at march- brackets, and i was encouraged by this because i thought it was some form of obscure punctuation. i thought he was a type face nerd, my kind of people. i don't know what to believe anymore. the talk-show radio hosts say the president is in mystery. we have no proof that he is an american citizen or an earthling for that matter. [laughter] i think it is illegitimate question. is the president truly nerd core? or is it an act? like those prosthetic ears. you people to an amazing job but are not asking the right questions about his credentials. may i have the first slide? there we go. this is a picture that i found on the internet, mr. president. for those of you listening on the radio, there is a picture of the president standing in front of a statute of superman. it was taken in illinois. is this a doctored photo or a real photo? did you know that statue was behind you? [laughter] i read on the internet that this photo was on your senate web site for a period of time? is that true? why is it not the home page of whitehouse.gov. are you ashamed? [laughter] next slide, i will move o

responsible for synchronizing the department of defense planning against terrorism, with robust activity, punctuated by a conference attracting over thousand people from different organizations. we have been assigned proponents see by the department of defense for the security force assistance, and we hope to form partnerships that will create a more global environment in the face of transnational crime and extremism. the special operations force was assigned to the united states command by the military services for most of their military careers. special forces and rangers, navy seals, marine special operators, rotary wing aviators, combat controllers, rescue jumpers, militarily -- military information support, all of this was enabled by administrative specialists and operators and intelligence analysts, communications experts, budget managers, and many more who are great men and women, who operate within the community. this is a force that is suited to the irregular operation environment that we are engaged in, as you mentioned in the opening statement. this has created a demand for the effect in

against terrorists and terror networks globally, a function that requires robust daily activity, punctuated semiannually by a conference that now attracts over a thousand people from about 40 different agencies and orses. additionally, we've been assigned propone si by the department of defense for security force assistance. in this role we expect to foster the long-term partnerships that will shape a more secure global environment in the face of global challenges such as transnational crime, extremism and migration. the joint special operations force itself, those assigned to the united states special operations command by the military services for most of their military careers comprises army special forces, rangers, navy seals and many submarine operators, marine special operators, fixed and rotary wing aviators, combat controllers, practitioners of military affairs, all of these and more augmented, supported and enabled by a wide variety of assigned log stitions, acquisition professionals, operations planners, strategists, communications experts, doctrine writers, scientists, technologi

of course i would mention that probably half of those amendments were to fix grammatical errors, punctuation typos. about half of them. those were accepted. it's my hope that the difference in process will result in a difference of substance between the "help" committee legislation and the finance committee legislation. i'll continue to work in the finance committee to shape legislation that improves the quality of our health care, reduces cost, is responsible in a budgetary impact and increases access to care for all of the american people. as i've said, there's a long way to go in that committee and many differences to resolve, but i continue to work in good faith and hope for responsible bipartisan health care reform. i'm holding out hope a better process will emerge as we continue our work in health, education, labor and pensions. the bill we have before us is a clear sign that just as we have been excluded early on in the health care reform effort, it looks like we'll continue to be excluded as the process continues. there's time to get us included. there is an important reason to get u

that in the engrossment of the bill h.r. 2647, the clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, cross references and the table of contents and to make other technical and contorming changes as may be necessary to reflect the house and the clerk be authorized to make the technical corrections. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. skelton: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and in which to insert extraneous materials in the bill that was just passed. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> i ask for a unanimous consent request. mr. speaker, because of attending a conference at the white house on immigration reform i was detained and would like to state for the record that had i been present i would have voted yes on the mcgovern amendment, would have voted no on the frank amendment, would have voted