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members will bring before holding recorded votes at about 5:00 p.m. eastern. . [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of

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representatives. any use of the closed-captioned  coverage of the  house  proceedings for political or   commercial purposes is   expressly  prohibited by the  u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro

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tempore: the   house will be in order.  the chair lays before the  house  a communication from the   speaker. the clerk: the speaker's  room,   washington, d.c. january 28, 2008.  i hereby appoint the

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Speech By: Daniel Coughlin

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Daniel Coughlin: chaplain coughlin: lord god, author of life and source of eternal love, you have revealed yourself in human terms so that we may sense your presence and in our minds hold on to your commands.

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Daniel Coughlin: help us in congress and as a nation to respect one another as you respect all. and endow each human life with inalienable rights. according to your prove dent ways, each age is blessed with

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Daniel Coughlin: unique personalities and particular persons who are given significant positions and great responsibilities. because the president of the united states of america has constitutional duties, overwhelming

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Daniel Coughlin: demands, powerful decisions to make, and enormous influence upon world history, he is always in need of our prayers. as this chamber and this body is readied to welcome president george w. bush for

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Daniel Coughlin: his state of the union address, we ask your blessing upon him, his cabinet, all his advisers and especially his family, guide him, protect him, grant him health and your saving grace that

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Joe Wilson: your people may be united and strengthened in truth, goodness and peace. this we ask calling upon your holy name. amen.am the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the

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Joe Wilson: last day's proceedings s and announces to tanhe house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south

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Joe Wilson: carolina, mr. wilson. mr. wilson: everyone, including our guests in the balcony, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which

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Rush D. Holt: it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman

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Speech By: Rush D. Holt

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Rush D. Holt: from new jersey rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, later this week

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Rush D. Holt: r congress will return to the issue of how best to modernize the foreign intelligence surveillance act. in november in this house of representatives, we passed a very good bill in november.

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Rush D. Holt: we would do well to observe the principles established in that bill. any final review of domestic surveillance passed by congress should -- should include court review of executive branch actions.

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Rush D. Holt: and the reason f or this requirement is quite simple. having a legal standard of review provides us better intelligence and civil protections for our people. it has been established that

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Rush D. Holt: before an independent court that they know what they're doing, that they have reason to intercept communications, we get better intelligence. and, of course, that's the point. to have the intelligence

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Joe Wilson: to protect the american people from indiscriminant collection and fishing expeditions. those are t protect ductive. in november we passed a bill to do this, the restore act. it -- i would commend

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Speech By: Joe Wilson

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Joe Wilson: that bill to this house. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise

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Joe Wilson: and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i rise today to thank the bipartisan leadership in the white house for including a bonus depreciation

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Joe Wilson: provision in the proposed economic stimulus package. currently, the package we plan to vote on tomorrow will include a 50% bonus depreciation for the first year for certain machery and equipment

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Joe Wilson: purchases. this increase in bonus depreciation was included in the jobs taxed relief act of 2003. and contributed to the productivity of small businesses, a boost in job creation, and

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Joe Wilson: a steady risean in the growth of the economy over the last five years. this incentive for small businesses enables them to compete with foreign competitors. the best way to weather this current

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Joe Wilson: economic storm is to build on the principles that have made our economy the envy of the world. that means lower taxes, less government regulation and economic incentives for american businesses.

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Danny K. Davis: we should promote the concept that the people should keep their own money, which they know how to spend best as explained by editor jerry balloon of the lexington county chronicle. in conclusion,

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Speech By: Danny K. Davis

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Danny K. Davis: god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. davis: to address the house for one minute

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Danny K. Davis: and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i know we are going to be looking at economic stimulus packages.

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Danny K. Davis: and we're going to be trying to jump-start and help our economy. it is my belief that one way that we can do tt is to make sure that we provide a job training program while the one million

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Danny K. Davis: young people across our country who don't have any money, no job, no employment, many of them are out of school. let's consider a job training program for our young people as a part of the economic

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Ted Poe: stimulus package. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the m gloom, doom and depressed economy is in trouble. the naysayer solution is, a big government bail out. since uncle

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Ted Poe: sam has spent the moy brought in by income tax pears, he'll bring in $1 -- income taxpayers, he'll bring in $150 billion. the idea is that americans will rush out and spend the free money and that

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Ted Poe: will help the economy. but the last time the feds gave away money, 75% of the recipients paid off personal debt rather than go shopping at the mall. and where is uncle sam going to borrow

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Ted Poe: $150 billion? well, probably from communist china who already owns much of our debt. you know, that's the country that sells toys to america that contains lead. and how is borrowing billions of

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Russ Carnahan: interest make us better off? the big spending gimmick has all the earmarks of vote pandoring. if you want to help the economy, cut taxes, cut spending. no individual or country can spend

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Speech By: Russ Carnahan

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Russ Carnahan: money it doesn't have and then blissfully claim economic victory. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the

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Russ Carnahan: house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. speaker. tonight we expect to hear president bush's last

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Russ Carnahan: state of the union address to this congress. i hope that the recent days working together with this congress on a bipartisan economic stimulus package can be a good model for the rest of

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Russ Carnahan: this year and the rest of this president's term. and we want to extend the hand to work with him when we can and this is a good example of how we can do it. but if we see continued roadblocks

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Russ Carnahan: deprived in this country, we must work to break those roadblocks down and continue to work restoring fiscal responsibility in our government, changing course in iraq, address global climate

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Russ Carnahan: change and addressing the military readiness crisis in this country and restoring america's leadership in this world. i believe we can and we must continue to work together for the

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great needs of this country. and i hope that we can continue to do that for the rest of this session. the speaker pro tempore: any other requests for one minutes? the chair lays before the

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G. K. Butterfield: house the following communications. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house

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Speech By: G. K. Butterfield

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G. K. Butterfield: of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 24, 2008, at 10:08 a.m. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 63.

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G. K. Butterfield: with best wishes i am, signed sincerely lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-a of re

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G. K. Butterfield: 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 25, 2008, at 9:55 a.m. that the senate agreed to house

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G. K. Butterfield: concurrent resolution 282. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bills

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G. K. Butterfield: were signed by the speaker on thursday, january 24, 2008. the clerk: h.2. 3432, h.r. 4986. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, thchair will now postpone further proceedings

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Ed Perlmutter: today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or on which the vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions

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Speech By: Ed Perlmutter

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Ed Perlmutter: will be taken after 5:00 p.m. today. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. davis: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to h.r. 4240. the

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Ed Perlmutter: speaker pro tempore: the t clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4240, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 10799 west alameda

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Ed Perlmutter: avenue in lakewood, colorado, as the felix sparks post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, and the gentleman from georgia,

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Ed Perlmutter: mr. westmoreland, each will control 20 minutes. thchair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise

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Ed Perlmutter: and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: and now, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield such time as he might consume to mr. per mutter for any comments he

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Ed Perlmutter: might have on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. and thanks to the gentleman from illinois. i rise today to pay tribute and

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Ed Perlmutter: say thank you to a colorado iconnd an american hero, felix sparks, which h.r. 4240. sparks, who recently passed away at the age of 90, lived an extraordinary life that exemplified public service

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Ed Perlmutter: and devotion to one's country. a texas native, raised in arizona, felix sparks was a part of our greatest generation who answered our nation's call to duty during the second world war. described

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Ed Perlmutter: as a soldier's soldier, he would endure over 500 days of combat and partake in three of the most important events that would defy modern history. the battle of the caves, of anzio, and the

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Ed Perlmutter: liberation of the dock al concentration camp. one story in particular that i would like to call to your attention, which attest to the character of felix sparks, occurred during the battle of

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Ed Perlmutter: riperswillard, a battle in which 158 enlisted soldiers were killed, 300 men were wounded, and another 426 were captur ed over a course of only three days. after finding his unit under siege and

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Ed Perlmutter: trapped in enemy territory, sparks, then a lieutenant colonel, refused to leave behind three of his men who lay incapacitated in the open battlefield. facing near certain death, he courageously

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left his tank and raced on foot directly into the close-range crosshairs of the german gunners to rescue those soldiers. with only a pistol in tow, he would drag each of his comrades one by

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one to safety. a personal account of this series of events was uncovered in the memoirs of a german gs.s. officer who had commanded his gunner not to fire on sparks. the memoir read, quote, those

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Ed Perlmutter: of us witnessing the scene, whether nearby or more distant, instinctively felt there was no honor to be won by firing on this death defying act of comradeship. sparks also cheated death a year earlier in

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Ed Perlmutter: italy where he would be only one of two men in his company to survive. sparks was part of the first alide force to witness the hor -- allied force to witness the horrors upon the discovery

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Ed Perlmutter: of 39 railcars packed with some 2,000 holocaust victims. in all, 30,000 prisoners were liberated by the forces, and for the rest of his life, sparks would continue to speak out at holocaust

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Ed Perlmutter: remembrance ceremonies. based on his experiences, felix was tireless in efforts to refute those shameless individuals who tried to rewrite history and claim the holocaust never occurred.

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Ed Perlmutter: . he sai d tell that to my face in a shout and voice that indicated he had been there and saw it personally. for his service during world war ii he was awarded a silver star and two purple hearts

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Ed Perlmutter: after being severely wounded. he would continue his service with the national guard until his retirement as a brigadier general in 1977. and upon his return from the war, enamored with stories

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Ed Perlmutter: from his men about the hometowns in the rocky mountains, felix and his wife settled in colorado. there the sparks family would grow to include four children, six grandchildren, and seven

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Ed Perlmutter: great grandchildren. he would earn his law degree from the university of colorado and become a colorado district attorney. renowned for his commanding speaking ability, felix would then go on to

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Ed Perlmutter: become the youngest supreme court justice in colorado's history at just 38 years o f age. he would preside over several of the most prolific and high profile cases in our state's history.

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Ed Perlmutter: after his service on or state's highest courts, sparks, an expert in water law, would serve for over two decades as director of the colorado water conservation board. he would write some of the

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Ed Perlmutter: most influential and important ground water laws that continue to serve our state for decades thereafter. i came to know felix during my days in the colorado senate after he had testified

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Ed Perlmutter: in my committee with regards to anti-gun violence measure following the tragic death of his grandchild from a drive-bye -- drive-by shooting. his passion and words live with me to this day and he

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Ed Perlmutter: was so well respected for his honesty and straightforward testimony. it is also important to note after returning from -- home from the war felix would continue to personally reach out to console

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Ed Perlmutter: the families of his men and promise them he would never forget. mr. speaker, one of the main reasons i bring this bill to the floor today is so this promise that felixat sparks made to the

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Ed Perlmutter: families of his men can live on for generations. this bill pays tribute to felix's men in the 157th infantry regiment of the 45th infantry division of the united states army whose motto since

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Ed Perlmutter: the spanish american war has been, quote, eager for duty. our nation can never adequately repay and give thanks to these individuals for their sacrifices in the battles against tyranny, in the battles

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Ed Perlmutter: for our nation's freedom. it is my hope the renaming of the lakewood post office for felix sparks will inspire future generations to find a calling in public service. this bill also pays tribute to

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Ed Perlmutter: mary sparks and the sparks family who meant so much to felix and to our community. in closing, i wish to thank each of my colleagues in the colorado delegation for joining me in bidding a fond farewell

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: to a man who meant so much to our state and our nation. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of h.r. 4240 to rename the lakewood post office in felix sparks' honor. and thank you, mr. speaker,

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Speech By: Lynn A. Westmoreland

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: and to the gentleman from illinois, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized.

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: mr. westmoreland: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today to honor the memory of a great american, felix sparks, who recently passed away at the age of 90. mr.