H560 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 9, 2011 sustainable, that are green, and that Honorable SHEILA JACKSON LEE of Texas to SECTION 1. JOHN M. ROLL UNITED STATES will help our country meet the needs of the Congressional Award Board. COURTHOUSE. the future. Thank you for your consideration of this (a) DESIGNATION.—The United States court- appointment. house under construction, as of the date of They talked about efficiency. They Sincerely, enactment of this Act, at 98 West First talked about saving money with weath- NANCY PELOSI, Street, Yuma, Arizona, shall be known and erization and putting people back to House Democratic Leader. designated as the ‘‘John M. Roll United work doing it. Manufacturing, wind- f States Courthouse’’. mills, solar, all these things are so vi- (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, tally important, and also transit, all of COMMUNICATION FROM THE map, regulation, document, paper, or other these critically important things to DEMOCRATIC LEADER record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in subsection make our employment grow and to The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- fore the House the following commu- (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the help us stay green. ‘‘John M. Roll United States Courthouse’’. Unfortunately, however, Madam nication from the Honorable NANCY The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Speaker, we still have 14 million Amer- PELOSI, House Democratic Leader: ant to the rule, the gentleman from icans who are unemployed; and in the FEBRUARY 8, 2011. California (Mr. DENHAM) and the gen- time that we have spent in this new Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, tlewoman from Maryland (Ms. ED- Congress, we have not spent any time Speaker of the House, U.S. Capitol, WARDS) each will control 20 minutes. talking about job creation, green or Washington, DC. DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER: Pursuant to sec- The Chair recognizes the gentleman otherwise. The time is now to focus on tion 4(b) of House Resolution 5, 112th Con- from California. jobs. I implore the majority caucus to gress, I am pleased to re-appoint the Honor- GENERAL LEAVE begin the dialogue about jobs because able JAMES P. MCGOVERN of Massachusetts we haven’t talked about it at all. as Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Mr. DENHAM. Madam Speaker, I ask Rights Commission. unanimous consent that all Members f Thank you for your attention to this ap- may have 5 legislative days in which to WHERE IS THE JOB CREATION pointment. revise and extend their remarks and in- AGENDA? Sincerely, clude extraneous material on S. 188. NANCY PELOSI, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there (Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia asked House Democratic Leader. objection to the request of the gen- and was given permission to address f tleman from California? the House for 1 minute and to revise There was no objection. and extend his remarks.) COMMUNICATION FROM THE Mr. DENHAM. Madam Speaker, I Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam DEMOCRATIC LEADER yield myself such time as I may con- Speaker, I rise today to ask my Repub- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- sume. lican friends a simple question: Where fore the House the following commu- Madam Speaker, Senate bill 188 is the job creation agenda? In the first nication from the Honorable NANCY would designate the Federal court- month of the 112th Congress, this body PELOSI, House Democratic Leader: house currently under construction in has not taken up a single piece of legis- FEBRUARY 8, 2011. Yuma, Arizona, as the John M. Roll lation that will create jobs and put Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, United States Courthouse. Americans back to work. Speaker of the House, U.S. Capitol, On January 8, our Nation suffered a Let’s look at what we have done: Washington, DC. DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER: Pursuant to 2 horrendous tragedy. One of our col- H.R. 2, repeal protections of health in- U.S.C. 2081, I am pleased to re-appoint the leagues, the gentlewoman from Cali- surance reform. Created no jobs. H.R. Honorable MARCY KAPTUR of Ohio to the fornia, Representative GIFFORDS, was 359, eliminating public financing for United States Capitol Preservation Commis- carrying out her duties meeting with Presidential campaigns. Created no sion. her constituents in Tucson, Arizona, jobs. H.R. 38, establishing a budget Thank you for your attention to this ap- when a gunman shot 19 people, killing with no numbers. Created no jobs. H.R. pointment. six. Among those killed that day was 519 is on the floor today, to reduce our Sincerely, NANCY PELOSI, Judge John Roll, who was simply stop- annual payment to the United Nations House Democratic Leader. ping by on his way back from attend- and go back into arrears. Again, cre- f ing Mass to say hi to his Congress- ates no jobs. woman. Madam Speaker, my Republican ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Judge Roll was chief judge of the friends claimed that job creation was PRO TEMPORE U.S. District Court for the District of their number one priority. The Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Arizona and was first appointed to the ican people said loud and clear that job ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair Federal bench by President George creation should be their number one will postpone further proceedings H.W. Bush in 1991. priority. During the previous Congress today on motions to suspend the rules His commitment to serving the pub- we made that priority, which is why we on which a recorded vote or the yeas lic predated his appointment to Fed- are in the midst of 12 consecutive and nays are ordered, or on which the eral court. For nearly 40 years, he dedi- months of private sector job growth. vote incurs objection under clause 6 of cated his life to public service and the I ask my Republican friends to put rule XX. law. Before becoming a Federal judge, aside ideology and join with the Demo- Record votes on postponed questions Judge Roll was a judge on the Arizona crats in making job creation their will be taken later today. Court of Appeals, serving as presiding number one priority. f judge and vice-chief judge. Earlier in f JOHN M. ROLL UNITED STATES his career, he was an Assistant U.S. At- COMMUNICATION FROM THE COURTHOUSE torney for the District of Arizona. He DEMOCRATIC LEADER Mr. DENHAM. Madam Speaker, I also served the citizens of Arizona at move to suspend the rules and pass the the local level, first as a Tucson assist- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ant attorney and later as the deputy fore the House the following commu- bill (S. 188) to designate the United States courthouse under construction county attorney in Pima County. It is nication from the Honorable NANCY fitting to honor Judge Roll in this way, PELOSI, House Democratic Leader: at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the ‘‘John M. Roll United States given his reputation as a respected ju- FEBRUARY 8, 2011. rist and his service to the law. Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, Courthouse’’. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Although we are honoring the life of Speaker of the House, U.S. Capitol, Judge Roll through naming a Federal Washington, DC. The text of the bill is as follows: DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER: Pursuant to sec- S. 188 courthouse after him, we must also tion 803(a) of the Congressional Recognition Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- honor and remember the others who for Excellence in Arts Education Act (2 resentatives of the United States of America in were killed and wounded that tragic U.S.C. 803 (a)), I am pleased to appoint the Congress assembled, day. Among those killed was one of VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:22 Feb 10, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09FE7.007 H09FEPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE February 9, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H561 Representative GIFFORDS’ staff mem- cases. Judge Roll also worked closely Chief Judge Roll was a dedicated pub- bers, a pastor, a secretary, a home- with Congresswoman GIFFORDS to jus- lic servant, as our colleagues have ref- maker, a grandmother, and a 9-year-old tify to Federal officials the need for erenced, serving as a Federal judge in little girl who had just been elected to construction of the Yuma, Arizona, Arizona, a State judge, and a pros- her student council; each of them sim- U.S. Courthouse to adjudicate the ecutor for the city, county, and at the ply going that day to meet their Con- growing backlog of these cases. Federal levels. Chief Judge Roll was a gressman, never thinking their lives Madam Speaker, given Judge Roll’s proud son of Arizona, moving to Ari- would be in danger. extraordinary service to his country, it zona as a little boy, living there for the And in this tragedy, we must not for- is so fitting and proper that we honor vast majority of his life, receiving his get the heroes, those who took action, his memory by designating that very undergraduate and law degrees at the risking their own lives, stopping the same courthouse—the U.S. courthouse University of Arizona. gunman and preventing more deaths now under construction in Yuma, Ari- Tragically, Chief Judge Roll was one and injuries. zona—as the John M. Roll United of the six Americans who were taken Our prayers continue to be with Con- States Courthouse. This action today, from us during the horrific shooting in gresswoman GIFFORDS, the others who Madam Speaker, will clear the bill for Tucson.