mr. crenshaw: mr. chairman, we just had an amendment that reduced the funding by $630,000. now we have an amendment that will reduce it by 26%. and i would suggest that that is a little bit extreme. we at the subcommittee looked at all the agencies that we oversee. we reduced spending as i said earlier by 6.2%. some agencies were cut more than others. the botanical garden at less than $600,000 will be at the current spending level this year. we feel like that needs to be where it is. so they can continue to do the job they do with the million people coming there. i think it's important. i don't think we should cut it another 26%. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. crenshaw: i roaf. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate my good friend, ander crenshaw's remarks about this. when families face hard economic times, they look at extraneous expenses. and i love plants. my wife and i work in our yard. we have plants that we baby. she orders --

mr. crenshaw: be glad to year. mr. holt: there is a little used trust fund for building revitalization that is unlikely to be spent in the coming year. mr. crenshaw: that's an energy question, too. reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. i appreciate that question and that $30 million is there to use to make sure that we protect the health and safety of people in our buildings here so i understand it won't cost any more money but it's just a brand new federal program that i think is not a good time to be trying to do that. again, if you've been trying to do that for the last 15 years and nobody's been listening then it must not be all that great a program. again, i appreciate you being a champion of that and maybe someday it will come back to life. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. holt: i will yield such time as he may consume to the ranking member of the subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. honda:

mr. crenshaw: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. honda: i yield three minutes to the ranking member of the homeland security subcommittee, mr. price. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. price: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend both the chairman and ranking member for their hard work on this bill, although with an inadequate allocation, there are decisions that have been made that i believe will adversely affect our work and that i hope can be rehave ited down the line. that's not what i want to talk about at this moment, though. i want to talk about an unusual feature of the legislative branch bill that i hope also can be rehave ited down the line. i want to call attention of my colleagues to the elimination of a program that's served this body and our nation's interest well. the open world leadership center. a unique enterprise, sponsored by the lennell slative branch of our government, something that i think should make us proud of this institution. and its international ou

mr. eric crenshaw? >> mr. speaker, can i for one congratulate the prime minister and the other party leaders on the scope. i want to follow a point by the honorable defendant as to why the police in terms of police heavy is just dealing with the metropolitan police when it seems to us a cultural tradition across all police forces to have the tight relationship with the favorite journalist and whether in the short term the secretary could talk to chief constables about starts their own procedures. >> the honorable gentleman makes a good point. first of all, the inquiry will look across and make recommendations across all police police police forces about the lessons that it learns. there's an opportunity for the mets to take leadership role. >> the prime minister said on several occasions to follow the evidence trail wherever it leads. if that includes to the proprietors of news international, which ever media groups, is it not the case we should be hardening the terms of evidence and is it the prime minister's

mr. eric crenshaw? >> mr. speaker, can i for one congratulate the prime minister and the other party leaders on the scope. i want to follow a point by the honorable defendant as to why the police in terms of police heavy is just dealing with the metropolitan police when it seems to us a cultural tradition across all police forces to have the tight relationship with the favorite journalist and whether in the short term the secretary could talk to chief constables about starts their own procedures. >> the honorable gentleman makes a good point. first of all, the inquiry will look across and make recommendations across all police police police forces about the lessons that it learns. there's an opportunity for the mets to take leadership role. >> the prime minister said on several occasions to follow the evidence trail wherever it leads. if that includes to the proprietors of news international, which ever media groups, is it not the case we should be hardening the terms of evidence and is it the prime