the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from alabama, congressman griffith. mr. griffith: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: it's good our administration is reaching out to the muslim world. it's bad to spend another $100 billion to keep wars going which will kill innocent muslims in iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. it's good we try to create an incentive for people to buy efficient cars. it's bad the car vouchers will not be expressly for the purpose -- and purchase for cars made in america. it's even worse that we tie such an incentive to a war-funding bill. cash for clunkers and bunkers in the same bill. cash for more war in iraq, afghanistan and paki

griffith. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. griffith: i rise to support my amendment in the enblank -- in the en banc amendment. the force structure and force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan and other elements of the defense program to determine our strategy for the next 20 years. additionally, my amendment reinforces the importance of the nuclear posture review which endorses the role cob ventional strike forces play in the size of strike forces. these are important to our national security as are the ground-based mid course defense missile program, the multiple kill vehicle and the airborn laser program. the department of defense is aware that the ground-based mid course defense, the g.m.d. is the only fielded operational capability to defend the u.s. against long-range ballistic missiles. however the current budget cuts of $524 million from the program, deploying only 30 of the 44 g.m.d. interceptors sesculed -- scheduled, we believe this logic should be questioned given the events occurring in north korea a

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griffith, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. griffith: madam chair, congressman franks, i appreciate this difficult situation. i believe that as the budget was formed and the decisions were made, north korea was not as aggressive, nor was iran. i stand in support of the franks amendment. i share the speaker's concern, madam chair's concern, that accountability needs to be increased but in this time of increasing threat, i would prefer that we err on the side of the franks amendment even if we must attach certain conditions to it in conference, but i would urge our members to support it. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from alabama yields back. the gentlewoman from california. mrs. tauscher: i'd like to yield two minutes to mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. chairman skeleton and chairwoman tauscher have rafted a bill that protects the united states and our

i look at the ninth circuit, griffith, i think it is the ninth circuit that summarizes and said -- even looking at griffin and row, a general pattern emerges from all of these cases. mere fraud would not render an election invalid. two elements must be present. you have significant disenfranchisement as a result. you say -- there are a number of courts -- would you agree there are a number of course the tigger position are going a different direction? >> we have significant disenfranchisement, your honor. there is a geographical difference here. depending upon where you sleep, that depends upon whether your vote gets counted. that is correctable. >> again, assuming that the panel got it right on the law, do not we have a problem with not so much disenfranchisement, but allowing the ballots which should not have been counted on election night -- we have a dilution problem do not we? >> it is worse than that. that says you can do it proportionate reduction which is a fictitious remedy anyway. you have the inability to say you got the most legally cast ballots. >> and no one has challenged

. >> let me introduce a physician from huntsville, alabama, parker griffith. >> thank you. this does require a bipartisan effort. every year that goes by without a health care reform bill, without access for every american, we lose 18,000 american lives needlessly. this requires a bipartisan effort. a partisan bill will not get through the legislative process. we either work together, we recognize that we've got strong polarization on many issues, but this should not be one of them. the access to affordable health care is something that we are all agreeing on. we're all agreeing on the diagnosis. we're not agreeing on the treatment. but we have to come together in order to do that. and i think that we will. i think the effort of this group and we have many more downstairs that are in agreement with us, that despite our party differences, this is a must for american business and it is a must for the health care of america. so i appreciate the opportunity to voice that. i don't think that we can retreat back into our r and our d homes. i think we need to get out front, get it

they're joined by republicans parker griffith of alabama and joanna emerson of new jersey. >> thanks for being here. sorry about all the crazy votes today. i'm jim cooper from nashville, tennessee, a democrat. right off the bat i want to be clear, i support health care reform. i support health care reform this year, as does everyone on this stage. we all share the goals laid out by the president in his june 2 letter. i believe that every american should have high-quality, affordable health care. and i believe that reforming health care should be congress' top priority. let me repeat that. health care reform should be congress' top priority. we should get it done this year. we are not here to slow it down. so don't believe the phony talking points that you're being circulated with that are saying we're trying to somehow slow down the the process. that's not true. the process, unfortunately, is already creaking under its own weight and we haven't even seen many of the bills yet. so don't take my word for it. just read your own publications. what we're trying to do is ensure that reform

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