but just look at what michael manly did in jamaica. a minimum wage for all workers. free education at secondary and university level to the extent that space was available. institute of literacy campaign. subdivision of what he called idle land to poor blacks. formation of agrarian cooperatives where they worked together. price control on numerous staples to benefit the poor. reduction of the voting age to 18 thus increasing the black vote that then was able to continue to move forward. listen to this, institutionalizing paid maternity leave and free milk to mothers. this was way back then, in jamaica where as you know we are still fighting to get family leave instituted in some our states in the united states of america. 30 years later. and so a person like mr. manly, michael manly, did such an outstanding job and so we are just pleased to celebrate this heritage month. once again i certainly commend the gentlelady from the u.s. virgin islands for her leadership and i know that we will have a wonderful month as we celebrate the great attributes that the people from

chamber of commerce in jamaica, new york, for the jamaica export center. now, mr. chairman, it's $100,000. that is proposed to be spent, another $100,000 to be spent, another $100,000 to be borrowed, another $100,000 we don't have. americans don't have. that's going to have to be borrowed or taxed to be spent for the chamber of commerce in jamaica, new york, to set up an export center. mr. chairman, that just doesn't seem to me as a critical need at this time that we should be spending $100,000 more on to do. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. meeks. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. meeks: i thank the chairman from west virginia. i have been listening for a while. and if ever ther

it subsidizes $100,000 borrowed for the chamber of commerce in jamaica, new york. the chamber of commerce is a private entity funded by private businesses. so we are using $100,000 of of taxpayer money to subsidize private businesses here in a time when we don't have the borrowing and don't have the money. if we are going to do it for chamber of commerce in jamaica, why not the one in irvine where i live or thousands of chambers of commerces that exist all over the country? i will not yield because i probably have 15 seconds. mr. chairman, i would ask for a no vote on this -- yes vote on this amendment to remove this $100,000 and save a little bit. and start now by not doing this sort of thing anymore that is just not in critical nature. given the deficits we have. thank you. . the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it -- the amendment is not agreed to. the gentleman from california. mr. campbell: i request a

and i know, because the problem is when a lot of people in the states go to jamaica and they assess the kids there, basically what they're saying for a 12-year-old kid, for a 12-year-old kid in the states compared to a 12-year-old kid out there, they are more advanced in what their exposure to what they learn in schools. guest: i think you're making a range of points that are important here, which is we have to motivate young people and expect more of them. we expect more of them when we give them really serious interesting work to do that when they're putting out their effort in school, they are really learning new skills, they're applying it in real life, and they are doing this across our country in ways that everybody has a real opportunity and a real chance. because they will be competing in the globalized economy. host: we hear from a science teacher on our republican line. caller: good morning. thanks for c-span. this is the first time i've called. i've been teaching science for a long, long time. and you can't leatintlebt. it is true that our reflections of our society. kids tod

frampled, vietnam, new zealand, lebanon and jamaica have ministries of tourism. germany has a national tourist board and australia has a tourism australia program. in 2005, greece spent more than $150 million on travel promoti promotion. france spent $63 million. that's what we're up against. the travel promotion act, madam president, would level the playing field so we can compete with the rest of the world and recapture the lost market share. it will create the corporation for travel promotion, a public-private partnership to promote the united states as an international travel destination and finally establish a coordinated national travel program. under the direction of a board of directors made up of representatives from the states, the federal government and the travel industry, the corporation would be in charge of a national travel promotion program whose goals would be to encourage travel to the united states, to communicate our country's travel policies, and to promote international exposure for parts of america that don't have the resources to promote

he also ran in the 4 by 100 meter relay in jamaica where another world record was broken.y you enjoyed that. >> all right, still to come, our top stories. lakers and the magic. we continue to preview as we countdown to game 4 at the top of the hour. plus, a marethon thriller. and you've got to see it to believe it. cubs-astros on the way.

and ran the third leg in the 4 by 100 meter relay for jamaica, where another world record was broken.>> all right, still to come. they're under way in o-town. we'll update magic and lakers in their pivotal game 4 match-up. >> and we will update things from fenway right now the red sox nursing a 1-0 lead. penny and sabathia. we'll let you know what's going on. also, a thriller in houston. astros cubs and that right there, part of the highlig since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.

jamaican prime minister told me that 90% of the guns recovered in jamaica also originate in the u.s. i am glead we are doing something about that in this bill. again, mr. chairman, thank you for your excellent work on the bill and for including these important sections that i urged. i look forward to voting for this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: we reserve at this time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: the gentlelady reserves? the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time. mr. berman: in that case, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from american samoa, chairman of the committee on asia, pacific and the global environment, mr. faleomavaega. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: i rise in strong support of h.r. 2410 and thank the gentleman from california, the distinguished chairman of the committee on foreign affairs for his leadership

be saying, these guys are crazy in the united states setting up these guys in a seaside resort in jamaica. i yield back. insanity rules. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas. and we were having discussions about things that were not heretofore unimagined a few months ago or even a few years ago. and as we transition into this discussion about guantanamo bay. the discussion will go on. if there are a few of them that could potentially be facing the death sentence. a few. i guess i should pass my request over to the gitmo closing czar and ask him how many are facing a death sentence. let's look at it in this fashion and that is, looks like -- they are going to close guantanamo bay. they will disburse these people. some of them are likely to be released in the free world. some into the united states of america. these are the worst of the worst. we have about a one out of seven residism rate. the least dangerous is the most accurate way to describe them. out of those 558, we see a rate where they turned around and attacked american people, one out of seven we know. i don't know what per