team two which is why he became known as the first united states navy s.e.a.l. admiral whitey taylor acknowledged lieutenant commander boehm's influence on the s.e.a.l. program in a 1997 letter to boehm where if quote, says, john f. kennedy was right, the u.s. navy sales will bear your mark as -- seals will bear your mark as long as they and the freedom they fight for continues to exist, wrote admiral taylor in addition to his distinguished military service, lieutenant commander boehm was equally admired for his long standing support of military veterans within his punta gorda community. regrettably, lieutenant commander boehm passed away on december 30, 2008, at his home at the age of 84. it is my home that -- hope that we can somehow honor his outstanding legacy and service to our country through the passage of h.r. 2470 and by designating the port charlotte postal facility in his honor. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 2470 and i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his tim

. >> johnny: our congratulationses to all of our men and women of the united states navy. the sea branch of the u.s. armed forces. it is one of the d services of the united states. today more than ever the u.s. navy remines committed to supporting our troops by deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of our seas. >> rob: one of the big thrills i had -- >> johnny: commander joe phillips was the director of the navy band. i did a concert with them about 10 or 15 years ago. did some songs, narration of a big navy concert. and the

i think you began as a lieutenant or an ensign in the united states navy. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> senator, do you have any further questions? >> i'd like to ask one more question, if appropriate. one of the concerns that i have is related to the program and the possibility of manipulation between buyers and sellers. i believe that t.a.r.p. recipient banks are not going to be participating in the legacy loans program but that no such restrictions have been put into place for the legacies security program which will be managed by the treasury and the fed under talf. any insights on you have basically parties with an interest on both sides of the transaction? >> well, there are going to be very clear conflict of interest rules in the public/private partnership. those rules are also being discussed with the special inspector general as well as the people within treasury. and i think it's very important for the credibility of the program and to protect the taxpayers that the program be administered in a way that prevents such conflicts of

the united states navy may not be everywhere, but it can be anywhere. and no other naval force no matter how combined if these are all of the world's navy against the u.s. navy it does not begin to measure up which means if you are in the arabian sea, if you are in a the south china sea, mature in a cabin cruiser in the caribbean, you are under the surveillance of american space in based systems and liable to interception by the u.s. navy part of this has two obvious outcomes that are very important. we get to invade other people, they don't get to invade us. that is not a trivial advantage if you have ever been invaded. does not make us why is coming it does not necessarily even make us effective but it gives us a unique advantage and the second thing that matters in the course of a century and this really is important it has the potential to reshape patterns of international trade if it chooses. unit is states, throughout the 21st century has operated under the principle of a free trade regime in which its navy was primarily used to facilitate interna

think you no, again, kind of going back to my point on being a global navy, the ability for the united states navy in the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you know, you don't whistle it up from the continental united states and send it forward. so the fact that we have some very good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. and i think that the resolution that is in place has significantly closed down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that call for states to do more than they have in the past, and i'm -- i believe that it has been helpful, in that regard and we'll see how events play out here, in the coming weeks. but, i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go, gets pretty lonely out there, and you only have so much water and only have so much gas, and you have to make some decisions. yes, sir? sn>> sir, david bachman,

so, salute to our united states navy today. >> rob: my brother was on a submarine in the navy. it is navy day. >> johnny: make sure we let the folks know about that. >> rob: absolutely. we love our military people. >> johnny: and we will take a look at the southwest starting line-ups now for the nationals. they will go with -- we will go to the reds. hairston leading off, taveras, phillips at second for the reds, on on johnny gomes and hernandez, bruise in right, gonzalez at sort, rosales and micah owings. jay bruce, 14 homeruns against right-handed pitchers and there's john lannan coming off probably the best effort he has had against the mets this past saturday. >> rob: yes, johnny. he is going out there facing a pretty decent reds line-up. but he face add pretty good mets line-up and went a complete game in his 49th career start. let's give you the pnc scouting report. 50th career start. 5 e.r.a. on the road. higher on the road than at home. he does very well at home. 2-0 with a 1 plus earned run average. 6 or 7 in strong, give this team an opportunity to win and you have do

navy operates around the world all the time. it was damaged. the investigations ongoing i don't know precisely why it was damaged so we'll find out perhaps in time. as for the united states pacific commands, asw policy, we would -- i got to keep remembering the tapes are rolling. [laughter] >> we would like to have more than less submarines in the mask command air responsibility. now, the united states navy and the department of defense, they've together make decisions as to how they apportion those assets. we've got -- i think it's a 60/40 split pacific command and the admiral is shaking his head and the intel admiral is shaking his head, that's encouraging. we regard maritime -- freedom of access to the maritime domain as absolutely essential to everything we want to get done. all of us want to get done in the pacific command aor. so guaranteeing right of free passage to anybody that wants to in accordance in international law put containers on ships and move them we would support. those who would develop submarine technologies that might be used and capabilities that might be used against to deny maritime access we would view with disfavor. so we want to be sure that

when i served in the united states navy, we feared the annual games that politicians play with military funding. it made us angry to know we were tasked with the mission and politicians played politics with the resources we needed to complete that mission. mr. speaker, i did not come here to play that game. there is no honor to vote on conditions for our soldiers, sailors, marines and coast guards men. this congress must not cheapen or degrade our military to move forward with political interests. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. gohmert. mr. hensarling. mr. paulsen. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. paulsen: we owe our way of life to people and it's important for us to remember that every freedom we enjoy, every moment of safety and every dream we have for the future that we hold was purchased with the blood and sacrifice of our military families. we should not only be than

mother was an elementary school teacher and my father, william robert moore had a career in the united states navy. with president obama's approach to governance, if confirmed as chairman, i will ensure that the commission is operated in an open, transparent and collaborative way. as the new chairman i will reassure that the government will protect them from unknown and unforeseeable dangers in the products they use while emphasizing the life-saving mission of the commission i will also ensure that industry knows that their views will be heard and seriously considered. i want to assure you that if i'm confirmed as the chairman of the consumer products safety commission i will be a partner with all of you. and protecting the lives and the health of the children in our country. my life's mission has been enhancing the quality of life for children and families in south carolina. this mission has remained constant though i've worked in different venues and on many different issues affecting the safety, health and the well-being of the children of my state. from 1999 to 2007, i served as south carolina

you spent 34 years in the united states navy. his last job in the military was a commander in chief, the highest ranking officer in the asia-pacific region. he was previously director of the joint staff and served in a variety of budget and policy issues. he was the first associate director of the central intelligence for military support. after retiring from the navy in 2002, he worked at the national bureau of asian research and a general of the army at dickinson college. he was also president of the institute for defense analysis focused on a national security. he served as the deputy director of a project on national security reform. i cannot say any more, admiral blair, you have done at all. he has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community. if we are lucky, we will get some insights from his recent trip to asia which he had stopped in afghanistan, pakistan, and singapore. please welcome our guests. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here >> thank you. it is good to be here th

>> decore becoming a director of national intelligence admiral blair spent 34 years in the united states navy. is less job in the military was as commander in chief of the pacific command the highest ranking officer over u.s. forces in the asia-pacific region. previously was the director of the joint staff and served in a budget-- for idf policy positions on several navy staffs and the national security council. he was also the first associate director of the central intelligence-- director of central intelligence for military support. after returning from the navy in 2002, admiral blair l.t. national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national in

my mother was an elementary schoolteacher and my father had a career in the united states navy. consistent with preston obama's approach to governance if confirmed as chairman i will ensure that the commission is operated in an open transparent and collaborative way in a manner worthy of the the american people. as the new chairman i will be sure america's families that their government can and will protect them from the unknown and unforeseeable dangers in the products that the use. while emphasizing the life saving mission of the commission i will also ensure that industry knows that their views will be heard and seriously considered. i want to assure you that

back in history, it was the pirates in africa that were the reason for the founding of the united states navy. so what goes around comes around, and we're back at it again. demographic pressures are also going to add to some of the challenges of the future. if you consider that the population in the urban areas in 2050 will be the same as the world population in 2040 or 2004, i'm sorry, so you can see that just the urban areas are going to grow. seven of the ten largest cities are going to be on or near the coast, and you're going to see that demographic press down near the coastal areas. resource competition is going to heat up for water and fish and arable land. climate change is going to affect our weather patterns, and it's going to effect the icecaps, so all of that is going to change. and beyond all of that we also face the challenges of proliferation. and as i mentioned that no conflict will ever again in my mind be high end or low end, you know, hybrid really is the word du jour. but it's more than the word du jour, it really is what our future will be. we see proliferation of advance

after high school, congressman ralph regula served in the united states navy with distinction and honor in world war ii. he later graduated from college and earned his law degree in canton, ohio, at william mckinley school of law. he went on to become a lawyer and later a state legislator. he was first elected to congress in 1972 and served 18 consecutive terms retiring last year to spend more time with his lovely, lovely wife, mary, and his college sweetheart. as well as their three children and four grandchildren. as much as i wish to claim this as an original idea, i have to give thanks and credit to senator sherrod brown, who first introduced this legislation last december before i was sworn in. it's appropriate that we honor congressman ralph regula with this bill, because in many ways this building would not exist without his efforts. having laid the groundwork for it many, many years ago. . it will serve his legacy for many years to come. it is fitting and proper to honor congressman regula with this designation. i urge the immediate passage and reserve the balance of my time, mr

years ago admiral grace hooper observed that in all of her years in the united states navy she had determined that the greatest impediment to human progress is the phrase, but we have always done it this way. that's the only answer we have heard so far in opposition to this simple reform, and in days like these that's no answer at all. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. boren, is recognized for one minute. mr. boren: today, madam speaker, i rise to share a kind word and send my congratulations to one of oklahoma's great women, kim henry. oklahoma's first lady and the wife of our outstanding governor. born in norman and raised in chaunee, mrs. henry would mature into a confident woman who would eventually find her calling as a public school teacher. throughout her tenure as oklahoma's first lady she has been a devoted mother to three beautiful daughters and an active member of numerous charities. one of those prominent oklahoma organizations is the influential scarkes foundation. formed in 1962, it has contributed over $55 million to various oklahoma cultur

father, he studied at the university of kansas school of medicine, and searched his country as a united states navy flight surgeon intern. despite attacks and threats against him, he continued his service as a tireless advocate for women's health and women's rights. on may 31 he was brutally gunned down in broad daylight in his place of worship by an extremist who took the law into his own hands. enough is enough. it is time for us to condemn this act of violence and state forcefully we will not condone murrer -- murder, threats, or intimidation in the future. in addition to my condolences to the family, i extend my gratitude to them for his life, his courage, his unyielding support for women, their health, and freedom to exercise their constitutional rights. i yield back. soil the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from california, mrs. capps. the sp

particularly through his participation in the creation of that group the world knows at the united states navy s.e.a.l.s. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: was that a reserve or yield? mr. bilbray: i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time at it this time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers on this. i continue to reserve our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, at this time i will yield back the remainder time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: i thank the gentleman from california for his words in support of this measure. i also want to thank congressman rooney for being the lead sponsor here, the gentleman from florida. in closing i again urge my colleagues to join me in hong lieutenant commander roy boehm for his good work through the passage of h.r. 2470 and i yield back t

i'm sorry, more than 8,000 army and army reserve recruiters and more than 7,000 navy recruiters serving in the united states, guam and puerto rico. each of these men and women are courageous patriots who deserve our report. this deadly attack is nothing short of dastardly this resolution offers the condolences of the house to the family of private long, expresses our hopes for a full recovery for private ezeagwula, and urges that those responsible are brought to justice. i want to commend my colleague, mr. franks, for introducing the resolution. it's an appropriate statement of what i know to be the views of every member of the house. it is important for all of to stand together and support our men and women in uniform and speak with one voice against violence directed against them. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks. . mr. franks: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. franks:

united states is required to gain u.n. authority for military action, what punitive actions might the united states be subjected to if unilaterally uses preemptive force? would our navy seals have had to wait for authorization from the international body before rescuing the american being held hostage in the horn of africa? i think 99% of the american people said that they should have that authority and we shouldn't have to go to any kind of an international court. i don't know where this obsession has come from that nothing's good unless it's international anymore. in 1992, george will said -- and i'm quoting now -- "there may come a time when the united states will be held hostage to the idea that the legitimacy of u.s. force is directly proportionate to the number of nations condoning it." that was back in 1992 and this is what's happening today. and i hope that day never comes. the decisions made to protect our great nation should not be made by members of an international body, but by men and women who are elected by the people of these united states. equally concerning is koh's treatment toward the department of defense's recruiting efforts. in october of 2003

united states de'jon that ilo in 1934. yanna the topic was radioactive, the league of nations and the united states. fdr, when he had been the young assistant secretary of the navy had actually helped to arrange the first, one of the early i l omeetings in 1919 here in washington so frances perkins attended that meeting in 1919. international labor organization brings labor officials, government officials and business officials together to talk about labor and economic issues so frances perkins is very aware. she is part of that discussion. she is a major labor official all of this year's end the english at that point are leading the way with unemployment compensation. she actually goes to england in the 1920's to learn how the english do their unemployment compensation system. she sees workers climbing on rickety letters and using shoeboxes and she said the-- that is not going to work in america. >> thank you. [applause] >> kirstin downey is the contributor and former staff writer for "the washington post." where she focused on labor and economic issues for 20 years. she was a member of "the washington post" staff who receive the 2008 pulitzer prize for their c

forces was designed to the united states special operations command by the military services for most of their military careers. it comprises of army special forces, rangers, navy seals, submarine operators, marine special operators, fixed and rotary wing operators, combat controllers, practitioners, military information support, all of these and more augmented by a wide variety of administration specialists, intelligence analysts, planners, strategists, communication experts, software writers, scientists, technologists and many more who are great men and women, active duty and civilian. it is a force that is well suited to the regular operating environments in which we are now engaged as you mentioned in your opening statement. it has created an unprecedented demand to create a challenging operating area. whether the assigned mission is to train, advise, fight, or provide humanitarian assistance, the capabilities of the forces makes us the force of choice. there is a high, long-term demand for forces in afghanistan and iraq have led to a% of the force currently being deployed to the area of responsibility. in fiscal year 2009, special operations forces have pa

itself, those assigned to the united states special operations command by the military services for most of their military careers comprises army special forces, rangers, navy seals and many submarine operators, marine special operators, fixed and rotary wing aviators, combat controllers, practitioners of military affairs, all of these and more augmented, supported and enabled by a wide variety of assigned log stitions, acquisition professionals, operations planners, strategists, communications experts, doctrine writers, scientists, technologists and many more who are great men and women, active duty and reservists, military and civilian. this is truly a team of teams. it is a force that is well suited to the irregular operating environments in which we are now engaged as you mentioned in your opening statement, sir. and its proven abilities have created an unprecedented demand for its effects in remote, uncertain, and challenging operating airs. whether the assigned mission is to train, advise, fight, or provide humanitarian assistance, the broad capabilities of special operations forces make them the force of choice. and while the high, long-term demand f

navy. i would like to thank the committee and distinguished chairman for including my request for funding, authorization for construction of a new permanent headquarters for the united states southern command that is located in the congressional district that i'm honored to represent. currently, the department of defense is leasing the land for socom from a private individual. the funds authorized by this bill will be used to build a new headquarters on land adjacent to the current location and leased from the state of florida. for the grand sum of $1 per year. this provision is extremely important to my community because socom personnel and supporting services have contributed over $1.2 billion and over 20,000 jobs to south florida's economy. mr. speaker, while i support the underlying legislation, i have deep reservations about the majority's decision to block full restoration of missile defense funding. this comes as north korea's demented despot continues to mock global condemnation of his nuclear program and threatens the united states and our friends and allies with mass destruction. just today, an official from the north korean central news agency, a mouthpiece for

united states military in the world. it is where we are training our f-22 pilots out of tyndall air force base. it is where we are training our navy pilots in pensacola. and it is where we are testing some of the most sophisticated weapons systems in the world that are under the test and evaluation component of egeland air force base. and this is the area. it's where also we are training our navy squadrons at key west naval air station, and they'll send in a squadron down here to key west, and when they lift off from the boca chica runway, within two minutes they're over protected airspace so they don't have a lot of travel time, they don't spend a lot of gas getting to their training area, which is out here. so you see that we have this area that is now protected. now, i would like to enter into the record a letter from the secretary of defense, and this is actually from the previous secretarsecretary of defense, sy rumsfeld, in which he says that the uses of this for oil and gas production would be incompatible with the needs of the united states military in this test and training area. and i will submit that for the record, if