mr. burton's time. it's my hope that we will find tools other than subpoenas to get people to be before us. and i might note, if i could, for the gentle lady, that we've also made deposition reform that we insisted that the full house provide anyone who's being asked to be deposed, which is, in effect, more common for this committee to have an absolute right to have members of congress present, unless they waif those right. that we're trying to ask everybody to make sworn testimony before this committee that they do it in a more fair way. i suggest that we do in the way mr. towns did, less subpoenas, more accommodation. we set a good example in the last congress. i hope we continue it. the gentle lady's time has expired. the gentleman from ohio. i'm sorry, do we have someone on this side? the gentleman from north carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. if i may ask the chairman, is this section of the rules regarding subpoenas the exact same as the last congress? >> it's identical. >> well, it's fascinati

mr. burton, is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: thank you, mr. speaker. last week, at the request of a lady named madeleine pickens, i met with mr. bob abby, the head of the bureau of land management to talk to him about dealing with the wild horses, the mustangs that roam out west in the western states. and the bureau of land management has somewhere between 35,000 and 40,000 mustangs in pens around the country. and the cost of this is estimated to be as much as $2,500 per horse, per year. the bureau of land management just yesterday, or last week, started rounding up another 3,000 or 5,000 to take them to holding pens and move them to oklahoma. the thing that's interesting about this, when i talked to mr. abby, he admitted they want to move the horses from nevada, 1,000 miles to oklahoma, in order to put them in these pens. now, ms. pickens, she is very concerned about these mustangs because they're part of america's heritage and she wants to protect them as much as possible. toward that end she bought two ranches, the spruce ranch, which has 14,000 acr

mr. burton for today, january 19 and 20. ms. buerkle for today, mr. frelinghuysen for today. mr. paulson for today, ms. ros-lehtinen for today and january 19, dr. fleming for today mr. dreier for january 19 and 20, and ms. foxx for january the 19 and for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. poe of texas, mcdermott, washington. poe of texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i want to tell you about a good work that's going on in houston, texas. it's a government -- or it's a program that's not sponsored by the government. in fact the government is not involved in this project at all. it all started 15 months ago when amanda gale and her mother linda gale lee decided they would start going from humble, texas, my hometown, to downtown houston, about 30 miles away, and start feeding the homeless. and so they fixed hot meals for the homeless and they go out to downtown houston in a r

mr. burton votes no. mr. turner votes know. mr. mchenry votes know. mr. jordan votes no. mr. mack votes no. mr. wailberg votes no. mr. langford votes no. ms. burke votes no. mr. labrador votes no. mr. mien votes no. mr. walsh votes no. mr. ross votes no. mr. guinta votes no. mr. kelly votes no. mr. cummings votes yes. mr. towns votes yes. ms. norton votes yes. mr. terneny votes yes. mr. clay votes yes. mr. lynch votes yes. mr. cooper votes yes. mr. conley votes yes. mr. davis votes yes. mr. welsh -- mr. murphy votes yes. ms. speer votes yes. >> the clerk will report. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, 22 noes, 15 yes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the chair recognizes the gently di from california for a question. >> thank you. i want clarification on what the new provision that provides a member of congress or member of the committee can be at depositions. does that mean participate in the depositions or present to observe the depositions. >> will the lady yield? >> yes. >> that's a good question. there has always been a right for members to attend depositions. the rules of

mr. burton of indiana. for what purpose does mr. pence rise? mr. pence: mr. speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent to claim mr. burton's time and address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. the largest abortion provider in america should not be the largest recipient of federal funding under title 10. today with the support of more than 120 of my colleagues, i introduced the title 10 abortion provider prohibition act. i'm grateful for the support of my colleagues within this house and the support of millions of americans who have long to see this action take this decisive action on behalf of our values. the title 10 abortion provider prohibition act would deny any family planning funds under title 10 from going to planned parenthood or other organizations that perform abortions. it would ensure that abortion providers are not subsidized with federal tax dollars. now, let me say, to be very clear, mr. speaker, this legislation does not cut one penny from

mr. burton. >> thank you, madame chairman -- or chair. e to my good friend, mr. smith. first of all, you may have answered this question, mr. yang, do you have any idea how many people, how many million of people are in communist gulags? >> it's really difficult to get a number. for the obvious reason. and i talk about a prison system. i have talk about to two prison systems, one is official. through the court, you can get record of how many people they detained. but there's another prison system that is black jail. there are hundreds of them in china now. run by local government, on various levels. we cannot know -- we cannot find out how many people are being detained. and on top of that, you know, many people are missing, and many people are being put under house arrest. it's just how many people. >> well, we've been told it's in the millions. and i presume that you would agree with that? >> i don't have a specific number. and i would say many. i would say china has the most prisoners of conscious in the world. >> okay. yeah. >> yup. >>

mr. burton of indiana. >> madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i wish to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. more border agents are being sent to the border. the border, as we all know, is violent, dangerous and it is not safe. drugs and guns and people and money cross back and forth the bored -- border because two nations don't have operational control of that border. the border is desloate, it is hard, it is a war zone. but, madam speaker, i am not talking about the border of the united states with mexico. i am talking about the southern border or the border with pakistan and afghanistan. that's right. border patrol agents from the united states are going to afghanistan to protect the afghan border from the taliban coming in from pakistan. it is a war zone over there. and the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, has said we are going to contribute border patrol agents to protect the border of afghanistan.

mr. burlten of indiana -- burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? without objection. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. america lost one of her greatest public servants this week. shriver dedicated his life to others. he was the driving force behind the creation of head start and upward bound, opening doort to education, to countless children. he was passionate about service and through his stewardship of the peace corps and vista, gave millions of others the opportunity to serve. sarg and his wife were veakts for people with disabilities and -- were advocates for people with disabilities and today the special olympics empowers young people with disabilities around the world. sargent sliveears courage under fire earned him a purple heart in world war ii. after directing the peace corps and helping launch the war on poverty in the johnson administration he applied his formidable talents to our foreign service as ambassador to france from 1968 to 1970. in 1994, president clinton a

mr. burton, chairman designate of the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. >> thank you, madam chairman. or chair. thank you -- >> referred to earlier as yourtn excellency, i think. [laughter] >> thank you. thank you for having this hearing. i'm going to after i ask a couple of questions, i'm goingi to yield my time to my good friend, mr. smith. first of all, you may haveque answered this question, mr. yang, but is there -- do you have any idea how many people, how many million people are in communist gulags? >> it's really difficult to get number. so for the obvious reason. and i talk about the prisonn, system.a i have talked to two prison systems.te one is official. youo know, through the court you can get the record how manyu people they detained, but there is another prison system that is black jail.in there are hundreds of them in china now run by local government of various level. so we just cannot know, cannote find out how many people are being detained.an and on top of that, you know,e many people are made missing, and many people are being put under house arrest.y >> sure. >> s

mr. burton from indiana. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask unanimous consent to -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker for the time and i rise tonight to recognize a great organization that has helped so many disabled individuals, the walk-about foundation. this terrific organization was founded by siblings luis and carolina bunster. 16 years ago when he was 18 years old, luis was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. he wasn't going to allow this tragedy to define him or limit his ability to lead a full life. just a few months after his accident, luis moved to south florida and enroamed at my alma mater, the university of miami. soon after luis started driving again and began to live on his own. leading an active lifestyle which included being an avid swimmer, luis took advantage of the university of miami extensive and accessible facilities. however, during a trip to the connecticut ymca a c

mr. burton. >>hank you, madam chairman. or chair. thank you for -- >> prefer as your excellency. [laughter] >> thank you for having this hearing. i'm going to ask a couple of questions and eld to my friend mr. smith. first of all, you may have answered this question, mr. yang. but you have any idea how many pele are in communist gulags? >> it's really difficult that number. so for the reason, and i talk about prison system. i talk to to present system. one is official. through the court you c get record of how many people they detain. but there's another prison system that is like joe. there are hundreds of them in china now, run by local government at various level. so we just cannot know, cannot find it how many people are being detained. on top of that, many people are missing, and many people are being put under house arrest. so we just don't know how many people. >> we've been told it's in the millions, and presume you would agree with that. >> i don't have specific number, and i would say many. i would say china has most prisoners in the world. >> one of the things that i ga