with the conference in the coming days and i reserve the balance of my time gentlemen from michigan my speaker thank you i compliment my colleague i thank you for the support on this motion to instruct and with that i would also then like a yield three minutes to my colleague from utah mr bishop gentleman's recognized for three minutes thank you mr speaker allow me rhetorically if i can just to concentrate on one issue the one at hand which is the significant proposal the motion to instruct made by the gentleman from michigan as a member of the armed services committee as well as the education committee i strongly support this extremely important motion that has been given to us today in the day in july when my state celebrates the arrival of the pioneers into salt lake valley in a remote pakistani town the pakistani police were closing in on one house that had been given as an intelligence tip that a top taliban leader was inside according to the washington post this taliban leader abdul massoud if i pronounced that properly it's a very short round man in his early 30s who had been active in the taliban commander in pakistan for many years amazingly though this same man had been among the first military detainees at guantanamo and had been released in two thousand and four and upon his release what did he do let's go back to pakistan once again working with the taliban helping al qaeda infiltrators coming into the rugged mountains area of pakistan but on this fateful day back in july with a pakistani police closing in this top taliban leader who only the year before had been leading terrorist activities against mosques had kidnapped a couple of chinese engineers and who knows what else pulled the pin on a hand grenade and blew himself up rather than resubmit to the authorities it's memorable or reminds one of the extravagances that took place in march of two thousand and four in madrid when the subway bombings killed two hundred injured two thousand people this alqaeda inspired terrorist activity and the leaders of that were tracked down by spanish authorities and as they surrounded the apartment where they had the terrorists the al qaeda terrorists had preplanned their own self martyrdom by having wired their own apartment so as the police close in upon them they push the button not only blowing themselves up but also almost imploding the entire building which would have killed hundreds of other innocent victims now the reason mr speaker that i present these two anecdotal stories is simply these people are not nice people they're murderers of the worst sort they're ideologically driven to kill and they would stop at nothing to try and kill as many men women and children if possible in their goals of maximizing the amount of pain and destruction especially those relating to us they do not belong on american soil nor do they belong to be released back to their own countries where they can reorganize again in this war not just again on terror but also the war against civilization and basic humanity the motion to instruct asked this conference to accept the language passed and similar bill in the senate on an overwhelming ninety four to three vote that rejects transferring a terrorist detained in guantanamo to the united states soil our system of our penal system as we envision it is one of rehabilitation obviously these people have not to be have not been rehabilitated and as we discussed what we will do was our options as we discuss any kind of closure that may take place and at guantanamo we should all be honestly say which options are not acceptable moving any of these prisoners to the united states is simply not acceptable returning them to their homes is simply not acceptable destroying the intelligence value we have at guantanamo is simply not acceptable the sense of the congress resolution gentleman's time is expired yield my colleague and extra minute gentlemen is recognized for an extra minute i thank the gentleman from michigan and the speaker and i'll talk faster this sense of the congress resolution simply is one of those things that this body the people's body the house of representatives should overwhelmingly support i cannot imagine anyone honestly believing it is a good idea to close guantanamo and bring these individuals into our neighborhoods and into our backyard nor to release them back to their country of origin where they be free to reorganize themselves as mr mcconnell said in the florida bay this is not a motion simply for the status quo flexibility of what are our choices will be would still be allowed but it does clearly say that the one option that is not acceptable would be closing of guantanamo base with the only option being a removing these people and bringing them back into our neighborhoods back into our homes and back on american soil and for that i appreciate what the gentleman from michigan has done in bringing this once again to our intention so that we can join the senate in making sure that this is very clear of what is not our policy option with that mr speaker i'd go back to the balance of my time gentlemen from california i reserve the balance of my time gentleman reserves the balance of his time i'll reserve the balance of my time i'll be the last speaker and i'll close as soon as my colleague yields okay the gentleman has no further speakers then mr speaker if i may yield myself this time as i may consume gentleman california is recommended i just want to point out for a number of members who have asked about what's the relationship of this reconciliation to the loan scandals that the nation was witness to earlier this year this legislation does not contain that the language of the sunshine act that we passed overwhelmingly in may of this year that will be contained in the higher education act that this house and the senate plan to do soon it's in the senate bill and we've passed the sunshine act as members will recall that this was legislation that falls on the heels of public reports of colleges and lenders and the relationships between colleges and lenders and special relationships were developed in some cases for the exchange of gifts financial favors holidays special treatment two people working for the colleges that were steering people to a particular lender for their loans whether or not that was in the best interest of the student or not really didn't come into play these practices had gone on for a considerable period of time in some cases they've been brought to the attention of the department of education by the inspector general they were not properly dealt with and the state's attorney the attorney general of the state of new york mr cuomo brought them to the nation's attention with his investigation of some of the largest lending institutions in these practices and entered into a number of consent agreements with those individuals we had hearings on this on this matter and the failure of oversight by both the congress and the department and we passed the sunshine act in reaction to that to those hearings that we had that again it was passed on a strong bipartisan vote we think these two things are connected in the terms of our are now removing the access and subsidies that were used in many instances to grease these relationships for the benefit of the lenders and not for the benefit of the students and their families who were borrowing the money to pay for their college education so i just wanted to bring the members up to snuff on that on that matter and with that i'll yield back the balance of my time gentlemen yields back gentlemen from michigan mr speaker i'll yield myself as much time as i cause i shall consume gentleman's recognized speaker the senate rejected transferring alqaeda terrorists from gitmo to our homeland that was a wise decision that is a decision that my colleagues here in the house should support tonight gitmo is a facility that is working it's working in many different ways it's keeping terrorists these terrorists away from the homeland it's providing us with an opportunity to get the information that may be necessary and maybe helpful in keeping america safe when the senate acted they acted overwhelmingly ninety four to three to say make sure that these individuals do not come to the united states provides us with the alternatives and the flexibility that as we move forward and defeating radical jihadists that we will have the strategies in place to keep us safe to get the information that we need to provide us with a background to implement the correct strategies we are safer keeping these terrorists in guantanamo bay cuba five hundred and thirty eight miles or five hundred and twenty eight miles away from the homeland i encourage my colleagues to vote for this motion to instruct conferees it is a good motion it's a good decision a good direction that was put forward by the members of the other body and i hope that we stand with them tonight and with that i yield back the balance of my time all time has expired without objection the previous question is ordered the question is on the motion to instruct those in favor please say aye aye those opposed please say no the ayes have it in the opinion of the chair mr speaker i asked for the yeas and nays the yeas and nays are requested all those in favor of the taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted a sufficient number having risen the yeas and nays are ordered pursuant to clause eight of rule twenty further proceedings on this motion will be postponed the chairman lays before the house the following communications the honorable the speaker house of representatives madam this is to formally notify you pursuant to rule eight of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a judicial subpoena for documents issued by the united states district court for the middle district of pennsylvania after consulting with the office of general counsel i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house signed sincerely john e peterson member of congress pursuant to clause eight of rule twenty proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed votes will be taken in the following order motions suspend the rules with regard to hr694 and hr3020 and motion to instruct campari's on hr26696 and each case by the yeas and nays the vote on the motion to suspend the rules with regard to hr552 will be taken tomorrow the first electronic vote will be conducted as a fifteen minute vote remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five minute votes the unfinished business is on the motion of the gentleman from washington mr bear to suspend the rules and pass hr6094 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title of the bill hr694 a bill to establish a digital and wireless network technology program and for other purposes the question is will the house suspend rules and pass the bill as amended those in favor we'll vote aye those opposed will vote no members will record their votes by electronic device this is a fifteen minute vote