mr. weiner: wean mr. speaker, and my colleague, in the overnight hours of may 31, about 10 days ago, news broke that we now have become very familiarwork the previous spker referred to it, several of my colleagues have come to the floor this evening to talk about it, where a flotilla coming from tuey was intercepted as part of the effort of the state of israel to defend a blockade that was set up. i want to spend the next hour talking a little bit about that boat and how to progressed, where it came from and why and perhaps importantly drill into a little bit the idea of what the blockade is all aut and what the history was. it is impossible to fully understand this issue only looking at it from the point of israeli naval officers climbing onboard a ship and saying, ok, i think i understand the story because i see that picture. that would no more be the truth than to watch the closing scene of "can is a blanka" sand say, ok, i understand what happened in this movie. any time there's loss of life, any time

mr. weiner. >> the gentleman from ohio. >> thank you mr. chairman. and thank you for your testimony today. i come from a very rural area of ohio. very parse district in southeast ohio, exclusively rural, the largest town we have is about 27,000 people. we have historically suffered from an inadequacy of physician force. i think that's true for most rural areas around the country. especially for those which are relatively indigent or poor. can you talk about why this deficit is problematic and the contact of its impact on creating a rural work force? >> which deficit are you referring to? >> the deficit referring to access, not just family physicians, but physicians generally. recruiting specialist, we have a very difficult time recruiting primary care physicians. i'm curious to your thoughts how that impacts creating the rural work force? >> well, clearly recruiting physicians is essential to provide quality care. and there certainly are documenting problems in recruiting, in particular to rural areas, but also some inner city areas as well. in a rep

mr. weiner, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizeshe gentleman from new york. . weiner: i thank you, mr. chairman. i preciate the opportunity. i so want to thank my colleague, mr. miller w. whom i authored this amenent. this is a similar amendmen in fa it's idtical to o that was adopte viceote. there are proble with the -- some f.h.a. pgra. they are addressed in this bill. and there are some loosing prms. there are some programs that haven't worked out well. one program that has been a consistent money maker for the taer and one that has driven the marketplace to do good ings is the mtifamily loan prram. however that program limits that for how much the guarantee, ho much the loa can be guaranteed for has n risen as fast as the co in lot of cities. so what e weiner-mler amendment wod do is simply raise the limitso keep up with the cost and create somethi called an extreme ct area. the way the program works, essentially say this is a limit to which we will underwrite guarantee a loan fo new nstruction or modif a

mr. weiner of new york, ms. kaptur of ohio and mr. defazio of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and you understand a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. representative burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i request permission to take mr. burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the new supreme court pick has never been a judge. she's never seen a courtroom from the bench. she's never had a judge's responsibility. she has never instructed a jury. she's ner ruled on a pount of law, any point of law. she has not decided even one constitutional issue. she's never tried a criminal case. she's never tried a civil case. she's never even tried a traffic case. we don't know whether or not she believes the constitution is the foundation of american law or whether she thinks, like many, the constitution constan

mr. weiner of new york. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois will be allowed to speak out of order. mr. quigley: back in december we asked, should we send more troops in afghanistan? we should have asked, would a greater military presence make america safer? and then question we asked, how can we get supplies to troops scattered in afghanistan? we should have asked, will getting supplies to troops fuel the insurgency we're fighting? now we are asking, can a new command for the afghanistan ensure a -- ensure we win the war there? we should have been asking, is this war winnable and will it make america safer. we have to start asking the right questions. the first question is, where are the terrorists? we are so focused on the details of afghanistan that we are missing the larger picture. the terrorists we are fight are no long for the afghanistan only, they are operating in yemen, somalia, subsaharan africa an here in the just. th

top 10 and see anthony weiner as number nine top 10 -- and also some outstanding leading from steve driehaus. but the m.v.p.'s on the democratic side were killer bees, joe baca, mr. boccieri and mr. baird. all had outstanding games. so, madam speaker, once again, the coveted roll call trophy stays blue and i'd like to recognize my good friend, the republican manager, joe barton. mr. barton: madam speaker, there have been those on the other side of the aisle that from time to time have spoken of the ungenerosity and the stinginess and the cold-heartedness of the republicans, but the seventh inning last night should put that to rest forever. we were very generous. every man of the republican mind made some effort in generosity of spirit to drop balls, misplace throws go out of their way to make sure that at least on the diamond the democrats would feel good. now, we don't want this to go to your head, though, mr. doyle. that trophy is on loan. if you look at wherever the records are kept, if you win the next 20 in a row there will still be more r wins than d wins. mr. doyle: i have to say my friend is living in the past. mr. barton: so in the spirit of the moment,