mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to oppose the rule on this legislation coming forward, but before we get to the vote on the rule we're going to have a vote on ordering the previous question and i urge my colleagues to vote no on ordering the previous question because that is the way to show your support for today's spending cut reduction under the youcut program that millions of americans have participated in. this week's spending cut, developed by congressman phil gingrey of georgia, addresses one of the perpetual road blocks to american private sector job creation and economic recovery. federal employee unions. the proposal would prohibit taxpayer funding for union activities, saying -- saving taxpayers $120 million a year or $1.2 billion over the next 10 years. federal employees unions collect millions in revenue each year and spend significant amounts on political activities and lobbying. i do not believe that they should be a-- also be subsidized by the taxpayers for their official