we do not intend to set these priorities ourselves. the sectors that will prepare the future of france. these priorities are important to the country as a whole. the parliament should take part in defining and setting these priorities. we will discuss this as of july 1. our leaders of the economy of culture and education will also be consulted. we will discuss this all together. what are the few strategic sectors, the party sectors that will enable us to prepare the future of france? the decisions will be made once this debate is concluded. we need to radically change the way in which we face the future. as to the loan, the amount, the conditions will be sent once we set our candid -- once we set our priorities. i will take the measures necessary to allocate the proceeds of this load exclusively to these strategic priorities for the future. i'm saying exclusively. i wish to decrease our operational costs, those that seem to be wasteful and not a priority. our future will be based on investments. our future will be based on the role tha

so that's the first priority. i think then there are a range of social challenges which we face and, therefore, ensuring that not -- that we not only have growth but that growth is inclusive, which was also part of the government's agenda during its last will again be one of the priorities and for this, we expect a lot of concentration of focus on social sector spending. perhaps, an extension of some of the programs for social security like the national rural employment guarantee scheme which had offered to one person in each rural family categorized being below the poverty line 100 guaranteed days of employment in the year and that helped reduce vulnerabilities in the rural economy. certainly, stepped-up expenditure on education and health and in education, focus on school and primary education, secondary education, but also higher education and vocational training or skill development so the whole band. beyond this, we see the challenges of rural development and food security, energy security and sustainable dev

that is a priority of mine. i would like to see us have as much success in universal service and communications over the next 75 y

people who have nothing it seems to me should take priority of to me should take priority of people who have@@@@@@@ @ get involved with a nonprofit called common sense media that focuses on helping to improve media. i share concerns with patients on indecency, number one. number two, the sec's job is to enforce the law. congress has been clear. the supreme court recently rejected a challenge to the law. >> let me ask you on media ownership, when i first came to the senate, i was a person who believed that a newspaper should not have too much television presence in a market because i think more media outlets are a good thing. since i came to the senate, the technology world has exploded and i no longer think we need to police that. and now we have the most incredible situation, which i don't think any of us ever anticipated in our lifetimes that major newspapers would be on the brink of bankruptcy and not having that avenue for news coverage for the citizens of big communities is now a viable possibility so my question is, the fcc still does have rules and i think it's important that you

your deal on the priority funding is not priority funding for everything else. >> no. just the things for which they're already dog in this area. >> the media. >> well, for example, if in fact they're trying to lose weight and they've got five programs with the states to lose weight, the first thing, the priority is let's get this media going. doesn't mean they have to stop it. it means they put this first. because we have a lot of data. look, we have a lot of data that says we're ineffective. for example, if in fact the cd c cdc -- >> would this cut funding for breast cancer screening? >> no. >> it would take priority over that. >> no, it wouldn't. no. because it takes priority over messaging, not screening. messaging on breast cancer. okay? breast cancer is one of the five. cancer is one of the -- that's the fifth group actually. >> one of the successes we've had with breast and cervical cancer xreeng and it's been a great success has been in the media campaign and getting the information out. >> and they were not going to do anything any less than that when they wer

other specifically priorities week of funded include $800 million for explosive detection systems at airports and $122.8 million for air cargo security to meet the 100% screening requirement for air cargo in the hold of passenger planes by august of 2010. $804 million to continue developing systems to screen inbound, land and sea-based cargo for weapons or nuclear materials which includes $162 million to strengthen overseas operations to monitor and target cargo. $241.5 million for the coast guard to support overseas contingencies in the persian gulf and off the coast of somalia. $382 million for cyber security, to help protect vulnerable computer infrastructure from the escalating sophistication and intensity of cyber attacks and $10 million above the administration's request to expand the alternatives it to detention program nationwide. alternatives it to detention is a cost-effective alternative for low-risk individuals such as asylum seekers, families and the elderly. the bill includes several policy items requested by the administration. it clarifies authorities for temporary pr

would give priority to india on its own merits. and the secretary of state is due to visit india in july, and we hope that visit will provide the basis for both countries, you know, announcing a roadmap to take the india-u.s. relationship to the next level. >> very good. we're going to open up the floor for just a few questions. if i can just ask our audience to be nice enough -- raise on your hand and i would call on you and if you would wait for a microphone. identify yourself and as i always say, please do put your brief statement in the form of a question to the ambassador. and wait for the mic. you know the rules. >> miles pomper from the james martin center for nonproliferation studies. a couple of questions. the first question there's two issues that are likely to be on nonproliferation issues and disarmament issues that are likely to be on secretary clinton's agenda for her visit. do you see any change in india's position -- obviously, the negotiations have gotten started, but how do you see that moving ahead and do you see

and the first priority, i think, is to do what can be done to extend broadband to unserved areas. rural areas around the country, there is a divide between parts of the country that have broadband, in some cases have fast broadband, people who don't have broadband at all, and i think congress was clear that working on providing broadband to unserved areas is critical. there are other concerns and goals as well. i think the term underserved can mean a series of different things. in some cases it can mean unserved in a particular area, so there may be a market that is served, but a pocket of it that doesn't receive any service, and there may be ways to help operators extend their service to part of the market that don't receive it. there may be markets where that are underserved because the speed is too slow, and there be ways to help providers increase their speed. there may be markets that are underserved because the adoption is very low, and there may be be ways to think about strategies to increase adoption in that area to make it a sustainable economic possibility of ongoing br

i understand that there are other priorities of the government and this is not the only priority, but having represented people who have survived through a catastrophic disaster, it is hard to tell them that there is another priority. if that is what is going to happen. for the 4 million people or 20 million people who are in this storm, this is very difficult to tell people that there is a high priority -- a higher priority than giving them a meal or shelter for a place to return, and this becomes a very significant issue, for any country, whether this is china or india or other countries that we have seen going through terrible catastrophic disasters. this is just a matter of time until some of these

this report also provides for a few key domestic economic priorities like the cash for clunkers program which will allow americans to trade in old vehicles for new ones with higher fuel efficiency. this conference report also includes $1.5 billion for response to swine flu pandemic to help state and local governments, but also to fund global efforts to track, contain and slow down the spread of this flu. although it is not perfect legislation, it provides some essential funding and i will support it and urge my colleagues to do the same. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i might consume, ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: and let me begin by thanking my friend for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i have to say that it's with extreme disappointment and sadness that i rise in opposition to this rule having been very s

my top priority is continuing to build capability within the department, and security. if some of that as technology, but a lot of it is people. we have some excellent people on board, but i don't have enough yet. i have a lot of vacancies and we are doing a lot of hiring. if you have cyber security expertise, there are slots available and we are hiring. we are bringing on the right leadership team. i can tell you that on monday of this coming week, the new assistant secretary for cyber security and communications is joining us. he was formally a manager at altel. we also have an alumni from omd who will be my counselor. we will have assembled the leadership team and we will have brought in the people we want to add to the current crop of great people who we have on board already. the other priorities you will recognize coming from the 60-day review -- we need to get the public-private partnership peace right. there has been a lot of effort and money to build on the good things that happen in the past, but we need to figure out how to streamline what we have done and fo

a majority of those funds go to two greatest priorities in the bill. life safety issues because if we don't address the back log of life safety and deferred maintenance that exists in all our facility we won't have the facilities to work in and the treasures of the facilities we work in every single day is what our role is in the legislative branch. we must preserve them through the generations as they have been preserved for us to work in today. in addition, the bill, as tra is tradition, reserves funds for later action by the senate on their issues to operate the senate. that is customary. we have been able to provide for all mandatory cost increases and a limited number of program enhancements as well. in spite of the fact we were able to do that, there are a number of things we were unable to do because our focus in the markup on this bill was to fund the got to haves, not the nice to haves. there are so many nice tvs we could have and that make sense and would be appropriate but we wanted to make sure we crafted a frugal and fiscally responsible p

i have made restoring the function of civil rights a top priority for this justice department. as many americans face the unstable economy in the unstable housing market. we have a new effort across the sector to target loan, mortgage fraud and rescue scams. these from law enforcement and state prosecutors and private sector to protect the homeowners of homes affordable program for those with predator schemes. i appreciate the committee's work that will enhance the tools and resources for fraud and money laundry and to protect the packages. with the tools and resources that the bill provides, the department and others will be equipped to face what challenges us in economic time and to do their part. in addition the department has been investigating and prosecuting crimes aggressively. and has been successful in fraud schemes including securities and market manipulation and ponzi schemes. as part of the administration's fiscal responsibility, the department is working with the health of human services to combat the ten's of billions lost every year to fraud. those represent doll

we always make a high priority funding their efforts. we fully fund all of their unfunded requirements in this mark. with that, mr. chairman, i want to compliment chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon and ranking member mchugh for all of his work on this committee and on this bill and ranking member miller for his support as well. we have put together an outstanding bill that will protect the national security interests of this country. thank you. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield to the the gentleman from missouri, ranking member member on the sea power subcommittee, mr. akin, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. akin: i rise in support of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. as ranking member of the sea power and expeditionary sea forces subcommittee, i commend chairman taylor of meeting the needs of our sailors, aviators and marines. the bill takes an important step towards addressing the navy's stryke fighter shortfall. the navy compl

all sorts of things that can result in a different set of priorities. tom's fear that is this commission will disregard what the states are doing in this regard. our answer is that -- >> i would say to the senator the okay opposite would occur. what we're going to look to, i assume with the commission, is for the states themselves to work with us to tell us, here's where our shortages are. here's an information-gathering commission. then at the federal level we can make sure what we're doing actually works out in the real community. so we are addressing that within the underlying bill. >> what that means is we ultimately decide, they don't. and this doesn't stop, preclude any money to other areas. this amendment doesn't stop that. all it says is we're giving hersa, you've got grants all across these things and our state, oklahoma for example, might not need it in three or four of them, hersa can sign a contract where they can concentrate where they don't have needs and put that money into where they have the most acute needs. in other words, we're not p

and so there was a whole restructuring of the priorities and ultimately, you know, the budgetary prioritiesnd ultimately new forms of incentives were provided for investment and relocation and tourism at the same time that money was spent from social spending for existing residents, you know, and workers in the city. >> and what was the effect today of those changes? >> well, i think it created what some -- what some people have started to actually call already in the 1980s a kind of dual city. a city that was far more divided and unequal between classes. it created a city that was far more focused on the center, on manhattan as opposed to the outer boroughs which really lost out in this calculus. so a kind of new form of centralization. i think it created a city that -- you know, what i focus on in the book is how marketing and media were used in concert with these new priorities, these new political and economic priorities and so it also created a new kind of imaginary, a new identity for new york. no longer was it this, you know, famed working class capital. now it became really represen

one of things mentioned at the fbi security is their top priority. you going to cyber and something else and again and you can't really understand this field unless you stay and play in it and the developments are too fast to go away and that isn't just true in the law enforcement field, it's true across-the-board. they've developed a career path within the fbi where if someone comes in the stay with it their whole career and get more advanced training. that's happening in the network security field and other places but we need to accelerate that and i think phil is right we need to make the school for kids so that it's something they want to do. >> i would say on this point i think there are a lot of aspects insider security were there will be controversy in congress i think on work force of allied and training. it's something there can be congressional encouragement for scholarships and training programs and it's all so easily something that we can work with private sector on that's already bought its own training. goebel has its own and training i

-india business council a week or a week before it was a personal priority for her. and when they say they are a personal priorities they mean them. i was very glad to see that. secretary gates traveled twice to india so i think that's a priority for him as well. just to list in the 8 minutes some of the major common interests that i see, internal security, clearly post-mumbai counterterrorism is a top priority for india as it is for the united states and there's a lot the u.s. can do to assist. afghanistan, resisting the spread of the taliban in the region both for afghanistan's stake and also given the large muslim population in india. convergence on being prepared to respond to china, given the uncertainty regarding prc intentions in the region. and a shared interest in middle east stability given the large trade that india has with iran and others in the region. there is political support from top u.s. officials, i believe, and so i th@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ g@ we also cannot underestimate that there are -- as history has shown, balances that can be roadblocks, that ca

and which we have made a very high priority. that bill will also, we hope, be considered prior to the august break. so those two bills are major pieces of legislation that we hope to consider, but i don't want to give an exact date on those because they are complicated pieces of legislation. and we hope that we can reach agreement and we'd like to reach agreement across the aisle as well if not all facets at least some facets of that bill. we know that i'm sure your side has considerations that will help us perfect a bill, i think we'll probably have some disagreements, nevertheless we hope to move forward together on this bill, both bills. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman. i'd like to ask a follow-up of the majority leader. specifically for the benefit of the members who serve on the ways and means and agricultural committee, will we anticipate that ty will have, those two committees will have an opportunity to hear and mark up the bill, the cap and trade bill? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yield

the highest priority of the department is to protect the american people against acts of terrorism. working with our federal, state and local partners as well as international counterparts, the department has worked tirelessly to safeguard america and will continue to do so. we will continue to build our capacity to deter, detect and disrupt the terrorist plots and to identify terrorist cells that will seek to do america harm. and we're committed to doing so consistent, consistent with the rule of law and with american values. we are leading the work set up by the president to close guantanamo and to ensure that policies going forward for detention, interrogation and transfer of detainees live up to our nation's values. congress has expressed strong views on this subject in the supplemental appropriations bills an elsewhere. we will continue to work with the legislative branch to ensure that the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained at the guantanamo naval base occurs. the department has developed and begun to implement a multipronged approach to confront the thr

it's an important principle and priority and it's something i look forward to working on. the issue that you mentioned, i think, are examples of there are creative ways to tackle these issues that constantly need to be looked for. i think your leadership on the lpfm issue is an example of that. i'm not an expert in that. i look forward to learning more about that. but making sure in connection with overstanding uses of our spectrum looking for ways to put more spectrum to work, to think about why dissemination of licenses in connection with that all seem to me to be high priorities and something i look forward to working with you and the committee on. >> okay. another area is opening up broadcast wide dspaces. the commission took a conservative response in opening up the wide space, but it was a start. will the office of engineering technology make sure that this is a priority issue so that we can have sufficient resources in work with the industry to test and make sure that we are answering any of the technical issues that might come up? >> senator, i think the answer is

are those indeed national priorities? if it's not a national priority. if it's important for the state of maine, why didn't the state of maine pay for it? if it's important to these local communities, why don't the local communities pay for it? why didn't the chamber of commerce pay for it? why don't commercial companies pay for it? why don't co-ops pay for it? somebody needs to explain to me why the dublin family in texas that needs money to pay their mortgage, why do they have to pay for it? why does the morning family in athens, texas, when they need this money to put gas in their car, why do they have to pay for it? why does the lily family in coughman, texas, that need money to pay health care premiums on their insurance, why do they have to pay for it? i don't understand that, mr. chairman. and i don't think it's right. i don't think it is right at a time of economic crisis. we are losing small businesses by the thousands. the average small business is capitalized by $25,000. this $200,000 expenditure right here, that could mean the difference of s

the highest priority of the department is to protect the american people against acts of terrorism. working with the federal, state, and local partners and international counterparts, the department has worked tirelessly to safeguard america, and will continue to do so. we will continue to build our capacity to deter, detect, and disrupt terrorist plots an unidentified terrorist cells that would seek to do america harm. we are committed to doing so consistent with the rule of law and with american values. consistent with our commitment to national security, as the department's number one priority, we are leading the worked set up by the president to close down, mo -- we are leading the work set up by the president to close down guantanamo and transfer of detainees. congress has expressed strong views on the subject in its supplemental appropriations bill. we will continue to work with the legislative branch to ensure the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained at guantanamo naval base occurs. the department has begun to deploy a multipronged approach to confront th

we have to stop spending money on things that are not national priorities, are not have to have items and although this is in my home state of california, i believe this is one of those items and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? wolwol i rise -- ms. woolsey: i rise to claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. woolsey: thank you and i thank the chairman for allowing me to take this space, but i frankly have to say that i'm absolutely shocked to come to the floor to defend the angel island immigration station. i can only assume that the gentleman from california simply does not realize the cultural and historic significance of angel island immigration station and how very important it is to millions of americans. . angel island is known as ellis island of the west. over a 30-year period, 1910 to 1940, angel island processed one million immigrants from around the world, with the majority coming from asia. today the ange

through a catastrophic disaster it is hard to tell them that there is of a priority -- another priority. for the

this is not the only priority of the government. but having represented people who lived through and survived through a catastrophic disaster, it's hard to tell them that there's another priority. >> that's right. >> and that is what's going to happen. i mean, for the two or three or four million or five million or twenty million people that are caught up in it at the time it happens, it's very hard to tell them that there's a higher priority than giving them a meal, a shelter, a potential job, a place to return, and it becomes a very significant issue for any country whether it's china or india or other countries that we have seen go through, you know, some horrific , catastrophic disasters. and it is just a matter of time until some of these predictions happen. and i'd like to say we're ready, but i'm telling you we're not. in any number of places that we have heard today. so thank you all. i think we will call the hearing to a close and, again, the record will remain open for 15 days, and we urge anyone either here or listening t

is this a national priority? is this something that in these times with the deficits and debt that we have, is this the sort of thing that rises to the level of a national priority such that we should borrow 46 cents on the dollar, increase the deficit further, increase the debt further and put ourselves in these kinds of problems? as i mentioned, madam chair, it's not that this particular project stands out over others. it could be this one or many others that exist in this bill or in many of the other appropriation bills that we'll look at this year. and i think, madam chair, that the people of this country would be better served if we saved this money, didn't spend it, didn't borrow it and tried to have a little better rein on some of their money. and with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. dicks: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: first of all, i want to say we strongly oppose thi

and that is a priority of mine. i would like to see us have as much success in universal service in communications over the next 75 years that we've had over the last 75 years. extending communications infrastructure and the benefits of communications to all americans. and i defer to your knowledge of alaska, of course, but i think historically, there's been success in universal service in alaska and i'd like to see that continue in the future with respect to, you know, the vast -- all of the vast country that we have. >> fantastic. >> let me -- let me -- and i appreciate that. and you're right. it's been very successful and very useful and also in alaska because our lands are different with the alaskan native people their tribal lands incorporate tribal lands. it's different than reservation lands. sometimes we have to continue to point that out because our land claim settlement was much different than the traditional reservation settlements. so as you have an opportunity -- and i know i said in my statement i didn

is that a priority? >> i have not looked to the entire report. i think that ed and i would point out the number of and accuracy is an assembly the entries in the report are simply wrong. >> error bottle on that one and i guess the broader question is is it possible they stimulus package to prior address in a way to ensure the money goes to the worthy as projects? >> absolutely. that is exactly this system that the president has set up. that is the priority of any recovery plan and i think that a reasonable look at spending thus far d notes that is happening in this case, that the priorities are being met, that funding is going to wear is needed. but look, you are using an example of state budget priorities. as i said earlier in relation to california, there are very few entities, business, states, the federal government that are leaning to the type of dramatic counter we have seen in the economy. i think that is why the president endeavored to seek a recovery and reinvestment plan that would actually make a difference. >> robert, the mayors are v

what should be given priority?i suggest we create a national infrastructure bank staffed by professionals, not necessarily professionals all of them in transportation. it could be some former members of congress. some former secretaries of transportation. and rank projects on a cost benefit analysis, rank projects on priority, what they do for transporting people, how many people, the effect on climate change. an independent ranking system. because the public wants that. the public doesn't want transportation dollars authorized through the same old system. and certainly not for projects on this magnitude. and lastly, how are we going to pay for it? because $13 billion, as ranking member thorn said, it is a lot of money but it's just a drop in the bucket. how will we pay for high-speed rail system in this country? i would recommend congress consider using some of the money that comes from a national climate change law to do just that. what better way could we help our climate than getting cars off the road, trucks o

bad priority. this remembrance of tiananmen square, and the crushing of the victims bodies, but not their hopes, should be the white house's priority today. there is a bipartisan support on capitol hill. republicans and democrats that care deeply about human rights of the people of china. but we need to do more than say and talk, words have meaning, deeds have more meaning. it's time for deeds, we need to relink human rights and trade for other parts of our relationship. secretary geithner will be in china pushing treasury bills. we should be talking about human right, we should be visiting at every level. those in tiananmen, that spoke that agony, that should be the priority, human rights first. you are here as a witness, and some day, god willing, china will be free. thank you very much. >> i would like to address the gentleman in the back that is screaming. we hear you. i ask you to extend some courtesy to the people that are giving their time to speak to us as well. thank you. i am pleased to t

overall, the bill as i said includes important increases to priority programs including the needs to address violent crime, particularly crime related to drug trafficking and gangs and the need to boost our nation's competitiveness through more investments in scientific research and improving science and math and education. however, i believe we could have met the most pressing needs by prioritizing within the lower allocation. this allocation given to the subcommittee is $64 billion, $6.8 billion or 11% of 2009 this allocation allows virtually every agency, account, and program to grow and i believe there was more than sufficient amount to address the highest priority needs. the rate of increased spending in the bill corresponds with the majority's overall budget blueprint which increases discretionary spending over the current fiscal year. since the other party took control of congress, nondefense, nonveterans' affairs has increased by 85%. this rate of spending does not represent a step toward restoring fiscal balance. there was an article today i think on "reuters" mentioning tha

that priority. this solemn remembrance of the victims of the mass murder of tiananmen square and the oppression of their bodies, but not their hopes, by tanks should have been the white house priority today. there is bipartisan support on capitol hill. republicans and democrats care deeply about human rights in china, but we need to more than just say and tulk wordalk. it's time for deeds. we need to link human rights with trade and other parts of our relationship. next week secretary geithner will be in china pushing treasury bills to finance the u.s. debt once again. we should be talking about human rights. we should be visiting at every level the men and women who languish in prison and suffer unspeakable agony. that should be our priority and after that the trade and economic issues. human-rights first. you are here as a witness. someday, god willing, will be free. thank you very much. >> [man shouting in the crowd at the congressman] >> i would like to address the gentlemen in the back screamin

you listed, as your first priority, that you would "work to strengthen the activities of the federal government and protect the american people from terrorists." instead of taking the lead in protecting the american people, you have enacted the following policies. we have a recent report that the obama administration is requiring enemy combatants in afghanistan be given more and the warrants. last week, mike rogers revealed that the program had begun to administer ran the rights to any combat will detained in afghanistan. justice marshall blocked the giving of miranda warnings. "do these folks deserve marin the warnings? do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter? of course not." what has changed in three months. the new approach to battlefield the city's -- battlefield detainees is founded on and intended to preserve the federal court of criminal prosecution, which is not necessary as we have used military commission for battlefield captives. under the obama administration's global justice initiative, even high level al qaeda operative this can be advised to remain silent and s

public corruption is the fbi's top priority and indeed has been the top priority in the criminal arena since september 11. it is our top priority because public corruption strikes at the heart of good government. and while the vast numbers, the vast majority of the public officials are honest in their work, and are committed to serving their fellow citizens, there are others, some who have abused the public trust. we currently have more than 2500 public corruption investigatio investigations. and the last two years alone, we have convicted nearly 1700 federal, state and local officials for abuse of the public trust. for a nation that is built on the rule of law, we can and we should do better. whether the matter is local, national or international, whether it concerns of millions of dollars for merely hundreds, there is no level of acceptable corruption. the violation of the trust is the same, the damage to the taxpayers. [inaudible] >> we can start by making every effort to recognize corruption when it is seen either at home, overseas, refuse to participate in corruption of any kind,

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as you know, the veterans issued has been a high priority for us. we did more in the first two years than have been done in the 77-year history of the veterans administration. we have a democratic president in the white house, the secretary working with him, and we are able to do it even more apparent the advance the preparations -- even more. the advance appropriations -- the arms services committee marks up its bill -- marked up its bill way into the wee hours of the morning. they established an internship- pilot program for military spouses. we were delighted with what we were able to report to the veterans services administration. since we met last week, we passed the tobacco bill last friday. it passed in the senate and house. they both had bipartisan majorities. we have introduced our pay-go legislation. this is very important for us. if we go forward to follow the blueprint set forth in our budget, to invest in education, health care, and energy, to grow our economy, to create jobs, to reduce the deficit, the pay-go legislation is essential.

is a real, not a symbolic priority next year. as a nation we owe more than our gratitude to the brave men and women in uniform and their families past and present for sacrifices they make to protect our freedoms. i know firsthand of the courage of our troops. my late father-in-law, julian, a dedicated marine, was awarded the navy cross for leading the capture of the japanese headquarters of shiri castle on okinawa. he was shot by a sniper as a result of his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. he was grateful to have served america. with that, mr. speaker, i yield to dr. broun of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: how much time do you yield to dr. broun? how much time? mr. wilson: as so much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: madam speaker, i move that the house now do adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: mada

this is a priority for us. i testified on behalf of this hate crimes bill 10 years ago when i was the deputy attorney general so i don't think this is something that we're doing in great haste. i mean, this is something we've been talking about for a decade and given the recent events that we've seen in the nation, i think the need for this legislation is all that much more apparent. >> second, as you know my staff has been working with yours and the white house to -- on a reporter shield bill. senator specter and i when we were on opposite sides of the aisle had a bipartisan bill. now it is, i guess -- it's still a bipartisan bill. there are other members of the other side who support it although they're welcome to come over like senator specter and make it a partisan bill. [laughter] >> but in any case, we are talking about it. two questions, can the department of justice support a well balanced shield bill and can you commit to working with senator speck are it, myself and, of course, chairman lay. i to get

but what we ought to be is about putting priorities where we put our labor.and so this is straightforward. since we've added 67,000 new employees since january of this year to the federal government, net, and the average total cost for an employee of the federal government counting fringe benefits is $135,000 a year, doesn't take long to multiply 67,000 times $135,000 to see the tremendous increase in cost of federal employees. wouldn't it be wise to make the agencies prioritize the use of their labor? so this amendment's straightforward. it says for every one you'll increase, you'll drop one somewhere else. or move someone rather than have a new hire. certainly not everything hhs does is as important as what we're doing in this bill. and the things that are less important right now for our country ought to have less labor put to it and more labor put to it in what we're passing. rather than say, whatever it takes we're going to just grow the size of the government. so that's in essence the purpose of the amendment. and if we get rid of it, i won't offer it a

the nuclear cleanup program is being used as a piggy bank for these priorities since, mr. speaker, it's the only sizable source of funds within this bill that doesn't directly fund our troops or equipment. now, mr. speaker, i know why nuclear cleanup is being used by both parties as a piggy bank. i absolutely don't support those actions and i will vote against those actions. but in doing so i want to be clear that it is in the appropriations process where cleanup money becomes real. insufficient funding in the appropriation process would have real and serious consequences on cleaning up these sites. the cleanup program simply cannot sustain continued appropriation reductions without jeopardizing progress, breaking legally binding commitments to states, and increasing long-term cost to taxpayers. mr. speaker, for 15 years i have worked in a bipartisan way to raise awareness of the federal government's cleanup obligation and to remind my colleagues again that the effort at these sites help us when both world war ii and the cold war. i will continue to stand up for cleanup wh

mckeon, talk about the priority of funding for our troops. and then we listened to speeches made by our colleagues, and there was barely a mention of the issue of troop funding. we issues heard our colleague talk about firefighters. hey, i'm from southern california where we have fires and we have horrible fires, loss of life and property is something that regularly takes place there. it's a very, very important issue. it's an issue that should be considered under the regular appropriations process under the leadership of my california colleague, mr. lewis and mr. obey, not in a troop funding bill. then we listened to our very good friend from detroit talk about the automobile industry. a serious challenge that we as a nation are trying to address. i personally believe that the notion of continuing to see the government more and more involved in this area is not the right thing to do, but it's a debate that will go on. and yet, our friend, mr. levin, was talking about the issue of the automobile industry in this troop funding bill. then i lis

you know, we submit an integrated priority list. i mean, this will be mind-numbing for a lot of you but an ipl and we have 10 items on our integrated priority list. these are issues where we would prefer a little more funding a little more emphasis, a little more input or a little more output from the department of defense on those priority issues of ours and we submit them. of our 10, i can't go into them, they're classified. them 10 for 10 are being addressed in the quadrennial defense review. we think that is beneficial for us. now, you might say well, what are those 10 issues? again, i can't go into them. but if you were to think of areas where we might like because of the size of the aor, because of the various countries with whom we're exercising, that we might like -- you know, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, for example. everybody wants more. so we're very happy with the role the combatant commanders have. formulation of the qdr. it is a singly important document for us and we're cautiously optimi

here we have the most critical foreign policy priority. and in the republican substitute the absence of any provisions regarding accountability, evaluation, auditing or monitoring. i -- this substitute begs the question, why do -- why does the minority support total flexibility for president obama in pakistan but everywhere else in the foreign policy or domestic sphere they try to contrain him? this is at the top of our list of national security challenges. our approach is the better approach. i urge defeat of the substitute and the adoption and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: all time has expired. does the gentleman have a unanimous consent request? mr. berman: can i ask unanimous consent that the speaker be authorized on this legislative day to entertain motions that the house suspend the rules relating to house resolution 529? the speaker pro tempore: are there any objections? hearing none, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 522, the previous question is ordered on the bill as amended and on the amendment offered by the gen

on the other hand i think india has a very good idea of what its own priorities are. i don't want our friends to my right to not have to answer many questions, so i want to throw one question on the table for them. as was noted earlier it looks like an end-user agreement is likely to be completed sooner than later. i'm just curious whether you think that's going to give rise, particularly in the congress to more debate about the relationship, or will the end-user agreement be something that is a loser relationship there, to have kind of a repeat on a smaller scale about the nuclear deal, that kind of debate? is the end-user agreement likely to be of a model that's going to folks are going to say that fits in with our general view about end-user agreements, or will it be constructed in such a way to be something of an exception? >> of course, a little hard to comment with authority not having seen drafts that are being negotiated. so it really would depend what the end product looks like, but i expect that it will be a positive that the agreement negotiated will be one

is there a new priority? what would the problems because of those priorities? >> that is a great question. number one, i think now, because of the prominence in capacity and organization of the indian american community, there is the very narrow band with win which the administration would move -- within which the administration would move. you can't ignore india, you have to pay attention, to the great credit of the americans, that is one thing. secondly, the bush administration, the nuclear deal was such a big deal in terms of the amount of effort it took to change the congress and the legal system and the international framework, that is like giving birth to an elephant. i am going to mess up the metaphor because we have a new mother now. to follow up on that, there's not going to be anything that big you can do for a long time. that needs to get sorted out because it hasn't been implemented. there is going to be dismayed that india hasn't passed a liability law to enable u.s. companies to do business, so there's going to be some backlash and frustration. th