reichert: mr. chairman, after listening to the discussion back and forth here for the last hour or two, i would hope that my amendment would not be quite so contentious and it is migrate hope we could come together in agreement on the amendment that i'm about to offer. i am suggesting that we take $2.5 million from the department of commerce, salaries and expenses' account, which is totaling $60 million and  receiving a $7 million increase. to remove $2.5 million from a $7 million increase from a $60 million budget to support teens through education, step, which helps high schools collaborate with sexual assault providers, law enforcement, courts and other organizations to improve school safety. this vital program was authorized by congress under the violence against women's act, but was never funded. our schools should be safe havens for our children to learn and grow. unfortunately, violence in schools has left many kids afraid of the very places we send them to learn and grow. they increasingl

walt wood reichert, mother i have to tell you about a soldier i saw yesterday.is wind is already being grannis and i know he is going to die. he is beautiful like a god. i watched him, i combed his hair. i can barely hold back the tears i am so sad about this. she would write back, she would talk about mountain is 32 cents a pound, and then there would be a paragraph saying, you can write me about the soldiers. i understand that you love them and it becomes a fascination. there is nothing wrong with that. i understand. she would not say i know what you are going through but she would encourage him and hearing that from his mother really bucked him up. she would do the same thing with george the would write to her very frankly about what he was going through and the war. so, this mother, i had no idea i would come upon her and that i would lead-- read her letters which have been ignored by many, many scholars. not only ignored but irrigated. in a way i felt that family, the subject shows me in a way and i was lucky. >> you mentioned earlier that you had written a

reichert: thank you, mr. speaker. american jobs are being threatened by new proposals to tax the earnings of american employers operating in markets around the world. we cannot forget that we are in a global economy. america cannot just be a participant in this global economy but they have to lead in this global economy in the middle of a downturn it makes no sense to eliminate a tax incentive like deferral that american employers need to compete in a global marketplace and create american jobs at home. eliminating tax incentives like deferral would send u.s. jobs overseas and almost make it impossible for us to compete with china, india, and europe. raising taxes on the earnings of u.s. companies discourages investments at home and increases the cost of employing u.s. workers. one. largest employees in my district, microsoft, said last week raising these taxes on their foreign earnings would force them to move thousands of employees out of the united states. congress must help to protect, promote, and create jobs at

reichert: thank you, mr. speaker. halfway across the world today, people are rioting in the streets. violence, gunshots and even death has overtaken iran's streets as citizens protest the results of their recent election. iran's security effects the entire middle east and the riots there show how fragile their government really is. recently iran successfully tested a long range missile and their intentions with their nuclear program are still unknown. the united states must utilize every diplomatic, economic and political tool at our disposal, including the further use of sanctions. ultimately our goal is peace for iran, peace now and in the future. that's why i encourage members of this body to join me in the support of the iran petroleum sanctions act. this legislation would use sanction on refined petroleum to iran in order to convince the government to give up its nuclear ambitions. our desire, all of us, across the world is to see secure and peaceful future for the people of iran, the great of middle east and the

number 41, nadler number 31, bernice johnson number 35, cuellar number 102, hodes number 98, and reichert number 114. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman will put the question on the remaining amendment. the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it.

reichert 6 washington -- of washington. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the rieker amendment. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the aye vs. it. -- ayes have it. amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading. so many as are in favor say aye. thone. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: making appropriations for the departments of commerce, justice, and science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the chair: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the chair: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? mr. lewis: i am. mr. obey: mr. speaker, we cannot hear. the house is not in order. we need to hear. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is correct. the house is not in order. members please take their conversations off the floor. the clerk may proceed.

reichert of washington, amendment number 59 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment number 79 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 76 by mr. hensarling of texas, amendment number 105 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 104 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 107 by mr. campbell of california, amendment number 87 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 86 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 85 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 91 of mr. flake of arizona and amendment number 84 by mr. flake of arizona. es us as the bailout nation. second of all, i believe, as do many economists, that the federal reserve ought to be concentrated on military policy, tied to inflation -- on monetary policy, tied to inflation targeting. what the administration does instead is diffuse their mission even more and allow them to pick winners and, establishing firms as a systemically risky. next, with respect to the president, he said this is going to be sweeping reform. what i did not know is that he would sweep fannie mae and freddie mac under the carpet. fannie