mr. lincoln diaz-balart of florida. modification to amendment number 6 printed in house report 111-127 offered by mr. lincoln diaz-balart of florida. the amendment as modified is as follows. in section 237 of the bill insert, a, process, before section 1604-b-2. insert at the end the following, b, reimbursements of airports for eligible cost reimbursement at less than 90%. of the secretary or assistant secretary reimbursed after all 3, 2007, an airport that incurred an amount for eligible cost under section 44923 of title 49, united states code, that was less than 90% of such cost, the secretary or assistant secretary shall reimburse such airport under such section in an amount equal to such eligible cost. the chair: is there objection to modify the amendment? without objection, the amendment is modified. pursuant to house resolution 474, the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chai

mrs. lincoln: mr. president, i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. linmrs. lincoln: thank you. i want to applaud my colleague from pennsylvania, talking about the jump-start bill, but, more importantly, not just our dreams but the things that are actively happening in our states, the great things, whether it is highway projects or for us in arkansas, the new market tax credits have been a -- we look at the s r s.b.a.-7-a loan, which has been tremendous for small businesses, education alone, i met with principals and administrators just last week when i was home talking about the opportunities for education and the infusion of resources coming from the recovery act along with water projects and broadband. the senator from pennsylvania did an excellent job in -- in mention those and, most importantly, focusing on the fact that this is what is going to help us get our country back on track, get our economy back on track and get working americans back to work or keep them in the jobs that they're cling

mr. lincoln. >> rob: obviously you know i don't like being the underdog. poor teddy. >> johnny: i understand that, yes. >> rob: , what are we teaching the youth of america? >> johnny: right. >> rob: poor teddy. >> johnny: adam dunn with a shot to right and right in the has jay brucone down, one pitch >> rob: speaking of mr. bruce, hitting .17 # off lefthanders, ..283 on base percentage, 1 home run in four ribs, 13 and 26 against righties and he is hitting about 60 points high near his right. still .231. a learning icl. >> johnny:  ru, 13 againsthanders? >> rob: 13 against right- handers. so whatever they know, whatever the scouting report is against jay bruce, they are just -- he sn't made thadjustment, you know. so they are just exploiting that weakness right now. so if you make the adjustment there is no reason to go back and try to pitch whatever the scouting report is on him. he has a hole inside, a hole outside, he is young kid 22 years old. >> johnny: lookat these young guys and you have to have some guys around with experience, guys that have

mr. lincoln diaz-balart, a member of the powerful committee on rules. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. diaz-balart: the ia toe la khomeini, the so-call -- the ia toe la khomeini, the -- the aa toe la khomeini is the leader of iran. khomeini overstepped in this election. blatantly. the others in the dictatorship who aspired to the public presidency are upset. the iranian people are utilizing this moment of division in the dictatorship to heroically express their opposition to the dictatorship. the issue is not one of who is entitled to be the puppet president in the dictatorship. the issue is that the iranian people are entitled to and -- an end to the dictatorship and to live in freedom and democracy. the president of the united states has been silent and confused. the congress of the united states clearly stands with the iranian people and they will prevail. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: yes, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to my frien

, murray, tester, udall of colorado, klobuchar, reed of rhode island, baucus, merkley, lincoln, cantwell, dorgan. mr. reid: i ask that the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: i ask the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask now that we proceed to a period of monk business, senators allowed to speak -- of morning business, senators allowed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, let me just say a brief word on the cloture that was not invoked on the travel bill. i hope that everyone understands what obstructionism is. this is obstructionism at its best, and it goes along with what the republicans said they wanted to do and that is stop everything. as indicated in "roll call" newspaper last week. this is a bill that saves the government money, almost a half a billion dollars over ten years. it would create in the first year of the -- after passage of the bill 40,000 jobs. the republicans just killed th this. over

mr. lungren mentioned the assassins of abraham lincoln were tried by a military tribunal. it's the same situation when president roosevelt was president. we found six nazi spies onlyly -- on long island. and i believe five of them were executed, a sixth one cooperated. it was all through a military tribunal. what is it that president obama sees that president lincoln and president roosevelt and really all our entire u.s. judicial history, all the judges, have signed off on it. why is that -- it that suddenly we want to go over to afghanistan and iraq and give miranda rights to prisoner of wars. therefore -- curve 30 more seconds. mr. lewis: i yield an additional minute. mr. kingston: i thank the chairman. therefore the first thing they are going to be trying to say is i am not going to say anything until you give me lawyer. then they are going to come home to america and they are going to be all lawyered up. it is going to cost taxpayers money. it's going to hurt our investigations and our interrogations. we are not going to be able to get the intelligence that we need, th

mr. berman: they cannot. if the gentleman is yielding on his time to me. they cannot. you know, abe lincoln used to tell the story if you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a sheep have? and the answer is four because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. no matter how many times the spector is raised this office cannot -- specter is raised, this office cannot and has no intentions or plans of doing anything to promote abortions, coercive abortions, fund abortions, lobby on abortion policy. it is a office that is focused generally on the issues of women's political empowerment, should women have the right to vote? should they be able to run for office? do they -- are they treated as equal citizens under the law? it serves as a promoter of better education for women and girls and a series of causes that you are known for caring about. and it does not -- >> reclaiming the time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey controls the time. >> on the issue of multilateral organizations, like the organization for american states, the african union and others what can the role of this new of

mr. henderson? >> yes, sir. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> those were thoughtful and helpful questions. in closing i should point out that senators lincolnand senator nelson of nebraska and senator cole of wisconsin had asked for the committee to pursue a line of questioning surrounding the closing of the dealersh dealerships, presumably, in their states. without objection, these statements, questions on their part will be a matter of the record. also without objection, all full statements of the committee will be included in the hearing record. and the advice of distinguished ranking member, if members have questions, further questions, they would like to be able to get them to you and have them, and this may be hard. but it can be done. have them answered by friday. are you willing to do that? >> yes, sir. >> finally i want to thank everybody for being here. it's a long hearing. there was a lot of emotion. a lot of things were said that people didn't want to say. it was a tough hearing but it was sort of at the very fulcrum of where we are going in america. how are our systems working? how are we paying attention? and i consider it a v

the lincoln except that part of the inquiry for security reasons would necessarily have to cover that fact but most of it-- >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker, he asked that the inquiry deal with issues affecting, the issues surrounding the run-up to the conflict. that is exactly what the inquiry is going to do. is going to start in 2001. you once to be sure that will look at the issues surrounding the decision that was made to go into conflict. that is with the inquiry will do. it will look good all of the issues. the this agreement between him and us is whether we have a franks style aggree which both the main buyers of-- partisan vas for or whether they fully public inquiry. i have given him the reasons why a fully public inquiry does not seem to be appropriate when dealing with issues of national security and issues affecting the military. >> mr. speaker, the most important statement he makes when coming year to send the troops into iraq. i felt-- i have never once as a question which would embarrass our troops are the government during that period. i have always waited on the knowledge that there will be a public inquiry in th

mr. president. i rise today to applaud senator lincoln and senator snowe for their leadership and commitment in introducing senate bill 1222. this legislation would revise and extend existing empowerment zones, renewable community and enterprise community rules. it seeks to make these programs more effective and ensure that the incentives work as intended. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of this important measure. congress created empowerment zones, renewable communities, and enterprise communities to spur economic growth and create job opportunities. cities like east st. louis and chicago, illinois, have received tax incentives for $5.3 billion. these incentives encourage businesses to open or expand and to hire local residents. they include employment credits, low-interest loans, reduced taxation on capital gains, and other incentives. unfortunately, some of the programs have not operated as intended. a few major hurdles have prevented full utilization of the tax benefits available. these incentives desperately need to be refined and extended. that is exactly what this legislation would do, and that is why i