schneider, mr. engel, ms. schakowsky and the rest of our colleagues here in what i am so happy to say is a bipartisan way a bipartisan way, to strengthen the united states-israel relationship. with that, mr. speaker, i just want to say, hp by birthday -- happy birthday to the state of israel. with that, i yield back the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom illinois seek recognition? -- does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. frankel: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands djourned until 10:00 a.m. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise today to commemorate a few people in boston who lost thei

at this time recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. gentlemen, i'm an anomaly here because i see both sides of the coin, and to tell you the truth, i'm torn. i have a lot of environmental concerns, but i also have concerns about energy independence. i'm the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee, i was the founder of the oil and national security caucus, and i think it would be important if we could safely develop this that north america become energy independent. so i kind of see both sides. i have some questions as to why we want to circumvent the process here. there is a process, and jump the gun and say that this project should be done. but i think the larger issue is how do we guarantee or try to guarantee that america is energy independent and at the same time try to guarantee that our environment is not despoiled. so i'd like the -- it's kind of hard for me to see everybody there, but let me ask mr. pourbaix, why cannot we guarantee that the oil that is refined in

. >> i have -- and if i could respond as chairman, mr. engel and i are working in tandem on an authorization bill. we will have that passed over to the senate. we're talking to our senate counterparts, and it's our goal to have that on the president's desk. but assistance that the secretary of state could give us in this regard would be welcome. >> very supportive, mr. chairman, and i congratulate you on that. that's great. >> we're going to go to mr. higgins for his question. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for sticking it out. i've been working with the state d. regarding the assassination of john granville from buffalo who was murdered five years ago in the sudanese capital of khartoum. islamist extremists were convicted of his murder, and last year they escaped from prison. the accomplice in the prison who helped them escape was just pardoned by the government. the state department has done tremendous work in keeping the pressure on, i just want to encourage that to continue. also in august of 2006 i had travel today beirut, remember 23407b, s

>> i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, be removed as a co-sponsor for h.r. 1588, the medicare drug savings act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will now entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? without objection. >> i rise to recognize the tireless efforts of the women's fund of miami-dade, a nonprofit organization based in the district i represent. ms. ros-lehtinen: over the last 20 years, this inspiring organization has been committed to creating programs and initiatives through which all girls and women can prosper and become leaders in our community and throughout the nation. in addition, it's committed to ostering awareness about sexually exploited children through its grantee partner, the christy house, dedicated to helping children and families recover from abuse and bring to justice those who violate them. each year we set aside may 25 -- may 25 as a day when we focus on missing and ex-ploilted children. i thank the women's fund of mi

in the absence of mr. engelpening statement is appreciated. >> i yield that time. >> and its quality will reflect the number of seconds i've had to prepare it. our development aid is the right thing to do. and that is reason enough for us to pay for it. but the american people are also told that it achieves our foreign policy objectives. one of those objectives is to lift all the boats in the world, because it's in our foreign policy an economic interest that the countries of the world be able to afford our products. it is said often by the proponents of foreign aid that it is the most poor in possessed that become terrorists and wage war against us. but the vast majority of the 9/11 hijackers came from one of the wealthiest countries in the middle east. one element of improving our image in the world is whether we tell people who are getting our aid, that it is in fact american aid. one thing that disturbs me with our aid with regard to syria, but also other places, is that we are deliberately obscuring the fac

mr. engel: she has participated in many, many marathons. she was at the boston marathon yesterday and 13 minutes after she crossed the finish line, she heard the bombs go off and saw debris and people running and things being -- falling all over the place and called me to tell me she was ok. she was waiting for her sister to finish when this happened. you know, when tragedies like this happen, you think, but for the grace of god go on and that was the case of jean and so many others. i want to take this opportunity to pause for a moment and reflect on what happened in boston yesterday and pour my heart out to the injured and to those that were killed and their families, including an 8-year-old boy, we heard today. whoever would do such a horrible thing to take innocent lives and cause terror amongst the population has to just be horrible people and people who care nothing about their fellow human beings. i want to take this opportunity to let the people who are injured and the families of those who are injured and the families of those who

engel for nbc news. former new york mayor rudy giuliani is with us right now. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us.our expertise is that of leading a city and as a former prosecutor and looking at this as a person who has to keep a city together, like boston is today. under reasonable watch, reasonable curfew restrictions. but they can't go on forever. how do you look at the situation in boston? we see almost a ghost town up there. >> well, i think they were right to do what they did coming out of what happened last night. i mean, they don't know where they're going to find this guy. they have no idea what they're going to face when they find him. what kind of shooting is going to take place. what kind of incendiary devices he has. i don't think they want to see any more innocent people killed. so i think that argues for the curfew they put in effect. i also think they wanted to cut off a lot of avenues of escape by closing down rapid transit, closing down buses. closing down amtrak. you give him only one escape route and that's by automobile. gives you a better chance of catching him. you're right