foundation -- hin duh american foundation to -- hindu american foundation to work on issues mportant taos. i've co-sponsored h r. 717, reuniting families act, to enable people in the united states to be reunited with family members abroad, co-sponsored house resolution 47 which tchainls postal service to adopt a commemorative holiday. saturday's dinner will have the dinner for the foundation's supporters. i look forward to attending the gala and hearing from my colleague here in the house, ms. gabard of hawaii, the first hindu to be elected to congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek ecognition 1234? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, after 9/11 september became national awareness month. to prepare for disasters and emergencies in their own businesses and communities. recent events such as hurricane sandy, boston marathon bombing, the west texas plant explosion, deadly tornadoes in oklahoma and flooding in my own district reinforced the need for preparedne

this information will help taos better focus our scare resources on what works. as the committee conducts its review process, we'll be looking to ensure that the department is making smarter acquisition decisions, developing even more agile and capable work force and improving its financial management systems. this review will also look at how we can strengthen the defenses of our homeland against very sophisticated and highly agile threats. one of the most important things we can do to improve homeland security is to come together to pass cybersecurity legislation either in pieces or together as a comprehensive approach for our country. the threat is too great and the consequences of inaction are too severe to do nothing. enacting a thoughtful, comprehensive cybersecurity policy has not been easy, as we know. but we have a shared responsibility, both democrats an republicans, house and senate, government and industry, to get this legislation across the goal line and into the end zone, hopefully this year. we already saw many of the different parties come togethe

certain days which can be as high as $60 billion he said if that happens it would be impossible for the taos meet all its only gailingses for the first time in history -- its obligations for the first time in history. republicans plan to tie the increase in the debt ceiling to a broad republican wish list, including delaying the health care law for a year. the house is expected back in in about 45 minutes from now at 5:00 eastern. they'll debate four bills, including one dealing with the national helium reserve. this evening, debate between the candidates between -- the candidates for virginia's next governor. republican attorney general ken cuccinell and democratic candidate terry mcauliffe debate in fairfax, virginia, moderated by nbc's chuck todd live coverage will begin at k p.m. eastern on c-span3. the senate vote unanimously to pass house legislation to defund the health care law and fund the government through december 15. this sets the stage for the amendment to remove the language that defunds the health care law. this after senator ted cruz spoke for more than 21 hours on the floor