mr. patterson. it has made a world of difference in being able to make these kids feel empowered so that after they hear an author speak, they too can get a book and go home without book. that has been huge for us, really really huge so i personally want to thank you for allowing us to pursue that as well. i wanted now to open it up to some of you out there. if and if you want to talk about some of your experiences in regard to some of the money that you might have gotten. do we have anyone in the audience too has received a grant? do we have a mic? >> i will talk loud enough. we used our money to purchase books so they could start to do more book bags in schools and it gave us the immature so kids have a vague choice of thank you very much mr. patterson. i wanted to make a comment to matt. beyond the money the polyphon polyphony -- publicity that we got was amazing because we haven't had money to spend on it for a year and a half. not only did it go to the bangor daily news but it went to the sun j

mr. patterson. it has made a world of difference in being able to make these kids feel empowered so after they hear an author speak, they too can get a book and go home with that. that has been huge for us, really, really huge. i personally want to thank you for allowing us to pursue that as well. i wanted now to open up to some of you out there. if any of you want to talk about some of your experience is in regard to some of the money that you might have got. do we have anyone in the audience who has received a grant? do we have a mic? i guess you can just stand out. >> we used our money to purchase books that we can start to do more book events and schools in afghanistan and tory to bring circuits had a choice. thank you very much, mr. patterson. >> i wanted to make a comment, too. the on the money, the publicity week i was just amazing because we haven't had the money to and on it. we are in a new area a year and a half and not only did it go with the daily news mentioned in your fire, but it wen

mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. patterson purn thank you, mr. speaker. i -- mr. peterson: thank you, mr. speaker. i i yield myself such time as i may consume and i rise in support of h.r. 4653, legislation that re-authorization the u.s. commission on international remember lidgeous freedom. i'd like -- international religious freedom. i'd like to commend chairman wolf along with representative chris smith for their leadership on international religious freedom issues and hard work on this bill. everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. this right includes the freedom to manifest his religion. yet, every day religious communities around the world are subject to escalating violence, persecution and discrimination. in sudan, a woman just faced chilly and was initially sentenced to death. china was banned -- china has band fasting during ramadan. in nigeria, christian and muslim communities live in fear of the terrorist group boeck boeck. and in iran, the regime continues to persecute communities of t

current chair of the great falls advisory commission and the current property owner, the patterson board of education. mr. speaker, our nation has recognized the significance of hinchcliffe stadium's contributions to our country and our history. this is a vital part of the history of our state and our nation. now is the time to ensure that the story has a place in our national park system. for generations to come. i would urge my colleagues to join in supporting this legislation. i thank you for this time and i yield back and i thank again both managers. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from montana. mr. daines: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. e gentleman -- >> do we have unanimous consent to include in the record what our colleague, mr. pascrell, has asked? the speaker pro tempore: yes, without objection. mr. holt: this is a national his tore -- of national historic importance and i urge support of this legislation to expand the boundary of the national historic site. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempo

mr. patterson will be there signing them for you. [laughter] in any case thank you well and mr. patterson i want to thank you too. [applause] [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> so i tell the story about how i, who is every aspect of whose identity is in one way or another a threat to israel. my gender is male. my religion is muslim. my citizenship is american but by nationality is iranian. my ethnicity is persian. my culture's middle eastern. everything about made sense off all the warning signals for israel and so the experience of an iranian american single man trying to get through ben gurion airport in the 21st century is a reminder to everyone that despite the way that globalization has brought us closer and has diminished the boundaries that separate us as nations, as ethnicities come as people as cultures, despite all of that all you have got to do is spend a few minutes trying to get through ben gurion airport to remember that those divisions, those things that separate us are still very much alive. >> we have tens of millions of people who live right near

mr. patterson will be there signing them for you. [laughter] in any case, thank you all. i want to thank you again. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> now joining us on booktv clive priddle, publisher of public affairs. what did i get started? be think it's her birthday today. we are 17. thanks for asking. >> how did it start? >> peter osgood started it. he wanted an independent nonfiction dedicated list that would continue in that tradition ever since. >> i should mention public affairs is publisher of c-span books. we want to talk to you about some of the upcoming fall 2014 titles of public affairs has. >> thank you a very happy to mention a couple of them. at first i want to mention is a book called city of lies. the author is a wonderful british radio journalist covering the genocide. a pulitzer prize-winning filmmaker and her journey has taken her into the southern part of tehran, a very mixed neighborhood in she's really got a wonderful revealing portrait of all kinds of different tehran is in the title of the book refers to the book that in order to survive in