the funds will be used to carry out this mission in areas like utica. h.r. 2487 provides $280 million for juvenile justice programs. $11 million above the 2009 level. this underscores the strong federal commitment to supporting state and communities in their efforts to develop and implement prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety and holds offenders accountable while also providing rehabilitated services that is made to help juveniles and their families. the underlying bill includes $45 million for grants, technical assistance and training to state and local governments to develop dedicated drug courts. that's subject nonviolent offenders to integrated mix of treatment, drug testing, sanctions. as a district attorney i quickly learned that no matter what initiatives law enforcement took to reduce the supply of drugs it never really affected the demand for drugs. which never seemed to go down and therefore created a market for drug dealers. one thing i saw is that reducing the supp

dreier: i yield myself 30 second to respond to my friend from youthica -- utica who made it clear that he believes troop fund something a priority. yet this measure reduces by $4.7 billion the level of troop funding that we had in the bipartisan bill passed just last month and transfers it to the i.m.f. so in fact this measure does cut troop funding. with that, mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from california, the new ranking member, the ranking member of the committee on armed services, mr. mckeon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, you know what, since he's the new ranking member of the committee on armed services i think he deserves an additional minute, i yield three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. mckeon: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my good friend from california, mr. dreier, for yielding the time. as ranking member on armed services, i rise in opposition to this rule and to the w

i'd like to say to my friend from utica, who again is working very hard, he's very fortunate, mr. speaker. he's never had to serve in the united states house of representatives as a member of the minority. my dream is that one day he might be able to serve as a member of the minority. and who knows how that will come out, it's always up to the voters to make that determination. but i would say that those 127 amendments about which my friend referred and then i referred when i was in the well, are amendments that i had to encourage our colleagues to file. why? first, there were only two days, two legislative days that this bill was out there, and if we'd had an open amendment process there would not be -- i can say with absolute certainty there would not be 127 amendments filed to this measure. again, maybe half that, maybe many fewer than that, and many of those amendments are duplicative. the reason is that members members might find themselves in the same position as mr. buyer did, that's why i say my friend has served exclusively as the member of the majority, but if one kay he

without the recovery bill funding the city of utica, they would have to delay the vital program because they would not have the money to proceed. i would continue to fight for the recovery bill funding for critical bills in my district. and i know we will see even more progress in all of our communities as we all continue to work together to lead america out of this economic crisis. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i rise today to talk about the importance of building a clean energy economy for america. americans are fed up with tax breaks for oil companies that postrecord records while working families are stuck paying exorbitant prices at the pump. americans want a new energy economy, a green economy to take us into the new future, to take us into a carbon neutral economy, to take us into jobs, to take us into a fut