mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the ranking member of our full committee, the distinguished gentleman from washington, mr. dicks. the chair: the gentleman from washington, the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, is recognized for three men's. mr. dicks: mr. -- the chair: the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, is recognized for three minutes. mr. dicks: i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this bill and for the committee staff that's worked long days and many late nights to produce the bill for consideration today. i'd like to commend the majority's effort to accommodate many of the concerns from members on the democratic side. i'd also like to thank chairman rogers and aderholt of bringing this bill to the floor through regular order and working with us to bring it to the floor with a rule that allows members to offer their amendments. at the outset i want to state for the record that the allocation for th

mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the ranking member of our full committee, the distinguished gentleman from washington, mr. dicks. the chair: the gentleman from washington, the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, is recognized for three men's. mr. dicks: mr. -- the chair: the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, is recognized for three minutes. mr. dicks: i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this bill and for the committee staff that's worked long days and many late nights to produce the bill for consideration today. i'd like to commend the majority's effort to accommodate many of the concerns from members on the democratic side. i'd also like to thank chairman rogers and aderholt of bringing this bill to the floor through regular order and working with us to bring it to the floor with a rule that allows members to offer their amendments. at the outset i want to state for the record that the allocation for th

mr. james rogers and his wife, mrs. mary ann rogers. mrs. carol fulke and her husband, mr. geithner, secretary of the treasury, and his wife, mrs. carol geithner. mr. jerry sykes and mrs. barbara rosaovich mr. david leanhard and his wife, mrs. laura lionhard. mr. euro -- antonio perez and his wife, mrs. laurie perez. mr. robert mcdonald and his wife, mrs. diane mcdonald. mr. william drosniac and his daughter, ms. natallia drosniac. dr. eileen rosenfeld and her husband, mr. richard ilgin. mr. robert gillette and his wife, ms. liza bunch. mr. mark ayers and his wife, mrs. deborah ayers. the honorable tom barrett, mayor of milwaukee, and his wife, mrs. chris barrett. >> i'm german, also. half irish. >> dr. -- and his wife. mrs. mauricea mayier and her husband, mr. zachary bowe. mrs. bonita bacell and her husband, mr. steven bacell. dr. daniel levinsin, and his wife, mrs. nina levinsen. mr. liel ovaskasa. the honorable john munhiem and his wife, sherry munhiem. mrs. kara mill. mr. duffy and his wife, mrs. heidi duffy. mrs. naomi aferly and her husband, mr. larry liebowitz. the

do something quickly and even then it might into the disaster oh great that's a good prediction mr rogers my question for you though you live in singapore where bureaucrats are paid a lot of money i read that the elite bureaucrats are paid two million dollars. our lawmakers can't seem to get it together on the economy or on balancing the budget or raising the debt ceiling figuring out a solution to the debt in the last. are people on to something in singapore is that the recipe for a better government or a government that works. well we do know that the singapore singapore has been the most successful country in the past forty years so it works yes their theory is if we pay high prices two or three things one people don't have to because they've got enough money secondly other tracks very high quality people into government and to help running the government you know if you look at america most american congressman they're the people who did well the playground when they were in school they're not very smart people or they wouldn't be working for the government so do you think that the un

mr. james rogers and his wife, mrs. mary ann rodgers. -- rogers. the hon. secretary of the treasury, timothy geithner her, and his wife, carol geithner and . mr. david leonhardt, and his wife, lauren. mr. antonio perez and his wife. mr. robert mcdonald and his cdonald.ane macdonal mr. robert gillette and his wife, ms. lisa bunche. mr. mark ayers and his wife, deborah ayers.

mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding this time. i want to at the outset congratulate him on a great job on this bill. he and his terrific staff have worked long and hard along with the subcommittee members to produce, i think, a star of a bill. so on your maiden voyage, mr. chairman, congratulations on a good job. and to mr. bishop and the minority members of the subcommittee, including my distinguished cohort, mr. dicks, ranking on the full committee, we've all worked together on this and we appreciate the collegial atmosphere as mr. bishop has said that has governed this proceeding. so i rise in support of this act . colleagues on both sides of the aisle agree that our nation's service members, their families, our veterans deserve the greatest quality of care and support for their service and their sacrifices. this bill funds the most pressing needs in a timely manner while also acknowledging the urgent need to reign in federal spending -- iranian in federal spending during a time of historically high and dangerous deficits. this

now moving forward we go to the gentleman from alabama, mr. roger. >> thank you, mr. chairman.hank all of you for your testimony. it's been very helpful, a very productive hearing. mr. dunleavy, to your knowledge to extremist groups in foreign governments sponsor the travel of imams and release prisoners to countries such as saudi arabia and yemen? >> i do know that foreign governments have provided funds for new york state chaplains, islamic chaplains to travel to saudi arabia. how that money specifically made its way to the public servant, i believe what through an islamic organization within the united states. i don't think it was a check directly from the saudi bank right to imam so-and-so. with respect to the inmate to travel overseas, that's a little bit more elusive. i know of an individual who went from new york state to an islamic center in florida, and then from there as soon as his parole supervision was released he jumped off three different flights to egypt and saudi arabia and then to yemen. where the funds came for that is cloudy. >> this would be for mr. dunleav

mr. rogers: thank you, chairman, and i want to thank mr. chabot for his work on this issue and my friend and colleague sheila jackson lee as well. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. does any other member seek recognition? the clerk will re-- will read. the clerk: u.s. cut toms and border protection salaries and expenses. $,769,518,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? the clerk will read. >> mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. king: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. king of yea, page 7, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert the following, reduced by $1 million, increased by $1 million. the chair: the gentleman from iowa is recognized in fare of his amendment. mr. king: my amendment strikes $1 million and puts out $ million, for the purpose of take ought the lookout points formed by drug smugglers on the u.s. side of the border between primari

mr. rogers. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman and thank mr. young for yielding me this time and thank you and your other partner this dynamic duo we have here between chairman young and chairman dicks. thank you for good work. the nearly $649 billion in total funding within this bill will provide our armed forces with the resources they need for the nation's missions abroad and the protection of our people here at home. this bill sustains our military readiness, facilitating the continued modernization of the national defense systems and preserving the american armed forces as the greatest military in the world. as our soldiers and marines continue to put their lives on the line, to eliminate terrorism and protect freedom around the globe, congress must provide the necessary support and funding to keep them safe and well-equipped and we must do so in a timely manner. these efforts include adequate funding for equipment procurement, base operations and military pay. toim prove our defense capabilities a

mr. rogers, four minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding the time and congratulate him and mr. farr on producing i think a good bill. the bill answers the call from americans to reduce government spending while still providing for critical programs that keep american agriculture competitive in a global economy. the $125.5 billion in both discretionary and mandatory funding in this bill will help our rural communities to thrive, provide daily nutrition to children and families and keep our food and drug supply safe. however, we can't spend at the rate we used to. we've hit the debt ceiling. we're bore moog more than 42 -- we're borrowing more than 42 cents on every dollar we spend. we're mortgaging our children's future. we have to rabe in spending even though it -- we have to rein in spending even though it may not be the most popular thing to do. chairman kingston and his subcommittee did not provide the agencies and programs funded in this bill with carte blanche.

mr. rogers and mr. dicks for their support. they have been very helpful as we've gone through this process and they have had to make some very difficult choices as they have to work with all 12 subcommittees. and so i want to congratulate them as we have gotten kicked off the start of a new appropriations season and we have -- we are nearing the first appropriation bill to enter the floor. i do want to take a moment and thank the committee staff for their hard work. namely, stephanie gupta and paul cox on the minority side and of course the majority staff has worked closely with the minority and we do appreciate their hard work but on the majority staff, jeff ashford, chris mallard, kathy kraninger, miles taylor, rebecca orr have all done a tremendous job and of course last but not least, ben nicholson he serves as the clerk of the homeland security subcommittee on appropriations and they have done -- ben has done a tremendous job, has helped me up here as i have managed the time on this particular piece of legislation. also, o

mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding this time. i want to at the outset congratulate him on a great job on this bill. he and his terrific staff have worked long and hard along with the subcommittee members to produce, i think, a star of a bill. so on your maiden voyage, mr. chairman, congratulations on a good job. and to mr. bishop and the minority members of the subcommittee, including my distinguished cohort, mr. dicks, ranking on the full committee, we've all worked together on this and we appreciate the collegial atmosphere as mr. bishop has said that has governed this proceeding. so i rise in support of this act . colleagues on both sides of the aisle agree that our nation's service members, their families, our veterans deserve the greatest quality of care and support for their service and their sacrifices. this bill funds the most pressing needs in a timely manner while also acknowledging the urgent need to reign in federal spending -- iranian in federal spending during a time of historically high and dangerous deficits. this

mr. rogers: thank you, madam speaker. and i agree with the gentleman from new york and our political floss fiss may be different, i think it's a powerful and passionate speech. what frustrate mess the most is that we're even having this debate in this way, because the president has not led on this particular issue. he should have come before congress. i think that's clear. i don't think anyone really objects to the fact that he should have come here when any time we put our troops in harm's way, absolutely. i think he's done not a great job about talking what our national security interests are in libya and what role we're playing in libya. bad marks all the way around. but the kucinich amendment, excuse me, resolution, is dangerous. i do believe we have national security interests at stake here. even though the president has gone about it in all the wrong way, there are national security interests and to stand up today and say we're frustrated with the president, we're going to stomp our feet and we're going to bring the

mr. rogers, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with mr. blumenauer. we must find a bipartisan solution to this. we need to be more optimistic. there have been some comments that have been made that sort of puzzle me a little bit. the question was asked earlier, why are we even paying attention to this issue? i think it is obvious from your testimony there are some major things you are expressing to all of us this morning. some may be watching c-span and do not have a life. medicare is going bankrupt. you both agree with that. it is exhilarating, true? >> yes. >> medicare's dire financial status is drastically understated. would you agree with that? >> yes. >> i would say it is very likely to be significantly understated. >> i am a share of that. -- unsure of that. if we do not take full advantage of the initiatives in the affordable care at, if we do not encourage all the innovation that is going on in the private sector and the non-profit sector -- >> it was not understated just a year ago. >> excuse me? >> it was not understated just a year ago. her

mr. rogers: the gentleman is not correct. this provision in the manager's amendment precludes the expenditure of this escrow account for any purpose other than patent office. it's in the manager's amendment. and the gentleman will have a chance to vote on it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. appropriations are at the discretion of congress every year and for that reason and others i urge my colleagues to oppose this rule and the underlying bill. now, patent reform is critical, it's important, it's the right way to go, this bill and the manager's amendment and the rule are the wrong approach. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question i'll offer an amendment to the rule to remove the $712 million-plus cut-go waiver for amendments to h.r. 1249. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment into the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pol

mr. rogers, you saw there he actually had to call and tell his parents that he was gay.did any interviews on television today. meanwhile, the human rights campaign, the organization also put out a statement sayingha

mrs. mcmorris rogers is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. rogers: i ask to revise and -- mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i stand with pride with my republican women on the floor tonight and we stand with you from every corner on -- in america to tell you the story of the republican women while our backgrounds and professions may be different, one thing is not, we are conservative reformers committed to leaving america better, after all, women in this country know better than anyone the the harmful policies. women-opened businesses are the fastest growing seeing metropolitan in the united states economy and generate revenue a year. they manage 8 % of the household income, spend two out of three household dollars. women are at the center of this debate and the house republican women are committed to leading it but when our country has accumulated $14 trillion in debt and face 28 consecutive months of unemployment, we know this is not an easy task. yet despite the obstacles and opposition, we are committed to fight this fight, to creating jobs, the land

mr. rogers, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with mr. blumenauer. we must find a bipartisan solution to this. we need to be more optimistic. there have been some comments that have been made that sort of puzzle me a little bit. the question was asked earlier, why are we even paying attention to this issue? i think it is obvious from your testimony there are some major things you are expressing to all of us this morning. some may be watching c-span and do not have a life. medicare is going bankrupt. you both agree with that. it is exhilarating, true? >> yes. >> medicare's dire financial status is drastically understated. would you agree with that? >> yes. >> i would say it is very likely to be significantly understated. >> i am a share of that. -- unsure of that. if we do not take full advantage of the initiatives in the affordable care at, if we do not encourage all the innovation that is going on in the private sector and the non-profit sector -- >> it was not understated just a year ago. >> excuse me? >> it was not understated just a year ago. her

mr. rogers. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for your testimony. it's been very helpful, it's been a very productive hearing. mr. dunleavy, to your knowledge do extremist groups and foreign governments sponsor the travel of prison imams and released prisoners to countries such as saudi arabia and yemen? >> i do know that foreign governments have provided funds for new york state chaplains, islamic chaplains, to travel to saudi arabia. how that money specifically made its way to the public servant i believe went through an islamic organization in the united states. i don't think it was a check directly from the saudi bank to imam so and so. with respect to the inmates that travel overseas, that's more elusive inch know of an individual that went from new york state to an islamic center to florida, and as soon as his parole provision was released, he jumped three different flights to egypt, saudi arabia, and yemen. where the funds came from that is cloudy. >> this would be for mr. dunleavy as well as, or mr. smith or others, is it true that members o

mr. rogers, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with mr. blumenauer. we must find a bipartisan solution to this. we need to be more optimistic. there have been some comments that have been made that sort of puzzle me a little bit. the question was asked earlier, why are we even paying attention to this issue? i think it is obvious from your testimony there are some major things you are expressing to all of us this morning. some may be watching c-span and do not have a life. medicare is going bankrupt. you both agree with that. it is exhilarating, true? >> yes. >> medicare's dire financial status is drastically understated. would you agree with that? >> yes. >> i would say it is very likely to be significantly understated. >> i am a share of that. -- unsure of that. if we do not take full advantage of the initiatives in the affordable care at, if we do not encourage all the innovation that is going on in the private sector and the non-profit sector -- >> it was not understated just a year ago. >> excuse me? >> it was not understated just a year ago. her

. >> joining me now, republican congressman, mike rogers. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> you heard the commanders, despite what general petraeus and admiral mullen just said, they're onboard. are you? >> i hope there is a change in the second part of the withdrawal before next year. what they said is give us two fighting seasons at the surge level. it goes from may through october. in the first fighting season, they are in the middle of the first fighting season. the taliban keeps arguing and communicating to the afghans, they're going to leave so be careful who you support. i think we have done more harm to ability to leave afghanistan a place that can defend itself. at the end of the day, that's the goal. that their police and army can deal with the taliban once we leave. in order for that to happen -- i supported the president when he called on the surge last year, we believed you could break their back in this, in the next fighting season, and the 23,000 troops, candy, have to start leaving right at th

roger federer. that's impressive, mr. craig melvin. >> yeah it is. >> zimmerman making his first start today. finishing 2-2 with double, triple and rbi. he is recover from abdominal surgery and could be with the big club in two weeks. today, the big club trying to avoid a losing streak. that changes in the third inning. jason worth up with runners on the corners. lifts one high and deep to the right. that's plenty deep for roger. he tags and scores from third. nationals take 1-0 lead. . get rid of that scoreless streak. top five. worth at the plate. kennedy drills him. worth has been hit bay pitch three times. look that scowl. the ump warns both dugouts. he would later be ejected as well as marquee for hitting upton. 1 for 5. still 1-0 nats. worth doesn't give up. check it out. up against the fence. makes the catch. >> look that. >> wow! nats lead it top of the eighth, 1-0. >>> guthrie and orioles. he hangs a breaking ball and it is banged out left for three-run home run. seventh of the season. toronto takes a lead. more trouble for guthrie in the fifth inning. lindh at the plate. he has one

mr. rogers, that there are national security issues involved here as well as humanitarian issues and that's why i oppose kucinich, but the notion that the president has to come to congress when congress has the authority to address this issue directly through a declaration or authorization or a limited authorization is the right way to do it. and i urge a no vote on both the boehner amendment and kucinich amendment. the speaker pro tempore: all time expired for the gentleman. the gentleman from ohio seeks cognition. mr. kucinich: i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: there are those who may hesitate to support my resolution because of the supposed negative impact it would have on the nato mission and our image in the eyes of our nato allies. in the weeks leading up to the war, the administration had time to consult with the arab league, the united nations, the african union, but apparently had no time to come to this congress for approval. if our image in the eyes of nato is the reason to stay in libya, the administrati

mr. rogers, that there are national security issues involved here as well as humanitarian issues and that's why i oppose kucinich, but the notion that the president has to come to congress when congress has the authority to address this issue directly through a declaration or authorization or a limited authorization is the right way to do it. and i urge a no vote on both the boehner amendment and kucinich amendment. the speaker pro tempore: all time expired for the gentleman. the gentleman from ohio seeks recognition. mr. kucinich: i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: there are those who may hesitate to support my resolution because of the supposed negative impact it would have on the nato mission and our image in the eyes of our nato allies. in the weeks leading up to the war, the administration had time to consult with the arab league, the united nations, the african union, but apparently had no time to come to this congress for approval. if our image in the eyes of nato is the reason to stay in libya, the administra

it in i am willg to support the, but i would like to also ask roger to give us a staff of state -- updates on our situation. thank you, mr. bushman. i know we originally sent out 420 layoff notices. >> i thought it was about 300. >> i am going to start with that figure and let you take it from here. >> cert employees, there were 147 that we laid off, and we laid off 13 administrators, but 110 have been returned. >> we have been able to do about by cost savings and figuring out other ways we can reduce costs to hire these folks back. is that correct? >> as well as positions, etc. to address your original question, but was the total amount of back in march, so the 147 is the number of may 15 certificate notices, and i was the language states, that number has been reduced because of the number of recalls but have taken place. >> can we talk about the other employees as well in? what about our other employees? >> 4 para educators, we had 138th. there are 48 of them that are now laid off. >> all of those numbers you have given me are those that are not returning. they have retired or done something of its. -- something else.

rogers a question? can you talk a little bit more about the shadows and specifically about mr. carden and miss lively's peach-colored house that's right next door. there are a couple of neighbors that were the ajuvent backyard neighbors but how does the shadow fan change from the current structure to the proposed one? >> of course. through the chair, a shadow fan shows the maximum shadow throughout every day of the year so when you see in the outline is the maximum amount of shadow that's going to be cast. in the picture we had on the diagram, that's showing a shadow fan for a 20-foot building and the building that's there is seven feet. actually the existing shadow is a little bit bigger than what's shown on that shadow fan. does that answer the question or -- >> excuse me. we can't have comments from the gallery during this portion of the hearing. supervisor? >> i was just asking what would be the change with the new building versus what's going on now? >> the shadow fan of the proposed building is chargeo -- larger. it continues the mid block open space and beyond. >> just t

mr. fugate. >> i would now like to welcome senator roger wicker from mississippi to the committee. tor whicker has switched seats temporarily to testify before the committee. senator, welcome. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member. i have a written statement which i will not read in its entirety and ask that it be included in the record at this point. i would also noticed that the states of montana and south dakota have seen a great deal of water down our way this year which we are experiencing right now. it only in forces the fact that we are all in this together and we do need a multi-year reauthorization, so i am here today to agree with members of the committee in that respect and to speak for a few moments about my proposal, which i am calling the coastal act. you were kind enough to allow me to testify last year before i became a member of this committee. i talked about the unique perspective we have and the people in the state of alabama, the gulf coast.and at that time, i spoke about three reforms that i advocated. number 1, improving enforcement. i do not thi

mr. fugate. thank you. >> i would like now to welcome senator roger wicker from mississippi, our banking committee colleague to the committee. senator wicker has switched seats temporarily to testify before the committee. senator wicker, welcome. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and mr. ranking member and senator tester. i have a a written statement, which i will not read in its entirety and ask that it be included in the record at this point. >> thank you. >> i would also notice that the states of montana and south dakota have sent a great deal of water down our way this year which we are experiencing right now. only enforces the fact that we are all in this together and we need a multi year reauthorization and i'm here today to agree with members of the committee in that respect and to speak for a few moments about my proposal, which i'm calling the coastal act. you were kind enough to let me testify last year before i became a member of this committee, to sort of talk about the unique perspective we have and people in the state of alabama, louisiana and the gulf coast have with regard to flood insura

david rogers writes -- that's recalls on secretary gates say most countries like to piggyback to your calls on secretary gate saying most countries like to each other. caller: i disagree with mr. gates. i believe and allies should be trusted and once they break a business policy i think we should have action against them. host: jacksonville, florida. walter on our independent line. what do you think about this? caller: one thing i am tired of hearing everybody praising mr. gates upon what he said here. i am sure he did not mean to say it. he wouldn't do anything to complicate his federal pension and his hospitalization. he didn't mean to this. the world knew this to begin with but never said anything about it. i don't think all this praise to go to him for a blunder. although i certainly do approve of what he says. but i am sure he did not plan to say it, or he is not going to invade our next -- one of the best jehovah witnesses you have ever seen. host: this from "the hill" this morning. the senate will vote again today on a plan to strip a major ethanol industry tax break and ends the import tariff. seattle, becky, republican line. what do you think about secretary robert g