Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2009-10-01 Date2009-10-01 PublicationVolume 155, issue 140 Sections163 House · 98 Senate House sections A PROCLAMATION HONORING MATT WHEELER FOR WINNING THE BOYS' DIVISION III STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORING MARSHALL AND MARJORIE BARLOW IN HONOR OF DR. BENJAMIN F. PAYTON RECOGNIZING INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY A PROCLAMATION HONORING JOHNNY IACOBUCCI FOR WINNING THE BOYS' DIVISION III STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATIONS CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL A PROCLAMATION HONORING JIM MONIGOLD FOR WINNING THE BOYS' DIVISION III STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AIDING AMERICAN SAMOA IN QUAKE AND TSUNAMI RECOVERY EFFORTS EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN SAMOA A PROCLAMATION HONORING JEREMY BOLON FOR WINNING THE BOYS' DIVISION III STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP INTRODUCTION OF A HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CANONIZATION OF FATHER DAMIEN de VEUSTER, SS.CC. TO SAINTHOOD TRIBUTE TO MR. ROBERT TILLSLEY TRIBUTE TO MR. STUART FROHM A PROCLAMATION HONORING ZANE SHUSS FOR WINNING THE BOYS' DIVISION III STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORING MARILYN M. MATHIS FOR HER SERVICE TO MURFREESBORO CITY SCHOOLS IN HONOR OF MORT WEISBERG STATEMENT COMMEMORATING THE INCEPTION OF REPRESENTATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN LYCIA IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF GUNNERY SERGEANT ADAM F. BENJAMIN CONGRATULATING THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HOME FOR 2009 ANGELS IN ADOPTION PROGRAM COMMEMORATING SEA OTTER AWARENESS WEEK IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF THE CSARDAS DANCE COMPANY REMARKS OF THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF FRANCES WOLPAW HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF JESSE DONALD PHELPS IN RECOGNITION OF THE JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1969 BASIS CHARTER SCHOOL PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF SERGEANT RICHARD ALLYN WALTERS, JR. IN HONOR OF MR. BEN MOORE'S LIFETIME OF SERVICE RECOGNIZING THE DESIGNATION OF SEPTEMBER AS CRANIOFACIAL ACCEPTANCE MONTH- EARL DANIELS STUDENT AID AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF DALLAS' POLITICAL CONGRESS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 200TH ANNIVERSARY A TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE ROSEMARY STASEK HONORING RONALD BOEHM ON HIS INSTALLATION AS COMMANDER OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS AMERICAN LEGION RIPPLE EFFECT MAKES FUND FOR NASA A WISE DECISION HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WEST END SILVER POINT CHURCH PERSONAL EXPLANATION 102ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROATIAN SONS LODGE 170 EARMARK DECLARATION H.R. 3548, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENSION ACT OF 2009 IN RECOGNITION OF JULIE CAIN BURKHARD, CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE TRIBUTE TO MR. JIMMY "PO WOODS" LEATHERWOOD, ENTREPRENEUR AND OWNER, WOODS, INC. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COMMEMORATING NATIONAL JOB CORPS DAY ABILITY ONE COMMENDING HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND ANTI-TERRORISM PARTNERS HONORING THE THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATION FACILITY ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S 2009 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN RECOGNITION OF THE PASSING OF DON PRIEST IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND 2009 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RECOGNIZING THE TOWN OF ORANGE AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 275TH ANNIVERSARY IN HONOR OF MR. BEN MOORE'S LIFETIME OF SERVICE COMMENDING HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND ANTI-TERRORISM PARTNERS DON'T HIDE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FROM JUDICIAL REVIEW SALUTING THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF FOREST HILLS GARDENS IN QUEENS, NY AND THE REDEDICATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S FLAGPOLE RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MICHELLE DALLAFIOR TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CELEBRATING RACHEL KNAUB'S 100TH BIRTHDAY WELCOMING REV. MARTHA TAYLOR RECOGNIZING THE COURAGEOUS SERVICE OF MR. JACK TOLBERT WASHINGTON STATE TROOPER JOHN GARDEN THE INDIAN TRIBAL FEDERAL RECOGNITION ADMINISTRATIVE ACT CONSTITUTION DAY IN RECOGNITION OF BASS PRO SHOPS FOUNDER JOHNNY L. MORRIS, FOR HIS LIFETIME CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZING TIBOTEC THERAPEUTICS FOR CONDUCTING THE GRACE STUDY, A GROUND BREAKING HIV CLINICAL TRIAL FOCUSED ON WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA HONORING BEN G. PORTER INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 3692, THE NATIONAL FOREST ROADLESS AREA CONSERVATION ACT IN HONOR OF THOMAS J. MANNING PERSONAL EXPLANATION CARLSBAD MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN ACT OF 2009 SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN SAMOA, SAMOA AND INDONESIA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI DEVASTATION RECOGNITION OF CITY YEAR NEW YORK ON OPENING DAY NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHO SERVE OUR NATION IN THE U.S. ARMY RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF MICHAEL SHIMANSKY HONORING THE LONG VALLEY WOMAN'S CLUB EARMARK DECLARATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS HONORED WITH STATUE IN RIVERFRONT PARK; SPOKANE, WA PERSONAL EXPLANATION FISCAL NEW YEAR MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 2918, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 HONORING COMMANDER SETH FOSTER HUDGINS III, UNITED STATES NAVY, FOR 22 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN ACT OF 2009 GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION EXPANSION ACT HONORING OUR NATION'S ICBM FORCE ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHONY P. DeANGELO HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. VASCO SMITH HONORING THE SECOND HONOR FLIGHT OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO PERSONAL EXPLANATION EARMARK DECLARATION HONORING WOODY WATSON EARMARK DECLARATION CELEBRATING THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF REVEREND PATRICIA A. REEBERG AS PASTOR OF THE REJOICE MINISTRIES--CHURCH OF THE HEALING EPHESUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CHURCH IN HARLEM HONORING THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHARLES "TIF" BINGHAM House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE WELCOMING REV. DR. ADAM DOOLEY ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MAD AS HELL DOCTORS CONTRADICTING INTELLIGENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM ALERT DRIVERS ACT SMALL BUSINESSES AND HEALTH CARE SAVE THE OCEANS NATIONAL MEDIA IGNORES MEDIA EVALUATION CORAL REEFS MEDIA SLOW TO REPORT ON ACORN SCANDAL HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN VIETNAM NETANYAHU U.N. SPEECH MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 2892, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE CONGRATULATING WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CHAMPION WASHINGTON HUSKIES RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE NEWS AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 2892, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3183, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 SUPPORTING TAY-SACHS AWARENESS MONTH CALLING FOR RELEASE OF LIU XIAOBO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3183, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 PERSONAL EXPLANATION COMMENDING HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND ANTI-TERRORISM PARTNERS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW THE STIMULUS PACKAGE HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE THE POST-9/11 GI BILL OVER 100 DAYS WAITING FOR A REPUBLICAN PLAN COAL IS NEEDED ARRA IS WORKING PROTECT OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE HEALTH CARE REFORM IN PRAISE OF THE "BUDDY WALK" POLANSKI EXTRADITION AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN: COMMIT 100 PERCENT OR GET THEM OUT SPECIAL ORDERS IT'S TIME FOR MORAL LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) is recognized for 5 minutes. HEALTH CARE REFORM The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) is recognized for 5 minutes. YEMEN The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Forbes) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) is recognized for 5 minutes. H.R. 3611, THE LIMITS ACT HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE REFORM SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Senate sections ALASKA TERRITORIAL GUARD CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 2847 MORNING BUSINESS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH TRIBUTE TO JOHN C. HOUBOLT REMEMBERING JAMES D. RANGE TRIBUTE TO CECIL EYESTONE REMEMBERING HARVEY STOWER TRIBUTE TO MARY PAPPEY TRIBUTE TO KEVORK S. HOVNANIAN RECOGNIZING SMRT MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS REPORTS OF COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 1737 Introductory Statement on S. 1747 Introductory Statement on S. 1748 SENATE RESOLUTION 297--TO RECOGNIZE THE DYKE MARSH WILDLIFE PRESERVE AS A UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS ECOSYSTEM SENATE RESOLUTION 298--RECOGNIZING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IN OCTOBER 2009 SENATE RESOLUTION 299--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH 2009 SENATE RESOLUTION 300--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND THE WORK OF FIREFIGHTERS IN EDUCATING AND PROTECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF THIS NATION SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 42--PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A STATUE OF HELEN KELLER, PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 43--AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITOL FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO FORMER SENATOR EDWARD BROOKE AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 2588 Text of Senate Amendment 2589 Text of Senate Amendment 2590 Text of Senate Amendment 2591 Text of Senate Amendment 2592 Text of Senate Amendment 2593 Text of Senate Amendment 2594 Text of Senate Amendment 2595 Text of Senate Amendment 2596 Text of Senate Amendment 2597 Text of Senate Amendment 2598 Text of Senate Amendment 2599 Text of Senate Amendment 2600 Text of Senate Amendment 2601 Text of Senate Amendment 2602 Text of Senate Amendment 2603 Text of Senate Amendment 2604 Text of Senate Amendment 2605 Text of Senate Amendment 2606 Text of Senate Amendment 2607 Text of Senate Amendment 2608 Text of Senate Amendment 2609 Text of Senate Amendment 2610 Text of Senate Amendment 2611 Text of Senate Amendment 2612 Text of Senate Amendment 2613 Text of Senate Amendment 2614 Text of Senate Amendment 2615 Text of Senate Amendment 2616 Text of Senate Amendment 2617 Text of Senate Amendment 2618 Text of Senate Amendment 2619 Text of Senate Amendment 2620 Text of Senate Amendment 2621 Text of Senate Amendment 2622 Text of Senate Amendment 2623 NOTICE OF HEARING AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A STATUE OF HELEN KELLER AUTHORIZING USE OF THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH FIRE PREVENTION WEEK ORDERS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 PROGRAM ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009, AT 2 P.M. NOMINATIONS Senate prayer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER SCHEDULE RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER McCHRYSTAL AMENDMENT HEALTH CARE WEEK XI, DAY II RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME MORNING BUSINESS HEALTH CARE REFORM ORDER OF PROCEDURE HEALTH CARE REFORM