mr. broun: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. broun: i have an amendment at the desk. numbered 60. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 60, printed in the congressional record, offered by mr. broun of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. . mr. broun: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: we have heard a thousand times that every vote counts. if we allow for the use of the practice known as statistical sam knowledge as this bill -- sampling, as this bill clearly allows, every vote may not be counted. maybe some votes may be counted more often than others. the administration have made it

mr. broun: would the gentleman yield? mr. mollohan: i would yield. mr. broun: there are funds appropriated. that's in this bill to establish this unneeded, totally -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. broun: i'm against establishing that. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no.

we have republicans like david nunes and others, mr. broun who just spoke, mr. rogers, mr. calvert, others who want to have a chance to stand up and guess what, madam speaker, they unfortunately are denied that in this process. justice felix frankfurter in 1943 made the following statement. he said the history of liberty is largely due to the history of procedural safeguards. now, madam speaker, i believe that the federal government is too big and spends too much as our leader boehner regularly says. i believe we should have a right to bring about those reductions so we can get our economy back on track to ensure that americans aren't going to lose their jobs, their businesses, and their homes. and we are denied that chance today. but, i want to say to my democratic colleagues and my republican colleagues, madam speaker, we have an opportunity , and it is before us right now. all we need to do is vote no on the previous question and what will happen? we'll be continuing the 220-year tradition of appropriations under an open amendment process. if we can defeat the previous q

mr. broun: madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are so the missile is not going by it, but you are holding it on the same place as the missile is moving very rapidly. missile defense would be the biggest partisan difference in the bill. host: you have a regional concern that is economic as well. guest: these tend to be a little bit more of a disagreement between the administration and the legislative branch. in my particular situation, i am from the st. louis area. we build a lot of the f-18's that go on aircraft carriers. there is a very big shortage that the navy has of the aircraft, and the f-18 is the only fighter coming off aircraft carriers. we make the argument that aircraft carriers are very -- are not very useful if they do not have airplanes on them. four or five carriers may not have any airplanes on them all. so there's quite a shortage of the f-18's, and we

now, my good friend from georgia, congressman broun. mr. broun: congressman akin, i appreciate you yielding. i wanted to come back to something you said think a think the american people need to understand very clearly. the president has talked about looking to spain as being the model of this energy tax. i call it tax and cap because it's about taxes, it's about revenue for the federal government, it's about getting more revenue to socialize medicine and do other things to nationalize all of the business and industry that's already being nationalized and even more. but in spain i'd like to confirm something. it's my understanding, if you would please, sir, it's my understanding in spain when they put on their tax and cap or tax -- cap and trade policy a number of years ago, they touted it as creating green jobs and -- mr. akin: i think -- go ahead, congressman. mr. broun: the point is, they talked about creating green jobs. just recently one of their, i think it's members of parliament be was over here talking to the opportunities society,

mr. simpson: i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. broun: madam speaker, the house is now considering the department of interior, environmental, and related agencies appropriations act of 2010. appropriations bills have traditionally been brought to the floor under an open rule. where all relevant amendments are allowed to be offered to the bill. sadly the majority has decided to reject precedent. where once again operating under a structured rule on an appropriations bill. what is the reasoniven for silencing the representatives of millions of americans? time. in their push to get through massive spending bills, the leadership in this house have decided that doing so quickly is more important than having a quality debate on how the taxpayers' money is being spent. not allowing votes on relevant amendments is a historic blow against the rights of all members of this great institution. more importantly, this democratic stunt muzzles the voices of the american pe

mr. broun: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend may remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. broun: i thank the jilt for yielding. i rise today in support of this resolution. this judge should be and i think will be impeached with this resolution. it's about time for this body to do its constitutional authority to be a check on judges. unfortunately, this congress has not fulfilled its constitutional authority in many instances. article 1, section 1, sentence 1 says all legislative powers therein granted shall be vested in the congress of the united states which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives. we have had a perversion of the constitution by both administrations of both parties in the presidency as well as by congress. the constitution has been perverted. we all swear to uphold the constitution. against enemies both foreign and domestic. we've got a lot of domestic enemies of the constitution and i think enough is enough. under the constitution, in the writings of our founding fathers in the federalist pap

broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. broun: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: all those in favor of taking the vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. tonko: i move the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 411. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 411, supporting the goals and ideals of the intermediate space challenge in mojave, california. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. platts, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days in which members can revise and extend

mr. broun: i request the yeas and nays. the chair: does the gentleman ask for a recorded vote? mr. broun: yeah. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings offered by the gentleman from iowa will be postponed. the clerk will continue reading. the clerk: title 2, page 23, line 1. national drug intelligence center, $44,023,000. justice information sharing technology, $109,417,000. tactical law enforcement wireless communications, $205,143,000. administrative review and appeals, $3,685,000. detention trustee, $1,438, 663 ,000. office of inspector general, $84,368,000. united states parole commission, salaries and expenses, $12,859,000. legal activities, salaries and expenses, general legal activities, $875,900,000. in addition for reimbursement associated with processing cases under the national childhood vacksine injury act of 19 -- vaccine injury act of 1986, $783,000. salaries and expenses, antitrust division, $163,170,000. salaries and expenses, united states attorneys, $1,934,3,000. united states trustees system fund. salaries and expenses, foreign claims sett

mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i rise today in support of veterans and military personnel in america. as one who believes in the constitution and the original intent of the writers of that document and one who believes that what we do in this house and in this congress is unconstitution ath according to that original intent. supporting our military personnel is critical for the security of america. we are not doing what we are supposed to do for our veterans. we have broken promises over and over again. the veterans are not getting the benefits that they've been promised. and i think that is immoral and verges on criminal because we have bloken as a federal government the -- broken as a federal government the promises that we have made to the veterans and military personnel in america. we need to fulfill those promises. we need to do what we have said we would do for them and that's to take care of them, to take care of their spouses. we need to do so for their lifetime. on the other hand what we are

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: does the gentleman from pennsylvania have further speakers? >> i do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: does the gentleman yield? >> i urge a yes vote and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. routinely, this chamber is visited by many young peoplemark groups of young people. reminding us that we are in need of promoting and advancing sound and principled ideas and policies that will be inherited by them, by their generation. they will inherit the good and the bad works that we do. and they will count on us on doing the sound and reasonable solutions. with that being said, i believe it's very important for us to advance the opportunity for them to have a sounder environment. they have the right to breathe cleaner

mr. broun: mr. chairman, i rise today to speak in favor of the amendment to restore $1.2 billion in funding for missile defense. just yesterday north korea threatened to wipe the united states off the map. it's unconscionable we would decrease funding for our missile defense system during a period where north korea and iran's nuclear programs and ballistic missiles pose a real and increasing threat to the united states. in may iran test fired a new two-stage medium-ranged solid fuel surface-to-surface missile which can reach europe, israel e. and the united states. this $1.2 billion cut forces an unnecessary choice between protecting our homeland against longer range missiles and protection of our forward deployed troops and allies against short range missiles. the threat will only continue to increase over the next decade. as technology increases for them. we are decades behind in having a comprehensive multilayered system and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the cha

broun. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman. mr. broun: i'm a scientist, i'm a medical doctor and i believe whole harded -- wholeheartedly in education. i thinthis bill will probably pass. but the thing that concerns me is educating the american public of not only the money that's spent on this, which we don't have, but the money that is going to be spent and taken out of their pockets for what's called cap and trade here in this house of representatives and in the congress of the united states. this administration, the leadership in the house and senate are forcing upon the american people a policy that is going to increase taxes on every single household in america of over $3,100 per family. that's rich, poor and in between. the poor, the people on limited incomes or retirees are going to be hit hardest because they spend more of their income on energy-related sources than any other thing. it's going to run up the cost of food, medicine, everything that everybody buys, in fact, every good and service in this country is going to go

broun from the atlanta area? mr. broun: s south of athens georgia. and i represent northeast georgia. if you put the date of this week on the next bar going back to what bachmann was just talking about, these dealerships are shutting the doors. dealerships may have 20 employees, 30 or 40 employees. i have met with a number of them. there is a dealer in my district, right up on the north carolina line, that called me this week and he got one of those pink slips. he is a customer of the auto maker and that's what these dealersr customers. and what is happening, this administration is forcing the big three auto makers to fire their customers and that makes no economic sense. but this dealer doesn't do any floor planning. he doesn't have to borrow money from the auto maker to put the cars on his lot. he owns them all. he's paid for them all. he owns his dealership. he doesn't owe anything to the car maker, but they have fired him. and in doing so, this administration has fired all the employees. and so the next bar for all these dealerships, i think it's

broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. diaz-balart: yield three minutes to the distinguished the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conaway: i'm go to go oppose this rule and ask my colleagues to op it based on what's not in it. the amendment i presented yesterday was not made in order and the members of this house will not be allowed to take a stance on a very important issue that colleagues on the other end of the building that senators have taken a stance on to oppose, the release of the detainee photographs. the president of the united states has said listening to his field commanders and general petraeus that the release of these photographs would work and be used as a recruiting tool and used by president ahmadinejad to turn the pro-democracy protests in his country away from protests against ahmadinejad and towards america. there is a body of photographs taken between september 1, 2001 and january 2, 2009 and have no business being released in the public aren

gomeert for today, june 11, mr. broun for today, mr. hensarling for june 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. engel of new york, ms. berkley for five palestinians and ms. kaptur from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman's recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. unveiled today was a new energy plan that would increase production of american-made energy in an environmentally sound manner. the american energy act is an all of the above solution that offers good-paying american johns and american energy i

mr. gohmert of texas. mr. broun of georgia. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. smith is we can reck niced for 60 minutes as designee of the majority leader. mrs. schmidt: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise tonight to shine a light on a subject where i do not believe this administration's actions are living up to its rhetoric. whether it was said on the campaign trail or in speeches during his time in office, the president is certainly -- has certainly tried to sound reasonable on the issue of life. but the administration's actions belie its words. during a campaign appearance with pastor rick war on august 167, 2009, then-candidate barack obama made clear that his goal was to, quote, reduce the number of abortions. in fact, he said that he had, quote, inserted this into the democratic party platform. how do we reduce the number of abortions, end quote. now given the administration's expressed support for roe v. wade i never expected nor do not expect it to suddenly reverse its c

paul broun. mr. broun: i thank, dr. gingrey, for yielding -- i thank you, dr. gingrey, for yielding. i think the american people need to look at what president obama said as a candidate and go back to what dr. fleming was talking about just a few minutes ago about the options. republicans are are offering options because certainly we need to do something about health care financing. people are hurting health care expenses have gotten too high. medicine's too high in the drug store, doctor bills are too high. doctors are actually earning less money today. when i was practicing full time prior to coming to congress i was making in real dollars less money than i did 20 years ago and seeing as many or more patients and we've seen the whole health care system being strained tremendously. but candidate obama talked about giving the american public options, a public versus private option. he said if you like your current insurance, fine, stay there. but as dr. fleming was talking about just a few minutes ago, what president obama's actually offering us is a reduced-pr

without objection -- mr. broun: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. baird: madam speaker, morph to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1709, the stem education coordination act of 2009, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1709, a bill to establish a committee under the national science and technology council with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all federal agencies, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. baird, and the gentleman from tex

the amendment is -- mr. broun: i ask a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york will be postponed. the clerk: $226 billion. state and local law enforcement assistance, $1,312, 500,000. weed and seed program fund, $15 million. juvenile justice programs, $385 million. public safety officer benefits, $5 million. community-oriented policing services, $802 million. general provisions, department of justice, section 201, not to exceed $75,000 from funds appropriated and this entitle shall be available to the turn general for official expenses. none of the funds shall be available to pay for an abortion except for the life of the mother would be endangered. section 203, none of the funds shall be used to require any person to perform any abortion. section 204, nothing in the proceedings -- preceding section shall remove the obligation to provide escort services necessary for female inmate to receive such service outside the federal facility. section 20

but our colleague from georgia, mr. broun, offered an amendment that would simply provide a .5% reduction, .5% reduction and yet the majority chose not to make even that amendment made in order yes, there were larger proposals for cuts and we know there is a tendency on this bill, that's why we've had a bipartisan agreement that this is the one of the 12 appropriations bills that we do have a structured rule on. but to not with a 16% increase in the bill to not allow the house to work its will and have a chance for even a .5% reduction in that rate of growth, that's not what the american people want. that's not what the american people want. and so the death of deliberative democracy was the history that was made yesterday, mr. speaker, because this is in fact the first time that this kind of action has been taken. and unfortunately it has begun a pattern. it's begun a pattern. and as i listen to my friend from iowa, mr. king, refer to the fact that he was victimized by the bipartisan leadership when we in fact had said

broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 90 seconds. mr. broun: i want to give my personal congratulations to congresswoman tauscher. and i just look for great things out of you. so congratulations. i rise to speak against this rule. this rule is blatantly unfair to the american people. it is quashed ideas. it has prevented good amendments to be introduced on this floor and to have the proper debate that we should have something that is as extremely as important as this bill is. we've just gotten this. but let me tell what you this bill is, america. madam speaker, this bill is going to kill millions of jobs in america. people are going to be put out of work because of this bill. now, we hear all the time about global warming. well, actually we've had a flat tine temperatures globally for the last eight -- flat line temperatures tpwhrobally for the last eight years. -- globally for the last eight years. the scientists have said that human induced global change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community. it is a

mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] chair will receive another message. the secretary: mr. speaker, i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed h.con.res. apologizing for the enslavement of african americans in which the conclusion of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: there being nol question pending, pursuant to clause 12-a, rule 1 -- >> mr. speaker, i move that we adjourn. mr. broun: mr. speaker, i

mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: i move for reconsideration of the vote. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to reconsider. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: i request a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. long leong. this will be -- members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

mr. broun: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes

broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to this rule. i am very disappointed that the rules committee did not rule my amendment in order. my amendment would have required the state department to wait for a response from the c.i.a. before issuing a visa to an ap i will caint. when a security advisor finance has been requested. national security is a primary function of the government under the constitution. and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks our nation has had to take a closer look at our policies and create a more layered approach to security, including visas. however, as tourism has once again increased so have waiting times for some visas. earlier this year the department of homeland security initiated a review of the visa approval process. applications in particular. the committee staff was finally briefed last week on changes that had already been implemented. according to details supplied during the briefing, d.h.s. determined that the

reichert of washington, amendment number 59 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment number 79 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 76 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 105 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 104 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 107 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 87 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 86 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 85 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 91 of mr. flake of arizona and amendment number 84 by mr. flake of arizona. es us as the bailout nation. second of all, i believe, as do many economists, that the federal reserve ought to be concentrated on military policy, tied to inflation -- on monetary policy, tied to inflation targeting. what the administration does instead is diffuse their mission even more and allow them to pick winners and, establishing firms as a systemically risky. next, with respect to the president, he said this is going to be sweeping reform. what i did not know is that he would sweep fannie mae and freddie mac under the carpet. fannie