i'd yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boyle. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. boyle: thank you and i want to thank my colleague. this is just embarrassing. it is embarrassing that we're here talking about the umpeenth patch for the umpteenth time. other countries are wondering if we're still interested in leading. let's forget the short-term patches, let's finally deal with the problem. the previous speaker, mr. blumenauer, is exactly right. before coming here as a state legislator in pennsylvania, we, democrats and republicans, banned together and cast a very politically tough vote. it was the right thing to do, both democrats and republicans did it, and now we're finally building bridges and repairing roads that we neglected for 20 years in our state. it's time for the u.s. federal government to do exactly the same right thing. bite the bullet and let's show that an america -- that in america we can solve big problems and we can lead again. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

. >> we are going to mr. boyle of pennsylvania. my intention is to keep going. >> i actually wants to address my question to secretary moniz and i will probably be very boring here, but a very technical question. when i asked the president specifically he directed it to you saying you are one of the top 10 expert in the world. there was a report about six days ago in the new york times that really question to the 24 days. there are some that say look, 24 days is not exactly like you are flushing a whole program down the toilet. that certainly would not be enough time in which to hide in illegal behavior. the former executive director of the iaea contradicted that and said that while it is true with some of the larger scale operations some things for manufacturing uranium components actually could be covered up in 24 days. i'm really trying to get a clear answer on this issue. i actually think this is one of the key components when trying to look at this in an intellectually honest way to see if we really have a verifiable deal. >>

mr. boyleeach control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record an exchange of letters with chairman goodlatte of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: mr. speaker i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: international travel by terrorist recruits poses a deadly and growing threat. it is estimated that isis alone has drawn 20,000 foreign fighters into syria and iraq. extremist groups in libya, yemen and elsewhere also draw foreigners into their deadly campaigns, and these include thousands of westerners, primarily from europe, but also a couple hundred people from the united stat

mr. boyle: and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the federal government is hording american land. the bureaucrats own about 640 million acres of it. that's 27% of america, larger than all of western europe. the government cannot afford this massive estate. notice this map. all the red areas what the federal government owns, over half the west is owned by the federal government. day by day, unused and unmaintained land sits idle. instead of uncle sam hording this land the government should consider selling the land to americans. to be clear, i'm not talking about selling off national parks monuments, forests or protected areas. just unused land and unmaintained land the government doesn't take care of. it could go to reducing the debt or improving transportation. plus, the sale of land could help state and local governments because they could

mr. murray and boyle. not sure which. there's a business in my district that supplies specialized shoes. diabetic shoes and to vets through the va. however this business didn't have a contract. in november of 2014 11 notified them that the custom orthotic appliance and related service released a request for proposals. the business filled out the paperwork, denied for not meeting minimum technical requirement of having a certified, not podiatrist but padorthist on staff. who sets the requirements for the contracts? the main va office and second question is since this business did not have a contract, how do you think the va was paying them for the services provided? >> well -- >> doesn't matter. >> i'll take that. >> okay. >> one, i'll need to explore more the specifics of this case, but the requirements, if it was done by 11, done by the local contracting office that supports visen 11 and work for me and my organization. they probably worked closely with the prosthetic folks in that visen or at that medical center to deve

mr. mcfarland is at the start of his search for who the new executive will be. >> way to watch that. thank you, kathryn boyle have a little bit of news around edf and areva. they have reached an agreement on the broad outlines of a cooperation deal between the two state controlled companies. reuters saying edf as part of the deal will buy a majority steak in areva's nuclear stake. it might be valued at 2.7 billion euros. joao q2 earnings before the bell at 85 cents a share. the dollar strength will be in focus with over 60% of the transactions made outside the u.s. shares in master card are up over 25% over the last 12 months. >>> we'll talk a little bit more about master card in a few moments' time. meantime let's take a look at today's other top stories. nfl commissioner roger goodell has upheld new england quarterback's tom brady's four game suspension for his role in deflategate. the nfl said in a statement that brady destroyed his cell phone even though he was aware investigators had requested access adding that brady, quote, went beyond a mere failure to cooperate in the investigation. brady's accused