in nass awe county -- nassau county, new york, for instance, they imposed a sewer fee and imposeded it only against nonprofits and they hope to raise $14 million to $18 million on that so that every time a toilet gets flushed and creates new sewage, there is a toilet tax imposed on nonprofits. it is this creative mind set not appreciating that the nonprofit that has to pay new fees and taxes it takes away from our service delivery to people in the community. so that mom might not get fed. the child might not be able to get preschool support, et cetera. host: do you have a macro number of how much americans contribute to charity every year like for 2009 or 2010? and what percentage of government services are nonprofits now providing? do you have those macro numbers? guest: i don't have them off the top of my head. the second number, in terms of how much our government is providing or relying on nonprofits, nobody has that number. the reason being, our government doesn't clebt that sort of money at the local, state -- doesn't collect that information at the local, state, or federal level

need targeted special operations, afwressive intelligence gathering and we need to combat this me nass wherever they are. being bogged down, occupying one particular nation state is a waste of resources and not the best way to keep the american people safe. i strongly support this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. berman: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. jones: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i rise in support of the resolution and again with great respect and concern for those people who we are sending overseas to defend us. if we don't think they can succeed, it is incumbent on us to bring them home as soon as possible. mr. rohrabacher: i was not in the united states military in afghanistan but i did participate in a b