richmond: thank you, congressman shuster. and with that, i will yield to our congressman, chris murphy, so he can again pay tribute to another one of our fallen american heroes. mr. murphy: thank you, representative richmond. i know we're with joined on the floor by a few other of our colleagues here. i just underscore the remarks of representative shuster. although americans are clearly carrying the burden of operations in afghanistan, we do have partners that there and -- partners there and many of our partners increased their commitment to afghanistan as the united states did. others have walked away and drawn down their commitment, but we are fortunate to thank we are not fighting this fight alone -- that we are not fighting this fight alone there and we do have partners. i think it's important for us to remind americans of that but also remind mal many of our allies, -- many of our you a lies, that this fight is an international fight because though the most high profile of terrorist attacks in this world were those on n

that's, the reason i stay with simon and shuster is i'm so fond of the people i work with. i've had the same copy editor since i published my first book more than 40 years ago, still there, jipsy desillva. wonderful woman. wonderful human being as well as a terrific copy editor. >> have you changed the way you write and what you write on and what about this book you said you wrote some of it on martha's vineyard, some in maine, some when you travel. >> yes. >> sounds like a computer now. >> no. i work on a manual typewriter. >> still? >> take it with you? >> take it with me. if it can't go, i'm not going to write it. when i decided i was going to try to write a book in 1965, we were living in white plains, new york, i was working in new york as an editor and writing at american heritage magazine. and i thought, well, i did my writing at the office on the job. i had a portable typewriter but if i'm going to undertake a book i'd better get a real typewriter. i bought a second hand typewriter, the kind with the little glass covers of the letters and i probably paid $50 for it,

across much of europe into kilometers of land around the reactor poison for centuries to come see our shuster reports. it's not every day you can see the chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine as crowded as this one hundred singling the russian and ukrainian presidents came to the monument beside the nuclear plant to mark the date which changed the world the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl fallout. that the leaders of a huge amount of citizens from ukraine and russia was put in to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy in the face of such disasters we should be honest it's the government's obligation to tell people the truth we need to admit at the back of n.z. that the government was not always doing the right thing nowadays the zone looks like this deserted streets and abandoned houses however a quarter of a century ago it was the place to be in the soviet union salaries for the residents of the town of pretty gats were higher living standards better and infrastructure more developed the communist paradise changed on april the twenty six nineteen eighty six when the chernobyl reacto

shuster for army technology by mr.smith for special operations equipment for combating terrorism support by mr. heinrich for weapons defeat technologies an amendment for medical technology development. for army countermine systems an amendment by mr. johnson for research and combat wounds. an amendment by mr. johnson for special operations technology development an amendment by ms. sanchez for semiconductor innovation. an amendment by ms. sanchez for combating terrorism technologies support. >> without objection reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. is there any discussion on the gentleman's amendment? the not, the question is on adoption of the amendment offered by mr. thornberry. so many as are in favor will ayea, those o poised no. the yeas have it and the amendment is agreed to. the chair now recognizes mr. thornberry for the purpose of offering an n-block amendment. >> call up package number three consisting of legislative amendments that have been worked and comprised of the following. >> will the cler

joe was one of the first people i contacted after simon & shuster agreed to publish the book but before i really had written a word of it and show has been a terrific help from day one, one of the johnny appleseed society trustees sitting at the end of this row, if you don't know who he is, has done wonderful research into the roots of john chapman's introduction to immanuel sweden berg and the church of new jerusalem and arthur gave freely his time and knowledge once i was able to latch onto him. i eisai latch although he may be more inclined to think of it bloodsucking parasite but still he was generous with his time and his knowledge. while i am digressing, should also add one of the problems i faced in this book from the beginning was when to refer to its title character is john chapman and when to refer to him as johnny appleseed. in general, chapman refers to the historical figure while appleseed to the myth that he became. but the two are so intertwined things were a little worse than misty but that is generally what i'm trying to hold to hear in comments. back to where we are an

shuster: i rise in opposition. i appreciate the gentlelady from texas offering this amendment and i want to restate what it intends to do, prohibit outsourcing of d.o.d. functions until a secretary of defense conducts an outreach program to benefit women and minority-owned small businesses. it is a duplication of what is in the law. it is dupely indicates section 891 which requires the establishment of an outreach program to firms. this act simply delays allowing for outsourcing to come back in and be part of the benefits that it provides to this nation, reducing costs, streamlining the process. so, again, this is already in law. this is nothing more than a delay tactic to stop outsourcing and we need to use outsourcing where it makes sense. reduce costs and has the potential to help our small businesses which i think we all support, whether they are women-owned or minority-owned businesses. in my district, there is a deppo that has public-private partnerships. and heritage foundation did a study at what is going o

shuster: once again, driving up cost. contractors must have more time to expand resources on reporting compliance, driving costs, further up on these costs. this is not going to again help small businesses. i believe it's going to hurt them. the requirements work against the established business practices and programs and will not garner additional benefits to small business. again, driving up costs, stopping small businesses that are 61 or 62 miles outside that have circle, drives away competition and hurts those folks that could compete, that are small businesses. but i agree with the ranking member and in principle with the gentleman from california. we have got to put in processes that support small businesses and i intend to work with the committee, with other members of the committee, to try to figure out how we put those in place in a reasonable and sound way that drives cost down and allows our small businesses to participate in the process. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlem