mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department farm, and that close proximity begins to rapidly backup. mr. smith begins to advance on officer suguitan. of a suguitan continues to back up, but begin to officer fong and mr. johnson in the doorway. nor were they aware of it at this moment that their lives were in danger. officer suguitan, fearing for his life and that of his partner, and for ms. johnson, discharged at least two rounds of his firearms that mr. smith and his willful attempt to stop the threat posed by mr. smith. noticing that mr. smith was still advancing, officer suguitan discharged more rounds, mortally wounding him. mr. smith collap

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2189, the death in cuss 20dy reporting act of 2011. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 127, h.r. 2189, a bill to encourage states to report to the attorney general certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the death in custody reporting act

mr. smith: thank you very much, madam speaker. first of all, let me thank ileana ros-lehtinen, the chairwoman of our committee, and mr. berman, for their fine work on this legislation. i want to thank especially congressman frank wolf, the author of this legislation, who is also the author of the original international religious freedom act that was passed back in 1998 against considerable odds, opposition from the clinton administration, for example, opposition from a number of people on both sides of the aisle. but at the end of the day, that legislation, historic, was signed into law, and was signed by president clinton. so he came around and actually put his signature on that historic legislation. so i again want to thank mr. wolf for his famous leadership. he has been a leader on human rights and on religious freedom in particular for more than 30 years and that culminated, at least on the religious freedom side, with the enactment of the international religious freedom act. madam speaker, religious freedom, the right to worsh

mr. smith oversees the reality franchise group, consisting of many well-known companies such as better homes & gardens, century 21, caldwell banker in international ability among others as a member of the business roundtable and the committee looks forward to his testimony today. before that come he was a senior member of the professional staff of this committee. in a position he worked on issues relating to housing mortgage finance, economics and the banking and insurance for ranking member shall be. he's appeared before this committee many times and we thank him for his presence this afternoon as well. ivy zelman is the ceo of zelman and associates and has over 19 years of experience in the housing and related industries. zelman and associates, which he founded 2007 delivers research on the housing market and has been repeatedly recognized for his expertise. prior to that she worked for eight years as managing director are pleased to have you today to discuss the state of the housing market.

first we have mrs. smith. she's's senior advisor to mayor gavin newsom. david onick. malik senfero. director of bay view safe haven. children youth and families. cheryl davis. momagic. last but not least, we have jenay. >> we have tyre and then we have cheryl. john. i have a question for you. i hear there's a summer school safety plan that started in may 2007. >> they were 4 partners that collaborates on looking at summer school sites. the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth services with san francisco police department and the security guards through the san francisco unified school district and d.c. yf. we rolled out responsibilities and it was within the scope of work we were doing and to form what that looked like. they are going to be the primary lead but have support of m tap to deal with interventions outside the perimeter the school. and the police department was a supportive roll if it escalated. previous to this, there had been incidences almost riots at different schools. lots of arrests and last year there were minimal, if none. >> this was last summer? this was the fir

mr. smither homes and gardens, central 21, coldwell banker and the reality is her among others and the committee looks forward to his testimony today. mark is the director of the financial regulation of the cato institute and has worked there since 2009. before that he was the senior member of the professional staff of this committee and in a position he worked on issues relating to housing mortgage finance economics, banking and insurance for the ranking member shall be. he's appeared before the committee many times and we thank him for his presence this afternoon as well. ivy zelman as the ceo of zelman and associates and has over 19 years of experience in the housing and related industries. zelman and associates which she found in 2007 delivers research on the housing market and has been repeatedly recognized for its expertise. prior to that she worked as the credit sweeps and put of eight years as a managing your trip and we are pleased to have you today to discuss the estate of the housing

mr. smith as better homes and garden, century 21, coldwell banker and the international realty among others. he's a member of the business roundtable and the committee looks forward to his testimony today. mark calabria of the financial regulation of the cato institute has worked there since 2009 and before that he was a senior member of the professional staff of this committee and in that position he worked on issues relating to housing mortgage finance and economics, banking and insurance for the ranking member shall be. he has appeared before the committee many times and we think him for his presence this afternoon as well. ivy zelman has over 19 years experience in the housing and related industries. zelman associates which he founded in 2007 delivers research on the housing market has been repeatedly recognized for his expertise. prior to that word does the credit including eight years as the managing director and we are pleased to have your today to discuss the state of the housing market

. >> thank you, mr. smith. >> this particular case brought some interest to me, so i walked around area on an evening when it was relatively busy, and the intent was not necessarily to be able to do this, but what was important to me was to go there. what was interesting for me was to see whether there were fluctuations in the number of people and also whether there were corresponding fluctuations in the sound lendvel, and i foud there were fluctuations, and that only a little bit about the facility, the type of clientele, and what occurs there. the interesting thing about the technical analysis is that to a certain degree it has become a science. earlier in my career, it was not a science. it has become a more simple, and they can produce different types of recommendations, and it does not necessarily fly in all areas. i do not think the technical analysis is all about important to the issues before us. the problem is that the noise code and people's perceptions are so different. what may be a sign of vibranc

mr. smith has saved u.s. taxpayers an estimated $750 million over a three-year period by merging the buying power of 22 different components within d.h.s. mr. smith recognizes which i also recognize as governor, i know the presiding officer did when he was governor of the great state of west virginia that centralized procurement operations is a critical step to creating efficiencies and savings in government. as governor i fostered the development of the centralized re procurement system, eva and mandated all state agencies use that system for purchases. for example we were able to reduce what we paid for light bulbs in virginia from 38 cents to 23 cents. that didn't close a $6 million shortfall by itself but we buy a lot of light bulbs in virginia, i know they do in west virginia as well. mr. smith has taken a similar approach at the federal level. his accomplishment was no small feat. after analyzing the purchasing data at it was --, d.h.s. he identified several critical products and services

million blood mr smith was a pleasant one it's hard to remember but there used to be a system of jurors in the west which say that a person is a suspect until it is proven guilty when two of them is a suspect keep him or something to prevent your point. that's for now you just kill one of the simpler people too so he was apprehended. no resistance of yours or one of them with his wife but the friends. highly trained commandos sort of like a random little of them there were under orders to murder and the person's body under the roof snyder almost designed obsession with years to increase. throughout the muslim world for one anybody got the right to talk about their bombing ministration and how the us actions right now could be infuriating the muslim world the arab world the obama administration has supported the tunisians has supported exceptions has supported the libyans in the so-called arab spring the palestinians have officially submitted an application for un membership and statehood the u.s. says that they will cast their leader against it if they have to because they believe that

they were very conservative in dealing with the breakup of the eastern bloc and they kind of gave mr smith mixed messages there they were taken advantage of by all sides and then of course once the clinton administration comes into power a very influential figure like holbrooke who has long term relations with all kinds of players in the east which you know you can look you just have to look at the backgrounds and and skin very well read very closely what some of the statements that holbrooke is making both privately and publicly as a representative of the state department you can find that there's a there's a very distinctive break between earlier times to work with most of it in the ninety one ninety two and then of course after dayton accord so there is this kind of law where and then indeed in ninety seven ninety eight ninety nine there's just going back and forth and i would i don't i five i've written about this and and easy to find parallels in many other so-called crises around the world are you going to jump in here we're going to short break we're going to lose your freedom after

know, when she became a vice presidential candidate, i said this is all really great if it's like "mr. smiths to washington." if this is a movie. but the fact is, is that jimmy stewart would make a better candidate for the presidency than her. and he's dead. >> you see, some people would be saying, come off it, lewis, you're the most opinionated guy america has ever seen. sarah palin, very opinionated. what's wrong with having a strong-minded woman with strong opinions wanting to actually do something for her country? isn't she just like a -- isn't she a female lewis black? >> no, no. first off, she's not as funny. and if she is -- >> well, that's a moot point actually. >> you know, it's just the stuff about, you know, i'm not going to talk to the press. i'm going to do it here in this -- you know, this way. and the mixing of facts up and it's just -- no, we don't have time, we don't have time. we've run out of time. i would say this is all well and good if we still had an economy. if we still had things that we could follow around with money and it wouldn't matter. but we're in a -- truly a

mr. smith's answer. >> with respect to the ranking and a bias, it's ultimately a judgment what comes first or second. and in our case because we have so many things to rank it wouldn't be possible for me to explain to your assessment or to my own white one link about this testimony and then my testimony was one high year or lower. it's a complex formula involving influence and who points to whom and the way in which it is expressed so forth using of the proprietary that google has developed which we are very proud of. it's the best that we can do, and i want to say right up front that we do occasionally make mistakes. >> there was a very complicated answer, one that could have been simple. they have committed that they put certain things like google finance number one. so they decided that, and some of their executives have said it's only fair we've created the problem is 34% of the business goes to the first so they've already said that in some instances they have chosen to put the google's contant first because they think it's fair and they spend money on it and not because it's the best

mr. henry smith. >> here. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. five years ago, the then governments conducted sums to visit headquarters. when it comes to the appeasing of dictatorship. >> i've got a feeling if they invited him again, they might treat him rather differently this time. what having a relationship wrong gullible, carried out for all the things that have been

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2867 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2867, a bill to re-authorize the international religious freedom act of 1998 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 391, the nays are 21. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose

it wasn't like, you know, mr. smith goes to washington.he themes of the show. and the stuff we've been talking about for eight years now is now, you know, front and center. not just big unemployment but a skills gap at the same time. how is that you get 9.1% unemployment and 740,000 jobs in transportation and manufacturing if you don't have the skills to deal with it. >> the jobs are out there and the focus on the education that is necessary for those jobs, that's simply not been a part of the conversation for a long time. >> don't you have a foundation to help people with that? >> microworks is a foundation. we set it up on labor day three years ago. there's a whole site, as a matter of fact, geared towards forcesing that conversation forward. i don't want to be preach and i'm so sick of everybody telling us what the solution is. it seemed like, when parents sit down to talk about what is a realistic goal for my kid? you u n't look at a college education as this thing and everything else is an alternative. and expect to get a well rounded

miller of michigan, mr. smith of nebraska, mr. huizenga of michigan, mr. meeks of new york, ms. slaughter of new york, mr. welch of vermont and mr. larsen of washington. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shuster: i thank the speaker. today i rise to honor the distinguished service of my good friend, his excellency, yasher aliev who was appointed by the president as ambassador. i'm proud to serve as the co-chairman of azerbajan. located in a geopolitically location between russia and iran, it is a predominantly muslim population which has been home to vibrant christian and jewish communities. they opened caspian energy and has emerged as a key player for global energy security. on the security front, immediately after 9/11, it was among the first to offer strong support and assistance to the united states. it participated in operations in kosovo and iraq and is actively engaged in afghanistan having recently doubled

mr. henry smith. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. five years ago, the then government invited two of gaddafi sons were visiting headquarters. what lessons can we learn when it comes to abusive dictatorships? >> if they invited him again, would have treated him quite differently. as i said, right to have a new relationship, wrong to be quite so gullible in how that was carried out. and for all the things that have been said, i think helping complete the thesis is not a role that prime ministers should enter into. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> prime minister david cameron will likely take more questions on libya as the role of the ongoing inquire about the phone hacking and the recent riots in his country. you can see this live wednesday on c-span 2. here is a look at our prime time schedule on c-span. starting tonight at 8:00 eastern, mitt romney outlines his job plans to supporters in nevada. and house minority leader and other leaders have their ow

the bill originated six years ago in the house of representatives when chairman smith and mr. berman introduced the first patent reform proposals. dozens of coverage hearings, markup sessions, briefings, countless meetings. through two presidential administrations and three congresses, it's final -- finally a reality. the leahy-smith america invents act is a bipartisan bill, a bipartisan accomplishment. we in washington can do for our constituents when we come together. i want to thank senator kyl for his work in bringing this bill to the floor of the senate twice. senator grassley for his commitment to making patent reform the judiciary committee's top priority this year, chairman smith in the other body deserves credit for leading the house consideration in this important bill and i look forward to working with him on the next intellectual priority, combating online infringement. i thank the members of the judiciary committee who worked together to get quorums, to get this passed, to get contributions. if i could, mr. president, i'd like to acknowledge several members of my j

before he became an and he's very smart, where he think he's in upper grades, upper class. >> host: mr. smith what would you like dr. mukherjee to respond to? >> caller: i was wondering if there's anything and your book. i didn't know if maybe you had some part of your book that deals with that or if you personally know as anybody or of cases yourself and let the outcomes of those cases. >> guest: they are very serious thing. i don't write it in this particular form of cancer. my book is a more general history of cancer and has particular variant, but not this one. >> host: every once in a while you hear about magic clinics in mexico or germany where the fda has prevented from being in the u.s. or green tea and fish are the cure for cancer. first of all comfort talk about these clinics that have popped up. >> guest: i find myself skeptical of these clement. i don't follow this world very well. i'm reminded once again of the chase of chad green, this 2-year-old boy come in maybe 3-year-old boy in massachusetts who was kidnapped by his own parents because he was made a ward of the state's, brou

mr. mccain's running mate. steve smithn as the vice presidential nominee as a mistake. as someone who took part in the decision, he said sarah palin as part of that decision was a failure of the vetting process to arrive at a nominee who was qualified to be president. >> i think there have been failures in the vice presidential vetting process, and i was involved in one of them. and i think both parties have had failures in the vetting process. john edwards, clearly, and the nominee in 2008. and i think, you know, that there is substantial room for improvement about how the vice president is selected. it's a process that is marked by, you know, fundamentally a lack of transparency in the selection. it's marked by, you know, tactical considerations, it's too political, it's about how do we step out of bounds, how do we get a couple points here, how do we reshape the race? the first and foremost consideration should be is this person qualified to be president in chief. >> he ran the mccain-palin campaign saying sarah palin i

mrs. cameron smithe. from the great billy of simi valley, -- area of simi valley. then the director of the reagan library. thank you all for coming. i have had the honor to serve mrs. reagan and the foundation for over two years. in that time, there is a long question i have fielded more than others. hugh is the next ronald reagan is the next ronald reagan? that is on the question reminded of people's questions. it takes is to a time 30 years ago when a malaise had said in over the land. jimmy carter was openly questioning whether our country still have the national will to succeed. ronald reagan answer the question. of course we do. who is the next ronald reagan? we will probably do well to ask the world's leading authority on this. he is at his side every step of the way. i imagine whaher answer. you can stop searching. there'll never be a another ronald reagan. she would be right. there are leaders that recalled the service and to have set their own compass based on the ideals that president reagan stood for. they have learned to talk the talk. some have gone fur

mr. obama specifically said he opposed the palestinian leader's plan to seek statehood by smith a request directory to the u.n. security council this friday. >> peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy it would have been accomplished by now. >> reporter: mr. obama said the only way to avoid violence is for israel and the palestinians to settle their differences on borders, security, refugees, and the fate of jerusalem. >> each side has legitimate aspirations, and that's part of what makes peace so hard. and the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in the other's shoes. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose last meeting with mr. obama was especially tense, today expressed his appreciation after the speech. >> but i think that standing your ground, taking this position of principle, which is also, i think, the right position to achieve peace, i think this is-- this is a badge of honor. >> reporter: but dr. nabil shaath a top palestinian negotiator said despite objections by the u.s. and

smith who was the moderator said mr. vice president, we have a makeup person here. no makeup, he had somebody put powder on which made it worse. >> rose: and kennedy was rested >> and, you know, it's a cliche now but many of these debates and... this was the first one where people who listened to it on the rad thought nixon won, people watching on television thought kennedy won. >> rose: and that's why nixon realizeed that, too. >> absoluty right. >> rose: there is also this famous one which we're going to see now where ronald reagan used humor because in one debate he seemed old. >> he was old. >> rose: and the next one people were beginning to speculate maybe. and here's what ronald reagan said and we'll talk about it. roll tape. >> you already are the oldest president in history. some of your staff say you were tired after your most recent encounter with mr. mondale. i recall that president kendy came in with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt in your mind that you would be able to function in su circumstances? >> not at all. an

smith. >> denmark will get a new social democratic prime minister. denmark will get a new prime minister. >> as the election results became clear, mr. rasmussen acknowledged they had lost their long hold on power. he said he telephoned mrs. thorning-schmidt to congratulate her. she vowed as prime minister, she will roll back some of denmark's tough immigration laws. it means the end of an era in which the government has to rely on the vote of the right wing pop list danish people's party which tightens border controls. >> you're watching "news day." still to come on program. drone attack. the u.s. military said it believes it killed the head of al qaeda's operations in pakistan. >> near benghazi, a welcome to western visitors since gaddafi's downfall. >> rescue teams in south wales are still trying to reach four miners trapped near nearly 300 feet below ground in the swansi valley. it's thought the men became trapped in a section of the mine. our correspondent, jordan davis, is at the scene with the latest. >> ambulances. search and rescue, four-by-fours. heavy duty vehicles with pumping machinery. brought in from across the border

smith wanted to leave their company. >> mr. shin had to pay him a million dollars. instead of paying him a million dollar, killed him. >> reporter: police say, christopher's blood was found inside their southern california office which appeared to have been cleaned and recently painted. and now, another arrest this week. shin's personal assistant, 34-year-old kenny roy craft. police say he has been charged as an accessory to the murder for allegedly helping shin dispose of smith's personal belongings. he has pleaded not guilty. the smith family says they're beginning to grieve. and in a final message to their son, we love you and will see you again in heaven. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> wow. what a horrible crime. >> awful. >>> let's go to sam champion, now, in miami. >> good morning, george. let's get to the west coast and then tell you what's going on here. on the western weather, there is a high surf advisory lasting through sunday now. there's been rough surf along that california coastline. that's going to continue to b

mr. speaker. i want to commend the chairman of the judiciary, lamar smith, as well as the subcommittee chair, mr. for swiftly moving this through the judiciary committee. i think it's been explained, the redaction of sensitive information for the benefit of members of the judiciary is obvious and important and i am hoping that with my consultation with the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, we would be able to make the permanent feature that howard coble has discussed, a permanent one and a part of the law as it now exists. i will put my statement in the record at this time and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, and the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: mr. speaker, i as well yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time having been yielded, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1059. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed

mr. leahy: and the u.s. patent and trademark office is funded by -- entirely by using fees and the leahy-smith america invents act will ensure the period of time has access to the fees it collects. we have heard from a number of organizations that agree with that, and i ask unanimous consent a sample of these letters from the business software alliance, small business entrepreneurship council, dupont, other financial organizations be included in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i reserve the balance of -- i would ask consent my full speech be made a part of the record and ask consent that i be allowed to reserve the balance of my time, and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. coburn: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: i just wanted to respond to my chairman's comments. first of all, what we have proposed came out of the judiciary committee in the house 32-3. in other words, onl

mr. macaroni's hand. yeah. dude. dude! that's the hipster girl who stole my first fanny pack. what do we do? mm-mm-mmm. what would will smithng on anderson cooper. he made a citizen's arrest. okay, okay. well, anderson is the only one cooler than will smith, so... okay. follow my lead. (both shouting) (screaming) aah! freeze! you're under citizen's arrest! get on the ground, creeper! (yelling) dude, dude. wrong hipster. what would ac do now? sss... run? captioning sponsored by 20th century fox television captioned by access.wgbh.org oup at wgbh friends with benefits #112 "the benefit of friends" closed captioned so, i'm walking through the tent, with sean penn, and i see this young mom sharing a loaf of bread with her entire village. and then sean says, "we are all haiti." oh... that is amazing. that is awesome. god, you have the coolest job. the past couple of years i've been in katrina, afghanistan, indonesia for the tsunami... wow, bro. you're really bad luck. (laughing) right? and when i interviewed obama... ben: sarah's new boyfriend's not so great. i could totally crush him in a dance-off. ♪ ♪ like a superstar ♪ s-t-a

. >> smith: ali soufan says that not one piece of actionable intelligence was produced by the application of enhanced interrogation techniques. >> yes, well... i mean no disrespect to mr. soufan, but there was a lot of information derived-- from k.s.m., from abu zubaydah, from the other detainees who were subjected to these techniques. again, whether that intelligence could've been derived without these techniques, i do not know. and to this day, i think it's unknowable. i believe strongly that that would not have happened, because we're talking about the most... the most hardened, the most determined, and the most knowledgeable of the al qaeda leaders. i simply can't accept that they would have succumbed to a normal question-and-answer period to provide the information they provided. >> smith: discouraged by all that he had seen, soufan would leave the fbi in 2005. in 2009, he decided to speak out. >> from my experience, i strongly believe that it is a mistake to use what has become known as enhanced interrogation techniques. >> smith: he appeared, his identity hidden behind a screen, before a senate committee investigating how and why the bush white house approved t

mr. grassley: okay. i urge my colleagues to support cloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 1249, the leahy-smith american invents act. this bipartisan legislation will make our patent system more effective and more efficient. it will enhance trainers and patent quality and improve certainty in the patent process. it will also enhance the ability of the patent and trademark office to cut its backlog and process patent applications in a more expeditious manner. ultimately, this bill will help promote innovation and technological advancements and will provide a stimulus for american businesses and obviously will help generate new jobs. my colleagues will recall that the senate passed the bill that we entitled america invents act early this year by a margin of 95-5. the house bill is a very similar -- is very similar to our senate bill, so senators should not have a problem supporting it. in addition, the leahy-smith america invents act enjoys the widespread support of a large number of industries and other stakeholders from within the united states patent community. i'm pleased to support the leahy-smith am

mr. kyl: i rise to urge my colleagues the support the leahy-smith america invents act. some other responsibilities may take me from the senate floor during the coming week when we'll debate the act so i want to lay out my views at this time strongly urging my colleagues to support the bill. although the present bill originates in the house of representatives it's actually based on and substantially identity cal to the bill that passed the senate in march by a vote of 95-5. also before chairman smith brought his bill to the house floor, he negotiated final changes to the bill with the lead supporters of the measure in the senate judiciary committee. the house and senate have now been working on patent reform for six years. the present bill is a good bill. it reflects a genuine compromise between the house and the senate. and it is a bill that will provide substantial benefits to the u.s. economy this the coming weeks years. so i hope that as i said, the senate will adopt this legislation and to be able pass it on directly to the president for his signature. the overarchi

mr. speaker, it is my honor today to send birthday greetings to a member of america's greatest generation, dr. r.c. goodman sr. of fort smith, arkansas. this american patriot mobilized with the arkansas national guard at the beginning of world war ii, earning two purple hearts and the combat infantryman's badge. mr. womack: you see, dr. goodman was in charge of a trained car full of german p.o.w.'s. the train wrecked and dr. goodman was one of the few survivors. he later shared with his children the terrific sense of helplessness watching so many die that day and he made a commitment to becoming a physician so that he would always be able to help in the presence of human suffering. dr. goodman, thank you for your service to your country and to your fellow man, and on the occasion of your 91st birthday, america sends its best wishes, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from delaware rise? mr. carney: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. carney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker,

intelligence staff, honorable mention, to brian smith, our budget director, who gave a lot of his heart and soul to go through every line and find every penny for us. i know mr. ruppersberger' staff -- rupe's staff they have sat behind him to make that happen. without further ado we'll get to the amendments. i do think this is a product that reflects the best of what congress can do when we work together and the best of the most amazing people in our intelligence community and what they have to offer in the protection of the united states of america. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan yields back the balance of his time of the all time for general debate has, spired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the permanent select committee on intelligence printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the rules committee print dated august 3

congressman rogers, congressman rogers and ryan to chairman smith be included in the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: i know the members of the senate appropriations committee. i know them. i trust senator inouye. someone awarded the commercial medal of honor -- the congressional medal of honor for bravery in world war ii. i trust the senior senator from mississippi and the senior senator from alabama with whom i've served for many years. they'll follow the law. they'll abide by this agreement. so i was disturbed to read a comment this amendment is being brought forward out of distrust of these senators. these are senators i've served with for decades. they can and should be trusted. we shouldn't kill this bill over this amendment. we simply should reject the amendment and pass the bill. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: consent that -- unanimous consent that the call, the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that on thursday, september 8,