mr. nadler, such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentman from new york is recognized. mr. nadlerthank you, madam speaker. and i thank the gentleman from indiana. madam speaker, i rise today in support of my resolution, h.con.res. 137. which expresses the sense of congress that housing is a key component of combatting the war against h.i.v. and aids. i want to thank chairman frank and my colleagues of both parties on the financial services committee for bringing this resolution to the floor. . and i ask my colleagues join me in supporting this resolution. it's remarkable how far we've come to the understanding of the h.i.v. virus. in the 1980's and 1990's an h.i.v. diagnosis was seen as a death sentence. but nearly three decades after a global launch of a campaign to study the disease, to develop and disseminate treatments and prevention, those who contact h.i.v. have a natural reality of living productive lives for decades. today, we have an entire medical organizational and legislative foundation from wh

mr. nadler: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain one-minute requests. without objection, so ordered. members will please take their conversations off the floor. the speaker pro tempore: members will please take their conversations off the floor. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to recognize two outstanding constituents from my district in south florida, claria mckneel and her 9-year-old son, joshua williams, who founded joshua's heart foundation four years ago. next month joshua will be honored by the foundation at its annual dinner right here in washington, d.c. the joshua heart foundation's mission is to work toward ending global hunger as part of an overall community effort. once a month joshua's organization distributes food in addition to feeding the homeless every week. they deliver food to the sick, the elderly and the helpless. currently food is provided for over 100 homeless people and about 450 families on a monthly basis. claudia and joshua, i would like to commend you for your service to our community and indeed our nat

mr. nadler: thank you, madam speaker. and i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, we all hope for a peace agreement negotiated between israel and the palestinians. such an agreement, providing for adequate security, safeguards for israel, would benefit the citizens of israel and would benefit the palestinians. it would also help stabilize the middle east and would help the national security interest of the united states. every american administration for the last 40 years has recognized that prerequisite to the successful conclusion of any peace agreement is the maintenance of israel's qualitative military superiority over any potential combination of state and nonstate aagreesors. in recent years, unfortunately, we have permitted israel's military superiority to lag, to begin to fall down. i want to congratulate the administration, the obama administration, and sharply stepping up u.s. military assistance and u.s. military cooperation with israel. now, we also face the threat from iran and the threat of 40,000 rockets and missiles supplied by the ir

mr. nadler? >> thank you. mr. mckay one moment ago you misled this committee. in the following respect. let me give you this specific question. . . a queson, you misled him. he asked you about a use of disper disperseants. it has an effectiveness of 54.7 in the south louisiana crude oil spill. dispersant is 7.9 toxicit. mayor queen 400, toxicity is 400 compared to 454. remember, you're under oath. who decided -- don't tell me the national incident command. they authorized use, as i understand, of any dispersants on this list. who decided which dispersant to use? bp? >> i don't know what individual -- >> i didn't ask what individual. was it bp who decided or the national government who decided? >> i don't know. >> y don't know. could you find out for me, please? >> yes. >> if it was bp that decided, why would you use something much less toxic other than you have a corporate relationsp with the manufacturer? is there any other reason you can think of? >> i don't know enough about the supply chain. >> is ther any reason you would use something much less toxic and much less effective in cle

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> chairman of the constitution committee, jerry nadler. >> thank you. mr. -- first of all, let me just say that i hope we ca have attorney general hood back here before this committee to really explore the issues that he raised about the class action suits, about federal courts, removing these cases, perhaps not properly and about why it is so bad in the federal court in any event. i mean, en if it is removed york should you get less justice in the federal court, which obviously we think you do than in the state courts. i hope we can examine that at a subsequent occasion. let me ask the gentleman -- mr. willis i think is the person i want to ask. does bp have are sole liability for damages caused by the use of dispersants as well as by the use of the oil? >> sir, my involve tonight date in response to the oil spill has beenassociated with the claims process. >> fine, someone files a claim, i got sick through breathing air made poisonous by the dispersants, would you award that person an award? >> we ve an open claims process. and anyone who feels like th

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> chairman of the constitution committee, jerry nadler. >> thank you. mr. -- first of all, let me just say that i hope we can have attorney general hood back here before this committee to really explore the issues that he raised about the class action suits, about federal courts, removing these cases, perhaps not properly and about why it is so bad in the federal court in an event. i mean, even if it is removed york should you get less justice in the federal court, which obviously we think you do than in the state courts. i hope we can examine that at a subsequent occasion. let me ask the gentleman -- mr. willis i think is the person i want to ask. does bp have are sole liability for damages caused by the use of dispersants as well as by the use of the oil? >> sir, mynvolve tonight date in response to the oil spill has beenassociated with the claims process. >> fine, someone files a claim, i got sick through breathing air made poisonous by the dispersants, would you award that person an award? >> we have an open claims process. and anyone who feels like