ms. hochul, i'd want to site mr. higgins from western new york. you're just in my line of vision there. how can we ignore brian higgins. in any event -- >> we've got another new york er here too. >> even if we don't always agree with the -- >> mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to offer for the record a letter a the was delivered yesterday. if there's no objection. thank you madam secretary for being here. thank you for your service to our country. i know yours is not a 40 hour a week job. we appreciate your service. i want to talk to you about secure communities and 287-g. now, my understanding from looking at the budget -- or the memo on the budget is that the 2 87-g program was reduced by 25% which has basically halted any additional training of additional communities going forward. is that correct? >> for task forces, yes. we are moving to a -- we began this migration last year, but we're really moving toward, as we install secure communities throughout the country, that's really the preferred way to identify those in the country illegally and get them removed. >> i ag

ms. hochul: this has waited too long, madam speaker. my colleague from upstate new york, louise slaughter, has led the charge for this for six years. it's time for us to take action and not a watered down version. we should not give members an unfair advantage over americans who sent us here to represent them. this practice must stop. i am calling on my colleagues and the leadership, give us a bill we can support, put an end to this insidious practice and let us begin the long process of restoring the faith in this institution. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. this school year marks the 50th anniversary for glen brook south high school in glen view, illinois. mr. dold: i want to congratulate them on this impressive achievement. over the past five decades,

ms. hochul: that's why during budget hearings yesterday with the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security, i posed the question, can our government be doing more to make sure that our limited federal procurement dollars are being spent on jobs and manufacturing right back here in america? the answer's yes. they want to work with us and we need to work together to make more of our limited dollars spent in companies that have a higher percentage of the american work force right here making our defense systems and our products for the department of defense. so my policy is to give more preferences to those businesses based on the percentage of workers in america. we need to have a policy that's going to reward those companies and not penalize them. we need to create more opportunities for manufacturing right here in america and in my district in upstate new york. so i look forward to working collaboratively. i want to introduce legislation that i expect to be bipartisan in nature. who could not agree that we need to do more to make it here in america? thank you, mr. speaker

ms. hochul: out of those ashes rose a spirit among these families that united them in their grief and brought their quest right here to the halls in washington. they wanted to ep sure no other family had to ensure having their hearts ripped out the way they had. they never took no for an answer. they never gave up. and they inspired congress to work in a bipartisan way to pass historic flight safety reform rules. that's why i'm joining with my colleagues from western new york in introducing a resolution to honor them and thank the families of 3407 and to call on the administration to finish the work they started. until this is translated into new rules we do not give up the fight because the families are counting on us. they never gave up the fight. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speakerment over the past month i heard from many of my constituents

ms. hochul: thank you, mr. speaker. i stand with my good colleague from new york, brian higgins, united in the opposition to the postal processing distribution center in buffalo and the 700 jobs of people currently employed there. i understand the postal service has gone through some tough times, they need to make some hard decisions. but up in our neck of the woods 700 jobs is a very big deal. that's 700 families making mortgage payments. 700 families making their car payments. and 700 families that are able to make their tuition payments. in addition to these individuals, businesses, seniors, and rural communities we represent would be adversely affected if this was to end. it could end the overnight delivery of first class mail in the buffalo region, impacting all the business that is depend on this service. it provide slow commerce, delay the delivery of medication to our seniors, and impair communications to rural families who don't have internet access. at a time when the postal service is struggle to -- strugglin

ms. hochul: what is being done to keep the companies made in the u.s.a. pro-- ms. hayworth: this is what is being done to keep companies made in the u.s.a. productive. we're working to remove burdensome and unnecessary regulations and we're working to take less so we can spend and save and invest right here in our communities and in our country and we've sent 30 bills to the senate, 27 of which still sit unanswered. so week in the house of representatives we are working further to shrink the federal government and to make our budget process have common sense the way you do in your own homes. i urge the senate to join us to work together, to revive our economy and to make america open for business again. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i rise today in complete disgust of republican conferees attempt to include an education requirement as a condit