nos the motion to adjourn is not agreed to house will come to order the house will come to order chair recognizes the gentle lady from california mr speaker i reserve i will gentleman from texas thank you mr speaker if i could acquire from my colleague in california if she has finished with her gentleman from texas that the speaker misspeak at this time i'd like you to balance my time to the distinguished gentleman from ohio the minority leader mr boehner made back to my colleagues of us to come to order germans recognize my fact my colleague from texas for yielding interest bigger my colleagues posted on the speaker of the houses website at this moment as a document and titled a new direction for america in this document the following statement is highlighted bill should generally come to the floor under a procedure that allows open full and fair debate consisting of a full of men process that grants the minority the right to offer its alternatives and last november when democrats were preparing to take control of this chamber i appreciated something that speaker pelosi said and i quote the issue of civility the principle of civility and respect for minority participation in this house is something that we promised the american people it is the right thing to do and i set forth over a number of years now principles of civility and respect for minority rights and we intend to implement them with the house please come to order gentlemen deserves to be chemically see this statement was made almost a year ago at a press conference on the amber twentieth two thousand and six now let's contrast those statements that were made and with what took place last night in the rules committe made in order now the last time the flood insurance bill was on the floor of the house which was in the one hundred nice guy ingress six democrat amendments were made in order one bipartisan amendment was made in order and nine republican amendments were made in order and if this isn't bad enough that there are republicans were denied any m m's in the in the bill that we have before us today the majority also in his rule there is no list but yet the rules committee felt obliged to waive the earmark reform rule that was put in place earlier this year now the problem we have with the underlying rule is really much part of the bigger problem last night the rules committee republicans out won't put together a report outlining the number of close rules that we've had in this house i was here in your early ninety's demanding that the minority ought to be treated more fairly and clearly when republicans took majority control of this house it may not of that everything everybody wanted but there was more democracy on the house than what we've seen this year and i would just want to implore all of my colleagues that the american people sent us here to work together to solve the problems of this country and yet all year as i put my hand out to try to find a way to work in a bipartisan manner it gets slapped away that's not what the american people want of us it's not what they deserve and i would ask my colleagues to understand many of you are here in the minority you know exactly what i'm talking about i know it's time to be treating the minority the way you asked to be treated when you're in the minority and i've asked my colleagues to defeat this rule send it back to the committee and let's do this in a fair bipartisan way that the american people expect  mr speaker i do thank the gentleman from texas and i yield myself the balance of my time ladies recognized i want to point out mr speaker the earmark rule is not waived in this role despite the claims of my colleagues i urge him to read page two line six and seven that the aramark will specifically exclude the earmark role from the waiver any suggestion otherwise is simply untrue additionally the rules committee took testimony yesterday on this bill unfortunately some of the members who spoke today didn't even come to testify on their amendments mr speaker this bill takes a national flood insurance program in a positive direction this bill takes important steps to modernize the flood insurance program this bill has bipartisan support it raises maximum coverage limits to keep up with inflation it provides new coverage for living expenses if you have to vacate your home and moving forward congress is making the flood insurance program sustainable in the long run point is well taken the house will come to order fairly will proceed mr speaker these are all positive steps that will allow the program to continue to provide peace of mind to those impacted when a flood of event occurs i urge a yes vote on the previous question and on the rule i yell that the balance of my time and i lose the previous question on the resolution all time is expired the question is on ordering the previous question those in favor say  those opposed know the opinion of the chair the nos haven't i asked her recorder about a reported vote is requested those in favor of a recorded vote will rise a sufficient number having arisen a recorded vote is ordered pursuant to clause eight of rule twenty for the proceedings no on this question are postpone we will the pursuant to clause eight of rule twenty proceedings will resume resume on questions previously postponed votes will be taken in the following order ordering the previous question on house resolution six eighty two adopting house resolution six eighty two if ordered ordering the previous question on house resolution six eighty three and adopting house resolution six eighty three the first electronic vote will be conducted as a fifteen minute vote remaining electronic votes will be conducted as a five minute  the unfinished business is on the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution six eighty two on which the yankees and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title of the resolution house counter number one twenty four house resolution six eighty two resolution providing for consideration of the bill h r thirty five fifty seven to amend the small business investment act of one hundred fifty eight to expand opportunities for investment in small businesses for other purposes the the question is on ordering the previous question members will record their votes by electronic device this is a fifteen minute