mr. cuellar. mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers at the moment. if the majority is ready to close, i'll yield back the balance of my time, so i'd make that inquiry. mr. farenthold: i am indeed ready to close, mr. speaker. mr. cuellar: then at this time, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: mr. speaker, along with my texas colleagues, i'd like to urge all members to support passage of h.r. 1632, and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1632. those in favor say aye. 1632. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. farenthold: mr. speaker, i'd like to request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are req

mr. cuellar. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. chair. i want to thank my colleague from texas and again i want to thank the chairman and ranking member for all the work that they've done for border security. the best program is a program that works. basically what it does is coordinate state, federal, local and also the international partners both canada to mexicans to work together to make sure they're able to focus on the same thing and that is by transnational crime. it's an idea that worked very well, in fact got started in laredo, texas, and has expanded to the northern and southern part of the united states, and i certainly support my friend to make sure that we work and make sure the best program gets stronger and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: does the gentleman from texas -- mr. mccaul: i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. does the gentleman from alabama insist on his point of order? mr. aderholt: yes, we insist on point of order. the chair: the gentleman will state his

mr. cuellar, the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: i ask unanimoussen kent -- consent to remove representative ryan as co-spon or of h.r. 771. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from culberson rise? mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee rise? ms. jackson lee: i want to make sure that the corrected vote or lack of vote was amendment number 1 of rokita of indiana, that is a vote of no. i ask unanimous consent that it be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's statement will appear in the record. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, rise? mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2055 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pusuant to house reso

mr. kay yarks is recognized -- cuellar is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. thompson. let me just look at some of the conditions. when i was in the state of texas i used to chair the budget for the prison systems. texas has a pretty good sized prison system. i've gone through the prison system, i've spent a lot of time there trying to see what conditions there are and i think whether it's in texas or anywhere else, you have certain things that come into play. the conditions, recidivism rates that we look at, and i think all of you are very familiar with it. when you go in there, you know, we're talking about not only the prisons at a state level but you look at the federal level and i know you're at the federal level, we're looking at this particular issue, but when you look at the majority of the prisoners that we have, there are in the state prisons, is that correct? compared to federal? so how do we address the issues that you all want to bring in or the issues of criminal gangs, the mexican mafias, whatever it might be, how do we address the issue when is

henry cuellar and the local community and we're working in this community to expand the zero tolerance program from brownsville to san diego, and i want to thank the homeland security committee, mr. aderholt, allowing us, through language in the bill, to expand rapidly the use of available empty bed space for illegal aliens so no more police officers like -- we just lost another police officer in houston, texas, to an illegal alien and we're not going to rest until the border is secure, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. culberson: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 294, resolution providing for consideration of the resolution, house resolution 292, declaring that the president shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the united states armed forces on the ground in libya, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration o