mr. speaker , i yield myself such time as i may consume . 
mr. speaker , the gentleman from california ( mr. stark ) xz4003870 mentioned that we were trying to reward our friends in some way . 
and we hear from the gentleman who just left the well about cafta and going back and rehashing cafta , talking about votes in the middle of the night . 
i would like to pose this question : what is wrong with trying to reward our friends ? 
that is who we want to promote business with is our friends . 
there is nothing in the world wrong with that and we should do that . 
i would also like to point out when he was talking about votes in the middle of the night , it is now 3 : 40 eastern standard time , the sun is shining brightly , and it is a beautiful day . 
mr. speaker , i yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from florida ( ms. ros-lehtinen ) xz4003440 who is the chairman of the subcommittee on the middle east and asia . 
