mr. crowley: thank you, mr. chairman. let me use the remaining time to thank chairman smith for his cooperation his staff, as well as ms. johnson's staff and her cooperation. i do think this amendment is the final tooth we need to make this law work. and to drive the money and the resources to people we intended for them to go to that is latino, hispanic young men and women who want to strive to succeed in the fields of science and medicine. to help make our country and even better country. so i thank you both again for your cooperation and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider amendment number 6 printed in part a house report 114-120 for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. griffith: i have meask. the chair

mr. crowley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. crowley: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. no greater love is there than to lay down your life for another. paraphrase biblical, secular. and here we have individuals who are dreamers, who are american in every way possible and schooled here in america and raised here in america and the united states and their dream is to become american citizens and want to give back to a nation that has helped make them who they are. i want to congratulate for the amendment, his success in the committee and congratulate the bipartisan rules committee that saw this amendment through here to the floor. i want my republican colleagues to question the motivations of those who would try to strip this out. no greater love -- we hope that it never comes to actually sacrificing one's life. but please don't deny those who want to help serve and protect the interests of our country that would deny them the opportunity to serve in some capacity, the sacrifice -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

mr. crowley. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two meant. mr. crowley: i thank the gentleman from washington, my good friend mr. larsen, for yielding me this time. the effort to expand u.s.-india relations has always been and continues to be a bipartisan effort, and i want to thank both sides of the aisle in acceptsance of the amendment that i put forward -- acceptance of the amendment i put forward. over the past two decades we have seen the relationship between the united states and india flourish and blossom. under both -- i should say starting with president clinton as presidency followed by president george bush's presidency, and we have seen how advanced it has become under the presidency of barack obama. i had the opportunity to travel with the president earlier this year to india and the incredible reception that the president and the delegation received was like no other experience i have ever had in india. this relationship continues to grow. this is the first time we have had an opportunity to express of the house and congress of this

. >> and yet michael crowley, in mr.ork time despite displeasure with u.s., saudis face long fend inside city. and you goes down the piece, the fact thats, despite displeasure with u.s., saudis face long fend inside city. and you goes down the piece, the fact that u.s. fighters are still being used by the saudis in yemen. qatar has the largest u.s. air base in the middle east. and of course bahrain is home to the navy's fifth fleet. these gulf states are so intertwined in their dependencey of the united states of america that all they can do right now is stay away from the summit. they depend on the united states for their national security, do they not? >> yes, they do. and the analogy that comes to mind for me is israel where we have the service of the sea is roiling and there is a lot of fighting fighting, but underneath, there is a strong current of cooperation there. so you can go through a whole list of things with these gulf arab states. big one of course being counterterrorism. our shared fight against islamic ra