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NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVISTS.
AND ALSO A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE
A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO FEDERAL
WORKER DISABILITY COMPENSATION.
THE HOUSE IS GAVELING IN LIVE
HERE ON C-SPAN.
THE
HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE
SPEAKER.
THE SPEAKER'S ROOMS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
NOVEMBER 29, 2011.
I HEREBY APPOINT THE HONORABLE
ANDY HARRIS TO ACT AS SPEAKER
PRO TEMPORE ON THIS DAY.
SIGNED, JOHN A. BOEHNER,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE
PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY OUR
CHAPLAIN, FATHER CONROY.
CHAPLAIN CONROY: LET US PRAY.
GRACIOUS GOD, WE GIVE YOU
THANKS FOR GIVING US ANOTHER
DAY.
YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH ALL
GOOD GIFTS AND THIS PAST WEEK
WITH THANKFUL HEARTS WE
GATHERED WITH FAMILY AND LOVED
ONES THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT LAND
TO CELEBRATE OUR BLESSINGS
TOGETHER.
BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE
PEOPLE'S HOUSE WHO HAVE BEEN
ENTRUSTED WITH THE PRIVILEGE TO
SERVE OUR NATION AND ALL
AMERICANS IN THEIR NEED.
GRANT THEM TO WORK TOGETHER IN
RESPECT AND AFFECTION AND TO BE
FAITHFUL IN THE
RESPONSIBILITIES THEY HAVE BEEN
GIVEN.
AS THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION
APPROACHES, AND MUCH IS LEFT TO
BE DONE, BESTOW UPON THEM THE
GIFTS OF WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT
THAT IN THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS
THEY WILL DO JUSTICE, LOVE WITH
MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH
YOU.
MAY ALL THAT IS DONE THIS DAY
BE FOR YOUR GREATER HONOR AND
.
AMEN.
GLORY.
THE
CHAIR HAS 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.
MR. SPEAKER.
FOR
RISE?
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE
1, THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
, I DEMAND A VOTE ON THE
SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE
JOURNAL.
THE
QUESTION IS ON AGREEING TO THE
JOURNAL.
SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
MR. SPEAKER, I
OBJECT TO THE VOTE ON THE
GROUNDS THAT A QUORUM IS NOT
PRESENT AND I MAKE A POINT OF
ORDER THAT A QUORUM IS NOT
PRESENT.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE
20, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS
QUESTION ARE MOST PONED.
-- ARE POSTPONED.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL
BE LED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
OHIO, MR. KUCINICH.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I ASK THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AND
THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE
RISE AND JOIN US AS WE
CELEBRATE OUR NATION.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN REQUESTS
FOR ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MINUTE.
MR. SPEAKER, THOSE WHO
SAY THAT THE BORDER IS SECURE
AND THE VIOLENCE IS CONTAINED
IN MEXICO ARE LIVING IN A
BLISSFUL STATE OF IGNORANCE.
CASE IN POINT, LAST WEEK,
ACCORDING TO "THE HOUSTON
CHRONICLE," THREE S.U.V.'S
CARRYING MEXICAN ZETA CARTEL
SOLDIERS TRIED TO HIJACK A
TRACTOR TRUCK RIG LOADED WITH
DRUGS ON A ROAD IN NORTH
HOUSTON.
THEY UNLEASHED BLAZING GUNFIRE,
A SHOOTOUT OCCURRED WITH POLICE
WHO WERE TRACKING THE TRUCK
FROM MEXICO.
THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS KILLED, A
PEACE OFFICER WAS WOUNDED.
THREE MEXICAN NATIONALS AND
ANOTHER OF UNKNOWN CITIZENSHIP
WERE CHARGED WITH CAPITAL
***.
THE LOCAL HEAD OF THE D.E.A.,
JAVIER PENA, SAID WE'RE NOT
GOING TO TOLERATE THESE THUGS
USING THEIR WEAPONS LIKE THE
WILD, WILD WEST.
SADLY, THIS BRAZEON CASE OF
VIOLENCE IS FAMILIAR, SEEN ON
THE STREETS OF MEXICO.
AND NOW IT'S BECOME A REALITY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
UNTIL WASHINGTON REALIZES WHAT
HAPPENS IN MEXICO DOESN'T STAY
IN MEXICO, MORE CARTEL
SHOOTOUTS ON AMERICAN STREETS
ARE COMING OUR WAY.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM OHIO RISE?
GOOD AFTERNOON,
MR. SPEAKER.
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
I ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
WELL, CONGRESS IS
IN A DEAD LOCK OVER TAX AND
SPENDING CUTS.
WE LEARN THE FED SECRETLY GAVE
WALL STREET BANKS OVER $7.7
TRILLION.
WHERE DID THE FED GET THAT $7.7
TRILLION?
NOTHING.
THEY CREATED MOST OF IT FROM
WELL, OUR GOVERNMENT SLID INTO
MASSIVE DEBT, THE FED PICKED
AND SECRETLY
HELD BIG BANKS RECORD PROFITS.
REMEMBER THE GREAT DEBATE WE
HAD HERE, OVER $700 BILLION IN
TARP FUNDS?
THERE WAS NO DEBATE OVER THE
$7.7 TRILLION THE FED GAVE THE
BANKS.
DID CONGRESS HAVE A CLUE?
THERE'S ANOTHER GAME GOING ON
WAY OVER OUR HEADS AND OUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE STRUGGLING.
WELL, THE BANKS WITH THE HELP
OF THE FED CAPTURED CONTROLLED
CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
-- CAPTURED CONTROL OF OUR
GOVERNMENT.
COULD THE THREAT OF OUR
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY BE ANY
CLEARER?
RENEED TO RECLAIM THE
CONSTITUTIONAL PRIMACY.
LET'S TAKE OUR FREEDOM BACK
FROM THE FED.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
FOR ONE MINUTE AND TO REVISE
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
MR. SPEAKER, LAST
MONDAY THE JOINT SELECT
COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION
ANNOUNCED THAT THE BIPARTISAN
GROUP HAD FAILED TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT.
IN AN OP-ED TO THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL," CONGRESSMAN JEB
HENSARLING, CO-CHAIR OF THE
SUPERCOMMITTEE, STATED THAT THE
GROUP, QUOTE, MISSED AN
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT
THE BURDEN OF DEBT AND HELPS
CREATION.
FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB
END OF QUOTE.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED A TOWN
HALL MEETING IN FOREST ACRES,
SOUTH CAROLINA, HOSTED BY MAYOR
FRANK BRUNSON WHERE WE
DISCUSSED WAYS TO PROMOTE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGE JOB
GROWTH WITHIN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE
CONSTITUENTS WAS VERY CLEAR.
CONGRESS MUST REDUCE
WASHINGTON'S OUT-OF-CONTROL
SPENDING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
AS CONGRESS RETURNS FROM THE
THANKSGIVING DAY RECESS, I
ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON JOB
CREATION BY CONSIDERING ANY OF
THE 20 JOB BILLS THE HOUSE HAS
PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
THIS YEAR.
IN CONCLUSION, GOD BLESS OUR
TROOPS SAND WE WILL NEVER
FORGET SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND
MY REMARKS.
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT
THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE
TO REACH AN AGREEMENT IN
FINDING $1.2 TRILLION IN CUTS
BEFORE THEIR DEADLINE.
NOW, COULD THEY HAVE DONE THIS
WITHOUT REALLY BREAKING A
SWEAT?
THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY COULD.
THE ENTIRE TARGET FOR WHICH
THEY WERE REACHING, $1.2
TRILLION TO $1.5 TRILLION COULD
HAVE BEEN CUT WITH A SINGLE
ACT, REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
$1.5 TRILLION IN NEW SPENDING
THAT THIS COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD
IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
LOOK, WASHINGTON NEEDS TO QUIT
POINTING FINGERS AND GET BACK
TO WORK IF WE EXPECT TO PUT
AMERICA BACK TO PROSPERITY.
WASHINGTON SHOULD CUT.
FAMILIES DO NOT THE LUXURY OF
MISSING THEIR DEADLINES AND
NEITHER SHOULD WASHINGTON.
AMERICANS MUST REDUCE THEIR
DEFICIT AND WE NEED TO PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
THE HOUSE HAS PASSED MORE THAN
25 BILLS THAT WOULD AFFECT
EMPLOYMENT.
25 OF THESE HOUSE-PASSED BILLS
ARE STALLED IN THE SENATE.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THEM BY GOING TO JOBS.GOP.GOV.
LET'S FOCUS ON WAYS TO REDUCE
THE DEFICIT.
THAT MEANS CREATING MORE
TAXPAYERS, NOT MORE TAXES.
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND
MY REMARKS.
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
MR. SPEAKER, I
RISE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE THE
ILLINOIS BOWLING BROOK HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ON WINNING
THE CLASS 8-A CHAMPIONSHIP ON
NOVEMBER 25.
THE COACH LED THE TEAM TO A
RECORD BREAKING SEASON OF 13
WINS AND ONE LOSS.
THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT BY THE
MARKS THE FIRST STATE
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR
BOWLING BROOK HIGH SCHOOL.
DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF THEIR
STAR LINEBACKER, THE RAIDERS
OVERCAME FIVE TURNOVERS AND WON
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BY A
SCORE OF 21-17 AGAINST THE
TOP-RATED LOYOLA ACADEMY.
EACH PLAYER DEMONSTRATED A
TREMENDOUS LEVEL OF DEDICATION
AND HARD WORK, INCLUDING
SENIORS ANTONIO MORRISON AND
ROBBY BAIN.
OTHER STARS WAS JUNIOR AARON
BAILEY WHO SCORED THE
GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN AND
SENIOR DARRYON RHODES WHO
INTERCEPTION.
SEALED THE GAME WITH AN
MR. SPEAKER, OUR COMMUNITY IS
VERY PROUD OF NIECE
ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG ATHLETES.
ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO
CONGRATULATE THE BOWLING BROOK
HIGH SCHOOL RAIDERS ON THEIR
WIN AND WISH THEM CONTINUED
ENDEAVORS.
SUCCESS IN ALL OF THEIR FUTURE
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA
RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE, MR. SPEAKER.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
THE SO-CALLED SUPERCOMMITTEE
ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS
UNABLE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN
TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY $1.2
TRILLION OVER THE EXCOURSE OF
10 YEARS.
THAT IS A SAD COMMENTARY ON
WASHINGTON, D.C.'S ADDICTION TO
SPENDING.
$1.2 TRILLION IS ONE YEAR LESS
OF OVERSPENDING AT THE GOING
RATE.
JUST CONTINUE THE MESS IN
EUROPE.
THE BAILOUT FUND IS TRYING TO
KEEP DEBTOR NATIONS LIKE
GREECE, PORTUGAL AFLOAT WHILE
ITALY TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF
INSOLVENCY.
EUROPE'S SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
IS NOT AN ABSTRACT ECONOMIC
LESSON.
IT'S DEBT FINANCE, GOVERNMENT
PROFLIGACY.
SOME THESE NATIONS BATTERED BY
THE CONSEQUENCE OF HIGH DEBT
LEVELS HAVE DEBT TO G.D.P.
RATIOS THAT ARE CLOSE TO OUR
OWN.
IF CONGRESS DOESN'T GET SERIOUS
ABOUT REDUCING SPENDING AND
ENDING THE FEDERAL DEBT
ADDICTION, WE'RE GOING TO FIND
OURSELVES IN THE SAME BOAT AS
FRIENDS IN THE EURO ZONE.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
I ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THIS THANKSGIVING MANY OF US
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND
TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES AND
LOVED ONES SO I THINK IT'S
FITTING THAT NOVEMBER IS
NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH.
I ALSO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE
TO TAKE TIME DURING THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON TO RECOGNIZE THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES
NATIONWIDE WHO ARE FOSTER
FAMILIES.
UNFORTUNATELY IN MY HOME STATE
OF ILLINOIS A POTENTIAL TRAGIC
SITUATION UNFOLDED.
FAITH-BASED ADOPTION REAGS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE BEING SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEF IN
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES HAS
DECLINED TO RENEW CONTRACTS
WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE DECIMATED THESE
AGENCIES, SOME OF WHOSE WORK
WAS 70% FOSTER CARE.
IT'S AN
UNFORTUNATE SITUATION AND I AM
WATCHING IT.
THE RIGHT TO ADOPTION IS ONE
THING WE REALLY MUST DEFEND.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM PENNSYLVANIA RISE?
I ASK PERMISSION TO ADDRESS
REVISE AND EXTEND.
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE AND TO
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, LET'S
BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, OUR TAX
POLICY AFFECTS JOB GROWTH.
WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
RAISES TAXES, RAISES RATES, OR
CREATES NEW TAXES, BUSINESSES
MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR
WORK FORCE.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TAKES MORE,
BUSINESSES HAVE TO MAKE DUE
WITH LESS.
ALL TOLD, LAST YEAR'S HEALTH
CARE REFORM LAW WILL RAISE
TAXES BY $800 BILLION OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS.
ONE OF THE NEW TAXES IS A 2.3%
TAX ON MEDICAL DEVICES.
MICHIGAN-BASED MANUFACTURE
STRYKER ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
WILL REDORS THEIR WORK FORCE BY
5% SO THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO
2013.
PAY THIS NEW TAX BEGINNING IN
STRYKER IS JUST ONE OF THE
FIRST TO ANNOUNCE REDUCTIONS
AND LAYOFFS.
MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES WILL
BE FACED WITH DIFFICULT
DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL
CUT IN ORDER TO PAY THIS
MASSIVE NEW TAX BILL.
MANY WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
REDUCE THE WORK FORCE.
WE DON'T NEED A HEALTH REFORM
LAW THAT DESTROYS A PLUS.
WE NEED ONE THAT ENCOURAGES THE
CREATION OF GOOD JOBS WITH GOOD
BENEFITS.
WE MUST REPEAL THE SO-CALLED
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
I YIELD BACK.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE
IN RECESS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY