he served in the navy, was a lawyer, a member of the ohio state board of education, the ohio house of representatives and the ohio state senate before joining congress and beginning his many years of distinguished and dedicated service on behalf of his constituents in the 16th congressional district of ohio. we are doing something really good today. we are honoring a man who deserved this. and let me conclude by saying this. i imagine when we leave here when the day comes that i leave here, you want to be remembered for your work, but i think more than that, you want to be remembered by your colleagues on how you treated them and how you interacted with them. ralph regula was a gentleman. ralph regula was a colleague. he never had anything nasty to say about anyone. as i said, coming from a community where i come from and where he came from, driving his pickup truck and go og to his farms, i learned to admire him, love him and respect him. i wanted to join this celebration and say thank to you to him. it is not permitted within the rules to speak to the gallery, but i suspect congress

in my case in the state of ohio we received 87% of our energy is coal generated. next store to us to my west indiana. they get 94%. so they ranged all thee districts together -- ranked all these districts together. they said, where do you stand? this is one rft times you don't want -- this is one of the times you don't want to be at the top of the list. the top 16 of the top 20 were from ohio and indiana. unfortunately in my case i came in at number three. number three. what's that going to mean? it's going to mean tough to get jobs in northwest ohio, north central ohio and people -- it's going to have -- we're a heavy manufacturing district. if we don't have those jobs and the electricity we can turn on in the morning to make those plants run we are not going to have people working. it's not going to affect the work on the manufacturing side, the industrial side, because as i said, i have the largest agricultural district in the state of ohio. . there are a lot of farmers in my district that not only farm full-time but they also full-time off the farm and they ha

as of april, the state of ohio's unemployment rate reached 10.2%. up from 6.2% the same time last year. there are thousands of unemployed and underemployed individuals who must enhance their skills to become competitive in this knowledged-based economy he, which has now defined our nation's economy. a strong, public consensus supports enhancing the skills of america's workers, especially through high quality education and training. in today's environment the demand for workers to fill midlevel jobs is quite high. and will likely remain high in key sectors of our economy. these midlevel jobs require more education than a high school diploma or a g.e.d., but less education than a four-year degree. in ohio, nearly 55% of all jobs are midlevel jobs and many of these jobs receive new and federal job creation dollars in health care, green jobs, infrastructure and construction. unfortunately only 45% of workers in ohio have the skill set for these jobs. alarmingly, madam speaker, the national commission on adult literacy recently reported that 30 million a

the state of ohio of the c.d.c. recommended amount that ohio should take of tobacco money and devote it to cessation programs, ohio spent 9% of what the c.d.c. recommendation was. when you hear these numbers, no wonder that we're not doing better at moving people off of cigarettes to other products or getting them to quit all together. it's because the effort that we made through education has been pitiful. as a matter of fact 21.6% of the youth in ohio have a prevalence to smoke. 45% have a prevalence to alcohol. 17.7% have a prevalence to smoke marijuana. yet some come to the floor and claim if we just give this to the f.d.a., youth smoking, youth usage is going to go away. if that -- if that claim were even partially correct, the marijuana usage would be zero. because it is illegal. there's no age limit. well, mr. president, some will claim that we don't address labeling. we address labeling on packages of cigarettes to discourage children from even looking at them. we require warning levels on the front and the

kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, this last weekend i met with several auto dealers in my district and it was very interesting to find out really what all of them are going through right now. the chrysler and general motors companies are closing hundreds and hundreds of automobile dealerships across the country and after talking to these dealers, i can't figure out why. it isn't costing the automobile companies anything. they sell the cars to the dealer and the dealer sells those to the consumer. and the dealers pay for those cars. in addition, the dealers pay for the advertising, the dealers pay for the plant and equipment, their dealerships, the buildings, they pay the mechanics, they pay the salespeople and so the car company, all they do is make the car and sell it to the dealer. and so why are they closing all these dealerships? it seems to me

sutson of ohio. i commend her and her bipartisan co-sponsors for their work on behalf of this. the bill has the support of the obama administration, the u.a.w., domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers, suppliers, and dealers. it also will result in meaningful reductions in vehicle fleet and carbon emissions and fuel consumption while providing much-needed stimulus to our ailing automakers and economy. i express my deep gratitude to chairman waxman, mr. markey, mr. stupak, as well as representative sutson, israel, and inslee for their clab rat, collegial approach during the negotiations on the legislation. i want to commend my friend mr. upton and others of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle as well as the entire michigan delegation for their work on behalf of this. this legislation cannot wait. the longer it's put off, the more auto sales will be depressed ancon sumers who are excited thabt proposal will continue to wait for congress to pass this bill before buying that new car that we want them to have. in view of the unprecedented turmoil faced by the domestic

ohio and glenn nye of virginia and especially to amy o'donnell of my staff and jackie sheltree. we refer to this bill in the short form just, frankly, as providing an independent inspector general for the financial services committee that are in such desperate need of this oversight. i thank the -- i think the chairman outlined it well. the genesis of this bill took place from conducting a public forum back in my district and listening to former republican mayor of south windsor, connecticut, john mitchell, and our attorney general of the state of connecticut, richard blumen thall. the idea, when -- richard blumenthal. the idea, when we were looking at commodities and the market, we realized the more and closer we looked at who was regulating these agencies, it was somewhat a case of the foxes guarding the hen house. many have asked, and when they went home over the break and since the financial collapse on wall street, people have been astounded in trying to answer the question of how could it be that bernie may dauf was scamming thousands -- may doff was scamming -- ma doff wa

dodd: i see my good friend from ohio, senator brown, who has been a champion of this issue. not only as a member of this body but in his previous incarnation as a member of the other body and before that has cared about this issue very much and spoken on illinois quently already so -- spoken on it eloquently already so let me defer to him. and senator enzi will be here shortly and we will go back and forth. mr. brown: i thank senator dodd. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio is recognized. mr. brown: mr. president, i've watched with great admiration, senator dodd's work on this. i worked with chairman, with henry waxman in the house of representatives. and senator kennedy, senatorred ssenatordodd and congressman wae never given up and i am appear tich particularly to senator dodd. i boil this issue down to almost one sentence: i remember sitting in front of the "help" committee in the house of representatives many years ago and seeing the tobacco company executives stand in front of us, raise their right hand and swear to tell the truth and they didn't exactly tell

woolsey of california, ms. giffords of arizona, mr. ryan of ohio, ms. kaptur of ohio and ms. jackson lee of texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona rise? ms. giffords: i ask animous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. giffords: our nation today is facing many great challenges, but there are three in particular that specifically, i think are of great concern to the american people. achieving energy independence, addressing climate change and stimulating our economy. these are all significant challenges, but they also present great opportunities. as we confront these issues, we have the chance to make our world stronger, safer and more prosperous. one of the best ways to do this is by deploying renewable energy. renewable energy sources, especially solar, our nation's bose abundan

jordan of ohio. amendment number 6 printed in part b by mr. stearns of florida. amendment number 1 printed in part c by mr. campbell of california. amendment number 3 printed in part d by mr. campbell of california. amendment number 3 printed part c by mr. campbell of florida. amendment number 1 printed in part e by mr. campbell of california. and amendment number 4 printed in part c by mr. campbell of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho rise? mr. simpson: is the clerk going to designate the amendment that's before us? the chair: the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part a of the house report 111-184 offered by the gentleman from washington, mr. dicks, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: part a, amendment number 1, printed in house report number 111-184, offered by mr. dicks of wa

i have part of the -- i have the highest unemployment rate counties in the state of ohio, one over 16% now. and as we have been on our break, i crisscross my district during that time, and also when i'm at home every weekend, going through factories and talking to businesses across the region and also the people that work there. and, you know, i'm finding, you know, folks are out there in the business sector, especially in these factories, they can't shed any more jobs. they shed any more jobs, they're not going to be operating. a lot of them are hanging on by their fingernails now. there have been pay cuts that people have taken. they have reduced the number of hours that they're working for a week. and so it is a very, very tough time. and when we have been doing this, one of the -- going across the district, one thuing i woul like to ask, on your testimony on page one, you say that, you know, the consumer spending has been relatively flat and consumer sentiment has improved. it says in the coming months, household spending power will be boosted by the fiscal stimulus program. i gues

woolsey of california. mr. george miller of california. ms. kaptur of ohio. and mr. brady of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. as dangerous to the public's health and well-being as government-run health care is in europe and canada, we have our own american example that hags serious problems. last month there was a surprise inspection at veterans' affairs clinics in the united states. the surprise inspections exposed that fewer than half of those clinics followed proper standards for colonoscopies. some mistakes could have exposed veterans to h.i.v. and other diseases. let me repeat less than half followed proper medical standards for colonoscopies. since february the v.a. has informed 10,000 veterans in three states to get retested. more than 50 patients tested positive for infections includi

the other interesting thing about car dealers in my part of the world in ohio, if you go to one of your children's little league games or soccer games, you always see a car dealer has sponsored the team. the car dealer sponsors the chamber of commerce. the car dealer gives to charity. the car dealer does the food drive. so you are talking about not own displacing 200,000 people, you are talking about ripping the heart out of a number of communities. and you could understand it if, if these dealerships were somehow a drain on chrysler and g.m. on june 3, amy brown, who is a lawyer for the affected chrysler dealers, had the opportunity to cross examined the aforementioned mr. nardelli , and was asked why it was necessary to eliminate the franchises when neither the government or fiat, the group that's buying chrysler out of bankruptcy, asked for it to happen. mr. nardelli said the 789 dealers represent a host of expenses. then he was asked to quantify how much those things cost the automaker, and mr. nardelli said he couldn't. he wasn't sure if his company had ever determined those exact

kaptur of ohio. mr. moran of kansas. mr. mcclintock of california. mr. bishop of utah. mr. paulson of minnesota. 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. wa

the bill protects child custody arrangements for deployed parents championed by mike turner of ohio. with all these good things in the bill, i must raise my disappointment that we were unable to debate my amendment dealing with concurrent receipt, the elimination of the survivor dependent plan, most sadly known as the widow's tax, the use of the misnamed reserve fund and the budget resolution. had the democratic resolution seemed eliminating these injustices as a priority, they could have allocated the small percentages necessary in the $15 trillion they provided for government spending 2010-2014. this is less than 1/6 of 1% of mandatory spending. for the second year in a row, we were unable to include my amendment to extend early retirement credit for service for national guardsmen and reservists back to september 11, 2001, retrospectively. the retirement credits since january 28, 2008 is a start, but as a 31-year veteran of the army national guard, more needs to be done. as a nation we owe more than our gratitude to the brave men and uniform and their families for the sacrifices th

woolsey of california, ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman will be recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the recent focus on israel and the arab-israeli conflict that continues today is vital and important to our world peace. there are a lot of people out there trying to revise history, however. the state of israel was established in 1948 by british mandate after the holocaust of world war ii. the jewish people lay claim to this area since biblical times. the establishment of the jewish state of israel formalized the return of their homeland by an international agreement. both the united states and the u.n. including the soviet union, recognized the state of israel. the day after the jewish state was established in 1948, it was invaded by six surrounding arab nations. a negotiated cease fire ended hostility, with jerusalem being s

we did that in a high of -- we did that and ohio recently. that kind of rapid response we have not seen before. it is important to talk about those kind of things. >> when it comes to the dealers in particular, there is a point of contention between the companies and the dealers as to how much money the dealerships actually costs them, and the government is in a position where it has clout with these companies. if dealers are saying we have lots of inventory that the company has forced us to take on that we are not going to be able to get rid of, and will be stuck with these cars, isn't there an obligation for the administration to try and intervene in situations like that and indicate the potential job loss and problems that might take place there? >> i am certain that other cabinet members are more closely involved in those discussions and they are probably looking at that issue. the president has made an effort to say we want to encourage people to turn in their old car and use that as a down payment to acquire another vehicle. we also wan

in my state of ohio, especially states like michigan, indiana, pennsylvania. middle class families are facing a new wave of job losses. 400,000 ohioans are employed directly or indirectly because of the auto industry. the auto industry crisis is a crisis he especially in my state and in michigan and the other states in the region. as congress works to help the industry through the difficult times, the industry must do all it can to keep the jobs at home. it was welcome news when g.m. announced that rather than start more small-car production in china and mexico, which they have done in the past, that they would open a new small-car manufacturing plant somewhere in one of these auto states. this crisis, though, as congress works -- this crisis has hit home in my state, especially in mansfield where g.m. has one of its best stamping plants. workers at this happen plant were asked to make concessions over the past two years, and they did. they were asked to produce in an exceptionally efficient manner, and they now rank at or near the top across a range of peform

you mentioned it part of your announcement in ohio. i was talking to the mayor asking her about that response and she said they're grateful for that money and that will help the workers. but she still wants to know what about the community? what about our loss of tax revenue and infrastructure? what about the hit we're going to take to city services and we may have to lay off employees as a result of that sf because the recovery act has money that's based on building new infrastructure to create new jobs. that's not their problem in twinsberg. they've got infrastructure but they're losing the jobs. so what's your response on behalf of the administration? >> i would say to you that the money that is we did provide for that particular plant will be useful because it will help those people get into training programs immediately, but it will also help to provide what we call wrap around services so they can be eligible for some form of health care, education, training, ui benefits. so it is something that we're starting to do with folks th

jordan of ohio. the chair: the gentleman from ohio and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. mr. jordan: i thank the chairman and thank my ranking member and the chairman of the subcommittee. the chairman of the subcommittee was just boasting about the fact that the committee reduced the amount of dollars appropriated in this bill from what the administration had requested. i think it's important to point out that request came after we had the stimulus, the omnibus, tarp, all the spending had taken place in the first six months of this congress. i don't know that's anything to brag about. this amendment actually goes back to what this congress was allocated and what was being spent in the various agencies. it would reduce the spending in this bill by $12,500,000,000 prior to the stimulus. it is about preserving opportunity for our children and grandchildren. the american people get it. they are tightening their belts as many speakers

jordan of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 578, the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. jordan: thank you, madam chair. let me first thank ranking member from idaho for his work on this legislation and the chairman. the chairman and i spoke earlier about this amendment. and i joked around. i thought he might be for it but i doubt it. earlier this week, tuesday and wednesday and thursday of this week, the treasury auctioned off $104 billion of treasury bills, $104 billion of debt we sold this week, the largest amount ever sold by this country. and the ron we had to sell that much debt is because we're spending too much money. in fact, we are spending so much that over the next decade, think about this, over the next decade, we're going to take the national debt and take it to $23 trillion. think about what it takes to pay that off and our kids and grandkids have to do to pay that off. you have to balance the budget and run $1 trillion surplus for 23 years in a r

ohio uses 87% of coal for our generation. with this -- what this bill will do is kill jobs in ohio. we're struggling right now. it's tough. one of the things that a lot of people don't realize, since we have so few farmers out there left, 1% in ohio, we have so many farmers that not only work a full day on the farm but go out and work all night at another job. we've got to have jobs going both way prarkslell with each other this bill is not going to help these people out there. it's going to kill jobs across the country. when the secretary of agriculture was before us not long ago, i posed this question, is china going to comply with what we're going to do? the answer is, maybe not this month or maybe not next month, but it's going to happen. may i have 30 seconds? mr. lucas: i yield the gentleman 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latta: we've got to be able to compete against the world and this bill will kill the ability to do that. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. waxman: madam speaker, it's my distinct honor to yield to the chairman emer

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, like all of my colleagues, i know i speak for all of my colleagues when i say that i revere this institution. 220 years ago this summer james madison, following the urging of his constituents came back to the house of representatives, doing something that he actually opposed when he penned the u.s. constitution, that being the implementation of the very important bill of rights. something that we as americans spent a lot of time thinking about and something that the rest of the world looks to. there are people in iran today who are looking at our bill of rights as they think about the need to pursue democracy and choose their leaders in their country. and people all over the world cont

it and get it to to go over the mountains and on to the other side and then to to the terrace of ohio -- ohio river valley, but the potomac unfortunately was really not up to the task and not the way new york's mohawk river makes a relatively easy through a break in the appalachian mountain chain. interestingly, in 1817 just before new york decides to go ahead with the canal, a bill goes through congress, a bill called the bonus bill which essentially provides the money for a state infrastructure projects in madison, james madison on his last day in office and congress have been working toward this bill thinking that madison want this sort of thing, because he has spoken about it in his inaugural address the previous year, madison vetoes the bill on his last day in office. arguably he says, on constitutional grounds, the of the federal government has no business using the treasury to support state projects and obviously things have changed considerably since then, but at the time some of that argument of people in new york thought the real reason for this very surprising a veto is tha

just two quick inquiries of the distinguished gentleman from ohio. first, i was wondering if you have considered the response from mr. munchus to be ndic -- to be indicative of the most transparent administration in history. and the question mark signifying the poor staffer who will be blamed if we continue this, unless of course someone confesses or the media actually looks into the matter, because i remember growing up and i watch reruns of "star trek" whenever captain and bones or spock would get on that transporter platform, there would always be somebody you didn't recognize. and you knew they weren't coming back. so when i see that question mark, i just think of the poor staffer that at the direction of someone else actually utilized the pen because if this inquiry continues as it will, you know that they may not be coming back. i yield. mr. latourette: i thank the gentleman. the answer to your question, first part, is clearly this is not indicative of transparency. all we want to do is move on and find out why somebody felt it necessary in a d

kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. moran of kansas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about an issue of great importance to our country. shortly after i returned from a trip to algeria in 1998 where thousands had been killed by terror attacks and in the wake of two u.s. embassy bombings in africa where 267 people were killed, including one of my constituents from mclien, virginia, serving at -- mclean, virginia, serving at nigh robo, i offered a commission. it provided evidence of a growing threat of terrorism. a congressional research service report described the main finding of the commission this way -- it calls on the u.s. government to prepare more actively to prevent the future mass casualty catastrophic terrorist attack. regrettably the commission's recommendations were not implemented until after the attacks on 9/11 when 3,000 people were kil

in my home state of ohio it has been instrumental in securing key properties and conserving ecological resources at the marsh and along east andusky day -- sandusky bay. under the great lakes initiative 15% would be available to noaa. half would be expended through celcp on land conservation priorities that contribute to the goals of the initiative and these funds would supplement rather than replace celcp funds provided in other legislation for priorities in the great lakes region. is this correct? i yield. mr. dicks: would the gentleman yield? the gentleman from ohio is indeed correct. in my district i have seen the importance of the partnership between the celcp to our fragile coastal resources. the committee expects noaa to invest in great lakes conservation through celcp as the gentleman has outlined. and i would be happy to work with him to ensure that the funds will be used for this purpose. mr. latourette: i thank the chair. mr. dicks: i yield back. reserves. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: i now yi

during my time as a representative in the ohio general assembly, i worked on behalf of ohioans to ensure when benefits were promised, benefits were given. and now i'm here in congress. to continue that fight. recision of coverage is a problem that we in congress are seeking to eliminate, and it's our hope, you've heard from the comments here, that when we have finished reforming our health care system, coverage discrimination will be a thing of the past. but today it's still a problem that exists and must be eliminated. when a health insurance policy recision occurs, it creates waves throughout the entire health care system. make no mistake, these decisions deprive people of needed care. they deprive hospitals and doctors of the reimbursement they have earned for their service. for some, a recision is a costly process that can result in a doctor or hospital having to seek payment from the individual. for others, it means a delay and access to a life-saving procedure or treatment. that's unacceptable. today we will hear from citizens, and i thank you all for coming to provide your testimo

kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each, mr. dingell of michigan. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. costa: five minutes, mr. speaker to address the house, i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. costa: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise this evening to discuss what continues to be a pernicious drought conditions that affect the people of the san joaquin valley. those in my district and my colleagues' district. i hope most of the members and -- if not all of you recognize we are in extreme drought conditions in san joaquin valley that is affected not only the richest agricultural region in california but the united states as well. a drought caused by mother nature, expanded by numerous judicial issues and legislative changes has very, very much

as our budget committee chairman who i believe is the next governor of ohio -- [applause] could report to you, stopping spending is a lot better way to balance the budget. reforming government is a better way to balance the budget. modernizing and replacing bureaucracies and failed programs is a better way to balance the budget. let me say this very directly. i am the only speaker of the house since the 1920's to have offered four consecutive balanced budgets. we pay of $405 billion in federal debt, and i am comfortable yes we can balance the budget again if we have the majority and if we are in charge. [applause] tax increases can't balance the budget because they crush the economy, which reduces revenues, and they encourage liberals to spend more. if raising taxes worked, new york and california would have balanced budgets, but they don't. the interest groups spend the money as fast as they find it. our record for four years was to control all federal spending, including entitlements, at 2.9% a year for four years, the lowest rate increase since calvin coolidge. don't tell me it can'

i used to take bus loads of ohio consumers, mostly elderly, but not all, to canada to buy drugs. it was a peculiar thing for a federal official in one country to take people to another country to buy prescription drugs, the same prescription drugs they could have bought in a local drug store, same brand names, same box even, the same -- this exact same drug, same inert or active ingredients. the price was 1/3 or 1/4. that's the only difference. that's not because of their single-payer health care system but the government did what the ba does this this country, negotiate drug prices on behalf of 38 million consumers and directly negotiate the drug prices on behalf of them with the drug industry and got price savings of 50, 60, 70, 80%. the mccain approach is the right approach in cost savings that are so important will be contributed to this bill if we pass the mccain language without the weakening language. i would add those same kinds of cost savings we can see in the biologics section of the bill later. when we do a generic, we know how generic drugs have cut the costs of chem

our class president is steve austria of ohio. and he was -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. mrs. lummis: may i have a couple more minutes? the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lummis: he got jessica's law and adam walsh safety act passed into state law. our representative on the steering committee, greg harper of mississippi is an attorney with a child who he has brought to share his unique health concerns with us. and we have all learned a lot from him. and of course, our policy committee representative, jason chaffetz, who is a former division one football player at brigham young university and a dear colleague of ours. and two wonderful freshmen who are plowing new ground, the very first vietnamese american to serve in the united states congress, congressman cao, escaped from vietnam. lost his nirm in katrina and fought to bring telecommunications to the residents. we boast the youngest member of this, aaron shock, illinois state republic and a member of congress, with whom we are p

let me also commend representative fudge who is from the great state of ohio who continues to lead this special order on our evenings. of course to our caribbean queen , delegate donna christian-christensen who as you know is our representative from the u.s. virgin islands. not only is she an expert on the caribbean, but as we all know she is an internist, physician and has been very, very helpful as we move forward in a very difficult health care reform. and her input is invaluable. i also want to commend her for the recent involvement in a documentary about the relationship between st. croix and puerto rico that went through the history of the sugar cane industry back at the turn of the century in the 19 -- late 1800's, early 1900's and the number of puerto ricans who came to st. croix to work there. this was shown last weekend, will be shown in new york and has received many praises for the interesting history that it brings about. let me just say that it's a pleasure to be here as chairman of the subcommittee on african global health, but chair of the caribbean caucus, a bipartisan

ohio. >> terrible year. >> there must be reason for that. >> we did a chapter, a chapter in one-party classroom, is about duke university. ists called white devils, because first, because the duke basketball team of course is the blue devils. and second, because there was a university lynching of three students t a couple years ago, three lacrosse students were at a party where there was a deranged pathological liar and criminal prostitute, drug addicted, who made up a story that she had been raped, and accused them of raping her. not a shred of evidence existed. yet, if a country -- in a country which is supposed to honor the principle of innocent until proved guilty, these three students were immediately declared gentlelady by 88 members of the faculty. the coach was forced to resign, and the lacrosse season was ended, the three students were effectively expelled, one of them had already graduated, and for a year, the nation's media destroyed these people's lives. with no evidence whatsoever. none. the reason that they could be so attacked was because they were white, because they w

. >> host: question from david of ohio wondering if ron paul is a member of the gop doctors caucus? >> dr. paul is a member of the gop doctors caucus. he's an outstanding member of the republican conference and outstanding physician. he is ob/gyn who is probably delivered more babies than i have. i have respect for him and when dr. paul speaks we all listen. >> host: another doctor is dr. colburn from oklahoma who will be joining tomorrow. last call, where are you from? >> caller: [inaudible] >> host: go ahead, frank. >> caller: i would like to ask mr. gingrey -- >> host: we can hear you, go ahead. >> caller: i would like to ask mr. gingrey [inaudible] they pushed it through and how we get a democrat

ohio in the early 70's. an issue that has come up a couple times is unplanned pregnancies and abortions. excuse me. and the president and i watched with great interest the speech at notre dame and i think that he articulated not only a framework for public discourse over the next few decades, but also a way of approaching these controversy issues we truly want to find common ground, and i know chairman obey and members of this committee have made a large commitment to reducing unplanned pregnancies and therefore reducing the need for abortion and support and pregnant women. and as you may know, chairman obey has in the past directed significant funds towards this purpose and congressman rosa delauro and i have been working in number of years to introduce legislation on the past several congresses that would help address this issue. what is the department doing, going to do to try to implement president obama's initiative and partner with congresswoman rosa delauro and i to reduce the need for abortion? >> we

kaptur of ohio for five minutes and ms. lofgren of california for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair lays before the house the following message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, today i am pleased to submit to the congress the enclosed legislative proposal, the statutory pay as you go d act of 2009, or pay-go, together with a sectional analysis. the deficits that my administration inherited reflect not only severe economic downturn, but also years of failing to pay for new policies, including large tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the affluent. this failure of fiscal discipline contributed to transforming surpluses projected at the beginning of this decade into trillions of dollars in deficits. i am committed to returning our government to a path of fiscal discipline and pay-go represents a key step to the path of shared responsibility. pay-go would hold us to a simple but important principle, we should pay for new tax or entitlement legislation, creating a new nonemergency tax cut or entitle

i now yield to the ranking member of ohio, mr. jordan. >> let's me go back to this so-called threat concern here mr. lewis. i want to be clear of the on december 17th, when you called mr. paulson, mr. bernanke, did you -- i want to know the nature of the call, did you say we were going to exercise the mac clause or thinking about exercising the mac clause? >> again, it seems like a long time ago. to the best of my recommendation i said we're strongly considering a mac. >> in other words, what the response you then got changed your decision? you were going to exercise the clause, you felt that was the best interest of your bank and your shareholders, you were going to do it. and then what the government told you -- based on what the government told you, you took a different course? >> no sir, it was a factser because they felt stronger but it wasn't the only factor. we also thought after a lot of consideration that there was a downside risk in not winning the mac. >> let me change directions we've been talking about this a lot. i w

a bus loads of ohio consumers mostly elderly by not all to canada to buy drugs and it was a peculiar thing for a federal official to take people to another country to buy prescription drugs that could have bought and a local drug store and the same brand name and same box even this exact same drug inner to an active ingredients but the price was have for a third or one for them in the cases and that is because canada and not because of a single payer health care system but because the government did with the v.a. does in this country negotiates drug prices directly on behalf of 30 million canadian consumers and with the drug industry got price savings of 50 or 60 or 80% as of the mccain approaches the right approach and cost savings that are so important will be contributed to this bill and we pass the mccain and language without the weakening language. out at those same cost savings we can see in the biologics when we do the section of the bill later because it would be how generic drugs have cut the cost of chemical pharmaceuticals and we also know the same process will save billio

schmidt of ohio for today until 1:50 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the hou >> we're going to go back now to the health committee, the senate health committee mark-up. they've been marking up this bill for a time to last through the end of next week. >> the meeting will come to order. we have a aquarium present and i thank my colleagues for being here this morning. yesterday was a long day of openings statements. but i think worthwhile. given the magnitude of the legislation, the importance of it. i recommended a five-minute rule. obviously i wasn't ridged, to put it mildly, about that at all. members i hope felt they had an adequate time to express themselves on the overriding issues and concerns for what we're confronted with all of this. so i thank them and was happy to spend the

sutphen of ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there are so many things i would like to pursue but i would like to start, mr. henderson, you said gm has an appeal process referred about that and i just want to ask why do you have an appeal process? >> at process was initially certainly intended to be dated driven up the data isn't always right which is why i think we felt certainly compelled to have the review process which would reconsider facts that may not have been clear in the data and that process is born out with the right thing to do because there were cases we were wrong. >> would you say it was a matter of fairness? >> yes. we thought it was the fair thing to do. >> and in those decisions where your decisions were overturned on the appeals, can you tell us, you know, the examples -- we heard the one about the devastation of the bridge that stopped the business from going forward. can you tell other examples of what was overturned? >> recently i don't have the full knowledge of the 45 but another recent example is we ha