mollohan: mr. chairman, a small point. one year ago, i don't know what numbers the gentleman is looking at and doesn't affect his overall point. and i understand he wants to reduce the bill by a significant amount of money. one year ago the accounts funded in this bill totalled $57 billion. as i understand the gentleman's cut and as we have done the math on it, his cut would take us down to $52 billion, which would be $4 billion below. mr. jordan: i appreciate the gentleman yielding. a year ago, we were -- it's my recollection, we were functioning under a continuing resolution, which would be the 2008 fiscal year spending level. that's why i'm saying one year ago we are functioning as to where this amendment would take us to. not the 2009. the 2008 continuing resolution. mr. mollohan: i'm looking at the actual number here. mr. chairman, i oppose the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio. those in favor say a

mollohan: mr. chairman, an across the board cut to this bill of 5% is really disastrous. i would say that just as a general proposition, cuts that are indiscriminate, that affect every account in a bill, whether it's this appropriation bill or any other appropriation bill, are really one of the -- one of the best reasons to oppose them is for that reason. they're indiscriminate. they affect every account in the bill. and that, of course, means that someone has not done a thoughtful precise in going through and trying to find out where might be a few extra dollars with regard to this account or that account. i'd also suggest that that's exactly what this subcommittee has done, both the majority and the minority and we have done it in close cooperation with the minority as we have worked this bill this year and brought it to the floor of the house. we have looked at every single one of these accounts. we have done exactly what this amendment does not do. we have done the hard work of thinking about w

mollohan: strike the reck sith number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mollohan: i yield to the gentleman from california. mr. miller: we're here in this situation because a court ruled after the last administration trampled through the fish and wildlife service, national marine ocean service and altered scientific findings, study, and opinions that we could no longer conduct the business of the central valley project. i didn't see my friends on the other side of the aisle raise one objection at the time those actions were taking place. at the time that criminal behavior was taking place. i didn't see them raise one objection when the morn rivers were destroyed and fishery seasons have been closed for years and families have lost their businesses, lost their livelihood, whether they were going to see the fish or there were small businesses on the north coast or small businesses on the oregon border and those political decisions were made, and they devastated the salmon runs, i didn't see that h

mollohan: mr. chairman, i yield the balance of my time to the the gentleman from california, mr. honda. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. honda: i thank the gentleman for yielding. just to respond to my friend on the other side, who indicated that on my website that the item of san jose state university was not on my website. mr. campbell, i have a copy of my website here. and so i'm going to tell you right now that it is on the website, has been there. and so, when you make those kinds of accusations, i think you need to double-check what it is that you are going to be saying. and to the idea of $180,000, although it may be small, what about this? by 2025, it's estimated the global warming kinds of weather damages in terms of energy costs, estate costs, hurricane damage, those kinds -- global warming impact damages will cost approximately, i want you to hear this number, mr. campbell, $271 billion. that's estimated damages in the future. so $180,000 doesn't seem like a lo

mollohan: i ask for a recorded vet. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further 3r0 seedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman -- the clerk will read. the clerk: page 79, line six, administrative provision, legal services corporation, none of the funds shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by section 501, 502, 503, 504, 505 and 506 of public law 105-119, marine ma'amal commission, salaries and expense, $3,300,000. office of the united states trade representative, salaries and expenses, $48 million -- $48,328,000. of which $250,000 shall remain available until september 30, 20116789 title 5, general provisions, section 501, no part of any appropriation shall be used for public -- publicity or propaganda not authorized by the congress. section 502, no part of any appropriation shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year. section 503, the expenditure for any consulting service shall be limited to tho

mollohan: mr. chairman, i rise to -- in regard to h.r. 2847, legislation on appropriating funds for commerce, justice and science and related agencies for 2010. mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume in general debate. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, if this is june, it must be appropriation season. and so today, i'm pleased to present to the house the first of the appropriation bills for fiscal year 2010, h.r. 2847, the commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriation bill. while the summer may be hot and humid, as is typical in the nation's capital, our days and nights need not belong for the house to fully consider this and the other 11 appropriation bills in regular order, or so we hope. i want to thank the ranking member of this subcommittee with most sincerity for his assistance, help, counsel, guidance in the development of this bill. mr. wolf, mr. frank wolf of virginia was chairman of this committee

mollohan and reserve the balance of my time. mr. mollohan: thank you, gentlelady, and thank the amendment. we are prepared to accept the amendment. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. wolf: i claim the time in opposition, i'm not in opposition, i yield to the gentleman from texas, judge poe. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe 13k i thank the gentleman for yielding and i appreciate the gentlelady from wisconsin and her representation and hard work on this amendment. this amendment is a strong amendment and puts forth the proposition that victims' issues aren't partisan issues, they're people issues. i strongly support this amendment to increase legal assistance for victims by $4 million that doesn't sound like much but it's a lot of money for a victim -- for victims of crime. it will bring the total legal assistance for victims' assistance grants to $41 million this funding is offset by $4 million reduction if the department of commer

mollohan for yielding. i believe that this is an amendment that tries to solve a problem, but instead, it creates a problem that does not exist, but is written so broadly that it creates all kinds of other problems. i understand that the gentleman from georgia opposes the use of statistical sampling for the apportionment of seats in the house of representatives. the supreme court has already ruled that this is not allowed. so you can forget about that. there is a federal statute that already prohibits it. and the administration has repeatedly stated that it will not be used. sampling will not be used to adjust the 2010 census. so this amendment is not necessary. this is a blocking amendment. this is an in the way amendment. this amendment is written so broadly that it would also prohibit commonly accepted techniques that the census bureau uses for quality control and other surveys. next year the census bureau will use sampling as a part of its coverage measurement program in order to escalate how well it co

mollohan: i thank the gentleman from rhode island. i thank the -- i think -- i thank the gentleman from arizona with the opportunity to speak in favor of the jason project. for those who may not know, the jason project is a powerful education program, as mr. langevin just described, promoting hands on learning, science learning that connects primarily fifth grade and eighth grade students and their teachers with great explorers, scientists role models and cutting edge research. this subcommittee, mr. chairman, held a number of hearings on science education. it's a topic of great concern for the subcommittee as we fund the national science foundation and nasa and noaa. all agencies that have wonderful science programs and they also have an education mission. we sponsored these hearings to try to determine what is the best educational experience? how do we effectively promote science education among our youth? a challenge that is not difficult -- that is difficult to meet. testimony on the subcommittee heard from dr. harold pratt, forme

mollohan: for the competes act. it also recognizes the science research conducted at noaa and nasa as critical for the nation's science enterprise. i commend the rule committees for fashioning a rule that recognizes the welcoming input this committee has had from our colleagues throughout the process. the minority has been fully a part of the process. we very much appreciate mr. wolf's contribution to the bill. mr., mr. -- many, many of his thoughts, yang of one that's not incorporated in the legislation one way or the other, he was a former commirm of the subcommittee and his insight is particularly beneficial. we appreciate that contribution. i support the rule, mr. speaker, and hope that our colleagues will as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back he balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. arcuri: i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speake

mollohan: i thank the chairman. mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to this amendment which would essentially probability any funds -- prohibit any funds to be spent with the implementation of the executive order, requiring the closure of the detention facilities at guantanamo bay. i believe that the closing of guantanamo is the right policy decision. the president believes that and the president has acted on that. it's an embarrassment to the country, it's a symbol that has really foemented a lot of opposition to the united states around the world. the continued existence of gitmo is a basic assault on our values and it undermines the success in our counterterrorism programs. president obama and i are not the only ones that believe this. secretary gates, admiral merl, the top defense officials agree that it should be closed as both president bush's secretaries of state and a variety of other bipartisan political officials. so this is a bipartisan position. we've already clearly communicated to the white house that they

mollohan: thank you, mr. chairman. the national drug intention center was requested by the administration, the president's request was for $44.023 million . the request in that amount was approved by the committee. the national drug intelligence center provides strategic drug-related intelligence, document and computer exploitation support, and training assistance to the drug control, public health and law enforcement and intelligence communities in order to reduce the adverse effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse and other drug-related criminal activities. in this bill, mr. chairman, the organization is funded at our recommendation of $44 million -- of $44,023,000 which i repeat is at the budget request. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chairman. i've -- i'm often told you shouldn't be challenging member earmarks, because we should be going after the faceless bureaucrats and the things the administration proposes and we don't look at enough system of her

mollohan: i thank the chairman. mr. chairman, i yield five minutes to the the gentleman from california, member of our subcommittee, doing an excellent job on that subcommittee, mr. honda. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. honda: i thank my chairman for this opportunity. i rise in opposition to the the gentleman from california and his amendment. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to talk about what may well be the most important problem facing our world today, global warming. and about this important project to help us deal with it. the gentleman and many of his colleagues on that side of the aisle may wish to keep their heads in the sand about global warming, but i believe we need to prepare to deal with the problem today. and i'm not alone in this view. the united states global change research program, which coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society released a new report yesterday that provides an as

chairman, in closing i want to thank chairman mollohan for accepting the amendment. i want to thank the gentleman from virginia for not opposing it. and i want to encourage all members to support this increase in funding so we can reduce the d.n.a. testing backlog, we can put guilty people behind bars, we can free innocent people, we can prevent future rapes and sexual assaults and make our country safer. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is -- mr. broun: i ask a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york will be postponed. the clerk: $226 billion. state and local law enforcement assistance, $1,312, 500,000. weed and seed program fund, $15 million. juvenile justice programs, $385 million. public safety

mollohan and concluded yesterday. of course those amendments were denied not quite in secret but up here where you can't hardly get six reporters in the room if there are going to be a dozen members of congress in there pleading to be heard here on the floor. so that's the record, that's the standard. 2609 canal street, acorn's building, one should go on google earth and take a look at that, zero in on it and see what it looks like, madam speaker. and the corporations that are involved in subsidiaries, the interconnecting spider web of corporations, by the way louisiana is one of the easiest states in the union to incorporate in, i don't think it's a coincidence that kay corn -- acorn is there, but they have headquarters scattered across this country in 50 cities at least that they announced. i don't know how many states. and activities going on. and also they say over 100,000 members. that number is actually higher than that. around 175,000 families. annual dues for an individual whether you are poverty stricken or a

waters, mollohan, murtha, all these guys. i have talked about those issues. i said i have no -- i don't know whether these accusations are true or not but somebody needs to resolve them. if we are draining the swamp, somebody needs to resolve those issues. if there is a lie going to the congress and we are draining the swamp, somebody needs to drain that part of the swamp that has to do with this lie. that's what this is about. that's all i'm trying to do. i'm raising the question for you, members of this house, and for the american public to think about. what about this culture of corruption? it obviously seems to be here. what about this issue of lying? it needs to be resolved. the security of our nation is at stake. i'm not here by myself and i have been talking way too long without recognizing a really good friend who has come down here just have a friendly vision it about some of these issues -- visit about some of these issues that aren't resolved, my friend phil gingrey of georgia, classmate, and good personal friend. i yield whatever time you may wish

i'd like to commend chairman mollohan for doing an outstanding job with this year's commerce, justice and science bill. and i intend to vote for it, support it enthusiastically. i know that he had to make some hard choices and i am pleased that he was able to fund nearly all of the administration's requests for the national science foundation in particular. however, a provision in the report concerning materials research has just been brought to my attention and i am hopeful that as this bill moves to conference we might be able to address this language. the basic research and fundamental science funded by the national science foundation are vitally important to the future of our nation. however, there is language in the report eliminating the president's proposed increase in the n.s.f.'s materials research budget and it says so, quote, in light of similar investments and energy sciences, allegedly at the department of energy. it is my understanding that this may not be the case. the national science foundation's division of materials research funds research on the fundamental behavio

speaker, i demand a separate vote on the following amendments, mollohan number1, schock number 8, bordallo number 19, moore number 3, boswell number 41, nadler number 31, bernice johnson number 35, cuellar number 102, hodes number 98, and reichert number 114. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman will put the question on the remaining amendment. the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it.

mollohan: mr. chairman, i move that the committee to do now rise -- that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. price: mr. chairman, i believe that the gentleman from illinois was on his feet prior to the gentleman asking that the committee do rise. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia had a preferential motion. mr. price: i thank the chair. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the committee rises. >> mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the chair will count for a recorded vote. the chair: the chair will count for a quorum. the speaker pro tempore: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. on the motion to rise. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned cover

mollohan, and our colleague from virginia, mr. wolf, at t