mr. ruppersberger yes, sir. i now -- mr. ruppersberger: yes, sir. i now yield to mr. thorpeson of california, a member of the select intelligence committee, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. ruppersberger and mr. rogers, for your good work in the committee. as the ranking member of counterintelligence, i'm pleased that we're able to work through our differences to bring a stronger and now bipartisan intelligence authorization bill to the floor today. h.r. 754 will support critical u.s. intelligence capabilities by increasing resources for our country's counterterrorism efforts while also providing needed flexibility to the central intelligence agency to hire the analysts that it needs. last year under the leadership of then speaker pelosi and chairman reyes, president obama signed the first intelligence authorization act in six years. that bill included a number of long overdue provisions that supported critical u.s. intelligence capabilities, significantly enhanced congressional o

mr. ruppersberger: first, i thank you for your comments. mr. chairman, we will work together on behalf of our country. it was a great day for america when we brought bin laden to justice. i think weeb week be proud of the accomplishments of our military, all the americans involved in helping to bring this individual to justice. as the chairman said, we have a lot more to do, but let the word go out to the world that if you come and you attempt to attack or kill americans, we will find you and we will bring you to justice. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back or reserves? mr. ruppersberger: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. reed: at this point in time we are prepared to close. we have no further speakers. the chair: the gentleman from maryland yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. reed: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to rise today in closing to offered my support for this amendment. i want to make sure the record is extremely clear. when mr. nadler in his comments

mr. ruppersberger: first, i thank you for your comments. mr. chairman, we will work together on behalf of our country. it was a great day for america when we brought bin laden to justice. i think weeb week be proud of the accomplishments of our military, all the americans involved in helping to bring this individual to justice. as the chairman said, we have a lot more to do, but let the word go out to the world that if you come and you attempt to attack or kill americans, we will find you and we will bng you to justice. yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back or reserves? mr. ruppersberger: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. reed: at this point in time we are prepared to close. we have no further speakers. the chair: the gentleman from maryland yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. reed: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to rise today in closing to offered my support for this amendment. i want to make sure the record is extremely clear. when mr. nadler in his comments seek

mr. ruppersberger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. ersberger: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to recognize the distinguished mr. hastings for his hard work on the committee. i had the privilege of working with mr. hastings and know he was committed to supporting our intelligence professionals. he was a leader on the issue of diversity in the intelligence community, and i applaud him for those efforts. having a diverse intelligence community work force is not the right thing to do but it's critical to our commission. -- not only the right thing to do but the critical to our commission. i join michele bachmann to support h.r. 754, the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2011. i thank her for her comments about partisan politics. the intelligence committee is a bipartisan committee that works together. the stakes are too high for us not to work together and that's what we're attempting to do. now the killing of osama bin laden is clearly the most monumental intelligence achievement in recent history. our intelligence professiona

mr. ruppersberger. mr. ruppersberger: thank you for yielding. i yield myself such time as i may consume. it's an honor to serve as the ranking member of the intelligence committee. the killing of osama bin laden is the most monumental achievement in recent memory. he was a terrorist leader responsible for killing thousands of innocent americans, moms, dads, brothers, sisters and loved ones. bin laden was the threat to the united states and a threat to the world. he has had the blood of thousands of people on his hands. as we all know, 9/11 changed america forever. over the weekend our military and intelligence professionals took extraordinary steps. they worked together as a team and killed the al qaeda leader. it was a risky mission executed with intense training and a high level of skill. these professionals risked their lives to keep our country safe and no americans lives were lost. the men and women who carried out this operation exemplified the extraordinary courage of those who served our nation. the countless intelligence and counterterr

mr. ruppersberger each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on s. 990. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so order. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. spith: four months from now, america will mark the 10-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in u.s. history. tonight at midnight three national security provisions that have helped prevent another 9/11 attack will expire. congress must do its job and approve this legislation to re-authorize them before time runs out. some argue that since we haven't had a major terrorist attack since september 11, we no longer need these laws. others argue that the death of osama bin laden brought an end to al qaeda and the war on terror. both of these claims lack merit. the patriot act provisions continue -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is corr

mr. ruppersberger in others who chaired the tactical committee on the house intelligence community wherehe ranking member and he and others on this issue. with respect to the system it's very clear that democrats progress is including the president's budget request on gmd. i devoted a great deal of time and i chaired the strategic subcommittee last year, but let me say that if the majority adding $100 million with above the president's request is sent justified in and particular, additional funding right now isn't needed and quite frankly, been a waste of. the general stated on numerous occasions including congressional hearings that he doesn't need the increase in the funds for fy 12th. additional funding wouldn't help the resolution of the fight test failures that have occurred, and again, it is needed. now the last two flights in the system in january, 2010 and december, 2010 failed to achieve intersect. these tests the failures have upgrades, stockpole el and manufacturing. the general has made it clear also that our policy is now that we have tried before we buy. the cause of the fl