mr. chairman , i yield myself such time as i may consume .  mr. chairman , let me close by first indicating to the gentleman from new york ( mr. crowley )  that the gentleman from delaware ( mr. castle )  as well as myself acknowledge that the folks who received the medal in the past were most deserving .  i would point out , in fact , that the medal that was awarded , for example , to ronald and nancy reagan , was one medal , and the same thing with dr .  king and coretta scott king , and betty and gerald ford .  couples are treated much differently from a group .  i guess perhaps what i found in studying this , perhaps the most egregious example of going beyond what the initial scope of the medal was was in the 106th congress where we awarded five medal bills , one of them was for the navajo code talkers which did not go in regular order .  it was attached at the last minute to an appropriations bill .  it not only covered the 29 original code talkers but also an additional 275 of those who qualified as code talkers .  i guess , and i do not want to speak for the sponsor of the legislation , but i think it points out the need to tighten these requirements .  that is what the purpose of this legislation is all about .  