mr. engel: madam speaker, i rise in strong support of this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. who seeks recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: madam speaker, i continue to reserve. i would like to ask my colleague from california if he has other speakers on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida reserves. the snafment new york. million engel: we have no other speakers. ms. ros-lehtinen: with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back her remaining time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back his remaining time. . the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- >> madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the s

mr. engel: and i urge support of the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. rogers, who has been a leader in the health care debate on our energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, madam. thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank debbie wasserman schultz to talk about her illness. i am a cancer survivor. and it's a grave process. our concern is what is the actual result of that health care reform bill that leads us to this resolution. we are scrambling around on the floor today to say that a government appointed commission, this task force, has made a recommendation based on quality of year lives and cost, not good science, not what saves lives, that women between 40 and 49 need not get mammograms. and you say, listen, that doesn't mean rationing, it doesn't anything,

i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, who is the author of this bill and has been working with the ranking member, mr. king from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for four minutes. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman, my good friend from texas, for yielding to me. i appreciate the comments made by mr. rogers as well. mr. speaker, this bill rights a wrong. it's a very technical bill, but the bottom line is that 35 loyal and hardworking federal employees stationed overseas working for america are being treated unfairly and the bill corrects this. when i was in ireland at the customs post, hi a chance to speak with some of these employees and i became convinced that they were not being treated fairly. so i rise today in support of my legislation, h.r. 1517, the conversion of certain overseas customs and border protection employees. i would also like to give special recognition to my colleague and friend, representative peter king of new york, for the hard work that he has put into thi

mr. engel: i thank the gentleman.adam speaker, only a few short months ago the world learned of a secret enrichment city. if there was any doubt, this revelation dispelled any shred of that doubt. it was kept secret and was built deep in a mountain on a protected military base. this is how a country skeels a nuclear weapons program and defies u.n. security council resolutions not how it develops peaceful technologies. it is limiting refining. it will peen liz companies that export refined petroleum products to iran. it's my hope that the administration will apply the additional sanctions to make clear to the ahmadinejad regime that the world will not accept its nuclear ambition. the u.s., allies and u.n. security council have realized that a nuclear-armed iran would be a danger to israel and nuclear nonproliferation regime. it is unacceptable and we must support this legislation. to my colleagues who say sanctions don't work and only hurts the local population, the same argument was made against south african sanction