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AND WILL FINISH UP THE COAST
HOUSE FLOOR HERE ON C-SPAN.
IN ORDER.
THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY
OUR CHAPLAIN, FATHER CONROY.
CHAPLAIN CONROY: LET US PRAY.
LOVING AND GRACIOUS GOD, WE
GIVE YOU THANKS FOR GIVING US
ANOTHER DAY.
HELP US THIS DAY TO DRAW CLOSER
TO YOU SO THAT WITH YOUR SPIRIT
AND AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE
AMONG US WE MAY ALL FACE THE
TASKS OF THIS DAY.
BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE
PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
THINK CLEARLY,
SPEAK CONFIDENTLY, AND ACT
COURAGEOUSLY IN THE BELIEF THAT
ALL NOBLE SERVICE IS BASED UPON
PATIENCE, TRUTH, AND LOVE.
MAY THESE DECISIVE DAYS THROUGH
WHICH WE ARE LIVING, MAKE THEM
GENUINE ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN
THEIR INTEGRITY, GREAT ENOUGH
TO BE HUMBLE, AND GOOD ENOUGH
TO KEEP THEIR FAITH ALWAYS
REGARDING PUBLIC OFFICE AS A
SACRED TRUST.
GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND THE
COURAGE TO FAIL NOT THEIR
FELLOW CITIZENS NOR YOU.
MAY ALL THAT IS DONE THIS DAY
BE FOR YOUR GREATER HONOR AND
GLORY, AMEN.
EXAMINED THE JOURNAL OF THE
LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AND
ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE HIS
APPROVAL THEREOF.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 1,
THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY
WILL BE LED BY THE GENTLELADY
FROM OHIO, MS. FUDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE CHAIR WILL
ENTERTAIN UP TO 15 REQUESTS ON
EACH SIDE FOR ONE-MINUTE
SPEECHES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
HONOR OF CAPTAIN DALE GETTS
KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BY THE
ENEMY ON AUGUST 30, 2010, IN
SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND HIS
CAPTAIN GETTS WAS A CHAPLAIN
AND BAPTIST MINISTER.
THE LAST TIME THE
ARMY LOST A CHAPLAIN IN COMBAT
THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE PICTURE SHOWS THE MEMORIAL
SERVICE AT FORT CARSON,
COLORADO, AND CAPTAIN GETTS AND
OTHER BRAVE SOLDIERS.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU'LL SEE
IN PLACE OF A RIFLE THERE IS A
CROSS.
CHAPLAINS, YOU SEE, ARE
UNARMED.
CAPTAIN GETTS LEAVES BEHIND
THREE SONS, LANDON, CALEB, AND
JOEL, AND HIS LOVING AND
DEVOTED WIFE, KRISTI.
HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY
HIS FAMILY AND FRERNEDS WHO
SURVIVE HIM -- FRIENDS WHO
SURVIVE HIM AND BY HIS FELLOW
SOLDIERS FOR WHOM HE GAVE SO
THEY'LL REMEMBER HIS LOVE OF
COUNTRY, HIS BRAVERY UNDER
FIRE, HIS DEVOTION TO OTHERS,
AND MOST MUCH ALL A HEART FULLY
COMMITTED -- OF ALL A HEART
FULLY COMMITTED TO THE HEART
SO FULLY.
GREATER LOVE HAS NO LOVE THAN
THIS THAT ONE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN --
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN
WOMEN AND MINORITIES WERE NOT
ABLE TO VOTE.
BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE FOUGHT BACK
EVERY U.S. CITIZEN GAINED THE
RIGHT TO VOTE, THAT IS UP UNTIL
NOW.
THIS YEAR AN UNPRECEDENTED 42
BILLS WERE INTRODUCED IN
VARIOUS STATES TO DEPRIVE YOU
OF THAT RIGHT.
STATES HAVE PASSED VOTER I.D.
LAWS THAT WOULD STOP 21 MILLION
VOTING.
INCLUDING YOUR GRANDMOTHER WHO
WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY AND
LIVED HER FOR 82 YEARS.
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE NO LONGER DRIVES
AND DOESN'T HAVE A PICTURE I.D.
THESE LAWS WOULD STOP EARLY
VOTING AND VOTING BY MAIL SO
THAT IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO
TRAVEL OUT OF TOWN OR HAVE AN
OPERATION ON ELECTION DAY, YOU
WOULD BE DEPRIVED OF CASTING
YOUR VOTE.
THIS THREATENS THE VERY BASIS
OF OUR DEMOCRATCY.
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO
PROTECT EVERY AMERICAN'S RIGHT
TO VOTE.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
RISE?
MADAM SPEAKER, I
ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, ON
FRIDAY CONGRESS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL LIMIT
CONGRESS FROM SPENDING MORE
THAN IT RECEIVES IN REVENUES
UNLESS BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE AGREE WITH A 3/5 VOTE.
UNDER THE CURRENT PRESIDENT,
THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS INCREASED
AT 34% AND GROWN TO ALMOST $15
TRILLION.
WITH THE FEDERAL BORROWING --
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING 42
CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR IT
SPENDS, IT'S PAST TIME TO TAKE
FULFILLING THE FIRST BILL
INTRODUCED BY MY PREDECESSOR,
THE LATE CHAIRMAN FLOYD SPENCE,
FOR A BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
THE PASSAGE OF THE BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL HELP GROW
THE ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS.
I HOPE BOTH PARTIES WILL COME
TOGETHER AND PASS THE BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH WILL PUT
AMERICA BACK TO WORK AND
PROMOTE SMALL BUSINESS JOB
CREATION.
IN CONCLUSION, GOD BLESS OUR
TROOPS AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET
SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE GLOBAL WAR
ON TERRORISM.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IF ANYONE HAD A DOUBT THAT
IRAN WAS PURSUING A NUCLEAR
WEAPON, THEY COULD STOP THEIR
QUESTIONING.
ACCORDING TO NEW
REPORT BY THE INTERNATIONAL
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, THEY
COULD HAVE A BOMB WITHIN A
YEAR.
IRAN IS NOT ONLY DEVELOPING THE
MATERIAL FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPON,
BUT AS THE REPORT MAKES CLEAR,
THEY ARE ALSO PURSUING THE
MEANS TO TRIGGER AND DELIVER A
NUCLEAR BOMB, POSING A THREAT
TO OUR ALLY, ISRAEL, OUR
TROOPS, AND THE ENTIRE REGION.
GIVEN THE REPORT'S FINDINGS,
COMPLAMES BY IRAN'S LEADERS
THAT THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPON IS
PEACEFUL ARE NO LONGER
CREDIBLE, AND THE WINDOW FOR
ACTION TO STOP THEM IS
SHRINKING.
WE MUST EXECUTE CRIPPLING SACKS
NEED IMMEDIATELY.
WE MUST PUT IN PLACE
DEBILITATING SANCTIONS ON THE
CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN, A
FINANCER OF THE PROGRAM.
THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT THAT
IRAN IS PURSUING A NUCLEAR
BOMB.
THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT WE MUST
AND WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO
THANK YOU.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARKANSAS RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO
HONOR A CONSTITUENT FROM MY
DISTRICT, MR. RON ROONEY.
MR. ROONEY IS PRESIDENT AND
C.E.O. OF THE MET DIS CENTER
MEDICAL CENTER.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE QUALITY
MEDICAL CARE AND CONTINUED TO
RAISE THEIR SERVICE UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP.
HE GRADUATED FROM GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WITH A
MASTER OF BUSINESS IN HEALTH
CARE ADMINISTRATION AND HAS
USED HIS EXPERTISE IN HEALTH
CARE TO BENEFIT HIS COMMUNITY
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES AS
PRESIDENT AND C.E.O., HE
REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE HEALTH
CARE COMMUNITY NATIONWIDE AS A
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF D.H.A., HE HELPS
PROVIDE BEST PRACTICE FORCE
NONPROFIT HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE ARKANSAS
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AND
REMAINS ACTIVE ON THE
ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
AS THE SON OF A DOCTOR, RON
ROONEY HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY
HEALTH CARE HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
HE'S RAISED HIS FOUR CHILDREN
AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN.
HIS CONTRIBUTION IS
IMMEASURABLE AND I WANT TO SAY
HAPPY RETIREMENT AFTER SEVERAL,
SEVERAL YEARS, DECADES OF
SERVICE.
WITH THAT I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RISE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO URGE, NO TO
IMPLORE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THE STOCK ACT, AND ASK
SPEAKER BOEHNER TO BRING THIS
BILL TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT THE CBS NEWS
PROGRAM 60 MINUTES HIGHLIGHTED
A PROBLEM OF POTENTIAL INSIDER
TRADING ON CAPITOL HILL.
UNLIKE OTHER AMERICANS, MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF ARE
NOT HELD LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROFITING FROM NONPUBLIC
OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.
WHEN I CAME TO CONGRESS SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, I COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT WASN'T ALREADY A LAW.
AT A TIME WHEN AMERICANS ARE
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH
BICKERING AND GRIDLOCK HERE IN
CONGRESS, THE ONE THING WE CAN
DO IS RESTORE THEIR TRUST IN
THE SYSTEM.
THIS LEGISLATION IS A BIG STEP
THAT TRUST.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
IT ASKS THAT IF YOU ARE A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS, RECEIVE
INFORMATION, YOU CANNOT TRADE
STOCKS TO PROFIT FROM THOSE.
I ASK SPEAKER BOEHNER TO ALLOW
THIS BILL TO COME TO THE FLOOR.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE MAY DIFFER WITH
US ON IDEAS AND HEALTHY DEBATE
IS FINE, BUT THEY MUST NOT
BELIEVE THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT
SYSTEM.
I ASK THIS BE BROUGHT TO THE
FLOOR AND I ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR IT.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
LAST WEEK I SAW THE RESULTS OF
A SURVEY OF THE BUSINESSES FROM
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR SOME OF THE
CONCERNS OF THE SMALL
BUSINESSES OF THE 14TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF
ILLINOIS.
88% OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES
SUPPORT REPEAL OF OBAMACARE,
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
TO ACHIEVE HERE IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
90% SUPPORT PASSAGE OF A
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SOMETHING THIS BODY WILL BE
VOTING ON LATER THIS WEEK.
OF WHICH I ALSO STRONGLY
SUPPORT.
SMALL BUSINESS KNOWS AS I DO
THAT THE WAY WE GET OUR ECONOMY
MOVING AGAIN IS BY SHRINKING
THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT,
BRINGING CONFIDENCE BACK TO JOB
CREATORS, AND GETTING
WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS OFF THE
BACKS OF OUR NATION'S SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO DO JUST
THAT WITH THE FORGOTTEN 20
BILLS THAT ARE NOW SITTING OVER
IN THE SENATE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THEIR FIGHT.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO KRISTI AND KATIE.
WISH I WAS HOME WITH YOU TODAY.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE.
MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, THE
PROPERTY RATE IN CALIFORNIA HAS
RISEN FROM 11% TO 17%.
MY CONSTITUENTS ARE HURTING.
AND IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO
LIVE UP TO ITS
RESPONSIBILITIES.
IN THE 45 WEEKS SINCE
REPUBLICANS TOOK CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE, THEY HAVE FAILED TO PASS
A SINGLE BILL THAT CREATES JOBS
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE AMERICAN JOB ACT CONTAINS
BIPARTISAN IDEAS.
KEEPS OUR TEACHERS,
FIREFIGHTERS, AND COPS ON THE
JOBS.
PROVIDES TAX CUTS TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES GROW AND HIRE MORE
WORKERS.
HELPS TO REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING
ROADS, BRIDGES, AND AIRPORTS.
PUTS MORE OF OUR VETERANS WHO
ARE RETURNING TROOPS BACK TO
WORK.
THIS IS A BALANCED APPROACH TO
HELP FIX THE AMERICAN JOB
IT'S LONG PAST OVERDUE.
WE NEED TO BRING IT UP FOR A
THE 14 MILLION AMERICANS
LOOKING FOR A JOB CAN'T WAIT
THEY NEED A JOB.
LET'S ACT NOW.
LET'S PASS THE JOB ACT.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA
RISE?
MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, 15
YEARS AGO A BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT BY A SINGLE VOTE
FAILED IN THE SENATE.
SINCE THEN OUR DEBT HAS TRIPLED
LARGELY DUE TO PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S INCREASED SPENDING.
IN FACT, IT TOOK OUR NATION
OVER 200 YEARS TO ACCUMULATE
THE SAME AMOUNT OF DEBT AS WE
HAVE ACCUMULATED IN THE LAST 2
1/2 YEARS.
IN NORTH DAKOTA WE KNOW THAT
YOU CAN'T DO THE SAME THING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECT
DIFFERENT RESULTS.
THIS WEEK CONGRESS HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT.
IN NORTH DAKOTA WE BALANCE OUR
BUDGET, WE WORK TO LEAVE THAT
NEXT GENERATION BETTER OFF.
WASHINGTON COULD LEARN A LOT
FROM NORTH DAKOTA.
AND THAT'S WHY I WILL PROUDLY
VOTE FOR A BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT THIS WEEK.
MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM OHIO RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO APPLAUD THE
STATE OF OHIO AS THE FIRST
STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION
DESIGNATING DECEMBER 1 AS ROSA
PARKS DAY.
HOUSE BILL 421 INTRODUCED IN
2005 BY THEN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JOYCE BADEY, WHO
IS WITH US TODAY, HONORS THE
LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE MOTHER
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
OHIO CONTINUES TO HONOR ROSA
PARKS WITH AN ANNUAL STATEWIDE
TRIBUTE ON DECEMBER 1, AND IT
IS ENTITLED THE POWER OF ONE.
THIS TRIBUTE WHICH IS A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OHIO
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE OHIO
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND
THE CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT
AUTHORITY CELEBRATES THE DAY
WHEN ROSA PARKS TOOK A STAND BY
STAYING SEATED.
IT INCLUDES A CHILDREN'S
ASSEMBLY THAT WELCOMES 800
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN AND BE
INSPIRED BY HER LEGACY.
I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE
GREAT STATE OF OHIO FOR
COMMEMORATING ROSA PARKS'
LEGACY OF INSPIRATION AND
COURAGE, AND OUR STATE'S
ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING
YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT CIVIL
RIGHTS.
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM OKLAHOMA RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, IN
MY DISTRICT WE DISAGREE A LOT
ABOUT FOOTBALL, BUT WE STRONGLY
AGREE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT MUST BALANCE ITS
AS A FRESHMAN I HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND THIS BODY WILL ONLY
MAKE THE HARD DECISION WHEN IS
THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE HARD
DECISIONS.
THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE, THAT WE
NEED TO BALANCE A BUDGET EVERY
TIME AND EVERY PLACE, WE DO
UNDERSTAND THAT AS A FEDERAL
BUDGET OVER THE COURSE OF A
YEAR WE MUST BALANCE OUR
BUDGET.
WE DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THE
IT.
REALITY.
IN 1995 THIS BODY
OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A
SIMPLE BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT AND IT REQUIRED THAT
IF WE WOULD BALANCE OUR BUDGET
EACH YEAR.
VOTE.
PASSING OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE
HOUSE.
IF IT HAD PASSED BOTH BODIES,
WE WOULD HAVE PASSED THE BUDGET
BY 2005.
OUR TOTAL DEBT IN 2005 WAS $7.5
TRILLION.
IT IS NOW $15 TRILLION.
NOW WE STAND HERE DEBATING IF
THIS IS A GOOD APPROACH.
THEY SHOULD NOT BERATE THE 2011
IN PASSING ONTO THEIR
GENERATION AN EVEN BIGGER DEBT.
LET'S BUILD A WALL AROUND OUR
FEDERAL CHECKBOOK AND PASS THE
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY RISE?
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, I
RISE TODAY TO BRING ATTENTION
TO THE GREAT NEED TO UPDATE OUR
NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IN
PARTICULAR THE BRIDGES.
BRIDGES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN
MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS AND
MORE BRIDGES ARE FALL INTO THIS
STATE OF DESS REPAIR.
A TOTAL OF 600,000 BRIDGES WITH
11.5% OF OUR NATION'S BRIDGES
ARE CONSIDERED DEFICIENT AND
REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT
MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION OR
REPLACEMENT.
IN THE NEW JERSEY PORTION OF
NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA
OVER EIGHT MILLION VEHICLES
CROSS A DEFICIENT BRIDGE EVERY
DAY.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
UNITED STATES IS CRUMBLING, AND
THE BACKLOG OF DEFICIENT
BRIDGES IS GROWING.
CONGRESS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
PASS A LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING BILL FOR TWO YEARS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING AT A FISCAL
YEAR 2012 BUDGET THAT WILL
PROVIDE STATES WITH IMPORTANT
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
THIS YEAR THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SUFFERING
FROM UNEMPLOYMENT RATES OF UP
TO 20%.
INVESTING IN BRIDGES WILL
CREATE JOBS TODAY, KEEP
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
FUTURE.
MADAM SPEAKER, I URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO PASS LEGISLATION
TO STRENGTHEN OUR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA
RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WHILE WE SEE PEOPLE
STAND UP TO THUGS AND
EXTREMISTS AND DEMAND A FREE
AND PEACEFUL EGYPT, DEEPLY
DISTURBING CASES ARE OCCURRING.
ON OCTOBER 16, IMAN WAS IN HIS
ARABIC CLASS WHEN HIS TEACHER
TOLD HIM TO GET RID OF THE
CROSS TATTOOED ON HIS WRIST.
THE TEACHER ASKED THE OTHER
STUDENTS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO ABOUT THIS?
AND INCITED THE STUDENTS IN THE
CLASS TO ATTACK IMAN.
HE TRIED TO FLEE BUT ULTIMATELY
THE STUDENTS, WITH THE SUPPORT
OF THEIR TEACHERS, MURDERED
THIS YOUNG MAFPBLET EGYPTIAN
MEDIA, CONTROLLED BY THE
MILITARY GOVERNMENT, HAS TRIED
TO DENY THE SECTARIAN REASONS
FOR THIS BRUTAL ***.
AFTER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS
TOOK PLACE WHEN EGYPTIAN
SECURITY FORCES RAN OVER COPS
WITH BULLDOZERS, WILL THOSE
TEACHERS, ADULTS AND STUDENTS
BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR THIS
BRUTAL ***?
THE EGYPTIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOULD BRING THIS TO JUSTICE.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
RISE?
-- HAWAII RISE?
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THERE WERE 21
ASIAN PACIFIC COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED AT AN EVENT.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AND
RUSSIA, TO NAME A FEW.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT WAS
DOMINATING THE CONVERSATIONS
WAS THE RISING DOMINANCE OF
CHINA.
THE PRESIDENT, OUR PRESIDENT
ASKED CHINA TO END THE POLICIES
OF KEEPING THE YUAN
ARTIFICIALLY LOW.
IT IS ARTIFICIALLY LOW, 28% TO
THINK ABOUT OUR ECONOMY IF THEY
WOULD JUST RE-EVALUATE.
IT WILL INCREASE THEIR G.D.P.
BY 285 BILLION DOLLARS IN JUST
18 MONTHS.
AND OUR DEFICIT WILL BE REDUCED
BETWEEN $672 BILLION TO $800
BILLION IN JUST 10 YEARS.
MADAM SPEAKER, WHY HAVEN'T WE
TAKEN UP THE ISSUE OF THE
RE-EVALUATION OF THE YUAAN?
OUR SENATE PASSED IT IN
OCTOBER.
THE CURRENCY OVERSIGHT ACT.
THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
MAINTAIN ITS DOMINANCE AND
POSITION.
PLEASE BRING THAT BILL UP TO
THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU.
TIME.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S RHETORIC AND THE
REALITY FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
HE SAYS WE CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE
U.S. MANUFACTURING AND
CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
HE SAYS WE CAN'T
WAIT FOR MORE MIDDLE-CLASS
JOBS.
HE SAYS WE CAN'T WAIT TO WEAN
OURSELVES OFF OF MIDDLE EASTERN
HE SAYS WE CAN'T WAIT TO REDUCE
OUR FOREIGN TRADE DEFICITS.
HE SAYS WE CAN'T WAIT TO REDUCE
OUR FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS HE SAYS
BUT IS NOT THE THINGS HE'S
DOING.
BY DELAYING THE KEYSTONE X.L.
PIPELINE PROJECT HE'S PUTTING
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY
BY DOING THE FOLLOWING -- HE'S
KILLING MANUFACTURING JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, HE'S SENDING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH WEEK
TO TERRORIST-FRIENDLY
COUNTRIES, HURTING OUR SECURITY
DEFICIT.
HE'S ELIMINATING ONE OF THE
TOOLS TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL
INSTEAD, HE KEEPS WASTING
DOLLARS OF OUR
CHILDREN'S AND GRANDCHILDREN'S
FUTURE ON FAILED WASHINGTON
PROGRAMS LIKE SOLYNDRA,
BUILDING CARS IN FINLAND.
IF THE PRESIDENT IS SERIOUS
ABOUT CREATING GOOD,
SHOVEL-READY AMERICAN
MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS BASED ON MAIN
STREET SOLUTIONS AND NOT
WASHINGTON SOLUTIONS HE'D MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE KEYSTONE X.L.
PROJECT NOW.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR MAIN STREET
JOB SOLUTIONS.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, 25
YEARS AGO A GROUP OF
FORWARD-THINKING AND
CIVIC-MINDED INDIVIDUALS
REALIZED THE NEED FOR VOLUNTEER
SUPPORT AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE
NEW HOSPITAL NEARING COMPLETION
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS.
SO WAS BORN THE COMMONWEALTH
HEALTH CENTER VOLUNTEER
ASSOCIATION.
THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE MADE
TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
HOSPITALS IN SAIPAN AND ROTA
AND HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE TO
THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERY PATIENT
WHO RECEIVES HEALTH CARE IN THE
NORTHERN MARIANAS.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING, THE GROUP
HAS MADE OVER $2 MILLION IN
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
MANY OF THESE DONATIONS INCLUDE
LIFE-SAVING DIAGNOSTIC AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVES
THE QUALITY OF LIVES FOR
PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE WITHSTOOD
THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE
FACED OUR COMMUNITY IN THE LAST
25 YEARS AND THAT'S A GOOD
INDICATION OF THEIR ABILITY TO
SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE NEXT
25.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING
THE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN WHO
FOUNDED AND OVER THE YEARS
PASSED AND SUPPORTED THE
COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTER
VOLUNTEERS ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU.
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER,
LAST NIGHT I HELD A TELL TOWN
HALL MEETING AND SPOKE WITH
HUNDREDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS
THE PRESSING ISSUES
FACING AMERICA TODAY.
MANY PEOPLE ON THE CALL SPOKE
ABOUT THE NEED FOR A BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION AND AN
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY REPLIED
IN IS SURVEY THAT THERE SHOULD
BE A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
I WAS PLEASED TO REPORT TO THEM
THAT THE HOUSE WILL BE VOTING
THIS WEEK ON A BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT THAT WILL HELP
WASHINGTON GET ITS FISCAL HOUSE
IN ORDER AND IT WILL REVERSE
THE DANGEROUS PRACTICES OF
SADDLING OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS
WITH INSURMOUNTABLE DEBT.
A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT,
MADAM SPEAKER, IS NOT A RADICAL
IDEA.
IT'S A NORMAL EXPECTATION FOR
HARDWORKING TAXPAYERS, FAMILIES
GOVERNMENTS.
WHY NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
MADAM SPEAKER?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I
YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD
THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IF WE WANT TO PUT A NUMBER ON
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS FACING OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, THAT SHOULD
IF YOU ASK THE AVERAGE PERSON
HOW TO GET $8,000 BACK INTO THE
POCKETS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES,
YOU GET SOME PRETTY GOOD
ANSWERS.
BUT IF YOU ASK THE AVERAGE
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN, YOU'D
GET AN ANSWER THAT'S SO OUT OF
TOUCH WITH REALITY YOU'D THINK
THEY WERE CREATING POLICY BY
PLAYING MAD LIBS.
THE CHILDREN'S GAME TO PROVIDE
RANDOM WORDS TO COMPLETE A
STORY WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
THAT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY
INCONCEIVABLE PLAN.
THIS BLANK.
THE BEST WAY TO GET AMERICANS
BACK TO WORK IS -- POISON OUR
AIR AND WATER, GET RID OF
CONSUMER PROTECTIONS, END
MEDICARE.
IT'S LIKE THEY HAVEN'T READ THE
QUESTION.
IT'S NO SURPRISE AMERICANS FIND
THE G.O.P.'S MAD LIBS ECONOMICS
IT'S TIME TO STOP PLAYING GAMES
AND START BUILDING AN ECONOMY
THAT WORKS FOR ALL AMERICANS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND
MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, BOTH PARTIES
IN THIS CONGRESS HAVE SUPPORTED
JOB CREATIONS.
IN FACT ON THIS HOUSE DAILY
BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
HAVE SAID THE JOBS SHOULD BE
OUR TOP PRIORITY.
THE PRESIDENT STATED IN RECENT
MONTHS HE WOULD PIVOT HIS TIME
AND ENERGY TO FOCUS ON JOBS.
LAST WEEK THIS CONGRESS
PIVOTTED AWAY FROM JOBS AGAIN
WHEN THEY WOULD DELAY THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANADIAN
KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE AND
ALONG WITH THIS DELAY KILLING
THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE 20,000
THIS $7 BILLION PIPELINE WOULD
BRING OIL FROM CANADA TO
REFINERIES IN THE UNITED STATES
AND IS EXPECTED TO ADD BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT IN THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
WITH THE ECONOMY
CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE, WE
JOBS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED
OF SEEING THEIR GOVERNMENT SAY
ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER.
IT'S TIME FOR THE RHETORIC TO
MEET THE ROAD AND I ASK THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER
ITS DECISION, TO UNIFY THIS
COUNTRY BACK TO FOCUS ON JOBS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM -- THE
RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU.
MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TO CALL
ON REPUBLICANS TO WAKE UP TO
THE NEEDS OF AMERICANS --
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, MIND
YOU, AND TO CREATE JOBS.
THE REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS HAS
LED ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR
WITHOUT ENACTING A SINGLE PIECE
OF JOBS LEGISLATION.
MADAM SPEAKER, AMERICA CANNOT
WAIT.
REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO IGNORE
THE CRISIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND
POVERTY IN AMERICA AND INSTEAD
KEEP BRINGING MORE BILLS TO
BAIL OUT THE WEALTHY.
LET'S STOP BAILING OUT WALL
STREET AND BRING SOME REAL
RELIEF TO MAIN STREET.
LET'S STOP WASTING TIME,
PRETENDING THAT MARKETS CAN
REGULATE THEMSELVES.
WE NEED STRONG OVERSIGHT SO
BERNIE
MADOFFS AND BANK BAILOUTS.
LAST STOP WASTING TIME THAT THE
TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY PAY
WE NEED CORPORATIONS AND THE
WEALTHY TO PAY THEIR FAIR
SHARE.
LAST WEEK I HELD A JOBS FAIR.
THOUSANDS SHOWED UP.
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.
THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
LET'S REIGNITE THE AMERICAN
DREAM BY PASSING THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT NOW.
I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION TO
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, THE
TROOPS IN IRAQ WILL BE HOME BY
ALSO COMING BACK TO AMERICA IS
EQUIPMENT.
WHY NOT SEND SOME OF THAT
TAXPAYER-FUNDED EQUIPMENT TO
SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER?
OUR BORDER SHERIFFS SAY THEY
WERE OUTMANNED, OUTGUNNED AND
OUTFINANCED BY THE DRUG
SO TODAY I'VE INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION WHICH MANDATES THAT
10% OF CERTAIN MILITARY
EQUIPMENT COMING BACK FROM IRAQ
WILL GO TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
URGENT NEED, THE
EQUIPMENT COULD BE KEPT BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
THIS EQUIPMENT INCLUDES
HUMVEES, NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT
AND SURVEILLANCE U.A.V.'S.
THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ALREADY HAS A PROGRAM FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS
EQUIPMENT.
MY LEGISLATION WILL SIMPLY
UTILIZE THIS ALREADY EXISTING
PROGRAM, EXPAND IT AND ALLOCATE
RESOURCES TO OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER.
AMERICANS HAVE PAID FOR THIS
EQUIPMENT TO BRING SAFETY AND
SECURITY TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.
IT'S TIME WE USE THIS EQUIPMENT
TO PROTECT OUR OWN CITIZENS
FROM THE INVASION OF THE DRUG
CARTELS, AND THAT'S JUST THE
WAY IT IS.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
FAILURE IS NOT AN
OPTION.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT US
TO DO OUR JOB.
WORLD MARKETS ARE WATCHING.
BALANCE IS DEMANDED.
$1.2 TRILLION IN DEFICIT
REDUCTION IS THE MINIMUM MALL
TARGET WE MUST MEET.
OF G.D.P.
IT'S TOO HIGH.
BUT REVENUE IS ONLY 14% TO 15%
OF G.D.P.
IT'S TOO LOW.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO
IGNORE ONE OF THOSE TWO DATA
POINTS.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
IT REQUIRES BOTH PARTIES TO DO
WHAT A CLEAR MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS WANT US TO DO, BREAK
OUT OF OUR RESPECTIVE STRAIGHT
JACKET ORTHODOXES.
I WAS PROUND TO JOIN 100
BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF THIS BODY
URGING THE SUPERCOMMITTEE TO GO
BIG, FIND $4 TRILLION IN
DEFICIT REDUCTION.
SO IT WOULD REDUCE THE DEBT TO
A MORE MANAGEABLE PERCENTAGE OF
G.D.P., REASSURE MARKETS,
PRESERVE OUR NATION'S A.A.A.
BOND RATING AND PROVIDE THE
STABILITY TO GET THIS ECONOMY
GROWING AGAIN.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
SUPERCOMMITTEE TO JOIN US AND
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
INSTEAD OF
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES ACROSS
AMERICA, MADAM SPEAKER,
FOCUSING ON CREATING JOBS IN
THEIR STATES, WORKING WITH THIS
CONGRESS TO CREATE JOBS, WE
FIND OURSELVES SHACKLED BY 40
STATES IMPLEMENTING VOTER I.D.
LAWS, LAWS, PROVISIONS THAT
LIMIT VOTING BY REQUIRING THE
PRESENTATION OF PHOTO
IDENTIFICATION THAT HOWEVER IS
LIMITED TO STATE AUTHORIZED
VOTER I.D. WHICH HAS A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON OUR SENIORS.
LAWS THAT EXCLUDE THE MOST
COMMON FORMS OF I.D., STUDENT
I.D.'S AND SOCIAL SECURITY
CARDS, BUT THEY OFFER NO
ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.
CHANGE IS REQUIRING OUTRIGHT
ELIMINATION OF EARLY VOTING
OPPORTUNITIES, BARRIERS TO
FIRST-TIME VOTERS SUCH AS THE
REGISTRATION.
MADAM SPEAKER, COULDN'T WE DO
BETTER THAN TO COUNTER THE 15TH
AMENDMENT WHICH INDICATES THAT
THERE SHOULD BE NO LAWS THAT
WITHDRAW ANYONE'S RIGHT TO VOTE
OR EVEN THE 24TH AMENDMENT THAT
INDICATES THAT WE SHOULD NOT
TO VOTE?
RATHER THAN CREATING JOBS
THROUGH PASSING THE AMERICAN
JOBS ACT, OR STANDING UP AND
DENOUNCING *** ABUSE OF
CHILDREN WHICH IS A CRISIS AND
AN OUTRAGE, WE ARE STOPPING
PEOPLE FROM VOTING BY PUTTING
IN PLACE VOTER I.D. LAWS.
VOTER SUPPRESSION, THE
IT.
THE 15TH AMENDMENT AND 24TH
AMENDMENT.
LET US OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL PEOPLE AND FIGHT THE REAL
ISSUES THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT US TO ADDRESS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE --
THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT THE SUPERCOMMITTEE
AND DEFICIT REDUCTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, WHAT WE NEED A
SUPERCOMMITTEE FOR JOBS.
HERE'S THE DEAL.
IF WE CAN CREATE MORE JOBS, WE
CAN REDUCE OUR DEFICIT.
BUT MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS HAVE
GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TALK
ABOUT EVERYTHING ON THIS HOUSE
FLOOR EXCEPT JOBS.
THEY REFUSE TO BRING THE
PRESIDENT'S JOBS BILL TO THE
THEY REFUSE TO INVEST IN OUR
ROADS, BRIDGES, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY ARE THREATENING TO CUT
MEDICAL RESEARCH, MEDICARE, AND
FUNDS FOR EDUCATION, AND ALL
THEY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT IS
MAKING SURE THAT THE TOP 1% OF
INCOME EARNERS ARE PROTECTED
FROM PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.
IT'S TIME FOR A NEW AGENDA,
MADAM SPEAKER.
IT'S TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN
WORK.
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
ONE MINUTES IS CONCLUDED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
BY DIRECTION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES, I CALL UP
HOUSE RESOLUTION 463 FOR ITS
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.
THE
RESOLUTION.
HOUSE CALENDAR
NUMBER 90, HOUSE RESOLUTION
463, RESOLVED, THAT AT ANY TIME
AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS
RESOLUTION, THE SPEAKER MAY,
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2-B OF RULE
18, DECLARE THE HOUSE RESOLVED
INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL,
H.R. 822, TO AMEND TITLE 18
UNITED STATES CODE TO PROVIDE A
NATIONAL STANDARD IN ACCORDANCE
WITH WHICH NONRESIDENTS OF A
STATE MAY CARRY CONCEALED
FIREARMS IN THE STATE.
THE FIRST READING OF THE BILL
SHALL BE DISPENSED WITH.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE
WAIVED.
GENERAL DEBATE SHALL BE
CONFINED TO THE BILL AND SHALL
NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR EQUALLY
DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
JUDICIARY.
AFTER GENERAL DEBATE, THE BILL
SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR
RULE.
IT SHALL BE IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER AS AN ORIGINAL BILL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE THE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NOW
PRINTED IN THE BILL.
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS READ.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE
NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE ARE
WAIVED.
NO AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A
SUBSTITUTE SHALL BE IN ORDER
EXCEPT THOSE PRINTED IN THE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
RULES ACCOMPANYING THIS
EACH SUCH AMENDMENT MAY BE
OFFERED ONLY IN THE ORDER
PRINTED IN THE REPORT, MAY BE
OFFERED ONLY BY A MEMBER
DESIGNATED IN THE REPORT, SHALL
BE CONSIDERED AS READ, SHALL BE
DEBATABLE FOR THE TIME
SPECIFIED IN THE REPORT EQUALLY
DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
PROPONENT AND AN OPPONENT.
SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
AMENDMENT, AND SHALL NOT BE
SUBJECT TO DEMAND FOR DIVISION
OF THE QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OR
IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
SUCH AMENDMENTS ARE WAIVED.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL FOR
AMENDMENT, THE COMMITTEE SHALL
RISE AND REPORT THE BILL TO THE
HOUSE WITH SUCH AMENDMENTS AS
MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
ANY MEMBER MAY DEMAND A
SEPARATE VOTE IN THE HOUSE ON
ANY AMENDMENT ADOPTED IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO THE
BILL OR TO THE COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE
BILL AND AMENDMENTS THERETO TO
FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT
INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT ONE
MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH OR
WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR.
NUGENT, IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
FOR THE PURPOSES OF
DEBATE ONLY, THE CUSTOMARY 30
MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, MR.
MCGOVERN, PENDING WHICH I YIELD
MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY
DURING CONSIDERATION OF THIS
RESOLUTION ALL TIME YIELDED IS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEBATE ONLY.
MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT ON ALL MEMBERS THAT ALL
MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE
LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND
EXTEND THEIR REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER, I
RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
RULE, HOUSE RESOLUTION 463.
THE RULE PROVIDES FOR
CONSIDERATION TO AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, H.R. 822.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY
PRESS ROSS IT ACT OF 2011.
I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS RULE
WHICH PROVIDES FOR A STRUCTURED
AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT WILL
ALLOW MEMBERS TO HAVE A
THOROUGH DEBATE ON A WIDE
VARIETY OF RELEVANT AND GERMANE
AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 822.
WE HAVE ALLOWED 10 AMENDMENTS
TO THIS BILL, TWO REPUBLICAN
AMENDMENTS, AND EIGHT
DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENTS.
EVEN AS CONTENSE -- CONTENTIOUS
BILL, A BILL THAT WOULD BE EASY
TO SHUT DOWN THE PROCESS, WE
ARE NOT ONLY ALLOWING
AMENDMENTS, BUT THOSE DEBATED
ON THE FLOOR, THE VAST MAJORITY
ARE DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENTS.
WE DID THIS NOT BECAUSE IT WAS
THE EASY THING TO DO, WE DID IT
TO DO.
IT BROUGHT TRANSPARENCY TO THE
DEBATE AND IT IS IN KEEPING
WITH THE PROMISES OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY MADE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR A FREER,
MORE OPEN PROCESS.
MADAM SPEAKER, UNTIL COMING TO
THIS BODY 10 MONTHS AGO, I
SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER AS A
SHERIFF IN
HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA.
DURING MY 38 YEARS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, I FOUND DISARMING
REDUCE CRIME.
IF ANYTHING, ALL IT DOES IS
KEEP LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS FROM
BEING ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES
FROM VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THIS JUST FROM
MY EXPERIENCE, RESEARCH BACKS
UP THE CLAIM.
FOR EXAMPLE, STATISTICS
INDICATE THAT CITIZENS WITH
CARRY PERMITS ARE MORE
PUBLIC.
IN MY HOME STATE OF FLORIDA,
ONLY .01% OF NEARLY 1.2 MILLION
PERMITS HAVE BEEN REVOKED
BECAUSE OF FIREARMS CRIMES
COMMITTED BY PERMIT HOLDERS.
ADDITIONALLY, EVIDENCE
INDICATES THE CRIME DECLINES IN
STATES WITH RIGHTS TO CARRY
SINCE FLORIDA BECAME A RIGHT TO
CARRY STATE IN 1987.
FLORIDA'S VIOLENT TOTAL CRIME
AND *** RATES HAVE DROPPED
32% AND 58% RESPECTIVELY.
BECAUSE OF THIS EVIDENCE AS
WELL AS MY FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCE, I'M A PROUD
DEFENDER OF OUR SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHT, ENSURING THE
RIGHT THAT PEOPLE KEEP AND BEAR
ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
MY HISTORY AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IS ALSO WHY I'M A PROUD
CO-SPONSOR OF H.R. 822, THE
NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY REST
PROSITY ACT OF 2011.
RR 822 IS A GOOD BIPARTISAN
BILL WHICH ENHANCES
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF
LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS.
TODAY IF I DRIVE FROM MY HOME
STATE OF FLORIDA INTO GEORGIA,
GEORGIA RECOGNIZES MY FLORIDA
DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IT'S STILL VALID EVEN ONCE I
CROSS THE STATE LINE.
H.R. 822 REQUIRES STATES TO
RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER'S LEGALLY
ISSUED CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS
IN THE SAME WAY.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD TAKE A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
HELPING LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS
NAVIGATE THE PATCHWORK OF STATE
CONCEALED CARRY LAWS.
822 DOES NOT, LET ME REPEAT,
DOES NOT CREATE A NATIONAL
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT SYSTEM
NOR DOES IT ESTABLISH ANY
NATIONALIZED STANDARD FOR CARRY
PERMIT.
H.R. 822 RESPECTS STATES'
ABILITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN
GUN USAGE LAWS AS WELL AS THEIR
OWN PERMITTING PROCESSES.
I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL HEAR
ARGUMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE
SAYING THAT 822, H.R. 822,
SOMEHOW MAKES IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE TO GET A GUN.
LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT, AGAIN,
THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
THIS LEGISLATION COST NOT
MANDATE THAT ANYONE SUDDENLY BE
GIVEN A GUN, NOR DOES IT RELAX
ANY OF THE STATE'S CURRENT
PERMITTING LAWS.
DURING MY NEARLY 40 YEARS AS A
COP, I LEARN YOU JUST CAN'T
TALK ABOUT GUNS.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT GUN
CRIME, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT TWO
DISTINCT CLASSES OF GUNS, THEY
GUNS.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A COP YOU
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LEGAL
GUNS.
THE GUNS THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT
FROM AN AUTHORIZED SOURCE, THAT
THEY ARE REGISTERED AND PROPER
THEY TOOK THE NECESSARY CLASS
TO LEARN HOW TO USE THEM
RESPONSIBLY, AND THEY GOT THEIR
LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.
IN MY EXPERIENCE YOU WORRY
ABOUT THE ILLEGAL GUNS.
GUNS THAT ARE SOMEBODY
PURPOSEFULLY BROUGHT THEM OFF
THE RADAR.
EITHER BECAUSE THEY AREN'T
LEGALLY ALLOWED TO OWN A GUN OR
BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO USE
THEM FOR AN ILLEGAL PURPOSE.
H.R. 822 DOESN'T GET INTO THAT
DIFFERENCE.
WHAT IT DOES IS ENSURES THAT A
LEGAL GUN OWNER DOESN'T
ACCIDENTALLY BREAK THE LAW
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT
THEIR FULLY PERMITTED GUN TO
ANOTHER STATE.
THIS LEGISLATION SIMPLY GIVES
PEACE OF MIND TO AMERICANS
TRAVELING ACROSS STATE LINES
WITH LEGALLY REGISTERED
CONCEALED FIREARM KNOWING THEY
CAN PRACTICE THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR
AGAIN I'M A PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF
H.R. 822 AND SUPPORT ITS
PASSAGE.
WITH THAT I ENCOURAGE ALL MY
COLLEAGUES 20 VOTE YES ON THE
RULE, YES ON THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION, AND I RESERVE THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MADAM SPEAKER, I
THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM
FLORIDA FOR YIELDING ME THE
CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I YIELD MYSELF
SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MADAM SPEAKER,
FIRST OF ALL LET ME RISE IN
RESTRICTIVE RULE.
YET ANOTHER RESTRICTIVE RULE.
A LOT OF GOOD AMENDMENTS WERE
NOT MADE IN ORDER AND MEMBERS
DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO OFFER
AMENDMENTS AS THEY SEE FIT
DURING THIS DEBATE.
I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
VOTE NO ON THE RULE FOR THAT
MADAM SPEAKER, ANOTHER WEEK AND
ANOTHER HOT BUTTON SOCIAL ISSUE
IS BEING BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR
BY THIS EXTREME REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP.
A FEW WEEKS AGO THIS HOUSE
DEBATED AN ABORTION BILL.
THAT'S MONTHS AFTER WE
CONSIDERED LEGISLATION TO
DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THIS REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS
TRIED HARD TO OVERTURN THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AND CLEAN WATER
ACT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE
IT.
AND NOW WE ARE TURNING TO GUNS.
WE ARE ABOUT TO DEBATE
LEGISLATION THAT MAKES IT
WEAPONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN FACT, WE ARE CONSIDERING A
BILL THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER
FOR CONVICTED FELONS.
YET WHAT DO AMERICANS WANT MOST
OF ALL RIGHT NOW?
ARE THEY SCREAMING ABOUT -- FOR
ISSUES?
DO THEY WANT US DEBATING
WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO
REAFFIRM OUR NATIONAL MOTTO?
ARE THEY CLAMORING FOR MORE
LENIENT GUN LAWS?
NO, MADAM SPEAKER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT JOBS.
-J -- J-O-B-S.
MAYBE THEY ARE COVERING THEIR
EYES AND PLUGGING THEIR EARS
HOPING THIS CRISIS WILL
MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR.
THAT MAY WORK FOR A 6-YEAR-OLD
WHO IS SCARED OF GHOSTS, BUT
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GOVERN A
COUNTRY.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 9%.
THERE ARE JUST UNDER 14 MILLION
UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS.
MILLIONS MORE ARE EARNING LESS
NOW THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY WERE FORCED WITH A CHOICE
TO TAKE A LOWER PAYING JOB OR
FACE UNEMPLOYMENT.
WHAT'S THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE
TO THIS PROBLEM?
NOT A JOBS BILL.
IN FACT THE REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T
BROUGHT UP A JOBS BILL ONCE IN
THIS CONGRESS.
WHAT THEN IS THEIR RESPONSE TO
THE JOBS PROBLEM?
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, IT'S A GUN
BILL.
MADAM SPEAKER, WHAT ARE WE
THIS IS NUTS.
THIS ISN'T WHAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SENT US HERE TO DO.
THE IRONY IS MANY OF THE NEW
REPUBLICANS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY
SENT HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR
OPPOSITION OF FEDERAL
ENCROACHMENT ON STATES' RIGHTS,
HERE WE ARE DEBATING A BILL
THAT IMPOSES THE FEDERAL ROLE
ON STATES EVEN UNDERMINES
STATE'S LAWS.
THIS IS CRAZY IN NORMAL TIMES,
MADAM SPEAKER.
IT'S ON CRAZIER TODAY.
UNLIKE THE RESOLUTION
REAFFIRMING OUR NATIONAL MOTTO
WE DEBATE ADD FEW WEEKS AGO,
THIS LEGISLATION WILL HAVE REAL
IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES.
MADAM SPEAKER, PEOPLE WILL BE
LEGISLATION.
PEOPLE IN FACT MAY DIE BECAUSE
OF THIS BILL.
DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LOOK
THE BILL OBLITERATES STATE AND
LOCAL ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
IT ELIMINATES THE STATE'S
CORRECTION TO HONOR ANOTHER
STATE'S PERMITS.
IT REQUIRES STATES WITH
RESPONSIBLE RESTRICTIONS LIKE
MY HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO ALLOW PEOPLE WITH PERMITS
FROM STATES WITH LAX LAWS TO
BRING CONCEALED WEAPONS INTO
THOSE STATES.
SIMPLY IT ALLOWS A PERSON TO
BRING A HIDDEN LOADED GUN INTO
A STATE WHERE UNDER TODAY'S
LAWS THEY ARE CURRENTLY
INELIGIBLE TO CARRY A CONCEALED
WEAPON.
NOW, THERE ARE REASONS STATES
DON'T ALLOW CERTAIN PEOPLE TO
CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS, AND
EACH STATE IS DIFFERENT.
MY HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
DOESN'T ISSUE CONCEALED WEAPONS
PERMITS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SPECIFIC DANGEROUS MISDEMEANOR
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OR ALCOHOL
ABUSE PROBLEMS.
AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT
TRAINING.
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A GOOD
CHARACTER OR THOSE WHO ARE
UNDER THE AGE OF 21.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
INSERT INTO THE RECORD
FOLLOWING MY REMARKS A LETTER
FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SECURITY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
PERSON CONVICTED OF SPOUSAL
ABUSE IN ONE STATE COULD GO TO
WEAPON PERMIT.
WHEN THEY GET THAT PR MITT THIS
BILL ALLOW THAT IS FELON TO
BRING THEIR WEAPON INTO
MASSACHUSETTS EVEN THOUGH THEY
WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT UNDER
CURRENT MASSACHUSETTS LAWS.
MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE WILL SAY THAT THIS
BILL IS NECESSARY.
THAT MORE GUNS MEAN LESS CRIME.
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES.
WELL, MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL
GUNS STRONGLY OPPOSES THIS BILL
BECAUSE IT MAKES OUR CITIES
LESS, NOT MORE, LESS SAFE.
THE BOSTON AND NEW YORK CITY
MAYOR IS MADE UP OF SIX00
MAYORS, REPRESENTING
LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS AND
KEEPING GUNS OUT OF DANGEROUS
PEOPLE.
MAYOR TOM BINIDO HAS BEEN A
CHAMPION UNDER THIS.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF CHIEFS POLICE OPPOSE THIS.
THE POLICE FOUNDATION, THE
NATIONAL LATINO POLICE OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES.
IN FACT, NOT ONLY DOES THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OPPOSE
THIS BILL, SO DOES THE
ATTORNEYS.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
INSERT INTO THE RECORD
FOLLOWING MY REMARKS THE
STATEMENT BY THE MAYORS AGAINST
ILLEGAL GUNS IN OPPOSITION TO
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MADAM SPEAKER,,
IN ADDITION TO THE MAYOR, WE
ARE PART OF THE STOP HAND
GUNNED VIOLENCE.
THE FOUNDER, JOHN ROSENTHAL, IT
KEEPS OUR CITIZENS SAFE.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE AND GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION LAWS AND LOWEST
FATALITY RATE OF ANY URBAN
INDUSTRIAL STATE AND SECOND
LOWEST OVERALL BEHIND HAWAII.
EVERY DAY MORE THAN 150
AMERICANS ARE SHOT, AND 83 DIE
STATES.
A CHILD UNDER 20 YEARS OLD DIES
FROM GUN VIOLENCE EVERY THREE
HOURS.
EIGHT KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE COULD FILL FENWAY PARK THREE
TIMES WITH -- THREE TIMES OVER
WITH 110,000 KIDS UNDER 20
YEARS OLD KILLED BY GUNS IN THE
PAST 30 YEARS.
AND THERE'S STILL NO NATIONAL
LAW REQUIRING CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL GUN
SALES IN THE U.S.
IN FACT, IN 33 STATES THERE IS
NO BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENT
OR EVEN PROOF OF I.D. FOR
PRIVATE COMBUN SALES.
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT EASIER -- WE WILL MAKE IT
EVEN EASIER FOR THESE PEOPLE TO
CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS.
MASSACHUSETTS IS THE LEADER IN
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO PREVENT
GUN VIOLENCE, NOT ENCOURAGING
IT WITH LEGISLATION LIKE THIS.
MADAM SPEAKER, FEDERAL
PREEMPTION OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW
WILL ONLY RESULT IN MORE
INNOCENT AND LARGELY
PREVENTABLE GUN DEATHS IN MY
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR NEARLY
EVERY STATE IN THE UNION.
PREEMPTING STATE GUN LAWS WILL
MAKE THIS COUNTRY LESS SAFE.
I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT
LEGISLATION THAT WILL MAKE OUR
STATES AND NEIGHBORHOODS LESS
SAFE.
MADAM SPEAKER, LET ME CONCLUDE
BY SAYING, IF WE WANT TO COMBAT
CRIME, IF WE WANT TO MAKE OUR
BE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, I URGE
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE AISLE TO JOIN WITH US,
YOU KNOW, AND BRING THE
PRESIDENT'S JOBS BILL TO THE
LET'S PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH JOBS
AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.
LET'S REVITALIZE OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
STRUGGLING IN POVERTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
NOT DEBATING A BILL THAT MAKES
IT EASIER TO CONCEAL WEAPONS.
I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
NONE THE RULE AND THE FINAL
BILL.
TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MADAM SPEAKER, YOU
SIDE OF THE AISLE TALKS ABOUT
JOBS BILLS.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CARD,
WE HAVE OVER 20 JOBS BILLS THAT
HAVE PASSED OUT OF THIS BODY
THAT ARE SITTING IN THE SENATE
TODAY.
MADAM SPEAKER, I RESERVE THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MADAM SPEAKER, AT
THIS TIME I AM PROUD TO YIELD
THREE MINUTES TO THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK, THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE RULES
COMMITTEE, MS. SLAUGHTER.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK IS
RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKER.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR
YIELDING.
THIS IS SERIOUS PIECE OF WORK
FOR ME TODAY BECAUSE LESS THAN
A YEAR AGO ONE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES FROM ARIZONA WAS
SHOT IN THE HEAD WHILE SHE WAS
TRYING TO CONVENE WITH HER
CONSTITUENTS OUTSIDE A
SUPERMARKET.
THE MAYHEM WAS AWFUL.
A LITTLE 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED
CHRISTINA TAYLOR GREEN,
BASEBALL FAN, WHO JUST CAME TO
SEE HER CONGRESSWOMAN, WAS
KILLED.
AND BY ALL COUNTS AN
EXTRAORDINARY FEDERAL JUDGE
AS WELL AS SOME OF GABBY'S
STAFF.
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WOUNDED.
AND YET THE ONLY PERSON EVER
CONSIDERED BY THIS HOUSE WOULD
BE THE GUY AND HIS RIGHT TO
HAVE THAT GUN.
WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHTS FOR THE
REST OF US?
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN
TO DANCE UP AND DOWN THE STREET
TO TRY TO ESCAPE THE BULLETS?
WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
WHERE ARE OUR -- WHERE IS THE
AMENDMENT FOR US THAT WE CAN BE
SAFE?
THE STATISTICS OF PEOPLE BEING
KILLED IN PLACES OF WORSHIP,
THE RISING NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO FACE
UNSPEAKABLE AND AWFUL THINGS
BECAUSE WE WON'T DO OUR JOB
HERE TO DISARM PEOPLE WHO ARE
MENTALLY ILL.
AND I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
INSERT INTO THE RECORD AN
ARTICLE FROM "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" OF HOW EASY IT IS FOR
FELONS, INCLUDING THE MENTALLY
RIGHTS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
NOW, WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO REINSTATE IN THIS
HOUSE THE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
AND WHY DON'T WE OUTLAW GUNS
THAT ARE SO POWERFUL THAT THEY
SERVE NO PURPOSE AT ALL IN A
CIVILIZED SOCIETY?
WE HOLD A GUILTY
INDIVIDUAL -- IN THE FACE OF
IPHONES AND ANDROIDS, SURELY
THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT JOB FOR
US TO DO HERE THAN WHAT WE ARE
DOING TO SAY YOU CAN CARRY A
CONCEALED WEAPON ANYWHERE YOU
CAN GO BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE
ARE?
APPARENTLY THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY WANTS THAT.
BASED ON TODAY'S BILL, THEY
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PASS
LEGISLATION THAT WILL MAKE IT
EASIER TO CARRY A GUN TO A
PUBLIC CARRYING, EASIER TO
CARRY A LOADED GUN TO AN NFL
STADIUM, EASIER TO CARRY A GUN
INTO YOUR SUPERMARKET OR TEMPLE
OR CHURCH.
WHAT IN THE WORLD -- HOW CAN WE
EVER EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD GUN DEATHS IN THEIR
THE HORRIBLE SHOOTING OF OUR
COLLEAGUE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
STOPPED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
TODAY'S BILL AND NO ONE'S MADE
SAFER BY ALLOWING GUNS INTO
PUBLIC SPACE.
BUT SINCE LAST JANUARY CONGRESS
HAS NOT CONSIDERED A SINGLE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
FOR A
MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL TO GET
A GUN.
WE HAVE DONE NOTHING AT ALL TO
MAKE SURE ANOTHER NIGHTMARE
LIKE THE ONE IN TUCSON DOESN'T
VISIT OUR COUNTRY AGAIN,
LEAVING INNOCENT CHILDREN, MEN
AND WOMEN VICTIMS TO A LOADED
GUN.
AND YET THE ONLY PERSON WE CARE
ABOUT HERE IS THE GUN OWNER.
THE ONLY EXPLANATION WE ARE
CONSIDERING WOULD MAKE IT MORE
CONVENIENT TO CARRY YOUR GUN
EVEN IN STATES THAT DON'T WANT
IT.
REALIZING THIS FACT REALLY PUTS
THE MORALITY OF THIS AGENDA
INTO PERSPECTIVE.
WE SHOULD BE --
I YIELD AN
ADDITIONAL ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU.
CONGRESS SHOULD BE CONSIDERING
LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FULFILLS
AN IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA, WHICH IS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE TODAY'S
THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MADAM SPEAKER, IN
SHOT --
COLORADO MAN NAMED MATTHEW
MURRAY ALLEGEDLY WROTE ONLINE,
ALL I WANT TO DO IS KILL AND
INJURE AS MANY CHRISTIANS AS I
CAN.
MURRAY THEN WENT ON TO A
SHOOTING RAMPAGE, KILLING TWO
YOUNG CHILDREN OUTSIDE A
MISSIONARY TRAINING CENTER
OUTSIDE DENVER AND THEN AT A
GATHERING OF 7,000 PEOPLE IN
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO,
WITH A RIFLE IN A BACKPACK FULL
OF AMMUNITION.
MURRAY KILLED TWO SISTERS.
MURRAY WAS ULTIMATELY STOPPED
AND KILLED BY A CHURCH MEMBER
AND A VOLUNTEER SECURITY GUARD,
JEANNIE, WHO HAS A CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT AND ONCE WORKED IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ESSAM SHOT MURRAY SEVERAL TIMES
LEADING HIM TO KILL HIMSELF.
I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MADAM SPEAKER,
I'D YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO, A
MR. POLIS.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
THREE MINUTES.
IN HEARING THE STORY
OF MY FRIEND FROM FLORIDA, MY
COLLEAGUE IN THE RULES
JUST EMPHASIZES THAT MY STATE,
COLORADO, ALREADY HAS A
CONCEALED CARRY PROCESS.
WE HAVE A MUST ISSUE PROVISION
TO SOME OF OUR COUNTY THIS WAS
WHO WERE NOT ISSUING AND
DENYING ISSUANCE
UNREASONABLEABLY, HIGHLIGHTS
THIS ENTIRE BILL IS A DANGEROUS
SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A
PROBLEM.
COLORADO HAS RECIPROCAL
CONCEALED CARRY ARRANGEMENT IN
OVER 30 STATES, INCLUDING ALL
OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES.
YOU CAN DRIVE TO COLORADO AND
YOU CAN DRIVE FROM COLORADO TO
NEW MEXICO -- ARIZONA -- SORRY
-- IN THE NORTH, WYOMING, IN
THE SOUTH, IN NEW MEXICO, EAST
OR WEST.
YOU ARE IN NO DANGER ABOUT YOUR
CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT NOT
BEING RECOGNIZED.
AND, YES, THERE ARE SOME STATES
WE DON'T HAVE A REPICK RICKAL
AGREEMENT FROM.
-- RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT FROM.
THE STATE OF NEVADA.
THE PROPER VENUE IS NOT FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE
OF NEVADA AND THE SOVEREIGN
STATE OF COLORADO TO ALIKE
THAT WILL WORK ON A
RECIPROCAL CARRY ARRANGEMENT IF
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
IF THERE'S REAL ISSUE THERE AND
MY CONSTITUENTS ARE HAMPERED BY
THEIR ABILITY NOT TO HAVE THEIR
COLORADO CONCEALED WEAPONS
PERMIT RECOGNIZED, LET'S SAY IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT'S
A MATTER BETWEEN THE STATES.
OPENLY THE DOOR -- OPENING THE
DOOR FOR FEDERAL INTERVENTION
IN THIS VERY SENSITIVE AREA
OPENS THE DOOR TO A FEDERAL GUN
OWNER REGISTRY, WHICH A NUMBER
OF GUN OWNERS -- GUN RIGHTS
ADVOCATES IN MY DISTRICT HAVE
EXPRESSED A GREAT DEAL OF WORRY
OVER.
AS WELL AS OPEN THE DOOR FOR A
WHOLE HOST OF OTHER PROBLEMS
THAT CAN COME FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C., BUREAUCRATS DECIDING
WHERE YOU CAN AND CAN'T TAKE
YOUR GUNS RATHER THAN
PROTECTING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT
IN THE STATES.
SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAVE
BEEN ARTICULATED TO ME FROM
SOME OF THE GUN OWNERS RIGHTS
GROUPS IN THE STATE OF
COLORADO, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT
REQUIRE A PERMIT.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT A
NATIONAL DATABASE OF
PERMITHOLDERS.
THEY'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THIS
PROVISION NULLFYING THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY PROVISIONS
THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS IN
ARIZONA, ALASKA, VERMONT AND
WYOMING AND THAT STATES THAT
HAVE A POPULAR ELECTION METHOD
OF AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
ARE ABLE TO DO.
SO, AGAIN, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONSTITUENTS
CONTACT ME WORRIED THAT THEY
CAN'T USE THEIR CONCEALED
WEAPONS PERMIT IN A PARTICULAR
STATE.
I THINK THEY'RE GENERALLY AND I
HAVE MANY CONCEAL-CARRY
LICENSEHOLDERS IN MY DISTRICT.
I DON'T HAPPEN TO BE ONE
MYSELF.
THEY CAN DRIVE ACROSS STATE
BORDERS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT
RELICENSING OR NOTIFYING
AUTHORITIES IN THAT STATE.
I THINK THE GENTLEMAN FROM
FLORIDA ARTICULATED AN EXAMPLE
OF COLORADO WHERE OUR
CONCEALED-CARRY PERMITHOLDER
HELPED SAVE SOME LIVES.
I THINK THAT'S A FINE AND GOOD
THING.
I ASKED THE CHAIR OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IN RULES
WHETHER OR NOT HE THOUGHT THIS
PROVISION WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY
REQUIRED TO PROSECT THE SECOND
HE SAID, NO, THE SECOND
AMENDMENT CAN BE THE STATES
DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE A
CONCEALED WEAPONS SYSTEM.
CONCEALED-CARRY.
IT HAS TO BE A DISCRETION TO
THE STATE.
THAT'S WHY I WILL ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON THIS
BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
AND THE GENTLEMAN
WE AGREE.
THERE ARE STATES THAT DO NOT
HAVE CONCEALED PERMIT AND CARRY
PERMITS.
AND SO IT IS WITHIN THE STATES'
RIGHTS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REGULATE
THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IN
REGARDS TO WEAPONS IN THEIR
STATE.
I'D LIKE TO, MADAM SPEAKER, I'D
LIKE TO YIELD THREE MINUTES TO
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA, DR. FOXX.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA
MINUTES.
SPEAKER.
AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
RULE.
MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS RULE AND THE
UNDERLYING BILL.
AS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND
STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION, I AM PLEASED TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 822,
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY
RECIPROCITY ACT, WHICH WILL
HELP PROTECT LAW-ABIDING
AMERICAN CITIZENS' RIGHT TO
BEAR ARMS.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VS. HELLER
THAT, QUOTE, THE INHERENT RIGHT
OF SELF-DEFENSE HAS BEEN
ESSENTIAL TO THE SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHT, END QUOTE.
AND IN MCDONALD VS. THE CITY OF
CHICAGO, THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CAN INTERVENE TO
ENSURE THAT STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT RESTRICTING
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
STATISTICS SHOW A CORRELATION
BETWEEN RIGHT TO CARRY LAWS AND
A DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME
RIGHTS.
ACCORDING TO THE F.B.I.
CRIME REPORT, STATES
THAT HAVE RITE-TO-CARRY LAWS
HAVE 22% LOWER VIOLENT CRIME
RATES, 30% LOWER *** RATES,
46% LOWER ROBBERY RATES AND 12%
LOWER AGGRAVATED ASSAULT RATES
COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE THE
RIGHT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
FROM CRIMINALS AND DEFEND
THEMSELVES WITH FIREARMS.
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IN ELECTED
OFFICE I HAVE WORKED WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT
AMERICAN CITIZENS MAINTAIN
THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENT
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND
H.R. 822 MAINTAINS THE STATES'
ABILITY TO SET ITS OWN
ELIGIBILITY.
HOWEVER, THE BILL WILL END
UNCERTAIN AND CONFUSION FOR
CONCEAL PERMIT HOLDERS TO
TRAVEL.
THE BILL BEFORE US WOULD ALLOW
INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD A
CONCEAL-CARRY PERMIT IN THEIR
STATE OF RESIDENCE TO CARRY
THAT WEAPON IN OTHER STATES
THAT ALLOW CONCEAL CARRY.
THIS BILL SHOULD BE PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY AS SHOULD THE
UNDERLYING BILL AND I YIELD
BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MADAM SPEAKER, I
ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO INSERT
IN THE RECORD THE VIEWS FROM
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
ENTITLED LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS
ON THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED
GUNS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
AT THIS TIME I'M
HAPPY TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO
THE GENTLEMAN FROM OKLAHOMA,
MR. BOREN.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM OKLAHOMA IS
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
H.R. 822, THE NATIONAL
RIGHT-TO-CARRY ACT OF 2011.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION PROVIDES CITIZENS
WITH THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO
KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
THIS RIGHT ENABLES AMERICANS TO
USE FIREARMS FOR
SELF-PROTECTION, FOR HUNTING
AND OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES.
H.R. 822 WOULD GUARANTEE THAT
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LEGALLY
LICENSED TO CARRY A CONCEALED
WEAPON IN THEIR HOME STATE
COULD ALSO LEGALLY CARRY A
CONCEALED WEAPON IN ANOTHER
STATE.
THE BILL SEEKS TO PROTECT OUR
FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTY, NOT
RESTRICT 2.
JUST AS ONE STATE RECOGNIZES A
DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY
ANOTHER STATE, I BELIEVE STATES
SHOULD RECOGNIZE CONCEAL AND
CARRY LICENSES ISSUED BY
ANOTHER.
TODAY SOME STATES ALREADY HAVE
RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS TO
RECOGNIZE THE CONCEAL AND CARRY
LAST LAWS OF OTHER STATES.
WHILE SOME DO NOT.
THE RESULT IS A PIECEMEAL
SYSTEM WHERE A LAW-ABIDING
CITIZEN MAY BE REQUIRED TO GIVE
UP HIS OR HER WEAPON AT THE
STATE LINE.
IF PASSED, THIS BILL WOULD
STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM BY MAKING
IT MORE SIMPLE AND UNIFORM.
H.R. 822 DOES NOT CREATE
FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR OBTAINING
PERMITS.
NOR DOES IT REQUIRE STATES TO
ADOPT A SPECIFIC LICENSING
SYSTEM.
EACH STATE'S RIGHT TO DETERMINE
ITS OWN PERMITTING SYSTEM WILL
REMAIN INTACT REGARDLESS OF
H.R. 822.
YOU KNOW, SINCE THE FOUNDING OF
OUR NATION AMERICAN CITIZENS
HAVE HAD THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND I
BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS
COMMONSENSE SOLUTION TO
PRESERVE THAT RIGHT.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
YES ON THE RULE TODAY AND TO
SUPPORT FINAL PASSAGE OF H.R.
822.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MADAM SPEAKER, I
CONTINUE TO RESERVE THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME.
GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MADAM SPEAKER, AT