mr. lungren: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 406. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 452, h.r. 406, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971, to permit candidates for election for federal office to designate an individual who would be authorized to disperse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate. mr. lungren: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. lungren, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i might consume. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 406 this legisl

mr. lungren: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lungren: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 5912 which would terminate taxpayer financing of party conventions. mr. speaker, i'm sorry to say that party conventions today are by and large week-long televised movie sets and almost entirely symbolic. although conventions do provide important insight into party platforms and presidential candidates, spending millions of taxpayer dollars to fund them, particularly in today's environment, is simply untenable. the american taxpayers should not be subsidizing political party conventions. with our historic levels of deficit spending and our national debt over $16 trillion and climbing, this congress and this president need to be thinking very diffe

mr. lungren: mr.ay in support of h.r. 6122, to revise the authority of the librarian of congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the library and for other purposes. this bill simply authorizes the librarian of congress to accept nonmonetary gifts of securities, personal property valued $25,000 or less, and voluntary and uncompensated personal services. the librarian is required to disclose the each gift or bequest valued at $1,000 in his annual report of the library of congress. over its history, the library's been offered various types of donations that it has not had authority to accept. these would include donations of i.t. equipment, audio/visual equipment and voluntary services outside the american folk life center or the center of the book. while the library is currently accepted to have monetary gifts, they will give back to the library in other ways that would be beneficial to the library's mission and therefore to this congress and to the united states. i would urge all my colleague

mr. lungren: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, mr. speaker, i rise in support of the extension of the fisa amendments of 2008. i would just have to say this is critical to the protection of the american people. with the events of the last couple of days, we need not be reminded of the solemn responsibility. one day after the 11th anniversary of 9/11. if you'll recall, one of the main point made by the 9/11 commission in their after-action report was that we as a nation had not done enough -- that is the government of the united states had not done enough to connect the dots to warn us sufficiently to protect against the attack which caused the death of over 3,000 on our homeland. in order to connect the dots, that is the items of information, the intelligence, you have to have the dots, you have to have the intelligence. that's precisely what the extension of these amendments will allow us to do. but initial it's important to understand -- but initially it's important to understand from the outset of this debate what this legislation

mr. lungren: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, mr.he extension of the fisa amendments of 2008. i would just have to say this is critical to the protection of the american people. with the events of the last couple of days, we need not be reminded of the solemn responsibility. one day after the 11th anniversary of 9/11. if you'll recall, one of the main point made by the 9/11 commission in their after-action report was that we as a nation had not done enough -- that is the government of the united states had not done enough to connect the dots to warn us sufficiently to protect against the attack which caused the death of over 3,000 on our homeland. in order to connect the dots, that is the items of information, the intelligence, you have to have the dots, you have to have the intelligence. that's precisely what the extension of these amendments will allow us to do. but initial it's important to understand -- but initially it's important to undetand from the outset of this debate what this legislation will do as well as what it will no

mr. lungren: let's remember where we are. up until 1965, we had a quota system that essentially gave advantages to certain countries to get their people in here versus others. we removed that in 1965, went to a worldwide quota system based on the fact that everyone in the world would have an equal opportunity to get to the united states based on their talent and reason for coming here. but in 1981, there was a cry that we weren't getting enough irish people in here. so tip o'neill -- i was here on the floor. tip o'neill and ted kennedy put together a diversity program. and it passed and only the irish knew about it. then we changed it and let only certain countries in. we're going back to a country quota system. i would say that most african-american immigrants to the u.s. don't come from the diversity program. just 3,000 from nigh jeer alone would be able to participate in this. the speaker pro tempore: we're at 30 seconds and 45 seconds. mr. conyers: i yield the balance of our time our our side to the distinguished gentlela

mr. lungren: mr. speaker, it is with a heavy heart that all americans reflect upon the tragic loss of life of the american consulate in benghazi. when one of our own pays the ultimate sacrifice in service of our nation, we're all touched by the loss. all four of these brave americans will forever be remembered in american history as heroes. in particular i'd like to take the time to pay tribute to ambassador chris stevens, a native of northern california. although i did not know the ambassador personally, his father, senior assistant attorney general, jan stevens, ablely served our state in the california department of justice while i served as attorney general of my home state. this tragedy hits close to home with all of the employees at the california department of justice who worked with jan stevens. i wish to join them -- with them, with friends and family members of the stevens and with all americans in offering our thoughts and players as we mourn the loss of ambassador chris stevens. the speake

mr. lungren: madam speaker, september 11, 2012, beautiful day outside, much like it was 11 years ago. those tragic criminal terrorist acts. we remember the heroism of those who responded. but there is something we can do more than just remember. there is something we can do in addition to the prayers that we offer. we can act tomorrow to pass fisa amendments, the foreign intelligence surveillance act amendments, which allow us to respond to the criticism rendered by the 9/11 commission, that is that we did do not enough to connect the dots of intelligence to warn us about that attack and future attacks. the fisa amendments allow us to collect the dots so we can analyze those dots and bring the intelligence to bear so that we can protect our people with the courage and the bravery of those men and women who are in uniform, guided by the intelligence that we collect and we apply. it is as strong a statement we can make this week to ensure that we do not blind our eyes to that which is out there that may threaten us. let us work together in a bipartisan basis to pass that and let us give