. >>> m ayou a now heading to the united states on his way to new york city to take part -- mahmoud ahmadinejad taking part on a conference tomorrow. >> juliet: as they are assessing the damage from this massive oil slick, the spill could have major consequences for towns near the shore lines. communities all along the gulf coast are bracing for the economic fallout from the oil that is coming their way. joining me now on the phone is the mayor of hope. >> it's great to be here and i hope i can shed a little light on the concerns we have. >> juliet: bobby vind al says he is starting to see the sheen hitting his coast. what are seeing right now when you look out on the water. any effects on the environment or coastline? >> we don't have any landfall in alabama, but the problem we see is simple thunderstorm came up. all the protection devices washed occupy the shoreline. that is our mainline of defense. i can only imagine when we get the sheen comes aboard. >> juliet: what kinds of ru talking about? >> all the booms around the coastline. we had a thunderstorm coming through and you saw the floodi

skelton: pursuant to h.res. 1404, ayou have amendment package number nine, including modifications to amendment number 32. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: amendments en bloc number nine, offered by mr. skelton of missouri, consisting of amendments 8, 15, 30, 32, 55, 61, 64, 66, 67, 74, and 77, printed in house report 111-498. the chair: the clerk will report modification on amendment 32. mr. skelton: i ask annapolis consent we dispense with the reading. the chair: is there reading? -- is there objection. without objection, the reading is dispensed with. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: i encourage the committee to adopt the amendments en bloc, which have been examined by the majority and the minority. i yield two minutes to my friend, the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. matsui: i rise today in support of the courtney-petri-matsui amendment regarding troops to teachers. it includes part of the bipartisan troops to teachers enhancement act which has 170 co-sponsors.

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