formerly known as the durham western heritage museum. downtown omaha, nebraska. dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the united states western region and it's housed in omaha's union station. i'm sure it's a very fine place and i'm sure it gets lots of visitors from all over the great state of nebraska. the only problem is, madam president, as i understand reading the bill here -- which sometimes some of us don't do -- this is a bill that is entitled "making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes." well, obviously the distinguished manager of the bill found another purpose, but certainly none that has the slightest connection to the state of omaha -- the city of omaha or the state of nebraska except the senator happens to be from that state. and maybe even resides in that city. you see, the reason why i'm -- i'm taking the floor is because americans are hurting right now. americans all over this country are hurting right now. i go downtown in my cit