mr. cummings. >> mr. barofsky back on debris 25th, i requested that your office analyzed the homeowner complaints. can you tell me what is going on without and when we can expect to have some results? >> i just got an e-mail that has the culinary numbers. we are going through i think 25,000 hits to our hotline and part of what has been helpful is helping us to organizing categorize our hotline hits. since we have gotten your letter or staff has been going through our hotline literally entry by entry in pulling together. i got a notice just last night that we have some preliminary results. i expect that we will have a tea before too long. i don't want to give you an exact date because when you are walking out he shouldn't stomp on the people behind you with the commitment that you can deliver but i will definitely have staff get in touch with your staff today to get an estimate of the timeframe. >> thank you. that maybe one of your last duties. [laughter] >> probably. >> let me ask you this. one of the thi

mr. cummings six minutes now. >> thank you very much. i do want to associate myself with every sill billion that -- sill la bill that ms. maloney just said. i think you're well aware of this, we want more people to be helped because there's so many people suffering. >> absolutely. >> i guess the reason for the criteria was the dilemma that people didn't want a program, i mean, a congressman didn't want a program that would be so low that there would be a lot of people failing. is that part of the reason? >> well, i think it's a few things. you know, we did have what we felt were criewnt criteria. we don't provide modifications for vacation homes, vacant homes or provide stance for people who can afford a mortgage without it or provide assistance for those who need to move on to another situation, and we make sure the mortgage modification is economically making sense, and as a result of that, the pool of people eligible as you probably know is about 1.4 million today. that's a pool of families. we reached a lot of them, we want to reach

mr. cummings: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i rise in strong support of the congressional black caucus budget. as a senior member of the committee on transportation and infrastructure and former chairman of a subcommittee on the coast guard and maritime transportation, i know that budget cuts do not build bridges. they also do not repair roads and they do not expand our transit systems. unlike the majority's proposed budget, which threatens to bring our transportation networks to a standstill, the c.b.c. alternative budget invests $20 billion above the president's budget in highways, transit, high speed rail and bridges. such an investigation. in our nation's infrastructure will move our recovering economy forward while creating at least one million jobs. such investments will also ensure the mobility of our constituents so they can keep moving forward tosme c.b.c. alternative budget makes the investments in economic growth our nation's needs and i urge all members to vote in favor of the congressional black caucus budget and with that, madam chair, i yield back. the chair: the

mr. cummings. >> i want to -- thank you very much. thank the gentleman for yielding. ms.ow, you know, one of the -- first of all, i think you admit and the ig will agree that the system, things are not perfect. by the way, none of our offices are perfect. we've got great people, but they're not perfect. and i am concerned about this, you know, as the ig was concerned he said, his recommendation number five, it says to recommend the secretary that the secretary issue written guidance to the department on the president's reiteration -- [inaudible]ritt fears and exposure failure are not grounds to exempt information under the foia. and you just said that you mr. fong were working onwork addressing the issue ofssin exemption number five -- exemption number five. tell me what you are planning to do.ion i mean, what do you see? you expressed concern, you said you're trying to do some things. how do you address that? because one of my colleagues on the other side said how do we to forward now. >> yes. >> and i've got to tell you, when you said that you all had reduced by 90%? >>

cummings. >> let me ask you this, mr. donahoe. you are not asking to eliminate pre-funding, but you pay your retiree health benefits on a to cost basis and spread it over 30 to 40 years versus tackling the liability and 10 years, is that accurate? >> what we are looking to do is get a true accounting of exactly what we owe. we would not shirk our responsibility. when we talk about 400,000 employees, that would include a postal service that delivers mail five days a week, that has a substantial number of noncareer employees that would be not adding onto that liability. and then we would reach i put everything that we've got going forward. that's what we need to do because until we do that, you don't really have an idea of exactly what is owed. >> let me say this to you, mr. donahoe. i, too, join my colleagues in applauding you, and i say this very, very seriously, for -- he did an outstanding job for us. sorry to see him leave. he helped us to our transition. he was absolutely magnificent, and that means a lot to us to know that he

mr. speaker. i rise today to celebrate the great leader, minister and educator, dr. donald jeans, who is retiring this year from milligan university. he's a 1968 magna cum laude graduate from johnson city. first as a minister and then as a professor. he was announced 14th president of milligan college. it has consistently been named one of america's best colleges and has experienced phenomenal growth both in terms of the fiscal campus as well as -- physical campus as well as the courses offered. i want to personally thank dr. jeans for his commitment to faith, education and community development, and i wish he and his wife the very best as he prepares for his retirement from the presidency of milligan college. i'd like to say to my friend, a job well done, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from florida rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, it's been 25 days since the president began military action in libya without congressional authorization. he made this decision despite the