mr. bilirakis of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1559, the gentleman from florida, mr. bilirakis and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognize is the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: my amendment would provide $9.5 million to acquire and instruct up to four-long-term care brain injury medical facilities. the primary danger faced by our troops in operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom comes in the form of improvised explosive devices. when an i.e.d. explodes, it can result in our service members suffering catastrophic injuries. traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. wounded warriors with these complex injuries require high level of health care coordination with an interdisciplinary clinical support team and a wide range of specialized services. since 2003, almost 2,000 southeasterlyly injured service members have received care at one of the department of veterans affairs four trauma sebt centers. what happens to these heroes when they are discharged? some of them require intensive medical care for the rest of the

mr. bill rassic -- bilirakis of florida. mr. bilirakis: thank you, madam speaker.madam speaker, for nearly 36 years the people of cyprus have endured an he will lisle occupation and massive violations of human rights and fundamental freedom business turkey after it invaded a sovereign nation 36 years ago tomorrow. it breaks my heart to hear the stories of how the occupied north has been devastated. how the turkish occupiers have converted chapels into bars and tourist information centers, how once beautiful churches have been converted into mosques. how the u.n. peace keepers on the island have watched for 36 years as the turkish army has laid land mines and can only sit and note what's being done, a peace keeping force operating with no mandate to stop the lawlessness. it break mice heart that families forcibly removed from their homes had all of their personal and real property stolen from them. more heartbreaking than anything else are the persons missing since 1974, madam speaker, whose families still grieve knowing they will never be at peace until their sons,