davis, and mr. neal, i feel very strongly, about this issue, coming from an urban center like atlanta, where we have teaching facilities. >> mr. --? mr. chairman, i would be associated with the comments of my colleagues, we in north carolina are fortunate to have a number of outstanding teaching hospitals, and i think, they are -- expressed it very well and i associate myself with their comments, thank you, i yield back. >> mr. chairman, briefly i want to recognize, mr. davis, in his efforts, here, and i agree with many a-- of the points he has made so far and look forward to working with mr. davis as well as mr. neal in the future to make sure the cuts don't go forward. >> and not to prolong it but, i, too, represent a sae an region that has great medical teaching hospitals, we're proud of and they do great service in providing not only health care but in also, training physicians for all -- from all over the country and we, too, are concerned about cuts that might be made, that would lead to a reductio

mr. neal: mr. speaker, i understand the desire of an individual or individuals to be professional scolds on any and every issue that comes to this floor, but the obligation that we have today is far greater than the examples that he cited. to argue that we ought to hold up a federal highway bill that benefits this entire nation because of a handful of initiatives that he doesn't like, when the truth is, he won't vote for the final bill anyway. and time and again we have rejected the proposals he has come forward with, largely because there was a process and procedure for vetting these differences. when we buy into the end-game solution, that's part of our responsibility as members of congress. to close quickly on this note, one of the reasons that our highway system is the envy of the world is because we have not given in to the temptation to fall easy prey to demagogry. scolding is one thing. offering positive suggestions is quite another. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr.

. >> mr. neal turner. >> the government has made progress in tackling the communities in my constituency to the neighborhood renewal form-- because they don't get the amount of money the formula tells them they are entitled to. with my right honorable friend meet with me and other colleagues in constituencies to see if we can find ways to tackle these problems? >> i understand that we did receive over 21 million between 2008/09 and-- to help tackle problems. courts i'm happy to meet him to talk about the neighborhood renewal fund and some aspects of central funding to local authorities but i do say over the last few years we of increase these resources essentially and where there is unemployment peopling the increasing resources to help people get back to work. >> mark simmons. >> in light of recent cuts to the department of health funding of 3.9 billion which was announced in the budget can the prime minister confirm what further reductions in health expenditure his government is planning between

. >> neal and buzz, the president of the united states is in his office now and would like to say a few words to you. over. >> go ahead, mrent. this is houston, out. >> hello, neal and buzz. because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. >> thank you, mr. president. >> the first tourists on the moon. from their description it sounds like some place we might want to go after all. aldrin called it magnificent desolation. armstrong "stark beauty all its own." >> for thousands of years now it's been man's dream to walk on the moon. right now after seeing it happen, knowing that it happened, it still seems like a dream and it is, i guess, a dream come true. >> mason: their lunar explorations completed astronauts armstrong and aldrin were ready for potentially the most hazardous part of their voyage, the ascent from the moon's surface back to the orbiting columbia space craft. >> man has landed on the moon. today the second half of the mission begins. return him safely. this engine, the lunar module has been fired. it's a 3500-pound thrust engine to get this first test and it's got to work today.

neal and buzz, the president of the united states is in his office now and would like to say a few word to you. over. >> that would be an honor. >> go ahead, mrent. this is houston. out. >> hello, neal and buzz. i'm talking to you by telephone from the oval room at the white house. and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. i just can't tell you how proud we are all what you -- for every american, this has to be the proudest day of our lives and for people all over the world i am sure they, too, join with america in recognizing what an immense feat this is. because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. and as you talk to us from the sea of tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to earth. for one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one, one in their pride in what you have done and one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth. >> thank you, mr. president. it's a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the united states but all nations and with interest and

now, yesterday neal -- might i have one minute? mr. ryan: i yield one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: the special inspector of tarp said before a committee that tarp could ultimately cost the american taxpayer $23 trillion, trillion dollars, most of us can't begin to fathom that money. as of yesterday, the cost to the american taxpayer from tarp was $2 trillion. $2 trillion that we didn't have, which we borrowed from china and foreign countries that don't have america's best interest at heart. and we gave them to banks who recently recorded record profits. goldman sachs is going to have profits this year after taking out bailout money. mr. speaker, they don't need to be protected in this pay-go statute. now, in the past few weeks i've been involved in the greatest debate of my elected career. i've been working on a commonsense approach to health care and to lower medical liability laws in this country. we spent a few days in that committee -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the

mr. president, to celebrate and honor the historic -- historic events that took place on this date 40 years ago. on this day ohio -- an ohio native in 1969 ohio native neal armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon. for of us old enough to remember that day, it was the day that the stuff of dreams became a reality. while it is still a source for inspiration for people today, the times in which the landing took place are often forgotten. the united states and the soviet union were in the middle of the space race, but the moon landing was about so much more than who could get to the moon first. it was a progression in our nation's history, an establishment that saw the era of medicare and medicaid and saw the civil rights act signed into law, saw the creation of head start, that began the environmental movement in our time all within about a five-year period during that progressive era. it was a time of turmoil, too, for america. we were a nation at war. we bother witness to the -- bore witness to the assassinations only a year before to dr. martin luther king and robert kennedy. when america needed a hero, it found them in the crew of the