I should report to the House that Bill Cooper got married, just had a new son, and got his graduate degree on the GI bill that we passed. He is just another example of what can happen for our veterans when we take care of them. I thank the…

I support the effort here to increase funding for a very important program that is addressing a major problem in our country. I divorce myself from the offset, not in terms of the actual offset, but in any criticism of the ATF. I think…

We made some significant progress, but more needs to be done. I want to thank the gentleman for his amendment. The committee has made this a very high priority. I thank the chairman for his leadership in this regard. We are all in…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

I know the chairman is quite aware of how these words, ``donation,'' ``mandatory,'' ``settlement,'' so forth and so on, might be applied and abused in various ways. Again, obviously, if this is something the majority wants to do, they will…

We are in agreement, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Reichert). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Poliquin

I thank the chairman and I thank the gentleman from Texas for offering this amendment. I also support it. We have already put some dollars available for this purpose, but adding another additional $10 million gets us closer to the goal…

It was not long after 9/11 that we held a conversation here in Washington, and the former Speaker was on a panel over in Rayburn, I think. We were discussing this, and he said, well, this is the situation that we find ourselves in after…

We are in agreement again, maybe coming to it from different angles, but the important thing is we are at a ``yes'' on this amendment. The way we all get to these points may be different. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have visited the Intrepid Center over in Bethesda. We have been working with our veterans on post-traumatic stress. I know, in Houston, some of the best work in the Nation is being done at the University of Texas, at the Center for…

I visited at the ATF headquarters. In looking at their work particularly focused on explosives--and their new site in Alabama--looking at some of the work that they are doing around the country, it is so vitally important that I think at…

I thank the gentleman. I also oppose the amendment. The business of our country is, I think, appropriate in making sure that our businesses are not locked out of a market around the world. Only 2 percent of American businesses export…

We have an Earth in which the majority of it is covered by oceans. As a nation, we have more responsibility territorially for the world's oceans than any other nation. You agree that this is a major issue. It is funded at a level that we…

We had a big celebration at the Ben Franklin Institute in Philadelphia for electric cars, and there was such a variety of vehicles. Alternative fuels are important. I think that the gentleman's amendment is one that we have accepted in…

I rise reluctantly in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

We will respect the ruling of the Chair. The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of order? The gentleman from Texas is recognized.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I don't want anyone to be confused here. On the floor, the chairman from the subcommittee and from the full committee has said--and I have said it--that we realize that the Legal Services Corporation and…

I think with the understanding that the chairman has laid out, your accepting this amendment would move us forward, and I agree. I think we have a clear understanding that you are accepting it, but we will work together to make sure it…

I gladly yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson), my chairman, if he has any more to add on this matter before I yield to my colleague over here.

Before we finish with this, you will be able to have a weapon, you will be able to suppress the sound on it, and you won't have to identify yourself by these characteristics that are attacked in this amendment, but I want to just kind of…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania for 5 minutes.

Reclaiming my time, we are talking red snapper, right? I yield to the gentleman.

Reclaiming my time, I know a little bit about this subject. The bottom line is that in terms of its medical viability, in terms of epilepsy and a lot of other issues, there is some need for a real study of this, not just about the way that…

I wanted to say that I concur completely with the chairman, and I am opposed to the amendment.

If the proposal would have been to put this money in the veterans courts or drug courts or youth mentoring, I probably wouldn't be standing; but the idea of putting it into savings when we know that the allocation is already shy of what we…