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00:00:07	none, - CONCERNS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ADDRESS, BUT THERE IS ONE LORD OVER ALL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WORKS, BUT ALL ARE CENTERED ON THE ONE ASPIRATION...
00:01:14	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia SCOTT. MR. SCOTT I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,...
00:01:46	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SENATE ON JULY 22, 2008, THAT THE SENATE PASSED SENATE 2766, SENATOR 3298, WITH BEST WISHES, I AM, SIGNED SINCERELY, LORRAINE C. MILLER, CLERK OF THE...
00:02:22	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - VOTE IS OBJECTED TO UNDER CLAUSE 6 OF RULE 20. RECORDED VOTES WILL BE TAKEN AFTER 6:30 P.M. TODAY. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN RISE. MR. SCOTT:...
00:02:56	MR. SCOTT, - YET FROM VIRGINIA, MR. SCOTT, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, MR. COBLE,
00:03:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES THIS ECHEER
00:03:05	THE CLERK, - RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. MR. SCOTT: I ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE
00:03:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. SCOTT: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:...
00:03:29	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia A FORMAL PROCESS BY WHICH CONGRESS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ACTS OF BRAVERY OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:03:37	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OFFICERS INJURED IN
00:03:40	MR. SCOTT, - THE COURSE OF THEIR DEWS.
00:03:42	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ONLY TWO LAW
00:03:44	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia ENFORCEMENT AGENTS HAVE PROGRAMS TO REWARD THEIR OFFICERS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS LEGISLATION BUILDS ON THE LEGISLATION THE HOUSE PASSED IN APRIL,...
00:05:51	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
00:05:56	Unidentified Speaker, - AMERICA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROTECT OUR STREETS FROM
00:06:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GANGS AND DRUG DEALERS AND APPREHEND VIOLENT DRUG DEALERS.
00:06:04	Coble, John "Howard" - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina FROM A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP TO A COMPLEX COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATION, OUR FEDERAL, STRAIT, AND LOCAL POLICE FORCES PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY...
00:09:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ALL TIME HAVING BEEN YIELDED BACK, THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS SENATE 2565. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO....
00:09:42	MR. COBLE, - THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE
00:09:43	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
00:09:48	MR. SCOTT, - TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
00:09:51	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - VIRGINIA RISE? MR. SCOTT: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL H.R. 65316789 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE...
00:10:13	MR. SCOTT, - SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. SCOTT, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH
00:10:19	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CAROLINA, MR. COBLE, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
00:10:22	THE CLERK, - GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. SCOTT. MR. SCOTT: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS...
00:10:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. SCOTT: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED....
00:10:45	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia CORRECTIONS TO THE 1998 VESSEL HULL DESIGN PROTECTION ACT FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFYING CONGRESS' INTENT THAT
00:10:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE DESIGN OF AN ORIGINAL VESSEL
00:10:56	MR. SCOTT, - HULL, ACCEPT FRAT -- SEPARATE
00:10:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FROM A VESSEL DECK, MAY BE
00:11:01	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia PROTECTED. IN 1998 IT ESTABLISHED SUI GENERIS PROTECTION FOR DESIGNS, THAT WANTED TO STOP COPY CATS WHO MAKE MOLDS OF DESIGNS TO PRODUCE KNOCKOFF VERSIONS...
00:14:01	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. SPEAKER, BUT IT INVITES SOME DETAIL. I UNDERSTAND THIS BILL IS BETTER INFORMED THROUGH A REVIEW OF THE UNDERLYING STATUTE, THE VESSEL
00:14:09	Coble, John "Howard" - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina HULL DESIGN PROTECTION ACT WHICH CONGRESS PASSED IN 1998. CHAIRMAN HOWARD BERMAN, THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA AND I WERE THE PRIMARY...
00:21:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AND PASS THE BILL H.R. 6531. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE...
00:21:23	MR. SCOTT, - IS PASSED, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
00:21:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - IS LAID ON THE TABLE. THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A COMMUNICATION. THE CLERK: THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MADAM, PURSUANT...
00:21:52	THE CLERK, - 901, SENATE 3294. WITH BEST WISHES I AM. SIGNED, SINCERELY, LORRAINE C. MILLER, CLERK OF THE HOUSE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA...
00:22:39	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota 1241, RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING ENSIGN DECAROL DAVIS UPON SERVING AS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY'S CLASS OF 2008 AND BECOMING THE FIRST...
00:22:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, MR. LA TURRET,
00:22:58	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota EACH WILL -- MR. LATOURETTE, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR. MR. OBERSTAR: MR. SPEAKER,...
00:23:11	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. OBERSTAR: ON H.RES. 1241. I YIELD MYSELF...
00:23:28	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota 2008, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO GRADUATE AS VALEDICTORIAN OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY. BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
00:23:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THAT ENSIGN DAVIS GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF
00:23:37	MR. OBERSTAR, - HER CLASS. SHE WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF FOREST
00:23:41	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA, IN
00:23:45	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota 2004. ENSIGN DAVIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE YOUNG LADY. A TRUMAN SCHOLAR. SHE WON THE 2008 CONNECTICUT TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL WOMEN OF THE INNOVATION AWARD....
00:25:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - A CADET AT THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY. SHE GRADUATED THIS MAY AS VALEDICTORIAN OF THE CLASS OF 2008 AND IS IN NEW
00:26:05	MR. LATOURETTE, - YORK. DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS A CADET, SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE
00:26:09	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ACADEMY'S FIRST TRUMAN SCHOLAR,
00:26:12	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio WAS NOMINATED AS THE SPORTS SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR AND SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF HER ACADEMY CLASS. ENSIGN DAVIS BECAME INVOLVED WITH STUDENT ACTIVITY...
00:27:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. THOMPSON. MR. THOMPSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. MR. SPEAKER, TODAY I RISE IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION I AUTHORED TO RECOGNIZE A
00:27:13	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN, ENSIGN DECAROL DAVIS. ON MAY 21, 2008, ENSIGN DAVIS GRADUATED FROM THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY WITH A GRADE POINT
00:27:22	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AVERAGE OF 3.96 IN ELECTRICAL
00:27:27	Thompson, Bennie - U.S. Representative, [D] Mississippi ENGINEERING. SHE EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN VALEDICTORIAN OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY. THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED...
00:31:11	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. MR. COBLE: MR. SPEAKER, I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TIE TEND THE GRADUATION EXERCISES IN 2008 AT NEW LONDON...
00:31:23	MR. LATOURETTE, - WHICH TIME ENSIGN DAVIS WAS RECOGNIZED AS VALEDICTORIAN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS. IT WAS APPARENT TO ME THAT DAY THAT SHE
00:31:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WAS HELD IN VERY HIGH ESEEM BY HER SHIPMATES
00:31:34	Coble, John "Howard" - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina AND CLASS MATES AND I FELT REAL GOOD, MR. SPEAKER, AS I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY ON THE CAMPUS OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY, AS I VIEWED THE SPIRIT AND THE...
00:32:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LATOURETTE. MR. LATOURETTE: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
00:32:58	MR. OBERSTAR, - THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. LATOURETTE: THIS IS A WORTHY CAUSE AND THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE
00:33:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BIT OF TIME, MR. COBLE MADE THE OBSERVATION HE HAD
00:33:14	MR. LATOURETTE, - SERVED IN THE COAST GUARD, AND HE SAID HE
00:33:18	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHIP, AND
00:33:21	MR. LATOURETTE, - ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE -- SAW THE SHIP IN A TALL SHIPS MUSEUM AND I'M SURE THAT'S NOT TRUE. I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY...
00:33:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - NOBLE ENTITY THAT GOES BACK TO THE VERY
00:34:01	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota FOUNDATIONS OF OUR NATION WHEN HE PARTICIPATED IN OUR COAST GUARD HEARINGS AND MARKUPS. HE DESERVES THE TO TERM DISTINGUISHED BOTH FOR HIS SERVICE IN...
00:35:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE TITLE IS AMENDED. FOR WHAT PURPOSE...
00:36:27	MR. OBERSTAR, - THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MIE KA, EACH WILL -- MR. MICA, EACH WILL CONTROL 20
00:36:38	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MINUTES. MR. OBERSTAR: I ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS
00:36:42	THE CLERK, - HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THIS BILL AND
00:36:47	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. OBERSTAR: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER...
00:37:01	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota 6493, THE AVIATION SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2008. I CONSIDER THIS A FIRST OR INITIAL LEGISLATIVE STEP IN
00:37:12	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REVERSING THE COMPLACENCY OVER SAFETY REGULATIONS THAT'S SET IN AT THE HIGHEST
00:37:15	MR. OBERSTAR, - LEVELS OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION
00:37:17	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ADMINISTRATION.
00:37:19	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota AND AT THE OUTSET, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MR. MICA, THE RANKING MEMBER, THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, THE RANKING MEMBER ON OUR FULL COMMITTEE...
00:45:51	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER AND MY COLLEAGUES. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR, CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE...
00:46:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COMMITTEE WITH HIM. I MIGHT SAY WHEN MR. OBERSTAR AND I GET TO AGREE
00:46:11	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida ON MOVING FORWARD A TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE THAT'S IN THE BENEFIT OF THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THINGS DO HAPPEN. AND THIS IS A FINE...
00:53:10	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - I'M PLEASED TO YIELD SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME, MR. LATOURETTE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, MR. LATOURETTE, IS RECOGNIZED FOR
00:53:17	MR. OBERSTAR, - AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME. MR. LATOURETTE: I THANK THE RANKING MEMBER FOR YIELDING. I RISE IN
00:53:22	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SUPPORT OF H.R. 6493, THE AVIATION SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2008. COMMERCIAL AVIATION IS ENJOYING THE SAFEST
00:53:30	MR. MICA, - PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT. THERE HASN'T BEEN A WIDE BODY AIRCRAFT PASSENGER
00:53:34	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FATALITY SINCE 2001. THIS EXCELLENT RECORD IS THE RESULT OF THE HARD
00:53:39	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio WORK OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE OF AVIATION SAFETY, WHICH HAS SOME 9,600 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING 3,900 SAFETY INSPECTORS WHO OVERSEE...
00:55:49	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SAFETY. ONE WAS HULL INSPECTION. AND THE OTHER WAS INSPECTION OF THE POWER CONTROL UNIT ON 737 AIRCRAFT THAT REGULATE THE
00:55:58	MR. OBERSTAR, - MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER ONBOARD
00:56:01	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THOSE AIRCRAFT. BOTH OF THOSE
00:56:05	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota AIR WORTHINESS DIRECTIVES THAT GOVERN OVERSIGHT OF MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON HIGHTIME AIRCRAFT AND ON AIRCRAFT THAT HAVE THIS UNIQUE POWER CONTROL UNIT...
01:03:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WHICH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE HOUSE IS REQUESTED. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MICA. MR. MICA: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH
01:04:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME. MR. MICA: MR. SPEAKER AND MY COLLEAGUES,...
01:04:19	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE WAY WE CONDUCT
01:04:23	MR. MICA, - F.A.A. AIRLINE INSPECTIONS AND
01:04:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HOW WE MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE THE SAFEST AVIATION SYSTEM POSSIBLE, I
01:04:32	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2001, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE LARGE PASSENGER...
01:09:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COMMITTING HIMSELF AND THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE TO VIGOROUS OVERSIGHT OF SAFETY. IT IS A GOOD RECORD, AS THE
01:09:47	MR. OBERSTAR, - GENTLEMAN HAS SAID. AIR CARRIER SAFETY OVER THE
01:09:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LAST FEW YEARS. BUT I'VE LEARNED IN
01:09:56	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota MY EXPERIENCE OF SAFETY AND AVIATION AND HIGHWAYS AND RAILWAYS AND WATERWAYS, AIRWAYS, THAT SAFETY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE NEXT ACCIDENT. AND...
01:12:15	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RECONSIDER IS LAID UPON THE TABLE. MR. OBERSTAR: I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA REQUESTS THE YEAS...
01:12:39	MR. OBERSTAR, - MOGE WILL BE POSTPONED. --
01:12:41	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ON THIS MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RISE? MR. OBERSTAR: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL...
01:13:08	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota SENATE 2766 TO -- IN OPERATION OF A VESSEL. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR, AND MR. LATOURETTE EACH CONTROL 20
01:13:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MINUTES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA. MR. OBERSTAR: I ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. THE SPEAKER...
01:13:34	THE CLERK, - WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. OBERSTAR: AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. MR. SPEAKER, HERE WE ARE, WE
01:13:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY WITH THIS LEGISLATION IN SUBCOMMITTEE, IN FULL COMMITTEE ON THE INITIATIVE OF MR. TAYLOR
01:13:48	MR. OBERSTAR, - OF MISSISSIPPI PLNCHING -- MR. LATOURETTE OF OHIO,
01:13:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR.
01:13:55	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota LOBIONDO OF NEW JERSEY, MR. KAGEN OF WISCONSIN A WHOLE HOST OF MEMBERS WHO LIVE ALONG THE WATER WHOSE DISTRICTS ENCOMPASS WATER-BASED RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY....
01:18:36	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CHAIRMAN OF THE FULL COMMITTEE, MR. OBERSTAR, AND I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE OTHER BODY ON HOW IT CONTRASTS WITH HOW MR. OBERSTAR AND THE TRANSPORTATION...
01:18:44	MR. LATOURETTE, - THIS SIDE OF THE CAPITOL OPERATES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK GENE TAYLOR OF MISSISSIPPI FOR HIS DOGGED
01:18:49	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PURSUIT OF THIS. BY OVERSIGHT, MR. OBERSTAR FOR
01:18:53	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio GOT CAN'T IS MILLER OF MICHIGAN, WHO WAS IN THE BOAT BUSINESS BEFORE SHE CAME TO CONGRESS. LIKE MOST OF US WHO LIVES IN THE GREAT LAKES, WHEN SHE GOES...
01:22:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBERSTAR, RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, MR. LATOURETTE. MR. LATOURETTE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
01:22:57	MR. OBERSTAR, - AT THIS TIME IT'S MY PLEASURE TO YIELD TO A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE HOUSE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM CONNECTICUT, MR. SHAYS, FOR SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME....
01:23:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SHAYS: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 5949, THE CLEAN BOATING ACT, WHICH
01:23:15	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio WOULD EXEMPT RECREATIONAL BOATS FROM PARLIAMENT REQUIREMENT FOR NORMAL OPERATIONAL DISCHARGES OF BALANCE ESTUARY. IN SEPTEMBER, 2006, THEY
01:23:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OVERTURNED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S -- E.P.A.'S
01:23:28	Shays, Christopher - U.S. Representative, [R] Connecticut AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT RECREATIONAL BOATS FROM HAVING TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR OPERATIONAL DISCHARGES. AS A RESULT, THE E.P.A. IS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A PERMITTING...
01:26:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TIME FOR PURPOSE OF CLOSING. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. LATOURETTE: I WANT TO THANK MR. OBERSTAR. THIS SHOWS HOW WE WORK...
01:26:10	MR. OBERSTAR, - FOR STISTAL PURPOSES,
01:26:13	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THERE ARE OVER 15,000 BOATS REGISTERED WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT
01:26:18	MR. LATOURETTE, - OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONE IN EVERY FIVE BOATS
01:26:21	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REGISTERED IN OHIO ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE SEVEN COUNTIES
01:26:24	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio THAT I REPRESENT IN NORTHERN OHIO. THE CLEAN WATER AMENDMENTS ACT, THAT THE COURT WAS ALLEGEDLY INTERPRETING, WERE DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH BALLEST AND TO...
01:28:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FROM THE OUTSET, MRS. MILLER OF MICHIGAN, CAN'T IS MILLER HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR -- CANDICE MILLER HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THIS
01:28:16	MR. OBERSTAR, - LEGISLATION. THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO REFERENCED THE OTHER BODY FROM RISING FROM
01:28:22	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ITS
01:28:24	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota SLUMBER. I THINK THAT'S A PASSAGE FROM STRIPTURE. FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT CONCLUDES IN THE LAST STANZA, A NEW DAY IS DAWNING. THIS IS A NEW DAY...
01:30:03	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - IS LAID UPON THE TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RISE? MR. OBERSTAR: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO PASS THE BILL S. 2398,...
01:30:31	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota CONDUCT A STUDY OF DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO THE NORMAL OPERATION OF VESSELS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. THE...
01:30:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR, AND THE GENTLEMAN
01:30:59	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota FROM OHIO, MR. LATOURETTE EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA. MR. OBERSTAR: I ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE...
01:31:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. OBERSTAR: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME....
01:31:25	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota WHICH WAS VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE GENTLEMAN, MR. TAYLOR, BY MR. YOUNG OF ALASKA FLRK LOBIONDO
01:31:32	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OF NEW JERSEY AND THE DISTINGUISHED RANKING
01:31:35	MR. OBERSTAR, - MEMBER OF
01:31:37	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MR. LATOURETTE, BY CHAIRMAN
01:31:41	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota CUMMINGS, WHO GAVE HIS FULL SUPPORT AND INITIATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION. THIS IS A TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM FOR DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO THE NORMAL OPERATION...
01:34:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MR. OBERSTAR WHO INTRODUCED JUST YESTERDAY H.R. 6556 AND AGAIN I
01:34:13	MR. LATOURETTE, - WOULD INDICATE THAT ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS THE HOUSE SCHEDULE
01:34:18	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - DOESN'T NEED TO IDENT -- DOESN'T NEED TO ADJUST THEIR
01:34:23	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio TELEVISION SET, WE'RE DOING THE SENATE BILL. IT'S THANKS TO THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR INDICATING WE WERE PREPARED TO PROCEED. A QUICK...
01:37:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PLEASURE TO YIELD SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUMED TO ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CHAMPIONS OF
01:37:29	MR. OBERSTAR, - THIS LEGISLATION, MR. LOBIONDO. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR AS MUCH TIME AS HE MY MAY
01:37:38	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CONSUME.
01:37:42	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio MR. LOBIONDO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS A PLEASURE TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION. I CONTINUE TO BE AMAZED AT THE BAG OF PIXIE
01:37:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - DUST YOU CARRY AROUND TO GET THE OTHER BODY TO MOVE WHEN THEY HAVE NO MOVEMENT IN THEIR MIND AT ALL. AS MR. OBERSTAR
01:38:03	LoBiondo, Frank A. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey AND MR. LATOURETTE SO ACCURATELY DETAILED ON THE PREVIOUS BILL, S. 2766, AND FOR THIS BILL, S. 3298, THANKS TO THE NINTH DISTRICT COURT OF SAN FRANCISCO,...
01:43:15	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, MR. LATOURETTE. MR. LATOURETTE: I YIELD MYSELF THE BALANCE OF OUR TIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLOSING. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT...
01:43:30	MR. OBERSTAR, - OF MISSISSIPPI WHO WAS DEAD SET, AS WAS MR. LOBIONDO
01:43:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AND MR. YOUNG, IN MAKING SURE THIS PIECE MOVED WITH THE OTHER PIECE AND IN HONOR OF MR.
01:43:38	MR. LATOURETTE, - TAYLOR ON THE FLOOR, I WORE
01:43:42	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CHINOS AND A BLUE BLAZER, THE
01:43:45	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio TAYLOR NATIONAL UNIFORM. THE OTHER THING, BEFORE I CAME OVER TO THE FLOOR IRK GOT THE BENEFIT OF AN EMAIL BEING SENT AROUND BY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS INDICATING...
01:45:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - APPROACH, AGREEING TO SEPARATE TRACTS FOR
01:45:37	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota THE TWO BILLS, TO PATIENCE WAITING FOR THE OTHER BODY. I GREATLY AAPPRECIATIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM -- APPROPRIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE GENTLEMAN...
01:48:15	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RISE? MR. OBERSTAR: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES, MR. SPEAKER,...
01:48:46	MR. OBERSTAR, - PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MICA, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
01:48:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA. MR. OBERSTAR: MR. SPEAKER,
01:48:58	THE CLERK, - I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND TO INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL,...
01:49:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. OBERSTAR: WE MOVE TODAY -- I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE ...
01:49:18	Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia UNUSUAL PROCEDURE, TO TAKE UP THE SENATE BILL S. 294, AS AMENDED,
01:49:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AND MOVE -- USE THAT
01:49:30	MR. OBERSTAR, - VEHICLE TO MOVE US IN GOING TO
01:49:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CONFERENCE WITH THE OTHER BODY ON THE PASSENGER RAIL
01:49:37	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008, THE AMTRAK RE-AUTHORIZATION BILL. THE PROCEDURE WE'RE USING WILL ALLOW US LATER TODAY TO MOVE TO GO TO CONFERENCE...
01:51:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITH HIM ON THIS INITIATIVE. THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY HISTORIC IN NATURE. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
01:51:32	MR. MICA, - AND THE CONGRESS HAS NOT PASSED AN
01:51:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AMTRAK RE-AUTHORIZATION SINCE 1997. THAT'S 11
01:51:39	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida YEARS. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN MR. OBERSTAR AND I MET, WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE COMMITTEE, I ON THE REPUBLICAN, HE AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR...
02:01:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - A HARRY TRUMAN-STYLE CAMPAIGN FROM THE SEAT OF AN AMTRAK RAIL VEHICLE,
02:01:46	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota ADVOCATING FOR THE MOMENT WE VISIT TODAY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM FLORIDA, MS. BROWN, IS RECOGNIZED FOR AS MUCH TIME AS SHE...
02:02:11	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HIGH-SPEED RAIL -- DEBATING, SUPPORTING. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THIS COUNTRY
02:02:18	Brown, Corrine - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida AS THE RE-AUTHORIZATION FOR AMTRAK AND THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WITH GAS PRICES RAPIDLY RISING TO $5 A GALLON, WE COULD NOT...
02:07:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. OBERSTAR: WE HAVE
02:07:10	MR. OBERSTAR, - NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON OUR SIDE AND ARE PREPARED TO CLOSE AFTER THE GENTLEMAN
02:07:15	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FROM FLORIDA HAS CONCLUDED. MR. MICA: I DO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
02:07:19	MRS. MALONEY, - ONE IS THE DISTINGUISHED THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE RAIL SUBCOMMITTEE AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE COAST GUARD, MR.
02:07:31	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota LATOURETTE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED. MR. LATOURETTE: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING.
02:07:37	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida AND I ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. OBERSTAR AND MR. MICA, THE LEADERS, MS. BROWN AND MR. SHUSTER FOR GETTING TO THIS POINT. AND I WON'T REHASH ALL THE...
02:07:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TWO THINGS. ONE IS THANKS TO SOME GOOD
02:07:55	LaTourette, Steven C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio WORK, I THINK, THE HEAD OF AMTRAK, WE HAD A NUMBER OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE OPERATING WITHOUT CONTRACTS FOR EIGHT YEARS AND NOW THE CONTRACTS...
02:09:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. MR. OBERSTAR AND POOH MR. MICA, THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER. WHEN WE SEE
02:10:02	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida ENERGY PRICES GOING THROUGH THE CEILING HERE, IT IS SO LOGICAL THAT WE HAVE TO THINK IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
02:10:10	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT CONSERVATION. WE WANT TO SEE THAT OUR MINNIE VANS, S.U.V.'S,
02:10:15	Shays, Christopher - U.S. Representative, [R] Connecticut CARS AND TRUCKS GET BETTER MILEAGE. WE WANT TO SEE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ENERGY, WIND, SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL. WE WANT TO SEE MORE EFFICIENCIES IN ELECTRIC...
02:11:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SOME PEOPLE TURNING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES THE WORDS HEARING
02:11:58	MR. MICA, - ME SPEAK ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAVE LONG BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC
02:12:03	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TRANSIT,
02:12:05	Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES, HIGH-SPEED RAIL. WHAT I AM NOT AN ADVOCATE OF IS NOT GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE MONEY THAT THE HARD WORKING AMERICANS SENDS TO US....
02:18:21	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CONFERENCE WITH THE SENATE AND APPOINT CONFEREES, I WILL SUSPEND MY ONE HOUR SPEECH ON BEHALF
02:18:31	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota OF AMTRAK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. MR. OBERSTAR: AND SIMPLY EXPRESS -- AGAIN, MY APPRECIATION TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM...
02:18:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AMTRAK. SUFFICE IT SO TO SAY, 52 YEARS
02:18:58	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota AGO I TRAVELED TO EUROPE FOR A GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM, TRAVELED FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO ON THE MILWAUKEE 400, 400 MILES IN 400 MINUTES. YOU CAN'T...
02:20:20	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER...
02:21:23	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIP YARD AND CONGRATULATING
02:21:26	Unidentified Speaker, - THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO OUR MILITARY AND KEEP OUR PACIFIC FLEET FIT TO FIGHT.
02:21:36	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
02:21:39	Abercrombie, Neil - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM HAWAII, MR. ABERCROMBIE AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. WITTMAN, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR...
02:21:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LEGISLATIVE DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THE RESOLUTION UNDER CONSIDERATION. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR....
02:22:10	Abercrombie, Neil - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii SPEAKER. MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE PEARL HARBOR NAVAL HIPYARD ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. ON THIS IMPORTANT CENTENNIAL, I WOULD LIKE TO...
02:22:26	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
02:22:28	Abercrombie, Neil - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii 1139. AS CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD IN 1908, IT HAS GROWN FROM A REPAIR STATION TO BEING KNOWN IN HAWAIIAN AS THE NOKOOI SHIPYARD,...
02:25:19	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MISSION OF THIS OUTSTANDING SHIPYARD, WE KEEP THEM FIT TO FIGHT, DEMONSTRATES THE PRIDE AND
02:25:26	Unidentified Speaker, - PROFESSIONALISM OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR NATION
02:25:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - IN PEARL HARBOR. THE UNIFIED
02:25:31	Wittman, Robert "Rob" J. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia SHIPYARD TEAM IS COMMITTED TO THE ON-TIME DELIVERY OF THE HIGH-QUALITY SUBMARINE AND SURFACE SHIP MAINTENANCE AT OR BELOW EXPECTED COSTS. THE PEARL HARBOR...
02:28:56	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HAWAII, WE REPRESENT THE EAST COAST AND THE FAR WEST COAST, I
02:29:01	Abercrombie, Neil - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii GUESS, REALLY WEST IN HAWAII AND I WANT TO THANK HIM AS WELL FOR HIS EXCELLENT STATEMENT. PART OF THE REASON BEING THAT HE IS HAS OUTLINED VERY, VERY...
02:32:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
02:32:32	Wittman, Robert "Rob" J. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. THE GENTLEMAN FROM HAWAII IS RECOGNIZED. MR. ABERCROMBIE: I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:...
02:32:51	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE
02:32:56	MR. ABERCROMBIE, - SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED
02:32:59	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TO. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? MRS. MALONEY:...
02:33:31	MRS. MALONEY, - INSURED DEPOSIT OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND ENHANS THE VAINLT OF ACCOUNTS AT INSTITUTIONS FOR SUCH
02:33:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BUSINESSES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
02:33:43	Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK, MRS. MALONEY AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM CONNECTICUT, MR. SHAYS, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR...
02:34:02	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THEREON. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MRS. MALONEY: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. H.R. 4049,...
02:34:14	Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York ACT IS A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN CO-SPONSORED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE RANKING...
02:34:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CONGRESSWOMAN BIGGERT. THIS BILL PASSED OUT OF THE
02:34:28	Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE ON A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THE MONEY SERVICES BUSINESS ACT ADDRESSES THE CRITICAL PROBLEM OF MONEY SERVICE BUSINESSES BEING DENIED...
02:39:29	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RECOGNIZED. MR. SHAYS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 4049, THE MONEY SERVICE BUSINESS
02:39:45	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ACT OF 2007 AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE PASSAGE. WE DO NEED TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION. MADAM SPEAKER, THIS LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT
02:39:55	Shays, Christopher - U.S. Representative, [R] Connecticut AND LONG OVERDUE DESPITE EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN BY MEMBERS OF THIS CONGRESS ASKING BOTH REGULATORS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE FAIR TREATMENT...
02:44:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ALL TIME HAVING BEEN YIELDED, THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
02:44:43	MRS. MALONEY, - HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4049. THOSE
02:44:48	MR. SHAYS, - IN FAVOR SAY AYE. -- AS AMENDED, EXCUSE ME. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. IN THE OPINION
02:44:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OF THE CHAIR 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE
02:44:58	MRS. MALONEY, - SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS
02:45:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. . THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK IS -- THE...
02:46:21	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RESOLUTION 364. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
02:46:25	Unidentified Speaker, - NATIONAL CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MR. HIGGINS, AND THE GENTLEMAN...
02:46:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK
02:46:40	THE CLERK, - UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN WHICH TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR
02:46:48	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME....
02:46:59	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota MADAM SPEAKER, AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, I AM PLEASED TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN CONSIDERATION OF H.CON.RES.LUSION...
02:47:09	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HERITAGE MONTH. RESOLUTION 364, WHICH HAS
02:47:14	MR. HIGGINS, - CO-SPONSORSHIP OF 59 OF OUR
02:47:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COLLEAGUES, WAS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE
02:47:19	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York BARBARA LEE OF CALIFORNIA ON MAY 22, 2008. IT WAS CONSIDERED BY AND REPORTED FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JULY 16, 2008, BY VOICE VOTE. THROUGHOUT...
02:48:56	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE INFLUENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIBBEAN-AMERICANS AND WE PAY TRNT TO -- TRIBUTE
02:49:02	Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia TO THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP THAT UNITE US TO OUR THIRD BORDER OF THE EAST, OUR CARIBBEAN NATIONS. A CAPTIVATING MOW SAKE OF BACKGROUNDS, CARIBBEAN AMERICANS...
02:50:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MR. HIGGINS, FOR YIELDING, FOR MANAGING THE FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON ON THIS BILL AND ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR...
02:50:48	MR. HIGGINS, - TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MY RESOLUTION, H.CON.RES. 364, RECOGNIZING JUNE AS NATIONAL
02:50:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
02:50:56	Lee, Barbara - U.S. Representative, [D] California THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIBBEAN-AMERICANS -- WHICH CARIBBEAN-AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR NATION'S HISTORY. LET...
02:56:03	MR. HIGGINS, - AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE CARIBBEANS TO ABOUT THE -- BETTER
02:56:07	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - INTEGRATE POLICY INTERESTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE
02:56:11	Lee, Barbara - U.S. Representative, [D] California CARIBBEAN. H.CON.RES. 364 PROMOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THAT OUR POLICIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AFFECT US HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN...
02:57:21	MR. HIGGINS, - THAN 300,000 PARTICIPANTS. SO JUST AS WE COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MANY DIVERSE
02:57:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COMMUNITIES IN OUR NATION, THE
02:57:27	Lee, Barbara - U.S. Representative, [D] California UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY AND DIVERSITY OF CARIBBEAN-AMERICANS. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YIELDING,...
02:58:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MADAM SPEAKER, MAY I ASK THAT MY COMMENTS FOR THE PERMISSION TO REVISE
02:58:03	MR. DAVIS, - AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT
02:58:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MS. CLARKE: FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE, LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS
02:58:11	MR. HIGGINS, - LEGISLATION, FOR HER ONGOING COMMITMENT AND DILIGENCE IN CHAMPIONING SUCH AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
02:58:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SHE HAS SERVED AS A TRUE ADVOCATE FOR NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF CARIBBEAN PEOPLE
02:58:20	MS. CLARKE, - AND THEIR DESCENDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND
02:58:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HIS SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FLOOR
02:58:28	Clarke, Yvette D. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York TODAY. AS A SECOND GENERATION CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN, AMERICAN BY BIRTH, CARIBBEAN BY PARENTAGE, SPECIFICALLY JAMAICAN, I AM PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF...
03:00:35	MR. HIGGINS, - ANOTHER AS CARE COME, HAVE WORKED -- CARICOM, HAVE WORKED
03:00:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY TO HAVE
03:00:48	Clarke, Yvette D. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York DIRECT INVESTMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES AND HUMAN RESOURCE AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FROM THE REGION. AS SUCH, THE CARIBBEAN NATIONS HAVE COOPERATED...
03:01:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. DAVIS: MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WANT TO
03:01:58	MR. HIGGINS, - COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA LEE FOR ITS INTRODUCTION. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE
03:02:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY IN MY CITY OF CHICAGO,
03:02:08	MR. DAVIS, - WHICH HAS A LARGE POPULATION.
03:02:13	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST FINISHED CELEBRATING THE
03:02:16	Davis, Danny - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, WHICH IS A LARGE CELEBRATION RECOGNIZED BY MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST AS A PLACE TO BE. BUT WE'VE HEARD ACCOLADES EXTENDED...
03:03:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - NO. IN
03:03:41	MR. HIGGINS, - THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE
03:03:45	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SUSPENDED, THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN...
03:04:25	MR. HIGGINS, - WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I
03:04:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE
03:04:34	THE CLERK, - DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT
03:04:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, AT THIS TIME I WOULD YIELD TO THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL THREE MINUTES TO CHAKA
03:04:50	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota FATTAH. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. MR. FATTAH: THANK
03:04:56	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - YOU. AND I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. LET ME THANK MY COLLEAGUE, DANNY DAVIS, FOR HELPING TO MOVE THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR OUT
03:05:03	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York OF COMMITTEE, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL 74 OF THE ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS. AND THIS IS BIPARTISAN
03:05:12	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CO-SPONSORSHIP, AS THIS PROGRAM, GEAR UP, ALWAYS ENJOYED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
03:05:16	Fattah, Chaka - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania I WANT TO THANK MARK SOUDER AND TOM COLE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT STAFF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY WILLIAM MILES AND ALSO THE ORGANIZATION...
03:08:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OF THIS RESOLUTION DESIGNATING TODAY, JULY 22, 2008, AS NATIONAL GEAR UP
03:08:07	MR. FATTAH, - DAY.
03:08:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SIGNED INTO LAW IN 1998, GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
03:08:16	Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia PROGRAM, GEAR UP WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. GEAR UP PROVIDES SIX-YEAR MATCHING GRANTS...
03:10:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF A NATIONAL GEAR UP
03:10:35	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE AUTHORS OF THIS RESOLUTION, MY GOOD FRIEND FROM PHILADELPHIA,
03:10:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REPRESENTATIVE CHAKA FATTAH, AND MY COLLEAGUE ON THE EDUCATION
03:10:44	Hinojosa, Ruben - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas AND LABOR COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE MARK SOUDER OF INDIANA. THEY ARE TREMENDOUS ADVOCATES FOR MAKING THE PROMISE OF GEAR UP A REALITY FOR ALL OF OUR...
03:13:51	MR. HIGGINS, - THEIR DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE
03:13:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - NATION. THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK THE
03:13:55	Hinojosa, Ruben - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. MR. DAVIS: I CONTINUE TO RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE...
03:14:20	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FOR TWO MINUTES. MR. DAVIS: I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. 1311 AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE
03:14:25	MR. DAVIS, - FROM PENNSYLVANIA, REPRESENTATIVE CHAKA FATTAH
03:14:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FOR HIS INTRODUCTION OF THIS LEGISLATION AND I ALSO WANT TO
03:14:32	Unidentified Speaker, - COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHER
03:14:38	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - EDUCATION COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE RUBEN HINOJOSA
03:14:42	Davis, Danny - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois FROM TEXAS. I HAVE SPENT, MADAM SPEAKER, PRACTICALLY ALL OF MY LIFE ENGAGED WITH LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. AND...
03:16:36	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
03:16:44	MR. DAVIS, - AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, I'M PLEASED TO STAND
03:16:47	Unidentified Speaker, - IN SUPPORT OF H.RES.
03:16:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 1311 EXPRESSING THAT TODAY, JULY 22, OUGHT TO BE
03:16:55	Unidentified Speaker, - DESIGNATED NATIONAL GEAR UP DAY.
03:16:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GEAR UP, WHICH STANDS FOR GAINING
03:17:02	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM, IS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INCREASE LOW INCOME STUDENTS' ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY...
03:19:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. >> MADAM SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA RISE?...
03:20:21	Unidentified Speaker, -
03:20:23	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COUNTED. A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING RISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20
03:20:29	Unidentified Speaker, - AND THE CHAIR'S PRIOR
03:20:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ANNOUNCEMENT, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
03:20:35	Unidentified Speaker, -
03:20:36	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? >> MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE THAT THE SHUSS HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO RESOLUTION H.RES....
03:21:00	Unidentified Speaker, - SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF A NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE DAY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
03:21:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. >> I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT
03:21:10	Dicks, Norman "Norm" - U.S. Representative, [D] Washington MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN WHICH TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. HIGGINS: I YIELD MYSELF...
03:21:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MEMBER THIEF HOUSE COMMITTEED ON OVERSIGHT
03:21:29	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota AND REFORM, I RISE TO -- RISE
03:21:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - IN SUPPORT OF H.RES. 1202 WHICH
03:21:38	MR. HIGGINS, - SUPPORTS THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH
03:21:42	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CHALLENGE DAY. IT WAS INTRODUCED BY TOM DAVIS
03:21:45	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York OF VIRGINIA ON MAY 15, 2008. THIS RESOLUTION WAS CONSIDERED BY AND REPORTED FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JULY 16, 2008, BY VOICE VOTE AND HAS THE...
03:24:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - USE, GANG VIOLENCE, AND ABUSIVE
03:24:09	Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia RELATIONSHIPS. THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM IS A 17-MONTH VOLUNTARY INTERVENTION PROGRAM THAT GIVES AT-RISK YOUTH A CHANCE TO DEVELOP AND...
03:25:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WIL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1202. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED,
03:26:00	MR. HIGGINS, - NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3'S BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
03:26:03	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND
03:26:06	MR. DAVIS, -
03:26:07	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. >> MADAM
03:26:11	MR. LIGGINS, - SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO
03:26:13	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, FOR WHAT PURPOSE -- MR. HIGGINS: I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED....
03:26:31	Unidentified Speaker, - RISEN, PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
03:26:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 8 OF RULE 20, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL
03:26:38	MR. HIGGINS, - BE POSTPONE THE CLERK WILL -- FOR WHAT
03:26:41	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? MR. HIGGINS: I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO RESOLUTION H.RES. 1128. THE SPEAKER...
03:27:07	MR. HIGGINS, - HIGGINS, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. DAVIS, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK.
03:27:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. HIGGINS: I ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
03:27:17	THE CLERK, - MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN WHICH TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT
03:27:23	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. -- THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS
03:27:34	Abercrombie, Neil - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: I RISE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.RES. 1128, WHICH EXPRESSES THE SUPPORT FOR
03:27:41	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL CARRIAGE DRIVING MONTH. OUR COLLEAGUE, CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS OF
03:27:48	MR. HIGGINS, - TENNESSEE INTRODUCED HOUSE
03:27:51	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RESOLUTION 1128 ON NOVEMBER 11 OF THIS
03:27:55	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York YEAR. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BY VOICE VOTE AND THAT IS HE SUPPORT AND CO-SPONSORSHIP OF 50 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WHILE OVER A CENTURY...
03:29:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - IDEALS OF NATIONAL CARRIAGE DRIVING MONTH. THE ORIGIN OF CARRIAGES CAN BE TRACED
03:29:37	MR. DAVIS, - TO THE MIDDLE AGES WHEN ROADS WERE EXTREMELY CRUDE AND IT OFFERED AN UNCOMFORTABLY WAY TO BE TRANSPORTED. FROM THE 16TH CENTURY, VARIOUS
03:29:44	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TYPES OF VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH SOME RUDIMENTRY FORM OF
03:29:48	Davis, David - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee SPRINGS TO CREATE SOME COMFORT FOR PASSAGES. SPRINGS SPURRED THE POPULARITY AND COMFORT OF THIS MODE OF TRAVEL AND MASS PRODUCTION OF CARRIAGES WOULD...
03:32:34	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
03:32:37	MR. HIGGINS, - YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS
03:32:39	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TIME. THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I
03:32:42	MR. DAVIS, - YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ALL TIME HAVING EXPIRED, THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO...
03:32:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RESOLUTION 1128. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
03:32:53	MR. DAVIS, - IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE
03:32:56	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND WITHOUT OBJECTION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS
03:33:01	MR. HIGGINS, - LAID ON THE
03:33:05	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL...
03:33:30	MR. HIGGINS, - BUILDING. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO THE RULE -- EXCUSE
03:33:38	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ME -- PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK,
03:33:41	THE CLERK, - MR. HIGGINS, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. DAVIS, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS:...
03:33:56	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER...
03:34:09	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I AM PLEASED TO COME TO THE FLOOR TODAY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6226, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE
03:34:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ACHIEVEMENTS OF STAN LUNDINE. I INTRODUCED THIS MEASURE ON JUNE 16, 2008, AND THE
03:34:22	MR. HIGGINS, - BILL ENJOYS SUPPORT FROM MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
03:34:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - H.R. 6226 WAS CONSIDERED IN
03:34:31	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York COMMITTEE ON JULY 16, 2008, AND WAS ORDERED TO BE REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE. STAN LUNDINE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 4, 1939, AND GREW UP IN JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK....
03:36:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MOST STEADFAST PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO SERVED AS MAYOR OF JAMESTOWN, AS A
03:36:56	MR. DAVIS, - UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AND AS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. STAN LUNDINE
03:37:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF HIS HOMETOWN IN 1970, JUST SIX YEARS
03:37:03	Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia AFTER GRADUATING FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. AT THE START OF HIS CAREER, HE FOUND THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN CRIPPLED BY LABOR STRIFE AND IMMEDIATELY...
03:39:21	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS: I URGE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
03:39:24	MR. HIGGINS, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: DO YOU YIELD BACK? MR.
03:39:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - HIGGINS: I YIELD BACK AND URGE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
03:39:31	MR. DAVIS, - QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6226. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED,
03:39:37	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
03:39:42	MR. HIGGINS, - 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED,
03:39:45	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE BILL IS PASSED, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION
03:39:47	MR. HIGGINS, - A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
03:39:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL...
03:40:15	MR. HIGGINS, - MR. DAVIS, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
03:40:19	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR...
03:40:26	THE CLERK, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT
03:40:30	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HIGGINS: MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. THE SPEAKER...
03:40:40	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. MR. FOSTER: TODAY I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. 5235, THE RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL
03:40:48	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COMMISSION ACT. MADAM SPEAKER, THIS BILL IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR
03:40:53	MR. HIGGINS, - MYSELF AND FOR MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE RONALD REAGAN WAS A NATIVE SON OF MY DISTRICT.
03:40:58	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BORN IN TAMPICO,
03:41:02	Foster, Bill - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois ILLINOIS, AND RAISED IN DIXON, HE HAD THE VALUES OF SMALLTOWN AMERICA. WHATEVER YOUR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT RONALD REAGAN LEFT...
03:43:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. GALLEGLY: MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT
03:43:11	MR. DAVIS, - OF H.R. 5235, THE RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ACT.
03:43:18	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. BLUNT AND I ALONG WITH 160
03:43:21	MR. GALLEGLY, - CO-SPONSORS FROM BOTH PARTIES INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATION CREATING THE RONALD REAGAN
03:43:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO PAY
03:43:29	Gallegly, Elton - U.S. Representative, [R] California TRIBUTE TO OUR 40TH PRESIDENT. THIS 11-MEMBER BIPARTISAN COMMISSION IS SIMILAR TO THOSE CREATED FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT,...
03:46:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AND MR. BLUNT FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS
03:46:09	MR. HIGGINS, - BILL. ON 10 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, CONGRESS HAS ESTABLISHED A COMMISSION
03:46:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OR JOINT COMMITTEE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND
03:46:17	MR. DAVIS, - ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ONE OF OUR NATION'S PRESIDENTS OR FIRST LADIES.
03:46:22	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TO DATE, WE HONORED JAMES MADISON, THOMAS JEFFERSON,
03:46:25	Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia ABRAHAM LINCOLN, TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WOODROW WILSON, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, HIS WIFE ELEANOR, HARRY TRUMAN, AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER. H.R. 5235, THE RONALD REAGAN...
03:48:32	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ALL TIME HAVING EXPIRED, THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5235 AS
03:48:40	MR. DAVIS, - AMENDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. IN
03:48:43	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3'S BEING
03:48:45	Higgins, Brian - U.S. Representative, [D] New York IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED AND THE NATIONAL -- WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
03:48:54	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TABLE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RISE? >> MADAM SPEAKER, PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 22 AND BY DIRECTION...
03:49:43	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AMENDMENT THERETO, INSIST UPON THE HOUSE AMENDMENT AND INSIST
03:49:49	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota ON A CONFERENCE THEREON. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE. THE CLERK: SENATE 294, A BILL TO RE-AUTHORIZE AMTRAK. THE SPEAKER PRO...
03:50:12	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MOTION. THE CLERK: MR. HELLER OF NEVADA MOVES THAT THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
03:50:17	THE CLERK, - ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE DISAGREEING VOTES ON THE HOUSE AMENDMENT
03:50:21	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TO THE BILL SENATE 294 BE INSTRUCTED TO INSIST ON THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION
03:50:27	Unidentified Speaker, - 221 OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT. THE
03:50:30	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 7 OF RULE 22, THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEVADA,
03:50:34	THE CLERK, - MR. HELLER AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR. OBERSTAR, EACH WILL CONTROL 30 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEVADA. MR. HELLER:...
03:50:50	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE PASSENGER RAIL INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008. THE SIMPLE MOTION DIRECTS THE HOUSE SENATE CONFEREES TO INSIST UPON SECTION 221 OF THE BILL...
03:51:02	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada SUBJECT TO THE BUY AMERICAN ACT, THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER FOR PURCHASES OF $100,000 OR MORE: ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TRYING ECONOMIC TIMES, IT'S IMPORTANT...
03:54:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GOT ENACTED IN THE 1982 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
03:54:11	MR. OBERSTAR, - ASSISTANCE ACT TO
03:54:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REQUIRE ALL STEEL IN THE FEDERAL AID
03:54:17	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota HIGHWAY PROGRAM TO BE MADE IN AMERICA, AMERICAN STEEL. AND WE EXTENDED THAT TO THE TRANSIT PROGRAM, SUBSEQUENTLY. AND TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROGRAM....
03:56:25	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FOR THIS FIVE MINUTES. IT'S IMPORTANT, MADAM SPEAKER THAT WE DO BUY AMERICAN, ESPECIALLY AMERICAN ENERGY. PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE...
03:56:34	Unidentified Speaker, - IS THAT THE UNITED STATES,
03:56:38	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SPECIFICALLY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, HAS ALMOST MADE IT A DECIDED DECISION NOT TO
03:56:42	Bachmann, Michele M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota PURCHASE AMERICAN ENERGY. HOW DO I SAY THIS? I HAVE A VOTING RECORD IN FRONT OF ME, MADAM SPEAKER, AND IT SAYS THIS -- WHEN THE VOTES HAVE COME ON...
04:01:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TO ADDRESS PRICE GOUGING, HALT DELIVERY TO
04:01:58	MR. OBERSTAR, - STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE, AND TO ADDRESS THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CARTELS, BUT ONLY ONE OF
04:02:02	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THESE MEASURES IS NOW LAW. I JUST RETURNED, AS MY
04:02:06	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada COLLEAGUE FROM MINNESOTA MENTIONED, WITH A GROUP FROM THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESERVE AND OTHER AREAS OF ALASKA WHICH ARE RICH IN POTENTIAL OIL...
04:04:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THAN THEY WERE WHEN THE 110 HTH CONGRESS BEGAN. IN
04:04:07	MR. HELLER, - NEVADA, SINCE THE 110TH CONGRESS BEGAN, GASOLINE HAS
04:04:09	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - INCREASED ABOUT $1.50 PER GALLON.
04:04:12	MR. OBERSTAR, - CRUDE PRICES HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 40%. YOU SINCE PASSAGE OF H.R. 6,
04:04:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - A SO-CALLED COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY BILL IN DECEMBER
04:04:19	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada OF 2007, GAS PRICES HAVE RISEN NEARLY 10%. DIESEL PRICES HAVE RISEN MORE THAN 16%. OIL HAS REACHED ALL-TIME HIGHS. CLEARLY THIS BILL WAS NOT THE ANSWER...
04:10:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - COUNTRY. I AM TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS JUST AS MY COLLEAGUE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS TALKING IT TO
04:10:57	MR. OBERSTAR, - CONSTITUENTS AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING
04:11:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITH THE GAS PRICES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE DEMOCRATS HERE IN CONGRESS HAVE
04:11:05	Sarbanes, John P. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland TRIED TO TAKE SOME VERY CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF GAS AT THE PUMP. AMONG THOSE, WE'RE PUSHING VERY HARD ON THE PRESIDENT TO CEASE...
04:17:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THIS IS SOMETHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO
04:17:20	Unidentified Speaker, - THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THIS CANARD THAT THERE'S SIX MILLION ACRES AND
04:17:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ASKING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE COMPANIES ARE RISKING THEIR
04:17:32	Bachmann, Michele M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota CAPITAL ON LEASES THEY'RE NOT USING. I CHALLENGE THE MAJORITY TO PRODUCE EVEN ONE LEASE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THERE IS AN ACRE OF LAND THAT HAS...
04:22:39	Unidentified Speaker, - LIFELINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE
04:22:43	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THAT BRINGS THE VALUABLE OIL DOWN TO THE LOWER 48. IF WE LOSE
04:22:48	Bachmann, Michele M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota THIS PIPELINE, AND IF WE LOSE IT ON THIS DEMOCRAT CONGRESS CONTROLLED -- DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED CONGRESS' WATCH, WE WILL LOSE OUR LIFELINE FOR ANY FUTURE...
04:23:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEVADA. MR. HELLER: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
04:23:58	MR. OBERSTAR, - I HAVE SOME FINAL THOUGHTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE
04:24:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - WITH THIS BODY AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIRMAN FOR HIS PATIENCE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. IT WAS WELL ADDRESSED BY THE
04:24:07	MR. OBERSTAR, - GENTLEWOMAN FROM MINNESOTA, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE TIME AND ENERGY WE SPENT UP IN ANWR, BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
04:24:12	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BIT ABOUT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY IN GOLDEN,
04:24:16	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada COLORADO. I FOUND THE ISSUES AND STATISTIC THERE IS INTERESTING. I'M ONE THAT THINKS WE HAVE A THREE-PRONGED CHAIR HERE IN OUR ENERGY FUTURE, WE WANT...
04:28:02	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ENERGY ISSUE CONSISTS OF THREE
04:28:05	MR. OBERSTAR, - ELEMENT, SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND A
04:28:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - REGULATORY
04:28:10	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota FUNCTION. WE NEED TO DEAL WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE. AND ON THE SUPPLY SIDE, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE'RE SUPPLYING IS THE MAGLEV PROJECT AUTHORIZED IN THE...
04:30:14	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE REGENRETIVE BREAKING SYSTEM.
04:30:18	Oberstar, James L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS LEGISLATION, MAKE THIS CONTRIBUTION IN OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD IN TRANSPORTATION THROUGH ACCELERATING THE WORK...
04:31:05	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. HELLER: TAKES ME 15 HOURS FROM ONE END OF MY DISTRICT TO THE OTHER.
04:31:09	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO ELECTRIC CARS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THERE, I WANT A CAR THAT GOES 300 MILES...
04:31:22	MR. OBERSTAR, - ROUND TRIP OR 300 MILES ROUND TRIP TO GET YOU ANYWHERE.
04:31:26	Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada IF IT TAKES YOU SIX HOURS TO PLUG IT IN, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU MORE TO HAVE TO RESERVE TIME IN A HOTEL IN ORDER TO GET BACK. BUT, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK...
04:32:01	MR. OBERSTAR, - TO AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO
04:32:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20, PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME ON MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED. VOTES...
04:33:16	THE CLERK, - WE ARE PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR THEM TO KEEP THEIR HOME, AND YOU GET AN AFFORDABLE 30-YEAR MORTGAGE. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR PROGRAM TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE...
04:57:19	Unidentified Speaker, - RESEARCH GROUP SAYS THAT BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN BAR WORST STAND TO LOSE $71 BILLION, WHILE -- EARLIER TODAY, THE HOUSE PASSED AN AMTRAK BILL, SO LAWMAKERS...
05:00:20	Unidentified Speaker, - MONEY TO GET THE HOME PURCHASED. >> DEMOCRATS SAY IT IS PART OF THE SOLUTION. NOT ALL OF THE SOLUTION, BUT PART OF THE SOLUTION. IF YOU ALLOW THE VALUE...
05:00:50	Unidentified Speaker, - ME GO INTO THAT, AND I THINK THERE WAS A GREAT EDITORIAL IN THE WASHINGTON POST, THERE IS ACTUALLY A STRANGE INCENTIVE THAT WOULD BE CREATED IN THIS BILL....
05:01:11	Unidentified Speaker, - THE ABILITY TO FORECLOSE A LENDER INSULT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO FORECLOSE ON THAT PERSON, TAKING HOME, AND SELL IT TO THE...
05:02:53	Unidentified Speaker, - TO PROPERTIES THAT WORKED FOR CLOSE BEFORE THIS LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED? >> AND EDITOR, I DO NOT. I THINK IT IS PUTTING A TAXPAYER MONEY IN THE WRONG PLACE....
05:03:22	Unidentified Speaker, - IN THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HELP AMERICANS TO OWN THEIR HOMES, LIKE FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET STABLE IN THE FUTURE...
05:04:08	Unidentified Speaker, - JUST THE TAX BASE, I AM THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE CREATURE
05:04:13	Unidentified Speaker, - IN PHILADELPHIA, -- WHERE ARE ALL OF THESE DISPLACED PEOPLE GOING TO GO. SHE WANTS TO HAVE LOW-COST HOUSING SO THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE CAN GO WITH...
05:05:14	Unidentified Speaker, - INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, POTENTIALLY AS SPECULATION. IF THOSE HOMES ARE FORECLOSED ON ARE FOR CLOTHES ON, THOSE RENTERS NEED A PLACE TO GO. WE HAVE BEEN...
05:08:59	Doyle, Michael "Mike" F. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING, WE WERE DOWN 8-4, IT WAS OUR LAST AT-BAT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO FOLD. WE CAME BACK AND SCORED SIX RUNS TO PUT THIS...
05:10:37	Barton, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas NRCC, PLEASE RECORD OF SOME NEW FLAT VALLEYS.
05:11:01	Unidentified Speaker, - THE FOLLOWING PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE. THE CLERK: TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1512 OF THE STROM-THURMOND...
05:18:16	THE CLERK, - INTO RAILWAY GEOMETRY SYSTEMS AND ONE 20-INCH FLUID ENERGY MILL FOR PRODUCTION OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE...
05:19:09	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20, THE CHAIR WILL POSTPONE FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TODAY ON MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
05:19:22	Allen, Thomas "Tom" H. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maine WHICH A VOTE IS OBJECTED TO UNDER CLAUSE 6 OF RULE 20. RECORD VOTES ON POSTPONED QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN
05:19:29	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LATER IN THE WEEK. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RISE? MR. RUPPERSBERGER: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R....
05:19:58	Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York A BILL TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES....
05:20:15	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND. MR. RUPPERSBERGER:
05:20:19	THE CLERK, - MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA, MR. CAN JEW, FOR SPONSORING THIS IMPORTANT AND
05:20:29	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TIMELY PIECE OF LEGISLATION. GAS PRICES ARE AT A RECORD HIGH AT MORE THAN $4 A GALLON. AS A RESULT THE PRICE OF OUR EVERYDAY NEEDS ARE GOING UP AS WELL....
05:20:39	Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland FOOD AND CONSUMER GOODS NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED LONG DISTANCES BEFORE THEY REACH STORE SHELVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. MOREOVER, HIGH FUEL COSTS STRAIN...
05:24:03	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SEND EVERY SINGLE DAY OVERSEAS IS DOING TO
05:24:07	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan OUR ENEMIES. HOW IT'S FUELING THEIR ABILITY TO DO THINGS LIKE BUY WEAPONS, IMPROVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS, AND DO OTHER THINGS. I WAS STRUCK BY ONE PORTION...
05:25:03	Cazayoux, Donald J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Louisiana HOEKSTRA. MR. ROGERS: I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA MISSTATED. IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST ACCURATE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON...
05:25:14	MR. ROGERS, - PROJECT VERSUS THE ACTUAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE. MORE NARROW
05:25:18	Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland IN SCOPE AND USED CONFIDENTIAL AS YOU KNOW AND CLASSIFIED SOURCES OF INFORMATION. I ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE HONEST I'M VERY
05:25:25	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan DISAPPOINTED WITH MY FRIENDS THIS EVENING ON AN ISSUE I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT. THERE'S A REASON I THINK THAT WE HAVE A 9% APPROVAL, THE LOWEST THAT...
05:26:47	Hoyer, Steny H. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland HOEKSTRA'S GOOD IDEA KILL THE BILL. HE REJECTED THAT IDEA. AT WHICH POINT IN TIME I MADE THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE WILL INTRODUCE THAT BILL AS A...
05:29:06	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan DONE IF YOU DON'T GET THE CREDIT. WE HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW SPIRIT OF GREAT IDEAS, BUT IT HAS TO BE A DEMOCRAT IDEA, I'M FOR THAT, TOO, BECAUSE...
05:37:00	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
05:37:04	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - IN
05:37:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OFFICE 7 1/ YEARS AND THIS IS A
05:37:08	Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland POLICY WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED EIGHT YEARS AGO AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE IT. I WANT TO RESPOND TO ONE OF YOUR ISSUES ABOUT THE DRILLING. THE...
05:39:32	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SECURITY. SINCE I JOINED CONGRESS ALMOST THREE MOONTS AGO, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THIS
05:39:36	Cazayoux, Donald J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Louisiana BODY ABOUT ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY PRICES, HOW OUR ENERGY NEEDS AFFECT OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND WHAT EFFECT WORLDWIDE DEMANDS FOR ENERGY HAVE ON AMERICA....
05:42:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - ONE. LET'S ALL BE MAD AT BIG OIL. I'M MAD AT BIG OIL AND
05:42:30	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan I HAVE FRIENDS WHO RUN SMALL STORES WHO HAVE HAD TEARS IN THEIR EYES BECAUSE THE FUEL COSTS DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DO DELIVERIES OF FOOD. I KNOW SMALL...
05:47:13	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 1/2 YEARS. HAS SET THE OIL
05:47:15	Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland POLICY. NOW WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE TO RESURRECT IT. AND TO COME UP WITH AN ISSUE...
05:49:02	Kennedy, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island MAKING A PROFIT. WHETHER THEY WERE USING THEIR PROFITS RIGHT FOR GOOD OR NOT. REINVESTMENT OR NOT. I WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY...
05:52:09	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - AND DICK CHENEY AND PRESIDENT
05:52:11	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BUSH, TWO OIL MEN, AND ALL OF
05:52:13	Kennedy, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island THEIR RICH OIL MEN FRIENDS FROM TEXAS HAVE CERTAINLY MADE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:...
05:52:42	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GOOD TO DO THAT. I KNOW IF I RUN OVER YOU'LL
05:52:44	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TIME BACK. I WON'T BE
05:52:47	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LONG. WE HAVE CERTAINLY DEBATED THIS. IF YOU'RE MAD, OR YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED
05:52:53	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - WITH THE REMARKS FROM THE
05:52:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - GENTLEMAN, TO ACCUSE SOMEBODY OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT
05:52:59	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan IS -- I WON'T EVEN GET INTO IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. BECAUSE WE HAVE IN THE POWER OF OUR HANDS IN CONGRESS TO FIX THIS THROUGH CONSERVATION, THROUGH...
05:54:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THIS DEBATE AREN'T BEING HEARD RIGHT NOW. AMERICANS BACK HOME ARE SAYING HELP US OUT. GIVES AN AMERICAN MADE ENERGY PLAN. GIVE US CONSERVATION....
05:54:38	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - THINGS ARE IN THE BILLS. WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU TONIGHT.
05:54:42	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - I WOULD HOPE AND URGE
05:54:43	Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan FOR THE VERY PRESSURES BEING PUT ON THE FAMILIES WE WOULD STAND UNITED WITH YOUR NAME ON THE BILLS AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY...
05:55:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE 1970'S. IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE PRESIDENT
05:55:28	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - SAYS THIS ISN'T AN EMERGENCY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S LIVING,
05:55:31	Kennedy, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island BUT IT'S AN EMERGENCY IN MY DISTRICT. HE SHOULD RELEASE 10% OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE, BURST THE SPECULATIVE BUBBLE ON OIL, BRING THE PRICES...
05:56:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OUR LIVES. IT IMPACTS OUR SECURITY. IT IMPACTS OUR ECONOMY, AND
05:56:39	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - IT IMPACTS OUR WALLETS. WE NEED THE
05:56:41	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THE BEST ANALYSIS
05:56:44	Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland POSSIBLE ON ENERGY SECURITY. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO GIVE IT TO US. I URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION....
05:57:18	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - LAID UPON THE TABLE. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND. MR. RUPPERSBERGER: MR. SPEAKER, I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE YEAS AND...
05:57:42	MR. RUPPERSBERGER, - ON THIS MOTION WILL BE
05:57:45	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - POSTPONED. THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A COMMUNICATION. THE CLERK: THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MADAM, PURSUANT TO SECTION...
05:58:21	THE CLERK, - ASSISTANCE COMMISSION BOARD OF ADVISORS. HE HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY AND I AM PLEASED TO FULFILL HIS REQUEST. SIGNED, SINCERELY,...
05:58:59	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OBJECTION. MR. KIRK: MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO CALL UPON EGYPT TO DEMONSTRATE IT IS A FORCE FOR TOLERANCE BY RELEASING
05:59:12	MR. KIRK, - KAMIR FROM PRISON. THE MOST TROUBLING CASE IS OF
05:59:17	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THIS YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS BLOGGER.
05:59:22	Kirk, Mark Steven - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois ABDUL KAMIR ON THE BLOGATMOSPHERE WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN FEBRUARY, 2007, SOLELY FOR WHAT HE WROTE ON HIS BLOG CONDEMNING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND...
06:00:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - PLUNGED. PRICES FELL $6.44 IN THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY DROP SINCE THE GULF WAR. THE NEXT DAY, PRICES DROPPED ANOTHER $4.50
06:00:49	Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas TO $13434. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY SAYS IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO PRODUCE OIL AND WON'T AFFECT ENERGY PRICES. IF CONGRESS LIFTS...
06:01:55	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OF CYPRUS AND THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 5,000
06:01:59	Unidentified Speaker, - CITIZENS AND 200,000 WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES.
06:02:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TODAY NEARLY
06:02:07	Royce, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] California 3,600 TURKISH SOLDIERS ARE EMBEDDED IN CYPRUS OCCUPYING THE ISLAND AND ONE OF THE MOST MILITARIZED PLACES IN THE WORLD. MAKING THE OCCUPATION ALL THE...
06:03:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TODAY. MS. HARMAN OF CALIFORNIA FOR TODAY.
06:03:28	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. HILL OF INDIANA FOR TODAY. MR. GENE GREEN OF TEXAS FOR TODAY AND JULY 23. MR. PEARCE OF NEW MEXICO
06:03:34	THE CLERK, - FOR TODAY. MR. POE OF TEXAS FOR TODAY. MR. RODRIGUEZ OF TEXAS FOR TODAY. AND MR. YOUNG OF FLORIDA FOR TODAY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION,...
06:04:09	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS. MR. POE, JULY 24, 25 AND 29,
06:04:17	MR. BOOZMAN, - FIVE MINUTES EACH. MR. BURTON TODAY, JULY 23, 24, 25, FIVE MINUTES EACH. MR. JONES, JULY 24, 29, FIVE MINUTES EACH. MR. GARRETT, TODAY AND JULY 23, 24...
06:05:33	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL, MR. SKELTON, FIVE MINUTES. MR. PALLONE, FIVE
06:05:37	Unidentified Speaker, - MINUTES. MS. WOOLSEY, FIVE MINUTES. MR. HINCHEY, FIVE MINUTES. MR. SIR REESE, FIVE MINUTES. MR. SPACE, FIVE MINUTES AND MRS. MALONEY, FIVE MINUTES....
06:06:11	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - SKELTON. THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. POE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARKANSAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. MR. BOOZMAN: THANK YOU VERY...
06:06:45	Boozman, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Arkansas THEIR STORIES BACK TO WASHINGTON AND PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO ENACT A COMMONSENSE ENERGY POLICY THAT WILL HELP LOWER WHAT THEY ARE FORCED TO PAY....
06:09:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - JULY 20, 1974, TURKISH TROOPS ILLEGALLY INVADED
06:10:02	Unidentified Speaker, - CYPRUS IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 34 YEARS HAVE PAST SINCE
06:10:06	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - 200,000 GREEKS WERE EXPELED FROM THEIR
06:10:10	Space, Zachary "Zack" T. - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio HOMES, 5,000 MURDERED, MORE THAN 1,400 WHO STILL REMAIN MISSING TODAY. 34 YEARS LATER, TURKISH TROOPS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY NEARLY 37% OF THE TERRITORY....
06:13:40	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OPINIONS KI, BRALEY OF IOWA, A CURRY, MICA,
06:13:47	THE CLERK, - LATOURETTE, SHUSTER, DIAZ-BALART OF FLORIDA AND WESTMORELAND FROM THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CONSIDERATION OF SECTIONS 105 AND 305...
06:14:27	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON HELL ENIC ISSUES. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO CALL -- RECALL A
06:14:34	Bilirakis, Gus Michael - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida SOMBER ANNIVERSARY THAT HAS PAINED COMMUNITIES FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS. MR. SPEAKER, EVEN THOUGH THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF THE TURKISH INVASION OF CYPRUS TOOK...
06:20:16	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TOO LONG. AND THE CYPRUS QUESTION CAN NO LONGER BE
06:20:21	Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey IGNORED. I AM ENCOURAGED BY MEETINGS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE TURKISH CYPRIATE LEADER. THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT...
06:22:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OUR FOUNDERS VIEWED FAITH AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CULTURE.
06:22:56	Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota THE SUBTLE MANNER IN WHICH OUR FAITH HISTORY IS POUR TRADE IN OUR MONUMENTS AND LANDMARKS UNDERSCORED THE FACT THAT FAITH IS A PART OF WHO WE ARE. THAT...
06:26:53	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TO THE SPEAKER, IF I MAY, ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR FIVE MINUTES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MRS. MALONEY:
06:26:59	Unidentified Speaker, - THANK YOU. AS CO-CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON HELL ENIC ISSUES, I WISH TO
06:27:04	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - EXTEND MY SUPPORT
06:27:06	Unidentified Speaker, - TO CYPRIATES HERE IN
06:27:08	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - OUR COUNTRY, ON CYPRUS AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AS WE MARK THE
06:27:13	MRS. MALONEY, - TRAGIC 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1974 ILLEGAL
06:27:17	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TURKISH INVASION OF
06:27:19	Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York CYPRUS. I HAVE COMMEMORATED THIS DAY EACH YEAR SINCE I BECAME A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE HELL INIC CAUCUS HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGEED...
06:33:20	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY, MR. GARRETT, IS RECOGNIZED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. CARTER, IS RECOGNIZED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS, MR. MORAN,...
06:34:14	MR. CUMMINGS, - TO SALUTE AND TO MARK THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTEGRATION OF UNITED STATES ARMED
06:34:24	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - FORCES. I RISE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS
06:34:26	Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland HISTORIC OCCASION AS A STEP TOWARD GREATER SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN ALIKE, WHICH SHAPED THE ROAD TO EQUALITY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND...
06:44:36	Watson, Diane - U.S. Representative, [D] California 26, 1948. DESPITE THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNED IN THIS ORDER, AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT SERVED IN THIS NATION'S MILITARY WITH DISTINCTION SINCE...
06:51:01	Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland RANK AND FILE, THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT ON OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ENTER THE RANKS OF OFFICERS. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE YOUR BLOOD, YOUR...
06:52:01	Edwards, Donna F. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED SERVICES, IT'S BEEN MORE VALIDATED BECAUSE OF IT. FOR MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE UNION...
06:54:54	Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland CONGRESSMAN HANK JOHNSON OUT OF GEORGIA AND YOURS TRULY. SO IN CLOSING, MR. SPEAKER, AS ALL AMERICANS ARE PAINFULLY AWARE, OUR HISTORY AS A NATION HAS...
06:58:31	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS ON ALL AMERICAN'S MINDS TONIGHT. THAT IS THE PRICE OF ENERGY. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...
06:58:49	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia IN THIS COUNTRY. AND WE ARE UNABLE TO BREAK A DEADLOCK IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE HOUSE, MR. SPEAKER, TO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES VOTE FOR A BILL THAT WOULD...
07:06:43	McCarthy, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] California LEADERSHIP. HE BELIEVES THAT THE POWER OF THE IDEA SHOULD WIN AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO HE PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS FROM ACROSS...
07:12:51	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia LET IT BE VOTED ON OR TO AT LEAST HAVE A CHANCE OF DISCUSSION. MR. MCCARTHY: THE GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS SAID, THERE...
07:13:19	McCarthy, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] California DO AN AMENDMENT. IT IS NOT THE MASSES OF THE PUBLIC HERE HOLDING BAB OR THE MEMBERS HAVING A VOTE ON THIS, THIS IS THE LEADERSHIP. AND THAT'S WHY...
07:14:16	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia U.S. OIL, BUT ALSO TO CREATE JOBS. THIS IS A JOB CREATOR FOR AMERICANS. GOOD-PAYING JOBS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO SAUDI ARABIA OR OTHER...
07:15:02	Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia OF TALKS ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING. MR. WESTMORELAND: OK. LET ME JUST SAY THIS, MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS A POST THAT...
07:15:17	MR. WESTMORELAND, - TOO. WHEN WE REALIZE WHO WE ARE
07:15:19	MR. PRICE, - DEPENDENT ON. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN OIL, EXACTLY WHO ARE WE TALKING
07:15:26	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia ABOUT? AND, MR. SPEAKER, I THINK THIS POSTER WILL GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS POSTER SAYS, AMERICA,...
07:17:35	MR. PRICE, - COMPANY. NOT THE PRESIDENT OF A FRIENDLY NATION.
07:17:38	MR. WESTMORELAND, - HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. AND THAT'S WHAT GETS MY CONSTITUENTS SO OUTRAGED. AND THAT IS THAT INSTEAD OF
07:17:47	Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE AMERICAN RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, TO MAKE AMERICAN ENERGY, WHAT DOES THIS LEADERSHIP AND THE HOUSE DOING? IT IS FORCING US TO...
07:21:00	MR. WESTMORELAND, - FUELS. MR. PRICE: CORRECT. MR. WESTMORELAND: THAT IS AN
07:21:03	MR. PRICE, - INCREDIBLE THING THAT,
07:21:04	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia YOU KNOW, PART OF THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE USING AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THESE RENEWABLE FUELS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL OF US, BUT YET THE BIGGEST USER,...
07:21:20	MR. PRICE, - MR. PRICE: IT TRULY IS
07:21:22	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia REMARKABLE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'D SAY. THEY'D SAY, OH, WE WANT TO BE OPEN AND DO ALL OF THIS THAT WE CAN TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...
07:21:41	Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia GENTLEMAN WOULD LET ME RECLAIM A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME, THE PETITION WE HAD UP, HERE D WE HAD -- I HAD UP HERE, THEY WON'T EVEN SIGN A SIMPLE PETITION....
07:22:00	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia CONGRESS TO DO IS SIGN A PETITION THAT SAYS I'LL VOTE TO LOWER GASOLINE PRICES BY USING AMERICAN ENERGY? MR. WESTMORELAND: ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S BEEN 192...
07:22:17	MR. PRICE, - OF THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HOUSE.GOV/WESTMORELAND, IF YOU WANT TO GO FIND IT. BECAUSE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA, LET ME SAY THAT YOU HAVE TALKED
07:22:28	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia ABOUT PROCESS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT PROCESS, WE'VE ALL COME TO THIS FLOOR TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A BROKEN PROCESS AND THE ONLY...
07:23:25	MR. PRICE, - FOR ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR DAYS, WITHOUT
07:23:28	MR. WESTMORELAND, - ADDRESSING THE MAJOR NUMBER-ONE ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN
07:23:30	Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia PEOPLE. SO IN ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF AND ANOTHER 10 DAYS, CONGRESS WILL BE GONE FOR A MONTH. A MONTH. AND WILL IT HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE? NOT UNLESS...
07:24:15	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia SKYROCKETING PRICE OF GAS. AT THE TIME, GAS WAS PROBABLY, I THINK, ABOUT $2.23 A GALLON AND RIGHT NOW IT'S AT ABOUT $4.80 -- $4.08 BUT THIS IS A STATEMENT...
07:26:48	Gingrey, Phil MD - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IN THIS BODY, WE IN THE MINORITY HAVE NO OTHER FORM. WE HAVE NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY. BILLS ARE BROUGHT TO THIS FLOOR UNDER SUSPENSION,...
07:29:16	MR. WESTMORELAND, - THAT. 237. OUT OF 237, SIX OF THEM HAVE
07:29:19	MR. GINGREY, - SIGNED THIS PETITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS, MY MATH IS NOT THAT QUICK, BUT IT'S PRETTY LOW AND
07:29:26	MR. WESTMORELAND, - YOU'VE GOT
07:29:27	Gingrey, Phil MD - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia 186 REPUBLICANS OUT OF ABOUT 198, THAT'S A PRETTY DARN HIGH PERCENTAGE OF REPUBLICANS. . I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDING. TONIGHT I DID ONE OF THESE...
07:31:43	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia DO THAT? I SAID, KEN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I TRIED TO ANSWER KEN THE BEST I COULD. IT WAS HARD TO ANSWER IT WITHOUT GETTING INTO FLOOR PROCEDURES...
07:38:01	Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina THIS? WELL, I HEAR THAT KIND OF QUESTION ALL THE TIME, TOO. IT TAKES A REAL PRACTICED TONGUE TO SAY IT THE RIGHT WAY, TOO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT...
07:45:45	MR. WESTMORELAND, - YIELDING. MR. SPEAKER, I SEND TO THE DESK TWO PRIVILEGED REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR FILING UNDER THE RULE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE ...
07:45:59	MR. WELCH, - OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL H.R. 5501, TO AUTHORIZE PROMINGSES -- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO...
07:46:13	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - AND MALARIA AND FOR OTHER
07:46:15	THE CLERK, - PURPOSES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: REFERRED TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR AND REPORTED PRINTED. THE CLERK: RESOLUTION PROVIDING -- [INAUDIBLE] TO THE HOUSE...
07:46:36	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA MAY RESUME. MR. WESTMORELAND: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
07:46:41	THE CLERK, - I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER, TOO, I DIDN'T REALIZE WHO THE SPEAKER WAS UNTIL JUST NOW BUT I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR WHAT WE DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS...
07:46:52	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - BIPARTISAN -- WHERE WE HAD BIPARTISAN PARTICIPATION AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ENJOYED IT. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU ENJOYED
07:46:59	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia IT. I ENJOYED IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN. I WANT TO COMMENT, THE GENTLELADY FROM NORTH CAROLINA MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY...
07:49:53	Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia COULDN'T USE ITS RESOURCES. SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE FOND OF SAYING THAT AMERICA THUNDERSTORM DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IS THE ONLY NATION ON THE FACE -- UNDER...
07:53:51	Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia WHY. I WANT TO READ YOU SOME QUOTES AND THIS QUOTE'S FROM THE SIERRA CLUB. YOU CAN GO TO PROBABLY THEIR WEBSITE OR AT LEAST THE F.E.C. REPORTS AND SEE...
07:58:35	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - MR. KING: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I APPRECIATE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS YOU HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY THE...
07:59:03	King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa PEOPLE. AND EVEN THOUGH MOST OF US DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A 24, 24, SEVEN CAMPAIGN, THAT BEING 24 MONTHS, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK YOU SET...
08:58:37	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
08:58:44	MR. KING, -
08:58:45	THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, - A.M >> LIVE COVERAGE OF THE U.S. HOUSE ALWAYS ON C-SPAN AND THE SENATE ON C-SPAN2. >> DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA WAS IN JORDAN...

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