berman: mr. speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. berman: the gentleman from michigan just spoke on behalf of the republican substitute but he's a major co-sponsor of the reconstruction opportunity zones. unlike the bill in front of us, the republican substitute does not contain the r.o.z.'s, the reconstruction zones. i'm wondering how the gentleman squares that with his position. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. berman: i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts who has done remarkable work on the issue of how the $12 billion given to pakistan over the past seven years -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. tierney: i thank mr. berman for allocating the time. i sometimes wonder listening to this particular substitute whether some people here wlrks it's the administration or our friends on the other side of the aisle have be

berman: mr. chairman, i have no further -- i have many requests for time but they don't happen to be here right now. so i am prepared to yield back the balance of my time once -- the chair: the gentlewoman florida's time has expired. mr. berman: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. no amendment to the committee amendment is in order except those printed in part c of house report 11-143, each amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report 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 of the amendment, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to demand for division

berman: mr. chairman, i rise to take the opposition even though i do not oppose the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: mr. chairman, the gentleman's amendment encourages the administration to create a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for sudan. i have spoken with mr. mccaul about his proposal and agree that developing a coherent approach to this situation in sudan is critical. the united states must make every effort to address the ongoing and interrelated crises in sudan. the u.s. should work toward a stable and lasting peace in the region that has seen so many tragedies in recent years. i have no objection to this amendment. i look forward to working with mr. mccaul on this provision as the bill moves through the process, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. berman: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i urge support of this amendment and i yield back the balan

berman: mr. chairman, i'm very pleased to yield to a great member of the committee, the gentleman from missouri, mr. carnahan, one minute. the chair: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for one minute. mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of this foreign relations authorization act. it provides the necessary resources for the state department to fully carry out its core mission, u.s. diplomacy, based on smart power. as advanced by president obama and secretary of state clinton. from authorizing funding for the u.n., peacekeeping operations, for international organizations to establishing a critical study abroad program and doubling the size of the peace corps. this bill provides critical support for the state department and helping to restore our image around the world, all critical tools for u.s. diplomatic power. one of my particular interests is looking for ways to increase and enhance study abroad programs. having studied overseas myself in undergrad i'm very

berman 13k mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the -- to my friend from california, the member of the committee, the gentlewoman, barbara lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. first, let me thank the chairman for his very effective work on this bill and for your leadership. and for really bringing this forward to the committee so that all of us could have an opportunity to weigh in and talk about and amend and include many of the provisions that we believe allowed us to come to this floor today to support this bill. i believe, like many, i believe that by addressing pakistan rather than an escalation of the war in afghanistan is a much more effective way to address terrorism and our national security. i'm greatly encouraged by the goals of this legislation, which aims to put the united states smart power to work, which many of us have been talking about for many years. the smart power. this helps to reshape our rela

berman of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 522, the gentleman from california, mr. berman, and opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i thank the chairwoman and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: i'm operating as a designee for our colleague, baron hill, and i strongly support the amendment that is before the body now. it requires the state department in cooperation with other departments and agencies to report on how best to use government funds to reduce alien smuggling and trafficking in persons. the state department estimates that 800,000 people are trafficked across borders around the world in deplorable and inhumane conditions. while millions more are trafficked within their own countries and of these, 80% are women and girls. half are minors and human smuggling continues to be a significant law enforcement challenge in the international community and remains

berman: no further speakers. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from delaware. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is goad to. pursuant to the order of the house of today, it is now in order to consider amendment number 17 printed in part c of house report 111-143. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. matheson: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 17 printed in part c of house report 111-143 offered by mr. matheson of utah. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 522, the gentleman from utah, mr. matheson and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. matheson: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank foreign affairs, rules, judiciary and administration committees for working with me. my amendment ensures that americans living overseas, all of whom who are required to pay taxes to the u.s. government are counted in u

berman: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. berman: mr. speaker, my friend, my ranking member correctly cited a whole series of very important issues that we the united states has with the government of iran. and she is correct. this resolution, the reason i worked to bring this up on this quick notice, is about what she pointed out at the end of her comments. this resolution is not about a recitation of all those issues. it's about an affirmation of something that this house of representatives has done in places all over the world. whether it is in tibet or in cuba or in eastern europe or in the middle east or any other region, to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today it's about the people of iran and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

berman: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield oto another new member of the house and of the committee, a great member, mr. mcmahon, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcmahon: i would like to thank the gentleman from california, chairman berman, for working with all the members of this committee, the more senior and the junior as well. and in particular for including provisions raised by so many of my constituents back home. as we know, effective diplomacy requires a defense strategy and requires a combination of several important efforts. as my colleague, the great gentleman from gentleman, mr. connolly, was mentioning, secretary gates himself said long-term security challenges require the government to operate with unity, creativity and agility and committing more resources to nonmilitary instruments of national power. mr. speaker, the united states must be more serious about its dip plo lowe mattick commitments, responsibilities, and presence overseas to ensur

berman: i rise in opposition to the amendment. i share a lot of the ranking member's concerns fundamentally about the countries named in her amendment, and about the issue of proliferation. but there's sort of three different levels on which i think her amendment raises serious doubts and causes me to want to oppose it. the first is the assumption that withholding assessed contributions produces the actions we want. we have had test cases of this. wouldn't it have been great if the money we withheld from the u.n. population planning account had stopped coercive abortions in china? wouldn't it be great if the due assessed to pay to the united nations had resulted in the kinds of reforms that eliminated the questionable conduct that the minority rightfully points to? there is a real challenge to this assumption that the withholding is what achieves the goal. we can wish it a lot. it doesn't alwaysp happen. secondly there are specific categories of programs here that are involved and should be mentioned because in some cases they mak

berman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1886. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. berman: mr. speaker, at this time, i would like for purposes of opening general debate, yield to the chairman of the house armed services committee, of whom we have -- whom we have work very closely with in putting together a bill we can bring to the floor a very good bill, his help and he help of his staff working with our staff has really been just indy spenceable to the progress of this effort, three minutes to the gentleman from missouri, the chairman of the house armed services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. skelton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. this measure before the house today is very well one of the most important pieces of legislation we will consider regarding national security. i first must compliment the ch

berman: mr. chairman, when you -- i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to the vice chair of the subcommittee on terrorism, nuclear nonproliferation and international trade of the foreign affairs committee, the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. chairman, thank you very much. this is really the most critical, the most important piece of legislation facing us right now. the situation in pakistan is very ten with us. it is a -- tenuous. it is very critical. we have before us a very significant piece of legislation that has been expertly crafted. yes, trade is a part of it because trade is important at this time to make sure that we are able to help sustain the economy of pakistan at this very critical time. pakistan is in a fragile situation. military aid is in here. yes, because pakistan needs this. but we have the safeguards here because let me just -- the other side

berman: mr. speaker, thank you. what we see -- the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the motion? mr. berman: jim strongly opposed to the motion. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: what we see in the offering of this motion to recommit is a political party or the leadership of a political party that, number one, is not serious about pursuing an effective strategy to stop iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. and two, is using the pretext of iran to strike every single provision of the bill that we have been -- we have presented and debated on. the very first provision of this bill is to strike all that follows after the enacting clause. then my friend from indiana takes a bill that i'm the sponsor of, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen and a number of people on both sides that now has something like 155 co-sponsors to focus on the issue of refined oil products going to iran and eviscerates that bill by taking every single trade sanction, all the financial institutions s

. -- who brought this resolution forward with howard berman. and of course, the champion for human rights and freedom. we're here because when america here's the call for freedom, we ought answer. all of us believe that america has a moral responsibility to speak out on behalf of the iranian people. make no mistake about it. the regime in charge is the one that turns on and off the spigot of democracy and a lead to democracy. -- and allegedly democracy. make no mistake about who is in charge. we have seen the brutality on our television screens over the last several days. it gives us all great cause for alarm. that is why we are calling on our allies across the world as well as urging president obama to speak out strongly on behalf of freedom. we can make a difference for the iranian people. with that, i want to turn it over to chairman mike pence who has been the primary sponsor of the resolution that just passed overwhelmingly on the house floor. >> i want to thank all my colleagues that are gathered here, but i also want to thank our republi

berman. mr. berman: every day since iran's election, the streets of tehran have been filled with demonstrators and each day this past week, the numbers seem -- the number seems to be growing. even state-run media in iran has put the number of demonstrators in tehran at hundreds of thousands. one british newspaper reports that there were a million demonstrators in tehran yesterday. what do these demonstrators want? are they simply in favor of the candidate, or are they making a more profound statement about the iranian regime? nobody knows exactly. we do know one thing, though. the demonstrators feel their intelligence was insulted and their dignity assaulted by the high handed man for the which the results of the june 12 election were handled. they want justice. this morning the supreme leader offered none. it is not for us to decide who should run iran, much less determine the real winner of the june 12 election. but we must reaffirm our strong belief that the iranian people have a fundamental r

berman. california is recognized for three minutes. mr. berman: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and, again, to my friend from florida for yielding me some additional time. i'd like to use this time to deal with one of the points made by friend from florida, mr. diaz-balart, and more substantially to the issue raised by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. mr. diaz-balart cited a letter signed by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of defense that was sent a number of weeks ago long before a series of changes were made in this bill. at the time that letter was sent we had a very elaborate resolution of disapproval process for the presidential determinations. that has been struck. we had a very high waiver standard vital to national security interests. that has been struck. we had a great dispute that was existing over how the pakistan counterinsurgency cooperation fund should work. those issues have all been worked out with the house armed services committee. the house armed services committee has worked through all of these issues with us. they are r

berman: mr.chairman, the united states now confronts the most complex array of threats in many decades, if not the entire history of our nation. afghanistan and pakistan, iran, north korea, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug trafficking and climate change all pose major challenges to our national security. we must confront these threats in the midst of a global financial crisis with enormous ramifications both at home and around the world. our brave men and women in uniform are making unbelievable sacrifices to protect our security interests around the globe. they and their families deserve our deepest respect and gratitude. we should not expect the military to shoulder the entire burden. the state department and our other civilian foreign affairs agencies have a critical role to play in protecting u.s. national security. diplomacy development and -- diplomacy, development, and defense are the three key pillars of our national security policy. by wisely investing resources to strengthen our d

berman: i thank my ranking member for yielding. i want to add my support. the fact is, i had a chance to go to mexico city and the gentlelady from arizona is absolutely right, the guns are one issue, but the huge amounts of cash that are transported are another. and her amendment makes what i think are some good provisions in this legislation on strengthening the initiative even better and i urge its adoption. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from arizona. mr. kirk: madam chairwoman, i thank the chairman and ranking member for their help with this amendment. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment that addresses the key part of the fight against key drug trafficking organizations and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 19 printed in part c of house report

berman: mr. chairman, for the life of me,ky not understand why the gentlelady's amendment seeks to cut what may be one of the most important processes that could take place to learn how to do things better and i strongly oppose the amendment and i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts. who is sort of the originator of this proposal. in some ways. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in strong opposition to this amendment as well. this provision is intended to improve the effectiveness of the state department and usaid, to save taxpayer dollars. so that there is greater firktcy, improved capabilities, less waste, more bang for the buck, if you will. to do that, we've taken a page from the military. section 303 is modeled after lessons learned centers in the armed services. these are mechanisms if you will, which allow our men and women in uniform to learn from the successes and as importantly, the mistakes of their colleagues. by cutting down on the need to reinvent the

i thank chairman berman for bringing this bill to the floor. simply stated, my amendment would remember the secretary of state to report to congress within 60 days on potential changes in treaty language and related u.s. laws that would improve other countries' compliance with the hague convention on international child abduction. let me briefly explain why this amendment is necessary. since 1980 the hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction was created to ensure in a child is wrongfully removed from his or her country of habitual residence from one parent by another parent, they would have an internationally recognized means by recovering the abducted child. unfortunately, one of my constituents has come face to face with the very real limitations of the current hague convention. in his efforts he's been trying to recover his kidnapped son from brazil which, like the united states, is a signatory of the hague convention. five years ago, five years ago this month mr. david goldman from central new jersey was trying

berman: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. i have tremendous respect for my friend and colleague from massachusetts. i know he always has the best interest of the nation and our armed services at heart. but i must oppose the amendment. as much as all of us would like to have our brave men and women home again reunited with their loved ones, we don't have a choice but to keep the troops on the ground in afghanistan for some period of time. the only way we can succeed in afghanistan is to create an environment conducive to development and good governance. our u.s. military is an essential component of that. requiring president obama to develop an exit strategy only a few months after he increased the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and launched a new strategy would raise questions about our commitment to the afghan people and complicate our efforts to help them create a stable and secure nation in a way that would supersede whatever benefits we could get from the passage of this amendment. i would ask my colleagues to give

today, howard berman states that on the issue of speaking a word of encouragement to those who would stand with extraordinary valor for their own liberty, there is no left or right in this body. it has been stated before, but it has been an extraordinary we can be life in the nation of iran. one week ago, from the very moment that the presidential election -- election results were announced, the press called the results and the question. among the reasons for that, even before the demonstrations had begun, millions of ballots, paper ballots, had been tallied and counted within a matter of hours. the official government results of the election were met with public consternation among the people of iran. while the did -- while the defeated candidate launched an appeal, what hasn't sued on the streets has been the biggest demonstration in the islamic republic's 30 year history. sadly, following the election day, the actions by the government and the militias that support the government have turned to violence. pro-government forces have attacked demonstrators over the past week causing

berman, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, each will control 20 minutes. each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the >> mr. speaker, the streets of tehran have been filled with demonstrators, and each day this past week, the number seems to be growing. even state-run media in iran has put the number of demonstrators in tehran at hundreds of thousands. one british newspaper reports that there were a million demonstrators in tehran yesterday. what do these demonstrators want? are they simply in favor of the candidates

especially grateful for the leadership and the spirit brought to this legislation by chairman howard berman. i do not agree with him on very much, but i am grateful that he demonstrates today public mindedness that i think is in keeping with the best traditions of this institution. ronald reagan would say in 1964, uni are told increasingly we have to choose between the left or right. i would like to suggest there is no such thing as left or right. there is only an up or down. of demands age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom, consistent with law and order, are down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. the leadership of chairman howard berman today demonstrates that on the issue of speaking a word of encouragement to those who would stand with extraordinary valor for their own liberty, there is no left or right. it has been stated before an extraordinary week in the life of the nation of iran. on 12 june, just one week ago, from the very moment that the presidential election results were announced, the international community and the international press called the results into ques

berman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. berman: i thank the gentleman from florida for yielding me this time and i rise in strong support of the rule authorizing the foreign relations act to come to the floor. h.res. 522. this rule covers both h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and h.r. 1886, the pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation enhancement act of 2009. these are both critical measures. h.r. 2410 provides the resources necessary for the president to realize his vision of making vigorous diplomacy a cornerstone of our strategy to promote u.s. national security. by wisely investing resources to strengthen our diplomatic capabilities, we can help prevent conflicts before they start and head off the conditions that lead to failed states. this approach is a much more cost-effective one than providing massive amounts of humanitarian aid, funding peacekeeping operations, or in the most extreme circumstances, deploying u.s. troops into harm's way. i think the rules committ

berman, and also our senior ranking member, ms. ros-lehtinen, for their leadership and their support in bringing this bill before the floor. i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution and offering president lee our best wishes for a pleasant visit to washington and successful summit with president obama sometime this week. with that, mr. speaker, unless my good friend wishes to yield first. mr. bilirakis: i'd like to close if that's ok. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: once again i want to thank my good friend, peter king, the ranking member on the homeland security committee, for introducing this very important resolution, very timely as well. and i urge quick and unanimous passage. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: i also yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back th

finally i want to thank chairman berman, chairman gordon, mr. ehlers from michigan, and mr. carnahan for their work and want to at this point ask unanimous consent to insert an exchange of letters between chairman berman and chairman gordon into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baird: i would also be remiss if i did not acknowledge the hardworking staff who contributed to this legislation namely dolly on the majority staff. malay williams on the majority staff, and also my personal staff as well. they have done an outstanding job on this piece of legislation. h.r. 1736 is a good bill. it doesn't cost anything. it just makes sure we apply our existing activities and resources as wisely as possible to the benefit of our security and prosperity. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1736. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. ole son: thank you -- mr. olson: thank you, madam speaker. looking around i have no further requests for time

berman. he has said he's still holding to the position that he's not going to push it right now because president obama's policy is to reach out to iran and still seems to be the policy. but that bill is out there and may attract new support. there are other ideas e emerging such as sanctioning, trying to get other companies to stop selling telecommunications jamming and internet monitoring gear to iran. these are some new ideas that arose out of what we've seen. some other ideas, some members are interested in looking at, you know, iran's connections with china, latin america, russia, some of the other countries that have been somewhat skeptical about sanctioning iran or ian entering -- even entering alliances with iran, so some in congress are interested in looking more closely at those countries, so the unrest has manifested in congress not necessarily directly on the unrest itself although some resolutions have passed, but rather on going back and maybe advancing some of the sanctions ide

underlying bill provides this balance and that's why chairman skelton, ranking member mckeon, chairman berman, and i ask our colleagues to support u.s. efforts in afghanistan and oppose the mcgovern amendment. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield myself 15 seconds. mr. chairman, all we are trying to do is to fill in the holes of the strategy that president obama has already articulated. i think the american people would welcome that. i think the afghan people would welcome that. the notion that we are sending our men and women into harm's way without a clearly defined mission which includes a beginning, middle, and end to me is a mistake. mr. chairman, i'd like to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones. the chair: a minute and a half. mr. jones: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. i respect everyone's position and everyone's right. but i would like to say that to die for a mystique is an article written by andrew who i quote add few minutes ago. subtitle, the lessons our leaders didn't le

myself, senator lieberman, and others, is exactly the same as has been introduced by congressman berman and pence in the house of representatives. it's the exact same resolution, expresses support for all iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and rule of law, and for other purposes. the resolution expresses its support for all iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law. it condemns the ongoing violence against demonstrators by the government of iran and progovernment militias as well as the ongoing government suppression of independent electronic communication through interference with the internet and cell phones and affirms the universality and the importance of democratic elections. basically, mr. president, what this is is a resolution that has been introduced in both houses which affirms america's fundamental respect and commitment to human rights to people no matter where they reside in the world. it's unfortunate in a way that this resolution is required since the administration

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as well as intellectual property subcommittee chairman howard berman for facilitating discussions between the parties. i'd like to also commend judiciary ranking member, mr. lamar smith, for his leadership in making this a truly bipartisan effort. and i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california, mr. issa, is recognized. mr. issa: thank you, mr. spker. it's now my pleasure to yield for our response to the gentleman from south carolina for such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the gentleman from california yielding. h.r. 2344, the webcasting settlement act of 2009, grants limited statutory authority to sound exchange. the government designated entity that is responsible for disbursing webcast royalties to

the very hard work that was accomplished by the foreign affairs committee of the house, chairman berman and subcommittee chairman ackerman, and say that we did the right thing today. by passing the pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation enhancement act, the american people have made a few more steps toward their own personal security, their own ensuring the security of the homeland and recognizing a long-standing relationship that has had its hills and valleys. many of us don't know the history of other countries and obviously we have our own wonderful history. but interestingly enough, when pakistan was founded by what has been -- a person who has been known to be called dr. j inner, it was founded on principles. we've had a long standing relationship, although it has been uneven. so today we have restored that relationship and i hope pakistani-americans, our own embassy that is here representing pakistan, really realize that we made a strong statement today for the rment, for the relationship of this nation -- respect, for the relationship of this nation. we have in essence put

berman, myself and many others in urging that this pattern of lowering to what we believe is a more fair rate or helping lower to what we believe is a more fair rate in fact flies in the face of terrestrial broadcasters continuing to say that the only fair amount to pay in the way of royalties to music producers, actual performers, is zero. the public today, mr. speaker, when they hear this, they hear this, will be shocked to find out that when they listen to terrestrial radio, nothing is paid to the artist. if they listen to internet radio, more than half of the gross revenues of these internet broadcasters is paid to the performers. as mr. inslee said, i do believe that perhaps it is too much, that there is in fact a point at which when you tax something too much, even if it's taxed to pay the performance, you may get too little of it. to that extent we need to find an amount that balances fairly, compensation for the creative artist who brought us this fine music and those who would seek to make it available to the public. i hope that this piece of legislation will help for those doin

communications, the resolution was put forward by house republicans and foreign affairs committee chair howard berman said quote, it is not for us to decide who should run iran much less determine the real winner of the june 12th election but we must reaffirm our strong belief that the iranian people have a fundamental right to express their views about the future other country freely and without intimidation. associated press is reporting that illinois senator roland burris will not be charged with perjury for statements he made before the illinois house impeachment committee of a state prosecutor investigating the case said there is not enough evidence to support the charge. senator burris was appointed to president obama is a vacant senate seat by former illinois governor bob voinovich who was impeached in part because of allegations that he attempted to sell the senate seat to the highest bidder. and tonight president obama people want to think of it as a policy as much as a passion, he put aside 240,000 -- 200 million acres of wild america and so now as people are talking about environmentalism

berman: mr. speaker, i'm going to yield -- should i be yielding one minute to my time to the gentleman from south carolina at this point? ms. ros-lehtinen: yes. mr. berman: and then he'll have the time. ms. ros-lehtinen: so i'll give 30 seconds of my time and to any time to the gentleman from south carolina. mr. berman: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has yielded one minute. so the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i saw this morning that the supreme leader of iran said that street challenge is not acceptable. this is challenging democracy after the elections. well, we beg to differ. and the people of iran are begging to differ. when you can count paper ballots, millions of them within a couple of hours, something's funny. and when you declare the results of the election is fine but say they're going to be some investigations, what's the value of the investigation if you've already certified the election? so what we're begging to differ with the stream leader of iran

berman, for his efforts on this bill. as i do congresswoman ros-lehtinen on her efforts on what i think is the most pressing national security issue we face today. pakistan. and when you look at the troubles that they face and what a unique country it is, they are a nuclear armed sovereign nation that has expressed concerns about the eastern neighbors, the indians. and all of the efforts, both diplomatic, economic, militarily, intelligence that they apply to what they view as a problem set. and to the west of that country, even in their constitution, they treat differently, they give it special atonomy, the federal administer tribal areas. and that's the area that's caused afghanistan and the united states untold misery, danger, something we ought to worry about. and this bill in the most arrogant way says you know what, we know better than you, pakistan. we are going to make you set up a teacher pay scale, a teacher's pay scale if you want our federal money, if you want u.s. money to help us in the fight against terroris

berman: seek to oppose the motion. i made a mistake earlier, i objected to the reading of the motion to recommit. i should have asked for a reading of the bill. as much as i admire the gentleman, the one thing clear to me is he didn't read the bill. we have absolutely no conditions or restrictions or efforts to earmark or tie up any of the economic assistance in this bill. why you would say that is only because someone told you that because when you look at the bill, we have some principles, some suggestions, we lay out things that need to be done to rebuild or to build democratic institutions in pakistan, to build a school system. we know that we are providing up to $12 billion, much in economic assistance for schools who have no teachers. we are providing money for teachers who have no education and don't know how to teach science and math. so we suggest in this bill some guidelines and tie no one's hands. we don't tie the secretary's hands. we don't tie the pakistanis' hands. when we put our pakistan bill, we went t