mr. dicks: i yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, who is also the ranking democratic member on health and human services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. the lauro: -- ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman and i rise in opposition to this 14-day continuing resolution. the house majority is threatening to close down the government. this is brinkmanship. their desire to engage in brinkmanship damage ours economy and creates uncertainty for businesses and families. make no mistake, the proposed budget cuts will cost jobs. 700,000 jobs by the end of 2012, according to economist mark zandi who was chief economist for senator john mccain in his presidential bid. let me be clear. i am very supportive of the removal of earmarks in this resolution. they should be cut. we understand the need for deficit reduction. the question is, where do we start? our first priority should be to go after waste and special interests -- special inte

mr. dicks: mr. speaker, the c.r. disproportionately cuts education, especially literacy efforts. david brooks, not known as a left wing journalist, writes in "the new york times" column today, if you look across the country you see education financing getting sliced. often in the most thoughtless and destructive ways. in washington the republicans who designed the cuts for this fiscal year seem to have done no serious policy evaluation. last night i asked the rules committee to make in order an amendment restoring education cuts. the amendment cut $1 billion from the census in money that wasn't needed, applying most of that to offset education spending and the remainder went to further reducing the deficit below the levels in the c.r. before us. the rules committee chose not to make that amendment in order and therefore i oppose the rule. but to talk to the gentleman, i spent eight years on the staff of the other body and this is my 35th year in the house of representatives, ok? nobody ever get

mr. dicks: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dicks: thank you, mr. speaker. today the house is considering the fifth continuing resolution for f.y. 2011 to keep the federal government running. here we are in the middling of march considering yet another short-term bill that is supposed to buy us time to negotiate funding for the remainder of the fiscal year. i hope that profits to be true. we need -- proves to be true. we need to bring this to a conclusion. the extension reduces spending in f.y. 2011 by $45 billion below the president's request. it has another $6 billion in common ground spending reductions. in total the measure cuts $51 billion below the president's request. the idea behind the three-week extension is to provide an opportunity for the house, senate, and white house to settle all outstanding issues on fiscal year 2011 appropriations. i remain hopeful the negotiations will succeed and we will be able to give our

mr. dicks, left to their own devices and leadership, can find a way to have us strike a middle ground for the rest of the fiscal year. i'm hoping that this is the last one of these temporary extensions we have so that those who rely upon the continuing fuppeding of government departments, vendors, employees, and institutions, will be able to do so. i think it's fertile for a good compromise and i hope the house reaches it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. austria. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. austria: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the chairman for yielding. i rise in support of this short-term continuing resolution which must be passed this week to avoid a shutdown of many important programs and services. our first priority today is job growth. that's why we're putting into place policies that wi

mr. dicks, thank you so much -- >> i just couldn't help myself. >> thank you for pointing out that the house -- the republicans in the majority in the house are not the majority all over washington. there are other people who are affecting this, and i would like to say, mr. chairman, there's a group of young women in here from the public leadership education network. their first time to be in the rules committee, and then they're going to go see votes, and they're from all over the country. i haven't identified exactly where, but i do want to point out that one of the -- the great niece of one of our former colleagues is here, miss regula is here. >> he was a member of the appropriations committee and chaired a subcommittee. >> interior. >> please give him our best and thank you very, very much for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> very strongly. he believed in earmarks. >> mr. mcgovern. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and again i want to welcome both of you back to

mr. dicks: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dicks: thank you, mr. speaker. today the house is considering the fifth continuing resolution for f.y. 2011 to keep the federal government running. here we are in the middling of march considering yet another short-term bill that is supposed to buy us time to negotiate funding for the remainder of the fiscal year. i hope that profits to be true. we need -- proves to be true. we need to bring this to a conclusion. the extension reduces spending in f.y. 2011 by $45 billion below the president's request. it has another $6 billion in common ground spending reductions. in total the measure cuts $51 billion below the president's request. the idea behind the three-week extension is to provide an opportunity for the house, senate, and white house to settle all outstanding issues on fiscal year 2011 appropriations. i remain hopeful the negotiations will succeed and we will be able to give our

mr. dicks: thank you. . mr. dicks: madam speaker, today we will consider a short-term continuing resolution that will allow the essential functions of our government to continue beyond march 4. the date on which the current continuing resolution will expire. with no final agreement on the spending levels for the current fiscal year, this measure is necessary in order to avoid a government shutdown. something i believe we should all want to do. i think that two weeks is not enough time to reach an agreement on h.r. 1 with the other body and i am i trade we're going to be back here doing this again. now when the house aproved h.r. 1 earlier this month, despite the overwhelming opposition of the democratic caucus, it was clear to me that gaining agreement on a full-year continuing resolution would be difficult, at least before the expiration of the current c.r. we imposed h.r. 1 because we believed it would have the effect of slamming on the fiscal brakes too abruptly, resulting in higher unemployment and threatenin

mr. dicks, thank you so much -- >> i just couldn't help myself. >> thank you for pointing out that the house -- the republicans in the majority in the house are not the majority all over washington. there are other people who are affecting this, and i would like to say, mr. chairman, there's a group of young women in here from the public leadership education network. their first time to be in the rules committee, and then they're going to go see votes, and they're from all over the country. i haven't identified exactly where, but i do want to point out that one of the -- the great niece of one of our former colleagues is here, miss regula is here. >> he was a member of the appropriations committee and chaired a subcommittee. >> interior. >> please give him our best and thank you very, very much for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> very strongly. he believed in earmarks. >> mr. mcgovern. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and again i want to welcome both of you back to

mr. dicks, thank you so much. thank you for pointing out that the house, the republicans in the majority in the house, are not the majority of all over washington. there are other people affecting this. i would like to say, mr. chairman, there is a group of young women from the republican education network, their first time to be the rules committee, and then they are going to see votes. they are from all over the country and i have not identified exactly where. no, no. [laughter] but i did want to point out that one of the great-niece of one of our colleagues is here, from ohio. >> he was a member of the appropriations committee and chaired a subcommittee. the interior subcommittee. we miss him and please him -- give him our best and thank you for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. [laughter] >> he believed in earmarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to welcome both of you back to the committee. it is interesting to reflect on the speeches we have heard. i agree with mr. dicks that we

mr. dicks has agreed, mr. bonner at our brief hearing at our threat briefing, mr. bonner was the only one that didn't get any time. so i offered to give mr. bonner, and he has a very important mission in his chairmanship, and he has to perform that this morning. so mr. bonner, we're going to recognize you now for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary gates, welcome back to the committee. i think the fact that there are so many members here, in fact, it's almost full, speaks volumes of the importance of your testimony today and the many important issues that are facing our country and, in fact, the world. and in fact, your own comments in recent days have raised questions here in congress and around the country as we are currently engaged in two wars in iraq and afghanistan. so i'm sure some of my colleagues will like to focus your attention to some of the other pressing matters that come before us today with your testimony. forgive me for being a little get parochial in my questions and my concerns. notwithstanding a friendly disagreement with the ran

chairman. >> thank you, mr. dicks. mr. secretary, admiral mullen thank you very much for providing this subcommittee a very, very excellent and interesting hearing this morning. and for providing us as the top leaders, the best military in the world, you've kept the nation secure, and all we can say is thank you very much for -- i can't imagine what's on your mind when you settle down just to think with all of the tremendous responsibilities that you have. having to worry about congress picking at you from time to time. you guys do a really good job. and i -- as one that's been here in the congress a long time and been working in national defense issues for more than -- more than half of my life, i really appreciate and i understand what you do. >> y'all have said some very nice things to us, mr. chairman. let me say something in return. this committee in particular, has been very supportive of the department of defense and men and women in uniform since forever. and i just want to point out one specific example where y'al

chairman. >> thank you, mr. dicks. mr. secretary, admiral mullen thank you very much for providing this subcommittee a very, very excellent and interesting hearing this morning. and for providing us as the top leaders, the best military in the world, you've kept the nation secure, and all we can say is thank you very much for -- i can't imagine what's on your mind when you settle down just to think with all of the tremendous responsibilities that you have. having to worry about congress picking at you from time to time. you guys do a really good job. and i -- as one that's been here in the congress a long time and been working in national defense issues for more than -- more than half of my life, i really appreciate and i understand what you do. >> y'all have said some very nice things to us, mr. chairman. let me say something in return. this committee in particular, has been very supportive of the department of defense and men and women in uniform since forever. and i just want to point out one specific example where y'al

complaint to uncover where the contamination originated but in two thousand and one the case was dropped mr dick was then contacted by a group of american farmers to join them in a class action lawsuit against monsanto dupont dow chemical astra zeneca and novartis international accusing them of engaging in anti trust activities and failure to test for human health and environmental safety coincidently the judge was rightly cipel the same judge as in mr ralph case the case was ruled in favor of the chemical companies. raising. the gene in my field was a patient and monsanto gene which was sold to me in seeds by as a girl which is a monsanto subsidiary i agreed to take part in a class action lawsuit in the united states so in two thousand i went to washington d.c. to testify to answer the questions asked by monsanto's lawyers all day they asked questions such as do you know your neighbors names i much tax do you pay and where nothing to do with g.m. seeds. i tended to meetings at the ministry of agriculture recently during which they tried to impose on us a bill for a ministerial order for coexist

mr. dicks' amendment would have cut more fund thans the republican bill and at the same time restored funds for education programs. in the spirit of the you are jept need for cost cutting and balancing the deficit, i think this body should consider ideas from both sides of the table and allow a rule that allows for discussion of the dicks amendment and other ideas to cut costs even further than this c.r. allows. this c.r. may succeed in keeping the government open from march 5 through march 18 which we all agree is necessary, but we also all know that two weeks is not nearly enough time to negotiate a long-term solution to the enormous spending challenges we face. especially when the constitution guarantees the president 10 of those days to decide whether or not weather to sign or veto the bill. the other side has discussed at the end of last session the need to have stability with regard to what kind of taxes people and businesses can expect over time. and at end of last session we passed a bi

mr. dicks. >> thank you. almost one people suffer from chronic hunger, and world food prices are at the highest level since 2008 crisis, as well as the heart of recent political and social instability in the middle east. this is therefore more important than ever that the u.s. help assist countries in short-term food crisis. the budget includes $108 million for contribution for the global food program. the contributions to the fund are intended to leverage other donor contributions. yet today only the united states, six other countries, and the gates foundations have made pledges and contributions. what's the current status of contributions by others since the launch of the fund last year? >> thank you for raising this issue. thank you again for your opening statement. the -- i think the simplest way to say it is the world is looking to us. as they always do. they want to see how much we are prepared to put on the table before they come and make share commitments clear. the important thing is that this is hea

mr. dicks: we have a number of indian trib that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that wre supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to congratulate the two gentlemen from oregon for bringing this to the floor as we watch to see how these tsunamis hit the west coast of t united states. i mean, some of the weather forecasters have said this could be a very serious problem, and we hope it is, but i just wanted to associate myself with the remarks that have been made here and stress how important both no

mr. dick's time now. so it's okay. [laughter] >> while theloser is assessing their decision whether to protest, it is a beginning to appear that the winner simply bought this cotract through te low price bid. that maybe to the benefit of the american taxpayer and war fighter, time will tell. but on the fixed price basis, what enforcement mchanisms will you institute o this contract to ensure that congress and the company and air force will simply not use change orders in th future to add capability in currently making the contractor whole on the price? my last two questions are that a company official from boeing last week said after the announcement that they would fly their airplane for the first time in 2015. this contest calls for 18 aircraft will be delivered by 2017. so my question is, mr. secretary, have you ever seen a program that will executed that quickly from first flight to delivery of 18 aircraft in your history? and then lastly, i would ask you to provide the committee with the specifics of what we're bu

mr. dicks? >> thank you for your outstanding testimony and one thing i'm concerned about is a situation in iraq as we build down our military forces. can you give us kind of a picture of what the state department is doing? yng there's a may -- i know there's a major increase in employment with people there and contractors. can you give us kind of an overview on this and tell us your concerns. >> i have a lot of concerns, congressman, and i want to go back to also the chairwoman's comments in her opening remarks. now, we are aiming to be able to take over from our military as they leave. as you know very well, under the agreement signed in the bush administration, the status of forces agreement, all of our troops will be out by the end of this year. in fact, most will be out by october, and there's been no decision made by the current iraqi government for any kind of requests for any of our troops to stay. under the strategic framework agreement also signed into the bush administration, the state

mr. dicks? >> thank you for your outstanding testimony and one thing i'm concerned about is a situation in iraq as we build down our military forces. can you give us kind of a picture of what the state department is doing? yng there's a may -- i know there's a major increase in employment with people there and contractors. can you give us kind of an overview on this and tell us your concerns. >> i have a lot of concerns, congressman, and i want to go back to also the chairwoman's comments in her opening remarks. now, we are aiming to be able to take over from our military as they leave. as you know very well, under the agreement signed in the bush administration, the status of forces agreement, all of our troops will be out by the end of this year. in fact, most will be out by october, and there's been no decision made by the current iraqi government for any kind of requests for any of our troops to stay. under the strategic framework agreement also signed into the bush administration, the state

mr. dicks: we have a number of indian tribes that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that we're supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to congratulate the two gentlemen from oregon for bringing this to the floor as we watch to see how these tsunamis hit the west coast of the united states. i mean, some of the weather forecasters have said this could be a very serious problem, and we hope it is, but i just wanted to associate myself with the remarks that have been made here and stress how important b

all mentioned petrus found when mr. dicks is up again. we've got six days in the district of columbia working on this as we lost so many jobs. the crab and fishing tourism and so on. you are wearing sherbet collet virginia, mr. goodlatte sponsored an amendment that passed the house to stop federal funding for the claimant of the day. this thing was a total maximum days take control away from the states and the states a claim the states are making progress, even though it's taken more than two decades to get to this point. where is the and clean. what prompted epa's issuance of the total mac among those and are? and if the goodlatte amendment was included in the final appropriations bill, how much of that 67 million with localities without him in terms of their efforts to clean up a quiet [inaudible] >> hello? i was just going to leave it on. so sorry. the total maximum daily load from the day was the result of lawsuits, which are basically joined by the chesapeake a foundation and others who said progress was woefully inadequate in meetin

mr. dicks: we have a number of indian tribes that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that we're supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to congratulate the two gentlemen from oregon for bringing this to the floor as we watch to see how these tsunamis hit the west coast of the united states. i mean, some of the weather forecasters have said this could be a very serious problem, and we hope it is, but i just wanted to associate myself with the remarks that have been made here and stress how important b

mr. dicks. >> thank you for your outstanding testimony. one thing i'm concerned about, the situation in iraq, as we build down our military forces, can you give us a picture of what the state department's doing? i know there's a major increase in -- a number of people there, and contractors, can you give us kind of an overview on this and tell us what your concerns are? >> i have a lot of concerns, congressman. i want to go back to also the chairwoman's comments in her opening remarks. now, we are aiming to be able to take over from our military as they leave. as you know very well, under the agreement signed in the bush administration, the status of forces agreement, all of our troops will be out by the end of this year. most of them will be out by october. and there's been no decision made by the current iraqi government for any kind of request for any of our troops to stay. under the strategic framework agreement that was also signed in the bush administration, the state department and usaid are now expected to take over all those respo

i'm glad we have been joined by mr. dicks. i know he feel strongly about this as i do. on. the side of the aisle we are going to continue to try to her sue that tradition, because it is time we started enacting our appropriation bills. we understand that the more we work together, the better chance these bills have in moving forward in the senate and getting signed into law by the president. administrator jackson, we all look forward to receiving your testimony and again thank you for your leadership. thank you is a chairman. >> thank you. we are also joined today by chairman of the full of progressions committee chairman rogers and i thank him for taking the time to contribute to this important conversation. mr. rogers do you have an opening statement? >> thank you mr. chairman and congratulations by the way on your elevation to this great post. i know you will do a great job. this is truly a historic time. i don't need to remind us that the nation has found itself at a crossroads. the 112th congress has been solely focused on reining in out-of-control spending, getting ou

mr. dicks, do you have opening remarks you'd like to make? >> thank you. secretary clinton, i want to join with chairwoman granger and lowey in welcoming you today. the u.s.-aid are critical companies to the u.s. security strategy in essential to making americans safe at home and abroad, and i appreciated the great cooperation that you and secretary gates have demonstrated to the country and to the world, and that's quite important, and it's somewhat unusual. with this budget request, the administration seeks diplomacy in development funding levels that will result in longer term savings as we continue transition from the military to civilians in iraq and support counter insurgency and stabilize programs in pakistan, somalia and sudan. we strive to foster stability overseas with smart power and we face domestic needs. while there's signs of recovery in the economy with the unemployment dropping to 8.9%, the creation of jobs and provision of economic security for american families must be the primary focus of this congress. there is no doubt that this will

mr. dicks? >> thank you for your outstanding testimony and one thing i'm concerned about is a situation in iraq as we build down our military forces. can you give us kind of a picture of what the state department is doing? yng there's a may -- i know there's a major increase in employment with people there and contractors. can you give us kind of an overview on this and tell us your concerns. >> i have a lot of concerns, congressman, and i want to go back to also the chairwoman's comments in her opening remarks. now, we are aiming to be able to take over from our military as they leave. as you know very well, under the agreement signed in the bush administration, the status of forces agreement, all of our troops will be out by the end of this year. in fact, most will be out by october, and there's been no decision made by the current iraqi government for any kind of requests for any of our troops to stay. under the strategic framework agreement also signed into the bush administration, the state

mr. chairman. ranking member, dicks. >> administrator, again, welcome. the only thing that i wanted to bring up is is i think we're making some real progress in the state of washington on the pugit sound geographic program. i appreciate the fact there's money in the president's budget for this program. i wish it were at the higher level that congress had approved. and i just want you to know that we have developed in washington state an action agenda, a scientifically credible plan for restoration. and it really depending now on being able to get state and federal funding to make this thing work. and, you know, i know that the administration has a tremendous interest in the chesapeake bay. but the difference in funding between the chesapeake bay, not the chesapeake bay, but the great lakes, and i wish -- i wish they had a similar positive view of the chesapeake bay and pugit sounds. we feel like we are the orphans here. these are two extremely important bodies of water. it's been obvious that the administration can't spend all of the money that has been

dicks, the ranking democrat on the committee. he and i are in agreement that we will proceed forthwit in an open way and pass these bills before august. you are known well -- >> mr. chairman, you are known well in your district. i wonder what it is like for you to be chairman of the appropriations committee when appropriations have become a dirty word and as you said, you have new members of congress that think that an earmark is a naughty thing that should never have surfaced. >> well, i agree, the attitude of the country has changed as far as earmarks are concerned, and rightly so. but when they were in vogue and we did not have this fiscal crisis we're in, again, i represent the second poorest district in america, a region that's been plagued by flooding, by a flood of drugs, by rivers and streams that have been -- bill embarrass -- by rivers and streams that have become embare yassingly polluted. and i went after that. a drug problem that's been described as the number one in the nation. should i and a lack of good highways. and all sorts of duties that we have had to overcome. and i have tackled them. the states did not have the resources. engineers can do

mr. gourdman. >> chairman and distinguished members of the commission. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm dick ginman serving as deputy director. i want to take a minute to thank the commission for the support of our troops and all you have done to help the mission and thank the men and women who serve this great nation, not only in the military, but the civil servants, industry, as well. none of us could get this job done without working together. i have prepare prepared a statement and rather than repeat it, i ask it's included for the record, and i am ready to answer questions. >> thank you, sir. do i pronounce your name rinder? i got it right, thank you. >> i look forward to testifying before you today. i serve at the department of state and have been there for seven years, previously at the department of treasury. i am here to talk about accountability, past performance in departments as it relates to the department of state. as procurement, i'm responsible for training policy, procurement policy, and environment official on procurement manners. it is mostly centralized in management, a w

mr. speaker. i want address one thing. if this is not an ancient animosity -- i don't think i'm quite that old and i don't think you have to be dick tracy to figure out what this debate iabout. it's about saving taxpayer money. we do not have a revenue problem in this town. we have a spending problem in this town. the federal government does not have the money to fund these programs. we are borrowing 42 cents out of every single dollar that we spend. we have to get the spending under control. we have to create an environment where the american people can get back to work, and we're talking about funding for n.p.r. i just gave the demographic. it is a wealthy, educated listening audience. if people want this programming, mr. speaker, they are going to be willing to pay for it. but the american taxpayer has said get n.p.r. out of our pocket. now, i pulled the sponsors for n.p.r., and i think my colleagues would be interested n this. when you go to the n.p.r. website and you start pulling the sponsors -- they don't sell advertising but they do ha many sponsors. they have some sponsors that land in the $1 million-plus category. $1 mil

mr. president, this was a big win. i began in 1993 with senator gordon and dick bryant. no longer in the senate. one from washington and one from nevada. and we sat right over there and tried to draft some language for a sense of the senate, something as benign as the sense of the senate to begin to work on automobile fuel efficien efficid we couldn't get it passed. then senator snowe and i got together on an s.u.v. loophole close are bill, and that went on for several years. and we couldn't get that passed. and then the 10 and 10 fuel-efficiency bill, and viola, we were able to get it passed. and it was going well. and cars are more fuel efficient. and corporate average fuel efficiency standards are being interpreted in a much more constructive way based on science. as a result of the law, the administration has put forward the most aggressive increase in vehicle efficiency since the 1970's. increasing fleet-wide fuel economy to 35 miles per gallon by 2016. the final you rules will save about $1.08 -- 1.8 billion barrels of oil and reduce by nearly a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions ove

mr. speaker. i want address one thing. if this is not an ancient animosity -- i don't think i'm quite that old and i don't think you have to be dick tracy to figure out what this debate is about. it's about saving taxpayer money. we do not have a revenue problem in this town. we have a spending problem in this town. the federal government does not have the money to fund these programs. we are borrowing 42 cents out of every single dollar that we spend. we have to get the spending under control. we have to create an environment where the american people can get back to work, and we're talking about funding for n.p.r. i just gave the demographic. it is a wealthy, educated listening audience. if people want this programming, mr. speaker, they are going to be willing to pay for it. but the american taxpayer has said get n.p.r. out of our pocket. now, i pulled the sponsors for n.p.r., and i think my colleagues would be interested in this. when you go to the n.p.r. website and you start pulling the sponsors -- they don't sell advertising but they do have many sponsors. they have some sponsors that land in the $1 million-plus category. $

mr. speaker. i want address one thing. if this is not an ancient animosity -- i don't think i'm quite that old and i don't think you have to be dick tracy to figure out what this debate is about. it's about saving taxpayer money. we do not have a revenue problem in this town. we have a spending problem in this town. the federal government does not have the money to fund these programs. we are borrowing 42 cents out of every single dollar that we spend. we have to get the spending under control. we have to create an environment where the american people can get back to work, and we're talking about funding for n.p.r. i just gave the demographic. it is a wealthy, educated listening audience. if people want this programming, mr. speaker, they are going to be willing to pay for it. but the american taxpayer has said get n.p.r. out of our pocket. now, i pulled the sponsors for n.p.r., and i think my colleagues would be interested in this. when you go to the n.p.r. website and you start pulling the sponsors -- they don't sell advertising but they do have many sponsors. they have some sponsors that land in the $1 million-plus category. $

mr. speaker. i want address one thing. if this is not an ancient animosity -- i don't think i'm quite that old and i don't think you have to be dick tracy to figure out what this debate is about. it's about saving taxpayer money. we do not have a revenue problem in this town. we have a spending problem in this town. the federal government does not have the money to fund these programs. we are borrowing 42 cents out of every single dollar that we spend. we have to get the spending under control. we have to create an environment where the american people can get back to work, and we're talking about funding for n.p.r. i just gave the demographic. it is a wealthy, educated listening audience. if people want this programming, mr. speaker, they are going to be willing to pay for it. but the american taxpayer has said get n.p.r. out of our pocket. now, i pulled the sponsors for n.p.r., and i think my colleagues would be interested in this. when you go to the n.p.r. website and you start pulling the sponsors -- they don't sell advertising but they do have many sponsors. they have some sponsors that land in the $1 million-plus category. $

mr. speaker. i want address one thing. if this is not an ancient animosity -- i don't think i'm quite that old and i don't think you have to be dick tracy to figure out what this debate is about. it's about saving taxpayer money. we do not have a revenue problem in this town. we have a spending problem in this town. the federal government does not have the money to fund these programs. we are borrowing 42 cents out of ery ngle dollar that we spend. we have to get the spending under control. we have to create an environment where the american people can get back to work, and we' talking about funding for n.p.r. i just gave the demographic. it is a wealthy, educated listening audience. if people want this programming, mr. speaker, they are ing to be willing to pay for it. but the american taxpayer has said get n.p.r. out of our pocket. now, i pulled the sponsors for n.p.r., and i think my colleagues would be interested in this. when you go to the n.p.r. website and you start pulling the sponsors -- they don't sell advertising but they do have many sponsors. they have some sponsors that land in the $1 million-plus category. $1 millio

mr. dicks: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from virginia, mr. hurt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hurt: last november, the people i represent, virginia's fifth district sent a message that america must make a bold departure and put a stop to the out of control spending. no longer can we continue on the path of unchecked reckless spending that has crippled our economy and left us with $14 trillion in debt, 1.6 trillion in deficit spending and high unemployment rate. last year, the 111th congress completely failed in its fundamental responsibility to adopt a budget for the american people. remarkably they punted that responsibility and have kept the federal government operating over the last five months by adopting continuing resolutions. fortunately, the new 112th congress has accepted this responsibility to clean up the