mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of our amendment that would defund a regulation. a regulation that has the force of law across the united states, that is in my view unconstitutional and simply wrong. currently as a result of law passed in the 111th congress, a person licensed by a state to car ray personal side arm for personal defense can carry that weapon in a national park or refuge. prior to 2009 our own federal government trampled the second amendment and prohibited citizens from protecting themselves in some of the most dangerous remote lands we have. the ability to carry a firearm in case of emergency is imperative. later we learned that when congress changed the law, the bill language omitted the army corps of engineers, creating confusion and uncertainty. the corps further manages over 11.7 million acres including 400 lakes and river projects, 90,000 campsites and 4,000 miles of trail. soon after the law's passage, the army corps proudly declared that it would continue to demand self-defen

mr. gosar: mr. chairman, i ask for a roll call, yeas and nays. i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. . the clerk will read. the clerk: capital improvement and maintenance, $378,088,000. land acquisition, $12,500,000. acquisition of land for national forests special acts, $955,000. acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges, sums to be derived from funds deposited by state, county and municipal governments. range betterment fund, 50% of all moneys received as fees for grazing to remain available until expended. gifts, donations and bequests for forest and range large research, $45,000. management of national forest lands for subsequent uses, $2 million. wild land fire management, $1,805,099,000. slaying wildfire suppression reserve fund, $290,418,000. administrative provisions forest service, appropriations shall be available for purchase of motor vehicles, funds may be transferred for forest fire fighting, funds available for assistance in conne

an amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. an amendment by ms. kaptur of ohio. first amendment by mr. flake of arizona. an amendment by mrs. capps of california. second amendment by mr. flake of arizona. an amendment by mr. scalise of louisiana. amendment number 81 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment 63 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment 76 by mr. landry of louisiana. first amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. second amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. amendment 53 by mr. hare is of maryland. an amendment by -- mr. hare is of maryland. an amendment by mr. rohrabacher of california. an amendment by mrs. adams. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 26 printed in the congressional record by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 26 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. cole of oklahoma. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a rec

mr. gosar of arizona. page 31, lines two through 10, strike funds made available and all that follows through that period but and insert a charter school as that term is defined in section 1141 of the education amendments of 1978, 25 u.s.c. 2021, may operate. the chair: the gentleman from -- mr. dicks: we'd like to make a point of order. we don't have a copy of the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the clerk will distribute copies, and the point of order is reserved. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. gosar: as currently written, the department of entireor appropriations bill states that education funds made available under this act may not be used to establish a charter school and a bureau funded school. my amendment would allow money appropriated under in -- under this bill to be used for charter schools. it grandfathers in charter schools funded prior to 1999 but allows no new charter schools. the committee report is silent on this. children made up 1.5 million of the native a

ros-lehtinen: i yield one minute to the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. mr. gosar: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gosar: i rise in strong support of house resolution 268. this resolution affirms congressional support for direct negotiations between israeli and palestinian leaders in an effort to achieve peace in this over six-decades-long struggle. while the palestinian pursuit of a state is understandable but to bypass is inappropriate and a disgrace to the u.n. charter and all acceptable norms of international law. to create or recognize a state will not foresake terrorism, violence, ethnic hatred and genocide. if a vote for the palestinian statehood comes to the u.n., the u.s. must do so until a peace agreement is achieved and maintained between the israelis and palestinians. now is not the time for either party to remove themselves from the negotiating table. peace will not be attained with one side seeking it. i urge my colleagues to reassert direct negotiations by supporting h are

mr. gosar: i have an amendment at the table. the clerk: amendment offered offered by mr. gosar of arizona. page 26, line, ininsert decrease $3 million, page 88, line 9, after the dollar amount insert increase $4 mill thon 367,000. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is rkniesed. mr. gosar: i know firsthand the profound value of oral health particularly for children. oral health care is shown to be a critical aspect of preventative care. this is true in the native american community which i'm proud to serve which has 21 federally recognized tribes. my amendment will transfer $4,367,000 in from the office to the indian health service. it recommends $4 million than the president's request for dental health and while the bill does not name dental health specifically i would like to make it clear that this reallocation of funds is intnded to fund dental health programs within i.h.s. the united states government took long ago a number of obligations to our native people and health care was among them. in particular, i colt state that the indian tribes have suffered in the area

amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. a second amendment by mr. lankford of oklahoma. amendment number 14, mr. broun of georgia. and amendment by mr. walberg of michigan. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, on which further proceedings were postponed and o on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for po

the chair: -- the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. insert the follow, none of the funds may be expend for assistance to the following entities, one the government of iran, two, hamas, three, hezbollah, four, the muslim brotherhood. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five mins on his amendment. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairmanism rides in support of my amendment. ski for your support of my limiting amendment that would prohibit any military expenditure that would assist any enity that has a policy of helping the -- that has a policy for the destrub of the sate of israel. most prominent, of course is iran. just last month, iranian president ahmadinejad reiterated his nation's policy calling for the complete elimination of israel. it is not just formally recognized states we need to be concerned about. history has shown that entities we consider terrorist fringe groups sometimes through force, manipulation and popular vote take over the state apparatus. this happened in the gaza trip when hamas, the islamic resista

we now go to the gentleman from arizona mr. gosar for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. newell one of my colleagues on the other side brought it up about new laws. i want to emphasize thomas wasn't the gun sales operator. let me emphasize that again. it wasn't. they were alarmingly bringing forth these -- were they not? >> i am sorry? >> here we go again. >> it seems like this is a moe, curly and larry show and we are looking for larry. i mean it is disruptive to actually see what i'm seeing here. as a businessperson coming from main street america to actually see what i'm seeing here, you have got to be disgusted about this. to go around and around the corner, it is ridiculous. agents canino, i watch her body language. i am a health care position. i watch body language like crazy. tell me what you disagree with that man right there. >> on the specific case? >> how about records? let's talk about records. are there adequate records being kept? and how they relate between the sale of these guns to mexico. >> i think atf does a great job in regulating the firearms industry

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. go sar: thank you. mr. chairman, i rise in support of this amendment supported with ms. hayworth to reduce spending at the boe tannic gardens. we are in the middle of a funding crisis. in my view, there are few programs funded by the federal government that can be exempt from cruteny. this is an unprecedented fiscal crisis. i applaud the commitment to making spend regular ducks in this bill include regular deucing personal office expenses and reducing committee budgets. there are many wonderful museums and points of interest here in washington, d.c. and the botanical garden is among the best my amendment, which would reduce its funding and take away a proposed increase, is not based on any act by the boe tannic gardens. as an avid outdoorsman and gardener, i draw much benefit from the boe tannic gardens. our amendment is not intended to make the statement that it's not a good and worthy program, it is. but it is n

we now go to the gentleman from arizona mr. gosar for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr.l one of my colleagues on the other side brought it up about new laws. i want to emphasize thomas wasn't the gun sales operator. let me emphasize that again. it wasn't. they were alarmingly bringing forth these -- were they not? >> i am sorry? >> here we go again. >> it seems like this is a moe, curly and larry show and we are looking for larry. i mean it is disruptive to actually see what i'm seeing here. as a businessperson coming from main street america to actually see what i'm seeing here, you have got to be disgusted about this. to go around and around the corner, it is ridiculous. agents canino, i watch her body language. i am a health care position. i watch body language like crazy. tell me what you disagree with that man right there. >> on the specific case? >> how about records? let's talk about records. are there adequate records being kept? and how they relate between the sale of these guns to mexico. >> i think atf does a great job in regulating the firearms industry. >> t