Dave Camp

Mr. CAMP

Mr. CAMP. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3630.

Mr. CAMP. I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a member of the House/Senate conference.

Mr. CAMP. I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. CAMP. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers), a member of the conference committee. (Mrs. ELLMERS asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. CAMP. I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. CAMP. If we're prepared to close, I will yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to a member of the House- Senate conference committee, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Hayworth).

Mr. CAMP. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden).

Mr. CAMP. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. CAMP. I yield myself such time as I may consume. This conference report extends the payroll tax cut to 160 million working Americans. It prevents a cut in physician payments through the end of the year so that seniors can get the medical treatment and care that they need under Medicare. This represents about $800 for working families in America over the next 10 months. Most importantly, this agreement includes no job- killing tax hikes to pay for more government spending. The deficit spending on unemployment stops with this legislation. This agreement firmly establishes that extensions of unemployment benefits must be paid for. This legislation also includes some of the most significant reforms to unemployment since the 1930s--job-search requirements, drug screening and testing, reemployment programs. These are all critical for work readiness and for reemployment, and these are essential reforms to the unemployment system. We also reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families with this legislation; but while doing so, we make reforms to that program, as well, by closing the loophole that allowed welfare funds to be accessed at ATMs and in strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos. The government spending in this bill is fully offset. Reductions to ObamaCare pay for more than half of the health spending in this legislation. This also restores to the Congress a process dating back to our Founding Fathers. They knew that, at times, government would be divided and that we wouldn't always agree. This agreement was debated in public while using that time-honored process. With that, I urge all Members to support this bipartisan House-Senate conference agreement, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. CAMP. Before I yield, I just would like to say to the gentleman that he did characterize our conversations correctly. It was very late. I do look forward to working with him in the future on these issues as we move forward. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden), a conferee.

Mr. CAMP. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. CAMP

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee, the gentlewoman from Kansas (Ms. Jenkins).

Mr. CAMP. I yield 3 minutes to a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee, the gentleman from Louisiana, Dr. Boustany.

Mr. CAMP. I would ask if the gentleman from Michigan would like to yield again so that we can even up the time.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just say that if Minority Leader Pelosi and Senator Reid appoint conferees, there's no reason for taxes to go up. With that, I would yield----

Mr. CAMP. Regular order, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady).

Mr. CAMP

Mr. CAMP. I yield myself such time as I may consume, Mr. Speaker. Let's get back to the facts. The facts are that the House bill, as amended by the Senate, is a 2-month bill. The tax relief under that bill for the average American worker is $167. The House bill extends unemployment insurance for a full year. The tax relief under that bill is $1,000. But don't listen to me--look at the Joint Committee on Taxation, the nonpartisan body that analyzes our legislation for the impact of tax policy on taxpayers. That's what they say. That's what's in the record. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).

Mr. CAMP. I yield the gentleman an additional minute.

Mr. CAMP. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Louisiana, Dr. Fleming.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).

Mr. CAMP

Mr. CAMP. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Florida (Mr. Southerland).

Mr. CAMP. I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador).