our gracious host for that day was congress member sonny bono. dozens of us have come here for generatio generations. we lay problems at your feet. snap photos and return home. the ritual has become an industry in and of itself. people share their problems with me, too. we can articulate problems very easily, but crafting solutions requires more effort. america's illegal immigration program has reached a fevered pitch. some argue that it is a drain on resources. others insist that so woven, it would kill the industry. those of legal and illegal status maintain landscapes and harvest crops. we know solutions have lingered on the horizon much like a cloud bank producing lightning and thunder and wind, but no rain. it's time that we work together to break this drought. i salute you, mr. chairman, and other members who demonstrated courage in the 21st century solutions in the guest worker program. legal service reform and vouchers and transferring to usda are ideas that warrant immediate consideration. these proposals and others, though must not comp

one of my favorite a law i brought a challenge to in the supreme court was the sonny bono copy wrightsion act. a copy right designed to give more incentive to things. and when we challenged this milton friedman said he would join a brief challenging him only if the word no-brainer wasn't in the brief. but when congress unanimously extended this term was more than $6 million of money contributed by the disney corporation. and that's just one of 10,000 examples we could point to where congress bends towards the money. >> that bending, that thousands of arcs that happen all the time. the proposal that you have made, and i -- before -- i would like for you to describe it to people. the democracy vouchers in a way that is accessible and then we can talk about how we get there. so if the real problem we have is that we have a congress dependant on the funders. it's a tiny slice of the top 1% to fun our campaigns. the solution to that problem is to find a way to make it so that the funners are now the people. and the proposal that i put forward says let's take the first 50 dollars of tax, an

february 16, february 16 was the date of his grandfather's birthday, and february 16 was the date of sonny bono's father, so sonny william rabee's great grandfather and grandfather share the exact same date, february 16, of birth that he has. so congratulations go to the parents, shiana and mark and all our colleagues and friends in the bono mac family and -- bono mack family and we look forward to having the chance to meet sonny william sometime soon. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. let me speak to transportation and what we're doing in congress on the republican side. mr. mica: the other side of the aisle, the democrat majority, had responsibility over transportation and huge majorities for four years and control for two years of the white house, the senate, the house of representatives. this week the president signed into law and we got it done, as