let us pray gracious god we come before you today to praise you for your goodness to our nation and for blessing us in ways we do not deserve we celebrate the diversity of languages and cultures that have shaped and enriched our national life with the many problems we face in our nation we thank you for leaders who are passionate about our nation's future and now dear god give us your light and your truth to guide us keep our faces toward you and our feet in  give our nation's leaders the fortitude to stand strong for what is right keep us sustain us and do not allow us to lose sight of you deliver us from c n n pardon our offenses and absolve us from all  here's examine the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces the house to the house his approval thereof pursuant to clause one of rule one the general stands approved what purpose of the gentleman george arise if you're not set the rules of this house  the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas mr speaker our pastor to day was pastor w james thomas the second pastor thomas god's visionary for shallow church of memphis located in memphis tennessee serving as pastor since one thousand nine hundred four his consistent obedience has taken the shallow congregation from glory to glory the membership has grown from seventy five to six hundred and counting during these years pastor thomas proceed thank you mr speaker during these years pastor thomas has been preaching and teaching got done compromising word with the boldness to change the lives of people of shiloh and throughout the country to accommodate the vision and growth of the church membership pastor thomas led the congregation the acquisition of thousand thousand square feet of worship and educational facilities in one thousand nine hundred eight and two thousand and three the sanctuary was completely renovated and office complex expanded spiritually pastor thomas was saved and receive much of a spiritual development the church of god in christ he was called to the ministry at the age of fourteen again pastor at the age of eighteen and knoxville tennessee he graduated cum laude from crighton college in memphis with a bathrobe science degree in biblical studies and is currently a candidate for the master of divinity degree he's also attended and received degrees from harvard university and yale university where he had completed the first graduate school of theological studies special intensive course at harvard divinity school in cambridge and the ale school of divinity in september two thousand and six he's very active in our community and methods tennessee he is married to minister tony r thomas who serves alongside him in the ministry and even possibly as important or more important this congregation he has two children one is private first class reginald cleveland who is a officer and a security person from here but this chamber from memphis tennessee who is here today and he has a daughter in middle school a pastor thomas serving this united states h representatives our pastor this morning thank you mr speaker right today is the day of calendar wednesday the clerk will call the role of committees committee on agriculture committee on agriculture committee on appropriations committee on appropriations committee on armed services committee on armed services committee on the budget committee on the budget committee on education and labor committee on education and labor committee on energy and commerce committee on energy and commerce committee on financial services committee on financial services committee on foreign affairs committee on foreign affairs committee on homeland security committee on homeland security committee on the house administration committee on house administration committee on the judiciary committee on the r in the state i understand this procedure that the chair just went through is known as calendar wednesday is it correct that any bill reported by committee and placed on the union or house calendar could have been called up by the chairman bipartisan majority in the senate passed s two to four a responsible bill to provide long term authority for our intelligence community to help detect and prevent acts of terrorism for a month now it has been sitting at the desk in the house awaiting action would it have been an order for the chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence or the chairman of judiciary committee or their designee to call up s two two four eight at this time now for the point to parliament inquiry mr speaker john i may proceed h r five four four zero the house counterpart to this bipartisan senate legislation was introduced by congress been focused sela on february the fourteenth would it be possible for mr hoekstra the ranking member of the permanent select committee on intelligence to call up this bill under his committee's jurisdiction or for any of the twenty one members of the democrat majority who signed a letter to speaker pelosi on january the twenty eighth asking her to move this legislation to ensure a strong national security apparatus that can throw or terrorist attacks across the globe and to save american lives here in this country for them to call up this bill a committee member other than the chairman must have specific authorization of the committee to call up a bill on calendar wednesday for the point of inquiry mr speaker and gentlemen may proceed is it in order for any member of the minority to call up a long term fides of modernization bill that would strengthen the nation's intelligence capacities while protecting the civil liberties of americans during the call of the committees again committee member other than the chairman  have specific authorization of the committee to call up a bill on calendar wednesday i thank the gentleman for letting us know that it's up to the chairman or the speaker clerk will continue committee on natural resources committee anat traill resources committee on oversight and government reform committee on oversight and government reform committee on rules committee on rules committee on science and technology committee on science and technology committee on small business committee on small business committee on standards of official conduct committee on standards of official conduct committee on transportation and infrastructure committee on transportation and infrastructure committee on veterans affairs committee on veterans affairs committee on ways and means committee on ways and means the permanent select committee on intelligence permanent select committee on intelligence first recorded vote of the day here in the u s house this one on a motion to a