mr. ortiz: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of h.r. 2647, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. the bill before us today reflects our committee's continuing efforts to reverse the decline in the readiness posture for our armed forces. i would like to thank the ranking member from my subcommittee, my good friend mr. forbes of georgia, for his help in bringing together this excellent bill. the united states military without a doubt, the premier fighting force in the world, however, military leaders face significant challenges as they seek to fulfill today's equipment and training needs. h.r. 2647 is dedicated to providing the necessary resources and authorities to help reverse declining trends in train and equipment readiness. h.r. 2647 includes the falling provisions -- the following provisions to include theover all state of the united states military -- the overall state of the united states military readiness. it provides $13 billion for reset of army and marine corps equipment, deploy

when ortiz is swinging with prisons, those already convict convicted, currently serving, like ramzi yousef? mrmcconnell: i would say to my friend from i will, maybe we've -- from illinois, maybe we've found an area of agreement. is he critical of the bush administration for not conducting the military tribunals more rapidly. i agree with him. i think they should have been tried more rapidly. but that's the place to try them, right down there in guantanamo. and if my friend is suggesting that it's a good idea to bring these terrorists to the united states and, if convicted, put them in u.s. facilities, the supermax facility has basically no room. there may be one bed, but as far as i know, there's no room at supermax. so not only do we have -- if we bring them into the united states -- i don't know why i'm smiling, this is not a laughing matter. you can say what you will about the previous administration but we were not attacked again after 9/11. there are a couple of reasons -- i don't have the floor, i would say to my friend from arizona. maybe committee get the senator from illinois to ask -

mr. for lap. overtaking kevin youkilis in the all-star balloting. top fourth, red sox on top. 5-0. and guess who hit a homerun. david ortizho struggled might low throughout the court of the season. his second homerun in the last three games. the first 50 he only had one homerun but certainly starting to get off the schneid. >> the nationals had the top pick for the first anytime franchise history. they selected san diego state pitcher stephen strasburg, who went 22-7 with a 1.59 e.r.a. the gnats are optimistic about signing him. >> we are optimistic about signing all our draft choices. we don't don't through the media so i'm not going to begin now. we're going begin the process, which i have begun already. i have spoken to scott bore has in a congratulatory phone call and had a great conversation with stephen strasburg. he was elated to be drafted by the nationals, fired up to be the number onic and has waving a great time in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. >> if strasburg can help the club immediately he can be the seventh player in the last ten seasons to make the jump. nady was the last on