mr. nadler: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits funds from being used to detain cleared individuals held at guantanamo. of the 166 people currently being held there, 86 have been cleared by release. that is they have not been charged with any offense, they have been found guilty of nothing, and they have been judged by our military to pose no threat to the united states if released. we should release them now. holding these 86 people who have been cleared for release is against everything we claim to stand for. in response to this very situation, president obama asked, is this who we are? i hope today we will answer no. we are better than that. i hope we will support this amendment and move expeditiously to support the release of these detainees. it's truly astonishing that in 2013 the united states continues to hold people indefinitely who have not been charged, let alone convicted of any crime, who admittedly do not pose any threat to the united states. they should be released. guantanamo's an affront to

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself the remaining time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, the question is will we waste the money. we're told by the director of the missile defense agency and the joint functional command that they cannot use the money. there's no validated requirement to deploy an east coast missile defense site and he will not use additional funds this year because they've only begun to study the concept. it may be that in the future we may want an east coast site but to appropriate this money now is a pure waste of money because now they're simply studying the concept. they can't spend it. they probably won't spend it. why waste the money? i urge people to vote for this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. 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 chair, the noes have it. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pur

mr. nadler: this amendment stops the government from misusing section 215 to engage in the llection of all of our personal records. congress did not grant the executives to collect everything it wants. this amendment restores the requirement that are relevant to an authorized intelligence investigation and ignored by successive administrations. no administration should be

mr. nadler of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request rise. ecorded vote shall a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] e chair: on this vote -- the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 176, the noes are 242. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 70, printed in house report 113-170 offered by the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 70, printed in house report number 113-170 offered by m

mr. nadler: i now have the amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report -- for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa -- mr. latham: i reserve a point of order on the amendment -- on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the point of order is reserved. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nadler of new york. page 71, line 22, after the dollar amount insert, increased by $1 billion. page 72, line 4, after the dollar amount insert, increased by $1 billion. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. nadler: thank you, madam chairperson. much of the debate today on this bill has focused on tough choices. accepting cuts to one program to make sure another program stays afloat. but the reality is that these so-called tough choices are nothing compared to the choices this bill would force on hundreds of thousands of low-income families, whether to buy food for their children or to fill their necessary prescriptions or to pay their rent. today the housing choice

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: he the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 20 printed in house report 113-170, offered by mr. nadler of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 312, the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and a member opposed will each control five minute sms the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. chairman, i urge my colleagues to support the nadler-garamendi-polis amendment to eliminate additional -- i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. nadler: i urge my colleagues to support the nadler-garamendi-polis amendment to eliminate additional funding for a new unproven missile defense site. our amendment would cut delst 70 million added by the appropriations committee for an east coast system the pentagon does not want or need. in a june 10 letter to the senate armed services committee chairman, the director of the missile defense defense a

mr. nadler: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? mr. latham: i reserve a point of order. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nadler of new york, page 49, ine 14, insert increase by $127,283,000. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i rise in support to increase transit funding for capital investment grants known as the new starts program by $127 million which would bring it to the same level as the bill currently being considered in the senate. earlier this year, 100 members sent a letter to the appropriations committee requesting funding for transit at the level authorized -- in the authorizing legislation map-21 and in the president's request. in one of the few bright spots, they are funded at the authorized level in large part because the formula grants are funded out of the mass transit account of the highway trust fund. the new starts and small starts program which comes out of general revenue and funds the construction of fixed guideway it's cut 7% be

mr. nadler: the majority is perfectly willing to increase spending for things they care about, like military contracts, but not for community development or transportation and infrastructure the bill before us today is so bad it's hard to imagine how it can be fixed. the house bill is fully $10 billion less than the senate bill and it's virtually impossible to find offsets for the bill. but it's important for taos highlight the cuts. just a few years ago, congress passed the passenger rail investment and improvement act which authorized a toal of $9. billion for amtrak for fiscal years 2009 through 2013678 but the actual appropriations for amtrak in this time for $2.5 billion below that amount. there's no question we need to invest more in our railroads. a commission reported that the total capital cost estimate ofest tably bing a national intercity passenger rail network between now and 2050 would be about $357 billion or $ billion annually. we're nowhere near that. the bill before us today takes us in exactly the wrong direction this bill smashes amtrak's capital program by 37% and amtrak'