employees have better fuel efficiency standards. some of these leases are absurd. harry teague, a man worth over $36 million spends close to $1300 in taxpayer money to lease his chevy malibu. i didn t know you could get a chevy malibu for that. i thought it would be less. it s extraordinary. gary miller in california spends $850 taxpayer money for an lexus hybrid saying he s over 6 tall and needs the space it provides me. i m 6 2 and a ford hybrid fits me fine size wise. $1400 a money for a chevy malibu. we could go out and save them $700 right now. in their excuse, well, it was 2007. the car economy was not doing very well. also they say because they are members of congress, they can t
just hours before president obama s visit yesterday. so who were police looking for and did they find him? we re live with new details. and remembering patrick swayze. the one-time hollywood heart throb losing his nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 57 years old. we re looking back at his life and career, including a classic role that influenced a generation of moviegoers. we begin with the murder mystery on the campus of yale university. police say graduate student annie le was not the victim of a random attack and now they re hunting for the killer who stuffed her body inside a wall in a campus high-security lab. and as police narrow their investigation, hundreds turned out for a candlelight vigil on the yale campus last night while friends say the 24-year-old le was as good a human being as you would ever hope to meet. our mary snow is following developments for us at the ivy league campus in new haven, connecticut. mary, what is the latest on what in
service members are receiving preventive education, legal protections and other assistance needed to avoid and when necessary resolve the international abduction of their children. our service men and women risk much in the service of our nation. we must do all that we can to mitigate the risk to their families. i thank my colleagues for supporting this amendment. especially the ranking member and the distinguished chair. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: let me flash back to a previous amendment. the akin-forbes amendment, i received a letter from the assistant secretary of defense dated today regarding that amendment which reads in part, while the department supports transparency in government we find the amendment as written as overly burdensome and counterproductive in meeting the security challenges of today. the next person i yield to, my friend, my colleague, also a member of
patrol, it is important to remember and honor the agents who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country. lewis aguilar is the most recent. as the guards of our borders, the border patrols an important lair of security and often the last line of defense from keeping people and goods from entering the the united states. the border patrol cannot let down their guard as criminal organizations are continuously looking for vulnerabilities in our security to bring in contraband. the consequences of a drug load that slips through the layered defense are significant. according to the department of justice in 2007, almost 32% of high school seniors used marijuana in the past year and 5% had used cocaine. the vast majority of these drugs are smuggled across our borders. the reality post-september 11, 2001, is that terrorist organizations may also seek to exploit openings along our borders to smuggle operatives or potential weapons. in the week since their anniversary, ju