. $300 million for scaap. we filled that hole, which the administration requested zero for that on the floor here yesterday we added another $100 million to scaap because it has such support, broad, bipartisan support in this house. . we restored $400 million to this legislation, money to help our local police, our local sheriffs, our state police as they do their job in very tough times. as a matter of fact back home, providing safety to our citizens. this legislation has been very responsibly considered. and while our appropriation is less than the president requested, it still goes a long way to adequately fund all the accounts in the bill. now the gentleman makes light of a 1% cut, but understand a 1% cut in a $64 billion bill is $644 million. $644 million is $200 million above the scaap hole we had to fill. $200 million above the $400 million in the state and local law enforcement assistance grants that we filled. so the gentleman, 1%, when it is said like that doesn't sound like much. but this bill we br

to increase scaap that i hope will pass with bipartisan support. in the area of science, the bill includes an initiative to make science competitive. we have about 95,000 engineers working for the space program and china has about 200,000. so the previous administration launched the american competitiveness initiative, which included a commitment to double the funding for basic scientific research over 10 years and strengthen the education and encourage entrepreneurship. i'm pleased the chairman has done this and also that the new administration embraced this goal. for the national science foundation, the bill provides $6.9 billion, 6.9% above the current year for research that will set the groundwork for the development of new technologies and science education that will ensure we have a well-educated and skilled workforce to improve competitiveness. for nasa, the bill includes $18.2 billion. this includes the full request for aeronautics, the shuttle program and the international space station, as well as funding above the request for nasa scienc

a very important investigation optometrist those who live in the border states in a program called scaap which provides assistance to states that have to incarcerate illegal immigrants and bear the costs of flaws in our federal immigration policy. furthermore, the bill makes a very key investment, very substantial investment in d.n.a. technology and back log reduction to the degree we can eliminate back logs of d.n.a. evidence we can take murderers and rapists off the street. of this, there is no question. you can still from a -- tell from a statistical certainty, when you reduce back logs, you take murderers and rapists off the street and prevent them committing further offenses. finally, let me speak to a science investment in the bill, which i think is also important, and that is this legislation keeps some of our most important space science efforts like the mars program on track, which has brought us new and unprecedented information about the world we live in that has led to scientific improvements and innovation here on the ground and is a vital investment in our nation's future.

scaap requires the federal government to step up to its responsibilities and foot the bill for its failure to enforce our immigration laws. we must continue to support this vital public safety and taxpayer protection program. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. fleming: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. fleming: mr. speaker, recently elections were held in iran with the iranian government declaring ahmadinejad the landslide winner over mr. subey. few saaby is claiming the -- musabi is claiming that -- people went to vote. he is calling upon his supporters to remain vocal and protest the results of this election, and they are turning out in the tens of thousands but many have been killed. in response, president ahmadinejad has tried to minimize anyone with an opposing viewpoint, physical threatening any form of dissent and shutting out the media and communications. the accusations of voter irregularities should be investigated, a fact supported by vi