ms. ros-lehtinen. the speaker pro tempore: ms. ros-lehtinen and a member opposed will each control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. ros-lehtinen: this was drafted by the members on appropriations, on armed services, on homeland security and in intelligence. in so doing this approach immolated to some degree the administration's interagency strategic review. the substitute recognizes that of all the foreign policy challenges facing the united states stabilizing and reforming pakistan may be one of the most daunting. given the enormous complexities and the ever-changing nature of the situation in pakistan, we believe that it is critical. at this stage that the administration retain the necessary flexibility to craft policies that offer the best chance of successfully partnering with the people of pakistan, with the government of pakistan, with the mil

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam chair. i ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition, even though i do not oppose the substance. amendment. the chair: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam chair. i support this amendment because the western hemisphere travel initiative was fully implemented in june 1 of this year with the goal of strengthening u.s. border security while at the same time enhancing accountability of those entering our country. by calling on the secretary of state to provide a report to congress describing the impact this implementation has had on the flow of people, goods and services across the international borders shared by the relevant countries, congressman peters' amendment will help us understand better how effective this initiative has been in making our country safer and what impact these new measures will have on the business sectors of our countries. the western hemisphere of travel initiative was a significant step toward making america more secure. congressman peters' amendm

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. inglis, a member of our foreign affairs committee. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. inglis: i thank the gentleman for yielding. my colleagues, here is an exchange in the foreign affairs committee that was very instructive when it comes to abortion and this bill. our colleague, chris smith, the tireless advocate for the unborn, was asking questions of secretary clinton. secretary clinton said these words to our friend, chris smith. so we have a very fundamental disagreement, she said, and it is my strongly held view that you, chris smith, are entitled to advocate and everyone who agrees with you should be free to do so anywhere in the world and so are we. so who is the we? if that we means the federal government, the united states of america through its state department, the secretary of state speaking we, then there's a real concern about whether this would the

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to claim time in opposition even though i'm not opposed to the substance of the amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: i rise in support of mr. nadler's amendment which the united states should working with all former states of the soviet union to come to an agreement whereby each former state of the soviet union would pay the tens of thousands of beneficiaries who have emigrated to the united states the pensions for which they are eligible and entitled. over the past several decades, many of the tens of thousands of immigrants who had come to the u.s. from these former soviet union states had earlier earned pensions working in their former home countries. however, most often they have been unable to collect what is owed to them. i support congressman nadler's amendment to work with the government of the former soviet states, to come to agreements whereby these states would pay the pensions to those entitled beneficiaries who have

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. we have an impressive line-up of speakers on our side. i'd like to start by yielding five minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, the author of the bill, republican conference chair and an esteemed members. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. pence: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: i rise with a great sense of humility and a great sense of moment before this body but a great sense of gratitude. to the ranking member for her extraordinary leadership in bringing this resolution to the floor, a resolution which as the chairman of the committee just stated quite eloquently, will give the american people through their elected representatives clear opportunity on this day after a week of violence and tumult in the nation of iran the opportunity to express the support for all iranian citizens who embrace the princ

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. i'd like to take up our remainder time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. mr. speaker, our republican substitute will allow for the development of specific credible measures of effectiveness that are tightly linked to the president's strategy for the region and are therefore preferable to those that stem from the legislation. and i would like to briefly address -- don't have much time -- some of the issues raised in favor of the underlying bill and fwens my substitute. first, some of the speakers are seeking to fuel distrust between pakistan and india. and they use the congress' strong support for the world's largest democracy, india, to create the impression that u.s. assistance has been and would be used against india. that is counterproductive. it is not correct. it is dangerous and disinjen with us. i urge my colleagues to adopt the republican substitute and reject the underlying bill. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the the gentlelady has now expired.

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. before yielding to my good friend from texas, i'd like to note this is supposed to be a national security bill yet the majority tagged on a trade bill to it and under the bill attaches it to the state bill. i am now proud to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. braidy the ranking member on the ways and means subcommittee on trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. brady: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition with the last minute of the pakistan opportunities zone bill. while i commend congressman van hollen for his commitment to this very important legislation, i'm concerned the bill fails to encourage significant investment in the afghan and pakistan regions under the trade program. i say that as a person who thinks that trade can lift themselves up out of poverty. unfortunately, i believe this will discourage economic investment -- development investment because it includes some dangerous eligibility criteria th

ms. ros-lehtinen: i would like to take our time in opposition of this bill. he chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: some dear colleague letters sent out earlier this week to express their -- express their support on the bill tended to focus on the few attractive features of the bill, such as the improvements it would make on the initiative to assist mexico and other central american countries to fight the dangerous drug cartels. unfortunately, supporters of this bill have remained silent or ignored its fundamental problems and the fundamental problems on this bill are that the bill calls for intor by tant -- exorbitant spending in the absence of true reform and it does not take the difficult but necessary step of setting priorities, either with out of control spending or important international issues facing our country. by our best estimate, the bill before us represents an estimated 12% increase in planned expenditures above the levels of fiscal year 2009. it create 20's new government entities, offices, foundations, program, and the like.

ros-lehtinen. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman continues to reserve? ms. ros-lehtinen: yes. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield a minute to a member of the appropriations committee, mr. schiff, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. schiff: i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i'd like to commend the foreign affairs committee for all their hard work on the foreign affairs authorization act and thank mr. berman and his staff for working to include the daniel parole act to this legislation. it brings much-needed atonings a critical human rights issue this calls upon the secretary of state to greatly expand its examination of the status of the freedom of the press

ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the amendment although i do not oppose the substance of the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. chairman. the amendment by the gentleman from new york, mr. bishop, requires a g.a.o. report on the effects that waivers of the buy america act for the purchase of h.i.v. test kits under the president's emergency plan for aids relief, pepfar, have had on american manufacturers. pepfar, as we know, is one of the largest and most successful foreign assistance programs of our country. and it was re-authorized just last year for an astounding $48 billion over the next five years. expanding access for testing is a vital and core component of pepfar, both in terms of prevention and treatment. and in some cases the purchase of test kits manufactured outside of the outside has been deemed a more cost-effective and efficient means by which to expand testing and access to testing. still some have exp

ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen and a nebraska a posed each will control five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the image of a regime brandishing weapons is one we must stop if we were to avoid being threatened with destruction. but the problem is not confined to iran. following in its footsteps are countries like syria, whose clandestine nuclear program is only now coming to light. we must prevent these and other rogue regimes from realizing their deadly ambitions. we have an opportunity today to cut off an important source of assistance to the nuclear programs of iran, syria, and other regimes, the help provided by the international atomic energy agency, the very organization chaed

ms. ros-lehtinen, or her designee, which shall be considered read and debatable for 30 minutes, equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. the gentleman from california, mr. berman, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen will be recognized. the house will be in order. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1886. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. berman: mr. speaker, at this time, i would like for purposes of opening general debate, yield to the chairman of the house armed services committee, of whom we have -- whom we have work very closely with in putting together a bill we can bring to the floor a very good bill, his help and he help of his staff working with our staff has really been just indy spenceable to the progress of this effort, three minutes to the gentleman from missouri, the chairman of the house armed services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three min

ms. ros-lehtinen: claiming time in opposition. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: the initiative is a historic opportunity to cooperate with our democratic partners in the region against narco trafficking and organized crime. requiring comprehensive reporting on u.s. actions and the consequences of such are essential, not only to ensuring oversight, but also to ensuring our efforts are effective, and indeed, long lasting. congresswoman kirkpatrick's amendment works to include a review of the illegal southbound flow of cash under that reporting. i believe we should oversee north in addition to southbound flows of cash across our borders. only through a comprehensive approach and understanding of what we are facing can we truly be successful. i support the gentlelady's amendment. and i congratulate her for offering it. and i would be most honored to yield to our distinguished chairman. mr. berman: i thank my ranking member for yielding. i want to add my support. the fact is, i had a chance to go to mexico city and the gentlelady from arizona is absolutel

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway, who's district covers -- whose district covers sweet water, texas, which is home to the wasp. this is where they train and where their museum is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentlelady forgiving me some time to speak. it's my great pleasure to rise it to recognize the invaluable service by the women's air force service pilots during world war ii. their history is one of many surprising and impressive stories that helped define a generation. the early 1940's, as it became apparent that the united states could not avoid the wars that plaguing europe and the far east, many accomplished pilots volunteered their services to our country. they were thanked for their offer but refused because they were women. their argument that women -- female pilots could free up male pilots to serve in combat roles was initially

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to give myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. mr. speaker, as the house sponsor of this legislation, i rise in strong support of senate bill 614, a bill to award the congressional gold medal to the women air force service pilots of world war ii. wasp. here is a picture, mr. speaker, of the wasp, one of the many pictures, but as the previous speaker pointed out, not enough recognition was paid to them. special thanks for this bill go to financial service chairman, barney frank, and ranking member spencer bachus. and their staff as well. for their assistance in bringing this legislation to the floor today. i would also like to thank my staff, mr. speaker, particularly captain deana, united states marine corps, who is serving as a defense fellow in my office for the remainder of the year. her efforts were instrumental in achieving the required number of co-sponsors for this bill in record time. and sarah sitting next to her worked so hard on all of o

ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. amendment number 6 by mr. mccaul of texas. amendment number 7 by mr. larsen of washington. amendment number 10 of ms. brown-waite of florida. amendment number 15 of mr. royce of california and amendment number 19 of mr. kirk of illinois. the chair will reduce to two minutes the voting. the unfinished business is the request of a recorded vote of amendment number 1 by the gentleman from california, mr. berman, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 1, printed in part b printed in house report 111-143 offered by mr. berman of california the speaker pro tempore: a -- the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. those in favor say aye. in favor of the amendment will votea. those opposed, no. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use

ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i want to thank the distinguished chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mr. berman, for working with us in a bipartisan manner, reaching out to our side to bring this timely resolution to the floor. i especially want to thank our republican conference chair and a great member of our foreign affairs committee, mr. pence, who authored this legislation and i rise in strong support of the fundamental, universal human rights and civil liberties to which the iranian people are entitled. for 30 years, these rights and freedoms have been thenied again and again by an -- denied again and again by an oppressive iranian regime which uses a sham process with candidates hand-picked by the ruling apparatus. there has been no election in iran for decades. the candidates and winners were picked in advance by the regime. real reform, real democracy were never an option. this repressive regime relies on so-called elections to

ms. ros-lehtinen, two minutes. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the chairman and thank you so much, the gentleman from california. i rise in strong opposition to the amendment on afghanistan offered by the gentleman from massachusetts, my friend, mr. mcgovern. in late march of this year, the president announced his comprehensive outline for afghanistan and pakistan. highlighting the threat to critical u.s. security interests that would arise should al qaeda and the taliban reclaim or establish safe havens in those countries. the president clearly outlined our goals. to disrupt, to dismantle, and to defeat al qaeda. i agree with him on those goals. but success requires a sustained commitment and sustained support for both the mission and tra

ms. ros-lehtinen, each will control 20 minutes. each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the >> mr. speaker, the streets of tehran have been filled with demonstrators, and each day this past week, the number seems to be growing. even state-run media in iran has put the number of demonstrators in tehran at hundreds of thousands. one british newspaper reports that there were a million demonstrators in tehran yesterday. what do these demonstrators want? are they simply in favor of the candidates

speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from florida, congresswoman ros-lehtinen, is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to commend my good friend, rabbi solomon schiff, for the uplifting prayer that he delivered for all of us today as well as for his tireless effort to strengthen our religious communities in my home district of south florida. rabbi schiff serves as a director of chaplaincy emeritus. in this role rabbi schiff offers educational support and comfort to those in the jewish communities in the united states, in israel and indeed throughout theorld. i have long been aware of rabbi schiff's commitment and contributions to academia, to the jewish community and to the social welfare of all residence of south florida. his spirit of optimism and determination that rabbi schiff possesses can be seen in this week's torah portion. after returning from the land of israel, caleb reports to the jewish people that we should surely go up and inherit the land for we are certainly able. rabbi schiff's hard work on behalf of the jewish community has been tireless

ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask to claim time in opposition even though i do not oppose the amendment. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms.s are lehtinen: with the fall of the taliban, afghan women came back from the brink but the gains made since 2001 have been fragile. we recognize that any prospect of better lives for the women of afghanistan and girls are inherently linked to the success of the development and reconstruction of their country. furthermore, we all desire greater levels of accountability, quality, and impact from foreign development assistance to afghanistan. all aimed at creating the enabling environment necessary to sustain women's development successes, their security, and their basic rights. mr. chairman, this amendment has that noble purpose. it would require the inspector general of the department of state, the department of defense, the united states agency for international development, and the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction to include the impact that u.s. development assistance has on the social, economic, and political empow

ms. ros-lehtinen, for their leadership and their support in bringing this bill before the floor. i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution and offering president lee our best wishes for a pleasant visit to washington and successful summit with president obama sometime this week. with that, mr. speaker, unless my good friend wishes to yield first. mr. bilirakis: i'd like to close if that's ok. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: once again i want to thank my good friend, peter king, the ranking member on the homeland security committee, for introducing this very important resolution, very timely as well. and i urge quick and unanimous passage. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: i also yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house r

ms. ros-lehtinen: yes. mr. berman: and then he'll have the time. ms. ros-lehtinen: so i'll give 30 seconds of my time and to any time to the gentleman from south carolina. mr. berman: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has yielded one minute. so the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i saw this morning that the supreme leader of iran said that street challenge is not acceptable. this is challenging democracy after the elections. well, we beg to differ. and the people of iran are begging to differ. when you can count paper ballots, millions of them within a couple of hours, something's funny. and when you declare the results of the election is fine but say they're going to be some investigations, what's the value of the investigation if you've already certified the election? so what we're begging to differ with the stream leader of iran is that it's not challenging democracy after elections, it's saying that the elections were rigged. and rigged elections don't produce outcomes that people can believe in. furthermore, what's happ

ms. ros-lehtinen, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 111-143 offered by ms. rapet of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in favor of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. those in favor say aye. of the amendment will votea. those opposed, no. members will record their votes by electronic device. and members are advised this will be a two-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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 205, the nays are 224. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in part c of hous

ros-lehtinen. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: those favoring a vote will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. this is a 15-minute vote and a 15-minute vote only. [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 173, the nays are 246. the amendment is not agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. caller: a bill to authorize democratic, economic and social development assistance for pakistan, to those supreme court assistance for pakistan and for other purposes. -- and those assistance for pak

ms. ros-lehtinen, and others said we should have an open amendment process that will allow a free-flowing debate on all of these issues. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida's time has expired. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, this is a good rule that paves the way toward improving our relations around the world. as i listen to the ranking member, my good friend on the rules committee, i thought he was going to support the rule because he's so impressed with the work that was put forward in this bill that covers developing democracies which has been such a tremendous champion of over a period of time. i'll yield for five seconds. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. i say i think it can be even better if we could have an open amendment process. i thank my friend for yielding. mr. hastings: reclaiming my time. clearly it covers what you like, and i'm delighted. after years of neglect, now is the time to inject the critic