mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i recognize congressman price from the state of north carolina for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for three minutes. . price: mr. speaker, i rise in reluctant opposition to this measure before us today. i supported the repeated rounds of sanctions that congress has already enacted. i supported them because of the threat of a nuclear armed iran and because of the intransigence in defiance of the international community. these sanctions have brought the iranian economy to its knees. they have yet to produce meaningful concessions by the iranian government. i've thus remained open to the authority of additional sanctions. as part of a broader strategy to induce the iranian government to change its course. but the bill before us today could not come as a -- come at a worse time. hassan rouhani, elected on promise of openness despite resuppression and intimidation by the iranian regime trying to eny him that election. since

mr. ellison: mr. speaker, my colleagues happened to me yesterday proposing this new intensified legislation on the basis that they would like to stop iran from having a nuclear weapon. so do we. everything that my colleague, mr. royce, detailed a moment ago is something that we're oncerned about but we have a circumstance that this legislation does not acknowledge and that is that the iranian people had a choice between candidates and they selected the candidate who decided to reject extremism and actually campaigned on the basis of moderation. why not at least -- at least , il mr. rahani has a chance engage in diplomacy to reach the goals that mr. royce has dentified. he promised to prosue a, quote, policy reconciliation and peace. ell, obviously we don't have blasts. we don't but why don't we wait and see?

mr. ellison, for a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it increases hunger in america. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, for unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it takes the safety net away from america's poor families. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, for unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. brown: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill

mr. ellison: let me thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. speaker. you know, mr. speaker, young people often ask, you know, i'm interested in politics, i'm interested in public service. who might i look at to model myself after? i can think of very few people who would be better than someone like mr. william gray, congressman gray, reverend gray. so many titles that he held. did i have the pleasure of meeting him. of course i never served with him. but i did get to know him and i got to know him in a strange way. he just called me up at my office and i was like, bill gray's calling me? and i was a brand new member, i was just happy to be here. but bill gray thought that, hey, you know, you're a member of congress, i'm welcoming you to this institution and want to have a relationship with you and i got -- sat down with him, got to know him and he actually was really -- spent his time and gave me the honor of his presence on many occasions and i to myself, you know, bill gray's an excellent role model because, one, he has a spirit of optimism. he was always, wheneve

mr. ellison, for a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it increases hunger in america. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, for unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it takes the safety net away from america's poor families. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, for unanimous consent

mr. ellison is recognized for ne minute. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, it's my distinct honor and privilege d pleasure to introduce imam talib sharif, the resident imam, which is simply a word at means leader of a washington, d.c. mosque with a 75-year history. imam talib sharif is a 30-year veteran of the united states air force and served our country nobly in uniform for many years and he also holds a masters in business administration from the american intercontinental university and a diploma in the area of arabic studies and language from defense university. i might also add that the imam is a leader in the interfaith movement and regularly works with faith leaders of all faiths building understanding, cohesion, and unity among all people and all americans. with that, i yield back. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute.

mr. larry ellison. >> the 59-year-old founder built his empire on software that manages data and information for business and government. the software's something like a giant brain, allowing the cia, which was oracle's first customer, to sift through intelligence gathered from all over the world. a company like ford uses it to retrieve and analyze data on anything from car sales to employee benefits. you've probably used oracle's software yourself at your bank's atm or booking a plane ticket or buying a book over the internet. it is a huge business that has made larry ellison very, very rich. you were briefly, a month, the world's richest man. >> absolutely. that was one hell of a month. everything was different. >> we can joke about it, but you liked it. >> oh, sure. >> you were the one. >> [chuckling] for 30 days. >> microsoft corporation, bill gates. >> he revels in it because ellison becoming number one meant somebody else had to be number two. and that somebody was bill gates, whose microsoft towers over all the competition, including oracle. >> it's an exciting game that's going on ri

mr. ellison is still running the company. as whereas, the man who founded men's warehouse. >> he is the ceo. he has created value for himself and for shareholders. >> it's past tense now. >> he does pay himself a great deal. >> i think the viewers are outraged when they read that story in the "new york times" about how much people are making. they're not making that at home. >> no. overall executive comp i think 16%, whereas household income growth is nill, essentially. >> i draw a distinction between the likes of larry ellison, founded the company, created and took the ceo's job and had it for seven years and got the golden pair hut and didn't do much of anything, but managed to hang around. he was less talented than the guy, and the guy replace him will be less talented for him because god forbid you should ever be challenged. >> the passion of rich people that don't deserve it. >> speaking of which, we'll talk more about executive comp and who is deserve and who is not of some of these new pay packages. first, up, though,