the speaker's rooms washington d c october twenty fifth two thousand and seven i here by a point the honorable jose the serrano talk to speaker pro tempore on this day signed nancy pelosi speaker of the house of representatives the prayer will be offered by the chaplain lord of the heavens and the earth the skies over california are red and black we beg you to drown the fires that we set thousands with their compassionate love lord with gentle winds of mercy and the mighty force of nature combined with the bravery and ingenuity of firefighters from across this nation put an end to this hell fire then made this crucial of the golden state become the ultimate sign of commitment by this nation leaders through global warming become a leader in the world community clearing the heavens and providing hopeful vision for all your people to praise you for your creative glory both now and forever and the journal stands approved mr speaker for what purposes gentlemen from arizona six week nation pursuant to clause one rule one i demand a vote on the green to the speaker's approval of the journal the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal tho jet gentleman from arizona has asked for the a's and they as they are requested those favoring a vote by the ace and they will please rise a sufficient number having risen to yes and these are ordered pursuant to close aide of rule twenty further proceedings on this question are thank you mr speaker i write today to recognize the skills the dedication and the sacrifice of our nation's first responders and in particular i'd like to honor and thank all of the first responders who are on the front line tirelessly right now fighting the fires in southern california we rely on our first responders to help us survive the most difficult and the most challenging experiences that we face and i'm proud that when we passed h r one this year congress to critical steps to provide that well support for our nation's first responders these steps included increasing the amount of funding available to states and localities for hazardous preparedness funding what we're facing in california right now and  g a standalone communications interoperability grant program so that our first responders could speak to each other as they were on the front line in these emergency the federal government must continue to provide state to lo with all the resources that they need to effectively respond to these emergencies please keep all of our first responders and the residents who have been affected by the southern california fires in your thoughts and prayers and  antibiotic resistant super bugs that kill tens of thousands of americans each year but most people have no way of knowing how well the hospital keeps these bacteria and infections in general under control those quotes nine hundred eighty have some version of requiring reporting of infection rates and hospitals but there is no overall plan for this and thus has a great deal of confusion that's why in a deuced h r eleven seventy four healthy hospitals act to help our nation citizens understand the infection rates in hospitals and get these under control statistics so far this year one point six million people have developed an infection in hospital there's been seventy three thousand deaths and the cost of over forty billion dollars it's time we get these under control and i ask my colleagues to help  signing on as co sponsors of h r eleven seventy four let's stop these deadly diseases that are killing so many in our hospitals a year back what a purpose this gentlewoman from texas rise that objection it thank you very much mr speaker it gives me great privilege to be able to rise on the floor of the house today to challenge all of our colleagues to stand up for our children we're going to do it again and that is to put on the floor of the house the children's health insurance program thirty five billion dollars for ten million children forty days in iraq will equal insuring ten million children giving them and providing uninsured low income children with health care insuring the lowest income children pregnant women will be covered parents will not be covered mental health will be covered preventative care saving the lives of our children giving them the opportunity for a vigorous and prosperous future protecting our soldiers on the front line when they can't pay for their children's health insurance this has to be the road we take the journey to help our children let us do it in a bipartisan manner joining with two houses putting it on the desk of the president of the united states what will this nation do for her most precious resource i hope will pass an area bill together united for all of our children i  here in the body of the house it is about s chip two point zero that is coming before us today well here are the facts as step two point zero will not prevent illegal immigrants from receiving children's healthcare benefit it will not prevent adults from receiving children's health care funding and it will not prevent the government from crowding out two million people from the private health care market the bill actually covers four hundred thousand fewer children then s chip one and it spends five grid million yes a half billion dollars more and still leaves out eight hundred thousand eligible children yet under s chip two adults will constitute ten percent of all s chip in rowley's in fiscal year two thousand and twelve when the program has a nature funding problem under arrest chip point two point zero two million people would lose their health care what purposes gentleman from texas rise objection so ordered the secret arise today to honor the city of shorts for being named one of the top one hundred best places to live by money magazine the city of shorts was founded in eight hundred forty three and is the largest city in quote big county which encompasses part of my twenty eight congressional district churches located between the areas of territory and austin but has retained its small town community feel which was noted by money magazine church as a home to over thirty four thousand texans and  part of the growth that we've seen in this city is the target that to the city's vibrant economy its schools and the quality of live enjoyed by the residents and its leadership it is clear why short the number of forty s on the top one hundred best places to live by money magazine in the state of texas is ranked number one as a place to live mr speaker i'm honored to recognize the city of shorts would be named one of the top one hundred best places to live by money magazine and i thank you for your time on a woman from tennessee rise mr speaker i move that the house do now and charring questions on the motion those in favor of say i suppose will say no up in those high