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House proceeding 05-01-08 0:00:00 to 0:20:00 of 3:40:56
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Pastor Gary Strickland:by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, strickland, kingdom place, lumberton, north carmbolina. the chaplain:
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Pastor Gary Strickland:our dear heavenly father, on this tional day of prayer, we publicly acknowledge you to be the lord of the universe, the author of creation, the arbitor in history, and the savior of mankind.
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Nancy Pelosi:we celebrate your goodness to our nation. thank you for blessing america. bless this chamber of decisionmakers and let each of them seek your guidance in every matter affecting our country.
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Nancy Pelosi:bless this chamber of legislators and let each of them vote always according to your eternal standards, which transcend time and personal preference. bless this chamber of social leaders and
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Nancy Pelosi:let each of them model for us your healing virtues of compassion and mercy, integrity, forgiveness and service. we bow before your power, celebrating your goodness to us as a people. thank you
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Nancy Pelosi:for blessing america. in the name of your son, jesus christ, we ask and pray for all these things. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings
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Nancy Pelosi:and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from california, congresswoman
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Nancy Pelosi:ellen tauscher. mrs. tauscher: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty bland
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Speech By: Mike McIntyre

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Mike McIntyre:justice for all. the speaker: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker: madam secretary. the secretary: i
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Mike McIntyre:have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed without amendment s. 1760 cited as the healthy start re-authorization act of 2007, in which the concurbs of
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Mike McIntyre:the house is requested. the speaker: thank you. without objection, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mcintyre, is recognized for one minute. mr. mcintyre: thank you, madam speaker. i'm
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Mike McIntyre:pleased today to introduce the referenced gary strickland, who just delivered the prayer for the u.s. house. as we as a nation begin this national day of prayer, people will be joining in
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Mike McIntyre:prayer for our country today. and what better person to begin this day than a man whose ministry' came from littleton, north carolina, to cities of fayetteville and lumberton. from the north
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Mike McIntyre:carolina conference of the international pen costal holiness church, he is now part of kingdom place, which has a wide ranging ministry which shares god's love and the power of jesus christ. born and
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Mike McIntyre:reared in south carolina, he's married to my sister. they have two children, two grandsons and a son-in-law, steve. gary is a graduate of the university of penbrook. he received his masters
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Mike McIntyre:of divinity from southeastern back tist theological seminary. as my brother-in-law, i am happy to have him open up the national day of prayer. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker: thank you.
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Rahm Emanuel:the chair will entertain up to five further one minutes on each side. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. emanuel: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for
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Speech By: Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel:one minute. the speaker: without objection. mr. emanuel: in 1993 when owners were deciding how to help baseball after the player's strike, they allowed a wild card rule to allow the second place
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Rahm Emanuel:team in the playoffs. only one owner didn't like this, texas rangers owner george bush. at the time the president said, i made my arguments and went down in flames. history will prove me right.
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Rahm Emanuel:since then, nearly a third of the world series champions have been wild card teams, including the 2004 boston red sox. the rule helped save baseball, as history has shown. and just like his
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Rahm Emanuel:baseball predictions, president bush sings a very similar tune about iraq and he said, history will prove whether i'm right and i think i'll be right. really? five years today since his
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Joe Knollenberg:speech on mission accomplished, and let's take stock. more than 4,000 lives have been lost, tens of thousands of american men and women have been injured. we spent over $470 billion taxpayer
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Speech By: Joe Knollenberg

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Joe Knollenberg:dollars in iraq with the price tag continuing to go up. history will judge, once again, if george bush's history will go down in flames. at this rate he's 0-2. the speaker pro tempore: for
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Joe Knollenberg:what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for
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Joe Knollenberg:one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in honor of one of this nation's strongest allies and friends, israel. for 60 years now, israel has been the pride of her people and
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Joe Knollenberg:a beacon for those who believe in the transformational power of democracy. our relationship with israel is built on the bedrock princle that free people and freedom itself must be defended
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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich:whenever and wherever it is threatened. israel itself faces constant threats to its freedom as her people suffer on the most consistent barrage of terrorist attacks the world over. but that does not
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Dennis J. Kucinich:stop --, does not prevent israel from thriving and standing strong. as a representative of one of the country's largest jewish communities, i'm proud to rise today in support of israel and to congratulate
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Dennis J. Kucinich:the great state of israel on its 60th anniversary. may she live strong and free for years to come. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back
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Dennis J. Kucinich:the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: request permission to address the house and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection,
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Dennis J. Kucinich:the gentleman is recognized. mr. kucinich: i guess we are looking at an anniversary of iraq here. let's see what americans can relate to immediately, cost of eggs going up 35% in the last
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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe:year, cost of milk going up about 23%, bread going up about 16%. now we know that americans going to the gas pump are paying near $4 a gallon in many areas. what does this all have to do in iraq?
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Ted Poe:well, we're in iraq for oil. the oil companies are one running our domestic oil policy. it's having the impact on the price of food. it's causing a great transfer of wealth upwards, away
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Ted Poe:from the working people and the middle class of this country in the hands of a few wealthy oil company owners. we need to get out of iraq. we need to end the occupation, close the bases,
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Ted Poe:bring the troops home. we need to set in motion an international security and peacekeeping force who can stabilize iraq, as our troops leave. we need to start taking care of things here at hom
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Ted Poe:americans are losing their homes, they're losing their jobs, they're losing their health care and job security. it's time we start taking care of things here at home and get out of iraq.
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Speech By: Jerry McNerney

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . mr. poe: madam speaker, san francisco city officials are encouraging illegals to find their home in this

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:california town. the city recently began an expensive public relations campaign remaineding ilplease that it is still a sanctuary city and that local law enforcement officials will not cooperate

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:with federal officials to enforce immigration a plus. this bold announcement comes at a good time. many other american cities believe in enforcing the law and cooperating with the feds

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:to arrest international trespassers. this causes illegals that live in the shadows of those city to be perplexed as to what to do. they certainly don't want to go home because they cannot

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Image:Jerry McNerney.jpgJerry McNerney:receive free social services like health care, welfare and education. so to be completely compassionate and caring, san n francisco should expand its p.r. campaign to include those hardline

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Tim Murphy:narrow-minded nonsanctuary cities and encourage their illegals to go to san francisco. the p.r. campaign should be, the city by the bay welcomes all, including those that violate the law.
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Tim Murphy:meanwhile, congress should prohibit all federal money from going to sanctuary cities like san francisco, that laugh at the rule of law and pander to illegals. and that's just the way it is.
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Tim Murphy:the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one fo minute and to revise and extend my remarks.
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Tim Murphy:the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, today it's my pleasure to extend my congratulations to chris lock, a farmer from lockford,
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Rob Bishop:california, who recently earned an award from the environmental protection agency for sustainable farming practices. he tends 580 acres of wal nuts on a plot of land in the town that his great
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Speech By: Rob Bishop

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Rob Bishop:grandfather founded and which bears his family's name, lockford. chris utilizes pest control practices that reduce the need for chem ical sprays, his methods include fair moan-based -- pheramone-based
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Rob Bishop:sprays. chris' motivation is an example of sustainable farming and stands as a shining illustration of the increased commitment of san joaquin county farmers and growers to environmentally friendly
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Rob Bishop:agriculture techniques. as a pioneer in the field, chris has generously offered to share his techniques with fellow farmers. it is my honor to recognize chris as to congratulate him for
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Rob Bishop:his well-deserved award. thank you, madam speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr.
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Rob Bishop:murphy: to address the house for one minute. on saturday march 15, the high school from my district won the state's class double-aship. the janet jayhawks became the second high school in pennsylvania
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Jeff Flake:history to reach the achievement of winning both the state basketball and state football championships. led by players terrell pryor, and jordan hall and the coach, the jayhawks won a game that
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Speech By: Jeff Flake

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Jeff Flake:will go down as one of the best in piaa history and cap a remarkable season in which the team went 25-4. this is a great accomplishment forer a small school district in southwestern pennsylvania which
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Jeff Flake:has excelled in the classroom. mckey elementary was named a blue ribbon school, and the district schools received the keystone recognition this year. congratulations to the school district
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Jeff Flake:and to the entire community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the
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Jeff Flake:house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from new york. without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. bishop: thank you,
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Jeff Flake:madam speaker. i rise with profound sadness to recognize a fallen marine from my district, lancetr corporal jordan christian hearder, who was only 19 years old when he was killed in iraq last week.
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Julia Carson:la nce corporal hearder was from the community of sag harbor new york and is the village's first war casualty since world war ii. he's the 30th of our bravera troops from long island anti-eighth
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Speech By: Julia Carson

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Julia Carson:constituent of mine who has fallen in iraq and afghanistan. lance corporal hearder had been in iraq for only a month when he died a hero. while defending a checkpoint in ramadi, he was killed while
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Julia Carson:firing at the driver of an enemy truck full of explosives that was running a barrier and about to crash into dozens of his fellow marines. his noble sacrifice was honored earlier this week when
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Julia Carson:hundreds of long islanders paid their respect outside the church in sag harbor. they remembered his youth, love