i just heard from my great friend, bob goodlatte. bob goodlatte was the first member of congress to campaign for me when i was reading the very first time for congress. it was a tumultuous race that year, as bob recalls. it was a third most highly targeted race out of the 435 for congress. if i recall, i think the democrats spent 9.6 million to defeat me. this was the state of minnesota so a midwestern state with 5 million population to spend 9.6 million is a lot of money in a race like that and we were able to win with the help of great colleagues they came out, but i have been a perennial target of the left and they remained that much as well this year. so it is especially an honor to be honored by the claire booth luce foundation and also it isn't every day that a 54-year-old woman is a pinup girl and a calendar so i just want you to no, that is really an honor for me as well and i appreciate that. in talking about conservatism, you have heard from some of the best and brightest members of congress today and i don't want to repeat

goodlatte: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to oppose the rule on this legislation coming forward, but before we get to the vote on the rule we're going to have a vote on ordering the previous question and i urge my colleagues to vote no on ordering the previous question because that is the way to show your support for today's spending cut reduction under the youcut program that millions of americans have participated in. this week's spending cut, developed by congressman phil gingrey of georgia, addresses one of the perpetual road blocks to american private sector job creation and economic recovery. federal employee unions. the proposal would prohibit taxpayer funding for union activities, saying -- saving taxpayers $120 million a year or $1.2 billion over the next 10 years. federal employees unions collect millions in revenue each year and spend significant amounts on political activities and lobbying. i do not believe that they should be a-- also be subsidized by the taxpayers for their official