mr. nadler mr. speaker, the argument sounds reasonable and i have no doubt it is going to pass because there are a lot more people from so-called donor states than donee states and people will vote purely on that basis. many people are. but it is not equitable. if it were equitable why don't we say that the taxes that some states pay for the agriculture programs should be reduced because after all not all states get the same amount of money in the weed subsidy? some states get a lot more back for agriculture assistance than the applicable part of their taxes. i remember an argument on the floor a number of years ago in which we were debating i think funding for the national endowment for the arts and mr. burton of indiana was already against the n.e.a. and he said it's wrong for this reason and that reason and the other reason. he said, all the money goes to new york and los angeles. and i got up and i said, you know, mr. burton, i'm shocked to discover that new york city with 8.5 million people don

mr. nadler. the gentleman from california is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good to see you again, attorney. your last visit here, we asked about a few issues that we'd like to get a response from. in fact, i'm disappointed that to date your office has been unable to provide answers to what i consider some very simple questions that we asked in that meeting. having to do with prosecutions of work site enforcement cases. i'm especially interested in the number of doj work site enforcement prosecutions for each of the last four years. the number of prosecutions of illegal workers who have been using fraudulent documents. when can i realistically expect to get a response on that? >> i was under the impression we answered all the questions put to me during the hearing that had been submitted to us. if that's not the case, i'll make sure -- >> i have not received them. in fact, we'll be happy to reiterate with specificity what those were. but it's pretty straightforward. >> we'll get you those numbers. and i apologize if you've not gotten them. >> okay. we'll work

mr. nadler of new york. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. latham: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the point of order is is reserved. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: we spend a lot of time talking about how we need to do more with less. the reality is all too often we do less withless. this is the unfortunate reality facing our rental assistance program. the housing choice voucher, section 8, provides rental assistance to two million households with very low incomes. half of these are senior or people with disabilities, most of the rest are families with children. experts agree with h.u.d.'s section 8. because of the widely accepted success of the program, section 8 has enjoyed bipartisan support for many years. despite agreement among policy experts and politicians, section 8 funding levels continue to come up short of the actual need. the national low income housing coalition found that according to the latest census data, for every 100 households, only 30 rental units are affordable and availabl

mr. nadler of new york. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. nadler: before i get to the substance of the amendment, i cannot allow the occasion to pass because it may be my last comment on the floor on this bill and the occasion is that this is the last time this bill will be sheparded by mr. olver who is the former chairman of the subcommittee and has done a wonderful job and help to all of us and help on amendments like this. and i want to say that i regret that he will not be here next year. mr. olver: will the gentleman yield? mr. olver: the hour of this evening, we will accept the amendment. mr. latham: we want to get onto the series of votes. mr. nadler: let me describe it in one septemberens. this amendment increases the housing for people with aids by $2 million. i appreciate the cooperation. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the air, the ayes have it. the ame

mr. nadler, had been disposed of and the bill had been read through page 74, line 6. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for an amendment. mr. broun: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. broun of georgia, page 74, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $6,500,000. the chair: the gentleman is recognized to explain his amendment. mr. broun: thank you, madam chairman. my amendment would reduced the proposed funding for the salaries and expenses of the public and indian housing by $6,500,000. this is one of 13 offices which would receive increases for administrative expenses in the underlying bill. . madam chairman, we're in an economic emergency as an a nation. we're broke. we absolutely must stop spending money we don't have. we're borrowing 40 cents or more on every dollar that the federal government spends. raising the funding for the office of public and indian housing by $6.5 million while we're broke makes no fiscal sense to me. this particular increase is among the high

mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. -- madam speaker, i rise in support of the transportation re-authorization conference report with mixed feelings. the conference report provides $105 billion over the next 27 months for highway and transit programs and will put about two million people to work at a time when we desperately need jobs. these funding levels are a great improvement from the original house bill and will allow transportation agencies to plan and construct projects important to the economy. the conference report also prevents student loan interest rates from doubling which is critical to more than seven million students. the transit funding formulas are focused on areas with the highest need and provide essential resources for the n.t.a. to make -- m.t.a. to make great repair. also unfortunately the transportation enhancement program which includes bicycle, pedestrian safe routes to schools is reduced by $700 million and the account which provides for essential freight projects is substantially wate

mr. nadler is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. attorney general, we've made several request you to allow us to review the office of legal counsel with the legal justification for the targeting of suspects. it's seeking judicial review of lethal targeting by arguing among the appropriate check negative conduct here to congress and information is shared to make a check of many of the one. we've had to get any response to a request. do you commit to providing our members to us and providing briefing? >> we certainly want to provide meaning that the processes and select and targets. i gave a speech at northwestern university. mr. berning gave a speech here. >> you commit to providing a copy of the briefing -- a copy of the legal not know? >> will look at the request and try to determine -- to >> a briefing to the members of the committee? >> we will submit to the possibility of giving a briefing. >> i would like to hear from the above people in the intelligence community as well as people at llc about how he might structure. >> you wi