mr. fortenberry: mr. speaker, i move to 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 adjourned until 10:0 i struggle with the disease of alcoholism and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice. as the father to a young son and husband to a loving wife, i need to get help so i can be a better man for both of them, end quote. on the house floor this morning, minority whip steny hoyer said the house-senate budget conference committee is not making progress he said the chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan, refuses to negotiate. >> mr. speaker. we have 10 days left in this session. , in this session this year's session, according to the schedule. we're supposed to adjourn on december 13. somewhat ironically, friday the 13th, and yet, mr. speaker, we see time is running out and we're not addressing the critical issue and the critical responsibility of funding the government, of a

mr. fortenberry, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. rtenberry: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, y: in the midst of all our difficult debates that are occurring in this body and throughout washington, whether it's about the right type of health care reform or how to stop the ever-expanding federal debt, which threatens both our economic as well as national security, and as important as these debates are, it should not be lost on us, though, that there is a grave struggle for the protection of a fundamental proposition of human dignity and a basis for civilization itself. this is the protection of the rights of conscience and religious freedom. even in the midst of all of our other debates, many americans are concerned about the heartwrenching stories of individuals who have been detained, condemned, incarcerated, often tore turd, sometimes for years throughout the world, even under the sentence of death for some simply for the peaceful exercise of their religious right