --> 01:07:01,000 GENTLEMAN FOR EXPLAING MY 2184 01:07:01,001 --> 01:07:02,000 MOTIVES. 2185 01:07:02,001 --> 01:07:04,000 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS NO 2186 01:07:04,001 --> 01:07:05,000 MORE EARMARKS IN THE DEFENSE 2187 01:07:05,001 --> 01:07:07,000 BILL BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE 2188 01:07:07,001 --> 01:07:08,000 EARMARKS, YOU DON'T HAVE FULL 2189 01:07:08,001 --> 01:07:09,000 AND OPEN COMPETITION. 2190 01:07:09,001 --> 01:07:10,000 MR. DICKS: THE GENTLEMAN KNOWS 2191 01:07:10,001 --> 01:07:12,000 FULL WELL -- 2192 01:07:12,001 --> 01:07:13,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2193 01:07:13,001 --> 01:07:14,000 GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA CROLS 2194 01:07:14,001 --> 01:07:16,000 THE TIME. 2195 01:07:16,001 --> 01:07:17,000 MR. FLAKE: I WOULD NOT LIKE TO 2196 01:07:17,001 --> 01:07:19,000 SEE IN-BID CONTRACTS FOR 2197 01:07:19,001 --> 01:07:20,000 PRIVATE COMPANIES IN THE 2198 01:07:20,001 --> 01:07:22,000 DEFENSE BILL. 2199 01:07:22,001 --> 01:07:23,000 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, I DON'T 2200 01:07:23,001 --> 01:07:24,000 KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD YOU CAN 2201 01:07:24,001 --> 01:07:25,000 SAY WE HAVE FULL AND OPEN 2202 01:07:25,001 --> 01:07:27,000 COMPETITION. 2203 01:07:27,001 --> 01:07:29,000 LIKE I SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT LANGUAGE MEANS MUCH AT 2204 01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:31,000 ALL. 2205 01:07:31,001 --> 01:07:32,000 TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU BELIEVE 2206 01:07:32,001 --> 01:07:33,000 IT DOES MEAN SOMETHING, AT 2207 01:07:33,001 --> 01:07:34,000 LEAST YOU SHOULD APPLY IT 2208 01:07:34,001 --> 01:07:35,000 ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST TO 2209 01:07:35,001 --> 01:07:38,000 EARMARKS SOUGHT BY MEMBERS OF 2210 01:07:38,001 --> 01:07:41,000 THE HOUSE SOLELY, BUT THOSE 2211 01:07:41,001 --> 01:07:42,000 EARMARKS THAT ARE REQUESTED BY 2212 01:07:42,001 --> 01:07:44,000 SENATE MEMBERS AS WELL. 2213 01:07:44,001 --> 01:07:47,000 HOW CAN WE SAY WITH ATRAIGHT 2214 01:07:47,001 --> 01:07:50,000 FACE, HEY, WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE APPLYING 2215 01:07:50,001 --> 01:07:51,000 THAT COMPETITION LANGUAGE TO 2216 01:07:51,001 --> 01:07:53,000 US, BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS 2217 01:07:53,001 --> 01:07:54,000 GET A SENATE MEMBER TO REQUEST 2218 01:07:54,001 --> 01:07:56,000 IT ALONG WITH US YAO AND YOU 2219 01:07:56,001 --> 01:07:58,000 DO'T HAVE TO SUBJECT IT TO 2220 01:07:58,001 --> 01:07:59,000 FULL AND 2221 01:07:59,001 --> 01:08:02,000 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, MADAM SPEAKER. 2222 01:08:02,001 --> 01:08:04,000 I THANK THE GENTLELADYOR HER 2223 01:08:04,001 --> 01:08:06,000 INDULGENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND I YIELD BACK THE 2224 01:08:06,001 --> 01:08:07,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 2225 01:08:07,001 --> 01:08:09,000 THE SPEAKE 2226 01:08:09,001 --> 01:08:11,000 GENTLELADY FROM NORTH CAROLINA RESERVES. 2227 01:08:11,001 --> 01:08:12,000 THE CHAIR REMINDS MEMBERS TO 2228 01:08:12,001 --> 01:08:14,000 ADDRESS THEIR REMARKS TO THE 2229 01:08:14,001 --> 01:08:15,000 CHAIR. 2230 01:08:15,001 --> 01:08:17,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 2231 01:08:17,001 --> 01:08:19,000 RECOGNIZED. 2232 01:08:19,001 --> 01:08:20,000 SPEAKER. 2233 01:08:20,001 --> 01:08:22,000 I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE 2234 01:08:22,001 --> 01:08:24,000 JACKSON LEE. 2235 01:08:24,001 --> 01:08:25,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2236 01:08:25,001 --> 01:08:26,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS -- M 2237 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:28,000 PINGREEI YIELD THREE MINUTES 2238 01:08:28,001 --> 01:08:30,000 TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS. JACKSON LEE. 2239 01:08:30,001 --> 01:08:32,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2240 01:08:32,001 --> 01:08:33,000 GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2241 01:08:33,001 --> 01:08:34,000 THREE MINUTES. 2242 01:08:34,001 --> 01:08:35,000 MS. JACKSON LEE: LET ME THANK 2243 01:08:35,001 --> 01:08:37,000 THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLELADY 2244 01:08:37,001 --> 01:08:38,000 FROM MAINE AND THA THE 2245 01:08:38,001 --> 01:08:42,000 SPEAKER. 2246 01:08:42,001 --> 01:08:43,000 I WISH TO START BY WISHING 2247 01:08:43,001 --> 01:08:46,000 AMERICA A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND 2248 01:08:46,001 --> 01:08:47,000 TO OTHER AMERICANS A HAPPY 2249 01:08:47,001 --> 01:08:49,000 HOLIDAY AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY 2250 01:08:49,001 --> 01:08:50,000 THANKS TO THE RULES COMMITTEE 2251 01:08:50,001 --> 01:08:53,000 AND THE STAFF OF THE RULES 2252 01:08:53,001 --> 01:08:55,000 COMMITTEE FOR DOING AN ENORMOUS 2253 01:08:55,001 --> 01:08:56,000 JOB. 2254 01:08:56,001 --> 01:08:57,000 OUR CHAIRWOMAN, LOUISE 2255 01:08:57,001 --> 01:08:58,000 SLAUGHTER, HAS BEEN AT THE 2256 01:08:58,001 --> 01:09:00,000 FOREFRONT OF THE MAJOR 2257 01:09:00,001 --> 01:09:05,000 SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2258 01:09:05,001 --> 01:09:07,000 . 2259 01:09:07,001 --> 01:09:09,000 I OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO 2260 01:09:09,001 --> 01:09:11,000 MR. MURTHA AS WELL. 2261 01:09:11,001 --> 01:09:13,000 MANY OF US TODAY SUPPORT THE 2262 01:09:13,001 --> 01:09:14,000 DEFINANCE APPROPRIATION BILLS 2263 01:09:14,001 --> 01:09:15,000 EVEN AS WE CONSIDER THE NEXT 2264 01:09:15,001 --> 01:09:18,000 STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN. 2265 01:09:18,001 --> 01:09:21,000 BUT WHY AM I STANDING HERE 2266 01:09:21,001 --> 01:09:22,000 TODAY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK 2267 01:09:22,001 --> 01:09:23,000 COLLEAGUES AND THE AMERICAN 2268 01:09:23,001 --> 01:09:25,000 PEOPLE? 2269 01:09:25,001 --> 01:09:27,000 ONE, BECAUSE HISTORY GETS DISTORTED. 2270 01:09:27,001 --> 01:09:29,000 WE ARE IN THIS PREDICAMENT 2271 01:09:29,001 --> 01:09:32,000 BECAUSE THE LAST ADMINISTRATION 2272 01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:34,000 OF REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TOOK 2273 01:09:34,001 --> 01:09:35,000 AWAY OUR SURPLUS THAT HAD BEEN 2274 01:09:35,001 --> 01:09:38,000 CREATED IN THE 1990'S. 2275 01:09:38,001 --> 01:09:40,000 THEY DASHED AND DASHED AND 2276 01:09:40,001 --> 01:09:41,000 DESTROYED AND DEVASTATED. 2277 01:09:41,001 --> 01:09:45,000 ISN'T IT I 2278 01:09:45,001 --> 01:09:47,000 COME NOW TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A 2279 01:09:47,001 --> 01:09:48,000 LEADERSHIP, PRESIDENT AND KEMIC 2280 01:09:48,001 --> 01:09:50,000 -- DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN 2281 01:09:50,001 --> 01:09:51,000 CONGRESS THAT HAVE HAD TO MAKE 2282 01:09:51,001 --> 01:09:53,000 THE POLITICAL SACRIFICE TO 2283 01:09:53,001 --> 01:09:56,000 ENSURE THAT AMERICANS CAN WORK? 2284 01:09:56,001 --> 01:09:58,000 SO LET ME JUST SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. 2285 01:09:58,001 --> 01:10:00,000 THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 2286 01:10:00,001 --> 01:10:02,000 REINVESTMENT ACT THAT SECURED 2287 01:10:02,001 --> 01:10:04,000 NO REPUBLICAN VOTES, CREATED 2288 01:10:04,001 --> 01:10:06,000 3.5 MILLION JOBS, AND GAVE 95% 2289 01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:08,000 OF AMERICAN WORKERS A TAX CUT. 2290 01:10:08,001 --> 01:10:10,000 AND TODAY AS WE SPEAK WE ARE 2291 01:10:10,001 --> 01:10:11,000 CUTTING THE JOB LOSS EVERY 2292 01:10:11,001 --> 01:10:12,000 SINGLE MONTH. 2293 01:10:12,001 --> 01:10:15,000 WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY IS 2294 01:10:15,001 --> 01:10:16,000 BECAUSE I'M ENTHUSIASTICALLY 2295 01:10:16,001 --> 01:10:18,000 SUPPORTING THIS RULE BECAUSE WE 2296 01:10:18,001 --> 01:10:20,000 WILL THEN PASS A JOBS 2297 01:10:20,001 --> 01:10:21,000 AND I WILL BE ABLE TO GO HOME 2298 01:10:21,001 --> 01:10:23,000 TO THOSE IN THE 18TH 2299 01:10:23,001 --> 01:10:24,000 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHO TOLD 2300 01:10:24,001 --> 01:10:26,000 ME OVER THE THANKSGIVING 2301 01:10:26,001 --> 01:10:28,000 HOLIDAY AS I WAS PARTICIPATING 2302 01:10:28,001 --> 01:10:30,000 IN FEEDING THOSE ON 2303 01:10:30,001 --> 01:10:31,000 THANKSGIVING DAY, I LOST MY JOB 2304 01:10:31,001 --> 01:10:33,000 FOR A MAJOR CORPORATION. 2305 01:10:33,001 --> 01:10:36,000 I'M GOING TO TELL THEM THAT 2306 01:10:36,001 --> 01:10:37,000 BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE 2307 01:10:37,001 --> 01:10:39,000 FUNDING, $48 BILLION IN FACT, 2308 01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:41,000 WE WILL BE ABLE TO INVEST IN 2309 01:10:41,001 --> 01:10:43,000 HIGHWAYS AND MASS TRANSIT, $1 2310 01:10:43,001 --> 01:10:47,000 BILLION IN FEDERAL INVESTMENTS 2311 01:10:47,001 --> 01:10:49,000 TO HIGHWAYS, CREATES 27,800 JOBS. 2312 01:10:49,001 --> 01:10:51,000 IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT? 2313 01:10:51,001 --> 01:10:53,000 THE WRONGNESS OF IT IS THAT THE 2314 01:10:53,001 --> 01:10:55,000 OTHER SIDE IS NOT THINKING 2315 01:10:55,001 --> 01:10:56,000 ABOUT THE AMER 2316 01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:59,000 HAS NOT HAD A GOOD THOUGHT 2317 01:10:59,001 --> 01:11:00,000 ABOUT HOW TO INVEST IN AMERICA. 2318 01:11:00,001 --> 01:11:01,000 YOU KNOW WHAT THIS JOBS BILL IS 2319 01:11:01,001 --> 01:11:02,000 GOING TO DO? 2320 01:11:02,001 --> 01:11:05,000 IT'S GOING TO KEEP STATES FROM 2321 01:11:05,001 --> 01:11:06,000 CUTTING TEACHERS AND POLICE AND 2322 01:11:06,001 --> 01:11:07,000 FIREFIGHTERS AND IT'S GOING TO 2323 01:11:07,001 --> 01:11:09,000 PROVIDE JOB TRAING. 2324 01:11:09,001 --> 01:11:11,000 I AM PROUD THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN 2325 01:11:11,001 --> 01:11:13,000 MY IDEAS AND MANY OF OUR IDEAS 2326 01:11:13,001 --> 01:11:14,000 ON WORK I HAVE DONE ON SUMMER 2327 01:11:14,001 --> 01:11:15,000 YOUTH JOBS. 2328 01:11:15,001 --> 01:11:18,000 THEY ARE GOING TO PUT $150,000 2329 01:11:18,001 --> 01:11:19,000 PEOPLE -- 150,000 PEOPLE IN JOB 2330 01:11:19,001 --> 01:11:21,000 TRAINING POSITIONS AND ONE OF 2331 01:11:21,001 --> 01:11:23,000 THE IDEAS THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED THAT I HAVE PUT 2332 01:11:23,001 --> 01:11:25,000 FORWARD IN A BILL IS TO MAKE 2333 01:11:25,001 --> 01:11:26,000 SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN KEEP THEIR 2334 01:11:26,001 --> 01:11:28,000 UNEMPLOYMENT WHILE THEY ARE IN 2335 01:11:28,001 --> 01:11:29,000 A JOB TRAING AND RECEIVE A 2336 01:11:29,001 --> 01:11:31,000 STIPEND. 2337 01:11:31,001 --> 01:11:32,000 DIGNITY, JOBS IS WHAT WE ARE 2338 01:11:32,001 --> 01:11:33,000 TALKING ABOUT. 2339 01:11:33,001 --> 01:11:34,000 AND THEN MY SMALL BUSINESS 2340 01:11:34,001 --> 01:11:37,000 FRIEND, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT 2341 01:11:37,001 --> 01:11:38,000 YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 2342 01:11:38,001 --> 01:11:39,000 TO ENGAGE -- 2343 01:11:39,001 --> 01:11:40,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2344 01:11:40,001 --> 01:11:41,000 GENTMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2345 01:11:41,001 --> 01:11:42,000 MS. JACK 2346 01:11:42,001 --> 01:11:44,000 30 SECONDS. 2347 01:11:44,001 --> 01:11:45,000 MS. PINGREE: 15 SECONDS. 2348 01:11:45,001 --> 01:11:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2349 01:11:46,001 --> 01:11:48,000 GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2350 01:11:48,001 --> 01:11:49,000 15 SECONDS. 2351 01:11:49,001 --> 01:11:50,000 MS. JACKSON LEE: ANSWER YOUR 2352 01:11:50,001 --> 01:11:52,000 QUESTION ABOUT GETTING LOANS. 2353 01:11:52,001 --> 01:11:53,000 BUT THE G THING IS, RIVERSIDE 2354 01:11:53,001 --> 01:11:56,000 GENERAL HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THE 2355 01:11:56,001 --> 01:12:00,000 ASTUTENESS OF THOSE WHO WK ON 2356 01:12:00,001 --> 01:12:01,000 THE DEFENSE BILL, WILL GET 2357 01:12:01,001 --> 01:12:02,000 MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2358 01:12:02,001 --> 01:12:05,000 A AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOSPITAL, TO 2359 01:12:05,001 --> 01:12:06,000 HELP OUR SOLDIERS WITH 2360 01:12:06,001 --> 01:12:07,000 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. 2361 01:12:07,001 --> 01:12:08,000 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO 2362 01:12:08,001 --> 01:12:09,000 I YIELD BACK. 2363 01:12:09,001 --> 01:12:10,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2364 01:12:10,001 --> 01:12:11,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2365 01:12:11,001 --> 01:12:12,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 2366 01:12:12,001 --> 01:12:13,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 2367 01:12:13,001 --> 01:12:15,000 SPEAKER. 2368 01:12:15,001 --> 01:12:17,000 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR 2369 01:12:17,001 --> 01:12:19,000 COLLEAGUE FROM A 2370 01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:23,000 VERY VALUABLE INPUT ON THE 2371 01:12:23,001 --> 01:12:25,000 ISSUE OF EARMARKS AND SAY THAT 2372 01:12:25,001 --> 01:12:27,000 I JOIN HIM IN OPPOSING ALL 2373 01:12:27,001 --> 01:12:29,000 EARMARKS IN ANY OF OUR BILLS 2374 01:12:29,001 --> 01:12:30,000 UNTIL WE FIX THIS BROKEN 2375 01:12:30,001 --> 01:12:33,000 SYSTEM. 2376 01:12:33,001 --> 01:12:35,000 I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS A STUDY 2377 01:12:35,001 --> 01:12:38,000 OF HOW THESE SPECIFIC EARMARKS 2378 01:12:38,001 --> 01:12:40,000 THEN GET AWARDED STINS THERE 2379 01:12:40,001 --> 01:12:43,000 SEEMS TO BE OPEN COMPETION. 2380 01:12:43,001 --> 01:12:45,000 I WOULD WELCOME THE MAJORITY TO 2381 01:12:45,001 --> 01:12:46,000 INSTITUTE SUCH A STUDY AND JUST 2382 01:12:46,001 --> 01:12:47,000 SEE HOW OPEN THE COMPETITION 2383 01:12:47,001 --> 01:12:50,000 IS. 2384 01:12:50,001 --> 01:12:53,000 I NOW YIELD THREE MINUTES TO MY 2385 01:12:53,001 --> 01:12:54,000 COLLEAGUE FROM IOWA, MR. KING. 2386 01:12:54,001 --> 01:12:55,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2387 01:12:55,001 --> 01:12:57,000 CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA FOR THREE MINUTES. 2388 01:12:57,001 --> 01:12:58,000 MR. KIDGE: THANK Y 2389 01:12:58,001 --> 01:12:59,000 SPEAKER. -- 2390 01:12:59,001 --> 01:13:00,000 MR. KING: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 2391 01:13:00,001 --> 01:13:01,000 I THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM 2392 01:13:01,001 --> 01:13:02,000 NORTH CAROLINA FOR YIELDING. 2393 01:13:02,001 --> 01:13:04,000 BEFORE I TAKE UP THE SUBJECT 2394 01:13:04,001 --> 01:13:06,000 THAT I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT, 2395 01:13:06,001 --> 01:13:08,000 I CAN'T HELP BUT REMARK 2396 01:13:08,001 --> 01:13:10,000 THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS SAID 2397 01:13:10,001 --> 01:13:11,000 THAT THE PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE HAD 2398 01:13:11,001 --> 01:13:15,000 NOT HAD A GOOD THOUGHT ABOUT 2399 01:13:15,001 --> 01:13:17,000 HOW TO INVEST IN AMERICA. 2400 01:13:17,001 --> 01:13:18,000 NOT A GOOD THOUGHT. 2401 01:13:18,001 --> 01:13:20,000 I'LL SUBMIT, THAT WOULD BE A 2402 01:13:20,001 --> 01:13:21,000 DIRECT QUOTE, I WOULD SUBMIT 2403 01:13:21,001 --> 01:13:24,000 THAT THE GOOD THOUGH 2404 01:13:24,001 --> 01:13:26,000 RIGHT THERE ON THE IMMIGRATION 2405 01:13:26,001 --> 01:13:27,000 NATURALIZATION FLASH CARDS. 2406 01:13:27,001 --> 01:13:28,000 WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF 2407 01:13:28,001 --> 01:13:29,000 AMERICA? 2408 01:13:29,001 --> 01:13:30,000 FLIP THE CART OVERIF YOU WANT 2409 01:13:30,001 --> 01:13:32,000 TO BE NATURALIZED AS A CITIZEN 2410 01:13:32,001 --> 01:13:35,000 YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 2411 01:13:35,001 --> 01:13:36,000 THIS WAY, FREE ENTERPRISE 2412 01:13:36,001 --> 01:13:38,000 CAPITALISM. FREE ENTERPRISE CAPITALISM HAS 2413 01:13:38,001 --> 01:13:39,000 BEEN THE ENEMY OF THIS 2414 01:13:39,001 --> 01:13:40,000 ADMINISTRATION. 2415 01:13:40,001 --> 01:13:42,000 TIM GEITHNER SAID THAT FREE 2416 01:13:42,001 --> 01:13:44,000 ENTERPRISE CAPITALISM IS WHAT 2417 01:13:44,001 --> 01:13:45,000 BROUGHT US TO THE BRINK OF 2418 01:13:45,001 --> 01:13:46,000 RUIN. 2419 01:13:46,001 --> 01:13:52,000 CAN YOU IMAGINE TEARING ASUNDER 2420 01:13:52,001 --> 01:13:54,000 THE VERY FOUNDATION, ONE OF THE 2421 01:13:54,001 --> 01:13:55,000 PRINCIPAL PILLARS OF 2422 01:13:55,001 --> 01:13:57,000 AMERICANISM, SOMEHOW HADN'T HAD 2423 01:13:57,001 --> 01:14:00,000 A GOOD THOUGHT ABOUT AMERICA. 2424 01:14:00,001 --> 01:14:01,000 AND I'D ASK AGAIN, WHY DO WE 2425 01:14:01,001 --> 01:14:03,000 NEED AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOSPITALS? 2426 01:14:03,001 --> 01:14:04,000 WH 2427 01:14:04,001 --> 01:14:06,000 THAT TAKE CARE OF GOD'S CHILDREN? 2428 01:14:06,001 --> 01:14:07,000 WHY CAN'T WE ALL BE MEMBERS OF 2429 01:14:07,001 --> 01:14:09,000 THE HUMAN RACE? 2430 01:14:09,001 --> 01:14:10,000 WHY IS THERE ANY LEGISLATION 2431 01:14:10,001 --> 01:14:12,000 THAT'S BROUGHT INTO THIS 2432 01:14:12,001 --> 01:14:14,000 CONGRESS THAT SETS ASIDE 2433 01:14:14,001 --> 01:14:17,000 SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR PEOPLE 2434 01:14:17,001 --> 01:14:18,000 BASED UPONHE -- THEIR SKIN 2435 01:14:18,001 --> 01:14:19,000 COLOR RATHER THAN THE CONTENT 2436 01:14:19,001 --> 01:14:21,000 OF THE CHARACTER? 2437 01:14:21,001 --> 01:14:23,000 I THINK THIS IS A WRONG PATH. 2438 01:14:23,001 --> 01:14:26,000 WE HAVE TO EMBRACE EACH OTHER AS INDIVIDUALS. 2439 01:14:26,001 --> 01:14:28,000 THIS WALLOWING IN SELF-GUILT 2440 01:14:28,001 --> 01:14:30,000 HAS GONE ON AND ON, MADAM SPEAKER. 2441 01:14:30,001 --> 01:14:31,000 AND WE HAD A PRESIDENT CLINTON 2442 01:14:31,001 --> 01:14:32,000 THAT WENT AND APOLOGIZED TO 2443 01:14:32,001 --> 01:14:33,000 ENTIRE CONTINENTS. 2444 01:14:33,001 --> 01:14:36,000 NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT OBAMA 2445 01:14:36,001 --> 01:14:37,000 THAT HAS APOLOGIZED TO ENTIRE 2446 01:14:37,001 --> 01:14:38,000 CONTINENTS AS WELL FOR 2447 01:14:38,001 --> 01:14:41,000 AMERICANIS 2448 01:14:41,001 --> 01:14:43,000 IN THIS BILL ON PAGE 109 OF THE 2449 01:14:43,001 --> 01:14:45,000 BILL WE HAVE ANOTHER APOLOGY. 2450 01:14:45,001 --> 01:14:47,000 APOLOGY FROM CONGRESS THAT 2451 01:14:47,001 --> 01:14:50,000 SAYS, FIRST THINGS IN THERE. 2452 01:14:50,001 --> 01:14:51,000 TALKS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS, 2453 01:14:51,001 --> 01:14:53,000 RECOGNIZES SPECIAL LEGAL AND 2454 01:14:53,001 --> 01:14:54,000 POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP THAT 2455 01:14:54,001 --> 01:14:55,000 INDIAN TRIPES HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES. 2456 01:14:55,001 --> 01:14:56,000 THAT'S GOOD. 2457 01:14:56,001 --> 01:14:59,000 IT COMMENDS THE NATIVE PEOPLE 2458 01:14:59,001 --> 01:15:01,000 FOR THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS THEY PROTECTED THIS LAND. 2459 01:15:01,001 --> 01:15:03,000 PART OF THAT'S REAL GOOD. 2460 01:15:03,001 --> 01:15:05,000 PART OF THAT RECORD'S NOT REAL GOOD. 2461 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,000 THIS DOESN'T SAY SO. 2462 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:07,000 THE THIRD PIECE SAYS IT 2463 01:15:07,001 --> 01:15:10,000 RECOGNIZES THERE HAVE BEEN 2464 01:15:10,001 --> 01:15:11,000 YEARS OF OFFICIAL DEPP PRA 2465 01:15:11,001 --> 01:15:13,000 DAYSES, ILL-CONCEIVED POLICIES, 2466 01:15:13,001 --> 01:15:14,000 AND BREAKING OF COVENANTS 2467 01:15:14,001 --> 01:15:15,000 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 2468 01:15:15,001 --> 01:15:16,000 REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES. 2469 01:15:16,001 --> 01:15:18,000 THAT'S TRUE. 2470 01:15:18,001 --> 01:15:19,000 THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER SIDE TO 2471 01:15:19,001 --> 01:15:22,000 THAT THING THAT ISN'T NEGATIVE. 2472 01:15:22,001 --> 01:15:24,000 NOW IT SAYS, 109 OF THE BILL, 2473 01:15:24,001 --> 01:15:27,000 IT SAYS WE AS CONGRES ASK THE 2474 01:15:27,001 --> 01:15:29,000 PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES, ACTING THROUGH CONGRESS, 2475 01:15:29,001 --> 01:15:31,000 ACTUALLY, TO APOLOGIZE ON 2476 01:15:31,001 --> 01:15:32,000 BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE 2477 01:15:32,001 --> 01:15:33,000 UNITED STATES, TO ALL NATIVE 2478 01:15:33,001 --> 01:15:35,000 PEOPLE FOR THE MANY INSTANCES 2479 01:15:35,001 --> 01:15:38,000 OF VIOLENCE, MISTREATMENT, AND 2480 01:15:38,001 --> 01:15:40,000 NEGLECT INFLICTED UPON NATIVE 2481 01:15:40,001 --> 01:15:41,000 PEOPLE BY HE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITD STATES. 2482 01:15:41,001 --> 01:15:44,000 AS IF THERE WERE NO GUILT ON 2483 01:15:44,001 --> 01:15:46,000 THE OTHER SIDE. MADAM SPEAKER, I DIRECT THE 2484 01:15:46,001 --> 01:15:48,000 ATTENTION OF THIS BODY TO THE 2485 01:15:48,001 --> 01:15:50,000 DECLARATION OF 2486 01:15:50,001 --> 01:15:52,000 THERE IN PARAGRAPH 29 OF 32 AS 2487 01:15:52,001 --> 01:15:54,000 I COUNT THEM IT SAYS, AND I'M 2488 01:15:54,001 --> 01:15:55,000 GOING TO STOP SHORT OF 2489 01:15:55,001 --> 01:15:56,000 VIOLATING THE POLITICAL 2490 01:15:56,001 --> 01:16:00,000 CORRECTNESS, BUT I'M GOING TO 2491 01:16:00,001 --> 01:16:03,000 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 2492 01:16:03,001 --> 01:16:05,000 SPEAKING OF GEORGE, EXCITED 2493 01:16:05,001 --> 01:16:06,000 DOMESTIC INSURRECTIONS AMONG US 2494 01:16:06,001 --> 01:16:08,000 AND HAS ENDEAVORED TO BRING ON 2495 01:16:08,001 --> 01:16:09,000 THE INHABITANTS OF OUR FOR WHAT 2496 01:16:09,001 --> 01:16:11,000 PURPOSE DOES TIERS. THER 2497 01:16:11,001 --> 01:16:12,000 AND COMMEND THE TEXT OF THE 2498 01:16:12,001 --> 01:16:14,000 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 2499 01:16:14,001 --> 01:16:16,000 WHICH APPARENTLY VIOLATES THIS BILL. 2500 01:16:16,001 --> 01:16:17,000 I URGE A REJECTION OF THIS RULE 2501 01:16:17,001 --> 01:16:18,000 FOR THIS AND MANY OTHER 2502 01:16:18,001 --> 01:16:20,000 REASONS. I YIELD BACK. 2503 01:16:20,001 --> 01:16:21,000 THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 2504 01:16:21,001 --> 01:16:22,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2505 01:16:22,001 --> 01:16:23,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 2506 01:16:23,001 --> 01:16:24,000 RECOGNIZED. 2507 01:16:24,001 --> 01:16:25,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 2508 01:16:25,001 --> 01:16:28,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO 2509 01:16:28,001 --> 01:16:29,000 MARYLAND, MR. 2510 01:16:29,001 --> 01:16:30,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2511 01:16:30,001 --> 01:16:32,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND IS 2512 01:16:32,001 --> 01:16:34,000 MR. CUMMINGS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM SPEAKER. 2513 01:16:34,001 --> 01:16:38,000 I RISEDA SUPPORT OF THE 2514 01:16:38,001 --> 01:16:41,000 RULE AND THE UNDERLYING BILL, 2515 01:16:41,001 --> 01:16:42,000 THE JOBS FOR MAIN STREET ACT. 2516 01:16:42,001 --> 01:16:43,000 AS A MEMBER OF THE 2517 01:16:43,001 --> 01:16:44,000 TRANSPORTATION AND 2518 01:16:44,001 --> 01:16:46,000 INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND 2519 01:16:46,001 --> 01:16:47,000 CHAIRMAN OF THE COASTUARD AND 2520 01:16:47,001 --> 01:16:48,000 MARITIME TRANSPORTATION 2521 01:16:48,001 --> 01:16:50,000 SUBCOMMITTEE, I HAVE SEEN 2522 01:16:50,001 --> 01:16:51,000 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS 2523 01:16:51,001 --> 01:16:52,000 CREATED THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE 2524 01:16:52,001 --> 01:16:53,000 AND FUNDING. 2525 01:16:53,001 --> 01:16:56,000 I HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS 2526 01:16:56,001 --> 01:16:57,000 CREATED BY THAT FUNDING SLOW 2527 01:16:57,001 --> 01:16:59,000 THE RECESSION AND HELP BEGIN 2528 01:16:59,001 --> 01:17:00,000 OUR RECOVERY. 2529 01:17:00,001 --> 01:17:02,000 HOWEVER, THAT RECOVERY IS 2530 01:17:02,001 --> 01:17:04,000 SIMPLY NOT COMPLETE. 2531 01:17:04,001 --> 01:17:06,000 WE STILL HAVE FAR TOO MANY 2532 01:17:06,001 --> 01:17:10,000 AMERICANS WITHOUT JOBS. 2533 01:17:10,001 --> 01:17:11,000 THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND FOOD STAMP 2534 01:17:11,001 --> 01:17:12,000 EXTENSIONS IN THIS BILL ARE 2535 01:17:12,001 --> 01:17:15,000 UCIAL TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE 2536 01:17:15,001 --> 01:17:16,000 IN NEED OR WHO HAVE LOST A JOB 2537 01:17:16,001 --> 01:17:20,000 THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 2538 01:17:20,001 --> 01:17:22,000 THESE FALL LIFELINES CAN BE 2539 01:17:22,001 --> 01:17:23,000 IMMENSE TO THOSE WHO A SUFFERING. 2540 01:17:23,001 --> 01:17:25,000 FOR SOME AMERICANS WHO STILL 2541 01:17:25,001 --> 01:17:28,000 FACE FORECLOSURE, THIS FUNDING 2542 01:17:28,001 --> 01:17:30,000 CAN HELP KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES. 2543 01:17:30,001 --> 01:17:32,000 SO THAT THLOSS OF THEIR JOB 2544 01:17:32,001 --> 01:17:33,000 DOES NOT RESULT IN THE FURTHER 2545 01:17:33,001 --> 01:17:35,000 DEVASTATION OF AN ENTIRE 2546 01:17:35,001 --> 01:17:36,000 FAMILY. 2547 01:17:36,001 --> 01:17:38,000 FINALLY, THE JOBS WE CREATE 2548 01:17:38,001 --> 01:17:41,000 THROUGH OUR WORK TODAY MUST BE 2549 01:17:41,001 --> 01:17:42,000 OPEN TO ALL AMERICANS, INCLUDING THE MINORITY 2550 01:17:42,001 --> 01:17:45,000 COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEING 2551 01:17:45,001 --> 01:17:46,000 PARTICULARLY DECIMATED BY 2552 01:17:46,001 --> 01:17:47,000 UNEMPLOYMENT, FORECLOSURE, AND 2553 01:17:47,001 --> 01:17:49,000 CRISIS OF CREDIT. 2554 01:17:49,001 --> 01:17:51,000 BEFORE WE PASS THE RECOVERY 2555 01:17:51,001 --> 01:17:53,000 ACT, I REQUESTED BONDING 2556 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:54,000 ASSISTANCE ALLOWING SMALL AND 2557 01:17:54,001 --> 01:17:56,000 DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES TO 2558 01:17:56,001 --> 01:17:57,000 OBTAIN THE INSURANCE THEY 2559 01:17:57,001 --> 01:17:59,000 NEEDED TO WIN CONTRACTS. 2560 01:17:59,001 --> 01:18:00,000 TO BECOME PRIME CONTRACTORS AND 2561 01:18:00,001 --> 01:18:01,000 TO HIRE WKERS. 2562 01:18:01,001 --> 01:18:03,000 THE BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2563 01:18:03,001 --> 01:18:05,000 CREATED IN THAT ACT LED TO MUCH 2564 01:18:05,001 --> 01:18:06,000 NEEDED JOBS AND MINORITY 2565 01:18:06,001 --> 01:18:08,000 COMMUNITIES AND SO I REQUESTED 2566 01:18:08,001 --> 01:18:09,000 FURTHER SUCH ASSISTANCE IN THIS 2567 01:18:09,001 --> 01:18:10,000 ACT. 2568 01:18:10,001 --> 01:18:12,000 THE $20 MILLION INCLUDED IN 2569 01:18:12,001 --> 01:18:14,000 THIS BILL TODAY WILL ENSURE 2570 01:18:14,001 --> 01:18:15,000 THAT JOBS CREATED WILL BE 2571 01:18:15,001 --> 01:18:16,000 AVAILABLE TO I EVER AMERICAN 2572 01:18:16,001 --> 01:18:18,000 AND EVERY BUSINESS AND EVERY 2573 01:18:18,001 --> 01:18:20,000 COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN COMPETE 2574 01:18:20,001 --> 01:18:22,000 ON AN INPLAYING FIELD. 2575 01:18:22,001 --> 01:18:24,000 I SUPPORT THE FAIR COMPETITION 2576 01:18:24,001 --> 01:18:25,000 FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AND THE 2577 01:18:25,001 --> 01:18:26,000 JOBS THAT THEY WILL CREATE. 2578 01:18:26,001 --> 01:18:28,000 I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES 2579 01:18:28,001 --> 01:18:29,000 TO SUPPORT THE UNDERLNG BILL 2580 01:18:29,001 --> 01:18:31,000 AND THE RULE THAT WILL BRING 2581 01:18:31,001 --> 01:18:33,000 THIS MATTER TO THE FLOOR. 2582 01:18:33,001 --> 01:18:34,000 WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I 2583 01:18:34,001 --> 01:18:35,000 BACK. 2584 01:18:35,001 --> 01:18:36,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: TH 2585 01:18:36,001 --> 01:18:37,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 2586 01:18:37,001 --> 01:18:38,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE 2587 01:18:38,001 --> 01:18:39,000 RESERVES. 2588 01:18:39,001 --> 01:18:40,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH 2589 01:18:40,001 --> 01:18:41,000 CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. 2590 01:18:41,001 --> 01:18:42,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 2591 01:18:42,001 --> 01:18:45,000 SPEAKER. 2592 01:18:45,001 --> 01:18:47,000 I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO 2593 01:18:47,001 --> 01:18:48,000 THE CROCODILE TEARS, 2594 01:18:48,001 --> 01:18:50,000 PARTICULARLY OF MY COLLEAGUE 2595 01:18:50,001 --> 01:18:53,000 FROM MAINE, WHO SPOKE EARLIER 2596 01:18:53,001 --> 01:18:55,000 ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE IN HER 2597 01:18:55,001 --> 01:18:58,000 DISTRICT WHO 2598 01:18:58,001 --> 01:19:00,000 AND IT IS THE VERY MOLCIES -- 2599 01:19:00,001 --> 01:19:02,000 POLICIES TH SHE AND HER PARTY 2600 01:19:02,001 --> 01:19:04,000 HAVE PASSED IN THIS SESSION OF 2601 01:19:04,001 --> 01:19:06,000 CONGRESS THAT HAVE CAUSED THOSE 2602 01:19:06,001 --> 01:19:09,000 PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. 2603 01:19:09,001 --> 01:19:12,000 WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LET THE 2604 01:19:12,001 --> 01:19:13,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE KEEP THEIR 2605 01:19:13,001 --> 01:19:15,000 MONEY. THEIR MONEY. 2606 01:19:15,001 --> 01:19:18,000 IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY. 2607 01:19:18,001 --> 01:19:21,000 IT IS THE 2608 01:19:21,001 --> 01:19:23,000 THOSE WHO WORK IN THIS COUNTRY. 2609 01:19:23,001 --> 01:19:26,000 LET ME POINT 2610 01:19:26,001 --> 01:19:30,000 OBAMA HAS SAID, AND I'M GOING 2611 01:19:30,001 --> 01:19:32,000 TO QUOTE, NOVEMBER 18, 2009, IT 2612 01:19:32,001 --> 01:19:34,000 IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IF WE 2613 01:19:34,001 --> 01:19:36,000 KEEP ON ADDING TO THE DEBT EVEN 2614 01:19:36,001 --> 01:19:38,000 IN THE MIDST OF THIS RECOVERY 2615 01:19:38,001 --> 01:19:40,000 THAT AT SOME POINT PEOPLE COULD 2616 01:19:40,001 --> 01:19:42,000 LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. 2617 01:19:42,001 --> 01:19:45,000 ECONOMY IN A WAY THAT CAN 2618 01:19:45,001 --> 01:19:47,000 ACTUALLY RECESSION. 2619 01:19:47,001 --> 01:19:50,000 BUWHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY? 2620 01:19:50,001 --> 01:19:52,000 ADDING TO THE DEBT WITH THE 2621 01:19:52,001 --> 01:19:54,000 SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 2622 01:19:54,001 --> 01:19:57,000 DO THEY THINK THE AMERICAN 2623 01:19:57,001 --> 01:19:59,000 PEOPLE ARE NOTPAYING ATTENTION 2624 01:19:59,001 --> 01:20:00,000 TO 2625 01:20:00,001 --> 01:20:02,000 TO THE CONTRARY, MORE THAN EVER 2626 01:20:02,001 --> 01:20:03,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE PAYING 2627 01:20:03,001 --> 01:20:04,000 ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN 2628 01:20:04,001 --> 01:20:06,000 THIS CONGRESS. 2629 01:20:06,001 --> 01:20:07,000 AND THEY HAVE SPOKEN IN MANY, 2630 01:20:07,001 --> 01:20:09,000 MANY WAYS. 2631 01:20:09,001 --> 01:20:10,000 THEY HAVE SPOKEN THROUGH THE 2632 01:20:10,001 --> 01:20:12,000 POLLS. 2633 01:20:12,001 --> 01:20:14,000 THEY HAVE SPOKEN THROUGH 2634 01:20:14,001 --> 01:20:17,000 ELECTION POLLS IN TERMS OF 2635 01:20:17,001 --> 01:20:19,000 AND THEY ARE TELLING US EVERY 2636 01:20:19,001 --> 01:20:21,000 DAY THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT 2637 01:20:21,001 --> 01:20:25,000 THIS CONGRESS TO BE DOING. 2638 01:20:25,001 --> 01:20:28,000 THEY ALSO ARE AWARE OF THE FACT 2639 01:20:28,001 --> 01:20:31,000 THAT THIS CONGRESS IS BREAKING 2640 01:20:31,001 --> 01:20:33,000 EVERY PROMISE THAT IT MADE 2641 01:20:33,001 --> 01:20:34,000 BEFORE THE MAJORITY WAS 2642 01:20:34,001 --> 01:20:36,000 ELECTED. 2643 01:20:36,001 --> 01:20:38,000 AND I WANT TO SAY WITH 2644 01:20:38,001 --> 01:20:42,000 APOLOGIES TO ELIZABETH BROWNING 2645 01:20:42,001 --> 01:20:45,000 AND HER SONNET NUMBER 43, HOW 2646 01:20:45,001 --> 01:20:47,000 MANY WAYS CAN WE COUNT THE 2647 01:20:47,001 --> 01:20:49,000 PROMISES THA 2648 01:20:49,001 --> 01:20:51,000 MANY, MANY WAYS. 2649 01:20:51,001 --> 01:20:55,000 TOO MANY WAYS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 2650 01:20:55,001 --> 01:20:56,000 BUT LET ME GIVE SOME EXAMPLES. 2651 01:20:56,001 --> 01:20:59,000 ONE FROM MAJORITY LEADER HOYER. 2652 01:20:59,001 --> 01:21:00,000 I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 2653 01:21:00,001 --> 01:21:01,000 PURSUIT. 2654 01:21:01,001 --> 01:21:03,000 OUR COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS ARE 2655 01:21:03,001 --> 01:21:04,000 SERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 2656 01:21:04,001 --> 01:21:05,000 AISLE BY PURSUING REGULAR 2657 01:21:05,001 --> 01:21:06,000 ORDER. 2658 01:21:06,001 --> 01:21:08,000 REGULAR ORDER GIVES TO 2659 01:21:08,001 --> 01:21:10,000 EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2660 01:21:10,001 --> 01:21:11,000 PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS IN A 2661 01:21:11,001 --> 01:21:13,000 FASHION WHICH WILL AFFECT, IN 2662 01:21:13,001 --> 01:21:16,000 MY OPINION, THE MOST CONSENSUS 2663 01:21:16,001 --> 01:21:19,000 AND BEST PRODUCT. 2664 01:21:19,001 --> 01:21:22,000 AGAIN FROM SENATOR -- A LETTER 2665 01:21:22,001 --> 01:21:24,000 TO MAJORITY LEADER HOYER FROM 2666 01:21:24,001 --> 01:21:26,000 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRAT BLUE 2667 01:21:26,001 --> 01:21:28,000 DOG AND NEW DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES 2668 01:21:28,001 --> 01:21:30,000 WHICH SAID COMMITTEES MUST 2669 01:21:30,001 --> 01:21:31,000 FUNCTION THOROUGHLY AND 2670 01:21:31,001 --> 01:21:32,000 INCLUSIVELY AND COOPERATION 2671 01:21:32,001 --> 01:21:34,000 MUST ENSUE BETWEEN THE PARTIES 2672 01:21:34,001 --> 01:21:36,000 AND THE HOUSES TO ENSURE THAT 2673 01:21:36,001 --> 01:21:38,000 OUR LEGISLATIVE TACTICS ENABLE 2674 01:21:38,001 --> 01:21:41,000 RATHER THAN IMPEDE PROGRESS. 2675 01:21:41,001 --> 01:21:43,000 IN GENERAL, WE MUST ENGENDER AN 2676 01:21:43,001 --> 01:21:45,000 ATMOSPHERTHAT ALLOWS PARTISAN 2677 01:21:45,001 --> 01:21:46,000 GAMES TO CEASE AND 2678 01:21:46,001 --> 01:21:47,000 COLLABORATION TO SUCCEED. 2679 01:21:47,001 --> 01:21:49,000 WE LOOK FORWARTO WORKING WITH 2680 01:21:49,001 --> 01:21:50,000 YOU TO RESTORE THIS INSTITUTION. 2681 01:21:50,001 --> 01:21:52,000 AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING? 2682 01:21:52,001 --> 01:21:54,000 JUST THE OPPOSITE. 2683 01:21:54,001 --> 01:21:56,000 EVEN SPEAKER PELOSI ENDORSED 2684 01:21:56,001 --> 01:21:58,000 THE IDEA OF REGULAR ORDER 2685 01:21:58,001 --> 01:22:00,000 HER SPOKESPERSON STATING AT THE 2686 01:22:00,001 --> 01:22:02,000 TIME, THE SPEAKER PREFERS TO 2687 01:22:02,001 --> 01:22:04,000 CONSIDER LEGISLATION IN REGULAR 2688 01:22:04,001 --> 01:22:05,000 ORDER AND THE COMMITTEES OF 2689 01:22:05,001 --> 01:22:08,000 JURISDICTION HELD -- HOLD 2690 01:22:08,001 --> 01:22:10,000 HEARINGS AND MARKUP ON THE 2691 01:22:10,001 --> 01:22:13,000 CURRENT ECONOMIC RECERY BILL. 2692 01:22:13,001 --> 01:22:15,000 HE SAID, IN A FEW CASES BECAUSE 2693 01:22:15,001 --> 01:22:18,000 OF URGEENT FINANCIAL CRISES, 2694 01:22:18,001 --> 01:22:20,000 THE LEADERSHIP AGREED TO USE 2695 01:22:20,001 --> 01:22:26,000 EXPEDITED PROCEDURES. 2696 01:22:26,001 --> 01:22:28,000 LESS WE -- LEST WE FORGOT 2697 01:22:28,001 --> 01:22:29,000 PROMISES THE DEMOCRATS MADE 2698 01:22:29,001 --> 01:22:32,000 WHICH PROMISED THAT BILL SHOULD 2699 01:22:32,001 --> 01:22:33,000 BE DEVELOPED FOLLOWING FULL 2700 01:22:33,001 --> 01:22:35,000 HEARINGS AND OPEN SUBCOMMITTEE 2701 01:22:35,001 --> 01:22:37,000 AND COMMITTEE MARKUPS. 2702 01:22:37,001 --> 01:22:38,000 WITH APPROPRIATE REFERRALS TO 2703 01:22:38,001 --> 01:22:40,000 OTHER COMMITTEES. 2704 01:22:40,001 --> 01:22:45,000 MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 24 2705 01:22:45,001 --> 01:22:46,000 HOURS TO EXAMINE A BILL. 2706 01:22:46,001 --> 01:22:48,000 WE POINTED OUT IT'S BLARE BEEN 2707 01:22:48,001 --> 01:22:50,000 12 HOURS SINCE THE BI 2708 01:22:50,001 --> 01:22:51,000 BILL UNDERLYING THIS RULE, WAS 2709 01:22:51,001 --> 01:22:53,000 PRESENTED. 2710 01:22:53,001 --> 01:22:55,000 BILLS SHOULD COME TO THE FLOOR 2711 01:22:55,001 --> 01:22:57,000 UNDER A PROCEDURE THAT ALLOWS 2712 01:22:57,001 --> 01:22:59,000 OPEN, FULL, AND FAIR DEBATE 2713 01:22:59,001 --> 01:23:01,000 CONSISTING OF A FULL AMENDMENT 2714 01:23:01,001 --> 01:23:03,000 PROCESS THAT GRANTS THE 2715 01:23:03,001 --> 01:23:05,000 MINORITY THE RIGHT TO OFFER ITS 2716 01:23:05,001 --> 01:23:06,000 ALTERNATI 2717 01:23:06,001 --> 01:23:08,000 SUBSTITUTE. 2718 01:23:08,001 --> 01:23:09,000 AS MR. DREIER POINTED OUT 2719 01:23:09,001 --> 01:23:10,000 EARLIER, THE FIRST CONGRESS IN 2720 01:23:10,001 --> 01:23:13,000 THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY 2721 01:23:13,001 --> 01:23:15,000 THAT HAS NOT ALLOWED THAT. 2722 01:23:15,001 --> 01:23:17,000 MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 24 2723 01:23:17,001 --> 01:23:21,000 HOURS TO EXAMINE A BILL AND 2724 01:23:21,001 --> 01:23:22,000 CONFERENCE REPORT TEXT PRIOR TO 2725 01:23:22,001 --> 01:23:24,000 RULES GOVERNING FLOOR DEBATE 2726 01:23:24,001 --> 01:23:25,000 MUST BE REPORTED BEFORE 10:00 2727 01:23:25,001 --> 01:23:28,000 P.M. FOR A BILL TO BE 2728 01:23:28,001 --> 01:23:31,000 CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING DAY. 2729 01:23:31,001 --> 01:23:33,000 WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON 2730 01:23:33,001 --> 01:23:34,000 ABOUT PROMISES BROKEN. 2731 01:23:34,001 --> 01:23:36,000 THE PRESIDENT SAID BILLS WOULD 2732 01:23:36,001 --> 01:23:38,000 BE AVAILABLE FOR 72 HOURS. 2733 01:23:38,001 --> 01:23:41,000 THE PRESIDENT PROMISED HE WOULD 2734 01:23:41,001 --> 01:23:42,000 POST BILLS FIVE DAYS BEFORE 2735 01:23:42,001 --> 01:23:44,000 SIGNING THEM. 2736 01:23:44,001 --> 01:23:46,000 HE SAID HE WOULD READ EVERY 2737 01:23:46,001 --> 01:23:48,000 BILL LINE FOR LINE AND HE ID 2738 01:23:48,001 --> 01:23:50,000 THERE WOULD BE NO EARMARKS. 2739 01:23:50,001 --> 01:23:53,000 HE WOULD VETO BILLS WITH EARMARKS. 2740 01:23:53,001 --> 01:23:55,000 THIS IS A BILL WITH 1,700 2741 01:23:55,001 --> 01:23:58,000 EARMARKS IN IT. 2742 01:23:58,001 --> 01:24:00,000 IS HE GOING TO VETO THE BILL? 2743 01:24:00,001 --> 01:24:03,000 I DOUBT 2744 01:24:03,001 --> 01:24:04,000 SO HERE WE HAVE 2745 01:24:04,001 --> 01:24:06,000 AFTER ANOTHER THAT'S BROKEN. 2746 01:24:06,001 --> 01:24:09,000 HOW CAN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 2747 01:24:09,001 --> 01:24:11,000 BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT IS SAID 2748 01:24:11,001 --> 01:24:22,000 BY THE OTHER SIDE AFTER THIS? 2749 01:24:22,001 --> 01:24:24,000 . AGAIN, THEY'RE PAYING 2750 01:24:24,001 --> 01:24:25,000 ATTENTION, I KNOW THEY'RE 2751 01:24:25,001 --> 01:24:26,000 PAYING ATTENTION, AND THERE 2752 01:24:26,001 --> 01:24:28,000 WILL BE CONSEQUENCES TO THE 2753 01:24:28,001 --> 01:24:29,000 FACT THESE PROMISES HAVE BEEN 2754 01:24:29,001 --> 01:24:31,000 BROKEN. 2755 01:24:31,001 --> 01:24:32,000 MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO 2756 01:24:32,001 --> 01:24:34,000 ENTER INTO THE RECORD A LETTER 2757 01:24:34,001 --> 01:24:38,000 WRITTEN BY REPUBLICANS, 173 OF 2758 01:24:38,001 --> 01:24:42,000 US, SPE 2759 01:24:42,001 --> 01:24:44,000 11, 2009, ASKING THAT WE 2760 01:24:44,001 --> 01:24:45,000 CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE. 2761 01:24:45,001 --> 01:24:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 2762 01:24:46,001 --> 01:24:48,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 2763 01:24:48,001 --> 01:24:49,000 MS. FOXX: WITH THAT, I RESERVE 2764 01:24:49,001 --> 01:24:51,000 THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 2765 01:24:51,001 --> 01:24:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2766 01:24:52,001 --> 01:24:53,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 2767 01:24:53,001 --> 01:24:54,000 RECOGNIZE. 2768 01:24:54,001 --> 01:24:56,000 MS. PINGREE: THANYOU, MADAM 2769 01:24:56,001 --> 01:24:57,000 SPEAKER. 2770 01:24:57,001 --> 01:24:59,000 I RISE TO DISCUSS AT LEAST ONE 2771 01:24:59,001 --> 01:25:02,000 THING MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND 2772 01:25:02,001 --> 01:25:05,000 FROM NORTH CAROLINA MENTIONED. 2773 01:25:05,001 --> 01:25:07,000 I'M A NORTHERNER, I CAN'T CLAIM 2774 01:25:07,001 --> 01:25:09,000 TO BE AN EXPERT ON CROCODILES. 2775 01:25:09,001 --> 01:25:10,000 BUT I HAVE SEEN WHEN YOU'RE 2776 01:25:10,001 --> 01:25:13,000 TALKING ABOUT CROCODILE TEARS 2777 01:25:13,001 --> 01:25:15,000 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING 2778 01:25:15,001 --> 01:25:18,000 INSINCERE AND I JUST WANT TO 2779 01:25:18,001 --> 01:25:20,000 SAY I RECEIVE LETTER FROM MY 2780 01:25:20,001 --> 01:25:24,000 CONSTITUENTS EVERY DAY ABOUT 2781 01:25:24,001 --> 01:25:27,000 THE URGENCY WE HAVE TO DO, AND 2782 01:25:27,001 --> 01:25:31,000 I CANNOT GET THROUGH THAT PILE 2783 01:25:31,001 --> 01:25:32,000 OF LETTERS WITHOUT CRYING REAL 2784 01:25:32,001 --> 01:25:37,000 TEARS. 2785 01:25:37,001 --> 01:25:39,000 IT'S SADDENING TO HEAR THE 2786 01:25:39,001 --> 01:25:41,000 PROBMS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, 2787 01:25:41,001 --> 01:25:44,000 LOSING JOBS AND EVERYTHING. 2788 01:25:44,001 --> 01:25:45,000 I WANT TO READ ONE OF THEM THAT 2789 01:25:45,001 --> 01:25:47,000 IS IN FRONT OF ME BEFORE I 2790 01:25:47,001 --> 01:25:48,000 YIELD A LITTLE TIME TO MY 2791 01:25:48,001 --> 01:25:51,000 COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA. 2792 01:25:51,001 --> 01:25:52,000 THIS ONE SAYS, MY HUSBAND AND I 2793 01:25:52,001 --> 01:25:58,000 WERE BOTH LAID OFF -- MY HOUSE 2794 01:25:58,001 --> 01:25:59,000 MATE AND I WERE LAID OFF, ME IN 2795 01:25:59,001 --> 01:26:01,000 DECEMBER OF 2008 AND SHE IN 2796 01:26:01,001 --> 01:26:03,000 JANUARY OF 2009. 2797 01:26:03,001 --> 01:26:05,000 WE HAD TO CASH IN OUR MEAGER 2798 01:26:05,001 --> 01:26:06,000 401K'S AND HAVE BEEN THANKFULLY 2799 01:26:06,001 --> 01:26:09,000 FOR THE -- THANKFUL FOR THE 2800 01:26:09,001 --> 01:26:11,000 COBRA SUBSIDIES SO WE COULD 2801 01:26:11,001 --> 01:26:13,000 AFFORD INSURANCE IN THIS MOST 2802 01:26:13,001 --> 01:26:15,000 HARSH OF TIMES. 2803 01:26:15,001 --> 01:26:16,000 THE SUBSIDY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE 2804 01:26:16,001 --> 01:26:17,000 AND WE CANNOT AFFORD THE HUGE 2805 01:26:17,001 --> 01:26:21,000 JUMP IN PREMIUMS. 2806 01:26:21,001 --> 01:26:23,000 MORTGAGE AND THE THE INSURANCE. 2807 01:26:23,001 --> 01:26:24,000 WE CANNOT AFFORD OUR 2808 01:26:24,001 --> 01:26:25,000 PRESCRIPTIONS AND OUR HEALTH 2809 01:26:25,001 --> 01:26:27,000 CARE WILL BE AT STAKE, AS IF 2810 01:26:27,001 --> 01:26:28,000 THINGS AREN BAD ENOUGH WE 2811 01:26:28,001 --> 01:26:30,000 WILL ALSO LOSE OUR HOME. 2812 01:26:30,001 --> 01:26:32,000 PLEASE HELP PUSH THROUGH THE 2813 01:26:32,001 --> 01:26:35,000 COBRA EXTENSION AND 2814 01:26:35,001 --> 01:26:37,000 CONTINUATION OF THE ARRA COBRA 2815 01:26:37,001 --> 01:26:38,000 SUBSIDY. 2816 01:26:38,001 --> 01:26:40,000 IT IS AN IMMEDIATE FIX FOR SO 2817 01:26:40,001 --> 01:26:42,000 MANY FAMILIES WHO WILL SURELY 2818 01:26:42,001 --> 01:26:43,000 GAIN EMPLOYMENT OVER THE NEXT 2819 01:26:43,001 --> 01:26:45,000 SIX MONTHS, NOW THAT THE 2820 01:26:45,001 --> 01:26:46,000 ECONOMY HAS FINALLY TAKEN AN 2821 01:26:46,001 --> 01:26:48,000 UPSWING. 2822 01:26:48,001 --> 01:26:50,000 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE 2823 01:26:50,001 --> 01:26:53,000 US ALL CRY REAL TEARS AND MAKES 2824 01:26:53,001 --> 01:26:54,000 WASN'T TO PASS THIS RULE AND GO 2825 01:26:54,001 --> 01:26:55,000 TONTON PASSING THIS 2826 01:26:55,001 --> 01:26:58,000 LEGISLATION. 2827 01:26:58,001 --> 01:27:04,000 I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE 2828 01:27:04,001 --> 01:27:05,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 2829 01:27:05,001 --> 01:27:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2830 01:27:08,001 --> 01:27:14,000 CHAIR RECOGNIZING THE GENTLEMAN 2831 01:27:14,001 --> 01:27:15,000 FROM CALIFORNIA. 2832 01:27:15,001 --> 01:27:17,000 MR. MCNERNEY: I THINK WE 2833 01:27:17,001 --> 01:27:18,000 PROMISE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO DO 2834 01:27:18,001 --> 01:27:19,000 EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD TO 2835 01:27:19,001 --> 01:27:21,000 SEE THAT THEY WERE WELL CARED 2836 01:27:21,001 --> 01:27:22,000 FOR AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 2837 01:27:22,001 --> 01:27:24,000 ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF. 2838 01:27:24,001 --> 01:27:25,000 IF WE ARE LOOKING AT A RULE AND 2839 01:27:25,001 --> 01:27:26,000 WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE 2840 01:27:26,001 --> 01:27:28,000 APPLIED AND THAT BECOMES THE 2841 01:27:28,001 --> 01:27:29,000 MOST IMPORTANT PROMISE OF ALL, 2842 01:27:29,001 --> 01:27:38,000 WE HAVE FERGETTING ABOUT THE 2843 01:27:38,001 --> 01:27:39,000 WHOM THERE ARE 35 MILLION 2844 01:27:39,001 --> 01:27:42,000 UNPLOYED AND THERE ARE TENS OF 2845 01:27:42,001 --> 01:27:43,000 THOUSANDS UNEMPLOYED OR 2846 01:27:43,001 --> 01:27:44,000 UNDEREMPLOYED MY PROMISE TO 2847 01:27:44,001 --> 01:27:46,000 THOSE PEOPLE IS THAT I WILL DO 2848 01:27:46,001 --> 01:27:48,000 EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO 2849 01:27:48,001 --> 01:27:50,000 SEE THAT THEY HAVE A JOB. 2850 01:27:50,001 --> 01:27:51,000 THIS RULE ALLOWS US TO GET TO 2851 01:27:51,001 --> 01:27:52,000 THAT. 2852 01:27:52,001 --> 01:27:55,000 IT ALLOWS US TO GET TO THE 2853 01:27:55,001 --> 01:27:57,000 POINT OF PROVIDING A JOBS 2854 01:27:57,001 --> 01:27:59,000 PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE 2855 01:27:59,001 --> 01:28:00,000 AT LEAST $35 BILLION FOR 2856 01:28:00,001 --> 01:28:04,000 HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT, THAT'S 2857 01:28:04,001 --> 01:28:05,000 GOING TO PROVIDE SOOM 500,00 2858 01:28:05,001 --> 01:28:07,000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THE 2859 01:28:07,001 --> 01:28:09,000 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SUMMER JOBS 2860 01:28:09,001 --> 01:28:12,000 TO EXPAND AMERICORPS SO PEOPLE 2861 01:28:12,001 --> 01:28:13,000 CAN PROVIDE SERVICES AND 2862 01:28:13,001 --> 01:28:14,000 EMPLOYMENT. 2863 01:28:14,001 --> 01:28:15,000 IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE CARE OF 2864 01:28:15,001 --> 01:28:19,000 THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED WHO 2865 01:28:19,001 --> 01:28:20,000 HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES OUT OF A 2866 01:28:20,001 --> 01:28:22,000 JOB. 2867 01:28:22,001 --> 01:28:24,000 IT'S TIME FOR US TO STAND FOR 2868 01:28:24,001 --> 01:28:25,000 THEM AND IT'S FRANKLY TIME FOR 2869 01:28:25,001 --> 01:28:28,000 US TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MOTION 2870 01:28:28,001 --> 01:28:30,000 OF JUST PROVIDING THOSE 2871 01:28:30,001 --> 01:28:31,000 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO 2872 01:28:31,001 --> 01:28:32,000 PROVIDING A JOB. 2873 01:28:32,001 --> 01:28:34,000 FAR BETTER THAT THERE BE 2874 01:28:34,001 --> 01:28:36,000 TAXPAYERS THAN TAX RECEIVERS. 2875 01:28:36,001 --> 01:28:37,000 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 2876 01:28:37,001 --> 01:28:39,000 IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2877 01:28:39,001 --> 01:28:40,000 DO THAT AND WE WILL DO 2878 01:28:40,001 --> 01:28:43,000 EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN ON 2879 01:28:43,001 --> 01:28:45,000 OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE TO MAKE 2880 01:28:45,001 --> 01:28:46,000 THE FUNDAMENTAL PROMISE OF 2881 01:28:46,001 --> 01:28:47,000 MAKING SURE THAT THE FEDERAL 2882 01:28:47,001 --> 01:28:50,000 GOVERNMENT IS DOINGVERYTHING 2883 01:28:50,001 --> 01:28:52,000 IT POIBLY CAN TO PROVIDE JOBS 2884 01:28:52,001 --> 01:28:54,000 AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2885 01:28:54,001 --> 01:28:56,000 BUSINESSES, FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND 2886 01:28:56,001 --> 01:28:57,000 FOR TAXPAYERS TO ACTUALLY HAVE 2887 01:28:57,001 --> 01:28:59,000 A JOB SO THAT THEY CAN PAY 2888 01:28:59,001 --> 01:29:02,000 TAXES. 2889 01:29:02,001 --> 01:29:04,000 I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. 2890 01:29:04,001 --> 01:29:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2891 01:29:05,001 --> 01:29:06,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA 2892 01:29:06,001 --> 01:29:07,000 IS RECOGNIZE. 2893 01:29:07,001 --> 01:29:09,000 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM 2894 01:29:09,001 --> 01:29:10,000 SPEAKER. 2895 01:29:10,001 --> 01:29:11,000 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IT'S 2896 01:29:11,001 --> 01:29:13,000 NOT THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL 2897 01:29:13,001 --> 01:29:14,000 GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE JOBS. 2898 01:29:14,001 --> 01:29:15,000 IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO TAKE MONEY 2899 01:29:15,001 --> 01:29:17,000 FROM SOME AND GIVE TO OTHERS TO 2900 01:29:17,001 --> 01:29:18,000 TRY TO MAKE THEM DEPEND 2901 01:29:18,001 --> 01:29:19,000 THE GOVERNMENT. 2902 01:29:19,001 --> 01:29:20,000 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, MADAM 2903 01:29:20,001 --> 01:29:22,000 SPEAKER TO DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS 2904 01:29:22,001 --> 01:29:23,000 QUESTION SO AN AMENDMENT CAN BE 2905 01:29:23,001 --> 01:29:25,000 ADDED TO THE RULE, THE 2906 01:29:25,001 --> 01:29:26,000 AMENDMENT TO THE RULE WOULD 2907 01:29:26,001 --> 01:29:28,000 PROVIDE FOR SEPARATE 2908 01:29:28,001 --> 01:29:31,000 CONSIDERING OF H. RIZZ 554 A 2909 01:29:31,001 --> 01:29:33,000 RESOLUTION -- H.RES. 554, A 2910 01:29:33,001 --> 01:29:41,000 RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE THAT 2911 01:29:41,001 --> 01:29:43,000 REPORTS BE AVAILABLE FOR 2912 01:29:43,001 --> 01:29:45,000 EXAMINATION FOR 72 HOURS BEFORE 2913 01:29:45,001 --> 01:29:46,000 VOTING. 2914 01:29:46,001 --> 01:29:49,000 I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO 2915 01:29:49,001 --> 01:29:50,000 ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, THE 2916 01:29:50,001 --> 01:29:51,000 RULE AND YIELD BACK THE BALANCE 2917 01:29:51,001 --> 01:29:52,000 OF MY TIME. 2918 01:29:52,001 --> 01:29:54,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 2919 01:29:54,001 --> 01:29:55,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDE 2920 01:29:55,001 --> 01:29:57,000 THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK HER 2921 01:29:57,001 --> 01:29:59,000 REMAINING TIME. 2922 01:29:59,001 --> 01:30:00,000 THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MAINE IS 2923 01:30:00,001 --> 01:30:01,000 RECOGNIZED. 2924 01:30:01,001 --> 01:30:02,000 MS. PINGREE: THANK YOU, MADAM 2925 01:30:02,001 --> 01:30:04,000 SPEAKER. 2926 01:30:04,001 --> 01:30:06,000 MADAM SPEAKER, THE LEGISLATION 2927 01:30:06,001 --> 01:30:07,000 WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY IS 2928 01:30:07,001 --> 01:30:08,000 ABOUT INVESTING IN JOBS. 2929 01:30:08,001 --> 01:30:09,000 IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN 2930 01:30:09,001 --> 01:30:11,000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S ABOUT 2931 01:30:11,001 --> 01:30:13,000 REBALANCING OUR ECONOMY SO IT'S 2932 01:30:13,001 --> 01:30:14,000 NOT JUST THE BIG BANKS AND WALL 2933 01:30:14,001 --> 01:30:16,000 STREET FIRMS THAT BENEFIT FROM 2934 01:30:16,001 --> 01:30:17,000 AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 2935 01:30:17,001 --> 01:30:19,000 THIS BILL IS ABOUT HELPING THE 2936 01:30:19,001 --> 01:30:22,000 AMERICAN FAMILY THIS WEEK, THE 2937 01:30:22,001 --> 01:30:25,000 "NEW YORK TIMES"/CBS NEWS POLLS 2938 01:30:25,001 --> 01:30:27,000 SURVEYED UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS. 2939 01:30:27,001 --> 01:30:29,000 NOT SURPRISINGLY THEY FOUND 2940 01:30:29,001 --> 01:30:30,000 THAT BEING UNEMPLOYED TAKE AS A 2941 01:30:30,001 --> 01:30:33,000 TOLL FAR BEYOND WHAT CAN BE 2942 01:30:33,001 --> 01:30:34,000 MEASURED IN DOLLARS AND CENTS. 2943 01:30:34,001 --> 01:30:36,000 HALF THE PEOPLE SURVEYED SAID 2944 01:30:36,001 --> 01:30:37,000 THEY SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION 2945 01:30:37,001 --> 01:30:38,000 AND ANXIETY. 2946 01:30:38,001 --> 01:30:41,000 HALF SAID THE RECESSION CAUSED 2947 01:30:41,001 --> 01:30:42,000 THEM TO MAKE MAJOR LIFE CHANGES 2948 01:30:42,001 --> 01:30:45,000 AND NEARLY HALF SAID THEY'D 2949 01:30:45,001 --> 01:30:46,000 SEEN CHANGES IN THEIR 2950 01:30:46,001 --> 01:30:48,000 CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR THEY KNOW 2951 01:30:48,001 --> 01:30:50,000 IS A RESULT OF THEIR DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION. 2952 01:30:50,001 --> 01:30:51,000 WE ARE NOT JUST HELPING MEN AND 2953 01:30:51,001 --> 01:30:53,000 WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, 2954 01:30:53,001 --> 01:30:55,000 WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM 2955 01:30:55,001 --> 01:30:57,000 EMOTIONAL PAIN AND INDIGNATION 2956 01:30:57,001 --> 01:30:58,000 BUT WE ARE HELPING THEIR 2957 01:30:58,001 --> 01:30:59,000 FAMILIES AND WE ARE HELPING 2958 01:30:59,001 --> 01:31:01,000 THEIR CHILDREN. 2959 01:31:01,001 --> 01:31:02,000 IT'S TIME FOR US TO INVEST IN 2960 01:31:02,001 --> 01:31:03,000 THE JOBS AND POLICIES THAT WILL 2961 01:31:03,001 --> 01:31:05,000 GET THE AMERICAN DREAM BACK ON 2962 01:31:05,001 --> 01:31:06,000 TRACK AND RESTORE THE PROMISE 2963 01:31:06,001 --> 01:31:07,000 OF OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY 2964 01:31:07,001 --> 01:31:09,000 FORERN. 2965 01:31:09,001 --> 01:31:10,000 I URGE A YES VOTE ON THE 2966 01:31:10,001 --> 01:31:12,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION AND ON THE 2967 01:31:12,001 --> 01:31:13,000 RULE AND I YIELD BACK THE 2968 01:31:13,001 --> 01:31:15,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME AND MOVE THE 2969 01:31:15,001 --> 01:31:16,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE 2970 01:31:16,001 --> 01:31:17,000 RESOLUTION. 2971 01:31:17,001 --> 01:31:18,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ALL 2972 01:31:18,001 --> 01:31:20,000 TIME FOR DEBATE HAVING EXPIRED, 2973 01:31:20,001 --> 01:31:21,000 THE QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE 2974 01:31:21,001 --> 01:31:23,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION ON 2975 01:31:23,001 --> 01:31:24,000 RESOLUTION. 2976 01:31:24,001 --> 01:31:25,000 THOSE I 2977 01:31:25,001 --> 01:31:27,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 2978 01:31:27,001 --> 01:31:29,000 THE AYES HAVE IT. 2979 01:31:29,001 --> 01:31:30,000 MS. FOXX: MADAM SPEAKER, ON 2980 01:31:30,001 --> 01:31:31,000 THAT I REQUEST THE YEAS AND 2981 01:31:31,001 --> 01:31:33,000 NAYS. 2982 01:31:33,001 --> 01:31:34,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: E 2983 01:31:34,001 --> 01:31:35,000 YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. 2984 01:31:35,001 --> 01:31:37,000 THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE 2985 01:31:37,001 --> 01:31:38,000 YEAS ANDAYS WILL RISE. 2986 01:31:38,001 --> 01:31:39,000 A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING 2987 01:31:39,001 --> 01:31:40,000 RISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE 2988 01:31:40,001 --> 01:31:41,000 ORDERED. 2989 01:31:41,001 --> 01:31:43,000 MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES 2990 01:31:43,001 --> 01:31:44,000 BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. 2991 01:31:44,001 --> 01:31:47,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 AND CL 2992 01:31:47,001 --> 01:31:48,000 9 OF RULE 20, THIS 15-MINUTE 2993 01:31:48,001 --> 01:31:52,000 VOTE ON ORDERING THE PREVIOUS 2994 01:31:52,001 --> 01:31:53,000 QUESTION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 2995 01:31:53,001 --> 01:31:57,000 FIVE-MINUTE VOTES ON ADOPTION 2996 01:31:57,001 --> 01:31:58,000 OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 976, IF 2997 01:31:58,001 --> 01:32:01,000 ORDERED, AND SUSPENSION OF THE 2998 01:32:01,001 --> 01:32:02,000 RULES WITH REGARD TO HOUSE 2999 01:32:02,001 --> 01:32:04,000 RESOLUTION 905. 3000 01:32:04,001 --> 01:32:04,000 S THAT 15-MINUTE VOTE.