equate it to something similar to what they use on an you're heading in an accident is a transmitter. i have no objection for putting data recorders in a vehicle or the other black box that you probably think familiar about is the cockpit voice recorder. and i don't see if you're just thinking about black boxes, i don't see any reason for a driver compartment voice recorder. data recorder would be fine. host: james, in the article here, it says that the black boxes or crash recorders could violate drivers' privacy. so are you having a problem with a crash recorder? caller: no. that's a data recorder, which

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the speake the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. carl white, highland baptist chump, ma ridian, mississippi. the chaplain: dear lord our god, in these tesh lent times -- turbulent times, when the etoric is hot in passions of flame, be with us. help the members of this body to draw the lessons gained from the struggles of our history, that by respecting one another we show the ultimate respect for you, our creator.

and help us to remember that it is never wrong to stand for freedom and that it is always best when we listen more than we speak. show us the awesome power that is unleashed from the heart of love and teach us yet again that most simple but profoundlesson of life, that it is more blessed to give than to receive. guide this house as they debate, votand interact with one another and their constituents. may we as a people conduct ourselves in such a way that we demonstrate our gratitude for your continual blessings. in your name we prayamen.

the speaker: the pledge will be led by the gentleman from texas -- oh, i'm sorry. the chair's examined the last day's proceedings and announces to the chamber her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman poe. mr. poe: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one tion, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentlemrom mississippi, congressman harper, is recognized for one minute. harp harthank you, madam speaker. i am -- mr. harper: thank you, madam speaker. i am honor today to introduce the house of representatives guest chaplain of the day, dr. carl white. he is the pastor of highland baptist church and i can say hat i would not be here today if it were not for my dear

friend, carl white. i met carl in 1971 when we were 15-year-olds in the 10th grade in high school. we became great friends and he invited me to join him for the campus life youth for christ meetings that were held a the high school. and at the last meeting of that year was en i made a profession of faith in christ. then carl invited me to join him at church and it was there that i met my future wife, sydney was 15 and i was 17 on our first date and our first date was with carl white and his future wife, frances. and those are special memories. we've been in each other's weddings, we've bn dear friends now for almost 40 years and, madam speaker, i want to say what a profound impact that carl white has had in my life and how we thank him for the

service to his pastoring the folkses in his church and may god -- folks in his church and may god bless him. the speaker: t chair will entertain up to 10 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> america has tremendous potential for renewable energy protection. these are the jobs of our future. one of the most important renewable energy sources for oregon that binds rural and urban communities is forestry and agricultural byproducts, otherwise known as renewable biomass. unfortunately it would appear that e.p.a. is rewriting the rules in direct contra invention to the intent of this congress. in their final rule for regulating greenhouse gases under the clean air act, they ignore hundreds of studies that

biomass con bust onis indeed carbon neutral. this contradicts what was also included in the clean energy and security act which passed out of this very body. mr. schrader: despite the tremendous benefit to engage our rural farmers and foresters to play a role in our renewable energy future, e.p.a. has decided to legislate instead of administrate. through this role, they're doing their best to alienate rural america and deny them the opportunity to be a part of our renewable future. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the department of homeland security has issued a terrorist alert for texas. an islamic terrorist group from somalia is infiltrating across the southern border. a people smuggling ring has been exposed through south america and hundreds of somali illegals were given fake identifications. many of them haveslamic ties

to islamic terrorist groups. this is a terrorist organization and it's aligned with al qaeda. their priority is to impose shari'a, islamic law, and they have stated their intent to harm america. in addition to the somalis and the terrorists from somalia coming across the border, law enforcement officials in texas said mexican smugglers are coaching middleastern illegals. they're teaching them how to dress and look hispanic and they're learning how to speak spanish. mr. speaker, what is it going to take for the administration to really secure the border? the warning signs could not be clearer. we need to send sufficient national guard troops to the border now. until the federal government understands border security is a national security issue, we're going to continue to have this problem. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, getting our economy back on track and creating new jobs is the priority of my constituents and a top priority of my own. the democratic congress has alady taken significant steps to create jobs and jumpstart the economy. resulting in the lowest tax rates and over 50 years in the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year. the american jobs and closing tax loopholes act continues these efforts. current tax law allows companies here in the united states to be rewarded for shipping american jobs overseas. this is unconscionable and american workers deserve better. this legislation includes provisions that close these tax loopholes and protects jobs here at home. this legislation will also continue to provide hard working american families with the relief they deserve, relief on property taxes, sales taxes and college tuition. mr. speaker, the american jobs and closing tax loopholes act is another is important important step to creating jobs and jump starting our economy. and i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without jection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, the ongoing abuses and tragedy in burma are almost unfathomable. the cruel military dictator systemically oppress and exploit the ethnic minorities and they're denied the basic and fundamental rights. among the minorities deprive ed of of such rights is a muss -- deprived of such rights is is a muslim minority. they're denined citizenship, freedom of movement, college education, even marriage. they need permission just to leave their villages, ar prohibited from traveling beyond a particular region of the country. the tactics of rape, forced labor, torture, land seizures, arbitrary arrest and extortion are used to oppress them. as a result, one half million of them fled to surrounding countries. i met with a respect of them recently and -- representative

and he said, we are people, too. for them and for all the ethnic minorities and suffering people of burma who are victims of this cruel dictatorship, we must speak out against their horrific abuses. our government, the u.n. should speak up as well. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . >> as we prepare to commemorate memorial day, it's appropriate to look back a few ways this congress has worked to enshur this nation keeps our promise to our nation's military veterans. mr. altmire: we expanded benefits to all children fallen since september 11, 2001. we passed landrk legislation for wounded veterans by providing help for family members and other caregivers and eliminating co-payments for severely wounded veterans. since 2007 we have increase

youed funding for veterans health care by 60%, including the largest single year increase in the 80-year history of the v.a. while we have accomplished a great deal to repay the men and women in uniform for their service, we still have more to do. let us use the occasion of this memorial day weekend to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and recommit ourselves to continuing the fight for the troops that fought for us. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. -- permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: benefits or our military men and women as explained in the army times should not be used as props in political gains. the process of the final version of the tax extenders bill is washington's shenanigans at its worst. combining tax increases and unrelated spending for legitimate needs of our military men and women is insulting.

i'm confident the american people will see straight through these games. i'm a long time supporter of concurrent receipt and finally ending the disability tax on retirees eligible for military and veterans benefits. there are over 153 lawmakers who are supportive of eliminating this inequityity. yet the political trap has been added with this tax increase causing a no vote. as the ranking member on the military personnel subcommittee, i know our military personnel deserve more from their lawmakers than these political games. in conclusion, god bless our troops. we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. welch: thank you. mr. speaker, two weeks ago small businees and consumers scored a major victory finally against abusive credit card practices by big banks and visa master card by a strong bipartisan vote of

64-33. the senate passed an amendment to the wall street reform legislation cracking down on those out-of-control credit and debit card swipees. known as the durbin amendment, this practical commonsense language prevents card issuers from endlessly increasing costs borne by small businesses. costs for many stores add up to more than the cost of health care. it also are stricts some of the industry's most anti-competitive practices, finally allowing stores to give you a cash discount. i urge my colleagues in the house to stand up for small business, provide them the protection they deserve, and support inclusion ofhe durbin amendment in the final package of wall street reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. as we have hearings regarding the oil spill out in the gulf, there's been some staggering things come forward and the media is not grabbing it like

they should and letting everyone know. who knew that the inspectors inspecting the offshore rigs were unionized and that they -- so they had union limits on how many hours in travel and this kind of thing. these are guys are like the military. they are out there to protect the environment. and we are going to put limits on them? they got to be out there protecting us. and then yesterday, the director when asked what kind of checks and balances did you have? she said we send them out in pairs of two. then i asked, well, then, was it a good idea thatthe last inspection team of two were unionized father and son team that went out there to carefully watch each other to make sure each other did the right thing? this is outrageous. and then we ha the investigation going on as to what gibbs may have been giving to the people doing the inspection. this thing stinks and it needs to be cleaned up.

the speaker pro tempore: for wh purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one mite. mr. defazio: today the house will finally turn from naming a sports team'accomplishments to the pentagon budget. a budg that's top heavy with more generals and admals than wehad at the height of world war ii. a broken procurement system that's gold plating dysfunctional weapons systems while our troops lack basics. but today congress will finally answer a question that is a puzzle perhaps only in side the washington, d.c., beltway. how manyngines does a single engine jet fighter need? now, where i come from it's pretty simple. the answer is one, but you got to tune in later today to find out the judgment of congress because some think you need two engines for a single engine jet fighter that will only cost another $15 billion or20

billion the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. speaker, each memorial day americans pause to remember the tremendous commitment and sacrifice made by our men and women in our armed forces. mr. wilson: i'm proud that this congress continues to honor our military by making veterans a top priority. in the last two years, we have invested in or veterans' health care and worked hard to improve the benefits available to them once they return home. for instance, we passed a new g.i. bill so our troops have access to a quality education. we also increased the gas mileage reimbursement rate for which our -- it is important for our veterans in rural areas like mine. i recently introduced another piece of legislation to help rural veterans, the appalachian veterans, outreach improvemt act. this bill would improve access

to services and benefits to veterans in appalachia. with memorial day right around the corner, i ask my colleagues to join me in continuing to fight for our veterans. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpo does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> one minute, andevise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gutierrez: thank you very much, mr. speaker. this is from b.p.'s website, says our code of conduct is the cornerstone of our commitment to integrity. mr. speaker, i'm sorry, the -- ok. just what is the code of conduct ? the code of conduct is we aim

for no accident, no harm to people, anno damage to the environment. this is from their website. well, b.p. is zero for three. so i ask everyone, where's the integrity? if they don't even meet their own guidelines. there have been debts. the worst ecological disaster -- deaths, the worst ecologicalcies disasters, and we know they don't have solutions ready when the disaster occurs. we have to have a satisfy record of integrity and business ethics when we grant someone a contract. today i have an amendment to end the $2 billion that we purchase each and every year with taxpayer dollars from b.p. for our department. let's disbar them because they should be banned permanently. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute.

mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, the joint economic committee released a report this week which shows the staggering cost to the government of failing to extend unemployment benefits. the report focuses on unemployed disabled workers. by the end of 2010 they estimate that 290,000 unemployed disabled workers will exaust their unemployment benefits. without extension of unemployment benefits, the jec estimate that /3 of these workers will leave the labor force and move on to social security disability insurance. shifting these workers from the labor market and on to the ssdi rolls, theost of inaction is $24 billion lifetime cost. by contrast, extending unemployment insurance benefits and cobra premium benefits is $721 million in 2010. not overwhelm is an extension of unemployment benefits the morally right thing to do, it is

fiscally responsible, saving the government over $23 billion. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, in my 16 months in congress the most challenging thing i have had to do has not had to do with energy or health care or our economy. the hardest things i have had do has been to stand in front of 700 connecticut national guard troops deploying to afghanistan, 18, 19, 20, 21 years old, young people who had raised their hand and said i will serve my country. i will die for you and for your freedom. mr. heinrich: i thought, how can we thank a young person who will say that and who will do that? the answer is, we can't. we can't possibly. but we can thank them through our actions. we can do what we did in passing the g.i. bill to provide college education to our troops. to give businesses the $224 tax

credit. providing nearly two million disabled veterans with a $250 economic recovery payment. mr. himes: i'm proud of what this house has done for our veterans in the last 16 months and as we approach member moream day, remind my colleagues we -- memori day, remind my colleagues we need to do nor for those who say they sacrifice for us. the speakepro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized without objection for one minute. ms. berkle thank you. mr. speaker, the time has come for this congress to come to grips with the serious crisis in our health care system. the reimbursement of our doctors for treating our medicare patients. unless we act, there will be a 21% cut in medicare reimbursement to those doctors that treat our senior citizens. we are in danger of creating a situation that may very well cause the collapse of our medicare system. i favor a permanent fix. that's what we promised the

doctors. we are now consiring a 19-month fix. i'm not happy with it. i'm going to support it. let's everybody in this house vote for that medicare reimbursement fix for the doctors so they can continue to treat senior citizens until we figure out a way of permanently fixing this discrepancy and let them go to medical school and go back home to our districtses and treat our senior citizens. we better make sure our doctors get adequately reimbursed or this system will continue. i yield back the balance of my time. 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: madam secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives aessage in writing. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, this spring a small town in my district, the bucktale area junior, senior high school dedicated its campus to another institution, raymond h. rathnell. he was involved with the school for 42 years first as a teacher and then as a principal and assistant principal. there are thousands of people whose lives he touched. the former principal is 87 years old and retired in 198 . he started his education in lock haven state teachers college in 1938, served from 1942 to 1945 in the army in world war ii. he served in europeor nine months and became active in his american legion post on his return. return to his college and finished his degree in 1947. it was that year he began teaching. over the years he has taught physical education, english, civics history, math, biology, and related sciences. as a person he was a person involved in nearly all aspects

in the design and construction of both the high school and elementary school. naming the caus after him is a fitting tribute to his life dedicated to educating children. mr. speaker, i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from maine seek recognition? >> i call up house resolution 1404 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 201, house resolution 1404. resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill h.r. 5136. to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011, for military activities of the department of defense, to prescribe military personnel strength for such

fiscal year and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. except those arising you understand clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and corolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on armed services. after general debate, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. section 2-a, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rulthe amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on armed services, now printed in the bill. the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read, all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule 21. b, notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 18, no amendment to the

committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. and amendments en bloc described in acception 3 of this resolution. c, each amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, except as specified in section 4 of this resolution. may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. d, all points of order against amendments printed in the report of the committee on rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. section 3, it shall be in order

at any time for the chair of the committee on armed services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. not earlier disposed of or rmane modifications of such amendment amendments en bloc offer pursuant to this section shall be considered as read, except that modifications shall be reported, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on armed services or their designees. shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. for the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. the original proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a

statement in the congressional record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. section 4, the chair of the committee of the whole may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution out of the order printed but not sooner than 30 minutes after the chair of the committee on armed services or his designee announces from the floor a request to that effect. section 5, at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the committee shall rise and rept the bill to the hous with such amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recomt with or without instruction. section 6, the chair may entertain a motion that the committee rise only if offered by the chair of the committee on armed services or his designee. the chair may not entertain a

motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill as described in clause 9 of rule 18. section 7, in the engrossment of h.r. 5136, the clerk shall, a, add the text of h.r. 5013 as passed by the house, as new matter at the end of h.r. 5136, b, assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment and, c, conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment. section 8, the requirement of clause 6-a of rule 13 for a 2/3 vote to consider a report from the committee on rules on the same day it is presented to the house is waived with respect to any resolution report through the legislative day of june 1, 2010. section 9, it shall be in der at any time through the calendar day of may 30, 2010, for the speaker to entertain motions that the house suspend the rules. the speaker or her designee shall consult with the minority leader his designee on the

designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maine is recognized for one hour. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, for the puoses of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from and my colleague from the rules committee, mr. diaz-balart. all time yielded during consideration of the debate is for debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pingree: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, house resolution 1404 provides for consideration of h.r. 5136, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2011 under a structured rule. the rule makes in order 82 amendments and provided one-hour debate equally divided and

controlled by a ranking minority member of the committee on armed services. the rule provides that the chair of the committee on armed services or his designee may offer amendments en bloc debatable for 20 minutes and may offer germane modifications of amendments. the rule allows the chair to recognize for consideration amendments out of order printed in the rules committee report at 30 minute's notice is given by the chair of committee on armed services or his designee. it provides one motion to recommit provided that the chair may entertain a motion that the committee rise only if offered by the chair of the committee on armed services and provides that the chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill. the rule provides that in engrossment the text of h.r. 515013, the improve act, as passed by the house, will be added at the end of h.r. 5136. the rule waives clause 6-a of rule 13, requiring a 2/3 vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported on the rules committee against resolutions

reported from the rules committee through june 1, 2010. and, finally, the rule provide thatmembers may be considered under suspension of the rules at any time to may 30, 2010, and that the speaker or her designee will consult with the minority leader or hess designee on the designation of any matter for consideration under suspension of the rule. mr. speaker, last week the house armed services committee reported h.r. 5136 favorably to the house with unanimous vote. after nearly 13 hours of debate. as a member of that committee i'm proud of our work but i can say firsthand that crafting this bil is not easy. the needs of our country are endless and challenging. the threats to our security are numerous and always changing. and the resources we can devote to these problems are precious and limited. in the end, the bill that we will vote on later today will strengthen our national defense, give our troops the equipment they need to do their jobs and take care of them and their

families. the bill also invests in military infrastructure and technology that will create jobs here in the united states and stimulate growth throughout the economy. mr. speaker, there's nothing more important in this bill than the provisions that address men and women in uniform. they deserve the best care and the best benefits and this bill meets both of those requirements. the bill provides a 1.9% pay increase for active duty soldiers, increases family separation allowance for service members who are deployed away from their families, increases hostile fire and imminent danger pay for the first time since 2004, and expands college loan payment benefit earlier this year we passed historic health care reform legislation which included a provision requiring private insurance policies to cover adult children to age 26 on their parents' policies. i am very pleased to see that

this bill incorporating those changes for tricare and champ v.a. beneficiaries. and will give retirees and veterans the option to extend coverage to their adult children until age 26. i am also proud that this bill contains a provision i wrote that will guarantee that retiree national guard and reserve personnel will get a full explanation of the benefits due to them. this provision will require the department of defense to brief retiring personnel on benefits like v.a. care and tricare. too often members of the guard and reserve leave the service without a clear picture of the benefits that are owed them. that's not right, given all that we ask of them. they have made great sacrifices and i believe that congress has a moral obligation to educate those heroes on the benefits they have earned. this is just one way we can begin to repay them for all they have done to ptect this country. i am very encouraged and pleased by the fact that this rule

allows for an amendment to be made in order by mr. murphy from pennsylvania, which, if passed, will finally put the military on the path to repeal the misguided and odated don't ask, don't tell policy. i am looking forward to voting for the amendment and seeing the end of this discriminatory policy once and for all. and while there is much in this bill that i support, there are also other parts of it i strongly disagree with. i am extremely disappointed that this bill contains an authorization for an additional $33 billion for the president's fiscal year 2010udget request, for the surge in afghanistan as well as $159.3 billion for fiscal year 2011 for overseas contingency operations. the majority of which will no doubt be spent in afghanistan and iraq. we are pursuing a misguided strategy and a tremendous cost to the american people. the loss of one moreamerican

serviceman or woman is simply too high a cost for -- serviceman or woman is simply too high a cost. an astonishing half billion dollars is included in this bill for an alternate engine for the joint strike fighter. in 1996, the department of defense conducted a competition to choose the engine for this plane. the engine meets the program requirements and is perfectly adequate. unfortunately a major defense contractor decided that by -- a major defense contractor that by 2012 will have 90% of the military engine industrial base, lost the competition and doesn't want to take no for the answer and has been lobbying hard to keep a program for the second engine funded. the bush administration opposed the funding for this engine, the obama administration opposes it and secretary gates has said that the funding for the extra engine will be detrimental to the overall joint strike fighter

program. if congress decides to ignore those in the defense department and the administration on this, estimates show that we will be forced to purchase 50 to 80 fewer planes which will definitely affect our national security. let there be no mistake, spending half a billion dollars to build an engine that isn't needed and the pentagon doesn't want is a colossal waste of money. this rule mak in order an amendment that i have sponsored to strip the authorizati for this program which i believe is the right thing to do. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my friend, ms. pingreefor the time and i'd yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. diaz-balart: since the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, our armed forces have been deployed in two major

theaters of operation. in afghanistan and iraq. like their forefathers of long ago wars, too many of these noble service members have paid what abraham lincoln called the last full measure of devotion to the nationment many more brave men and women bear the physical and mental scars of battle which will last their lifetimes. just this past week, two of my constituents were killed in the line of duty marine lance corporal patrick xavier jr. fell during a fire fight in afghanistan and army staff sergeant gonzalez of miami who signed up one week after the cowardly attacks of september 11, 2001, passed away in iraq when insurges attacked his unit. i know i speak on behalf of the entire congress and a grateful nation to express our deepest

condolences to patrick and amy car's families and pray for god's mercies as they cope with their sorrow. after learning of his son's death, corporal patrick xavier's father said, he went out there to do what he wanted to do, he wanted to defend his nation. . although i feel the loss, i'm proud of how he conducted himself. his father's words remind us about the solemn sacrifices our veterans and family forces continue to make for us. the freedom we have is made possible by men and women like lance corporal patrick xavier and staff sergeant amy. each has stood in defense of our nation. our nation owes them gratitude. we have our freedoms because of their valor. as a congress we are committed to ensuring our veterans and their families receive all the benefits and assistance they

require and they certainly deserve. it is wholly appropriate therefore we bring up this legislation, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2011 on the eve of the memorial day weekend. among its provisions the bill provides our military personnel a 1.9 pay raise versus 1.4% proposed by the obama administration. it increases the family separation allowance for service members who are deployed away from their families from $250 to $285. increases hostile fire from $250 to $260 a month. for the purpose of federal student loan cancellation program, it defines a year of seice to six months or longer in deployment in hostile fire or imminent danger zones. recognizing the critical role military families play and the sacrifices they make. the bill also establishes a career development pilot program for military spouses. to address the physical and mental scars borne in combat. it allows for exemption for

military medical providers older than 42 to be considered for recruitment t also increases incentives for students in health care education programs to pursue military careers by allowing health professionals to also receive payments from the active duty health professionals loanepayment program. it also requires the services to increase the number of authorized mental health providers by 25%. the legislation authorizes $567 bill in budget authority for the department of defense. the bill also authorizes $159 billion to support overseas contingency operations and $34 billion for the military operations in iraq and afghanistan as well as disaster assistance for the victims of the haiti earthquake. later today, we are expected to consider an amendment by mr. murphy of pennsylvania on the repeal of the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy. i am not interested in whatever legal activities adults engage in after hours, off base, out of

uniform. sexual preference should not even be a point of reference when judging individuals. i also believe that when the president announced his decision to repeal the current policy and the military service chiefs and secretary of defense requested the opportunity to carry out the president's directive in an orderly manner that would assure the maintenance of disipline and morale in the armed forces and it was agreed to by all, including the president, that a survey would be sent to all the troops so that their input would be taken into account regarding how best to implent the new policy, and that a report with such recommendations as to how to best implement the new policy would be issued this dember before any legislative action was taken. it is my view that that process, which was agreed to by the president, pursuant to the

request of the service chiefs and secretary of defense should be followed. so breaking the agreement now by having this vote today is most unfortunate and i strongly disagree with the decision of the president, the speaker, and the majority leadership to do so. to break that agreement today. i wish to thank chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for their hard work on the underlying legislati and their commitment to producing a bipartisan bill that enjoys widespread support. through the process members on both sides of the aisle in the armed services committee worked to produce a bipartisan bill, but as the bill made it up to the rules committee, that bipartisan spirit did not survive. the rule brought forth by the majority today allows the house to debate a total of 82 amendments, 11 of those

amendments are bipartisan ones. while 64 are majority amendments and seven are minority amendments. so the majority has decided on this always bipartisan bill, the bill that authorizes our military programs, they will allow nine majority amendments for every one minority amendment. that's some bipartisanship. but again it is typical of this majority to claim they want to work with the minority but even on bills that have overwhelming bipartisan support they just can't seem to loosen their overwhelming urge to stifle dete, stifle debate and block minority participation in the legislative process. so while i am disappointed by the majority's decision to allow such a disproportionate share of majority amendments compared to minorityamendments, i have become quite accustomed to their

behavior. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, the chair of the committee on rules, ms. slaughter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for three minutes. ms. slaughter: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and thank you, ms. pingree. i want to take just a second to respond to my good friend, mr. diaz-balart. we had many, many fewer republican amendments even offered. i think there were less than a quarter. we made out every republican amendment that was germane was made in order. we did that in the spirit of bipartisanship. today i want to rise in support of the national defense authorization act of 2010. after spending nearly a decade working to combat sexual assault

in the military service was my colleagues, i'm thrilled with the most comprehensive overhaul of the department of defense sexual assault policy ever. last week we introduced legislation to ensure better training for j.a.g. officers and victim advocatewho handle sexual assault cases, create confidentiality protocol, and protect the victims' rights and raise the likelihood of victim reporting. to ensure that victims are afforded expeditious state they transfer to spare them from their alleged offenders. i'm pleased to see this year's authorization act includes 28 new sections to amend the sexual assault policy within d.o.d. and five of the six provisions that i introduced are included. what i believe in actual defense authorization act is critical to our efforts to overcome the problem of sexual assault in the armed forces, the task force'

regulation is to ease the organization transfer for victims is absent from the bill that came from the rules committee. i didn't get what i wanted either. i worked in conjunction with draft an amendment and'm proud to ask for this congress to support. the harman-slaughter amendnt calls for a expedited priority consideration of an application for permanent change of base or transfer for victims of sexual assault. to reduce the possibility of retaliation against the victim. d.o.d. reports that an estimated 90% of the cases of sexual assault go unreported in the military and half the women who do not report rape or sexual assault do so because of fear of retaliation. we too often hear the reporting process is more traumatic for the victim than the attack. and this is critical to help address the fear of retaliation that victims face. the report estimates that 90% of

sexual assault cases in the military go unreported. that's an extraordinarily high number. according to the d.o.d., half the women who don't report rape or sexual assault are scared as i said before. furthermore, in half of all sexual assault cases in 2008, the commander took no action and only 13% of reported cases were prosecuted and referred to courts-martial. these are far below the remaining prosecution rate. in fact some women have told us when they reported sexual assault or rape they were told by the commander you don't want to ruin that young man's career, do you? may i have an extra minute? ms. pingree: glad to yield another minute. ms. slaughter: these findings indicate the need for policies to protect theights and the welfare of the accuser. i want to share the story of a young woman, a lieutenant in the air force, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a fellow officer. according to her testimony military investigators told her, if i were the defense attorney i

would tell you that you gave the defendant mixed signals and no was not enough, end quote. she recalled she did not just say no, she physically held on to her underwear. even after she reported the rape she was forced to salute him every day. she trained for over a year for highly classified mission. since then has lost her security clearance. she concluded her testimony with, i el like i'm being punished for a rape that happened to me. it is a very serious problem. getting more serious. i thank the military for the work it's doing to try to control this. but surely when our young women and young men go off to protect the united states of america, they should be free from assault from their fellow soldiers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield three minutes to my good friend from georgia, dr. gingrey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes.

mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to this rule. yesterday i testified in front of the rules committee on five amendments i offered to this national defense authorization act. unfortunately, house democrats refused to allow any of my commonsense amendments to be debated today on the floor. and i'm sure they were germane, mr. speaker. things such as regarding the transfer of detainees at guantanamo bay. the use of alternative sources of fuel at d.o.d. excessive union activity on official time of the department of defense. and gun rights for the 40,000 active and reserve members of our military who reside in washington, d.c. however, the rules committee did make in order an amendment with which i have strong reservations. today should be about what's best for the defense of our nation and what's best for our brave men and women in uniform. however, it's clear that today, mr. speaker, many in this body intend tuse our military as a

means to placate a liberal political constituency rather than taking the time to weigh the input of 2.5 million men and women and their families who wear the uniform, including the family of lieutenant tyler brown, who gave his life for his country in iraq almost six years ago. today would be his2nd birthday. mr. spear, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff a the secretary of defense have asked congress to delay votingon don't-ask, don't-tell repeal until the completion of a study on the impact of the repeal and the best way to implement it. simply put, we must know what impact repealing the law will have on unit could he eagles -- cohesion, readyness and retention. but our democratic colleagues want to rejudge its conclusions and substitute their judgment for the collective findings of our military.

this is without question the wrong way to legislate, but it's what the american people have come to expect from this democratic majority. it wasn't long ago that speaker pelosi told the american people they would learn what was in the health care bill once it was passed. now liberals in congress are once again telling the american people the same -- selling the american people the same bill of goods, congress must act without fully knowing what the impact of acting will be. the stakes are indeed high, mr. speaker. by ignoring the opinion of the military and their families, the majority will alienate the very institutions that's fighting on the frontlines of this global war on terror. general george casey, the army chief of staff, said, and here's the quote, serious concerns about the impact of the repeal of a law on a force that's fully engaged in two wars and ha been at war for 8 1/2 years, end quote. similar concerns have been noted by every other service chief, by the american legion, and over

1,500 retired flag and general staff offices and countless others. clearly the democrats believe they know better. the american people want to trust their government, mr. speaker. gentleman yield me 20 additional seconds. i thank the gentleman. thank you, mr. speaker. the american people want t trust the government, mr. speaker, but the repeated bait and switch tactics of congressional liberals is making that virtually impossible. so i urge my colleagues vote against this rush to judgment. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from colorado, also a member of the committee on rules, mr. polis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the effort to legislatively repeal the statute of don't-ask, don't-ll and leave it up to the military to implement their

own policy recommendations. first of all don't-ask, don't-tell is the only law in the country that requires people to be dishonest about their personal lives or face the possibility of being fired, it's a law that's not only hurtful to the men and women who currently serve, but it's a law that's hurtful to our national security as americans. . george washingt, our nation's first commander in chief, is enshrined in american history for telling his father, i cannot tell a lie. yet 200 years later, is shamul law mocks washington's words and makes lying required operating procedure for our military's rank and file. today we have the opportunity to end this law. i'd like to address some of the remarks from the gentleman from florida and the gentleman from georgia. this proposal and this compromise has been endorsed by admiral mullen as well as secretary gates absent the statutory change today which we are doing consistent with our congressional timeline of the

defense authorization bill, the military would find itself in a position to be unable to implement its own recommendations. the simple change today will remove the statutory albatross from around the neck of the military and allow them, the military, the secretary of the defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs, to implement the policy that best enhances military readiness and best allows them to approve morale and unit cohesion within the military. absent inaction today, there -- their hands will be tied and they'll be unable to implement their own recommendations that take into full account the opinion of the men and women who serve, the officers and stakeholders within the military. the vast majority of americans, including the majority of republicans, independents and democrats, recognize that on the battlefield, it doesn't matter if a solder is lesbian, gay or straight. what matters is they get the job done for our country. don't ask, don't tell hurts military readiness and national security while putting american service members fighting overseas at risk.

today they've forced over 13,000 well trained at takes pair expense and able-body idea soldiers out of the military. it's time to repeal this law. aplaud the leadership of my friend, the honorable congressman and veteran, patrick murphy, in his efforts to do. so by allowing the pentagon to conduct a careful study of the implementation of the repeal, this amendment is a fair balance between any new discriminatory policy and respecting the opinions of our military leaders. in 1993, can i have 30 seconds? ms. pingree: i yield 30 seconds. mr. polis: in 1993 the passage of don't ask, don't tell was the result of a political process, not a military one. today we can rectify that and continue with the process under way where the military consults with and listens to men and women and stakeholders in the military in deciding how to modify this policy and removing the statutory requirement for this policy and allowing the military to do the right thing to improve military readiness

and enhance the protection of our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i hope my friend, mr. polis, knows that i have extraordinary respect for him. and that we have a legitimate disagreement with regard to our analysis of what i consider was an agreement that was entered into, including by the president, after he announced his decision to repeal the current policy as commander in chief that this study that will lead to a report in december would be conducted before legislative action takes place. and so i reiterate my respect to mr. polis and i have many friends who believe differently than i do with regard to the vote that i will be taking

today. i studied this issue very thoroughly and know that it is a very serious matter. but i stand by what i said. in my previous remarks. i'd like to yield two minutes to mrs. schmidt. the speaker pro tempore: the ntlelady from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mrs. schmidt: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today to strongly urge my colleagues to reject the amendment proping the elimination of funds to the joint strike fighter alternative engine program. an amendment being lobbied by pratt whitney to allow their competition. the joint strike fighter is the department of defense's largest procurement program. plans currently call for income requiring nearly 2,500 joint strike fighters, hundreds of additiol 5-35's are predicted to be purchased. is is a major acquisition. the genelady from maine is in enerr -- in error when she says there was competition because in fact, in testiny just last week, both the department of defense and the g.a.o. testified that this engine was never

actually subject to competition. the fact is, providing funds for competitive alternate engines will ultimately drive down costs, improve product quality and contractor responsiveness, drive technological innovation and ensure that taxpayer dollars are not wasted. history shows that competing engines can result in significant long-term savings. the great engine wars say that 5-15 program 21% in overall cost including to a 2007 g.a.o. report. this represents $20 billion in savings for the lifetime of the joint strike fighter. just last year the house and senate unanimously voted on the weapons systems acquisition act, mandating competition on large military procurement. this is a large military procurement. now some want to circumvent this law with an amendment. fully funding the alternate engine is not only prudent risk management but an acknowledgment of the fundamental responsibility that congress has

to protect and provide the most reliable equipment to our men and women in uniform. this is the right thing to do. it will save money for us in the long run and i urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment that will be offered later today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it is with great pride that i rise today in support of mr. murphy's amendment to repeal don't ask, don't tell. at its core, this is a vote against discrimination and division. a symbolic gesture to the country and the world that congress' commitment to quality will always triumph over -- equalitwill always triumph over inequality. at the inception of this unfortunate policy, they frighten our neighbors with the

big lie. they paint pictures that only contain dark colors. they resort to the same bigoted arguments that have been used for centuries to deny every minority their freedom and equal rights. day we must rise up against these forces that conspire against progress and equality in every generation. today it is our turn to send a message to the nation, congress will never again sancon bigotry in our armed forces. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. the gentleman from florida is cognized. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i come to the floor often on the

rule and sometimes to thank the les committe for allowian effort to strike earmarks from legislation. this is the first time i've ever come to the floor on an authorization bill or an appropriation bill where i've been completely shut out of the process. not able to offer any amendments with regard to earmarks. and it's easy to see why right now. in the past i've always come to strike both republican and democratic earmarks from legislation. this time there are some 230 earmarks in theill and only one was a bipartisan earmark request, the rest were democratic earmark requests, no republicans because republicans have adopted an earmark moratorium. so this looks like the start of a pattern. it was all well and good to challenge republican and

democratic earmarks, but if there are only democratic earmarks in a bill then nobody is going to be allowed to challenge them. now, what kind of process is in a ? have we come to a point -- is that? have we come to a point where we're simply going to shield members and their earmarks from scrute think ? we talk about disclosure until we're blue in the face and transparaphernalia sip and it's all a lofty term -- transparency and it's all a lofty term, but when it comes down to it and there's only one party earmarking in a bill, when a member comes up to challenge those earmarks, he's shut out. no, you're not allowed to. you can only challenge republican earmarks and since there are none there, or republican and democratic earmarks, if there are no republicanarmarks, you're not going to be allowed to challenge any. i suppose that's what's going to happen with appropriation bills this year as well. and that's a shame. it's a dog gone shame. because of all the rhetoric that's come and some good measures that have been taken on both sides of the aisle with

regard to transparency, this is a huge step backward. we're going the wrong direction here. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute to the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. bean. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for one minute. ms. bean: i thank the gentlewoman from for yielding. mr. speaker, i rice in support of the 2011 national defense authorization act and i'm pleased that policy language think a authored regarding emergency medical technicians has been included in the committee report. with this inclusion, reciprocity between the armed services and states regarding certification for emergency medical technicians, e.m.t.'s, will be established. last year the state of illinois passed legislation which allows military emergency medical deck nigses training of an honorably discharged member of the armed forces to be considered reciprocal. working with representative

harman and herseth sandlin, i included such a provision into h.r. 3199, the emergency medic training or e.m.t. act, although the provision was not included in the final health insurance reform legislation, the need for such direction to states has now been addressed. our men and women in uniform will be able to use their realtime training and education in the field to help those in emrgencying here at home if they so choose, without the cost and redundancy of training upon their return. i thank chairman skelton for his support and efforts on the underlying bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the bat -- the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. gohmert:hank you, mr. speaker. there w an agreement with the military to do a study on what to do about the don't ask, don't tell policy.

that was the agreement and the study is due at the end of the year. what this rule says by bringing this amendment to the floor is, while we send men and women out in harm's wayo lay down their lives for us, we don't care what you think, we don't care what word you were given by your leaders, that we do care what you think and will incorporate that and will work with that. we're saying, we're shosking this down your throat, we don't care. and think about the polic look, i've represented people in the army who practiced homosexuality and heterosexuality and sexual assault victims. i understand this issue perhaps more than many of those on the floor here. and i'm telling you, the military is not a social experiment. we are sending them out there with a mission to protect this country. and if someone has to be overt

about their sexual assault, whether it's in a bunker where they're confined under fire, then it's a problem. and that's what repeal of don't ask, don't tell does. it says, i have to be overt, i don't care, i want this to be a social experiment. our men and women the military deserve better. let's hear from them at the end of the year with a complete study andhen the leads keep their word when we send our military out to die for this country. we owe em better than this. this shouldn't have been part of the rule. it shouldn't be part of the vote. let's keep our word for a change. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i have to disagree with the previous speaker for a whole variety of reasons and i won't

take up a lot of time. but this is not about being overt about your sexual assault. this is about people who have -- sexuality. this is about peple who have been denied the right to talk about exactly who they are. this is about 14,000 members of this military who served this country, many with extremely vital skills who have been asked to step down and leave, many people who choose not to go into the military for the fear of what could happen to them after they've served this country. i yield three minutes of my time to the gentleman from new york, my good colleague and a member of the rules committee, mr. arcuri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. arcuri: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank my friend from the great state of maine for yielding me the time. i rise today in strong support of this rule and the underlying bill. however i would like to voice my strong opposition to one of the amendments that will be oered later on today and that is the amendment to strike the second jet fighter engine. for two reasons. one is, i think the two things that are most critical for us in considering this bill, one is obviously the security of our

constituents and the people at home and secondly the cost. and both of these, i think it's very important to note that, one, a second fighter engine gives us a strong sense of security, redundancy in the insurance that we will have one good engine and that we will have a good backup engine. secondly, the cost in the long run clearly will show that the price will come down if we have competition. it is demonstrated in the past. it will continue to demonstrate it. but i'd like to yield the balance of my time to someone who is much more familiar with that, the gentleman from ohio, mr. driehaus. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dry house -- mr. driehaus: i thank the gentleman from new york for yielding. this is a critical issue and i share his concern with regard to stripping of the authorization for the competitive engine. just this past year the weapons system acquisition reform act of 2009 was passed by this congress. it passed by a vote of 411-0, and i would draw members'

attention to section 202. the acquisition strategy to ensure competition throughout the lifecycle of major defense acquisition programs. that includes the joint strike fighter and it's propulsion system subject to those provisions. as a matter of fact, mr. speaker, the alternative engine has been funded every year since 1996. the house has voted nine times to support the competitive engine. $299 -- $2.9 billion has already been invested in the engine. and now that it's 75% complete, now it's been qualified for production in 2012, now as both engines are approaching the starting line ad starting blocks, the folks from connecticut, want to suggest they should be declared the winners of the race before it even started. we believe in competition when it comes to acquisition, mr. speaker. this is a critically important program. it's critically importanto keep competition in the engine program. and i will close with a quote

from our former member, jack murtha, who fought for this competitive engine for years and years and years. we are going to build thousands of joint strike fighters, and when you look back at problems we have had in the past with large aircraft procurement programs, you realize why it is essential to build two different engines. an alternative engine will provide cost savin through competition as well as provide greater reliability down the road in case we have problems with one engine that could potentially ground our entir tactical aircraft complete. -- fleet. that is from congressman jack murtha, july 16, 2009. i would ask my colleagues to support the competitive engine program and defeat the amendment. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields back the balance of his time of the the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time and she has 10 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from florida is recognized and he has 12 3/4 minutes remaining. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to my friend from michigan, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. we have been lucky. lucky over the skies of detroit, lucky times square, but we will not be lucky forever. we need to be proactive in our ability to gather intelligence and prevent terrorist attacks before they even get started. watching somebody on the plane going back to pakistan after they have delivered an explosive device is not success, it's failure. catching them when they are on the plane in pakistan coming to the united states would be an intelligence success. prevention means speed and agillity. prosecution means slow and methodical. both have their place. but when we are tryi to protect the united states of america, mr. speaker, we need to be quick and agile and move quickly and use very bit of intelligence we can get from a detainee before we move to the prosecution phase. unfortunately, the majority did not allow that to happen.

we said, listen, when somebody comes into detention, every bit of actionable intelligence should be eausted before they are turned over to the department of justice to have their miranda rights read. it's a simple amendment. it's an honest amendment. it's an amendment that will keep us safe. and they'll tell you, we already have that prohibitn against soldiers reading miranda rights on the battlefield. so what? they don't read miranda rights on the battlefield. but federal law enforcement agentses do. and that's what's happening. -- agents do. and that's what's happening. we are losing valuable information and predict blit they are saying if you don't have to talk until you provide me a lawyer, i won't. equally critically guess what? we have had more almost ccessful attacks. if we are counting on a t-shirt guy in time's square to solve our terrorist problem, or the guy that's checking your luggage at the airport to catch that terrorist before they get on the plane, or the gate guard at a military base, we are going to

lose. this is about common sense. we should reject this rule. it has denied our ability for our intelligence agencies to get thinformation for detainees that will save lives. again i urge the rejection of this rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. . lee: thank you very much i thank the gentlelady for yielding, for her leadership. mr. speaker, i have long opposed additional funding to support the ongoing occupation of iraq and the policy of open-ended war in afghanistan that continues to undermine the economic and national security of the united states. estimates for the direct and indirect cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan are now as high as a staggering $7 trillion. unfortunately the $726 billion

authorized in this defense bill including $159 billion for operations in iraq and afghanistan continues an unsustainable rise in military related exnditures that have nearly doubled since 2001 and which now count for nearly 60% of federal discretionary spendi. i want to thank the chairman for accepting en bloc my amendment to highlight and prioritize potential cost savings of the department of defense through reductions in waste, fraud, and abuse. also i want to thank the committee and chairman skelton for continuing the ribt shun on the establishment of permanent military bases in iraq and afghanistan and for including language i offered calling for improvements in the budgeting of national security priorities to better reflect the needs of foreign engagement programs outside d.o.d. efforts to reduce the united states military footprint abroad and wasteful spending at the pentagon are small steps towards what needs to be done for a fundamental shift in u.s. foreign policy. anrecognizing the economic

challenges we face here at home, high rates of unemployment, crumbling schooland infrastructure, there is no denying that the long-term success and security of our nation is at stake. finally, i urge my colleagues to take this opportunity to begin to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell. that has unfairly denied fundamental human rights the highest qualified individuals who wish to serve our country. i believe this country is ready to immediately end this inequitable policy, but setting this process into motion today is an historic step on behalf of all those who have been discriminated against. discrimination is un-american. it's un-american. now is the time to end it in the military. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california's time has, spired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to my friend from texas, mr. olson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. olson: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday the rules committee rejected two amendments to the defense authorization bill. i offered to strengthen national

security and provide clarity to an area of law that badly needs it. my first amendment would prohibit a can leak shake muhammad or any of the gtmo detainees from enjoying the u.s. constitutional benefits of a civilian criminal trial. the--a most recently one cared budeoyaisal shahzad. but these individuals were either u.s. citizens, reside here, or were arrested here. congress must understand the difference. khalid shake muhammad is not an american citizen. he's an enemy combatant captured in a battle zone. the same can be said of every other gtmo detainee. these individuals are not criminal defendants and this congress should recognize the difference. my other amendment would have allowed congress to make clear

that enemy combatants in afghanistan do not have the same right to access our court system that u.s. citizens enjoy. last week the d.c. court of appeals ruled that three bag ram -- ba gram detainees lacked access. while this ruling is helpful, my amendment would have sent a clear legislative message that any combatant detained in an active war zone do not have special rights. the administration is giving foreign enemies of the united states the same rights as american citizens. enough. respect the constitution. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time of the the gentlelady from maine is recognized and has 8 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a

half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady and i thank the rules committee for allowing amendments in that i offered dealing with the expansion and opportunity for small and women-owned businesses and addressing the tragedy of fort hood as relates to the civilians who were impacted by that enormous tragedy. first of course my honor and respect to the united states military for their service and we move toward the commemoration of memorial day. but i'd also like to suggest an amendment that i offered could have been added that dealt with $10 million going to the state department to improve smart power diplomacy, and also some additional work on helping our families. having spoken to the air force families to make sure that services are utilized during predeployment. i'm grateful that we are moving on don't-ask, don't-tell. and inrib beauty -- tribute to an engine who lost his life in san diego because people did not understand that he, too, was a soldier even though, even though his lifestyle may have been different, it is a disgrace to

eliminate those who want to see eir contry. finally, i would offer to say i look forward to a colloquy that would establish nasa or begin to address the question of whether or not the defense department needs assess whether nasa is a national security asset as we move toward commercialization. mr. speaker, i believe it is important to honor our military. i also believe it is important to recognize their needs. we need to promote the needs of their families, and families of the united states military, and ensure those civilians who are on military bases who suffered as the soldiers did who continue to have access to posttraumatic stress disorder counseling as they move forward to rebuild their lives. i ask my colleagues to vote on the amendment and rule. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from mae reserves her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield tee minutes to my friend from missouri, mr. akin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mr. akin thank you, mr. chairman.

we are now considering a rule on the armed services bill, the rule allows 10 minutes to debate the question of don't ask don't tell a question in terms of policy which probably has more far-reaching implications than how many aircraft carriers we have is going to get 10 minutes just before memorial day. i think maybe some people in the rules department here don't really want to see this fully investigated or discussed. the current rule of don't-ask, don't-tell says if you are a homosexual and you want to serve in the military, that's fine. but if your behavior disrupts the mission, you could be discharged. the question then becomes, if we repeal don't-ask, don't-tell, what does that mean? does that mean that we are going to then protect or condone homosexuality? does it mean that we are going to have to create separate baacks? how do we deal with sexual harassment? what are the implications on

recruiting? what are the implications on morale? what are the implications in terms of smallunit cohesion? all of these are big question marks and there are many more besides. does this impact, for instance, the different benefits,ow benefits are delivered? the military leadership doesn't know the answer to these questions anymore than we do. so they have said please don't do this. let us take time to look at it. see how it affects overall our national security. but we are being asked in a period of 10 minutes that we want to repeal this. so we are being asked once again to pass legislation when we don't even know what it means. that hasn't worked very well in the past. now, i have three sons graduated from the naval academy, all three marine corps, one survived his experience in fallujah in 2005. and it seems to me that when people are willing to give their lives and their limbs for our

country, that that is quite a sacred obligation that they have placed in our hands as legislators to be careful how we handle that trust. and so as we consider something that has very far-reaching implications, is this something that we should do lightlynd particularly with little respect for them? the military leadership, of course, is opposed to this. they are asking us for time. they are wanting to take a look and see what that means. are we going to protect and condone homosexuality in the military? that's a big quefment how does that work out? is this the way we show respect for the people who are willing to offer theirves and limbs for their country? is this the sort of thing george washington and our founders would be proud of that we were doing today in this little quick flash before memorial day? and why are we wanting to do this? well, to tickle the fancies of a

very vocal but very small minority for political purposes. i will not betray my children or our armed services people just for mere politics. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has exred. the gentleman from florida reserves the balae of his time and has five 3/4 minutes remaining. the gentlelady from maine is recognized and has seven minutes remaining. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer hour -- blalm hour -- blalm you are a. mr. blumenauer: ank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the rule. i am pleased that we are going to be allowed to debate the wisdom of havingwo jet engines for the joint strike fighter. i strongly hope the amendment that i have co-sponsored, along with mr. larson, is in fact approved, adding $485 billion of -- million to reduce the

deficit. it is an issue that i feel deserves debate and think people looking at it on the merits will understand that we don't have -- need a second engine, that we can agree with the secretary of defense and administration and indeed the previous administtion. i am a little frustrated that we continue to shortchange our efforts to deal with the toxic legacy of unexploded ordinance from military operations in the united states on our soil for the last 200 years. i had attempted to have a minor amendment to at least have the department of defense tell people in the community what the risks are from these toxic chemicals, from fuels, from unexploded -- explode -- unexploded ordinance. people who are building schools, child care centers, housing developments have a right to

know what is happening. particularly since we are underfunding cleanup. the the gentlelady who is managing the rule is going to have another 50 years before the last site is cleaned up in her district. some of them until -- for 200 years. we can do better. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield one minute to my friend from arizona, mr. franks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. franks: ihank you. mr. speaker, the don't ask, don't tell policy is not about equal rights, it's about the impact on the readiness, cohesiveness and effectiveness of the u.s. military. and if the murphy amendment passes it could have a profoundly negative effect on all of those things. i believet could translate to life and death implications on the battlele field. mr. speaker, and yet ironically on something that will affect 2.8 million service men in this country, this side of the aisle will receive five minutes to debate that. that's half as much as any other

amendment. this will also be saying to our military, it's just a chance to study the issue and come back with their recommendations to this body, we're going to say, no, we don't care what you say, you can die for us on the battlefield but you have no input into this process. that's a disgrace to this institution and it's an insult to the men and women who pour out their blood on foreign battlefields for the country we love so much. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona yields back his time. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. ms. delauro: i rise in opposition to the $485 million earmark included in the defense authorization bill for an extra engine for the f-35 joint strike fighter. this extra engine is a prime example of government waste. $3 billion already spent. this would mean an extra -- a

require -- require a further investment of $2.9 billion according to the pentagon, secretary of defense gates put it aptly, i quote, we have reached a critical point in this debate where spending more money on the second engine for the j.s.f., the joint strike fighter, is unnecessary, wasteful, it simply diverts precious modernization funds from other more pressing priorities. only two u.s. aircraft models, the f-16-c and d used multiple engine types. we have 114 u.s. aircraft models that use a single source engine, the type the pentagon would like to use with the f-35. yet we are making an exception for the f-35. why? this isn't competitn. competition doesn't mean you buy two of everything. both the bush and obama administrations have opposed this wasteful spending. secretary gates is strongly recommending a veto of the

defense authorization bill. if it ctains funding for the extra engine. i urge my colleagues to support an amendment to strip this wasteful spending from the bill. the marines don't want it, the air force doesn't want it, the navy doesn't want it. why are we moving ahead with it? if you are opposed to wasteful spending as so many of my colleagues stand up on this floor and talk about, then this is your chance to prove it. get this $485 earmark out of the defense authorization -- $485 billion earmark out of the defense authorization bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i yield one minute to mr. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida voiced for one minute. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i come to the floor today to announce opposition to the rule because i just cannot understand why in the world one of the

crowning principles that the founding fathers had of this country was the freedom of eech and certainly in this body we believe in the freedom of debate. but when we're talking about an issue such as the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, and the majority side wants to restri the debate on this to 10 minutes, five minutes for the minority side, on a issue that is so vitally important and should be discussed, we have our folks in the military that are trying to study this particular issue, but the thing that's most egregious to me is that you're only providing the same amount of time that the manager's amendment is allowed and when we have days and days and days here in washington that we can debate on these issues, i ask the majority, why in the world, on something this important, to you and certainly those of us that oppose it, are you restricting our ability to debate this particular piece of legislation? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine.

ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: i thank the gentlewoman and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady new jersey is recognized. mr. andrews: mr. speaker, if you love your country you ought to be able to serve your country. that's the change that congress is talking about today. the minority iopposing an amendment that doesn't exist. we've heard voices on the minority side say that the policy changes ignoring the advice of those in uniform and it's not listening to the report the military's presently preparing. they should re the amendment, mr. speaker. the amendment says the policy change would not take effect until 60 days after the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say, and i quote, the implementation of the necessary policies is consistent with the standards of military readiness,

military effectiveness -- i will yield, yes. have you read -- has the gentleman read the amendment? mr. bishop: yes, i have -- >> yes, i have. mr. andrews: reaiming my time. am i correctly stating the amendment? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. andre: if the gentleman would get some time, i'd be happy to yield to him. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my friend from arizona, mr. franks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for one minute. mr. franks: mr. speaker, it is growing more and more clear that the obama administration intends to allow iran to gain nuclear weapons and then to adopt the policy of containment. i am unable to fully express the danger of such a policy. whatever challenges we have in dealing with iran today will pale in comparison to dealing with an iran that has nuclear weapons. i'm grateful to the committee that chose to accept my amendment to the bill requiring the defense department to develop and report to the

congress a national military strategic plan to counter iran. however, mr. speaker, the obama administration remains asleep at the wheel while the last window we will ever have to stop iran from gaining nuclear weapons i rapidly closing. i only pray that the president will wake up in time to prevent a nuclear armed iran from ushering the human family into the shadow of nuclear terrorism. and i yield back, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my friend from nebraska, mr. terry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for one minute. mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday i offered an amendment to the rules committee which would protect small businesses that support business on bases. there's a movement right now to convert private employees to public or government emploes at the detriment of small business. but this rules committee voted

in a straight line partisan way to deny this amendment, to protect small businesses. and i'm frustrated that as we are trying to help this economy, help small businesses grow, that they denied an amendment that would have protected small businesses. here's one small business owner in support of the air force base. dave everheart, says, in many cases, our employees are being told that they can either accept the government position at a regoosed salary or lose their -- reduced salary or lose their jobs. when they're taking these employees from small businesses, many times they're taking their best talent, leaving only one option for these small businesses and it's shuttering their doors which leaves i vacant bays and impacting our community in a negative way. i'm very frustrated with the rules committee's denial of this amendment. the speaker pro tempe:he gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentlelady from maine reserves and has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from florida is recognized with 2 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. diaz-balart: i yield one minute to my friend from indiana, mr. burton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mr. burton: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. one of the big disappointments i have about this rule is that the identity of service personnel who are accused of mistreating or torturing an al qaeda terrorist if they capture him is not going to be agreed to. we think that their identity ought to be kept secret until they're proven guilty, if they're charged with something like this. we had three navy sales who were accused of mistreating -- seels who were accused of mis-- seals who were accused of mistreating an al qaeda terrorist and they were all found innocent but their names were made public. all through the media they were made public. as a result, they're at risk, their families' at risk and their future careers are at risk because they've been accused of something but not been convicted

of it. i think the legislation that we proposed in this amendment should have been approved by the rules committee because it protects our service men and women from being exposed for something that they did not do. and i am very disappointed, very disappointed the rules committee did not choose to protect the identity of our service personnel who are accused wrongfully by al qaeda terrorists of mistreatment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time and has 1 1/4 minutes remaining. the gentlelady from maine is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from massachusetts, the chair of the financial services committee, mr. frank. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. frank: mr. speaker, i congratulate speaker pelosi and others in the leadership for successfully insisting that this house get a chance to vote on repealing the rule that says that patriotic able-bodied gay

and lesbian americans cannot serve their country. mr. speaker, it strikes me as odd, if there was a situation which we were at war, as we now are, we're at w in two situations, sadly because no one likes war, if i had proposed that gay and lesbian americans be exempted from any draft and from any requirement to serve and put their lives in danger, i would have been accused of a special rights and it would have been a correct accusation. instead, gay and lesbian people are asking for the right to serve. and we're told that will undo military cohesion. mr. speaker, the israeli defense forces have understandably given the history of the jewish people and our version to bigotry because we know what it does to us, they have been free of any such prejudice. gay and lesbian israelis have not just the right but the obligation to serve their country and those who tell me that the presence of gay and lesbian members of the military

undermine the effectiveness of a fighting force and undermine unit cohesion must have never heard of israel. they must have never heard of as effective a fighting force as has existed in modern times. so the notion that you must deny american gay and lesbian citizens their right has no basis in reality. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, let me yield at this time for unanimous consent request to mr. flake of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for unanimous consent request. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman. when the chairperson of the committee stood and spoke earlier she mentioned that she -- i'd k unanimous consent that all germane amendments be allowed to be offered because the chairlady said that all germane amendments were approved.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair will only entertain that unanimous consent request from the manag of the resolution. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i would make that request. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair would only recogze that from the majority manager. mr. diaz-balart: i thank the chair. i request -- yield at this point one minute to my friend from indiana, mr. pence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to this rule. with all due respect to the gentleman from massachusetts to just spoke witgreat passion about his position, i believe the american people don't want to see the american military used to advance a liberal little agenda -- political agenda. especially when the men and women who serve in our military haven't had a say in the matter.

and that's precisely what this congress is poised to do today with a vote essentially repealing don't-ask, don't-tell. look, we all know that success on a battlefield requires high morale, unit cohesion, standards of conduct over the years have been a critical part of this. don't-ask, don't-tell has been in place for 17 years. repealing it without waiting until we hear from our military in december is essentially a disservice to those who are putting their lives on the line every day. i urge this congress to stop and put our priorities in order. the american people don't want the american military used as a vehicle to advance a liberal social agenda. give the men and women in uniform a say before bringing this change to the floor of this house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: i would inquire of the gentlemaif he has any

remaining speakers. mr. diaz-balart: we have no other speakers except i'm prepared to close. ms. pingree: i'm the last speaker on this side so i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida has 15 seconds. mr. diaz-balart: thank my friend. it's been a good debate. it's unfortune there's not more procedural fairness in this rule with regard to what is tritionally a bipartisan bill. so i urge a no vote on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back the balance of his time of the the gentlelady from maine. ms. pingree: thank you, m speaker. i'll be brief in my closing. this major piece of legislation and its effects will be felt across the country. i'm extremely proud of this body today i know we'll be poised to finally repeal the issue we have had so much discussion about this morning, that is don't-ask, don't-tell. this has had a lengthy process. 14,000 members of the military who have served this country honorably have been forced to

leave strictly because of their own peonal status. this is a long process. it will not be changed until the secretary of defense and joint chiefs of staff have had time to certify. it will not disrupt e military as we haveeard from some of our colleagues. this has happened in many other countries whether it's israel or australia, or united kingdom. if they can do it, so can we as well. i am and i'm proud to know my colleagues are debating this topic as well as making sure today that we remember on top of everything else to respect our military, to thank them for their service, to make sure they are well compensated. i want to thank chairman skelton, ranking member mckeon, and all my colleagues on the armed servicings committee for their tireless work. i urge a yes vote on the previous question and rule. i yield back the balance of my time. and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution, so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the resolution is agreed t.

and -- the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we requt the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore:he gentleman from florida requests the yeas and nays. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. -- a sufficient number having arisen, pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the yeas and nays are ordered are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further oceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from maine seek recognition? ms. pingree: i send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 282, resolved that when the house adjourns on any legislative day from thursday, may 27, 2010, through tuesday, june 1, 2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its majority leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, june 8, 2010, or until the time of any reassembly, pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution. which ever occurs first.

and when the senate recesses or adjourns on any day from thursday, may 27, 2010, through tuesday, june 1, 2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its majority leader or his designee, it stand recessed or adjournment until noon on monday, june 7, 2010, or until such other time on that day as may be specified in the motion to recess or adjourn or until the timeof any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution which ever occurs first. section 2, the speaker of the house and the majority leader of the senate or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the minority leader of the house and the minority leader of the senate shall notify the members of the house and the senate respectively to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate if in their opinion the public interest shall warrant it.

the speaker pro tempore: the concurrent resolution is not debatable. the question is on the concurrent resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the aye vs. it of the the concurrent resolution is adopted. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from frida. mr. diaz-balart: we request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on agreeing to house concurrent resolution 282 will be followed by five-minute votes on adoption of house resolution 1404. the motion to suspend the rules on house resolution 1161 and the motion to suspend the rules on house resolution 1372. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc.in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohited by the u.s. hse of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: the ye are 230. nates are 187. the concurrent resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to rensider is laid upon the table. the house will be in order. members will clear th wells.

the house will be in order. would the members take their conversation off the floor. would the members please tke their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. kildee: mr. speaker, as chairman of the house pa board i would like to take this opportunity to express my personal gratitude to all the pages who served so diligently in the house of representatives. during the 111th congress. mr. speaker, without objection i'd like to yield and give him control of the time, the vice chair of the page board, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: i there objection? no objection heard. the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: thank you, mr.

speaker. the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman suspend. the gentleman will proceed. mr. bishop: thank you. for all of you who are giving us your riveted attention right now, on behalf of the page board we would like to turn your attention to the rail in the back where some of the 67 pages who have been here this year, some of the best and brightest, high school juniors in this nation, have been here. these 67 pages were nominated by you. they have been serving you. they have been here for the past semester observin you, listening to you, learning from you which makes you-all guilty of child abuse. or at least contributing to the delinquency of a minor. however this is their final week. they are in finals right now at the accredited high school where they attd. and they will be finishing their service to the house next week when hopefully we are in recess.

so we will not have a chance to bid them a farewell before that time, but we are extremely grateful. mr. speaker, i would like to ask unanimous consent that the names of these 67 pages that have been serving this commester be added to the record. -- this semester be added to the rerd. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. bishop: i yield back to representative kildee of michigan. mr. killed yes: i revise and extend. -- mr. kildee: i revise and extend. the pages that witnessed this house on the great issues of war and peace, justice and civil rights there's a program called close-up, a very great program, but you have seen this house close up more than any other group. you have seen us at our st and at our worse. you have seen democracy at work. and you have enabled us to do our work. and with that i yield back the balance of my time and submit my entire remarks and yield back to

my colleague, mr. bishop. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, if it would be possible i would ask the members of this body to rise and give some thanks to the servic of our pages who have been with us this semester. mr. speaker, on behalf of chairman kildee, myself, representative degette from colorado, representative foxx from north carolina whoare on the page board. we appreciate your sr. viss. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute votes will continue. the unfinished business is the vote on the adoption of house resolution 104 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title

of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 201, house resolution 1404. resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 512 -- 5136, to authorization appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the department of defense, to proscribe military personnel strents for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. waiving a requirement of clause 6-a of rule 13 with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the committee on rules, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the resolution -- adoption of the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly pribited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: nays are 178. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business, the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to house resolution 1161. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: house resolution 1161, resolution honoring the centennial celebration of women at marquette university. the first catholic university in the world to offer co-education as part of its regular undergraduate program. the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. so many, say eye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 -- >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: fur

what purpose does the gentlelady arise? ms. fudge: i requesthe yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. meers will request their vote by electronic devices. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of rsentatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, yeas are 380, present 36. nays are zero. 2/3 being affirmative, the rules are suspends. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to house resolution 1372, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: house resolution 1372, resolution honoring the university of georgia graduate school on the occasi of its centennial. the speaker pro tempe: the question is will the house suspend theules and agree to the resolution. so many in favor say aye, those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts arise? >> i ask for then yeas and nays.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemen request a recorded vote. per number having arisen the record vote ordered. members will record the vote by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. fund fund en [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. fund the any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: yeas are 412. the nays are zero. one member is recorded as present. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspend, the resolution is agreed to. and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the chair lays before the house a message. the messenger: to t -- the clerk: to the congress of the united states, consistent with section 108 of the national

security act of 1947 as amended, i am transmitting the national security strategy of the united states. signed, barack obama, thwhite house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on armed services. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: mr. speaker, regarding h.r. 5136 i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and in which to insert extraneous materials in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 1404, and rule 18, the chair decles the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5136. the chair appoints the gentleman from arizona, mr. pastor, to

preside over the committee of the whole. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consenthat the time for debate on amendment number 79 offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. murphy, be extended by 60 minutes evenly divided between the proponent and opponent. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? mr. skelton: i object. the speaker pro tempore: objection is heard. the gentleman from arizona will take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 5136 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the department of defense, to proscribe military personnel strength for such fiscal year,

and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from missouri, mr. skelton, and the gentleman from california, mr. mckeon, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: mr. speaker, today we as a congress perform a duty in compliance with the constitution of the united states. article 1, section 8 states the congress shall have the power to provide fothe common defense and general welfare of the united states. it also provides for -- to provide and maintain a navy and make all rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.

so today i rise in support of h.r. 5136, the national defense authorization acfor fiscal year 2011. i'm pleased to be joined here today by my friend, my colleague, the ranking member, buck mckeon. buck's been a true partner in this effort to bring forward a bipartisan bill that addresses the national security needs of our country. the committee passe the defense authorization bill by a vote of 59-0. our nation's been at war for nearly a decade. our troops are worn and their families are tired and the nation recognizes their sacrifices. the bill addresses many of the concerns that they have raised. i'm proud that this bill as resulted in the committee engagement if our citizens to determine what issues were important to them as we develop the programs and policies that are in included in thibill.

this bill authorizes $567 billion in budget authority for the department of defense and the national security programs of the department of energy. the bill also authorizes $159 billion to support ongoing military operations in iraq and afghanistan during fiscal ye 2011. these amounts are essentially equal tohe president's budget request for items in the jurisdiction of the armed services committee. h.r. 5136 continues congress' deep commitment to pporting u.s. service members and their families and to provide the necessary resources 8 -- resources to keep america safe. the bill provides our military personnel a .9% pay raise which then creates a half a perct above the president's request. the bill also includes a number of initiatives to support

military families, including extending health care coverage to adult pendent children up to the age of . we also have the single most comprehensive legislative proposal to address sexual assault in the military. the bill also full funds the president's budget request for military training, equipment, maintenance, and the facilities' upkeep which continues the committee's efforts to address readiness shortfalls that have developed over previous years. the bill provides an increase of $12 billion above the fiscal ar 2010 budget for operation and maintenance, including $345 million to fully fund the first increment of construction necessary to modernize department of defense schos. $13.6 billion for training of an all active duty reserve force to