mr. serrano. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. serrano: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. serrano: i thank the gentleman for his time. i rise in strong support of this rule and i am pleased to be be able to comment on the the financial services and general government section of this bill which provides for a total of $24.1 billion in discretionary appropriations. the agencies that this bill funds touch all of our lives and the spending has been carefully allocated to those programs where the american people will benefit the most. in an effort to rebuild the regulatory agencies to protect investors, consumers and taxpayers, the securities and exchange commission is given a 16% increase over fiscal year 2009 to $1.1 billion. in addition, because we are committed to implementing important consumer protection legislation that was enacted in 2008, the consumer product safety commission receives $118 million, the full amount authorized and a 13 million increase over l

mr. serrano's bill and mr. obey took it. mr. serrano and mr. obey took t they didn't have to. they probably got in trouble for taking it. that became the 800-pound gorilla that had to be dealt with as general motors and chrysler moved forward on how to deal with this dealer situation. i also want to say something nice about the majority leader, mr. hoyer. he took up the mantel and said we are going to solve this problem. as a result the five pages that are here in the bill indicate that those aggrieved dealers now have the opportunity to binding arbitration and the facts need to be brought forward and hopefully fairness will be -- prevail, but that wouldn't happen without something good and bipartisan happening in the united states congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition at this time? the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: mr. speaker, it is my honor to yield one minute to the minority leader of the house, the gentleman from ohio, mr. boehner. the speaker pro tempore: the minority leader is recognized for one minut

mr. serrano: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. serrano: too often we take for granted in places where we live in terms of the landmarks that are around us. this is in celebration of a roadway that was set out to link the borough of manhattan to the bronx but it became much more than that. it became an icon. and as the city grew it has become even grander year by year. we are now celebrating 100 years of the grand concourse. and this was designed by a french immigrant in 1894 and when it opened in 1909 it was something spectacular that had not been seen before. those of you who have come on many occasions, i'm sure to visit the bronx and to visit yankee stadium will know that the grand concourse, this four-mile -- that four-mile thoroughfare that stretches from 138th street to van cortland is really majestic. and so full of history. the grand concourse has the largest collection of art deco buildings in the united states. and those art deco buildings are those you walk into the lobbies are just so special with the artwork and t