we need to help end the brow talt, particularly -- and i know my colleague in the chair knows this -- the brutality against the women where in these countries, rape is used as a tool of war and rape is used as a tool of ethnic calendaring. we cannot allow -- ethic cleansing. weannot allow that to happen. it is an obligation we have as the leader of the free world. i guess i want to say to my colleague from arizona i totally understand his frustration with spending. and i have to trillion him this democratic congress is going to wrap its arms around spending. we did it before under president clinton. we had horrible deficits that president clinton inherited from the other george bush and we got our act in order. we had pay as you go. we're going to do that with this president. but let me tell you, this president has been in office from january to february, march, april, may, june -- five months. we have averted economic disaster. and we have a foreign policy on the right track. we have an election in lebanon. the lebanese people elected the pro western government. we have other things

the true talt more savage -- brutality more savage than ever. the alliance with chavez, the syrian regime, and middle eastern terrorists and with the north korean dictatorship is closer than ever. that is what is must be kept in mind about unilateral concessions to the cuban military dictatorship. now, specifically with regard to the foreign relations authorization act, earlier in the year secretary of state clinton testified before the house foreign relations committee that she had challenged the state department to reform and innovate and save taxpayer dollars. i found the secretary of state to be quite appropriate. unfortunately the majority has decided to ignore that challenge and instead today has brought forth legislation that authorizes increased spending by 35% without increased transparency, accountability, and efficiency. this legislation will also increase u.s. taxpayer funding authorized for the united nations by nearly 1/3, without requiring the united nations to undertake necessary reforms to improve efficiency and stop blatant cor

concerned over the fact that we've got a number of bailouts coming from washington to states in its to talt. and i question what we're doing to the future of not only the states but also the nation as we continue a pattern of overspending from washington, d.c. but let me speak to the issue particularly of money coming to certain states. the fact is i'm looking for the federal government to give us fair reimbursement. we mention ds the issue of illegal immigration. i don't think what we should be getting is a bailout at all. but i do believe the federal government does owe to the states reimbursements that are fair based upon the requirements tand responsibilities that those states are taking on when the federal government isn't doing their job. host: let me take the other side, because there's been >> we're not going to fail. we just need to decide what our priorities and our spending is. i believe we will get through this. i think we can get through this. the combe is whether or not we will reform how government is provided and the levels of service that is are reasonable for what californ