mr. garr i'm sure will confirm that. >> is that correct? that's right, mr. garr. >> i was one of the department of justices. i could not argue the case. doi thk that mr. whale season right, that the government's position in that case and ultimately the supreme court's decision in that case was in line with a number of prior supreme court decisions. >> and would therefore be -- i'll ask you frankly, unfair tor to accuse the course of an activist -- >> i agree with you, your honor. senator. force of habit. >> he likes the former better. >> dean kagan never made that mistake, having never been before a judge but a few times in arguing a case. >> mr. alt on citizens united, people cricized the court for orring a rehearing, as if this was some error on the court. it seems to me that showed a greatespect and understanding that a case might need to be reversed and it needed great care before such an action would be taken. the austin case, i guess, in particular. would you consider that the court orde

you think about military construction projects, you think about a newhan garr or new dock or ship or landing strip or wharf, but as mr. edwards pointed out, housing is so very vital and we've done a great job and we continue that commitment, whether it's a bare rack or a married housing. we want the housing we'd want our sons and daughters to live in. we're making great progress in that area. i think we all agree we have got the best trained and best equipped military in the world. and we work hard to do that. but we're also beginning to make sure that when people come back that have been under some stress, under unique situations, that they have adequate counseling, that they have those kind of programs that are so very important. i think this bill continues that commitment. finally, i would say a couple of important projects that are funded this year as part of the administration's budget dealing with my district in northeast florida. there's a naval station, mayport, that the navy has decided to make that home port for a nuclear carrier and so last year, there was money to begin dredging to begin wharf upgrades th