reverend fowler has served as pastor in covington since 1983. and in addition to his duties at ninth street, reverend fowler is a member of numerous boards including the ue natedway, -- united way, our local community and technical college. he's also the founder and organizers of oasis, incorporated for community action and substance abuse recovery. on the 25th of june, reverend fowler marked the beginning of legislative business by offering the opening prayer on the house floor. madam speaker, please join me -- mr. speaker, please join me in commending reverend fowler in offering him or sincerest thanks for his years of service to kentucky and to our nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. pence: mr. speaker, on behalf of the house republican conference i offer birthday wishes to our beloved floor director, jay pierson, and i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk:

now chris fowler and patrick mcenroe with a look ahead from the all england club. >> in england, therass courts at wimbledon green and pristine and ready for the beginning of the championships here on monday, but as one pundit said today, it's a bit like strawberries without the cream because the world number one and defending men's champion rafael nadal forced to withdraw, ten nights in the knees just too painful. he's back in majorca coming up. he promises to be ready for the summer hard court season in pursuit of his first u.s. open title. we will not have a fourth consecutive rafa-roger final. the focus now shifts to the search for the 15th final for roger federer and andy murray, who was in nadal's side of the draw. >> it is a major disappointment not having nadal here, first time the defending champ on the men's side not defending their title since ivanisevic. even with nadal here, i still liked federer to come back and win wimbledon again. >> and get major title number 15 for passing pete sampras. he seems so loose after winning in paris, getting the weight off his shoulders.

fowler. >> robert, a quick follow-up on iran, the president said there is no doubt that any direct dialog response to iran will be affected by the events of the last release and i wanted to see if you could add a bit to that, what he means by no doubt there'd of what has definitely changed at this point and what is still remaining open? >> i figured the presidency at his news conference earlier in the week at right now the focuses on what is going on there in the ground. and obviously it was passed to daschle lot of things have to going to have to shake out and get figured out obviously as we watch that. i think the president has been clear on matt. as i have mentioned here, there are multilateral invitations and looked, a lot of this is the iranians have been offered and a path away to meet their responsibilities. in many ways their actions are up to them and i think that's what the president said today. the g8 last night reiterated their multilateral invitations through a statement based on an ongoing invitation from early april. >> i understand you have been saying that the events have