mr. lamborn: thank you. with that amount, 9.4%, which i think is the high point for 25 years, unfortunately it's the high point in unemployment in our country for 2 1/2 decades, and i just wanted to mention, it's so inconsistent or even hypocritical for the press to say that this is not anything other than an unmitigated disaster. they're falling all over themsselves trying to put a spin on them -- themselves trying to put a spin on this thing, saying, it's really not as bad as it seems. the rate of growth of unemployed people has slowed down or it's less than we thought it was going to be. can you imagine if we were 12 months ago, 24 mobblets ago when george bush was president, what the press would have said? they would have said, it's horrible and the policies are doing this and -- mr. akin: just reclaiming my time a minute. what would the press have said if under the bush administration they claimed that they created 100,000 to 150,000 jobs and they didn't have any documentation for that? where in the wor

mr. lamborn of colorado, as well as the house bill sponsor, mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona, for their leadership on house bill 1513 which passed on the 30th of march, 2009. mr. speaker, s. 407 would increase effective as of december 1, 2009, the rates of compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. . it includes veterans disability compensation, clothing allowance, dependency and indemocratnyity compensation to surviving spouses and children. mr. speaker, this is an important annual authorization which provides much-needed assistance to our nation's veterans and i encourage all my colleagues to support the bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: does the gentleman have further speakers? mr. boozman: no, sir. mr. filner: we have no further speakers. mr. boozman: i'd like to thank john hall and ranking leb doug lamb born on these i

mr. lamborn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for two minutes. mr. lamborn: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, lies today to oppose h.r. 2847, a bill that could use taxpayer dollars for a purpose the american people are adamantly against, housing guantanamo detainees in federal prisons in the united states. in a may gallop poll, 65% of americans were opposed to closing guantanamo. further, 74% of americans opposed moving them to their own state. this bill leaves open the possibility for the bureau of prisons to use taxpayer dollars to house guantanamo detainees in our communities. in direct correction to the will of the american people. the amendment that i wanted to submit before the democrats in the rule committee issued their gag order specified that none of the funds appropriated by this act may be used by the bureau of prisons to incarcerate individuals currently held in guantanamo bay. mr. speaker, these detainees are not convicted criminals repaying their debt to society but rather the most dangerous people on the face of the planet, terrorist