lamborn, is recognized. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lamborn: the majority has adequately and very well explained this bill. i don't believe there's anything to add at this time. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: i would yield as much time as he may consume to the chairman of the education and labor committee, mr. george miller, for his comments on his legislation, 1043. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. miller, is recognized. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of h.r. 1043, the deafy glade land exchange act, and i want to thank chairman rahall and chairman grijalva of the natural resources committee, the minority, for bringing this legislation to the floor. as was noted, this similar legislation passed by vose vote last congress. the fouts youth facility has been there f

lamborn, would you like to comment? >> i agree. i would like to say to the gentleman from fort logan i've been there. it's just north of the part of colorado i represent and is beautifully kept and i appreciate your work. >> once again, thank all of you for your service to the country and our, the staff will send you a simple questions and in the interest of getting through the agenda before the next votes are called and we disappear for who knows how long we will thank you and excuse you and wish you a good day and ask arthur panel to join us consisting of steve muro acting for memorial affairs at the national cemetery at patrician at the u.s. to part one of veterans affairs accompanied by ron walters director of planning and budget and planning services of the national cemeterdm

lamborn. ms. halvorson. >> thank you. thank you, mr. muro and all the other panels before do. thank you for doing such a good job with regards to a situation that came out in my district. i'm sure you are familiar with the private cemetery in the illinois where several of the veterans especially their headstones and entire empirical was desecrated and abraham lincoln national cemetery which is in my district we worked out where we could offer them free free burial so that is something that is very wonderful that we were able to do for the veterans. we were able to say rest in peace truly free means delete commands rest in peace. however i am concerned about something that came up with the fact of this outsourcing of jobs. can you explain what is happening with outsourcing of our jobs? are they truly being taken away from veterans and going to other companies and not our veterans? >> what me explain what we've done. as we open new national cemetery is we keep certain jobs and house, the internments, the representative work, and we do the headstone and mowing, we contract that.

lamborn: would the gentleman yield? what it boils down to, if the problem really is those who are uninsured who cannot afford it, we have a lot more targeted and focused ways of meeting that small percentage rather than revamping our entire health care system. mr. akin: the gentleman, i think you brought an exceptionally important point. unfortunately our hour has just flown by. i would just like to thank my good friend, mr. lamborn, for his expertise and great leadership you have shown here on the floor. i just thank my other colleagues for taking part in trying to get through some of these details. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for 60 minutes. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as always it's an honor to address you on the floor of the house of representatives. having listened to some of the dialogue that my colleagues that have been here just prior, and hopefully wi

lamborn: me neither, ever in my wildest dreams. mr. akin: today we're taking over college loans, right? we're going to chase the privates out of that business. mr. lamborn: that's exactly right. that's the wrong thing. those who say they trust the government, yet here we are taking over these things, these huge areas of industry, they have a right to be concerned. but the third thing, representative akin, is that the huge spending that's involved. we get estimates anywhere from $1.2 trillion to $3.5 trillion, i think president obama sai

lamborn: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, the leadville mine drainage tunnel was used to facilitate extraction of zink ore. the bure of reclamation acquired the tunnel in 1959 hoping to use it as a source of water for the frying pan arkansas project. with the passage of subsequent signing into law of h.r. 429 during the 102nd congress in 1992, the bure of reclamation constructed and continues to operate a water treatment plant at the mouth of the tunnel. this treatment plant removes metal contaminants from the water. groundwater levels at the tunnel have fluctuated in recent years. in addition, a collapse in the tunnel has increased the tunnel's mine pool significantly leading to new seep and springs in the area. estimates suggest that at up to one time one billion gallons of water may have accumulated. emergency measures have currently being undertaken by the environmental protection agency and the bureau of reclamation to relieve water pressure in the vicinity. however, legislation attempting to address this matter

lamborn, would you like to comment? >> i agree. would like to say to the gentleman from fort logan i've been there. it's just north of the part of colorado i represent and is beautifully kept and i appreciate your work. >> once again, thank all of you for your service to the country and our, the staff will send you a simple questions and in the interest of getting through the agenda before the next votes are called and we disappear for who knows how long we will thank you and excuse you and wish you a good day and ask arthur panel to join us consisting of steve muro acting for memorial affairs at the national cemetery at patrician at the u.s. to part one of veterans affairs accompanied by ron walters director of planning and budget and planning services of the national cemetery administration for the u.s. department of veterans affairs. as always, your full written statement has been entered into the record, and so if you feel free to expand or shorten or at it and improvise as you see fit. mr. muro, you are now recognized for five