H200 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 14, 2009 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

PRO TEMPORE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

Chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for 1-minute speeches on each 

side of the aisle. 

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HONORING THE SOUTH COBB HIGH 

SCHOOL MARCHING BAND 

(Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and 

was given permission to address the 

House for 1 minute.) 

Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Madam 

Speaker, I rise today to speak to the 

Nation and to honor the South Cobb 

High School marching band—the Blue 

Eagle Band—for being selected to 

march for Barack Obama, the first African American to be elected President, in this extraordinary and historic 

inaugural parade. 

This is an extraordinary story, 

Madam Speaker, but it is not just a 

Georgia story; it is an American story. 

For, when these young people were recognized and were selected for marching 

in this parade, they didn’t have the 

money to come and no means, but people all across this country, from as far 

away as Arizona and California—over 

16,000 donations and over 85 corporations—provided a way for these young 

people to come, young people who happen to come from the lower end of the 

economic stream. So you see, Madam 

Speaker, I am so proud to represent 

this extraordinary school from Austell, 

Georgia, from Cobb County, my district. 

Next Tuesday, when we’re watching 

this parade and when we see this Georgia high school band go by, it will not 

just be a Georgia story; it will be an 

American story. It will not be just a 

story of small achievement; it will be a 

story of America. People will say, 

‘‘There goes America’s band,’’ because 

they got here and made it, because 

they practiced the values that made 

this country great with the spirit of 

the American people behind them. 

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THE TWIN TRIBES OF TERROR: 

HAMAS & HEZBOLLAH 

(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute.) 

Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, 

the U.N. Human Rights Council, a bastion of hypocritical countries, such as 

Saudi Arabia, that publicly whip 

women who have been raped, claiming 

rape is the woman’s fault, has now selfrighteously condemned Israel for defending itself from the terror group 

Hamas. 

The U.N. Council condemns Israel 

and ignores that Hamas has been murdering Israelis for years by firing rockets into civilian areas. Israel has been 

hit by more than 8,000 missiles, mortars and rockets since 2000 by the group 

Hamas. 

The resolution also failed to condemn 

Hamas for using Palestinian people as 

human shields for its war operations 

against Israel. 

Since the Council was established, 

most of its unfounded resolutions have 

been related to Israel. However, it disregards major human rights violators, 

such as the twin tribes of terror— 

Hamas and Hezbollah. This shows the 

incompetence of this anti-Israeli council. 

By the way, Madam Speaker, Hamas 

has just reinstituted crucifixion in Palestine. Most humans would agree this 

is somewhat antisocial conduct. The 

Human Rights Council is neither concerned about humans nor rights. 

And that’s just the way it is. 

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GAINING CONTROL OF AMERICA’S 

MONETARY SYSTEM 

(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. KUCINICH. Instead of using bailout money to help people save their 

homes, the banks have thwarted $350 

billion in TARP funds, have used the 

money to buy other banks and have 

created a credit freeze. The banks have 

been permitted to pyramid debt out of 

sight. If we bail them out, the government and the corporate state become 

one and the same. 

The wealth of the Nation is being accelerated upwards. We’re moving from 

industrial capitalism to feudal capitalism where the rich get richer while 

10 million Americans are out of work, 

while 10 million Americans face the 

loss of their homes and while American 

manufacturing jobs are endangered. 

We have to take control of our 

money system. Put the Federal Reserve under Treasury and the fractional reserve system. We don’t have to 

borrow money from banks, putting ourselves deeper in debt. We can create the 

money, spend it into circulation for 

jobs, health care, education, and infrastructure. 

Throughout history, those nations 

have prospered which have had control 

of their monetary system. I am going 

to be introducing legislation to help effect exactly that. 

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SCHIP 

(Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute and to revise and extend 

her remarks.) 

Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, 

today, the House is again going to consider the Democrat SCHIP Expansion 

Act. 

This polarizing expansion of the welfare state was stopped by the veto pen 

last year, and that’s where it ought to 

stay. Once again, the bill fails to ensure that all low-income children will 

be covered; but, instead, it is going to 

increase the number of adults on 

SCHIP. Once again, the bill will grant 

health care benefits to illegal aliens. 

The bill will force the taxpayer to pay 

the health care premiums for children 

who already have quality, private 

health insurance. Even though President-elect Obama promised we 

wouldn’t tax anyone making less than 

$250,000 a year, this bill will impose the 

most regressive tax on the poor in history with the tobacco tax increase. 

It is shameful that the Democrats 

are playing politics with America’s 

needy children. I urge all of my colleagues to vote against this bill. 

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SCHIP 

(Ms. GIFFORDS asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) 

Ms. GIFFORDS. Madam Speaker, I 

rise today because signing a robust 

SCHIP authorization bill into law will 

truly make this a happy new year for 

more than 170,000 kids in my home 

State of Arizona. 

The coverage that they receive 

through Arizona’s SCHIP program, 

known as KidsCare, will change their 

lives, will change their futures and will 

change the future of the country. 

At the end of 2008, more than one out 

of every seven or over 16 percent of 

kids in Arizona were uninsured. That 

makes Arizona the fourth nationally 

for the percentage of children in each 

State that goes without health insurance. 

I am deeply concerned about the 

worsening economic crisis, and what 

the growing unemployment means for 

health insurance in our future. 

As we work to stabilize our economy, 

Democrats and Republicans have to 

stay united for our children. We are 

their representatives. We are their 

voices. We have to speak out for the 

kids of our Nation. In this economic 

climate, we must not fail to recognize 

that health care continues to be incredibly expensive, the most costly 

economic challenge confronting our 

families and businesses. 

I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ 

on the SCHIP reauthorization. 

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OBJECTIVE MEDIA REPORTING 

(Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute.) 

Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, after an election, it’s useful to take 

a brief look back before moving forward. According to the Nonpartisan 

Project for Excellence in Journalism, 

during the Presidential campaign, 

media coverage of Senator MCCAIN was 

three times more negative than the 

coverage of Senator Obama. Presidentelect Obama won by about 7 percent. 

That means, if the media’s one-sided 

coverage changed the minds of just 4 

voters out of 100, the media, because of 

their bias, determined the outcome of 

the election. 

Now that the election is over, will 

President-elect Obama get a free ride 

from his media allies? 


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