rob andrews and mr. mike conaway and a special thanks to my partner, buck mckeon, the ranking member, the gentleman from california. i urge my colleagues to join us in sending a strong message to the men and women in uniform as well as to the american people that we are serious about protecting the taxpayers' dollar and making the acquisition system work more smoothly. it's really for them as well as for our country. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: thank you, mr. chairman. today i rise in support of h.r. 5013, the improve acquisition act for 2010. the very first thing i would like to do is thank my partner across the aisle, chairman ike skelton. chairman skelton has shown considerable leadership on this front as well as the tone he has set for our committee. i want to commend him and his staff for working so closely with us on this bipartisan bill. subcommittee chairman rob andrews and ranking member congressman mike conaway

rob andrews. the chairman of the panel. mike conaway for the sections related to the required audits. we've just done marvelous work. i cannot be more proud of the armed services committee and those who worked on it and as well as those who offered the very important amendments. with that, mr. chairman, i am very grateful for the work that has been done and i do urge a yes vote on this particular amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from illinois. mr. hare: once again, i want to thank chairman skelton for his wonderful work on this bill. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back as well. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. and the amendment is agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 111-467, on which further proceedings were p