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representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: o vote, the yeas are 321, theays are 105, with zero members answering present. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> mr. speaker --

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the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. miller: i ask the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment in h.r. 1388 and make corrections and insertion of appropriate headings and the clerk make the corrections that i have placed at the desk the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the

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correction. clerk in section 1306 of the bill, strike the closed quotation mark and following after the matter proposed to be inserted by such section and inse at the end of subsection the following, m, no matching funds requirement for southeasterlyly economically distressed communities notwithstand

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provision of law, a severely economically distressed community -- mr. miller: i ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the original request by the gentleman from california? without objection, so ordered.

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for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title.

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the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 259, resolution providin motions to suspend the rules. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the chair will now entertain requests for one speeches. for what purpose does the

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James R. Langevin: gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: madam speaker, i rise today to express my deep outrage of a.i.g. using $165 million in government funding to

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Speech By: James R. Langevin

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James R. Langevin: pay top executive bonuses. the company is bankrupt and has been bailed out by taxpayer dollars and the fact that these bonuses could have gone forward defies logic. would like to commend chairman frank and chairman kanjorski over presiding today's hearing and continued oversight to make

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James R. Langevin: sure taxpayer funds are being used responsibly to get our economy back on track. while i was pleased to hear that liddy would try to recoup the bonuses, i remain furious how a.i.g. has complete incompetence. they must be held more accountable for their decision and need to pay for

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James R. Langevin: mismanagement with their jobs. that's why i joined 90 of my colleagues in sending a letter to secretary geithner demanding a full accounting of these of taxpayer money at a.i.g. and block these bonuses and i support legislation to ensure that taxpayers receive a full refund. at a time of great uncertainty and instability in our nation,

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James R. Langevin: the public deserves more from

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Jason Chaffetz: a.i.g. and from us to make responsible decisions on tir behalf. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for

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Speech By: Jason Chaffetz

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Jason Chaffetz: one minute. mr. chaffetz: americans are concerned with not only with the safety of their food but the ability to put food on their table. the food and drug administration has made change to labels which will add no safety benefits or protections to consumers. these forced changes will result in higher prices for vitamins and minerals many americans rely on to maintain a healthy diet.

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Jason Chaffetz: the supplement and nonprescription drug consumer protection act was passed into law. it requires reporting of serious adverse events. that's a good thing. but the f.d.a. has mandated that label changes which were only given to the industry one year to comply with.

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Jason Chaffetz: forcing them to require changes in nine months is not the answer. the law underlying this guidance did not require any label changes. it was the f.d.a.'s decision to force these changes on producers. and what's the price tag? according to the documents, compliance would exceed $220

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Blaine Luetkemeyer: million, not a small amount. clearly now is not the time for our government to find ways to increase the cost to consumers. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlemafrom missouri rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute and reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks.

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Speech By: Blaine Luetkemeyer

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Blaine Luetkemeyer: the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> if you listen very closely, very closely, can you hear it, the sound of tigers roaring from their den at the university of missouri columbia deep in the heart of the 9th congressional district. for those who haven't heard, the fighting tigers were unleashed

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Blaine Luetkemeyer: on the big 12 prey and earned the first league championship in 16 creers and first big 12 championship this past weekend. i want to congratulate the coach and the team for a season to remember. i recognize the best defense in the country for offering opponents 40 minutes of hell. these tigers are still hungry. and as the number three in the

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Blaine Luetkemeyer: west seed regional, they will play cornell this friday. mr. speaker, i'm not a betting

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Ginny Brown-Waite: the tigers will roar when they hit the floor knocking down the national championship door. go tigers. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the for what purpose does gentlelady from florida rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and stepped my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Speech By: Ginny Brown-Waite

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Ginny Brown-Waite: . >> thank you, mr. speaker. let me quote from the editorial board of the "san francisco ronicle "ings. president obama said, under my plan of cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. that will cost money.

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Ginny Brown-Waite: they will pass that money onto consumers. well, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately the president's cap d trade plan, or as many people call it, cap and tax plan, does exactly that. there was a recent study conducted by m.i.t., massachusetts institute of

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Ginny Brown-Waite: technology, and it was able to assess the fact that a total energy bill for the average household will increase over $3,000. as a matter of fact, it will be up to $3,128 per year. according to c.b.o. testimony, those figures actually will

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Ginny Brown-Waite: relate. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there further one-minute requests? for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore

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Ginny Brown-Waite: entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. gingrey today for five minutes. ms. foxx today -- i'm sorry, ms. foxx -- once again i'm sorry, ms. foxx on march 23 for five minutes. mr. poe on march 25 for five minutes. mr. jones on march 25 for five minutes.

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Ginny Brown-Waite: mr. minutes. ms. brown-waite today for five minutes. mr. reichert today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the

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Lynn C. Woolsey: following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey, california. mr. furify, connecticut, mr. defazio, oregon, mr. fal mo vega, america samoa, ms. kaptur, ohio, mr. sherman,

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Speech By: Lynn C. Woolsey

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Lynn C. Woolsey: california, mrs. taylor, mississippi. the speaker pro tempor without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members arrecognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey of california. the gentlelady is recognized

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Lynn C. Woolsey: for five minutes. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in two days we will mark the sixth anniversary of america's invasion and occupation of iraq. when president bush announced the start of the conflict on the night of march 20, 2003, he

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Lynn C. Woolsey: said that america must go to war agains a regime, a regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder. of course, mr. speaker, we know that those weapons did not exist. and that the war should never have been fought. but today i don't want to go back and i don't wt to

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Lynn C. Woolsey: revisit all the many mistakes of the past. instead, i want to use this time to remember the literally millions of men, women and children from the united states of america, from iraq and from the many other countries whose lives have been shattered over the past six years.

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Lynn C. Woolsey: these include those who died, the woded, the veterans, the refugees, the orphans, the widoys and the many other family -- widows and the many other family members who are left to mourn and to struggle. we have a great responsibility in this house of representatives to honor and to

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Lynn C. Woolsey: give meaning to their sacrifice. and i believe the best way to do that is by committing ourselves to work for peace. so that war becomes a thing of the past. on this sixth anniversary, mr. speaker, anniversary of the occupation, we have more reason to hope for peace than on the

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Lynn C. Woolsey: previous five. that's because we have a new leader in the white house. one who has already taken some very positive steps. president obama is committed to diplomacy, not war. and the most important tool of american foreign policy. he's banned the use of torture. he is closing the notorious

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Lynn C. Woolsey: prison at guantanamo bay. and he has announced a plan to remove all combat troops from iraq. but, mr. speaker, there is much more that we need to do. the iraq withdrawal plan will leave 50,000 troops behind to continue the occupation. that is unacceptable.

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Lynn C. Woolsey: all troops and military contractors must come home by august, 2010, at the latest. if afghanistan -- in afghanistan the administration is planning to double down on our military involvement. but, mr. speaker, there is no military solution to this

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Lynn C. Woolsey: situation in afghanistan. that is why i've joined my colleagues, barbara lee and maxine waters, in asking the president to establish a timeline for the redeployment of our troops out of afghanistan. we have also called for a plan to assist the afghan people because we cannot defeat the taliban with bombs and bullets.

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Lynn C. Woolsey: we can only defeat the taliban by helping the afghan people to meet their desperate needs for schools, for roads and for economic development. but we need to do more than just solve problems as they arise. we need to be proactive. we need to have a comprehensive strategy for keeping t peace.

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Lynn C. Woolsey: let me suggest two ways to achieve that goal. first, i believe this is a good time to renew congressman kucinich's call for the establishment of a cabinet-level department of peace. so that we can work full time to analyze international

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Lynn C. Woolsey: president on strategies to prevent war and to peacefully resolve conflicts around the world. the president of the united states has never had the advantage of such advice and i believe it is high time that he did. second, i believe that this is a good time to renew our

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Lynn C. Woolsey: proposal for a smart national security plan. smart is based on a simple idea. war is an outdated concept. that's why my smart plan keeps americans safe through strong global alliances and better intelligence. as opposed to preemptive military strikes. smart also calls for the united

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Lynn C. Woolsey: states to support nuclear nonproliferation and it includes an ambitious humanitarian development agenda to end the hopelessness and oppression that lead to war and terrorism in the first place. mr. speaker, after these many years of violence, one thing is clear, the american people have

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Lynn C. Woolsey: had enough war. they are seeking a better way to make the world safe for their children and grandchildren. so let us resolve in the honor of those who suffer because of a mistaken occupation six years

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Walter B. Jones: ago to do everything we can to avoid the mistakes of the past and lay the foundation for a peaceful future. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. mr. poe of texas. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for

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Speech By: Walter B. Jones

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Walter B. Jones: five minutes. >> thank you. mr. speaker, i want to thank my colleagues in the house from both parties for joing me as co-sponsors of h.r. 24, legislation to redesignate the department of the navy to be the department of navy and marine corps. as of today, this legislation has 100 co-sponsors.

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Walter B. Jones: mr. speaker, this is the right thing for the congress to do. for the past seven years the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act and this year i'm grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts, a former marine, who introduced

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Walter B. Jones: the same bill in the senate, s. 504. with his help i'm hopeful tha this will be the year the senate supports the house position and we can bring proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and the marine corps. it is important to remember the national security act of 1947 defines the marine corps, army, navy and air force as the four

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Walter B. Jones: services. it clearly indicates that the marine corps is legally -- is a legally distinct military service within the department of the navy. the navy and marine corps have operated as e entity for more than two centuries and h.r. 24 would enable the name of their department to illustrate this fact.

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Walter B. Jones: mr. speaker, i'd like to share part of a 2006 editorial published by the "chicago tribune" which describes what this legislation is really all about. and i quote the editorial. no service branch shows more respect for tradition than the united states marine corps does. which makes it all the more

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Walter B. Jones: ironic that tradition denies the corps an important show of respect. equal billing with the other service branches. there were the words in the editorial. but sometime it's it's -- sometimes it's good to break with tradition. the war department, for example, became the department of defense after world war ii.

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Walter B. Jones: the army air corps was elevated in 1941 to the army air force and in 1947 to the autonomous air force. the marine corps has not asked for complete autonomy. nothing structurally needs to change in their relations with the navy which serve both branches well.

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Walter B. Jones: the corps only asks for recognition having served their nation proudly an courageously since colonial days. they've earned a promotion. mr. speaker, the marines who are fighting today serve -- deserve this recognition. in closing, before i would like to show what this change could mean to the family of a fallen

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Walter B. Jones: marine. mr. speaker, i have on this poster is an enlargement of a copy of a letter that the secretary of navy sent to a marine corps family. nation, serving in iraq and i read from the letter from the secretary of navy and i will point out that the head of the letter says the secretary of

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Walter B. Jones: the navy, washington, d.c., with a zip code, november 18, 2008. dear marine corps family, on behalf of the department of navy, please accept my very sincere condolences on the loss of your loved one. mr. speaker, if this becomes reality this year, should this

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Walter B. Jones: be a requirementf any more of our marines are killed in afghanistan and iraq, the letterhead would say, the secretary of the navy and marine corps, washington, d.c. dear mar behalf of the department of the navy and marine corps. and, mr. speaker, that's what it's all about. this is one fighting team and

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Walter B. Jones: the name should carry equal. navy and marine corps. with that, mr. speaker, before i close, i will ask god to continue to bless our men and women in uniform. i ask god to please in his loving arms to hold the families who have given a child dying for freedom in

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Chris Murphy: afghanistan and iraq and i close by asking god to continue to bless america. thank you, mr. speaker yield back. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. muffer of connecticut -- mr. murphy of connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. as we begin a potentially transformational debate about health care this year, i think

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Speech By: Chris Murphy