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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 156 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 No. 2 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at 11 a.m. House of Representatives TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 The House met at noon and was RECESS Capito Ellsworth Holt called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Capps Emerson Honda The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Capuano Engel Hoyer pore (Mr. MORAN of Virginia). ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Cardoza Eshoo Hunter declares the House in recess until ap- Carnahan Etheridge Inslee f Carney Fallin Israel proximately 6:30 p.m. today. Carson (IN) Farr Issa Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 1 Carter Fattah Jackson (IL) DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER minute p.m.), the House stood in recess Cassidy Filner Jackson Lee Castle Flake PRO TEMPORE until approximately 6:30 p.m. (TX) Castor (FL) Fleming Jenkins The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f Chaffetz Forbes Johnson (GA) Childers Fortenberry Johnson (IL) fore the House the following commu- Clay Foster nication from the Speaker: b 1832 Johnson, Sam Cleaver Foxx Jones WASHINGTON, DC, Clyburn Frank (MA) Jordan (OH) AFTER RECESS Coble Franks (AZ) January 12, 2010. Kagen Coffman (CO) Frelinghuysen I hereby appoint the Honorable JAMES P. The recess having expired, the House Kanjorski Cohen Fudge Kaptur MORAN to act as Speaker pro tempore on this was called to order by the Speaker at 6 Cole Garamendi Kennedy day. o’clock and 32 minutes p.m. Conaway Garrett (NJ) Kildee NANCY PELOSI, Connolly (VA) Giffords Speaker of the House of Representatives. f Conyers Gingrey (GA) Kilpatrick (MI) Cooper Gohmert Kilroy CALL OF THE HOUSE Costello Gonzalez King (IA) f King (NY) The SPEAKER. The Clerk will utilize Courtney Goodlatte Crowley Gordon (TN) Kirkpatrick (AZ) the electronic system to ascertain the Kissell PRAYER Cuellar Granger presence of a quorum. Culberson Graves Klein (FL) Cummings Grayson Kline (MN) The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Members will record their presence Kosmas Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Dahlkemper Green, Al by electronic device. Davis (CA) Green, Gene Kratovil As the 111th Congress reassembles to The call was taken by electronic de- Davis (IL) Griffith Kucinich meet its constitutional commitments vice, and the following Members re- Davis (KY) Guthrie Lamborn Lance in its second session, may the pro- sponded to their names: Davis (TN) Hall (TX) DeFazio Halvorson Larsen (WA) phetic cry of Israel, from the prophet, [Roll No. 1] DeGette Hare Larson (CT) Latham be heard in the hearts of all Members Ackerman Becerra Boucher Delahunt Harman LaTourette and in the attitude of all America’s Adler (NJ) Berkley Boyd DeLauro Harper Latta Alexander Biggert Brady (TX) Dent Hastings (WA) people: Lee (NY) Altmire Bilirakis Bright Diaz-Balart, L. Heinrich As the Lord has called you Levin Andrews Bishop (GA) Broun (GA) Diaz-Balart, M. Heller Lewis (GA) for the victory of justice, Arcuri Bishop (NY) Brown (SC) Dicks Hensarling Linder I have grasped you by the hand. Austria Bishop (UT) Brown, Corrine Dingell Herger Lipinski Baca Blackburn Brown-Waite, Doggett Herseth Sandlin I formed you and set you LoBiondo Bachmann Blumenauer Ginny Donnelly (IN) Higgins Loebsack as a covenant of the people; Bachus Blunt Buchanan Doyle Hill Lofgren, Zoe a light for all the nations. Baird Boccieri Burgess Dreier Himes Accomplish great deeds in and Baldwin Boehner Burton (IN) Driehaus Hinchey Lowey Duncan Hinojosa Lucas through us, Lord, and make these days Barrow Bonner Butterfield Bartlett Boozman Buyer Edwards (MD) Hirono Luetkemeyer ´ a time of great promise and fulfilled Barton (TX) Boren Camp Ehlers Hodes Lujan blessings. Amen. Bean Boswell Cao Ellison Holden Lummis b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H9 . VerDate Nov 24 2008 06:01 Apr 14, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD10\H12JA0.REC H12JA0 mmaher on DSKD5P82C1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 12, 2010 Lungren, Daniel Pastor (AZ) Sherman PROVIDING FOR A COMMITTEE TO House shall be noon on Mondays, 10 a.m. on E. Paul Shimkus NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT OF THE Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; and 9 Lynch Paulsen Shuster a.m. on all other days of the week. Maffei Payne Sires ASSEMBLY OF THE CONGRESS Maloney Pelosi Skelton Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I send to The resolution was agreed to. Manzullo Pence Slaughter A motion to reconsider was laid on Markey (CO) Perlmutter the desk a privileged resolution and Smith (NE) the table. Markey (MA) Perriello Smith (NJ) ask for its immediate consideration. Marshall Peters Smith (TX) The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Massa Peterson Smith (WA) lows: f Matheson Petri Snyder Matsui Pingree (ME) Space H. RES. 998 McCarthy (NY) Pitts Speier MAKING IN ORDER MORNING-HOUR McCaul Polis (CO) Resolved, That a committee of two Mem- Spratt bers be appointed by the Speaker on the part DEBATE McClintock Pomeroy Stark McCollum Posey of the House of Representatives to join with Stearns Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask McCotter Price (GA) Stupak a committee on the part of the Senate to no- McDermott Price (NC) unanimous consent that the order of Sullivan tify the President of the United States when McGovern Putnam the House of January 6, 2009, providing Sutton a quorum of each House has assembled and McHenry Quigley Tanner Congress is ready to receive any communica- for morning-hour debate be extended McIntyre Rangel Taylor for the remainder of the 111th Con- McKeon Rehberg tion that he may be pleased to make. Teague McMahon Reichert gress, except that House Resolution Terry The resolution was agreed to. McMorris Reyes 1000 shall supplant House Resolution 10 Thompson (CA) A motion to reconsider was laid on Rodgers Richardson Thompson (MS) and the date of May 17, 2010, shall be McNerney Rodriguez the table. Thompson (PA) used in lieu of May 18, 2009. Meek (FL) Roe (TN) f Melancon Rogers (AL) Thornberry The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mica Rogers (MI) Tiahrt APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS OF Tierney objection to the request of the gen- Michaud Rooney COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE Miller (FL) Roskam Titus tleman from Maryland? Miller (MI) Ross Tonko PRESIDENT, PURSUANT TO There was no objection. Miller (NC) Rothman (NJ) Towns HOUSE RESOLUTION 998 Miller, Gary Roybal-Allard Tsongas Miller, George Royce Turner The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- f Minnick Ruppersberger Upton ant to House Resolution 998, and the Van Hollen Mitchell Rush order of the House of January 6, 2010, MAKING IN ORDER CONSIDER- Moore (KS) Ryan (WI) Vela´ zquez Moran (KS) Salazar Walden the Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- ATION OF VETO MESSAGE ON Moran (VA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Walz pointment of the following Members to HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 64 Murphy (NY) T. Wasserman the committee on the part of the House Schultz Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask Murphy, Patrick Sanchez, Loretta to join a committee on the part of the Murphy, Tim Sarbanes Watson unanimous consent that if a veto mes- Senate to notify the President of the Murtha Scalise Watt sage on House Joint Resolution 64 is Myrick Schakowsky Waxman United States when a quorum of each laid before the House on this legisla- Nadler (NY) Schauer Weiner House has assembled and that Congress Welch tive day, then after the message is read Napolitano Schiff is ready to receive any communication Neal (MA) Schmidt Westmoreland and the objections of the President are Whitfield that he may be pleased to make: Neugebauer Schrader spread at large upon the Journal, fur- Nunes Schwartz Wilson (OH) the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Wilson (SC) ther consideration of the veto message Nye Scott (GA) HOYER) and Oberstar Scott (VA) Wittman and the joint resolution shall be post- the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Obey Sensenbrenner Wolf poned until the legislative day of Olson Serrano Woolsey BOEHNER). Olver Sessions Wu Wednesday, January 13, 2010; and that Owens Sestak Yarmuth f on that legislative day, the House shall Pallone Shadegg Young (AK) TO INFORM THE SENATE THAT A proceed to the constitutional question Pascrell Shea-Porter Young (FL) QUORUM OF THE HOUSE HAS AS- of reconsideration and dispose of such SEMBLED question without intervening motion. b 1907 Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I send to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the desk a privileged resolution and objection to the request of the gen- OWENS). On this roll call, 373 Members ask for its immediate consideration. tleman from Maryland? have recorded their presence. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- There was no objection. A quorum is present. lows: f H. RES. 999 f Resolved, That the Clerk of the House in- form the Senate that a quorum of the House COMMUNICATION FROM THE THE JOURNAL is present and that the House is ready to pro- CLERK OF THE HOUSE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ceed with business. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Chair has examined the Journal of the The resolution was agreed to. fore the House the following commu- proceedings of January 5, 2010, and an- A motion to reconsider was laid on nication from the Clerk of the House of nounces to the House his approval the table. Representatives: thereof. f OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- PROVIDING FOR THE HOUR OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, nal stands approved.