mr. speaker , i yield myself such time as i may consume . 
i am pleased to bring to the house for its consideration the conference report on h.r. 1268 , the emergency supplemental appropriations act for defense , the global war on terror and tsunami relief . 
the conference agreement includes a total of $ 82 billion . 
the vast majority of these funds are to support our troops in iraq and afghanistan . 
for that reason , it is critical that we move this package quickly . 
it also provides needed assistance to the victims of the tsunami . 
during our conference with the senate , chairman cochran and i agreed that the final agreement should come in at or below the president 's request and relatively free of extraneous items . 
the conference report before you has met both of these very critical parameters . 
we did our very best to keep the package clean , and by and large , we were successful with that . 
we have funded our foreign policy priorities while still preserving congressional prerogatives where appropriate . 
with that said , the conference report provides a total of $ 75.9 billion for defense-related expenditures , roughly $ 921 million over the president 's request . 
the additions over the request are for force protection , and increasing the survivability of troops in the field . 
in addition to the defense-related spending , the conference report provides a reduction of $ 1.5 billion in foreign assistance from the president 's request . 
the conference agreement also includes $ 635 million for increased border security enforcement . 
this includes 500 additional border patrol agents and increased detention space . 
we have also included $ 656 million for tsunami disaster relief . 
finally , the bill includes much of the real id act of 2005 , which was included in the house-passed version of the bill . 
the provisions on asylum , border infrastructure , and driver 's license standards are included . 
each of these provisions will greatly enhance the security of our borders . 
all of these provisions reflect agreements negotiated by relevant authorizing committees . 
i especially want to thank chairman sensenbrenner , chairman davis and their staffs for getting this measure before the congress in a timely fashion . 
i urge my colleagues to support this much needed support for our troops . 
mr. speaker , i reserve the balance of my time . 
