mr. chairman , i rise today in strong support and appreciation really of both of our leaders on this bill , the gentleman from california ( mr. lantos )  , and i am particularly pleased to see this bill named in appreciation and recognition of the great leadership of our committee on international relations chairman , the gentleman from illinois ( mr. hyde )  .  i think we all know on both sides of the aisle that the united nations has not lived up to its expectations .  it unfortunately has come way too close to mirroring the ineffective activities of the organization it replaced , the league of nations .  this year , the u.n. 's budget increased to $ 1.8 billion .  of that $ 1.8 billion , we pay a substantial part of the cost of the u.n .  these reforms are necessary .  moving the programs that this bill suggests be moved to voluntary programs only increases the willingness of people to support those programs , the transparency of those programs .  i strongly urge support for this bill .  i strongly urge support for the penalties that it contains .  i appreciate my friend , the gentleman from illinois ( mr. hyde )  , and also our great ranking member of this committee , the gentleman from california ( mr. lantos )  .  