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A DOZEN BILLS ARE SCHEDULED FOR
DEBATE TODAY, INCLUDING A
MEASURE TO CONTINUE THE
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS
WHILE NEGOTIATORS WORK OUT A
LONGER MEASURE.
ALSO, A MEASURE PASSED BY THE
SENATE LAST WEEK TO CONTINUE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
USER FEES AND CREATE NEW ONES
AND A BILL MAKING ABORTIONS
BASED ON ILLEGAL.
ANY VOTES REQUESTED WILL BE
HELD AT 6:30 EASTERN.
WEEK.
MEMORIAL DAYBREAK.
THEIR MEMORIAL DAY BREAK.
NOW HERE TO THE LIVE -- HERE TO
THE HOUSE LIVE HERE ON C-SPAN.
OF ALL WHO SERVE
VARIOUS CAPACITIES
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL.
BLESS ALL THOSE WHO VISIT THE
CAPITOL THIS VERY DAY, BE THEY
AMERICAN CITIZENS OR VISITORS
OR GUESTS OF OUR NATION.
MAY THOUGH BE INSPIRED BY THIS
MONUMENT TO THE NOBLE IDEA OF
HUMAN FREEDOM AND ITS GUARANTEE
BY THE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT
THAT IS THE UNITED STATES.
GOD, BLESS AMERICA, AND MAY ALL
THAT IS DONE THIS DAY BE FOR
YOUR GREATER HONOR AND GLORY.
AMEN.
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.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY
WILL BE LED BY THE GENTLELADY
FROM MINNESOTA, MS. MCCOLLUM.
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?
MR. SPEAKER, REQUEST
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
REMARKS AND ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO DO SO.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, RECENTLY
I MET WITH SOME PEOPLE IN TEXAS
IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY.
WE DISCUSSED THE
ENERGY POLICY.
HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
AGAINST USING MORE AMERICAN
COAL, HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
AGAINST DRILLING IN ANWR, HOW
THE ADMINISTRATION IS
STONEWALLING THE DRILLING ON
FEDERAL LANDS.
AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
DELAYED OFFSHORE DRILLING
PERMITS, AND HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION USES THE E.P.A.
TO BLOCK DOMESTIC ENERGY
SINCE THE ADMINISTRATION IS
AGAINST SO MUCH, WHAT IS IT IN
FAVOR OF?
THEN DAULTON HANDED ME THIS,
YES, A TIRE GAUGE.
AND REMINDED ME THAT THE
PRESIDENT TOUTED HIS ENERGY
WHEN HE SAID THIS, WE
COULD SAVE ALL THE OIL THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT GETTING OFF
DRILLING IF SOMEBODY WOULD JUST
-- IF EVERYBODY WOULD JUST
INFLATE THEIR TIRES AND GET
TUNE-UPS.
REALLY?
THAT'S IT?
MORE AIR IN OUR TIRES?
NOW, YOU KNOW, MR. SPEAKER,
MORE HOT AIR WILL SAVE US ALL.
NOW THERE'S AN ENERGY PLAN WE
CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLELADY FROM MINNESOTA
IS RECOGNIZED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES DOES SHE
RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER,
TODAY I RISE TO HONOR MY DEAR
FRIEND AND OUTSTANDING TRIBAL
LEADER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARGE
AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO
HER COMMUNITY, MARGE IS
RETIRING.
AND I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN
SAYING SHE WILL BE MISSED.
MS. ANDERSON FIRST SAW ME WHEN
STATEHOUSE.
THE EDUCATION SHE PROVIDED ON
INDIAN TREATY RIGHTS AND THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION'S GUARANTEE
OF TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY ARE
LESSONS I STILL CARRY WITH ME.
THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO
SERVE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE
MALAX BAND, SHE PROMOTED TRIBAL
SELF-GOVERNANCE, EDUCATION,
INFRASTRUCTURE.
CHIEF ANDERSON HAS ALSO BEEN
REDSKIN KNEESED FOR HER
DEDICATION -- BEEN RECOGNIZED
FOR HER DEDICATION TO FAMILIES,
COMMUNITIES, AND REGIONAL
TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND
I THANK HER FOR INSPIRED
LEADERSHIP, HER PROTECTION OF
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, FOR HER
GUIDANCE AND FRIENDSHIP.
MARGE, THANK YOU.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
MINUTE.
RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THE 2013 MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS'
AFFAIRS APPROPRIATION BILL.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN BUDGETS
ARE CUT AND CUTS ARE MADE,
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IS UPSET
ABOUT THEM.
AS A WISE GOVERNOR ONCE SAID
YOU'LL BE AMAZED 40U67
GOVERNMENT YOU WILL NEVER MISS.
THEY FOUND PROGRAMS TO TRIM
BILLIONS IN SPENDING WHILE
STILL PROVIDING FOR OUR WAR
FIGHTERS AND VETERANS IN A MOST
NECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAYS.
THE FACT THAT FUNDING FOR SO
MANY OF OUR VITAL PROGRAMS WERE
INCREASED IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS MADE IN
OTHER AREAS OF THE BILL.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT WILL PROVIDE
DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR
AND THEIR SURVIVORS AND WILL
PROVIDE POST 9/11 GUY GUY BILL
EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR ALMOST
I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME
IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS
IMPORTANT BILL LATER THIS WEEK.
I YIELD BACK.
THEY HAVE THEIR STATUS EXTENDED
AND WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING THE
RESIDENCY.
REALITY THROUGH
DANIELLEA.
THEY REALIZE THEIR FULL
POTENTIAL IN THIS LAND OF
I ASK YOU TO JOIN IN THIS
OPPORTUNITY WHO SIMPLY NEEDED A
PRODUCTIVE AMERICANS.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, TODAY
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WILL CONSIDER THE PRENATAL
NONDISCRIMINATION ACT, A BILL
TO BAN THE PRACTICE OF SEX
IF YOU TALKED TO MOST EXPECTANT
COUPLES, YOU'LL HEAR COMMON
REFRAIN.
WE DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S A
BOY OR GIRL.
WE JUST WANT A HEALTHY BABY.
IN FACT, EVEN WITH ADVANCED
ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY, MANY
PARENTS CHOOSE TO WAIT UNTIL
CHILD.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
SOME COUPLES WILL DO ANYTHING
TO CHOOSE THE SEX OF THEIR
AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE
CASES, BOYS ARE FAVORED AND
GIRLS ARE ABORTED.
I KNOW MOST AMERICANS THINK
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
OVERSEAS IN PLACES LIKE CHINA
AND INDIA.
HOWEVER, A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
STUDY FOUND OUT THAT SEX
SELECTION AT THE PRENATAL LEVEL
IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
JUST YESTERDAY A GROUP, LIVE
ACTION, RELEASED UNDERCOVER
VIDEO OF A PLANNED PARENTHOOD
CLINIC IN AUSTIN, TEXAS,
COUNSELING A WOMAN ON HOW TO
CHOOSE THE SEX OF A CHILD.
WE SHOULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER TO
BAN THIS BARE BARIC AND
SOCIALLY UNHEALTHY PRACTICE.
IT'S TIME TO -- BARBARIC AND
SOCIALLY UNHEALTHY PRACTICE.
IT'S TIME TO APPROVE THE BILL.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TENNESSEE RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND TO REVISE AND
RECOGNIZED.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS
AN HISTORIC PROGRAM AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHERE 13 GREAT
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WERE
RECOGNIZED WITH PRESIDENTIAL
MEDALS OF FREEDOM.
THEY RANGE THE FROM FORMER
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL
STEVENS TO BOB DYLAN TO JOHN
GLENN AND OTHERS BUT NOBODY
STOOD OUT MORE THAN PAT HEAD
SUMMIT, THE GREAT ATHLETIC
COACH FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE LADY VOLS.
GREATEST BASKETBALL COACH OF
NOW FACING HER GREATEST BATTLE,
ALZHEIMER'S, SHE STANDS AS A
PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT THIS
DISEASE MUST BE -- A CURE MUST
BE FOUND AND THE CAREGIVERS
MUST BE RECOGNIZED AND TAKEN
CARE OF.
SHE'S RAISING MONEY FOR
ALZHEIMER'S.
SHE'S RAISING MONEY FOR THOSE
THAT FACE THIS PROBLEM LIKE SHE
DOES, BUT SHE'S FAGING WITH
OTHERS.
THIS IS HER GREATEST BATTLE,
SHE'S A GREAT AMERICAN, I THANK
THE WORLD FOR PAT HEAD SUMMIT,
NOT FOR HER COACHING ABILITY
BUT COURAGE AS A HUMAN BEING.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
TIME.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE
IN RECESS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY