mr. runyan. and now mr. courtney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. actually to follow up on mr. runyan's question. there was the sinking of the ship and again, there was exhaustive forensic investigation that was inescapable. that it was a completely unprovoked attack by a north korean mini sub and yet we were enable to get china's acknowledgement of again something that was just totally black and white that north korea was responsible for this. and in terms of the prospect of productive military-to-military relationship even government to government relationship -- i mean, to not be able to succeed in able to get a basic baseline of what actually happened there. and in terms of just what impact that's going to have in terms of transit traffic both commercial and military in that part of the world -- i guess i would ask you to comment on that, mr. schiffer, in terms of, you know -- it seems like using that as a test -- i mean, the relationship is not really doing that well. and maybe it's just episodic is the right way to describe it. the second question in terms of readiness is

mr. runyan: their hard work is key to finding future treatments that we need desperately. second, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas -- ms. jackson lee: address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, thank you very much. while we are here in the united states and i am privileged and honored that we are comforted by our flag, our values and the fact that we can live in peace and security, mr. speaker, there are those who are fighting for freedom all over the world but in this instance in the mideast and they are dying as we speak. we have the uprising in egypt and yemen and bahrain. bahrain is moving people out of the streets. but then you move to libya and people are dying. today i stood with a mother who lives in the united states and her libyan american son was born here is lost in libya. at first she thought he was dead but she is looking to see whether o

mr. runyan: leaving his family and our country with a proud legacy of honor and service. i am proud and humbled to have been able to call this incredible american a constituent. i ask you today to please rise with me in honor of sergeant leonard budlo -- "bud" lomel. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, california was ground zero of the foreclosure crisis. at 1.40% of all foreclosures nationwide were concentrated in the state of california. ms. bass: today in california, nearly one in eight homes is in fore: closure. by far the majority of my constituents who walk through the door have received foreclosure notices or are on the brink of foreclosure. they have been shund by the banks and have turned to my office and the federal government for help help. mr. speaker, the two programs on the republican shopping block this week haven't even been fully implemented. the emergency mortgage relief program and th