mr. perriello: thank you. biffer go to the gentleman from ohio i think it is important to note how serious fiscal responsibility is and how serious it is for those of us frankly who are some of the younger members of this body, who understand that this threat of fiscal irresponsibility is not coming due for our children and our grandchildren, it's not that far off. it's going to be within our lifetime that we see this and in order to fix a problem, sometimes you have to understand the root cause of that problem. with that i yield to the gentleman from ohio. mr. driehaus: i want to thank the gentleman from virginia. madam speaker, you know, i think it's important to look back and to determine where this deficit started. and when you look back, it's back in the clinton administration. when we began to turn around the budget here in the united states, when we began to go from deficits to surpluses and we were actually paying down on the debt. at the beginning of the bush administration they had had a choice. they

mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the university of virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 division i ncaa championship team -- title. i want to thank congressman perriello for bringing this bill forward. i wish the program much success in the 2010 season and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of house resolution 991, commending the university of virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 division i ncaa national championship. the university of virginia located in charlottesville, virginia, was founded in 1819 by thomas jefferson. u.v.a. has been synonymous with excellence throughout its history. it was the first educational institution to offer many academic programs that are common today. 85% of today's freshmen students were in the top 10% of the high school classes and the university is known as a public ivy league. u.v.a. was also ranked the number-one best value for public universities by "usa today" and the princeton review -- and ranked the number