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, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 No. 149 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. House of Representatives TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, today I which was cut short while he was serv- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- rise in solemn remembrance of the life ing his country. His country owes him pore (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- of a fallen hero, Staff Sergeant Adam an immeasurable debt of gratitude for fornia). L. Dickmyer who grew up in Winston- his service and his great sacrifice on f Salem, North Carolina. Staff Sergeant the battlefield. May God’s peace be Dickmyer was killed while serving his with Staff Sergeant Dickmyer’s fam- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO country in Afghanistan on October 28 ily, friends, and all those who continue TEMPORE when insurgents attacked his unit with to mourn his death and remember his The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- an improvised explosive device near life. fore the House the following commu- Kandahar. nication from the Speaker: Staff Sergeant Dickmyer was as- f WASHINGTON, DC, signed to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd In- November 16, 2010. fantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NA- I hereby appoint the Honorable LORETTA Team, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. From TIONAL COMMISSION ON FISCAL SANCHEZ to act as Speaker pro tempore on 2003 until 2009, he served at the Tomb RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM this day. of the Unknowns in Arlington National NANCY PELOSI, Cemetery. Only 15 percent of those who The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker of the House of Representatives. try out for the honored, precision as- Chair recognizes the gentleman from f signment are chosen, and some con- Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- sider it the most prestigious duty of utes. MORNING-HOUR DEBATE the military. Staff Sergeant Dickmyer Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- led the changing of the guards, a cere- I think that every Member of Congress, ant to the order of the House of Janu- mony he performed every half-hour and especially Democrats, at this point ary 6, 2009, the Chair will now recog- with precision. The soldiers carry out should welcome the recommendations nize Members from lists submitted by their duties 24 hours a day, 7 days a of the two cochairs of the National the majority and minority leaders for week, 365 days a year, no matter the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility morning-hour debate. conditions. He was deployed to Afghan- and Reform. This is one of the rare, The Chair will alternate recognition istan in June after volunteering to go. tangible, and comprehensive ap- between the parties, with each party Staff Sergeant Dickmyer graduated proaches that have come through the limited to 30 minutes and each Mem- from Carver High School where he par- political process to deal with an issue ber, other than the majority and mi- ticipated in the award-winning ROTC that everyone should be concerned nority leaders and the minority whip, drill team. This selfless American pa- about: how we pay for what America limited to 5 minutes. triot, who paid the heaviest price for needs amidst growing budget deficits f his country, will be remembered for- and strains on our entitlement pro- ever as a young man who was a leader grams. HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE and loved by many. His tragic death in We must not underestimate the value OF STAFF SERGEANT ADAM L. the line of duty is an irreplaceable loss of two reasonable, credible people, Er- DICKMYER for his family and friends, his commu- skine Bowles and Alan Simpson, both The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nity, and his country. with experience on a national scale and Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Today we mourn with those who an assignment from the President, who North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- mourn, and we pay tribute to and have recommended a combination of utes. honor this soldier and his inspiring life ways to increase revenue and deal with 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. H7455 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:06 Nov 17, 2010 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16NO7.000 H16NOPT1 pwalker on DSKD5P82C1PROD with HOUSE H7456 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 16, 2010 entitlement spending. Every inde- elements on which we don’t see eye to the high standards set by HHS, just pendent observer feels that such a bal- eye. How about some good old-fash- this month the Obama administration ance is a critical part of the solution. ioned, if somewhat boring, civic edu- recently gave waivers to organization The question is what the balance cation and discourse? It is, after all, health plans that do not meet the re- should be between revenue increases, only the future of our Nation that is at quirements of the health care plan law. budget and benefit cuts, and most crit- stake. These plans failed to meet the law’s ical of all, how we change doing busi- f definition of minimal coverage. ness. The reform and evolution of our GRANDFATHERING HEALTH PLANS However, the Obama administration government’s role is central. Unless we AND 1099 REPORTING MANDATES provided waivers to up to over 100 orga- can change the way we do business— nizations, many of them unions, who The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. INS- Medicare, defense, agriculture—no offered limited benefits health care LEE). The Chair recognizes the gen- amount of tax increase or program cuts plans that do not comply with the law. tleman from Florida (Mr. STEARNS) for will get America to where we need to If the law is good, why do you need to be with our economy and government 5 minutes. Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, we are 8 provide exemptions from it? services. Another problem with ObamaCare is This is the debate that we Demo- months into the passage of the more it will require all business-to-business crats, especially those who are in the than 2,000-page health care bill, and al- transactions over $600 annually to file center or left of center, should wel- ready we are beginning to see some of a 1099 IRS form. This is a massive bur- come. This is what the majority of the the problems that the new health care den on small businesses. They will be American public and independent ob- law brings with it. When Congress passed the massive forced—this will force millions of small servers without an axe to grind believe health care bill, I said that it would businesses to track all their expendi- to be the real issues. This is a debate lead to millions of Americans losing tures by vendors and require small that certainly has not occurred on the their current health care plan. I was so businesses to obtain taxpayer informa- national level, especially during the concerned about this happening that I tion numbers from everyone they do election, but it should have. I, for one, offered an amendment to the bill in the business with. will resist the efforts to reject out of Energy and Commerce Committee hand the cochairs’ proposals before So, has Congress tried to fix this markup and at the Rules Committee to they have even worked their way problem? No. In fact, Democrats have protect people’s health care plans. It through the commission. Instead, I will taken it a step further. The recently was a very simple amendment. It stat- focus on areas where I think agreement passed Small Business Act included a ed, ‘‘Nothing in this act shall be con- can be built across the political spec- provision that would expand the 1099 strued to prevent or limit individuals trum and, most important, with the reporting requirement even further to from keeping their current health cov- American public. included expenditures on your rental erage.’’ This amendment was voted In a period of spiraling deficits and property. This means that if you spend down in committee, and the Rules reductions in government services, how more than $600 over the course of a Committee prevented it from being of- high a priority is a mortgage interest year with a handyman for repairs or fered on the House floor during debate deduction on expensive third homes? improvement, you’ll need to file a 1099 on the health care bill. Do we need to spend billions of dollars form. protecting West Germany from the So- b 1240 Imagine, if you work as a general viet Union when both countries ceased Fast forward now 6 months, and the contractor and regularly buy building to exist more than two decades ago, Department of Health and Human materials from a hardware store, you’ll and it has been more than half a cen- Services has just issued the rules that need to issue the store a 1099 form. If tury since the end of World War II? govern grandfathered health care you are a trucker and regularly buy Many candidates who ran under the plans. These are health plans that ex- gasoline from the same gas station, Tea Party banner have argued against isted before the passage of the you’ll need to issue that gas station a the lavish, unnecessary system of agri- ObamaCare and could continue to oper- 1099 form.