mr. manzullo: i yield to mr. mcintyre of north carolina for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcintyre: i rise to speak in favor of the amendment congressman manzullo and i propose to improve h.r. 4078. our amendment would make a sensible and needed adjustment to the nation's regulatory process to instruct them to issue guidelines on the integrity of scientific guidelines. this is a goal not only supported by many members of congress from both sides of the aisle but also by the administration. in march of 2009, the president issued a memorandum directing the office of science and technology to require federal departments and agencies to develop procedures for restoring scientific integrity to government decision making. last year, the government issued h.r. 1653 saying that they should ensure the integrity of any scientific information and process used to support the agency's regulatory actions, end quote. our amendment, which is based on bipartisan legislation that congressman manzullo and i introduced earlier this y

mr. hultgren: i thank my colleague from new mexico. and i yield to my good friend from north carolina, mike mcintyre. inini share with these dear friends marking the passing in the glory of chuck colson. we knew him as a dear friend and christian brother, radio comment tator and challenged us all to think more of our world view. we have lost an uncommon leader, and a reminder of the beauty of second chances in life. while some will remember mr. colson for his role in the watergate scandal, i will remember him with the perseverance which he advocated for the least of these in our society. those that were seen as help less. through his work with prison fellowship, to prisoners and former prisoners and prisoner families and through his books, he touched thousands of lives and advocated tirelessly for programs that would not only address the physical needs of our prisons but the spiritual needs as well. his daily radio show "breakpoint" which he would share commentary on the life of christ and issues of the day was such a challenge and ins

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to join with the chairman in urging the body to pass this important piece of legislation. this bill every year helps our military do its job. it provides pay increases for people who serve in the military, it provides for military construction and it provides for the necessary authorities that the men and a women who serve in our military need to perform the missions that our country asks them to do. this is particularly important as we continue to fight in afghanistan and as we continue to try to figure out how to deal with the challenge in syria and iraq. i think this bill is of even more importance because it contains within it the train and a equip authority to help deal with isis and syria and iraq. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. the house will be in order. all members please take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman is recognized.

mr. powers: the lady is asking about carl mcafee. he was an attorney in southwest virginia. his law practice was above my grandfather's shoe shop in norton. when my grandfather gets winded that his boy has been shot down, he goes up to cloud and says, -- to carl and says, what do i do? carl and my grandfather worked together and try to figure out a way to release my father. carl is trying to get in touch with my dad but there is no communication allowed from outside sources. my father's legal defense team consisted of a soviet defense attorney who was the court appointed attorney. one distinction i want to mention is in america, you are innocent until proven guilty. in the soviet union you are guilty until proven innocent. little distinction there. [laughter] the attorney that represented my father did not once object to any question that was asked. basically, nodded his head and my father was up on stage at the docket doing his best to prevent the release of information and to make sure that he conducted himself accordingly. carl mcafee did help my grandfather tremendously

it's republican pollster bill mcintyre. we told you the at the top, it's ten points. but i want to focus on the virus here, because if there was movement in this poll it was over the virus, bill and jeff. we've been tracking the most important issue in dealing with the virus and the economy in the intertwining. do you focus more on the economy over the virus or virus over the economy? in mid-october, the economy had an eight-point edge. the economy still has an eight-point edge, but it's now just three, bill. is this the october surprise? is the virus' impact here at the end, particularly with independent voters, the october surprise? >> i don't think the numbers have changed that much, chuck. i don't think that among those numbers who say coronavirus is the most important issue, they are overwhelmingly voting for joe biden by almost 85 points. but among people who pick economy, they're voting for trump by about 85 points. and you'll see the coronavirus number didn't shift. but the question, if the coronavirus magically never happened, this would be a very different e

so, mr. speaker, it's my great hope that while the president's running around the country condemning republicans for not caring about the plight of students who have to pay student loans, and about the fact that he says republicans are going to double the student interest rates, i hope that somebody who's not out campaigning, like the president, down the street that way on pennsylvania avenue will get something into the president's teleprompter that advises him, hey, you may want to back off of that. the republicans with only 13 democrats voting with them actually voted to extend the same interest rates. now, i feel like the democrats would agree with the fact that we believe that in order to keep from having expenses continue to go out of sight as they did during the two years that congress was completely controlled by democrats and they had the white house, they did whatever they want, they passed a rule, pay as you go. and actually i broke ranks and voted with them. others told me they don

clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. as a proud member of the brooklyn alumni chapter of delta sigma theta sorority incorporated, it is my deepest nor to extend a hearty congratulations to our outgoing national president, cynthia butler mcintyre and our new incoming president paulette walker as -- at the historicsen tenlall over the past seven day. the largest gathering of of college-educated black women ever. blanketing our national capital in a sea of red, close to 40,000 attended the convention which is a part of a year-long celebration to mark the sorority's 100th anniversary. this great sorority and glorious sisterhood started on january 13, 1913, when 22 young college women at howard university in washington, d.c. founded the organization. many prominent community eaders and members have been members of the sorority including the honorable marcia fudge, past national president and congresswoman joyce beatty, as well as former congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones an former congresswoman barbara jordan my predecessor

austin scott and mr. mcintyre. i want to thank chairman hensarling for his leadership on this issue as well as for his leadership as chairman of the full committee and also thank ranking member waters. will 4, as noted, clarify the intent of congress under the dodd-frank act by providing an explicit exemption for the true commercial, nonfinancial end users of over the counter derivatives from having to post margin on derivative transactions. this is important for job creation and economic growth as well as price stabilization for average consumers. despite clear legislative history to the contrary, regulators continue to misinterpret the dodd-frank act as giving them authority to impose margin requirements on true end users. h.r. 634 will ensure that nonfinancial end users remain exempt from that margin requirement and that the regulators do not, i emphasize they do not exercise authorities that were not specifically given to them by congress. if margin requirement were imposed on nonfinancial end users, it would h

mcintyre. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcintyre: thank you, madam speaker. for decades congress has worked in a bipartisan fashion to craft farm bills that protect and support our farmers, strengthen rural economic development, encourage conservation and provide nutritional support for the most vulnerable in society. these bills have generally received wide bipartisan support. this year i was pleased to once again work with my colleagues on the agriculture committee to advance a strong reform-minded, fiscally responsible and bipartisan farm bill. this bill preserves the farm safety net and provides regional equity while consolidating over 100 programs and making targeted cuts to rein in federal spending and move toward a balanced budget. these reforms will save almost $40 billion. do you realize less than 1% of our entire federal budget is agriculture? yet, by god's grace, it feeds us all. the farm bill is critical, not nly to our nation -- i know in north carolina agribusiness and rming supports countless families. we tal

first, truly clinton was a deeply flawed candidate, second mr. trump a brilliant manipulator of broadcast media outlets who benefited from copious amounts of free airtime and third of the element of the 2016 elections pundits consistently underestimating a large segment of our society is deeply, miserably miserly -- miserly angry. they are angry at the arrogance of the rich and well educated, who don't seem to care that the working class standard of living, a third of being marked as racist and deplorables, afraid that their children do not have reasonable prospects for advancement. that is one explanation of what happened on the trump side and to some extent the by datuk in the electorate because remember bernie sanders, who challenged hillary clinton and lust, appealed to that same sentiment from the left that donald trump did from the right. with that i would like to ask our panelists starting with jeff who is working for one of the super pac's that supported hillary clinton. if you agree with that analysis and how you see what happened here.

first, truly clinton was a deeply flawed candidate, second, mr. trump a brilliant manipulator of broadcast media outlets, and third, pundits consistently underestimated a large segment of our society is deeply angry. they are angry at the arrogance of the rich and well educated, who don't seem to care about the working class standard of living has been declining or a generation. they are angry about being mocked as as racist and deplorables, afraid that their children do not have reasonable prospects for advancement." that is one explanation for what happened on the trump side. and to some extent, the dynamic in the electorate. and remember bernie sanders, who challenged hillary clinton and lost, appealed to that same sentiment from the left that donald trump did from the right. i would like to ask our panel starting with jeff, if you agree with that analysis and how you see what happened here. what did happen? jeff: if peter hart said it, i agree with it. [laughter] no, obviously there is a lot to what peter had to say. by the way, your lincoln q

mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre votes no. mr. forbes? >> no. >> mr. forbes votes no. mr. brady? >> aye. >> mr. raidty votes aye mr. miller? >> no. >> mr. miller votes no. mr. andrews? >> no. >> mr. andrews votes no. mr. wilson? >> no. >> mr. wilson votes no. mrs. davis? >> no. >> mrs. davis votes no. mr. langevin? >> no. >> mr. langevin votes no. mr. bishop? >> no. >> mr. bishop votes no. mr. larson? >> no. >> mr. larson votes no. mr. turner? >> no. >> mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper? >> aye. >> mr. cooper votes aye. mr. klein? >> no. >> mr. klein votes no. ms. bordallo? >> [inaudible] >> ms. bordallo? ms. bordallo votes no. mr. rogers? >> no. >> mr. rogers votes no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. courtney votes no. mr. franks? >> no. >> mr. franks votes no. mr. loebsack? >> no. >> mr. loebsack votes no. mr. schuster? >> no. >> mr. schuster votes no. ms. son gas? >> aye. >> ms. tsongas votes aye. mr. conaway? >> no. >> >> mr. land bourne votes no. mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson votes aye. mr. whitman? >> mr. whitman votes no. mr. hunter? >> no. >> mr. hunter votes no

i want to thank like colleagues mr. mcintyre the custer mr. enyart and ms. bustos for supporting this. it makes no sense to me that we have these opportunities and we spend a billion dollars a day. we can do it at home. it's not -- is broadening our portfolio using what we have in this program leverages for every dollar we put in, $3 of private sector created jobs so with that i would yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman ms. bhutto said she wants time. >> thank you representative waldman and i want to thank you for offering this amendment. just a couple of stories to share with you to play off of what representative walz said. we have and i hope this is just a quick and meaningful example. in a town called pearl city which is in the district i represent we have a dari farmer a guy by the name is doug block who finances methane digester with these funds and this methane digester turns manure and in this case manure from 800 cows into electricity. that not only reduces them in -- and emissions but also reduces his energy cost and without this fundin

mr. mcintyre: he'll continue to benefit our veterans and north arolinians in years to come. we thank him for his intelligence, compassion and selfless dedication. we pray that he and his family will receive god's richest blessings and we're thankful for role models like he serves in serving those who served our country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for one minute. mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i recognize farmington's commitment in the community's five-year anniversary as minnesota's first yellow ribbon city. when i first championed legislation to make the minnesota national guard's invaluable yellow ribbon reintegration program available nationwide, one of the pillars of this was to increase awareness among local organizations to improve relationships between veterans and their communities.

mr. dicks, on a thoughtful passage going forward, but i want to make sure we stay on a pathway of creating jobs. there is something to cutting spending. you have my commitment. we -- a compromise just last month or two months ago, three months ago in december. some of us agreed, some of us did not. but there were sizable tax cuts. i voted for tax cuts before. but let me tell you why what we're doing today is enormously dangerous. 1,330 cops will be off the street. 2,400 fewer fighters will be off the street -- fewerfight firefighters will be off the street. we'll -- fewer firefighters will be off the street. there is a provision in the c.r. that wants to rescind stimulus dollars, sounds like a bad thing, but those dollars are in the pipeline for construction projects where men and women of america are working and feeding their families. does that make sense? dollars that they pay taxes back to this country. i don't understand a plan that takes from the working man and woman in this countr

mr. speaker, washington didn't buy the american dream for the millions of small businesses that comprised the backbone of our economy, nor did washington show up sick when the shift needed to be covered, missed soccer games because a shipment had to be received or work graveyard because someone had to do that. americans did that. too quickly we forget that everything the government has it takes from taxpayers and if taxpayers do poorly so does the government. so washington must remain mindful. in the policies it imposes make it harder for small businesses to grow and create jobs and eliminate their ability to invest, it is washington that will find itself in crisis as it is now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: there is a battle about the very existence of public broadcasting. we thought we were past this when 15 months ago the house republican leadership targeted n.p.r. and tried to de

mr. griffith: it's time for action. it's time for us, the american people, to restore the american dream. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you very much. mr. speaker, i rise to express my strong support on social security. this year we celebrate 75 years of this critical program and must reaffirm our commitment not only to protect it but to ensure its continuing viability. american senior citizens have lived through wars -- they pioneer technologies in communication, transportation and industry. and these remarkable achievements demonstrate the strength and character of our older americans, underscoring the debt of gratitude that we owe to generationes that have given so much, a generation that includes my own parents who are celebrating birthdays this week a

and water subcommittees, mr. frelinghuysen and visclosky, for their willingness to work collaboratively on this issue. these projects are proven successes and the demonstrated need warrants a continuation of these cost-conscious investments that improve the safety of our coastal communities. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and do have some additional material i wish o place in the record. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. any member seek time in opposition? the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from ohio. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is afread to. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i offer an amendment on behalf of mr. denham from california. this amendment has been adopted on the floor twice and i urge the adoption of the amendment. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: ame

mr. mcintyre: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: i yield back. the chair: all time having been yieldle back -- yielded back, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from north carolina. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in house report 112-409. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 3 pinted tissue prinned in house report 112-409, offered by mr. himes of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, the gentleman from crths, mr. himes and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. himes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, my amendment is very simple. this bill that we are discussing today creates what we have come to describe

mcintyre, if all will proceed. mr. mcintyre: 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 speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 2, 2011, at 9:19 a.m., that the senate passed with amendments h.r. 2112. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. only in washington, d.c., is there -- are we debating whether

i am pleased to yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mcintyre, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. mcmcthank you, madam speaker. on monday i visit -- mcmcthank you, madam speaker. on -- mr. mcintyre: it's clear that a healthy mind and a healthy body means a healthy work force and a more productive economy. in may the agriculture committee passed a bipartisan farm bill with reforms to nutrition that would have saved almost $40 billion. that bill was defeated and now we're considering a bill with serious ramifications that have proposed cuts that are not bipartisan and that go way too far. it will take away food from children, from seniors, from veterans and military families. our children are our future and ensuring their access to healthy meals at school and at home is critical. the great estrogen ration paid our path to prosperity. how dare we not honor our seniors and take food from them on their tables. and, third, those who serve in our military, we should keep our promises and make sure th

mr. mcintyre: my amendment would -- mr. mullin: congress in the american people have repeatedly cap and trade proposals. the obama administration continually used carbon models that could be manipulated to vr job killing. and using the vast energy resources protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink. the house has a clear strong record of opposition to social cost of carbon at least 12 times toll block, defund or oppose the proposal. the carbon tax would be passed to consumers and undermining the tax cuts and jobs act we passed last congress. urge my colleagues to pass. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from ohio. ms. kaptur: i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. kaptur: the amendment offered by my colleague prohibits the use of funds to prepare or propose or promulgate any regulation or guidance that relies on analysis of the costs of social carbon. it is unfortunate that the republican faction is at it again. this ame

he was coming to washington to appear with mr. rahm spelled -- rumsfeld. that is in "the washington times" this morning. senator pat toomey endorses dave schweikert. he was locked in a heated gop primary battle against fellow representative been quayle and picked up an endorsement this morning from pat toomey. they are facing off in the suburban phoenix 6 the district. toomey's support helps schweikert makes his case as the most conservative candidate. that is in "roll-call." one more article about a member of congress. alan i. representative tim johnson to retire. -- illinois representative tim johnson to retire despite winning the gop primary just a few weeks ago. host: that was a factor in johnson's decision. he will announce his decision today, according to the report, which also stated johnson felt comfortable with his decision, given that perennial candidate -- it goes on to give a little bit about congressman johnson. he is a sixth term lawmaker. he is known as a bit of a loner in the house and he also got national attention for his phone call where