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, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010 No. 109 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was last day’s proceedings and announces for 1-minute speeches on each side of called to order by the Speaker pro tem- to the House his approval thereof. the aisle. pore (Mr. PASTOR of Arizona). Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- f nal stands approved. f BUYING LOCAL FOOD FOR DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f SCHOOLS PRO TEMPORE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Ms. PINGREE of Maine asked and The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the was given permission to address the fore the House the following commu- gentleman from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE) House for 1 minute and to revise and nication from the Speaker: come forward and lead the House in the extend her remarks.) WASHINGTON, DC, Pledge of Allegiance. Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, July 22, 2010. Mr. FLAKE led the Pledge of Alle- today I introduced a bill that will I hereby appoint the Honorable ED PASTOR giance as follows: make it easier for schools to buy local to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the food. In America, we have slowly NANCY PELOSI, United States of America, and to the Repub- moved further and further away from Speaker of the House of Representatives. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, feeding our children healthy, nutri- f indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. tious food in school. At the same time f PRAYER we have watched while thousands of family-run farms have literally dis- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate by Ms. appeared. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: In Maine, many of our schools go out Curtis, one of its clerks, announced Lord God, You are the Most High, the of their way to purchase food from that the Senate has passed a bill of the Almighty, yet Your love reaches out to local farms. But dwindling school budg- following title in which the concur- us and surrounds each detail of human ets and competing priorities have re- rence of the House is requested: life. sulted in less money for local food op- The Members of Congress seek an- S. 1376. An act to restore immunization tions in cafeterias. and sibling age exemptions for children swers to the deepest questions facing My bill frees up money for schools to the Nation. Attentive to their districts adopted by United States citizens under the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adop- buy locally produced food by giving and the human cries of families they tion to allow their admission into the United them the option to spend 10 percent of know and individuals lost in the void of States. what they receive for government com- unemployment, they hear tangible f modities on food from local farmers. truth breathing beneath the blanket of This will not only bring healthy, high- pundits and pollsters. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER quality food into our schools, it will Help them, Lord, to discover ways PRO TEMPORE also pump more money into our local that will lead Your people from crisis The SPEAKER pro tempore. The economies. to opportunity. With creative consulta- Chair will remind the House that on On average, an apple travels 1,500 tion and intellectual depth, Lord, we July 24, 1998, at 3:40 p.m., Officer Jacob miles from farm to school. This bill ask You fix a vision for the future. Let J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gib- gives schools the freedom to buy apples them build upon the known strengths son of the United States Capitol Police from their neighbors and keep every of America. were killed in the line of duty defend- dollar spent in the community instead By appealing to the Nation’s innate ing the Capitol against an intruder of traveling across the country and sense of justice and generous patriot- armed with a gun. back again. ism, may they always seek Your pres- At an appropriate point today, the I look forward to working on this bill ence and Your activity working within Chair will recognize the anniversary of with my colleagues, and I thank those Your people and the country’s demo- this tragedy by observing a moment of who have already supported it. cratic process both now and forever. silence in their memory. f Amen. f OIL COMPANIES PLAN TO f ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PROTECT GULF THE JOURNAL PRO TEMPORE (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. The given permission to address the House Chair has examined the Journal of the Chair will entertain up to 10 requests for 1 minute.) 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. H5923 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:11 Jul 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JY7.000 H22JYPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE H5924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 22, 2010 Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, pri- yet, get a copy of the DVD to review ley’s workers and communities where vate industry is creating solutions to themselves and with their staff. unemployment hovers around 20 per- protect the Gulf of Mexico because the We appear at times to be capable of cent in some of the counties but also to government really doesn’t create any- arguing with a straight face about our economy. Every dollar in unem- thing. Government just stops things what the day’s date is, but this is an ployment benefits creates at least $1.63 from being created like jobs. area where we should agree to assign in economic activity. That puts money ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhil- priority, spend precious dollars, and re- in neighborhood businesses. lips, and Shell Oil have announced a fine our policies. These children de- Now is the time to focus on middle new coordinated plan. They’re building serve our best. class families and our economy, not a new emergency oil spill containment f the next election. It’s time to pass this system to protect the Gulf of Mexico. measure and to send it to the President Their deepwater rapid response system b 1010 for his signature. will capture and contain oil in a blow- FY 2011 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS f out emergency. It will be engineered to be used in underwater depths of up to (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given YOUCUT AND ASO 10,000 feet and under different weather permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was conditions as well. The initial capacity minute.) given permission to address the House will contain 100,000 barrels of oil a day. Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, you know, for 1 minute.) These oil industry leaders have com- this is a different kind of July than we Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, Amer- mitted $1 billion to the initial cost. En- usually experience here in Congress. ica is struggling under the weight of its gineering, procurement, and construc- Usually we’re doing appropriation bills. debt and a failing economy. Worse, tion will begin immediately. Exxon- We aren’t doing them this month. We Washington isn’t listening. Mobil has taken the lead on behalf of aren’t likely to do any until after the One of two new tools that we’re try- the other companies. This is great election. Isn’t that something? The one ing to put forth, and I think they’re news for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. responsibility we have here in Con- great opportunities for the American American private industry is taking gress, pass appropriation bills, we people, is America Speaking Out. I will the lead. aren’t doing until after the election. be doing a town hall this Saturday in The administration needs to end the This might give you an idea why we’re my community in Sarasota to be able moratorium on drilling and get out of not doing that. to pick up their ideas, identify the the way and quit killing jobs in the These are the bills that have gone challenges, and with the ideas we gath- Gulf of Mexico. through the Appropriations Com- er, these ideas across the country, put And that’s just the way it is. mittee, either the subcommittee or the forth an agenda for the American peo- f full committee. When you look at the ple this fall. REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- number of earmark dollars that are as- The other tool that I think is very ef- VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF sociated with powerful Members of fective is YouCut. These are two dif- SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE Congress, either those on the Appro- ferent sites. You go on and make your AMENDMENT TO SENATE priations Committee or leadership or suggestions heard. Our debt today is at AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4213, UNEM- the chairs of committees, just take, for $13.6 trillion. We’re expected to go to PLOYMENT COMPENSATION EX- example, the MilCon-VA bill, 78 per- $20 trillion. We’ve got to find a way to TENSION ACT OF 2010 cent of the earmarks are going to 13 balance the budget.