mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer a multifaceted amendment to limit funds within the commerce, justice science and related agencies appropriations act to programs that are constitutionally appropriate and sane. for the sake of time i'll highlight some provisions within my amendment. my amendment protects second amendment rights and individual liberties by prohibiting a federal firearm registry from being created with funds in this bill. similar language has passed previously by the house. but i wals want to bring to the house's attention to some of the ludicrous studies taxpayers have funded via the national science foundation. let me first say i appreciate the national science foundation's mission and its work. the national science foundation uarantees grants and funds have been instrumental in chemistry, physics a and other areas. but the bureaucracy begins to grow and proper oversight of the grant process begins to wane. in 2011, senator tom coburn released a publication titled national scienc

nugent of florida, amendment number three by mr. gosar of arizona. amendment number 4 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment number 8 by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first series -- first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 113-426 offered by the gentleman from florida, mr. nugent, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report number 113-426. offered by mr. nugent of florida. 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 is 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 th

mr. gosar: mr. chairman, i rise today to offer an amendment which seeks to bolster a critical law enforcement program within commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriation act. that program is the edward byrne memphis just assistance grant program also known as byrne jag. my amendment is fully paid for by cutting unnecessary spending elsewhere in the bill and specifically the office of justice program's research evaluation and statistics budgets were increased by $4.2 million from the f.y. 2014 levels. this amendment takes that increase and redirects those funds to the byrne j.a.g. grant program to bolster law enforcement nationwide. as we all know, one of the federal government's core responsibility is to secure the feast. the government establishes a national guard and a standing military for security purposes, but it can also assist local law enforcement with funding, critical information and joint efforts between local, state and federal officials or any of these combined. my home

with that, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. gosar: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution. the people's house has thor hi documented lois lerner's trespasses, including her history of targeting conservative groups as well as the laws she has broke . there's a 443-page committee reporting supporting these allegations. we know ms. lerner refuses to comply with a duly issued subpoena from the house oversight and government reform committee and without ms. lerner's full cooperation the american public will not have the answers it needs from its government. my friends across the aisle have continuously cried foul over this legitimate investigation. but where is there evidence -- where is their evidence to put this to rest? i do not enjoy hold anything federal official in contempt or pursuing criminal charges because doing so mean we was a government run amok and a u.s. attorney general who does not uphold the rule

with that, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. gosar: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution. the people's house has thor hi documented lois lerner's trespasses, including her history of targeting conservative groups as well as the laws she has broke . there's a 443-page committee reporting supporting these allegations. we know ms. lerner refuses to comply with a duly issued subpoena from the house oversight and government reform committee and without ms. lerner's full cooperation the american public will not have the answers it needs from its government. my friends across the aisle have continuously cried foul over this legitimate investigation. but where is there evidence -- where is their evidence to put this to rest? i do not enjoy hold anything federal official in contempt or pursuing criminal charges because doing so mean we was a government run amok and a u.s. attorney general who does not uphold the rule

mr. gosar: mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment which seeks to bolster an important program in the commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriation act. this amendment is fully paid for by cutting wasteful spending and specifically takes $8 million from the office space for the department of justice bureaucrats in order to bolster the prescription drug monitoring activities. this program is the harold rogers prescription drug monitoring program. the the gentleman, mr. rogers, is the chairman of the house appropriations committee and has spent years on the issue of combating prescription drug abuse in our great country. the problem is truly plaguing our streets, our youth and our communities. prescription drug abuse is contributing to addiction, health deterioration and even untimely death amongst many of our friends and loved ones. prescription drug abuse also fuels the demand for other illicit drugs such as cocaine, meth amphetamines -- methamphetamines, ecstasy and heroin, much of w