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Date: 2009-04-02
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Madam Chairwoman. I would like to yield myself 2 minutes. Madam Chairwoman. one of the things that we need to be aware of is that when we keep hearing about more spending. more spending. more spending. more spending. more spending. all that spending is being paid for how? Well. it is very simple. by either huge tax increases. and that is why this budget has the largest tax increases in the history of this country. tax increases that we have never seen before. and unprecedented levels of debt. of borrowing. What does that mean. government borrowing? Let me tell you what that means Madam Chairwoman. It is basically like iden tity theft. The Federal Government is now in the process. if this were to become law. of taking. of stealing our childrens and our grandchildrens credit cards and running them up at unprecedented levels. And yes. those credit cards are going to have to be paid back with interest. And that is what we are about to do at unprecedented levels. So when we keep hearing about all these great things that government is going to be doing. just remember. it is on the credit card of our children and our grandchildren. This is a country that always. always by tradition worked hard to make sure that future generations were better off. We are about to embark on a road that this country has never been on before. leaving our children and our grandchildren with the largest debt. the largest debt that anybody has ever seen. has ever left for future generations. That is totally unacceptable. I reserve.
Date: 2009-04-02
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Madam Chairwoman. we thought we had another person. He is not here. I believe we get to close. is that correct?
Date: 2009-04-02
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Madam Chairwoman. I want to thank the gentleman fr6m Virginia for his hard work. I want to just throw some facts out there. This budget spends too much. it taxes too much and it borrows way too much. The debt held by the public under this budget will double in 5Y yearsdouble in 51/2 years. It triples in a little over 10 years. The kind of red ink that this budget proposes for our children and our grandchildren is more u4der this presidency than under the presidencies between George Washington and George W. Bush combined. Again. it increases taxes on all the American people. On January 1. 2011. the income tax rates go up. That is a tax increase. Ohi January 1. 2011. as Mr. RYAN said. the capital gains rates go up. And as he repeated. that is also a tax increase. On January 1. 2011. the dividends tax rate goes up. That is a huge tax increase. On January 1. 2010. the AMT will go up to 26 million Americans who are now not paying it. This imposes a national energy tax. a new tax. a tax increase when you turn on the lights. when you pump your gas. if you use gas to cook. if you use it for industry. on all energy consumption in this country. That is what we are facing. This puts our country on the road to insolvency. So I commend the gentleman from Virginia and his colleagues for putting together this amendment. But this is not where this country needs to go. Lets not forget who pays the bills. our children and our grandchildren. Lets not do this to them. Lets leave them a brighter future. a stronger America. For those reasons. because this does not do that. because this burdens them like never before. I respectfully request a "no" vote on this amendment.
Date: 2009-04-21
Speaker: BRETT GUTHRIE (republican)
Chamber: H

from Kentucky for sponsoring this thoughtful resolution which was introduced on March 5. 2009. I would also like to commend my colleagues on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for acting so quickly to bring this measure to the floor. Additionally. this measure has the support and cosponsorship of 59 Members of Congress. which of course include the entire House delegation from Kentucky. As many Americans are aware. the Commonwealth of Kentucky suffered a horrendous ice storm on January 26. 2009. More than 700.000 homes and businesses were left without power. Sadly. some estimated 200.000 Americans found themselves without access to water and other basic necessities. In fact. the dreadful ice storm that hit a number of States in the Midwest in addition to the State of Kentucky back in January- has been considered the worst natural disaster in Kentuckys history. As expected. when Americans saw their fellow countrymen in need of help and assistance. support poured into the State of Kentucky immediately following the storms devastating effect. For example. State and local officials acted quickly to band together in order to coordinate the relief efforts and to ultimately save lives. Volunteer agencies. faithbased groups and community organizations from 15 States came to the aid of Kentuckys cities and neighborhoods. and nearly 200 makeshift shelters provided refuge for almost 8.000 Kentuckians. While certainly tragic in nature. the ice storm once again demonstrated the unyielding resolve of Americans to work together to ensure the common good of the neighbors. Mr. Speaker. it is also important that we as Members of the House of Representatives take a moment to recognize the supportive efforts of the Kentucky National Guard as some 4.600 guardsmen went door to door throughout the affected communities to make certain that no citizen was beyond the reach of a helpful hand. For their commitment. we say thank you. and for their service. we say a job well done. In closing. House Resolution 214 is designed to simply recognize the Commonwealth of Kentucky for showing incredible resolve in the face of disaster. The selflessness exhibited by volunteers and aid agencies speaks volumes about the American spirit. That said. Mr. Speaker. as Kentucky and their neighboring Midwestern States continue to pick up the pieces. let us take pause to acknowledge those who came to the -aid of these Americans in their time of need. With that. I urge support for House Resolution 214. and I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2009-04-21
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I also thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the speedy consideration of this bill. I rise today in support of H.R. 1516. which is the bill that I introduced to rename the post office in Dade City. Florida. after Sergeant Marcus Mathes. Marcus was a resident in my district who gave his life for his country while serving in Iraq. Inspired by the events of September 11. Sergeant Mathes joined the Army and left for boot camp on his 23rd birthday. He was proud to serve and hoped to make a career out of his service in the Army. Before serving in Iraq. Marcus was deployed to Afghanistan for ayear and a half. He volunteered in not one. but two very dangerous war zones to protect the freedoms that all Americans hold dear. While repairing an equipment truck outside Baghdad 1 year ago this week. Marcus was struck and killed by enemy rocket fire. His brotherinlaw. who was on patrol with Marcus at the time. recovered his torn Bible from the battle scene. which gave his brotherinlaw strength throughout his multiple -tours. Marcus leaves behind a young widow. Julia Mathes. All the people of Pasco County. where Dade City is located. mourn his passing. My heart goes out to this brave. young widow who stood behind her husband when he made the decision to serve our Nation in its time of need. Julia remembers that she used to visit the Dade City Post Office to mail packages to her husband in Baghdad. By passing this bill. we car make sure that all who visit the post office will remember Marcus and the sacrifices that he made. I hope that the very simple act of renaming this building will memorialize Marcus brave and selfless life. Sergeant Mathes . epitomized the courage and patriotism of our allvolunteer military. and we must never forget his sacrifice. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Date: 2009-04-22
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to support H.R. 957. and I yield myself as much time as I might consume. I also urge my colleagues to support this bill. H.R. 957. the Green Energy Education Act of 2009. introduced by my distinguished colleague. Mr. MCCAUL of Texas. This is a good piece of legislation that. by the way. passed in the 110th Congress. but the Senate did not take it up before adjournment. Simply put. this measure encourkges the Department of Energy to work with the National Science Foundation to help develop the next generation of engineers and architects to work effectively together to produce buildings that incorporate the latest in energyefficient technologies. Oftentimes. energyefficient buildings are not being constructed. not because building professionals dont want to do it or think its a bad idea. but primarily because they just dont even know or are not aware of all of the technology thats available. so this measure is intended to close that gap. I also want to commend Mr. MCCAUL for his fine work on this very important bill. With that. Mr. Speaker. I would reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2009-04-22
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I would now like to yield as much time as he might consume to the sponsor of this legislation. the gentleman from Texas .
Date: 2009-04-22
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I do want to just yield myself 30 seconds. I also want to thank the" chairman of the committee. The chairman of the committee is always willing to work with all members of his committee to make sure that he gets the finest legislation possible. He goes through the regular process. something that. unfortunately. is not done as much as it should be. So. again. I would just like to take these seconds to thank the chairman of the committee for working with all of his committee and for always being open. His door is always open. With that. Mr. Speaker. I would yield back the remaining part of our time.
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Last night my colleague GABBY GIFFORDS of Arizona and I reintroduced our work site enforcement bill. the New Employee Verification Act. H.R. 2028. or NEVA. Our bill would create the Nations first mandatory employment verification system for all U.S. employers. The act achieves three important objectives. It ensures a legal work force. it safeguards workers identities. and it protects Social Security. Employers want. need and deserve a reliable employee verification system. and we want to give it to them. Nows the time for the Congress to create a new way forward that prevents illegal immigrants from taking jobs from American citizens. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor H.R. 2028. When immigration reform happens this year. this bill ought to be part of it.
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Mr. Speaker. I reiterate. water is important. but to have taken an entire week of congressional time on this bill when the American people are facing so many challenges is not appropriate. At this time. I yield 4 minutes to my distinguished colleague. the great leader in this Congress from Michigan
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

No. we do not. I thank my friend for the handling of the rule on this important matter. Mr. Speaker. I would simply reiterate that while this issue is of great importance. there are many other issues facing this Nation. and for this entire week for this Congress to have done nothing else during this entire week is really unfortunate and it shows the manner in which the majority of this Congress. -the leadership of the majority of this Congress is running this Congress. and the American people are finding out. They are discovering it. We have no further speakers. At this time. I yield back the balance of our time.
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 5 offered by Ms. GINNY BROWNWAITE of Florida: At the end of section 2(d) of the bill. add the following (with the correct sequential provision designations [replacing numbers currently shown for such designations]): (15) Improvement of understanding of waterintensive sectors of the economy and industrial needs for water. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 352. the gentlewoman from Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Florida.
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. I rise today in support of this amendment and the overall bill. the National Water Research and Development Initiative Act. As we all know. parts of the United States are currently in a drought situation. Even Florida. which many people think of as being -water rich. is suffering from drought. Last year. for instance. the City of Tampa imposed a total restriction on lawn watering and other recreational uses for water. Our water resources are becoming scarce in various parts of our great country. In the shortterm we will have to find temporary solutions to navigate through these droughts. But in the long term we will need a plan to prevent such a crisis from happening again. My amendment to H.R. 1145 adds to the water research outcomes a study of waterintensive sectors of the economy and industrial needs for water. Passage of my amendment will ensure that the interagency committee created under this bill will look at how water is used across the country. from golf courses and fast food restaurants to manufacturing plants and other industries.. Understanding how such industries need and use water will be critical to meeting our future needs while stimulating economic growth. Without it. any water research plan would be incomplete. I certainly encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. Chairman. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas .
Date: 2009-04-23
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I certainly thank the gentleman. who is very knowledgeable in this area for supporting this amendment. Economic development does depend upon water resources in- so many sectors of our economy. I am very enthusiastically supporting his bill. and I am delighted that he believes that this amendment helps to make the bill. which is already a good bill. a little bit better. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. GINNw
Date: 2009-04-27
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Mr. Speaker. I rise to pay respects to a friend who passed away this weekend. Sarvelio del Valle. Sarvelio del Valle was the director of the sports department. sports broadcaster. and commentator for Radio Mambi. WAQI in Miami. He was also so much more.. A lifelong journalist. he possessed an unparalleled knowledge of sports and sports history. And he was also the personification of cordiality. grace. good humor. patriotism. decency. and friendship. To his beloved wife. Yaya. and his entire family. my most sincere condolences. I will greatly miss Sarvelio del Valle. And like his many friends and the countless thousands who were his devoted listeners. I will never forget him. May God bless the soul of my friend. Sarvelio del Valle. E] 1930
Date: 2009-04-27
Speaker: TIM MURPHY (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Pennsylvania

I thank the gentleman. I wanted to just take a moment to illustrate what Dr. GINGREY was saying as to the effect of the inefficiency of governmentrun health care. The New York Times. just a couple of weeks ago inan article written by Julie Connelly. talked about a growing number of physiciansits an article entitled "Doctors Are Opting Out of Medicare"-particularly internists. who are dropping out of Medicare all together because of low reimbursement rates and the burden of paperwork and. I might add. because of some of the ridiculous policies sometimes. Its noted in a Texas Medical Association survey that 58 percent of Texas doctors accepted new Medicare patients. but only 38 percent of primary doctors did so. Think of some of these absurd principles in some of these governmentrun plans. For some patients. they might need home infusion therapy. that is. they may need antibiotics. but the strange thing about this is that the person has to come to the hospital to get them. Theyre sick. Instead of being at home and having a nurse or someone in the family trained to give some home infusion. theyve got to get up. leave the house and go somewhere else. I know my colleague. Representative ELIOT ENGEL. and I are working on a bill to allow a part D drug benefit to cover some of these home infusion drugs because. right now. when you are denied access to home infusion therapy and are being forced into receiving infusion therapy in hospitals and in skilled nursing facilities. it� significantly higher in cost. There is one other example I wanted to talk about. too. Ive talked to some oncologists who have pointed out. when patients come in for chemotherapy. they need to be evaluated at that time to see if theyre healthy enough or in the right conditionthat theyre not sick at that moment or have the flu or something else which would cause serious problems if they received chemotherapy. Yet what happens is. when they get to have those results and to have those tests and to have that treatment done. you have t@ do certain lab work. and they dont get reimbursed for that. So the medical practice eats that cost. once again. to supplement the Medicare and Medicaid plans. I point that out as some of the many examples of how. anytime someone says Medicare and Medicaid are much cheaper. of course theyre cheaper. They dont pay for treatments. they discourage comprehensive medical care. and they place. the burden back on the patient and back on the States. Thats not how we want to run a health care system. and I believe. in many cases. it leads to more difficult care. God bless the doctors and hospitals who do the right thing and give of their time anyway. With that. I yield back.
Date: 2009-05-05
Speaker: PAUL BROUN (republican)
Chamber: H

from Georgia. to talk on the capandtax. global climate change. destruction of jobs in America. a bill that may be coming to the floor energy independence. encourages soon. greater efficiency and conservation.
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. at this time I yield 1 minute to the Republican leader. the distinguished gentleman from Ohio .
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. At. this time. Mr. Speaker. I yield 2 minutes to someone whohad the privilege of serving with Jack Kemp on his staff. the gentleman from Wisconsin .
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. At this time. Mr. Speaker. I would like to yield 2 2 minutes to the gentleman. Mr. SMITH from New Jersey. who served with Jack Kemp.
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the gentleman for extending the time on this. This is a valuable person. a valuable time. and I thank you. At this time. I would extend 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. do you see what I say? When you talk about Jack Kemp. you start smiling. At this time. I would like to yield I minute to the gentleman from Florida
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. I would like to close. Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker. I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Speaker. lets make one thing clear. Jack is becoming a greater and greater quarterback the more we speak. He threw a lot of interceptions. and he would be the first to admit it here. As I said before. he is my friend. He was my great friend. He was my mentor. I used to kid him and say he was one of my childhood heroes. which would kind of drive him crazy. but it was true that I first got to know of Jack Kemp wheh he was a young quarterback with the then Los Angeles Chargers. But I really got to know him in this place and thereafter. I got to know his family. Joanneno better person you could meet. his children. Judith. Jennifer. Jeffand in the resolution it says James. I know him by Jimmy. When Jimmy joined the Canadian Football League team that was actually located in Sacramento. Jack and Joanne called and said. we dont know anybody else in Sacramento. would you take Jimmy in? So Jimmy stayed with us for a number of weeks while he started his professional football career. Jack was the evervigilant father. He had his ideas. Jimmy said not too long ago. as Jack was in some of his toughest times and was unable to talk. he said. "Weve established a new relationship with dad. he has to listen to us now. On the last chance I had to talk with Jack shortly before Christmas. we had a great discussion. And we talked a little bit about Christmas and about where we were going. And Jack said that we were family. but there are so many people that could say that. I say that Jack is one of my best friends. but I met a large group that could say that because once you met Jack. you were his friend forever. I said before and I will say it again. there may be somebody out there who didnt like Jack Kemp. but there is no one in this world Jack Kemp did not like. That makes all the difference in the world. particularly when youre in this tough business called politics: When you understand someone who loves you because you are another son or daughter of God. you understand what It is like to be a true American. Jack was a true American. Jack was someone ivho inspired. who led. at times infuriated. but all the time loved. He is someone who will always remain in the memory of those who knew him. He is someone who believed in those words inscribed above your head. Mr. Speaker. "In God We Trust." He did trust in his God. He trusted in his family. He trusted in his country. We will miss him. I know that God is embracing him now as Jack looks down on the work we do. God bless you. Jack. And God bless this country.
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to support .this resolution. which does authorize the use of the Capitol Visitor Center. for the purpose of celebrating the birthday of King Kamehameha. The ceremony. which will take place in Emancipation Hall in close proximity to his famed statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection. appropriately honors the birth of the legendary warrior. In addition to uniting and protecting the Hawaiian Islands. King Kamehameha established the principal Hawaiian law pertaining to the peaceful treatment of civilians during wartime. which today serves as a universal model for human rights. I thank Chairman BRADY for taking up this resolution. and I urge my. colleagues to join me in support. With that. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fighting against other rival chiefs of fornia. Mr. Speaker. I continue to re- the Hawaiian Islands. King Kamehaserve the balance of my time. meha was taught the ancient arts. the
Date: 2009-05-06
Speaker: DANIEL E. LUNGREN (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. I urge all Members to support H. Con. Res. 80. and I yield back the balance of my time.