miller's charts, i guess they are not mr. miller's charts, they were epa maps that were put together? >> the transmission map is epa. we overlayed it on wind and then coal resource maps. >> if that transmission plan was implemented it would bring a transmission line in from the midwest very close to the east coast. what impact might that have on your planning for renewable electricity off the coast line or off of new jersey >> we would stop. >> why? >> because we couldn't be competitive with the cost of the wind if it's not burdened by the cost of transmission. so the wind from the midwest, if it does not face transmission charge would be cheaper in that case. >> you're up in the great lakes, mr. jost. could you talk about that as well in terms of potential of renewables coming in off the great lakes and what impact that could have for michigan and what could happen if, instead, power is wheeled in from other parts of the country through federal preelmtion, federal emnent domain takings >> it's a bit similar. first of all, it

. >> what could happen if we take mr. miller's church. i guess they are not mr. miller's church. there maps that have been put together, is that right mr. miller? >> the transmission map biz ap. we overlaid it on wind and cold sores maps. >> if that transmission plan was implemented it would bring transmission line in from the midwest very close to the east coast. what impact might that have on your planning for renewable electricity off the coastline or other parts of new jersey? >> we would stop. >> why would you stop? >> we would not be able to be competitive with the cost of the wind if it is not burdened by the cost of transmission, said the wind from the midwest, if it does not face the transmission charge would be cheaper in that case. >> you are up in the great lakes, mr. joos. could you talk about that in potential with the great lakes and what impact that could have for michigan and what could happen if instead power is brought in from other parts of the country, through that grow preemption, federal eminent domain takings? >> it is a bit similar but maybe two aspects t

mr. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. in closing, you have to admire an individual who applies christian principles to his life. he didn't just talk good, he didn't just tell a story, he created good and he created a life for many people. there's nothing like looking in the eyes of an individual or a friend who is -- who is moving into a new home, especially when the family was involved in building that home and helping build homes for other people. you have to admire him for what he did and all the other individuals in this country and those who give their time and talent and resources for the betterment of humanity. at this time i'd ask for a yea vote on a man who deserves it and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes t gentleman from missouri. mr. cleaver: thank you, mr. speaker. let me just agree with my colleague who talked about the -- living out beliefs. i read a story in one of the newspapers today which i thought was on

mr. mollohan: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. miller. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. miller: i thank the chairman for yielding and i would hope that members would oppose this amendment. this amendment makes nothing better. i appreciate the frustration of my friends who live in the valley and undergo very serious economic timeless. but the fact of the matter, to suggest now to throw though biological opinion makes nothing better. now we have a situation where the bureau of reclamation is trying to deal with these problems, would lose its consultive agency and as a result of that they could not go forward with another biological opinion which you may or may not want but what we would be is stymied in the ability as was suggested in this opinion and by the court, the ability to look for other mechanisms that we can use instead of just turning to the idea that you're going to reduce the pumping. but that goes out the door now because will you not have the scientific credibility enabling the bureau to go forward s

>> i without limit the federal backstop. >> mr. miller? >> i think we would support limiting it and also respecting the opinion were involved in. >> thank you. mr. izzo, the support fackrell back up siding authority for lines for any reason other than reliability? >> no, i would not. >> could you talk a little bit about that first map, which mr. miller put up that showed a very rich wind resources along the east coast of the united states, with the exception of some portions of the great lakes and out on the west coast. it looks like it is, has the greatest potential for renewable electricity generation in our country.

mr. miller: thank you, mr. chairman. the service members service relief act protects service members when their military service hinders their ability to meet financial obligations or defend their rights in a lawsuit. recent court rulings have questioned whether service members have a private remedy for violations of their rights under the scra. the committee included a provision to increase further the rights of service members. that is a step in the right direction. but i am concerned that the provision does not go far enough nor as far as the chairman and committee would like to go. i submitted an amendment with mr. -- representative jones based on h.r. 2696, the service members rights and protections act to clarify that service members and covered defendants under the scra do have a proper cause of action. the clarifying amendment has the support of the department of defense, the department of justice, the american bar association, military officers association and is currently in the other body's version of the nati

with that i will yield to mr. miller. >> mr. chairman, i served on the nato parliamentary assembly, and have had the opportunity to serve with allies and they are proud of that made in soft community. and certainly in afghanistan, what would i would like to ask for the record, explain the soft record for afghanistan and an update on iraq as we transition out. >> yes, sir, from your visits from the nato soft coordination center, you understand how this team is coming together and this is inspired and stimulated the act s, and that is beyond my realm and not sure my responsibility is to give that answer. in my discussions with nato soft leaders, there is a form of community forming, and i would term it loosely, perhaps special operation flags is something where nato forces can rally. it's a relatively inexpensive investment that nato can provide. the nato soft coordination center is less than three years old. but it has its legs up under it pretty well. >> what can we do, what do you think we can do to assist our allies as they de

with that, i yield to mr. miller. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i serve on the nato parliament assembly. i have had an opportunity to visit with some of our nato allies. they are indeed proud of the contributions that they are making certainly within the community. certainly within afghanistan. what i would like to ask you for the record, if you would, explain the impact of the soft capabilities of those partners in the current fight as it exists in afghanistan, and if you could update as well on iraq as we transition out. >> yes, sir. from your visits to the nato soft coordination center, you understand how this team is coming together and there is bonding that is occurring across the special operations forces of nato at the headquarters environment. i think it's inspired, certainly stimulated the activities of some special operations forces being provided to the isaf effort in afghanistan. so i'm not the expert on how individual nations special operations forces are performing, what their activities are in afghanistan. that's outside my realm of

if not then yes. >> mr. miller? >> think one of the concerns we would have if ferc were involved is that the right of appeal ought to be not only limited to transmission proposals but also those with other perspectives. >> under those circumstances you would give ferc the authority to modify a transmission plan? >> i think there are legitimate federal issues with anything involving interstate transmission, but if you are going to create that it out to be equally available to both the proponents and those that have concerns. >> let me get on the line again. how many of you would support a greenhouse gas interconnection standard of the type proposed by mr. insly. can we go down and ask how many would support that? >> i would not for the simple reason that the standard does not speak to existing carbon intensive generation being able to piggyback. >> thank you. mr. jost? >> i have to qualify my answer.

sutton and mrs. miller introduced, but this is the bill that passed our committee 50-4. one in 10 jobs in america are auto related. in the last couple of years now, particularly through this tough recession, we have lost one in five manufacturing jobs and certainly the midwest has been critically hurt. the auto sector, we've seen auto sales plummet from 17 million car sales just two or three years ago to probably what will be less than 10 million, not only this year but next year as well. not only the big three supports this but toyota, honda, the chamber, a whole number of different groups, the u.a.w., the auto manufacturers, the national association of manufacturers, the auto dealers as well. you know what this bill is? it's a jobs bill. but more important than that, it's an american jobs bill and it's time to stop the dominos from falling the wrong way and beginning to turn the switch from red to green for auto jobs and get something in the hands

mr. chairman, and the ranking member, and me. this is war and peace. it's the survivibility of pakistan as an independent country. it's winning or losing the war in afghanistan. and we have to remember that pakistan is a nuclear power. . if the taliban is successful in this area, not only will afghanistan go down the tube bus in likelihood, they'll have control of nuclear weapons. i know we have precautions being take ton stop that, but in the event that takes place and we lose control of the nuclear weapons, you've got a real possible conflagration for the whole area in that part of the world. i'd like to to the chairman, and i hope in conference this is changed that this micromanaging you're doing to try to tell the pakistani military how to manage its business is stopped. mr. berman: this is really just to take what you said, i agree completely with the urgency of it. if i didn't, we don't have a lot of money. i would not be authorizing, we would not be authorizing these sums. we share

miller. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. miller: i also rise in support of this legislation which takes major steps to rebuild the capacity of our civilian foreign affairs agencies. it will strengthen diemployeecy and and development, two important pillars. it will meet the needs of peacekeeping missions in the democratic republic of the congo this bill will provide funds to refurbish helicopters needed for peacekeeping meigs. more than five million people have died in the conflict in the democratic republic of the congo, the deadliest conflict since the second world war. violence continues in darfur and chad. the people of darfur are still waiting as are those of the democratic republic of the congo and chad where shortages of helicopters are crippling the work of ump u.n. peace keepers. if we are to regain our moral authority in the world we must continue to lead the fight against genocide and champion the protection of innocent civilians. this bill will help. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman y

sutton of the first bill, mrs. miller for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. miller: i rise in strong support of this bill that will help protect american jobs. we all understand the challenges facing the auto industry. this industry has been hit literally by an economic hurricane which has caused so many hardships, not only for automakers but suppliers, dealers, everyone who has a stake in this industry and its success this legislation is a strong bipartisan approach that will help get the assembly lines move, keep traffic in the showrooms prork tect jobs and give our economy a desperately needed jolt. how do we know it will work? because it has been implemented in so many nations across the globe. because in every nation that's implemented a similar program, auto sales have risen and in every nation that has not, like us, the sales continue to fall. that's why this legislation has the strong support of groups like the u.a.w., the national auto dealers, ford, general motors, chrysler, mazda, the alli

mr. miller of california. mr. jones of north carolina. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. request unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boccieri: thank you, mr. speaker. there are difference makers among us. there are difference makers among us. i rise today to honor a man who committed his life to public service and put his life on the line working to save people in our community. just a few short weeks ago james martin hall, city of canton, ohio, firefighter captain of 15 years sacrificed and died in the line of duty after suffering a fatal heart attack just hours after serving a volunteer fire shift at the greentown volunteer fire department. captain hall was a member of the city of canton's fire force for more than 20 years. captain hall clearly moved our community. joining the thousands of friends and neighbors and loved ones who lined the streets of canton for his f

i will turn it over to the ranking member mr. miller. >> i would like to say welcome, admiral. thank you for the hospitality. i had a visit to chat -- chat with you monday evening, we thank you for hosting us. >> good afternoon. thank you for the and opportunity to appear before this committee to highlight the posture of the special operations command. thanks to the strong support of this body, we recognize that we are a product of the congress. we remain well positions to meet the expectations. a u.s. special operations command is responsible for its service component command, the u.s. army special operations command, marine forces special operations command for organizing, equipping, training and providing fully capable training forces to serve under the operational control of geographic commanders around the world. the u.s. special operations command headquarters shares many of the responsibilities, authorities and characteristics of the military departments defense agency, including a separate force command budget established by the congress to establish supplies, services

woolsey, california, mr. miller, california, mr. spratt, south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered noork the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extends their remarks and include there therein extraneous material. mr. mccotter for today, mr. mcclintock for today and mr. mccotter for june 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a message from the senate. the clerk: i, nancy ericson, having custody of the seal of the united states senate, hereby certify that the attached record is a true and correct copy of a record of the united states senate, received by the united states senate sergeant at arms from samuel b. kent on june 24, 2009, and presented to the senate in open sessi o

i will yield to mr. miller. >> i serve on the nato parliamentary assembly and i have been able to meet with allies and they are proud of the contributions that they are making, certainly in afghanistan and what i would like to ask you for -- i would like to ask you for the record, explain the impact of the capabilities of these partners in the current fight in afghanistan, and can you talk about iraq as well? >> from your visits to the coordination center, you understand how this is coming together and this is bonding across the special operations. this has stimulated the activities of some special operations forces, being provided to the effort in afghanistan. should i talk about how the special operations are performing, and what the activities are in afghanistan -- i am not certain my monitor should is enough to give a coherent enough answer on that. i will say that in my discussions with the leaders, there is a feeling of community forming, across the nation's special operations community, and i woul

. >> mr. miller? >> i'll pass. >> ok. i've got more questions. you have anything you wanted to add? >> i just wanted to ask you if you feel like the partnership with nato and their special operations capabilities are working well? >> sir, we did address that briefly earlier. the nato special operations coordination center, the nscc, is an up and running operation, it's not fully manned or fully capable yet, but the relationships that have occurred within that organization have developed quite strong bonds among the nato special operations forces. i was able to attend their first annual conference last year, 28 countries, i believe, came to that conference and it was remarkable how similar the conversations were, the vision is across the special operations forces of nato. some of which say they feel they have more in common with the special operations forces of other nations than they do with other forces of their own nation because of the way that they train and exercise together. i think that there's an opportunity to take that to the next step. i'm just not certain what the next s

mr. chairman, i want to thank you for working with me. this is a very good bill. we addressed the threats to our forward deployed troops, our allies and i hope our allies work with us to pass the bill towards passage. . the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. bartlett, the ranking member on the airland subcommittee such time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. barton: thank you. i'd like to thank my -- mr. -- mr. bartlett: thank you. i'd like to thank all the hard work that has taken place behind the scenes to get this bill done. this is not an easy process. and the legislation before us reflects many difficult decisionings -- decisions. once again this bill places forced protection issues at the top of the priority list. it provides additional funds for the national guard equipment account and the service's unfunded priority list and the changes this bill makes in regards to b

mr. miller, who again -- jeff miller -- the ranking republican on the subcommittee, told me last night that he intends to come back to d.c. monday and ask that the same hearing that was held thursday be held in open sessi session, which again would allow members to even more clearly enunciate what they are told. host: as a ranking member on the subcommittee, how likely is that to happen? are there ways for the minority party to be able to do this, to open up a hearing? guest: that is a good question. we don't yet know if through a resolution or letter they can force this to happen. but there's some speculation that we were headed in that direction any way with regard to democrats wanting to have these hearings held in a manner where they could actually open up the process and talk about what they learned with regard to the interrogation techniques, their development and use. host: rose mill, michigan, sam has the last question for jared allen of the hill. caller: i would hope that your ne

zell miller had was actually kosciuszko's daughter. and this is a rumor that on a present in the book as rumor and simply provide the evidence that existed at the time and edna i am convinced this was his daughter because he leaves money to her so i'm convinced kosciuszko had two children out of wedlock. he tried to get married twice and both times. the father said you don't have enough money to marry my daughter so there's a rumor he had the child with mrs. zeltner and also with one of the officers of poland and recently a friend of mine was in washington and met with a french politician by the name of nathalie kosciuszko and he asked her well, kosciuszko, how do you have this name and she said well, we were supposedly descendants of kosciuszko's brother. but i contacted her by e-mail and she said we will thin the family essentially we all know that my great-grandfather said that his great, great grandfather was a descendant of the relationship that kosciuszko had with the wife of one of his officers. so, i don't know about that play

mr. mccarthy: we have. mr. hoyer: ok. in any event, i'm not sure, mr. miller, but i know that mr. rangel has had discussions with mr. camp. and i know that mr. waxman has sought and indicates to me and i wasn't there but he's had discussions with his ranking member as well, mr. barton. so let me assure the gentleman that we welcome bipartisan participation. i told that to mr. blunt. mr. blunt and i think i think as you know have a history of working together successfully on behalf of legislation in this body and i have great respect for him. he heads up your health task force and we have had discussions. i've asked him to provide me with any suggestions that his task force has that he believes would be useful for us to discuss further. and i'm very hopeful that he will do so. as you know we put a discussion draft on the table today for discussion. your side has put some principles out as well. i'm hopeful, i know the president is hopeful that we can discuss those. we did have an unfortunate experience, as the gentleman recalls, when the president said he wanted to sit down and tal

. >> i know the chairman of the full committee mr. miller is here. i do want to obviously welcome and thank him for his leadership and see if he would like to add any remarks at this time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. quickly i wanted to ask ms. jenkins a question, because -- we seem to run this argument all the time about how you are fashioning medicine and who is available and who is standing in line and who isn't and who is standing between canadians. and what i am witnessing in my congressional district at this time i think in my district if you have insurance about 50 something close to three out of four people probably have keyser because of the history of the program started in the bay area but what i see in the public institutions is they are being flooded by individuals who have serious medical problems but no longer have insurance because they've lost their jobs. and so if i go to my original medical center and community clinics we now see this huge flow of people who bring no resources to this medical necessity that they have scheduled on t

modes of new hampshire, mr. welch, mr. mann zulea, mr. stearns, mr. brown and mrs. miller. the speaker pro tempore: clause 10 of rule 1 and the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following house to the british interparliamentary group. the clerk: mr. chandler of kentucky, chairman, mr. sir is, mr. clyburn of south carolina, mr. etheridge of north carolina, mr. bishop of new york, mr. pete try of wisconsin, mr. crenhaw and mr. aderholt and mr. latta of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 578 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the competent committee of the whole in the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2996. the chair appoints the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: house is in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2996, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of interior, environment and related agencies for the fiscal ye

mr. mack of california for today, june 9 and 10. and mr. gary miller of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. does the gentleman from texas seek recognition. mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material, mr. paul for june 12, mr. burton for today, june 9, 10, 11 and 12. myself, for june 11 and 15. mr. moran for today, june 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15. mr. jones for 12 and 15. mr. mcclintock for june 9 the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous materials, ms. woolsey of california, ms. k

mr. george miller of california. ms. kaptur of ohio. and mr. brady of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. as dangerous to the public's health and well-being as government-run health care is in europe and canada, we have our own american example that hags serious problems. last month there was a surprise inspection at veterans' affairs clinics in the united states. the surprise inspections exposed that fewer than half of those clinics followed proper standards for colonoscopies. some mistakes could have exposed veterans to h.i.v. and other diseases. let me repeat less than half followed proper medical standards for colonoscopies. since february the v.a. has informed 10,000 veterans in three states to get retested. more than 50 patients tested positive for infections including some with h.i.v. but

mr. peters from michigan. mr. george miller from california. ms. kaptur from ohio. mr. inslee from washington. mr. spratt from south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: there's no objection. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois for a motion. mr. quigley: mr. speaker, i move now that the h d

waters, and the gentleman from california, mr. gary miller, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation. and to insert extraneous material throne. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered -- there on. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. waters: thank you, mr. speaker, i am proud to be a co-sponsor of this legislation which recognizes june as national home ownership month. as chair of the subcommittee on housing and community opportunity, i am indeed committed to good public policy that will assist citizens to realize the american dream of home ownership. i would like to thank representative gary miller for his continued leadership on ensuring that this resolution comes to the floor every year. this is the seventh time that he has introduced this resolution and i appreciate his commitment to america's homeowners. preserving home owners

one of the principal witnesses against mr. siegelman in the subsequent trial in montgomery in the miller district was questioned by me. and he said emphatically that to his knowledge there was no conspiracy of which don siegelman was a knowing member. now, i followed the law and held that the government had failed to prove the first elm of a conspiracy charge, namely the existence of the conspiracy. and although unnecessary to reach the second element, it like wise failed to prove that mr. siegelman knowingly became a member of any conspiracy. so i announced my decision and to my utter amazement in view of the remaining substantive charges against mr. siegelman and mr. henry, the government moved to dismiss the case in its entirety. and i granted the motion and dismissed it with prejudice. pare parenthetically, dr. bobos case had been severed because he wanted to appeal my failure to dismiss the charges against him on double jeopardy grounds and i didn't want to unduly delay the trial of the case. 11th circuit upheld my decisi

the chair would like to recognize george miller of california. mr. mill -- >> i ask unanimous consent to claim the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. >> thank you very much. from its beginning in the house energy and commerce committee, h.r. 2454 has been forced on members of congress with little time to consider the significant and damaging consequences of this legislation. on june 12 of this month, the committee on agriculture, on which i serve, held a seven-hour hearing to review the bill. we learned there's little solid economic analysis on how this legislation will affect our economy. preliminary evidence makes clear it will increase the cost of energy and with it the cost of everything we use in our rives on a daily basis. we do know the congressional budget office has said this bill will raise government revenuely $846 billion over the next 10 years. in everyday term that means a huge tax increase. $846 billion, however, is just the beginning. h.r. 2454 is permanent and after a 10-year pe

miller? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and i appreciate all of you, your testimony. i'm sorry i missed most of her testimony. i was at another meeting but i do think it's very important that we continue to monitor the progress of what is happening with the stimulus funds. i would like to draw your attention to an ap article that was all over the place around the beginning of may, many of you probably read it. and i subsequent wrote a letter to the chairman and the ranking member pointing out, and the articles that stimulus watch, early age leads out. and i like to think of myself at looking at things, but as a full traffic you cannot believe how bad things are in the state of michigan. so i'm going to be a little parochial in my questioning here because we do have the dubious extension of having the highest unemployment month after month after month. and there is no end in sight for us. so i just want to make sure we're getting some attention there. in fact, this article mentioned, it said 50% more per person in areas with the lowest unemployment than areas with the

mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and i thank the distinguished senator from florida for his forebearance and patience. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: and indeed the distinguished senator from tennessee is a great gentleman, and he's a pleasure to work with. madam president, the legislation that's on the floor is the travel promotion act. this is an important piece of legislation that will help our economy because it promotes travel to the u.s. and it promotes travel to areas not traditionally visited, which will highlight the united states as a premier travel designation. -- destination. the bill initiates a nationally coordinated travel promotion campaign established in a public-private partnership to increase international travel to the united states. and it also creates a corporation for travel promotion, an independent nonprofit corporation to run the travel promotion campaign. the program will be fu

mr. baird: it's also important to acknowledge the hard work of staff on this bill. i'd also like to thank the former staff director of the research and science education subcommittee, jim wilson, for his important work on this topic before he retired last year. h.r. 1709 has the support of many scientific societies, businesses, and education organizations including the national science teachers association, the business higher education forum, american chemical society, and the triangle coalition. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. olson: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1709, the stem education coordination act of 2009, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olson: madam speaker, i'm pleased to join my colleague in supporting h.r. 1709, the federal stem education coordination act of 2009. with this bill congress is basically e

mr. adam jones. i want to thank them for their service on the house page board and thank you-all our departing pages. mr. speaker, at this time i yield my time to the vice chair of the page board and my friend, mr. bishop of utah. mr. bishop: i thank my good friend from michigan for yielding time. it has been an enjoyable experience being part of the page board, part of the page process. the pages who are here and the ones who are not here because you're set to do work in the morning, we are very grateful for you having joined us here. some for a semester, some for a year. but your time and dedication in helping to serve the house of representatives. i think if nothing else as -- put many of the eloquent words about what you have seen, what you have not seen, what you have experienced here. but if nothing else, i hope that it instilled within you this idea the united states had of self-government still does work. that you put together people who are not experts, not trained to be parliamentarians, pu

in closing, mr. speaker, i would like to thank our committee chairman, representative george miller from california, and our ranking member, john kline, along with our ranking member -- john klein, along with our ranking member on the subcommittee, representative guthrie of kentucky, toer --er for expediting this legislation and helping us make these needed corrections in a bipartisan manner. i urge all my colleagues to vote yes on h.r. 1777. thank you. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this legislation and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: the house easily passed this bill under suspension at the end of march and as often happens with the legislative process when it went to the senate a few changes were made. therefore we are here again today simpl

gary miller of california for today, mr. jones of north carolina for today, mr. gingrey of georgia for today, and mr. rogers of michigan for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted.