mr. langevin: mr.speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in part a of house report 113-444 offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 576, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: mr. chairman, i'd like to, first of all, thank chairman kline and ranking member miller for their hardwork in -- hard work in bringing this bill to the floor. while it's not perfect, i certainly appreciate their bipartisan work on the public charter school program. mr. speaker, my amendment basically adds comprehensive career counseling to the criteria that the secretary of education will take into account when prioritizing grants awarded under this bill. the amendment

mr. langevin of rhode island. page 4, line 21, after the dollar amount insert, reduced by $5 million, increased by $5 million. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. langevin: madam chair, the amendment that i offer today addresses the topic that is of the utmost importance to our national defense and that's cybersecurity. before i go into particulars, i'd like to first acknowledge the important work of my colleague, chairman wolf, on this vital issue. and although he's retiring at the end of the year, he has certainly left a legacy of support for cybersecurity funding which he and ranking member fattah have continued in this bill and i thank them both for their important work. madam chair, bad actors in cyberspace are growing in number and sophistication and as policymakers we have an imperative to act in the public interest. when congress came up short in its efforts tone act comprehensive cybersecurity legislation in the 112th congress, the administration rightly acted as best it could to

mr. langevin aye. mr. laby as deniedo no. mr. larson aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop no. mr. cooper? mr.ooper, aye. mr. turner? mr. turner, no. ms. boardi aye. mr. kline, no. mr. courtney, aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers? mr. rogers no. mr. franks? mr. franks no. ms. sangas? ms. sangas aye. mr. schuster? mr. schuster? mr. garamendi? mr. garamendi, aye. mr. calloway no. mr. johnson? mr. johnson? mr. lambourn no. mr. whitman no. ms. spear? ms. spear, aye. mr. hunter? mr. hunter no. mr. barber? mr. barber, aye. dr. fleming? dr. fleming, no. mr. carson? mr. carson? mr. kaufman? mr. kaufman, no. ms. porter. ms. porter, aye. mr. ridgeel no. mr. mcfay aye. mr. gibson, no. mr. kilmer, aye. mrs. hartsler no. mr. castro? mr. castro, aye. dr. hecht? dr. hecht no. ms. duckworth? mr. runnion, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. scott? mr. scott, no. mr. enyart aye. mr. plazo, no. mr.

mr. langevin on this issue. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the u.s.a. freedom act and want to thank and congratulate all those who had a hand in crafting the legislation before us. particularly chairman rogers and ranking member ruppersberger. changes to our national security program should not be taken lightly. this compromise legislation is the result of a vigorous debate and careful consideration. as chairman rogers pointed out, with all the reviews and investigations that have taken place with respect to the bulk collection program, no violations of law were found, but there was concern that there could be abuses in the future and the american people wanted a better balance to be struck between national security and protecting privacy, sib liberties,

mr. langevin on this issue. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the u.s.a. freedom act and want to thank and congratulate all those who had a hand in crafting the legislation before us. particularly chairman rogers and ranking member ruppersberger. changes to our national security program should not be taken lightly. this compromise legislation is the result of a vigorous debate and careful consideration. as chairman rogers pointed out, with all the reviews and investigations that have taken place with respect to the bulk collection program, no violations of law were found, but there was concern that there could be abuses in the future and the american people wanted a better balance to be struck between national security and protecting privacy, sib liberties,

mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. without objection. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4435, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2015. and i would like to begin by thanking chairman mckeon for his leadership of the committee and for all his years of dedication to national security and it's appropriate this act is named after him. i also want to thank and recognize the ranking member, adam smith, for his leadership on the committee as well. he deeply cares about national security and i appreciate the work that he has done on this mark. i also want to thank chairman -- congressman mack fortenberry. it has been a privilege working with him. and as the ranking member of the ietc subcommittee, i do appreciate his bipartisan work and i'm pleased with the bill that we have produced this year. mr. speaker, the ietc portion of the bill authorizes approximately $7.6 billion for u.s. special operations command, authorizes necessary special operations forces to combat terroris

mr. langevin for their hard work on both of those to make sure we continued that program going. and then, mr. chairman, i'll just say that the constitution tasked congress to raise and support armies, in addition it directs congress to provide, maintain a navy. i believe that we hold that constitution as our mandate to ensure that congress provides and maintains a sufficient navy. and i think this mark is a step in the right direction. and i urge my colleagues to support it. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the ranking member on the subcommittee on the seapower and projection forces, mr. mcintyre, for his comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the mark before the members today continues the tradition of strong bipartisan support for our men and women in uniform. i would like to thank my good friend chairman randy forbes for his leadership, for his friendship, for his hard work, and all the members of the subcommittee and subcommittee staff for their efforts over the last several months that enabled us to present this mark for inclusion in the 2015

mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4681, the intelligence authorization act of fiscal year 2014 and 2015. and i'm going to keep my remarks brief, but i first want to thank chairman rogers and ranking member ruppersberger for bringing this bill to the floor in a bipartisan way. the bill before us really is indicative of how the committee is run in a bipartisan way under chairman rogers' leadership. in particular i do want to commend chairman rogers for his years of service on the intelligence committee and wish him the best in his retirement at the end of this year. mr. speaker p. this is a balanced measure and really critical to protecting our nation's security. i have been pleased to work with chairman and ranking member on some of the amendments included in this bill. it makes critical investments in tactical intelligence as well as our human capabilities. in particular i wanted to support and develop the long-term health of our most important

mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today in on to -- in honor of foster youth month. every child deserves a healthy, safe and stable home. yet too many continue to go without these basic needs that so many of us take for granted. this may we recognize more than 400,000 american children in foster care who are waiting for their forever families. the theme of this year's foster month is, building blocks toward permanent families. an issue that's near to my heart. my parents took in several foster children when i was growing up and i was able to see firsthand the difference that this made and some of them are still in touch with my family today. to all those people across the country who are taking in a foster child today, i say thank you. i know you're making a positive difference in that child's life and i encourage others to consider doing the same. foster children belong to all of us and we have a moral obligation to treat them with the same love and care that we would our own children. and i encourage all of my colleagues to join me in recognizing may as foster yout