of constant threats or to serve their time in highly restrictive, protective custody units but mark higgins takes a different approach. >> my crime is a serial rapist. i was convicted of several different charges, rape, attempted rape. nine assorted counts in all for a total of 35 years. >> we met higgins at the river bend maximum security institution in tennessee. on the outside, he had a professional career and lived in a wealthy nashville suburb with his wife and four children. but he lived a secretive double life. as he carried out his string of attacks against women between 1990 and '95, the media dubbed him the gentleman rapist. >> the feeling we had on the crew was, wow, that guy is really scary. he's certainly not -- you know, didn't appear dangerous or, you know, your stereo typical inmate. but, you know, i think that's what made him really scary. was that he was like your neighbor. the president of your city council or your best friend. i think that made it all the more creepy. >> rapists such as myself, pedophiles, people that murder children or women, they're at the bottom of th

"ziggy" has chosen fellow unit six inmate mark higgins. >> i did this for a reason.i'm coming up for parole here in less than three months. i'm not ready to get out. i don't have anybody out there to help me find a home. i don't have anybody out there to help me find a job. i don't have emotional or any kind of support. >> what we want to try to do then is minimize the punishment that might be involved on tampering with a drug screen. we're going to offer proof that you weren't afraid of the drug screening per se by having you tested immediately. >> the next morning, "ziggy" faces the disciplinary board. discipline board chairman lieutenant tommy vance sits in the position of judge. >> how do you plead to the charge? guilty or not guilty? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty. >> any questions? >> yeah, richie, how many times have you been up for parole in the last 18 years? >> twice. >> what's happened each of those times? >> they continued me because of something i've done. >> why would you purposely try to ditch your parole? >> because i'm scared of getting out. >> you we

higgins: mr. speaker, today marks the sixth anniversary of crash of the continental crash. since that tragic day, the families and friends of those taken band together as a new family to give others a flight flight home. they descended in red on capitol hill turning pain into persistence, progress and purpose. they saw success in the passage of the airline safety and federal aviation administration extension act, which establishes one level of safety regardless of size and distance. still there is no rest for the brave families. last week i joined them on capitol hill to support re-authorization of the federal aviation administration bill and to speak out against recent industry pushback on safety qualifications. with heavy hearts, we remember the people of flight 3407 and their courageous families, the flying public is safer today because of their work and persistence. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: request unanimous consent to address the house f