and milcon spending in this conference agreement. and the third motion, which i offered, insisted upon agreeing to section 202a and section 315 of the senate bill prohibiting the transferor release of guantanamo detainees. all three amendments were defeated in a party-line vote by the house conferees. as i prepare to close, let me make one additional point. much has been made about the total cost of this emergency supplemental. i note for the record that the final conference agreement is $106 billion, which is $14 billion more than the president's request, $9 billion more than the house-passed bill and $15 billion more than the senate-passed level. again, we have increased funding for everything in this bill except for the troops. arguments have maintaining some level of fiscal responsibility certainly ring hollow when we lard up the troop funding people to support aid for hostile governments and cash for cars past their prime. this is a troubling pattern that is being repeated in many of our funding bills this year. in closing, mr.

young had funding for dod and milcon spending. the third motion of the senate bill prohibited the transfer or release of guantanamo detainees. all three amendments were defeated in a party-line vote by the house conferees. as i prepared to cope -- to close, let me make an additional point. much has been made of the total cost of this emergency supplemental. i know for the record that the conference agreement is $106 billion, which is $14 billion more than the president's request, $9 billion more than the house-passed bill, and $15 billion more than the senate- passed. we have increased funding for everything except for the troops. arguments about maintain some level of fiscal responsibility certainly rang hollow when we bring up the truth funding bill. this is a troubling pattern that is being repeated in many of our funding bills. in closing, it is a shame that a process that began in a spirit of bipartisanship has concluded in such a partisan manner. we began as a united bipartisan house seeking to support our troops, but ended

and milcon. the second would insist on agreeing to 202 a and 315 othe senate bill preventing the release of guantanamo detainees. the third and final motion will seek approval of the senate provision prohibiting the release of detainee photos. i'd like to make one additional point. much has been made about the total cost of this emergency supplemental. i note for the record that the final conference agreement is $106 billion, which is $14 billion more than the president's request, $9 billion than the house-passed level, and $15 billion more than the senate level. let's not pretend we're concerned about the total cost of this package. arguments about maintaining some level of fiscal responsibility ring hollow when we lard up the troop funding bill with taxpayer dollars to support foreign aid for hostile governments and cash for cars past their prime. in closing, mr. chairman, it is a shame that a process that began in a spirit of bipartisanship in the house has concluded in this manner. i must say

first, cut over $4.6 billion from defense and milcon -- from the house passed levels. further, it would increase foreign operations funding by $5.2 billion over the house passed levels and $2.6 billion over the senate passed bill. further, it would include $5 billion in funding for the i.m.f. to secure a whooping $108 billion of loans and in essence the i.m.f. would be funded at levels some $30 billion above the troop funding level. so we have troop funding on the one hand that has been reduced, and we have a sizeable expansion of foreign aid. further, the bill includes $1 billion of new spending for what we have been calling cash for clunkers on the floor. that amount was not in the bill as it passed the house either. now, let me shift gears and briefly explain the motion before us. it's a straightforward motion that insists on the house funding levels of $84.5 billion for the defense and military construction portions of the supplemental. further, it also insists on the lower top line for overall funding levels of $91.3 billion contained in the senate passed bill for