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now, to the#x floor of the house of representatives. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., march 11, 2009. i hereby appoint the honorable ed pastor to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Daniel Coughlin: prayer will be offered by our chaff lane, -- chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: the freedom we enjoy and defend seems to be rooted in our realization that we are created in your divine image and redeemed by your revealed love.

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Speech By: Daniel Coughlin

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Daniel Coughlin: so we are bold enough to turn to you and speak to you, lord god, as children who are most secure in knowing ourselves yet trusting in your gracious care. with our childish problems in a world we have created for ourselves, we ask and we

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Daniel Coughlin: receive. you offer wisdom and counsel. in our adolescent difficulties we seek and we find ways that you show us and empower us.

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Daniel Coughlin: be un to us atentive that as your free children we may come to know the fullness of your presence and forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: 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.

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Daniel Coughlin: the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlelady from pennsylvania, congresswoman schwartz.

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ms. schwartz: 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 will entertain up to 10 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle.

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? ms. schwartz: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. schwartz: last week the white house forum on health reform was a critical step forward in ensuring that all americans have access to high-qua

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Speech By: Allyson Y. Schwartz

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: care. particularly important was the growing consensus among all stakeholders that we must reform our health care delivery and financing system to maximize efficiency, improve health care quality and outcomes and contain costs president obama charged us, members of congress and all stakeholders to find a uniquely

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: american solution to this challenge. to contain costs and expand access, we must engage patients and their care and realign our health care system to enhance primary care, to better coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions, to provide for meaningful use of health information technology and to apply clinical best

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: practices, all of which which will reduce costs and save lives. without these innovations any

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Bart Stupak: effort at expanding health coverage will be unsustainable. this work will be difficult and complex, but we are compelled to act. both to meet the needs of millio and americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman mr. kirkto address the house for one minute and to revise and extend.

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. kirk: thank you. today's "chicago tribune" includes a report by michael hawthorne that the administration has decided not to move nuclear waste from the great lakes. this leaves thousands of tons of plutonium and our transuranic poisons next to the drinking water of 30 million americans and millions of canadians.

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Bart Stupak: what would happen if plutonium leaks into the great lakes? it would contaminate 95% of america's fresh water for thousands of years. we know that respected scientists would never recommend permanently storing nuclear waste next to major lakes and rivers, but that is what senator reid got our president to do. under this administration, 35

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Bart Stupak: states will have to permanently store plutonium and other poisons. on long island sound, in the mississippi basin and throughout the great lakes. this policy writes the first

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Jason Altmire: chapter of an inevitable environmental tragedy o biblical proportions that will hurt our country for a very, very long time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purposdoes the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: mr. altmire: mr. speaker, for the first time in many years, this congress is moving forward with long overdue legislation to reform our nation's health care system. with 47 millioamericans without health insurance and costs rising well above the rate of inflation, health care reform is an issue that can no longer be ignored. health care affects every individual, every family and every business in america. less than half of all small

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Jason Altmire: businesses in this country can afford to offer health insurance to their employees. tens of millions of insured americans live in fear of losing their coverage due to skyrocketing health care costs, and families are one accident or illness away from losing everything. together we can put an end to the decades of roadblocks that have prevented meaningful health care reform.

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Jason Altmire: let's not let this opportunity pass us by again. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. garrett: to speaker pelosi i say, american taxpayers, american families, americans are all hurting. they're getting pink slips.

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Jason Altmire: they're seeing their job laid

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aufs, they're seeing their wages go down, they're seeing their income go down. and what do they see out of this house and this washington? they're seeing spending go through the roof. they're seeing 10 mothers increases on top of almost 10% increases. they're seeing almost a quarter of the nation's growth in wealth all being sucked right into this nation's capitol and spent in this city.

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Bart Stupak: mr. speaker, the american people did indeed vote for change but this is not what they were hoping for. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speak consent to address the house for one minute and to rn my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: mr. stupak: mr. speaker, as chairman of the committee on ersight and investigations, i've investigated our food supply over the past two years. the recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak is just the latest in a string of food borne illnesses that affect 75 million americans every year.

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Bart Stupak: i joined chairman dingell and and drug administration globalization act of 2009. h.r. 759 would give the f.d.a. not only the financial resources but also the regulatory tools to ensure the safety of food we eat and the drugs we take. if this legislation would have been in place, the f.d.a. would have had the authority as well as the resources to prevent the current salmonella outbreak

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Bart Stupak: from occurri. tools such as resources for increased inspections, access

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Jeff Flake: to inspection records, mandatory recall authorities, strong penalties and require testing facilities to send their results to the f.d.a. congress faces be ambitious agenda in the coming months, but more than 600 illnesses and nine deaths linked to the current salmonella outbreak underscore the importance of enacting this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Jeff Flake

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Jeff Flake: gentleman yields back the for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. flake: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. flake: mr. speaker, in about an hour and a half president obama's expected to announce major earmark reforms as he signs an omnibus spending bill with 9,000 earmarks. this gives voice to st. augustine's lament, give me sew bright but not yet.

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Jeff Flake: but, mr. speaker, it's still a good thing and it's still long overdue, and we still shouldn't have to look to the president to save them from ourselves. this problem is our problem. i hope he'll announce that he will not sign legislation that will allow no-bid contracts,

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Jeff Flake: connelly directed no-bid contracts to go into effect. we have seen what that has done to the congress, the signed of circular fundraising that

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Loretta Sanchez: happens, cmpaign contributions that result. d it does not uphold the dignity and decorum of this body, so i hope we can make major earmark reforms with e president and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempe: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. sanchez: to address the

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Speech By: Loretta Sanchez

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Loretta Sanchez: revise andxtend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to celebrate march red cross month. since 1943 we have been celebrating march red cross month to promote the services provided to t public by the red cross. the red cross has been at the fore front of helping

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Loretta Sanchez: individuals and families prevent, prepare for and respond to large and small sasters for more than 127 years. over the last year, more than five million people throughout the united states took advantage of educational opportunities from the red oss for c.p.r. training, first aid and lifeguard training classes. and in orange county,

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Loretta Sanchez: calirnia, the local red cross chapter places great emphasis on community traing. in fact, on april 18, the american red cross in orange countyill be hosting the fifth annual c.p.r.a. -- c.p.r.

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: class at angel stadium which will train children and adults in c.p.r. and first aid. i would like to thank the red cross for providing our communities safer and help them natural disasters. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Sue Wilkins Myrick

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: gentlelady yi time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? jks to address the house for one minute. >> thank you. i reinoduced the scott gardner act which would make it a mandatory detention and deportation if an illegal alien is caught driving drunk.

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: scott gardner was a beloved father and teacher and husband in my district and he was trically killed by an illegal alien driving drunk who remained in our country despite the fact that he had previous d.w.i. convictio. it would aid in the enforcement

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: in our immigration laws by having us share and collect information during our it's a travesty that we in this country allow illegal immigrants to remain here after being found guilty of driving

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: drunk. some of my district -- some in my district have recently

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Michael Arcuri: stated that driving offenses are minor offenses. i'm sure family would disagree. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yielding back. for w ??gentleman from new york rise? mr. arcuri: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so or mr. arcuri: mr. speaker, this week the president took a

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Speech By: Michael Arcuri

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Michael Arcuri: critical step to boost groundbreaking stem cell research and restore scientific integrity across government. the president signed an executive order lifting the ban on federal funding for promising embryonic stem cell research. in doing so heffirmed the administration's support of finding cures for diseases like alzheimer's, parkinson's, heart disease and diabetes that cause pain and suffering all over the world.

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Michael Arcuri: many thoughtful and decent people are conflicted about our strongly -- or strongly opposed to this research. the president understands their concerns and respects their point of view. that is why the administration will develop and rigorously enforce struck ethical guidelines and zero tolerance for misuse and abuse. this order does not open the door for cloning human reproduction in any way.

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Michael Arcuri: we are all opposed to that. but rather it unleshes and unharnesses e potential of what this country can

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John Fleming: accomplish to eliminate the ravages of t the affects that they impose upon humanity. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemayields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. flemin house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: John Fleming

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John Fleming: mr. fleming: mr. speaker, i rise today as a father, a physician and a congressman to express my deep concern over the administration's decision to allow taxpayer dollars to incentivize the destruction of human embryos. for the first time in our country's history, the federal government is going to encourage the destruction of human embryos.

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John Fleming: newer techniques for making embryonic-like cells and umbilical cord blood treatments shows that stem cell research is becoming obsolete. over 73 different diseases have been treated, at least experimentally with adult or

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John Fleming: cord blood stem cells such as type 1 diabetes. taxpayers are now footing the bill for promotion of abortion overas. doctors are being forced to perform abortions regardless of moral or religious objections and now taxpayer funds are going to destroy human embryos in the name of research. embryonic stem cell research provides no guarantee of

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James Jordan: scientific advancement but it es guarantee the innocent unborn have lost a critical time. the what purpose doethe gentleman rise? mr. moran: to address the house for one minute and revis and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: we will never know

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Speech By: James Jordan

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James Jordan: how many people around the world have suffered debilitating shorter lives, from alzheimer's, parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, a host of diseases as a result of president bush's decision to severely restrict stem cl research. but we do know that human civilization is only progressed

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Speech By: James P. Moran

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James P. Moran: when its leaders have the courage to reduce -- to resist

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Speech By: James Jordan

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James Jordan: religious, politicalnd economic dogma in the pursuit of truth and scientific discovery.

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Speech By: James P. Moran

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James P. Moran: science and medical research offers us all an opportunity to reduce human suffering and advance human potential.

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Speech By: James Jordan

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James Jordan: i believe that is god's will. president obama did the right thing in reversing that anti-science presidential directive, but now it is up to the congress to reverse the

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Joseph R. Pitts: existing congressional restriction on federal funding of stem ce thank you, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman mr. pitts: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pitts: the senate passed the $410 billion omnibus spending bill last night containing some 9,000 special interest earmarks.

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Speech By: Joseph R. Pitts

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Joseph R. Pitts: sadly it included a provision that will effectively kill a popular and successful program here in our nation's capal that provides a ray of hope for the children it serves. the d.c. opportunity scholarship program provides low-income families with a voucher they can use to attend the school of thei choice. for many students this provides the opportunity to get out of

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Joseph R. Pitts: dangerous and failing public schools into private schools that provide them with a safe environment and quality education. this program is under attack by politicians in congress, many of whom send their own children to private schools. if school choice is good enough for their kids, why not school choice for everyone? i urge the president who has chosen private school for his

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Joseph R. Pitts: own children to veto this

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Bobby Bright: special interest pork-laden bill and work with congress towards meaningful education reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, as many of you have heard a tragic shooting occurred yesterday in geneva in coffee counties in alama. without question this is one of

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Speech By: Bobby Bright

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Bobby Bright: the worst tragedies our state and our nation has seen in quite some time. my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and with the entire wire grass community in southeast, alabama. the details are still being confirmed but do i know our community owes a debt of gratitude to the local law enforcement officials who bravely put them selves in the line of fire.

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Bobby Bright: without their swift actions and courage, the tragedy could have been even worse than it was yesterday. i will be returning to my district later today t local leaders and law enforcement officials in any way that i can and to be with my constituents as we mourn the loss of friends and neighbors. i ask that all of my colleagues here in the house and people

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Bobby Bright: watching right now from around the country keep the people of southeasalabama in your

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Paul Braun, Jr.: thoughts and prayers. mr. speaker, i thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yiel balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. for what purpose does do you rise? mr. broun: i ask unanimous consent to address the hou for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Paul Braun, Jr.

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Paul Braun, Jr.: mr. broun: are the economic engine that drives this great nation. america's economic engine doesn't run on pork. even though we are in a recession, congress continues to take hard-earned tax dollars and send them towards pork projects like tattoo remolves, and

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Paul Braun, Jr.: studying pig manure. in fact, the omnibus bill sent to the white house last night contains nearly 8,000 earmarks, costing taxpayers more than $11 billion. monday night i had a telephone town hall with my constituents back home in georgia. one caller, mr. john ahern from

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Paul Braun, Jr.: athens, hit the nail on the head with his question on spending. quote, why an't politicians held accountable like families and taxpayers? why indeed. there are members on both sides of the aisle that are so used to the spending of yesterday they cannot bear the thought of tightening their belts today. how are we going to justify cking the pockets of taxpayers

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Paul Braun, Jr.: to literally pay for big poop? this bill spends too much, taxes too much, boros too much. i urge a veto of the omni us in -- ominous omnibus bill and its

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James R. Langevin: 8,000 earmarks. there are john aherns all this country who demand that. a veto would give it to them. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? mr. langevin: i ask u consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: James R. Langevin