E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011 No. 37 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011, at 2 p.m. House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was lic for which it stands, one nation under God, tion that won’t take their criminals called to order by the Speaker. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. back. And maybe that will get their at- f f tention, and they will take their people ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER home. PRAYER And that’s just the way it is. The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. f Coughlin, offered the following prayer: tain up to five requests for 1-minute THE REDUCE UNNECESSARY From the depths, O Lord, You call speeches from each side of the aisle. SPENDING ACT OF 2011 out for us to be one in mind and one in f heart. In an ever-changing world, the FOREIGN KILLERS DON’T GO (Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia asked and was given permission to address focus of our prayer, our energies, and HOME our concern can easily shift day by the House for 1 minute and to revise (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was and extend his remarks.) day. With all our diversity, even united given permission to address the House we stand before You very vulnerable. Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. for 1 minute.) Speaker, I urge my colleagues to co- Today, we pray for our families, Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Ash- sponsor the Reduce Unnecessary friends, and constituents out in the Pa- ton Cline-McMurry, a 16-year-old kid Spending Act of 2011. cific and its surrounding coasts. Be with cerebral palsy, was walking home Many decisions made over the past with these island people who touch the from a football game in Massachusetts decade on both sides of the aisle con- Members and Delegates of this Con- when he was ambushed, beaten, tributed to the Nation’s untenable gress who have represented them al- stabbed, and murdered. debt. The Reduce Unnecessary Spend- ways, even in their hour of need. One of the killers, Loeun Heng, an il- ing Act provides another deficit-reduc- From our depths, O Lord, we cry out: legal from Cambodia, was sent to pris- tion tool to eliminate unnecessary Have mercy, O Lord. Have mercy. on. Ashton’s family was promised this spending. It grants the President expe- Amen. murderer would then be deported back dited rescission authority to create an- f to Cambodia after serving his sentence. other opportunity to reduce spending But he never was. Why? Because Cam- THE JOURNAL and provides a strong incentive for bodia and other nations refuse to take Congress to work together to trim un- The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- back their convicted felons from the necessary spending and dedicates all ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- United States. So the assassin, by U.S. spending cuts to deficit reduction. ceedings and announces to the House law, has been released on the streets of Expedited rescission is a well-known his approval thereof. America. He is still illegally here. concept with bipartisan support. The Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Mr. Speaker, there are over 140,000 Budget Committee’s current chairman, nal stands approved. criminal aliens in the United States, Mr. RYAN, introduced expedited rescis- f like Heng, that have been sent to pris- sion in the 110th Congress. Senator on, ordered deported, and their native JOHN MCCAIN and Senator THOMAS CAR- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE nation stalls, delays, and eventually PER have introduced similar legislation The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman refuses to take these outlaws back. So this year, with 32 bipartisan cospon- from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY) come they are running loose in the United sors. forward and lead the House in the States. Exercising fiscal responsibility re- Pledge of Allegiance. The worst offending nations are quires strong discipline and a commit- Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia led the Cuba, China, India, Pakistan, and Ja- ment to cutting unnecessary spending. Pledge of Allegiance as follows: maica. Expedited recession provides another I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the The United States should consider layer of spending cuts and another op- United States of America, and to the Repub- cutting aid and stopping visas to a na- portunity for deficit reduction. 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. H1729 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:58 Mar 11, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11MR7.000 H11MRPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with HOUSE H1730 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 11, 2011 I urge my colleagues to cosponsor the COMMENDING THE WORK OF THE BURDEN OF BUDGET CUTS legislation. U.S.-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina f permission to address the House for 1 asked and was given permission to ad- minute.) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- ENERGY IS JOBS Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, we are vise and extend his remarks.) engaged in a process now and over the (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. next week to decide how we are going was given permission to address the Speaker, I rise to commend the work of to fund the government for the next House for 1 minute.) the U.S.-India Business Council. few months and for the next year. Re- Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, Founded in 1975, the primary mission publicans have already decided where you have heard it said many times: En- of the USIBC is to strengthen bilateral they want to put the burden of the cuts ergy is jobs. Energy is jobs. investments and trade between our two that we all know we have to make in We have a wealth of resources in our great nations. America and India now the budget. They want to put them on Nation: oil, natural gas, and coal. Yet share $50 billion in annual trade that the least fortunate of our country. we see gas prices rising to unbelievable mutually benefits both countries. Our rates here in America, approaching, in two democracies—the world’s largest Let me read something from The many places, in excess of $4 a gallon. and the world’s oldest—have held joint Washington Post this week written by And what are we doing about it? Not military exercises, increased two-way Harold Meyerson. Mark Whitehouse of very much. We’ve got a permitting tourism, and have engaged in bilateral the Wall Street Journal looked at how process that is failing America. And we cooperation on many fronts, including businesses were dividing up the pie 18 have an opportunity today to show the global war on terrorism. months into every previous recovery America just how bad that problem is. Thanks to the leadership of President since 1947 and found that 58 percent of Later today, I’m going to be intro- Ron Somers, the USIBC, hosted by the their increases in productivity trickled ducing a bill called the ROAD to Jobs U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has grown down to their workers in increased Act. It stands for regulatory openness, to 400 member companies creating jobs wages. What has happened today is the accountability, and disclosure. And we in America. Indian businesses have in- other way around: Only 6 percent of are going to show the American people, vested billions across the Nation, in- productivity gains have gone to our through a report that is going to be re- cluding Mittal Steel in Georgetown, newly more productive workers. In quired from the Council on Environ- South Carolina. For 36 years, USIBC other words, our people, our working mental Quality, just how flawed that has opened the doors of American busi- families have already paid the price. permitting process is, requiring them nesses in India, creating jobs in both What have the corporations and busi- to show the permits that are in cycle countries as strategic partners. nesses done with that profit that they and what the economic implications In conclusion, God bless our troops, have made? Mostly, they are buying are of not authorizing permits to go and we will never forget September the their stock back. They are not hiring after America’s resources. 11th in the global war on terrorism. people or investing in research. So as I cherish the memory of Addison we decide where we are going to tight- f Morton Graves, who passed away 50 en the belt as we move forward on our years ago on March 8. budget, let’s make sure that we tighten ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND it on the fat cats as well as the people SPENDING CUTS f who have already been strangled. (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House b 0910 f for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) BICYCLING ADVOCATES OFFER OPPOSING EDUCATION SPENDING Ms. SCHWARTZ. Last week, we saw POSITIVE MESSAGE OF HOPE CUTS real signs of economic recovery when (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was (Ms.