mr. garamendi: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that my amendment, 040, be modified as placed before the desk. the chair: does the gentleman first offer the amendment? mr. garamendi: yes. the chair: the clerk will report the modification. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 113-455 offered by mr. garamendi of california. modification offered by mr. garamendi of california to amendment number 5, on page 5, line 14, replace afghan security forces with african nion standby force, a.s.f. the chair: are there objections to the modification? without objection. pursuant to house resolution 585, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. chairman. for some time, like more than an hour today, this house debated and discussed the issue of boko haram and the terror that they are enacting throughout nigeria and the southern area of africa. this is not a new

mr. garamendi. he clerk will pass out the amendment. >> without objection, reading of the amendment will be dispensed with and the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes on his amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's been more are than 20 years since there's been a serious study of the necessity for having the triad. that's the submarines air delivered nuclear weapons, submarine-delivered nuclear weapons and the land-based ballistic missiles. a lot of things have transpired over those 20 years, including the current situation in the ukraine. the question -- this issue really needs our attention as the ranking member said in his opening presentation, this nuclear arsenal is extraordinarily expensive, to say nothing of dangerous. we've seen incidents, both naval as well as land-based missiles of questions of propriety by the operators of those systems. those questions are hopefully being answered. but the underlying question of whether this nation needs the triad, which really goe

mr. garamendi is very simple. it just says that after 2014, if the president decides that he needs to increase the number of troops in afghanistan, then we will vote on it. do you know how pathetic it is that we're asking? a few years ago president obama proposed to the afghan government, karzai, who's a crook, that we will have an agreement that we will stay there 10 more years and we'll sending $2 billion or $3 billion a month just to take care of your needs in afghanistan when we're cutting food programs for children, senior citizens and can't fix the potholes, can't fix the bridges in america and then you will not allow us to have a bate on our responsibility based on the constitution that a young man or young woman who will die for this country or lose a leg and arm or their mind that we can't have a debate. what a pathetic, what a pathetic time for the house of representatives, and with that, mr. speaker, i will yield back to the gentleman from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recogni

mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. rahall. i'd like to also compliment the chair for the great work on getting this bill together. obviously a bipartisan. for my district this is extremely important. first of all, one of the reforms that came out of this is the three-by-three which is a move across the country so that projects get done, at least the early studies, $3 million, three years, done and then the question before the house whether we'll move forward with that project. the sutter project, providing critical protection for yuga city and the area in that area. also natomas. i notice my colleague from sacramento is here. providing critical protection for part of sacramento. the harbors, being able to use the harbor maintenance fund. all critically important this is an important bill. and when we couple this with the buy america, make it in america, we have an opportunity to really move forward the american economy. not only with the infrastructure jobs but also with the manufacturing tha

mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, i stand on the house floor today to congratulate a star athlete from my district. an athlete who rose to national spotlight with a remarkable win, with millions of people watching on tv and in front of a crowd of more than 160,000 people. i'm talking of course about california chrome, the winner of the 2014 kentucky derby. california chrome is the resident of uba city -- yuba city where he lives with his human friends, parry and denies martin. the martins bought california chrome's mother for only $8,000. a bargain by horse racing standards. alifornia chrome's storybook rags to riches tale is sure to delight horse racing fans for years to come. congratulations, california chrome, his jockey, victor espinosa, and the martin family. i know my family will be watching as you, california chrome, aim to get one step closer to the triple crown at the preakness on saturday, may 17. you've made california's third congressional district proud. thank you, california chrome, and i yield

mr. garamendi has an amendment at the desk. with the clerk please distribute the amendment?objection the reading of the amendment will be dispensed with and the chair now recognizes, and from california for the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you mr. chairman. we had a long discussion on the mocks facility. this is a solution to the discussion we had. this amendment would require the department of energy to immediately solicit from appropriate contractors and qualified contractors the solutions to the problem. there are five different options presented by the department of energy. any qualified contractor that can solve this problem would be solicited or given the opportunity to put in it did as to how to do and what it will cost to be done and then we could make a decision on moving forward. among those options is the recurrent program the current mocks facility so mr. wilson your program would have the opportunity to put in a bid going forward. what would it cost to complete a? the other options of putting the material into a silicon formation or

mr. garamendi of california, as modified. the chair: is there objection to the request? without objection, the request for a record vote is withdrawn. amendment, as modified, is ejected. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in to amend titles 5 and 28, united states code, to require annual reports to congress on, and the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the united 455 in the following order -- amendment number 1 by mr. blumenauer of oregon, amendment number 3 by ms. sanchez of california and amendment number 6 by mr. daines of montana. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first electronic vote. the unfinished business is a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 113-455 by the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment

mr. garamendi. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations to the chair of the committee and ranking member for putting together a unanimous bipartisan bill. there is much to say in this bill that is good and i would like to say two things. i.s.r. capabilities of the military are maintained in this bill. the u-2 will continue to operate and provide critical intelligence to our military, operating now in africa, chasing after boko haram. this bill provides us with the continued ability to get to where we need to go. the k.c.-10 will remain in the force for the foreseeable future ntil it is replaced by the kc-46's. you need to be able to get there and this bill provides for that. however, there are issues in this bill that we need to spend some time. 20 years since we have taken a ard look at the nuclear triad, extraordinarily dangerous part. nuclear weapons here and the triad bombers, i.c.b.m.'s and the submarines. how do they fit, how much do we need, how much do we need to spend upon them. the rebuilding of our nuclear weapon

mr. garamendi requests roll call vote. we'll have that later when we finish.s i said, we will now take a recess. dinner is outside. here is what we're going to do. we're going to eat. when the vote is called, go vote. as soon as the last vote is over, we will come back and begin where we left off. thank you for your patience.

mr. speaker. ast night, a bipartisan group, congressman walter jones of north carolina, congressman adam smith, the ranking member of the armed services committee from washington state, congressman garamendi and congresswoman lee from california, and i offered an amendment to be able to have a debate and vote on our policy in afghanistan. the longest war in american history. it seemed odd to me that a bill like the department of defense authorization bill would come to the floor without the ability for members to have a vote on afghanistan. i mean, we are at war and you would never know it by the actions of this house. i am ashismede this house that a bill like this would come to the floor and the leadership would block any attempt to be able to have a debate and a vote on what our policy should be in afghanistan. the rule that we're going to be debating -- that we're going to debate later today makes in order 162 amendments. 162. there were amendments on everything from deferred retirement for military chaplains to charging admission to air shows to public access to rattlesnake mountain. i'm sure public access to rattlesnake mountain is a big deal but it's not as big a deal as the war in