The speaker pro tempore the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. O lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to adapt the resources need 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 and be mindful of the millions of americans who rely upon them to consider the welfare of the nation in their negotiations of this day. All this day and through the week may they recall your words spoken through the profits to be mindful of the most vulnerable among us and so to do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval there off. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina rise. Ms. Foxx mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. Ms. Foxx mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from North Carolina. Ms. Foxx mr. Speaker, i object to the vote on a grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. The speaker pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from colorado, mr. Gardner. Mr. Gardner 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 the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina rise . Mr. Wilson i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Jones mr. Speaker, mr. Wilson every day i appreciate concerned constituents reaching out to me expressing their very real experiences with the health care takeover. Jennifer says obamacare will put us out of business and make Health Insurance unaffordable for our family. Charlotte writes i do not feel our economy can afford obamacare. I am retired with a history of lung cancer and my followup care will be denied under this plan. Terry pleads do whatever you can to stop this. It would be an oppression of the people of this country both in terms of health care and jobs. Sara has valid concerns for the nations future. Our company has already spent time and money to be client with the plan but there are many what ifs, this cannot be a funded plan. Melissa is correct, free ticket, no show. Putting people in need of risk. I am grateful the house is making every effort to protect the American People from the unsustainable, Unaffordable Health care takeover law which destroys jobs. In conclusion, god bless our troops, we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition. Mr. Speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, 12 hours, in about 12 hours we threaten to shut this government down. Now is the time to exhibit leadership, mr. Speaker. Mr. Bera you are the leader of this body and democrats and republicans so we have to take the best ideas out of both parties. Today negotiations cant take place just between conservative republicans and tea party republicans. I stand here ready to work with you, mr. Speaker. We have ideas. Mr. Bera lets take the best ideas out of both parties, put them together, and put the American People first. This is the United States of america. The first name in our country is united. Weve got to stop fighting and we have to start fixing these problems. We have to come together and put we the people first. The American People. Take the best ideas as democrats and republicans and lets start working together, mr. Speaker. My office is opened and i stand ready to work. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio, the speaker e. Seek recognition . The speaker i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The speaker mr. Speaker, my colleagues, as i travel around my district and around the country, the American People are worried about their job, they are worried about their incomes rising, because they are all under pressure. The economys not growing. Why isnt it growing . One of the issues that is standing in the way is obamacare. The fact that nobody knows what the rules are, employers scared to death to hire new employees, cutting the hours of many of their current employees, and for what reason . This law is not ready for prime time. The house has done its work. We passed a bill on saturday night. Sent it to the United States senate that would delay obamacare for one year, and would eliminate permanently the medical device tax that is costing us tens of thousands of jobs that are being chipped overseas. Shipped overseas. Senate decided not to work yesterday. My goodness, if there is such an emergency, where are they . Its time for the senate to listen to the American People just like the house has listened to the American People and pass a oneyear delay of obamacare and permanent repeal of the medical device tax. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcnerney mr. Speaker, the Climate Change panel published a latest report claiming a Climate Change is happening and it is the result of human activity. The report was produced by 259 scientists from 39 Different Countries over the last six years. It is the most comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the earths changing climate. The report shows that Climate Change is real and shows the urgency to reduce humankinds co2 emissions. Scientists now have a 935 confidence that their findings are correct. Mr. Speaker, the science is not up for debate. Human Climate Change is happening. The evidence is overwhelming. Science shows that if we fail to curb our Carbon Emissions we will face catastrophic consequences. We cannot continue to ignore this overwhelming science. Lets Work Together to reduce our co2 emissions and prevent the most Severe Weather event. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek riggs in . Recognition . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Just hours before critical deadline for this country, the Democrat Senate is m. I. A. , House Republicans sent them a second legislative proposal to keep the government opened on saturday evening, and the senate is sitting on it. They have yet to take action or even come in to work. Make no mistake, the house is committed to keeping the government opened. We are open to compromise. We know thats required of a congress comprised of a Republican House and Democrat Senate. Thats why we have taken steps to come to the middle and find common ground. Most recently proposal to keep the government opened fully funds critical services, protects troop pay, provides fairness for all americans under obamacare, and permanently stops obamacares medical innovation tax. There is so much potential for bipartisan efforts to advance this legislation in the senate. Senator reid needs to bring up the proposal and adopt an attitude that is broader than our way or the highway. There is time left for us to Work Together. The senate needs to hustle. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Are you asking for unanimous consent . Yes. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Blumenauer mr. Speaker, as we approach the republican manufactured Government Shutdown by sending a proposal to the senate they know is unacceptable, it is not workable theres an opportunity for republican colleagues to show that they are serious and not cynical. They could eliminate from their budget the savings of a half trillion dollars that the obamacare would generate. If they are serious and not cynical, they could bring their own spending bills to the floor. Remember, they abruptly stopped working on the spending bills last summer as they figured out that the thud bill was so bad their own members wouldnt vote for it. If they are truly serious about working in a cooperative fashion and negotiating our differences, then the republicans should allow a Conference Committee to be appointed to work out the differences between the house and senate. If youre serious about working together to solve problems, why dont you Work Together to solve problems . Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. Today i rise to honor one of my constituents from Henderson County, jane calvo, on her retirement after nearly 26 years in a career with the federal service. She spent the early part of her career in the Foreign Service with the state department for nearly four years she served in the u. S. Embassy in costa rica. After some time away, she served an exceptional district case worker for one of my predecessors, the former representative, charles taylor, for the entire eight terms of his service in congress. Most recently since 2007 she has worked at the Social Security administration in western North Carolina. She first moved to Henderson County 35 years ago, and her record of service to our nation and her various roles merits the highest commendation. Im proud to have her as a constituent. Madam speaker, today i wish her all the best in her retirement where she will have more time to spend with her husband of 40 years, and her two adult sons on behalf of the 11th district, i thank her for her distinguished career of service to this great country. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Instead of working with democrats to prevent a shutdown, House Republicans have passed two bills that have no chance of becoming law and are the 42nd and 43rd votes on undermining the Affordable Care act. Mrs. Lowey while the old saying goes, if at first you dont succeed, try, try again, i say to my colleagues across the aisle, stop trying to shut down the government of the United States of america. Democrats have offered a compromise in which republicans get the spending levels they want. It is time to stop pandering to the tea party and do what is right. Pass the senate compromise. Avoid a shutdown driven solely by radical republicans. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Gardner about a week ago one of the chief proponents of the president S Health Care bill in colorado said this, your Health Insurance plan is being canceled and thats a good thing. Yet, president obama said, if you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan. Period. Over the past month thousands of people around colorado and this country have started receiving letters that their Health Insurance plan that they liked, that they were promised to be able to keep, notices they are being canceled. We heard promises from the president that they could keep it. Yet here we are. Cancellation after cancellation. The house has passed legislation to keep the government opened but to make sure that obamacare doesnt continue to be the drain on our economy. Lets do the right thing. Lets pass a bill. Fund the government. Keep obamacare from doing harm to the American People. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone address the house for one minute, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman seek unanimous consent . Mr. Pallone yes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Pallone thank you, mr. Speaker. I heard the speaker say that house has done its work by delaying obamacare. Id like to remind the speaker and all my colleagues on the g. O. P. Side that the work that has to be done is to pass a budget to keep the government opened. The issue of obamacare is over. It was resolved in the last president ial election when the president was reelected and said he was going to continue with it. Why do we continue to talk about obamacare . I assure my colleagues on the republican side the people in my district are clamoring for obamacare. They want to sign up so they can get Health Insurance, affordable Health Insurance. Thats not what we should be litigating here today. The fact of the matter is that republicans are saying its my way or the highway. They are saying if you dont agree to delay obamacare, we are not going to pass a budget and shut the government down. That is not leadership. They are in charge. They are in the majority here. They are supposed to do their business and not try to go to the 45th and 46th vote on obamacare. I could sit here and say, well, im not going to vote for a budget unless you agree to pass gun safety legislation. Thats not the way this place is supposed to operate. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mica i thank the speaker his morning. My colleagues and fellow members of congress, 10 00, 10 15 in the morning, wheres the United States senate . I was here until lets see, 12 30 yesterday morning. As i recall we passed a bill to keep the government opened. We passed a bill that had compromise. Most republicans voted over 40 times to repeal obamacare, but we agreed to just a oneyear delay in implementation. The president has already agreed to a delay of a year for employers. Why not for the American People in a train wreck thats about to happen to try to get our act together because people do need health care. Where was the United States senate yesterday . I say they were a. W. O. L. , they were not here. They dont come in until 2 00 today, and then theyll jam a bill through the house and senate and try to make it look good. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, we are just a day away from opening of obamacare exchanges, it seems like every day there is more bad news that comes out about the health care law. But the American People wont be singing once obamacare begins is a far cry from what they were promised. American people were promised obamacare would be more affordable. Mr. Holding a promise there would be more choices, promised more coverage. For Many Americans it is already proving to be the opposite. Mr. Speaker, my home state of North Carolina is expected that individual market rates will tri