davis, and the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all meebers may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: now, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: mrr speaker, on behalf of the commmttee on oversight and government reform, i present house concurrent resolution 288 for consideration. this resolution expresses our support for the goals and ideals of the annual national men's health week. the observance of which is designed to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men. h.con.res. 288 was introduced by my friend and colleague, the gentleman from maryland, representative elijah cummings, on june 14, 2010. it was reported out of the committee on oversight and governm

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska. mr. terry: mr. speaker, we have no additional speakers, so i will yield back the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the remaining time. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: i'd urge support of the bill and yield back the remainder of our time as well. the speaker pro tempore: the time has yielded back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4451 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 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. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass house concurrent resolution 242. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 242, concurrent resolution honoring and praising the national

we will move onto omaha nebraska. democratic line. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i am grateful for c-span. i have a couple of things about the way i feel about obama's speech last night. he did not mention anything about the government's coming in and doing things. bp does not have to do anything they do not want to do. he did not mention anything regarding american people and because of this. we still have people on the east coast hurting from the offshore moratorium, but we should not be drilling in the water. we have to blame ourselves. host: does the legislation talk about deep water drilling in the moratorium? guest: trilling safety is going to be a big focus. that is the immediate process confronting lawmakers retina. -- right now. then it is a question of how much more room do you make in the legislation for other energy policies given that it is something they may want to move quickly on. host: virginia, independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i am a first-time caller. keep this bill moving. we need things to export. have a great day. host: phoenix

we want to make it possible for anyone to go on and isp and be able to visit nebraska web site they want to visit with any device that want to use. for us, this is about the empowerment of the consumer, and to make sure we are providing access to small businesses, to rural america, so that every american has access to high- speed internet. that is what we are going to try to achieve with these meetings. >> to you expect that telecommunications legislation will be offered this year in the house? if so, who would introduce it when, and what would seek to accomplish? >> the clock is running out on us this year. many of us fear we are not going to be able to get this done in this session, which is why i think it is important in that vacuum that the s.e.c. has to take some action. i would like to see it happen. i think it does happen that we will do it through the regular order. it will come to our subcommittee chairman. we will try to keep the process in the regular order of hearings and do it the right way. but as i said the amount of days left in session in congress are short. we have a lo

for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, the national debt just surpassed $13 trillion. since 2000, the national debt and government spending have doubled and in simple terms every american citizen now owes $42,000 toward this debt. the government needs to ccoose, mr. speaker, and choices must be made within our budget to resolve this dire situation. mr. for then berry: yes, the -- mr. fortenberry: yes, tightening the belt, making hard choices, and relieving the massive debt burden that will otherwise be left to our children and grandchildren, this is the charge of congress. this is our duty. this is what the american people deserve. government spending and overreach are eroding economic confidence. yet there is neither a political will nor mechanism in washington right now for addressing the spiraling debt and deficit. right now there isn't even a budget and this is unconscionable and unsustainable. our constituents deserve a nation wit

for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska stand? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. poe, july 1, for five minutes, mr. jones, july 1, for five minutes. mr. burton, june 28, 29 and 30, july 1, for five minutes. ms. foxx, today, for five minutes, mr. mack today for five minutes, and mr. fortenberry today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mrs. dahlkemper: mr. towns from new york, ms. woolsey from california, mrs. dahlkemper from califor

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for one minute. mr. terry: thank you, madam speaker. i definitely agree in part with some of this bill, that we need transparency, we need some accountability. especially in the exotic instruments. but this bill also grants some cart blanch power over the financial markets, not just in wall street but on main street, too, that's going to raise the cost for small business operators and consumers who will use financial institutions. but i also find it interesting that part of the discussion here is to criticize or trying to suggest that the republicans want to cut social security. i'm curious to how the members that are raising that issue on the floor today voted on the health care bill that actually took 5ds00 billion out of medicare -- $500 billion out of medicare that our seniors relied on. they voted to cut $500 billion out of it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: if the gentleman wants to know -- i think he's

host: lincoln, nebraska, marvin. democratic caller. caller: hello. this is marvin. i'm a handyman and i work for a large real estate company in california as a property manager. but eight years ago the chinese goods started coming in to big box stores. people wanted the cheaper prices for the things i install but the problem is the quality is so poor that i'm worried five years later the houses will be burning down because there is no copper in the wiring and as of late you can't even buy a paint brush. they are made in china and when you open the bag they fall apart before you get them out of the bag. i think our infrastructure is really under attack by the shoddy quality of chinese goods. host: product standards there. guest: well, it true china does compete on price and quite a few goods and in some kinds of goods they will be relatively low quality. they won't last asslong and won't provide the service from a more expense serve product. but wove free choice. if you want to buy something cheap that lasts a while it a free choice. host: one thought from the "washi

we had the farm bubble in nebraska where things went crazy for a while. when your next-door neighbor is maki money and very easy by buying a second house with a very small down payment, after a while it's sort of gets to you and yofigure that you should be doing it too. there have been a history of bubbles. i never understood like tulips we worth so much. >> you have had many years to watch our economy. to economists in general, sharply rising prices are a gnal that something is particularly good -- is peculiar in the economy. esol the prices rising, but you did not think -- you salt beef prices are risin but you did not think it was something that could -- butyou saw the prices rising, but you did not think it was something that could go wron >> a significant percentage of the publicly traded homebuilder's let it be known at they would like to sell out to berkshire hathaway. lookin back, i should have figureout what i did not figure out. >> were they asking more than once? >> it is interesting, i never heard from them for many decades and all of a sudden

the speaker pro tempore: f what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman isecognized. mr. smh: thank you, mr. speaker. one of the most diffilt challenges facinour nation's future is pviding clean affordablereliable energy. the 2008 farm bill ergy title provid a submitment to farm based energy. while the intnt of this agenda was to extend biofue in a timely manner, many of my constituents have expressed frustration with the slow pace of usda's implementation. nebraska's third congression district is a leader in biofus and i remain committed to advancing the biofuel industry while decreasing our nation's dependence on foreign oil. i'confident we can provide a cleaner environment and relieve some of the economic pain americans perience. without a strong commitment our advanced biofuels industry faces massive uncertainties, jeopardizing our nation's past to energy independence. i yield back. the eaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back th bance is time. for wh

for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, yesterday the united states supreme court upheld a federal appeals court ruling overturning a law prohibiting private citizens from possessing handguns in the city of chicago. this is a momentus decision and i commend the justices our right to gun ownership. it guarantees an individual's right to keep and bear arms. this 5-4 decision was the right one, though the close margin underscores the necessity to remain vigilant to future attempts to curtail the right to bear arms. mr. smith: they should protect themselves and their families. i am committed to protecting the constitutional rights of all law-abiding, freedom-loving americans, and i invite my colleagues to join me. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: w

feinberg, i broke my leg in omaha, nebraska and i saw the planes hit the building at the world trade center. pay me." what we decided, what congress decided in those cases is look to the state tort law that governs such claims. so if somebody in louisiana has a claim which is, as you say, jeff, indirect , one way we may do this is look and see what would the state courts of louisiana say about the legitimacy of that claim? but i don't want to get hung up on just those claims. they may be in the thousands. much more importantly right away is the president's admonition to me -- prompt payment on an emergency basis to individuals and small businesses that have legitimate claims. >> brown: and can those people, that latter group that you just talked about, you want them to come forward right now and can they come back again later and come back and come back? >> absolutely. they can come back later. now, you raise a good questions usual-- how many times they can come back and come back is something i've got to deal with. but absolutely , get into this program. i can't help you if you don'

all the way to the nebraska border. i can tell you do not know your geography. finally, this last, best chance of ever, the lawyer calls himself to his feet, dusts himself off -- he says, all right, now it is my turn. the farmer looks at him and smiles and says, that is all right, i'd give up. you can have the bird. [laughter] the moral of the story is this -- i would submit to you that too often our internal composition in the catholic church reduces to any classical -- to any ecclesiastical hug viwe. -- view. instead, what we are really interested in doing is scoring rhetorical cheap shots against people we perceive to be archeological and ideological enemies. that way of doing business -- to be our theological and in ideological enemies. that way a business with is self-defeating -- that way a business is self-defeating. it will ensure that the catholic church never summons the best of itself to respond to the challenges of the 21st century. we need a new spirituality of communion. the work of fostering a new spiritu

i rise today to recognize our guest chaplain, a constituents of the second district of nebraska, father steven bayse, on july 1 he will celebrate five years as the national executive director of boys town, one of the largest nonprofit, nonsectarian childcare organizations in the united states. he is the fourth priest to secede father flanagan who founded boys town in 1917. a native of iowa, he holds a bachelor degree in sociology and master degree in theology anddy vinity. he also holds a master's degree in counseling from creighton university, in omaha. a priest of the omaha arch by sees since 1985, he previouuly soifled as the director of st. augustine mission before coming to boys town. he has over 20 years of experience in nonprofit administration and youth advocacy and will be a great leader in carrying out boys town's mission in the 21st century. for 93 years boys town has helped at-risk youths and family through a variety of services and the organization has now%% expanded to 12 locations nationally. last year the organization served 370,000 children and adults across the u.s., c

st: that was steve in madison, nebraska. tacoma washington is on the line with matthew back to the democratic line. yes, sir. what are your thoughts? caller: i think they should increase the size of high schools and do it like college style teaching, 50 kids in each class. host: what would that accomplish? caller: you would have less teachers. host: would that help the kids? caller: i don't know. it won't hurt them. it will prepare them for college. also, i would not give people cash of they are unemployed. i would just give them food stamps, maybe a little bit more money than they get out for food. but i would keep it strictly food money. host: asking about this headline -- obama is cuts in agency budgets. talk about a 5% figure. peter orszag, budget director, will talk about it today. we will be covering it. part of the "doing what works" program. he is asking for these voluntary ideas from agencies. we are asking your thoughts on all ofhis and we will do this for another 25 minutes or so. there is some republican reaction

also noteworthy that lieberman and ben nelson from nebraska votedd% against the measure that had this. the entire package should be for. you have this benefit versus concern that is clashing. a lot of finger-pointing. host: democrat, dallas, texas. caller: i am calling in regards to some against president obama. from day one up to the presence t [unintelligible] the republicans stood up and not going to let anything pass. i have never seen any democrat and as many caucasiaa people on right to hate this man as as anybody has ever hated somebody. i am a 62 year-old disabled veteran. that makes me feel really bad to american. i fought for this country. and they are going tootreat a black man like thaa? guest: this is part of the why the conservative -- the right was not fond president bush. some on the left have been by president obama. they have been disappointed. overall, many are saying, give break. he has done aa lot for what was on his agenda. he has accomplished most of it. he has more to do. republicans believe the has helpedspending them tremendously. they will try to get one cha

we had the farm bubble in nebraska where things went crazy for a while. when your next-door neighbor is making money and very easy by buying a second house with a very small down payment, after a while it's sort of gets to you and you figure that you should be doing it too. there have been a history of bubbles. i never understood like tulips were worth so much. >> you have had many years to watch our economy. to economists in general, sharply rising prices are a signal that something is particularly good -- is peculiar in the economy. esol the prices rising, but you did not think -- you salt beef prices are rising, but you did not think it was something that could -- butyou saw the prices rising, but you did not think it was something that could go wrong? >> a significant percentage of the publicly traded homebuilder's let it be known that they would like to sell out to berkshire hathaway. looking back, i should have figured out what i did not figure out. >> were they asking more than once? >> it is interesting, i never heard from them for many decades an

it is also noteworthy that senator joe lieberman and ben nelson from nebraska voted against the measure that had this. the entire package should be paid for. you have this benefit versus fiscal concern that is clashing. a lot of finger-pointing. host: democrat, dallas, texas. caller: i am calling in regards to some against president obama. from day one up to the presence t [unintelligible] the republicans stood up and said we are not going to let anything pass. i have never seen any democrat and as many caucasian people on the right to hate this man as much as anybody has ever hated somebody. i am a 62 year-old disabled vietnam veteran. that makes me feel really bad to be an american. i fought for this country. and they are going to treat a black man like that? guest: this is part of the reason why the conservative base -- the right was not fond of president bush. some on the left have been disappointed by president obama. various issues, they have been disappointed. overall, many are saying, give him a break. he has done a lot for what was on his agenda. he has accomplished most of it.

the nebraska of medicaid program was much more, what do i have to do to get your vote? that could be legit. i will not defend that particular example. does any energy bill of that -- and the energy bill affects different regions differently. making sure that midwestern energy and utilities are treated equitably is a legitimate and fundamental issue that will come up. the gulf states are going to be worried about what the bill does in terms of oil. the coal folks are going to want to make sure that it does not have an immediate impact that is devastating on coal. these things all have to be taken to russia. the house bill shows there are ways to take care of those legitimate issues -- these things all have to be taken care of. this house bill shows there are ways to take care of those legitimate issues. with any kind of legitimate energy bill, you need to make sure the transition is taking care of. we're trying to move the basic u.s. and she system into the future. you have to bring people along -- u.s. energy system into the future. you have to bring people along. there

for wh purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the use for one minute. revi extend. the speakepro tempore: wiout objection. >> at its most fundamental vel the ty of congress is to steward t revue. laly all congress has be doing is spending it through the first eit months of the current fiscal year e deral governnt amassed $1 billion in deficit spending. mr. smith: every pennyf debt acmuted must be paid for b without a budg the only ildren. spending rule is there are no rules. e deadline for the house o represtatives pass an budget has come and passed and we still ve nothg tow theamerican people. the budget process can be frtrating but that's what we are he to to make the tough decisions. familiessmall business, es, and statesave to p together a budget. congress must do theame for our country. we need a practical, rkable federal bdget which restrains spending a puts us on path to prosperity and economic growth. the speaker pro mpore: the gentlen yields back th balance of his time. for at purposeoes the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. >> t

host: elin, eagle river, nebraska, you are on the air -- elaine. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been calling for at least a decade. first of all, i would say this, i spent eight years as a navy veteran during vietnam. my son spent eight years in the u.s. navy during the initial invasion of iraq. and my other son is air force. i would say it is time to get out of afghanistan. i don't even know why we are there. we initially went in for, i don't know, to save them from something or another. but now it has descended into chaos. the other thing is, afghanistan has been a country long before america was even conceived of their they have been invaded by mongols, the chinese, by india. it is the same scenario as viet nam. vietnam had been and -- at war with china, cambodia. and we have no place there and we have no way of knowing how to fight them. it is not a stand up war. it is not an area where you could send an army in, as i heard mentioned before. host: let me read this tweet to you and get your response -- caller: well, that is another

we had the farm bubble in nebraska where things went crazy for a ile. when your next-door neighbor is making money and very easy by buying a second house with a very small down payment, after a while it's sort of gets to you and you figure that you should be doing it too. there have been a history of bubbles. i never understood like tips were worth so much. >> you have had many years to watch our economy. to economists in general, sharply rising prices are a signal that something is particularly good -- is peculiar in the economy. esol the prices risin but you did not think -- you salt beef prices are rising, but you did not think it was something that could -- butyou saw the prices rising, but you did not think it was something that could go wrong? >> a significant percentage of the publicly traded homebuilder's let it be known that they would like to sell out toerksre hathaway. looking back, i should have figured out what i did n figure out. >> were they asking more than once? >> it is interesting, i never heard from them for many decades and all of a

american consumers have been poisoned by beef from nebraska and peanut butter from georg. these trade agreements give is the mechanism to hold foreign governments accountable. guest: it is not only about non- discrimination. if it were, we would not be here. the proemwith nafta and wto is they also set limits on what type of non-discriminatory regulation we can have. if it were oy about the import sit the regime, you are right that the door of us would be here. guest: it is an excuse for proteconism. host: a message from twitter. caller: hello. mr. todd was correct when he said we're making the world safer for international corporations. we he 14 active trade agreements, and a trade deficit with every one of them. when you talk about the lower paying jobs, tose with jobs that created the middle class in america where people could have a secure job. we have the biggest export -- exporting industry to china. we have made china the powerhouse of the world. i guess the greatest cosmic joke for those of us livingn texas ithat or border patrol uniforms are made in mexico. guest:

american consumers have been poisoned by beef from nebraska and peanut butter from georgia. these trade agreements give is the mechanism to hold foreign governments accountable. guest: it is not only about non- discrimination. if it were, we would not be here. the problem with nafta and wto is they also set limits on what type of non-discriminatory regulation we can have. if it were only about the import sit the regime, you are right that the door of us would be here. guest: it is an excuse for protectionism. host: a message from twitter. caller: hello. mr. todd was correct when he said we're making the world safer for international corporations. we have 14 active trade agreements, and a trade deficit with every one of them. when you talk about the lower paying jobs, those with jobs that created the middle class in america where people could have a secure job. we have the biggest export -- exporting industry to china. we have made china the powerhouse of the world. i guess the greatest cosmic joke for those of us living in texas is that our border patrol uniforms are made in

voters in the eastern nebraska city of freemont will decide today whether to ban the hiring of or rentingproperty to illegal immigrants. the vote is seen as the culmination of a two-year fight that saw proponents collect enough signatures to put the question to a public vote that town has seen a recent influx of hispanic workers attracted by jobs at local meat packing plants. and finally, china today has followed through on its pledge to allow greater flexibility in exchange rates. but officials also sayyan appreciation in the currency alone will not rebalance the world growth and urged other world leaders to carry out more fundamental economic reforms. and those are some of the he latest headlines on c-span radio. >> commissioner robert mcdowell talks about reclassify something broadband services, media ownership, and the use of public airwaves for emergency services tonight on "the communicate indicators" on spoim c-span -- c-span2. supreme court justice clarence thomas on the prospect of a new justice. >> bringing in a family member. and it changes the whole family. it's different. it'

guest: i think it strikes me that doug from lincoln, nebraska is working in the gulf.there are people employed across the nation the flight to the gulf to work on these rigs. -- that fly to the gulf to work on these rigs. that is because there is good money to be made. and with a six month moratorium and all of these people trying to exist on welfare checks. that is not what they want. i was told by the coast guard -- again, i have been told, i don't know. but that the skimming has been delayed by the roughness of the seas, not the ships. host: next call from indiana. caller: i want to talk about possible to clean up the oil and how we are only using certain things. i wonder about the new technologies that we are not using, even though so many people are saying they are the right thing toouse. guest: in 2003, there was a report put out called "oil and the c." by the research -- national research council. in doubt, they collaborate to look at the best way -- in that, they collaborate to get the best way to handle oil in the ocean. the report indicated that this could no

fortenberry, nebraska. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i thank you very much and ask unanimous consent to insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, tonight i want to devote extra time to talking about the proposed financial reform bill the conference committee report being worked on at that moment that is likely to come before the house later in the week. i wanted to put the discussion tonight in a broader context in hopes that my colleagues will listen and consider the bill to be brought before us. let me begin with this% statement. bankers hold a very privileged position in our society because, in fact, they hold the awesome power to create money. their use of that power can advance our society or their use of that power can harm us greatly. we are living through a

comprehensive, and is forced through with the unseemly tactics, like no louisiana purchase, the nebraska kickbacks, there were things that people were not happy about and i am simply coming to the floor with something that has happened in the last week to show people what is in the law. i believe it is a bad bill for our patients, those paying, and a bad bill for our providers. host: a political website tells us that democrats are "all go on health care reform." they have a commercial. >> health reform is law. the affordable health care act makes health care more affordable and put consumers in the driver's seat, prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage from pre- existing conditions. all while reducing the deficit by more than $100 billion in the first decade. but republicans want to take it away. the republican plans but insurance companies back in charge. coverage denied due to pre- existing conditions. higher costs for smmll businesses and american families. higher costs for seniors. increasing the deficit by $75 billion. the republicans' plan is a plan that only insuranc

jones act, that start suckinghe will of.ere and guest: i think it strikes me doug from lincoln, nebraskaworking in the gulf. the facts that there are people employed across the natn the flight to the gulto work on these rigs. -- that fly to the gulf to work on these rig that is beuse there is good money e made. and with a six month moratorium and all of these people trying exist on welfare checks. is not what they want. i was told by the coast gud -- again, i have been to, i don't know b tthe skimming has been delayed by the roughness of the seas, not the ships. host: next call from indiana. caller: i want to talk about possible to ean up the oil and are only ing certain thin. i wonder about the new techlogies that we are not using, even though so many are saying they are the right thing toouse. est: in 2003, there was a report put out called il and the c." by the search -- national research council. in doubt, they collaborate to t the best way -- in that, collaborate to get the best wato handle oil in the ocean. threport indited that this not happen, but nevertheless, it seemed reasonab

gamecocks in the college world series tonight in omaha, nebraska.the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. kucinich: i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. kucinich: in a little more than a year the united states threw $12 billion in cash, much in hundred bills, shrink wrapped, loaded on to palettes. "vanity fair" reported in 2004 that at least $9 billion of the cash had gone missing, unaccounted for. nine billion. today we learn that suitcases of $3 billion in cash have openly moved through the kabul armente. one quoted by the "wall street journal" said, quote, a lot looks like our tax dollars being stolen, end quote. consider this as the american people sweat out extension of the unemployment benefits. last week the b.b.c. reported the u.s. military has been giving tens of millions of dollars to afghan security firms who are funneling the money to warlords. add to that a corrupt afghan governm

though the white house have a position on -- does the white house have a position on this a vote in nebraska about immigration experts i am not familiar with that specific law. -- about immigration? >> i am not familiar with that was o'clock. -- with that particular law. >> are there any personal concerns in the gulf other than monetary and losing jobs. the courts i was with the president down in the gulf last week -- >> i was with the president down in the gulf last week and there are businesses that have been there for decades and decades. it puts a lot of tension on your income when suddenly this changes everything. the president does feel deeply personal about living close to water, having grown up next to it. and his concern is for those families and what they're going to be able to do to turn their lives around, but specifically to what you mentioned, i do not know if he has addressed that. >> of the administration -- does the administration seeks the problem with bp has just reflective of tony hayweard? >> what is important is not what tony word is doing in his free time, but what the

ros-lehtinen: i'm proud to yield one minute to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, a member of our committee on foreign affairs. the speaker pro tempore: jise for one minute. mr. fortenberry: mr. speaker, the time to stop iran's nuclear drive is running very short. unless the community of responsible nations takes decisive actions, the world will soon awake to the headline iran has a nuclear bomb. a nuclear-armed iran will pose a very real threat to civilization itself, increasing the dangers of a destabilizing nuclear arms race in the world's most volatile region. iran clearly doubts the collective resolve of world powers. it's not difficult to see why. while some european leaders vacillate, european corporations continue to do business with iran. and russia and china as well continue to exploit international hesitancy for their own geopolitical and financial gain. the community of responsible nations must prevail upon iran to abandon its dangerous nuclear ambitionn and forge a new path to security and stability for itself. we all look forward to the d