And to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid of pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver them from tensions that tear the house apart and from worries that might wear them out. All this day and through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love should dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore thank you, father. The chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his 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, ms. Roybalallard. Ms. Roybalallard 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 and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will receive a message. The messenger mr. Speaker, a message from the president of the United States. The secretary mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore mr. Secretary. The secretary i am directed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain oneminute requests. For what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise . Mr. Chaffetz mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Chaffetz mr. Speaker, one of the Big Questions that stands before the nation is, are we going to give up all of our liberties in the name of security . And i think not. Technologys great. Its supposed to make our lives better and simpler, more efficient, more effective. Its fun, its innovative and its leading the world. But at the same time, we got to make sure that these technologies are not overused, not only by our federal government officials and law enforcement, but also by others who would do us harm, who have sarpetishesly maybe converted that technology to do something a libble more pervasive and a little little bit more pervasive and a little bit more perverse. It is for that reason that senator wyden, my colleague in the United States senate, and i have introduced whats called geolocational, or g. P. S. Act, to curtail those that want to follow us without our own knowledge. We believe that you should have to have a probable cause warrant in order to track somebodys geolocation. I want that for my own kids, i want that for me. I want to make sure that technology is safe and secure, so i encourage my colleagues, mr. Speaker, to look at h. R. 1312, the g. P. S. Act, lets deal with these new inventions and technologies in a reasonable way and with that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess with a reporter who covers the house. Talk aboutus to summit he is ian sorensen, and news editor at the hotel. Thanks for joining us. Are expecting a deal to come as early as this week. Be the grandt lastin that dominated the three or four or five years. Theyre looking at any tax hikes that have been demanded by democrats. We are looking at tax hikes. They are also not looking at significant cuts to medicare, medicaid, or social security, which are areas republicans say needs to be done. Instead we are looking at pretty small things and haggling over whether to have federal employees attribute more to their retirement employees contribute more to their retirement plans. They are also looking at things a spectrum that is going to be sold to telephone companies. They are looking at a small budget deal that would replace some of the sequester, the automatic spending cuts that were launched in 2011 as part of a but part of a different budget process. Host like cant there right now . Caller host why cant there be a grand bargain right now . Caller because republicans and democrats cant agree. All ryan, the chairman of the budget committee, and patty murray decided they were not going to go after the towels of the other party and just try to get something that was possible after all these failed budget agreements in the past, look we are not even going to go there this time. We are going to go for something much smaller. Host talking with ian swanson of the hill. Even if there is a agreement made this week, there will be a budget battle for 2014. Caller one thing this hell will not do is raise the debt ceiling. At some point next year they are going to have to do that. It is a little difficult to forecast exactly one that is going to be. In part because the economy is it is a little bit more strong. As a result that extends the time in which the Treasury Department can do things at some Point Congress is going to have to do that. I suppose the earliest it could possibly be is february. It is much more likely that it is sometime in spring or the beginning of the summer. Then you are going to get the debate over we should look at tax hikes, changes in entitlement. It is hard to see how they are going to get any agreement on those areas. Particularly in election year. Host the house is expected to adjourn for the year on friday and the senate shortly after. A lot of highprofile legislation still hanging in the balance. It is the list of what is likely to make it through the 113th congress. Caller i think the only thing that is likely to get through is the Defense Authorization act. We will see what gets included. One thing we will be watching is to see whether any legislation sanctioning iran is added to that bill. The administration is doing everything it can to prevent congress from doing that but a lot of members are still interested in adding sanctions to iran. Another thing to watch for is the farm bill. If they cannot get a deal they are going to have to extend existing finally the senate are here for and asked her week. They will look at a lot of nominations, particularly after the filibuster changes republicans ran through a couple of weeks ago. Among the big nominees are the new chairwoman of the federal reserve, jackie ellen. Host another a number of articles suggest this is the most Unproductive Congress ever. Why is it so hard to get anything done on capitol hill . Caller it is divided government. You have the senate run by democrats, the house run right the house run by republicans. Leadership for a longtime hasnt really been able to completely control their members. There is a lot of opposition to president obama, which does not make compromise easy. We are at a unique time in history where no one is able to get along or agree on any of the big things. One last point i would make is a lot of republicans say they dont think that the measure should be bills passed in terms of whether congress is productive. I think they are trying to fight the battle on the healthcare live coverage begins at 4 00 a. M. Eastern. Upset with the press, oo, because they cover my Mental Health work the first me meetings i had. Then he never showed up anymore. Mental health is not a sexy issue. We toured the country, found out what was needed, develop legislation. Past the Mental Health system act of 1980. It passed through congress one month before jenny was involuntarily retired from the white house. Tonight at 9 00 eastern on c span and cspan3. The line is really the central circulatory system of our economy. Connects what is that the economy in the United States. We are seeing data traffic increase at the rate of 40 per year. They connect all forms of communication, whether they originate in a wire environment or a wireless. The future of the Communications Industry with walter mccormick. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. They held their fall forum in washington last week. Talked John Huntsman about bipartisanship and partisanship. Aware of them as a congress from both political problem parties to solve problems. Republicans and democrats have been unable to find Common Ground on a number of issues. Just to name a few the fiscal year 2014 budget. The farm bill. And Immigration Reform. Reaching across the aisle has become more and more difficult and principled compromise seems like a mountain too tall to climb. This morning, i have the honor of introducing two National Leaders who can hopefully help shed some light on how our legislative colleagues in washington, d. C. And the white house might be able to come together and find solutions to our nations critical problems. Let me begin with governor huntsman. He began his Public Service as a staff assistant to ronald reagan. He has since served four u. S. President s in critical roles, including u. S. Ambassador to singapore, Deputy Assistant secretary of commerce for asia, u. S. Trade ambassador and most recently, u. S. Ambassador to china. Twice elected as utahs governor, he brought about strong economic reforms, tripled the states rainy day fund, and helped bring unemployment rates to historic lows. In his tenure, utah was named the best state in america and the best state in which to do business. He serves as cochair of no labels with u. S. Senator joe masden. Its working to bring about solutions to attract wide support in congress and begin rebuilding the americas Peoples Trust in the federal government. Also with us today, is senator evan bayh. Senator evan bayh is a former twoterm governor, served also as the secretary of state of indiana and served in the u. S. Senate from 1999 to 2011. As governor of indiana, he enacted welfare reform, cut taxes, and brought about fiscal disciplines to states budgets. In the u. S. Senate, he was a leading voice, advocating for fiscal restraint, on government spending. He also worked in a bipartisan manner, something missing right now, to seek consensus on several key issues, including Financial Services reform and health care. Our Plenary Session will begin with remarks from senator huntsman and senator bayh to be followed by what im sure will be a great conversation facilitated by ntsl Vice President senator curt scramble from utah, the senator pro tem. However, before we go to the comments, wed like to share comments on you, the cochairman that has no labels and governor huntsman. This is senator joe manchen, its my pleasure to send greetings to all of you. I regret i cannot join you in person. I send my best wishes for an enjoyable and productive meeting. The strength of legislators rest in your bipartisan efforts and your commitment to serve democrats, republicans, and dependents. Its something that we recognize that we need to Work Together and put the American People and Common Sense Solutions ahead of politics. As former legislator of the great state of virginia, i was shocked to arrive only to realize there was guilt by association in washington and guilt by conversation. As a democrat, i was frowned upon for even talking to colleagues with an r ahead of their name. Thats why from the earliest days in congress, i became a member of the no labels which is truly one of the only organizations in washington where members of congress can have an open and honest conversation about how we can solve the many challenges our great nation faces today. With west virginiians and the American People deserve a government that works for them. They expect us to Work Together and move this country forward. They dont want democrat or republican solutions, they want american solutions. We should be thinking about the next generation and how we can help our children and our childrens children succeed in an america that is stronger than ever. We should be working together on the ways we can make america an even better country. As you gather here today, i thank you for coming together with an agenda that centers around bipartisanship. I would like to thank your president , senator bruce starr, all of our West Virginia leaders who made the trip to attend this conference. And my dear friends, John Huntsman and evan bayh, truly leaders in bipartisanship with a focus of moving this great country forward. Please enjoy this meeting and congratulations on the hard work you do every day. Thank you and god bless you. [ applause ] governor governor huntsman, senator bayh and senator bramble. Thank you very much. Its a its a great honor and privilege to be with all of you here. Im particularly honored to be with senator bramble who i had the great privilege of working with as governor of the state of utah. And i found early in my term that if you could somehow channel curts intelligence and energy in a productive direction, there wasnt anything you couldnt get done. You could say we got a whole lot done. And to be with evan bayh, somebody who ive admired enormously over the years and i often said he probably thinks this is in jest, one of the reasons i got involved in Public Service was because of the model of pure Public Service that he provided while he was a very young governor of the state of indiana. Well, listen, im going to take a moment to give you a couple of reflections on no labels and why im involved. And it was great to hear from joe manchen. Joe and i were elected governors together, he a democrat, i, a republican. We used to call each other and share ideas on tax reform, on education reform. On getting things done. We love the environment on you can actually achieve results. Thats the great thing of being a governor. I look at so many of the members of the Utah State Legislature who are here. And with each one of them, i can tell you stories about how we were able to get things done and the cando attitude. It was remarkable. Joe then went on to the senate and became terribly frustrated with the culture that existed on capitol hill, something that evan knows a lot about. I went on to china to become our senior diplomat running the embassy there. And we kind of regrouped a little bit later when joe and nancy jacobson, who was the power behind no labels initially came and said would you like to become part of the no labels movement. What on earth is no labels . Is it a third party effort to kind of ship wreck the republicans and the democrats. Is it a bunch of mushy moderates to get together to take over the world . None of the above. Come to find that it is a group that respects the fact that we have a twoparty system. They are endeavoring to change the center of gravity away from acrimony from the problem solving. Its a lofty objective, can it be done . For those of you who have been around politics for a while, many of you have, of course you can change the operating culture of politics. That in a nutshell is what no labels is endeavoring to do. Our goal is to change the operating environment of politics here in washington and certainly among the state capitols because we know many of you have some of the same problems of grid lock. And sort of the blame game and extreme partisanship that we have here in washington. Our objective is to change the operating environment of politics lofty and aspirational, no question about it. Critical for this country. Absolutely. So why is it that im involved beyond thinking thats a pretty good objective, and doable, i might add. And second, i would also lived abroad four times. I lived in those countries that would be considered our our greatest competition in the 21st century. I lived in taiwan, i lived in singapore, i live in china. My kids have gone to their schools. I used to serve on the Economic Development board of singapore, perhaps the most competitive nation in the world today. Ive seen what theyre doing to prepare for the 21st century. And i say we sit here in the greatest nation on earth. We have all of the assets in our disposal. We have so many things going for uh us. For the dysfunction of politics, with ear ready to grow, were ready to get on in the next chapter in this country. But for whatever reason, politics is holding us back. Our inability to problem solve, our inability to Plan Solutions and get the work of the American People done. I dont care if youre a republican or democrat, there are some issue that are so transcendent and important to the people of this nation, we have to identify what they are and get on with it. It isnt about ideology. Everyone in this room shares a different approach to the issues. We all have our own ideology. Its about extreme partisanship which is made for problem solving to be practically impossible for this country today. So were setting out on a fairly ambitious and bold agenda to try to change that operating culture. We know were going to have to have a few things present in order for it to be considered a success. One, we have to prove the concept which when he ear doing by the group of problem solvers that we put together on capitol hill. You can imagine, you know, we started beginning of the year with nobody as part of the problem solverss caucus on capitol hill. Now we have 90. Some from the senate, sfrom that. That have ear meeting every week. And theyre putting forward some sifrping pieces of legislation to prove the point that the republicans and democrats can build for us and get some work done. You can imagine what theyre going to be able to do by this time next year. So if you think of no labels, i want you to think of problem solving. I want you to think of a group thats also proving the concept. It isnt just catchy phrases and nice sound bites, but were moving the needle and were just getting it going. And im excited about where this is leading to, because we have no ch