1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1242317860.02951 2 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,000 THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED. 3 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,000 OBJECTION THE MOTION TO 4 00:00:03,001 --> 00:00:09,000 RECONSIDER IS LAID UPON THE 5 00:00:09,001 --> 00:00:10,000 TABLE. 6 00:00:10,001 --> 00:00:12,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 7 00:00:12,001 --> 00:00:13,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO -- FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN 8 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:14,000 FROM MICHIGAN RISE? 9 00:00:14,001 --> 00:00:15,000 MR. KILDEE: I ASK UNANIMOUS 10 00:00:15,001 --> 00:00:17,000 CONSENT THAT THE CLERK BE 11 00:00:17,001 --> 00:00:18,000 AUTHORIZED TO MAKE TECHNICAL 12 00:00:18,001 --> 00:00:22,000 CORRECTIONS IN THE ENDORSEMENT 13 00:00:22,001 --> 00:00:24,000 OF H.R. 2187, TO INCLUDE 14 00:00:24,001 --> 00:00:25,000 CORRECTIONS IN SPELLING, 15 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:27,000 PUNCTUATION, SECTION NUMBERING, 16 00:00:27,001 --> 00:00:29,000 AND CROSS-REFERENCING, AND 17 00:00:29,001 --> 00:00:30,000 INSERTION OF APPROPRIATE 18 00:00:30,001 --> 00:00:31,000 HEADINGS. 19 00:00:31,001 --> 00:00:33,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT 20 00:00:33,001 --> 00:00:34,000 OBJECTION. 21 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:36,000 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO RISE? 22 00:00:36,001 --> 00:00:37,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: MR. SPEAKER, BY 23 00:00:37,001 --> 00:00:40,000 DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 24 00:00:40,001 --> 00:00:43,000 RULES I CALUP 25 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:44,000 434 AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE 26 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:45,000 CONSIDERATION. THE SPEAKER PRO TEORE: THE 27 00:00:45,001 --> 00:00:46,000 CLERK WILL REPORT THE RESOLUTION. 28 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:48,000 THE CLERK: HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 29 00:00:48,001 --> 00:00:49,000 53, HOUSE RESOLUTION 434, 30 00:00:49,001 --> 00:00:50,000 RESOLVED THAT UPON THE ADOPTION 31 00:00:50,001 --> 00:00:52,000 OF THIS RESOLUTION IT SHALL BE 32 00:00:52,001 --> 00:00:55,000 IN ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE 33 00:00:55,001 --> 00:00:56,000 HOUSE THE BILL H.R. 2346, MAKING 34 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:59,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 35 00:00:59,001 --> 00:01:01,000 THE FCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 36 00:01:01,001 --> 00:01:02,000 30, 2009, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 37 00:01:02,001 --> 00:01:03,000 ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 38 00:01:03,001 --> 00:01:05,000 CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE 39 00:01:05,001 --> 00:01:08,000 WAIVED EXCEPT THOSE ARISING 40 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:11,000 UNDER CLAUSE 9 OR 10 OF RULE 21. 41 00:01:11,001 --> 00:01:13,000 THE AMENDMENT PRINTED IN THE 42 00:01:13,001 --> 00:01:15,000 REPORTF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ACCOMPANYING THIS RESOLUTION 43 00:01:15,001 --> 00:01:17,000 SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED. 44 00:01:17,001 --> 00:01:18,000 THE BILL AS AMENDED SHALL BE 45 00:01:18,001 --> 00:01:19,000 CONSIDERED AS READ. ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST 46 00:01:19,001 --> 00:01:20,000 PROVISIONS IN THE BILL AS 47 00:01:20,001 --> 00:01:22,000 AMENDED ARE WAIVED. 48 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:23,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE 49 00:01:23,001 --> 00:01:26,000 CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE 50 00:01:26,001 --> 00:01:28,000 BILL AS AMENDED TO FINAL PASSAGE 51 00:01:28,001 --> 00:01:30,000 WITHOUT INTERVENING MOTION 52 00:01:30,001 --> 00:01:32,000 EXCEPT ONE, ONE HOUR OF DEBATE 53 00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:33,000 EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED 54 00:01:33,001 --> 00:01:34,000 BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING 55 00:01:34,001 --> 00:01:36,000 MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE 56 00:01:36,001 --> 00:01:37,000 ON APPROPRIATIONS. 57 00:01:37,001 --> 00:01:41,000 AND TWO, ONE MOTION TO RECOMMIT 58 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:42,000 WITH OR WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. 59 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:43,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO IS 60 00:01:43,001 --> 00:01:44,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE HOUR. 61 00:01:44,001 --> 00:01:45,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. 62 00:01:45,001 --> 00:01:46,000 SPEAKER. 63 00:01:46,001 --> 00:01:49,000 FOR PURPOSES OF DEBATE ONLY, I 64 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:51,000 YIELD THE CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES 65 00:01:51,001 --> 00:01:52,000 TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM 66 00:01:52,001 --> 00:01:53,000 CALIFORNIA, MR. DREIER. 67 00:01:53,001 --> 00:01:56,000 ALL TIME YIELDED IS FOR DEBATE 68 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:59,000 ONLY. 69 00:01:59,001 --> 00:02:01,000 I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 70 00:02:01,001 --> 00:02:02,000 MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 71 00:02:02,001 --> 00:02:04,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 72 00:02:04,001 --> 00:02:05,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I ALSO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL 73 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:06,000 MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE 74 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:08,000 LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND 75 00:02:08,001 --> 00:02:10,000 EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON HOUSE 76 00:02:10,001 --> 00:02:11,000 RESOLUTION 434. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT 77 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:13,000 OBJECTION. 78 00:02:13,001 --> 00:02:14,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: MR. SPEAKER, 79 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:18,000 HOUSE RESOLUTION 434 PROVIDES 80 00:02:18,001 --> 00:02:20,000 FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2346, 81 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:22,000 THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 82 00:02:22,001 --> 00:02:24,000 ACT OF 200 83 00:02:24,001 --> 00:02:25,000 NO MEMBER OF CONGRESS TAKES 84 00:02:25,001 --> 00:02:27,000 TODAY'S VOTE LIGHTLY. 85 00:02:27,001 --> 00:02:29,000 IN MY TWO TERMS IN CONGRESS, I 86 00:02:29,001 --> 00:02:30,000 HAVE HAD MANY LATE NIGHTS 87 00:02:30,001 --> 00:02:33,000 THINKING ABOUT OUR TROOPS WHO 88 00:02:33,001 --> 00:02:35,000 PROTECT US ALL AROUNDHE GLOBE. 89 00:02:35,001 --> 00:02:36,000 ONES WHO I HAVE MET, ONE FROM MY 90 00:02:36,001 --> 00:02:38,000 DISTRICT, AND OTHERS THINKING 91 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:40,000 ABOUT HOW TO BRING THEM HOME 92 00:02:40,001 --> 00:02:41,000 SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY. 93 00:02:41,001 --> 00:02:44,000 TODAY WE VOTE TO FUND THEM AND 94 00:02:44,001 --> 00:02:46,000 THEIR EFFORTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 95 00:02:46,001 --> 00:02:48,000 IT IS NOT A PERFECT BILL AND IT 96 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,000 IS NOT THE SILVER BULLET WHICH 97 00:02:50,001 --> 00:02:52,000 WILL END THE WARS WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. 98 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:54,000 BUT IT IS A RESPONSIBLE PLAN TO 99 00:02:54,001 --> 00:02:56,000 SUPPORT OUR SERVICE MEN AND 100 00:02:56,001 --> 00:02:58,000 WOMEN AND ASSIST THEM AS MUCH AS 101 00:02:58,001 --> 00:02:59,000 POSSIBLE. 102 00:02:59,001 --> 00:03:01,000 MR. SPEAKER, WE CANNOT FULLY 103 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:02,000 UNDERSTAND THE NEXT STEPS IN 104 00:03:02,001 --> 00:03:04,000 IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT 105 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:06,000 LOOKING AT THE STEPS OUR NATION 106 00:03:06,001 --> 00:03:09,000 HAS TAKEN TO GET HERE. 107 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:11,000 2001 FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 108 00:03:11,001 --> 00:03:12,000 ATTACKS, CONGRESS AUTHORIZED 109 00:03:12,001 --> 00:03:14,000 PRESIDENT BUSH TO TAKE ACTION 110 00:03:14,001 --> 00:03:16,000 AGAINST AFGHANISTAN FOR 111 00:03:16,001 --> 00:03:17,000 HARBORING AND ENABLING AL QAEDA 112 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:19,000 TO ATTACK US. 113 00:03:19,001 --> 00:03:22,000 WE WERE GREETED AS LIBERATORS 114 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:23,000 FOR THE MOST PART AND EVEN HAD 115 00:03:23,001 --> 00:03:25,000 OSAMA BIN LADEN CORNERED IN THE 116 00:03:25,001 --> 00:03:28,000 MOUNTAINS OF TORA BORA. 117 00:03:28,001 --> 00:03:30,000 BUT IN 2002 AND 2003, PRESIDENT 118 00:03:30,001 --> 00:03:33,000 BUSH AND OTHERS CHANGED THE 119 00:03:33,001 --> 00:03:35,000 COUNTRY'S FOCUS FROM THE BIGGEST 120 00:03:35,001 --> 00:03:36,000 THREAT TO AMERICAN SECURITY TO A 121 00:03:36,001 --> 00:03:38,000 COUNTRY WHICH ACTUALLY POSED 122 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:40,000 LITTLE THREAT, THAT BEING IRAQ. 123 00:03:40,001 --> 00:03:42,000 EVER SINCE THAT MENT, WE HAVE 124 00:03:42,001 --> 00:03:44,000 BEEN PLAYING CATCH-UP IN BOTH 125 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:46,000 COUNTRIES TRYG TO DEFEAT 126 00:03:46,001 --> 00:03:48,000 INSURGENCIES WHILE PROMOTING 127 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,000 DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC 128 00:03:49,001 --> 00:03:51,000 DEVELOPMENT WHICH ARE PRECAREOUS 129 00:03:51,001 --> 00:03:53,000 AT BEST. 130 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:55,000 EVEN EXPERTS CONCEDE ACHIEVING 131 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,000 THESE MISSIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY IS 132 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:57,000 DIFFICULT. 133 00:03:57,001 --> 00:03:59,000 LAST NOVEMBER, PRESIDENT OBAMA 134 00:03:59,001 --> 00:04:01,000 AND JOHN MCCAIN OUTLINED TWO 135 00:04:01,001 --> 00:04:03,000 VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS OF OUR 136 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:05,000 FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ AND 137 00:04:05,001 --> 00:04:07,000 AFGHANISTAN. 138 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:09,000 IN IRAQ, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLAN 139 00:04:09,001 --> 00:04:10,000 INVOLVED EXPEDITIOUSLY 140 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:13,000 TRANSITIONING AUTHORITY TO THE 141 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:15,000 IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, PROMOTE 142 00:04:15,001 --> 00:04:17,000 BEING ECONIC DEVELOPMENT, AND 143 00:04:17,001 --> 00:04:18,000 REMOVING COMBAT TROOPS WITHIN A 144 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:21,000 YEAR. 145 00:04:21,001 --> 00:04:22,000 THIS VISION IS VERY CLOSE TO THE 146 00:04:22,001 --> 00:04:25,000 PLAN I DESCRIBED TO MY VOTERS 147 00:04:25,001 --> 00:04:26,000 WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO MY FIRST 148 00:04:26,001 --> 00:04:28,000 TERM. 149 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:30,000 IN AFGHANISTAN, THE PLAN 150 00:04:30,001 --> 00:04:32,000 INVOLVING BROADENING THE 151 00:04:32,001 --> 00:04:34,000 INTERNATIONAL COALITION, 152 00:04:34,001 --> 00:04:36,000 ERADICATING AL QAEDA AND THE 153 00:04:36,001 --> 00:04:37,000 TALIBAN, POWERING WOMEN, AND 154 00:04:37,001 --> 00:04:39,000 PROVIDING AN INCREASE IN TROOPS 155 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:41,000 IS WHAT IS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS 156 00:04:41,001 --> 00:04:42,000 PARTICULAR BILL. 157 00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:43,000 KNOWING FULL WELL PRESIDENT 158 00:04:43,001 --> 00:04:46,000 OBAMA'S MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC 159 00:04:46,001 --> 00:04:48,000 GOALS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, 160 00:04:48,001 --> 00:04:49,000 MORE AMERICANS VOTED FOR 161 00:04:49,001 --> 00:04:51,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE PLANS HE 162 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:53,000 OUTLINED THAN THEY DID FOR 163 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:55,000 SENATOR MCCAIN OR HIS PLANS. 164 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:56,000 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW 165 00:04:56,001 --> 00:04:59,000 MONTHS, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PUT 166 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:01,000 THE PIECES IN PLACE TO KEEP HIS 167 00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:02,000 PROMISE, PUTTING A NATIONAL 168 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:04,000 SECURITY TEAM IN PLACE, A 169 00:05:04,001 --> 00:05:07,000 BIPARTISAN TEAM AT THAT, OF 170 00:05:07,001 --> 00:05:09,000 ROBERT GATES, JAMES JONES, AND 171 00:05:09,001 --> 00:05:11,000 HILLARY RODAM CLINTON. 172 00:05:11,001 --> 00:05:13,000 TODAY'S BILL IS A PLAN LAID OUT 173 00:05:13,001 --> 00:05:14,000 BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 174 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:17,000 BIPARTISAN NATIONAL SECURITY 175 00:05:17,001 --> 00:05:19,000 TEAM THAT FINALLY UNDERSTANDS 176 00:05:19,001 --> 00:05:21,000 THAT VICTORY WILL NOT BE 177 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:23,000 ACHIEVED BY MILITARY MIGHT ALONE. 178 00:05:23,001 --> 00:05:24,000 MANY ON THE HOUSE TODAY ON BOTH 179 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:27,000 SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE STATED 180 00:05:27,001 --> 00:05:30,000 THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL BEFORE THE NEW PRESIDENT WITH 181 00:05:30,001 --> 00:05:31,000 HIS NEW IDEAS HAS EVEN HAD A 182 00:05:31,001 --> 00:05:35,000 CHANCE TO IMPLEMENT HIS PLAN. 183 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA INHERITED AN 184 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:39,000 INTERNATIONAL MESS. 185 00:05:39,001 --> 00:05:41,000 AMERICAN VOTERS CHOSE PRESIDENT 186 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:42,000 OBAMA AND HIS PLANS AND 187 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:44,000 TIME THAT CONGRESS GAVE OUR 188 00:05:44,001 --> 00:05:46,000 TROOPS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED 189 00:05:46,001 --> 00:05:48,000 TO COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. 190 00:05:48,001 --> 00:05:50,000 IN MY OPINION, THERE ARE THREE 191 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:51,000 COMPONENTS TO THIS BILL. 192 00:05:51,001 --> 00:05:53,000 FIRST, IN IRAQ WE PROVIDE 193 00:05:53,001 --> 00:05:55,000 FUNDING FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS, 194 00:05:55,001 --> 00:05:57,000 INCLUDING $4.8 BILLION FOR 195 00:05:57,001 --> 00:06:01,000 LIGHTWEIGHT MINE RESISTANT 196 00:06:01,001 --> 00:06:03,000 VEHICLES, M RAPS, AND $1.3 197 00:06:03,001 --> 00:06:07,000 BILLION FOR I.E.D. THREAT MITIGATION. 198 00:06:07,001 --> 00:06:08,000 THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES $1 199 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:09,000 BILLION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 200 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:10,000 IN IRAQ. 201 00:06:10,001 --> 00:06:14,000 THESE ARE ESSENTIAL TO PRESIDENT 202 00:06:14,001 --> 00:06:15,000 OBAMA IN ORDER TO MEET HIS 203 00:06:15,001 --> 00:06:17,000 INTENDED DATE OF AUGUST 31, 204 00:06:17,001 --> 00:06:18,000 2010, TO REMOVE ALL COMBAT 205 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:20,000 TROOPS FROM IRAQ. 206 00:06:20,001 --> 00:06:22,000 IN AFGHANISTAN WE REQUIRE THE 207 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:25,000 PRESIDENT TO OBJECTIVELY REPORT 208 00:06:25,001 --> 00:06:27,000 TO CONGRESS ON FIVE CRITICAL 209 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:29,000 AREAS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. 210 00:06:29,001 --> 00:06:32,000 AMONG THESE ARE QUESTIONS OF 211 00:06:32,001 --> 00:06:33,000 ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, 212 00:06:33,001 --> 00:06:35,000 INDEPENDENT SECURITY FORCES, AND 213 00:06:35,001 --> 00:06:40,000 POLITICAL CONSENSUS. 214 00:06:40,001 --> 00:06:41,000 WE ALSO PROVIDE $1 $52 BILLION 215 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:43,000 OF INTERNATIONAL AID DEVELOPMENT 216 00:06:43,001 --> 00:06:44,000 IN THAT COUNTRY. 217 00:06:44,001 --> 00:06:46,000 LASTLY THE BILL FOCUSES ON OUR 218 00:06:46,001 --> 00:06:50,000 TROOPS AND DOMESTIC EMERGENCIES. 219 00:06:50,001 --> 00:06:52,000 WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR H1N1 220 00:06:52,001 --> 00:06:54,000 FLUENZA, WE ALSO PROVIDE $470 221 00:06:54,001 --> 00:06:56,000 MILLION TO ADDRESS MEXICAN 222 00:06:56,001 --> 00:06:59,000 BORDER VIOLENCE AND DRUG CARTELS. 223 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:00,000 WE ALSO PROVIDE TO OUR TROOPS 224 00:07:00,001 --> 00:07:04,000 STOP LOSS PAYMENTS IN 225 00:07:04,001 --> 00:07:05,000 RECOGNITION OF THEIR ADDITIONAL 226 00:07:05,001 --> 00:07:07,000 PARTICIPION IN THE WARS IN THE 227 00:07:07,001 --> 00:07:09,000 MIDDLE EAST. 228 00:07:09,001 --> 00:07:12,000 THESE TROOPS WHO SIGNED UP TO 229 00:07:12,001 --> 00:07:14,000 SERVE AS PART AFTER BACKDOOR 230 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:16,000 DRAFT AND THIS BILL JUSTLY 231 00:07:16,001 --> 00:07:17,000 REPAYS THEM. 232 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:19,000 MR. SPEAKER, TODAY WE WILL HAVE 233 00:07:19,001 --> 00:07:21,000 AN EMOTIONAL DEBATE ABOUT HOW 234 00:07:21,001 --> 00:07:23,000 OUR NATION MOVES FORWARD IN IRAQ 235 00:07:23,001 --> 00:07:25,000 AND AFGHANISTAN. 236 00:07:25,001 --> 00:07:28,000 THE WAY FORWARD IN IRAQ AND 237 00:07:28,001 --> 00:07:30,000 AFGHANISTAN IS TO VOTE YES TODAY. 238 00:07:30,001 --> 00:07:32,000 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES 239 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:33,000 ON THE RULE AND THE 240 00:07:33,001 --> 00:07:35,000 BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE 241 00:07:35,001 --> 00:07:36,000 OF MY TIME. 242 00:07:36,001 --> 00:07:37,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 243 00:07:37,001 --> 00:07:38,000 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF H TIME. 244 00:07:38,001 --> 00:07:40,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 245 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:41,000 MR. DREIER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 246 00:07:41,001 --> 00:07:42,000 MR. SPEAKER. 247 00:07:42,001 --> 00:07:43,000 FIRST LET ME EXPRESS MY 248 00:07:43,001 --> 00:07:45,000 APPRECIATION TO MY VERY GOOD 249 00:07:45,001 --> 00:07:47,000 FRIEND FROM GOLDEN, HARDWORKING AND THOUGHTFUL MEMBER OF THE 250 00:07:47,001 --> 00:07:48,000 RULES COMMITTEE, FOR YIELDING ME 251 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:50,000 THE CUSTOMARY 30 MINUTES. 252 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:51,000 WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD 253 00:07:51,001 --> 00:07:52,000 MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. 254 00:07:52,001 --> 00:07:54,000 AND ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO 255 00:07:54,001 --> 00:07:56,000 REVISE AND EXTEND. 256 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:58,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: OBJECTION. 257 00:07:58,001 --> 00:07:59,000 MR. DREIER: I'M VERY PLEASED 258 00:07:59,001 --> 00:08:01,000 THAT TODAY WE WILL BE 259 00:08:01,001 --> 00:08:03,000 CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT 260 00:08:03,001 --> 00:08:05,000 REPRESENTS A TRUE BIPARTISAN 261 00:08:05,001 --> 00:08:07,000 EFFORT ON A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. 262 00:08:07,001 --> 00:08:09,000 THE UNDERLYING BILL, AN 263 00:08:09,001 --> 00:08:12,000 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING 264 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:14,000 BILL, FOR OUR TROOPS WAS LARGELY 265 00:08:14,001 --> 00:08:15,000 DEVELOPED THROUGH BIPARTISAN 266 00:08:15,001 --> 00:08:16,000 CONSENSUS. 267 00:08:16,001 --> 00:08:17,000 WE AS REPUBLICANS ARE VERY HAPPY 268 00:08:17,001 --> 00:08:18,000 TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 269 00:08:18,001 --> 00:08:20,000 WORK WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA ON 270 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:22,000 THIS ISSUE. 271 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,000 THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY 272 00:08:23,001 --> 00:08:25,000 SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO WORK 273 00:08:25,001 --> 00:08:27,000 WITH REPUBLICANS TO DEVELOP REAL 274 00:08:27,001 --> 00:08:29,000 SOLUTIONS FOR THE CHALLENGES 275 00:08:29,001 --> 00:08:32,000 THAT WE FACE AS A COUNTRY. 276 00:08:32,001 --> 00:08:34,000 SO FAR, UNFORTUNATELY, THE 277 00:08:34,001 --> 00:08:37,000 DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAS DONE A 278 00:08:37,001 --> 00:08:39,000 LESS THAN PERFECT JOB IN DEALING 279 00:08:39,001 --> 00:08:41,000 WITH THE QUEST FOR 280 00:08:41,001 --> 00:08:43,000 BIPARTISANSHIP, SHUTTING OUT 281 00:08:43,001 --> 00:08:44,000 REPUBLICANS AND INJECTING A 282 00:08:44,001 --> 00:08:46,000 GREATER AND GREATER AMOUNT OF 283 00:08:46,001 --> 00:08:48,000 PARTISANSHIP INTO THE 284 00:08:48,001 --> 00:08:52,000 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 285 00:08:52,001 --> 00:08:55,000 BUT TODAY WE HAVE BEFORE US OUR 286 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:56,000 FIRST REAL OPPORTUNITY TO COME 287 00:08:56,001 --> 00:08:58,000 TOGETHER AND WORK IN A 288 00:08:58,001 --> 00:09:01,000 BIPARTISAN WAY. 289 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:02,000 THIS OCCASION IS ALL THE MORE 290 00:09:02,001 --> 00:09:03,000 SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE ISSUE AT 291 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:05,000 HAND IS THE FUNDING OF OUR 292 00:09:05,001 --> 00:09:06,000 TROOPS. 293 00:09:06,001 --> 00:09:08,000 I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE ABLE 294 00:09:08,001 --> 00:09:10,000 TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE MEN AND 295 00:09:10,001 --> 00:09:11,000 WOMEN WHO VOLUNTARILY, 296 00:09:11,001 --> 00:09:13,000 VOLUNTARILY PUT THEIR LIVES ON 297 00:09:13,001 --> 00:09:15,000 THE LINE FOR OUR COUNTRY, THAT 298 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:19,000 THE SUPPORT FOR THEM IN CONGRESS 299 00:09:19,001 --> 00:09:22,000 IS UNIFIED AND UNEQUIVOCAL. 300 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:23,000 WE OWE A GREAT DEBT TO THEM AND 301 00:09:23,001 --> 00:09:25,000 TO THEIR FAMILIES AND IT IS VERY 302 00:09:25,001 --> 00:09:28,000 FITTING THAT WE SHOULD BE 303 00:09:28,001 --> 00:09:30,000 JOING TOGETHER IN THIS SHOW OF 304 00:09:30,001 --> 00:09:31,000 SUPPORT JU BEFORE MEMORIAL 305 00:09:31,001 --> 00:09:33,000 DAY. 306 00:09:33,001 --> 00:09:34,000 OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE 307 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:35,000 FACING RAPIDLY INCREASING 308 00:09:35,001 --> 00:09:38,000 THREATS. 309 00:09:38,001 --> 00:09:40,000 OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ ARE WORKING 310 00:09:40,001 --> 00:09:42,000 TO FULLY TURN RESPONSIBILITY FOR 311 00:09:42,001 --> 00:09:44,000 SECURITY OVER TO THE IRAQIS. 312 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:45,000 AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ARE 313 00:09:45,001 --> 00:09:47,000 DEPLOYED IN DANGEROUS PLACES AS 314 00:09:47,001 --> 00:09:49,000 WE ALL KNOW, AROUND THE WORLD. 315 00:09:49,001 --> 00:09:53,000 WE MUST ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE 316 00:09:53,001 --> 00:09:55,000 THE RESOURCES, PROTECTION, AND 317 00:09:55,001 --> 00:09:56,000 SUPPORT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR 318 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:59,000 JOBS EFFECTIVELY AND, AS MY 319 00:09:59,001 --> 00:10:01,000 FRIEND FROM GOLDEN SAID IN HIS 320 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:03,000 STATEMENT, TO COME HOME SAFELY. 321 00:10:03,001 --> 00:10:05,000 THE UNDERLYING 322 00:10:05,001 --> 00:10:06,000 BILL WILL HELP TO ENSURE JUST 323 00:10:06,001 --> 00:10:09,000 THAT. 324 00:10:09,001 --> 00:10:11,000 BUT THIS IS NOT BY ANY MEANS, 325 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:13,000 MR. SPEAKER, A PERFECT BILL. 326 00:10:13,001 --> 00:10:15,000 THERE'S SOME VERY IMPROVEMENTS 327 00:10:15,001 --> 00:10:17,000 THAT I BELIEVE -- THERE'S SOME 328 00:10:17,001 --> 00:10:18,000 KEY IMPROVEMENTS THAT I BELIEVE 329 00:10:18,001 --> 00:10:19,000 NEED TO BE MADE. 330 00:10:19,001 --> 00:10:21,000 UNFORTUNATELY THE RULE WE ARE 331 00:10:21,001 --> 00:10:22,000 CONSIDERING TODAY PREVENTS ANY 332 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:24,000 AMENDMENTS FROM BEING CONSIDERED. 333 00:10:24,001 --> 00:10:26,000 EVEN AMIDST THIS GREAT 334 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:27,000 BIPARTISAN EFFORT THE DEMOCRATIC 335 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:30,000 LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN TO TARNISH 336 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:33,000 THE OUTCOME BY REFUSING TO ALLOW 337 00:10:33,001 --> 00:10:34,000 A DEBATE O A NUMBER OF KEY 338 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,000 ISSUES. 339 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,000 ALLOWING AMENDMENTS TO BE 340 00:10:36,001 --> 00:10:38,000 DEBATED AND CONSIDERED WOULD 341 00:10:38,001 --> 00:10:40,000 ENABLE US TO TAKE THIS IMPORTANT 342 00:10:40,001 --> 00:10:41,000 BILL AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE 343 00:10:41,001 --> 00:10:43,000 EFFECTIVE. 344 00:10:43,001 --> 00:10:45,000 ONE SUCH AMENDMENT WHICH MY 345 00:10:45,001 --> 00:10:46,000 FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, MR. 346 00:10:46,001 --> 00:10:47,000 ROGERS, THE GENTLEMAN FROM 347 00:10:47,001 --> 00:10:49,000 CONNECTICUT, HAS OFFERED WOULD 348 00:10:49,001 --> 00:10:52,000 HAVE REDIRECTED SOME FUNDING TO 349 00:10:52,001 --> 00:10:55,000 VERY IMPORTANT BORDER SECURITY EFFORTS. 350 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:56,000 THIS IS A CRITICAL NATIONAL 351 00:10:56,001 --> 00:10:58,000 SECURITY ISSUE. 352 00:10:58,001 --> 00:10:59,000 VIOLENT DRUG WARS HAVE BEEN 353 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:01,000 ESCALATING AS WE ALL KNOW ON OUR 354 00:11:01,001 --> 00:11:03,000 BORDER FOR MONTHS, AND WE NEED 355 00:11:03,001 --> 00:11:06,000 TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE 356 00:11:06,001 --> 00:11:07,000 HOMELAND SECURITY RESOURCES. 357 00:11:07,001 --> 00:11:09,000 UNFORTUNATELY, MR. SPEAKER, THIS 358 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:11,000 RULE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO ENSURE 359 00:11:11,001 --> 00:11:13,000 THE NEEDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO 360 00:11:13,001 --> 00:11:16,000 DEAL WITH BORDER SECURITY. 361 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:18,000 ANOTHER KEY ISSUE THAT MUST BE 362 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:21,000 ADDRESSED AS WE ALL KNOW, BEEN 363 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:22,000 THE CENTER OF A GREAT DEAL OF 364 00:11:22,001 --> 00:11:23,000 CONTROVERSY, AND THAT IS THE 365 00:11:23,001 --> 00:11:25,000 QUESTION OF HOW THE 366 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:27,000 FACILITY AT GUANTANAMBAY WILL 367 00:11:27,001 --> 00:11:28,000 BE SHUT DOWN. 368 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:31,000 THE PRESIDENT'S MADE IT CLEAR 369 00:11:31,001 --> 00:11:33,000 THAT HE INTENDS TO CLOSE THIS 370 00:11:33,001 --> 00:11:34,000 FACILITY, AND HIS ADMINISTRATION 371 00:11:34,001 --> 00:11:35,000 HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO MOVE 372 00:11:35,001 --> 00:11:37,000 FORWARD ON THIS. 373 00:11:37,001 --> 00:11:40,000 YET CONGRESS HAS BEEN PRESENTED 374 00:11:40,001 --> 00:11:42,000 WITH NO CLEAR PLAN AS TO HOW THE 375 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,000 FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED, AND 376 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:46,000 MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT WILL BE 377 00:11:46,001 --> 00:11:49,000 DONE WITH THE DETAINEES. 378 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:51,000 WILL THEY BE MOVED TO AMERICAN SOIL? 379 00:11:51,001 --> 00:11:53,000 TRIED ANDAILED? 380 00:11:53,001 --> 00:11:56,000 OR GOD FORBID RELEASED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES? 381 00:11:56,001 --> 00:12:00,000 THE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES INCLUDE 382 00:12:00,001 --> 00:12:04,000 CAN LIEGE SIKH MUHAMMAD, MASTER 383 00:12:04,001 --> 00:12:05,000 MIND OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. 384 00:12:05,001 --> 00:12:07,000 HAMBALI, AL QAEDA'S OPERATION 385 00:12:07,001 --> 00:12:09,000 CHIEF FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA WHO 386 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:11,000 PLANNED THE 2002 BALI BOMBINGS 387 00:12:11,001 --> 00:12:15,000 THAT KILLED 200 PEOPLE. 388 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:17,000 AHMED GALANI, ONE OF THE 389 00:12:17,001 --> 00:12:19,000 F.B.I.'S MOST WANTED TERRORISTS 390 00:12:19,001 --> 00:12:22,000 WHO HELPED PLAN THE 1998 391 00:12:22,001 --> 00:12:24,000 BOMBINGS OF OUR EMBASSIES AT DAR 392 00:12:24,001 --> 00:12:26,000 ES SALAAM AND NAIROBI. 393 00:12:26,001 --> 00:12:28,000 THESE ARE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES 394 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:30,000 AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO PLAN FOR 395 00:12:30,001 --> 00:12:31,000 WHERE THEY WILL BE MOVED IF THE 396 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:37,000 FACILITY IS SHUT DOWN. 397 00:12:37,001 --> 00:12:38,000 . 398 00:12:38,001 --> 00:12:41,000 WE'VE RECEIVED NO COMMITMENT AT 399 00:12:41,001 --> 00:12:44,000 ALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. 400 00:12:44,001 --> 00:12:47,000 THIS BILL SHOULD REQUIRE 401 00:12:47,001 --> 00:12:49,000 PLANNING AND CONSULTATION WITH 402 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:52,000 CONGRESS SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT 403 00:12:52,001 --> 00:12:53,000 UNACCEPTABLE SECURITY LINGS WILL 404 00:12:53,001 --> 00:12:59,000 NOT BE -- SECURITY RISKS WILL 405 00:12:59,001 --> 00:13:00,000 NOT BE BORNE. 406 00:13:00,001 --> 00:13:01,000 UNFORTUNATELTHE DEMOATIC 407 00:13:01,001 --> 00:13:03,000 LEADERSHIP APPARENTLY FEELING 408 00:13:03,001 --> 00:13:04,000 THE PRESSURE TO ADDRESS THIS 409 00:13:04,001 --> 00:13:07,000 ISSUE WOULD LIKE TO SELF-EXECUTE 410 00:13:07,001 --> 00:13:10,000 AN AMENDMENT IN THIS RULE TO THE 411 00:13:10,001 --> 00:13:11,000 BILL THAT WILL PLACE 412 00:13:11,001 --> 00:13:14,000 RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROCESS FOR 413 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:15,000 CLOSING THE DETENTION FACILITY 414 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:17,000 AT GUANTANAMO. 415 00:13:17,001 --> 00:13:20,000 BUT THESE ARE TWO KEY PROBLEMS 416 00:13:20,001 --> 00:13:22,000 -- THERE ARE TWO KEY PROBLEMS 417 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:23,000 WITH THEIR APPROACH HERE, MR. 418 00:13:23,001 --> 00:13:24,000 SPEAKER. 419 00:13:24,001 --> 00:13:25,000 FIRST, THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR 420 00:13:25,001 --> 00:13:27,000 AMENDMENT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY 421 00:13:27,001 --> 00:13:30,000 ADDRESS THE RISKS THAT WE MUST GUARD AGAINST. 422 00:13:30,001 --> 00:13:32,000 IT DOES NOT GUARANTETHAT 423 00:13:32,001 --> 00:13:33,000 GOVERNORS AND STATE LEGISLATORS 424 00:13:33,001 --> 00:13:36,000 WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON 425 00:13:36,001 --> 00:13:37,000 WHETHER TERRORISTS CAN BE HOUSED 426 00:13:37,001 --> 00:13:39,000 IN THE STATES. 427 00:13:39,001 --> 00:13:40,000 UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN, 428 00:13:40,001 --> 00:13:42,000 STATES CAN BE FORCED TO ALLOW 429 00:13:42,001 --> 00:13:44,000 THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS 430 00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:45,000 TERRORISTS TO BE HELD IN THEIR 431 00:13:45,001 --> 00:13:47,000 COMMUNITIES. 432 00:13:47,001 --> 00:13:50,000 SECOND, BY SELF-ECUTING THIS 433 00:13:50,001 --> 00:13:51,000 FLAWED AND INADEQUATE AMENDMENT, 434 00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:53,000 THEY ARE CIRCUMVENTING THE 435 00:13:53,001 --> 00:13:56,000 DEBATE AND SCRUTINY THAT AN 436 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:58,000 ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE DEMANDS. 437 00:13:58,001 --> 00:13:59,000 THE ISSUE OF BRINGING COMMITTED 438 00:13:59,001 --> 00:14:02,000 TERRORISTS ONTO AMERICAN SOIL. 439 00:14:02,001 --> 00:14:04,000 NOT PEOPLE WHO PERPETRATED 440 00:14:04,001 --> 00:14:07,000 CRIMES WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS 441 00:14:07,001 --> 00:14:08,000 BUT FOREIGN-BORN TERRORISTS ONTO 442 00:14:08,001 --> 00:14:12,000 AMERICAN SOIL SHOULD NOT BE 443 00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:14,000 DEALT WITH HAPHAZARDLY NOR 444 00:14:14,001 --> 00:14:16,000 CLOAKED IN SECRECY. 445 00:14:16,001 --> 00:14:18,000 IT MUST BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY 446 00:14:18,001 --> 00:14:19,000 CAREFULLY, THOROUGHLY AND 447 00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:20,000 OPENLY. 448 00:14:20,001 --> 00:14:22,000 THIS RULE DENIES US THAT 449 00:14:22,001 --> 00:14:24,000 OPPORTUNITY AND FAILS TO ENSURE 450 00:14:24,001 --> 00:14:26,000 THE PROTECTION OF AMERICANS. 451 00:14:26,001 --> 00:14:27,000 THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT 452 00:14:27,001 --> 00:14:29,000 SHOULD BE DEALT WITH, MR. 453 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:30,000 SPEAKER. 454 00:14:30,001 --> 00:14:31,000 THE LARGE INCREASE IN FOREIGN 455 00:14:31,001 --> 00:14:32,000 ASSISTANCE FUNDING. 456 00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:34,000 WHILE IMPORTANT TO LONG-TERM 457 00:14:34,001 --> 00:14:35,000 EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE ROOTS OF 458 00:14:35,001 --> 00:14:37,000 TERRORISM SHOULD NOT BE 459 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:38,000 CONSIDERED EMERGENCY FUNDING. 460 00:14:38,001 --> 00:14:42,000 THIS FUNDING SHOULD BE INCLUDED 461 00:14:42,001 --> 00:14:44,000 IN THE REGULAR BUDGET SUBJECT TO 462 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:45,000 REGULAR BUDGETARY 463 00:14:45,001 --> 00:14:47,000 CONSIDERATIONS. 464 00:14:47,001 --> 00:14:49,000 DESIGNATING THEM AS EMERGENCY 465 00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:50,000 FUNDS JUST SKIRTS THE TOUGH 466 00:14:50,001 --> 00:14:52,000 CHOICES THAT RESPONSIBLE 467 00:14:52,001 --> 00:14:53,000 BUDGETING DEMANDS 468 00:14:53,001 --> 00:14:56,000 ALL OF THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE 469 00:14:56,001 --> 00:14:57,000 ADDRESSED, MR. SPEAKER, IN AN 470 00:14:57,001 --> 00:15:00,000 OPEN DEBATE WITH AN AMENDMENT 471 00:15:00,001 --> 00:15:01,000 PROCESS WHICH IS STANDARD 472 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:03,000 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR 473 00:15:03,001 --> 00:15:06,000 APPROPRIATIONS. AS I SAID IN THE RULES COMMITTEE 474 00:15:06,001 --> 00:15:07,000 YESTERDAY, APPROPRIATIONS BILLS 475 00:15:07,001 --> 00:15:09,000 ARE CONSIDERED PRIVILEGED 476 00:15:09,001 --> 00:15:10,000 RESOLUTIONS THAT COME STRAIGHT 477 00:15:10,001 --> 00:15:12,000 TO THE FLOOR. 478 00:15:12,001 --> 00:15:14,000 WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO GO TO THE RULES COMMITTEE FOR THE 479 00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:15,000 CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 480 00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:17,000 BILLS. 481 00:15:17,001 --> 00:15:18,000 IT'S DONE TRADITIONALLY TO 482 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:19,000 SIMPLY PROTECT THE BILL, THE 483 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:21,000 WORK PRODUCT OTHE 484 00:15:21,001 --> 00:15:22,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND 485 00:15:22,001 --> 00:15:24,000 THEN ALLOW FOR AN OPEN AMENDMENT 486 00:15:24,001 --> 00:15:25,000 PROCESS. 487 00:15:25,001 --> 00:15:28,000 FIXING THESE PROBLEMS, MR. 488 00:15:28,001 --> 00:15:30,000 SPEAKER, WOULD MAKE A GOOD AND 489 00:15:30,001 --> 00:15:31,000 IMPORTANT BILL ALL THAT MUCH 490 00:15:31,001 --> 00:15:33,000 MORE EFFECTIVE, MUCH MORE 491 00:15:33,001 --> 00:15:34,000 EFFECTIVE. 492 00:15:34,001 --> 00:15:36,000 IT WOULD ALLOW THE LEGISLATIVE 493 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:38,000 PROCESS FOR THIS BILL WHICH HAS 494 00:15:38,001 --> 00:15:41,000 DEVELOPED IN SUCH A BIPARTISAN 495 00:15:41,001 --> 00:15:44,000 WAY TO FINISH IN THE SAME 496 00:15:44,001 --> 00:15:45,000 COOPERATIVE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT 497 00:15:45,001 --> 00:15:47,000 BEGAN. 498 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:48,000 DURING MY TENURE AS CHAIRMAN OF 499 00:15:48,001 --> 00:15:51,000 THE RULES COMMITTEE FOR EIGHT 500 00:15:51,001 --> 00:15:53,000 YEARS, EVERY SINGLE WARTIME 501 00:15:53,001 --> 00:15:55,000 SUPPLEMEAL WAS CONSIDERED 502 00:15:55,001 --> 00:15:57,000 UNDER AN OPEN RULE. 503 00:15:57,001 --> 00:15:58,000 NO EVEN ONE HAS BEEN OPENED OVER 504 00:15:58,001 --> 00:16:00,000 THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE THE 505 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:01,000 NEW DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY HAS BEEN 506 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:02,000 IN CHARGE. 507 00:16:02,001 --> 00:16:03,000 IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE 508 00:16:03,001 --> 00:16:06,000 DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ONCE AGAIN 509 00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:08,000 IS TRYING TO THWART THE BEST 510 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,000 EFFORTS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND 511 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:11,000 CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO 512 00:16:11,001 --> 00:16:12,000 WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD 513 00:16:12,001 --> 00:16:14,000 CONSENSUS. 514 00:16:14,001 --> 00:16:15,000 BUT DESPITE THEIR DISDAIN FOR 515 00:16:15,001 --> 00:16:18,000 BIPARTISANSHIP AND OPEN DEBATE, 516 00:16:18,001 --> 00:16:21,000 WE AS REPUBLICANS WILL JOIN WITH 517 00:16:21,001 --> 00:16:22,000 THE PRESIDENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS 518 00:16:22,001 --> 00:16:24,000 TROOP FUNDING BILL, AND WE 519 00:16:24,001 --> 00:16:25,000 WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 520 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:27,000 WITH HIM ON THIS ISSUE. 521 00:16:27,001 --> 00:16:28,000 WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT WE CAN 522 00:16:28,001 --> 00:16:30,000 CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER ON 523 00:16:30,001 --> 00:16:31,000 OTHER VERY PRESSING ISSUES THAT 524 00:16:31,001 --> 00:16:33,000 WE WILL WANT TO ADDRESS 525 00:16:33,001 --> 00:16:35,000 EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY IN 526 00:16:35,001 --> 00:16:37,000 THE FUTURE. 527 00:16:37,001 --> 00:16:39,000 SO, MR. SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO 528 00:16:39,001 --> 00:16:40,000 URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON 529 00:16:40,001 --> 00:16:43,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AND I'LL 530 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:44,000 BE EXPLAINING THROUGHOUT THIS 531 00:16:44,001 --> 00:16:46,000 DEBATE TIME WHAT IT IS THAT WE 532 00:16:46,001 --> 00:16:47,000 HOPE TO DO IF WE'RE ABLE TO 533 00:16:47,001 --> 00:16:50,000 DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AS 534 00:16:50,001 --> 00:16:52,000 IT RELATES TO GUANTANAMO. 535 00:16:52,001 --> 00:16:54,000 AND IF BY CHANCE WE ARE NOT 536 00:16:54,001 --> 00:16:55,000 SUCCESSFUL ON DEFEATING THE 537 00:16:55,001 --> 00:16:57,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION, I URGE MY 538 00:16:57,001 --> 00:16:58,000 COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON THE 539 00:16:58,001 --> 00:17:00,000 UNDERLYING RULE SO WE CAN IN 540 00:17:00,001 --> 00:17:01,000 FACT CONTINUE WITH THE SPIRIT OF 541 00:17:01,001 --> 00:17:03,000 BIPARTISANSHIP TO MAKE THIS 542 00:17:03,001 --> 00:17:04,000 IMPORTANT BILL EVEN BETTER. 543 00:17:04,001 --> 00:17:08,000 AND WITH THAT I RESERVE THE 544 00:17:08,001 --> 00:17:09,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 545 00:17:09,001 --> 00:17:10,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA 546 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:11,000 RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS 547 00:17:11,001 --> 00:17:13,000 TIME. 548 00:17:13,001 --> 00:17:14,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 549 00:17:14,001 --> 00:17:15,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. 550 00:17:15,001 --> 00:17:16,000 SPEAKER. 551 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:18,000 I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MY 552 00:17:18,001 --> 00:17:19,000 FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA. 553 00:17:19,001 --> 00:17:20,000 I JUST WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND IN 554 00:17:20,001 --> 00:17:22,000 A COUPLE MANNERS. 555 00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:23,000 FIRST OF ALL, WE HOPE AND EXPECT 556 00:17:23,001 --> 00:17:24,000 THIS WILL BE THE LAST 557 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:25,000 SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WE'LL HAVE TO 558 00:17:25,001 --> 00:17:27,000 DO IN THIS FASHION SO THAT THESE 559 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:28,000 BUDGETS FOR OUR MILITARY, 560 00:17:28,001 --> 00:17:29,000 WHETHER IT'S IN IRAQ OR 561 00:17:29,001 --> 00:17:30,000 AFGHANISTAN OR ELSEWHERE AROUND 562 00:17:30,001 --> 00:17:32,000 THE WORLD ARE TREATED WITHIN THE 563 00:17:32,001 --> 00:17:33,000 WHOLE BUDGET. 564 00:17:33,001 --> 00:17:34,000 SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS 565 00:17:34,001 --> 00:17:36,000 ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A 566 00:17:36,001 --> 00:17:37,000 SYSTEM THAT WE INTEND TO STOP. 567 00:17:37,001 --> 00:17:39,000 THIS IS THE LAST ONE AS IT WAS 568 00:17:39,001 --> 00:17:40,000 LAID OUT. 569 00:17:40,001 --> 00:17:43,000 WE LEFT IT HALFWAY FINISHED LAST 570 00:17:43,001 --> 00:17:44,000 YEAR. 571 00:17:44,001 --> 00:17:45,000 SECOND, TO MY FRIEND FROM 572 00:17:45,001 --> 00:17:48,000 CALIFORNIA, I WOULD SAY THAT IN 573 00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:49,000 THE SPIRIT OF BIPARTISANSHIP, 574 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:51,000 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 575 00:17:51,001 --> 00:17:52,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HAS 576 00:17:52,001 --> 00:17:55,000 COME UP WITH A RULE CONCERNING 577 00:17:55,001 --> 00:17:56,000 GUANTANAMO OR THE AMENDMENT 578 00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:58,000 CONCERNING GUANTANAMO. 579 00:17:58,001 --> 00:17:59,000 SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF MY CAUCUS 580 00:17:59,001 --> 00:18:01,000 ARE GOING TO TAKE REAL ISSUE 581 00:18:01,001 --> 00:18:03,000 WITH THAT AMENDMENT. 582 00:18:03,001 --> 00:18:06,000 THEY THINK IT GOES TOO FAR IN 583 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:09,000 TERMS OF GIVING THE PRESIDENT 584 00:18:09,001 --> 00:18:10,000 TIME FOR DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR 585 00:18:10,001 --> 00:18:13,000 RELEASING OR TRANSFERRING THE 586 00:18:13,001 --> 00:18:14,000 PRISONERS WHO ARE HELD AT 587 00:18:14,001 --> 00:18:15,000 GUANTANAMO. 588 00:18:15,001 --> 00:18:16,000 I KNOW MEMBERS ON YOUR SIDE OF 589 00:18:16,001 --> 00:18:17,000 THE AISLE DON'T THINK IT GOES 590 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:20,000 FAR ENOUGH. 591 00:18:20,001 --> 00:18:22,000 BIPARTISANSHIP THE CHAIRMAN'S 592 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:25,000 TRIED TO CRAFT THIS AMENDMENT. 593 00:18:25,001 --> 00:18:26,000 LAST POINT IS WITH RESPECT TO 594 00:18:26,001 --> 00:18:27,000 THE BORDER. 595 00:18:27,001 --> 00:18:29,000 THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 596 00:18:29,001 --> 00:18:31,000 OF DOLLARS APPROPRIATED IN THE 597 00:18:31,001 --> 00:18:32,000 STIMULUS BILL FOR BORDER 598 00:18:32,001 --> 00:18:34,000 PROTECTION AND BORDER 599 00:18:34,001 --> 00:18:35,000 ENFORCEMENT AND THERE IS EVEN 600 00:18:35,001 --> 00:18:37,000 MORE SO IN THIS PARTICULAR BILL. 601 00:18:37,001 --> 00:18:38,000 SO THREE OF YOUR POINTS I'D LIKE 602 00:18:38,001 --> 00:18:41,000 TO TAKE ISSUE WITH. 603 00:18:41,001 --> 00:18:42,000 I DO APPRECIATE THE -- 604 00:18:42,001 --> 00:18:44,000 MR. DREIER: WILL THE GENTLEMAN 605 00:18:44,001 --> 00:18:45,000 YIELD? 606 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:46,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: FOR ABOUT 15 607 00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:48,000 SECONDS. 608 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,000 MR. DREIER: 15 SECONDS TO 609 00:18:49,001 --> 00:18:51,000 RESPOND TO ALL THREE POINTS. 610 00:18:51,001 --> 00:18:52,000 ON BORDER SECURITY IT CONTINUES 611 00:18:52,001 --> 00:18:54,000 TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY AND THE 612 00:18:54,001 --> 00:18:56,000 SITUATIONES THAT GOTTEN WORSE 613 00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:57,000 SINCE WE PROVIDED THAT LEVEL OF 614 00:18:57,001 --> 00:18:59,000 APPROPRIATIONS. 615 00:18:59,001 --> 00:19:00,000 ON THE ISSUE OF GUANTANAMO, MR. 616 00:19:00,001 --> 00:19:01,000 WOLF, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE 617 00:19:01,001 --> 00:19:02,000 HAS COME FORWARD WITH A VERY 618 00:19:02,001 --> 00:19:04,000 THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT. 619 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:05,000 WE ARE GOING TO SE TO MAKE 620 00:19:05,001 --> 00:19:06,000 THAT IN ORDER IF WE'RE ABLE TO 621 00:19:06,001 --> 00:19:09,000 DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 622 00:19:09,001 --> 00:19:11,000 I KNOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 623 00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:12,000 COMMITTEE SAID THEY SHOULD NOT 624 00:19:12,001 --> 00:19:14,000 BE ABLE TO PREEMPT FEDERAL LAW. 625 00:19:14,001 --> 00:19:15,000 WE KNOW IN MR. WOLF'S TESTIMONY 626 00:19:15,001 --> 00:19:18,000 THAT THERE ARE STATES THAT HAVE 627 00:19:18,001 --> 00:19:19,000 INDICATED AN INTEREST IN HAVING 628 00:19:19,001 --> 00:19:20,000 AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THESE 629 00:19:20,001 --> 00:19:23,000 DETAINEES. 630 00:19:23,001 --> 00:19:24,000 AND SO I'D -- I THANK MY 631 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:25,000 FOR YIELDING. 632 00:19:25,001 --> 00:19:28,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: NOW I YIELD FOUR 633 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,000 MINUTES TO A MEMBER OF THEULES 634 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,000 COMMITTEE, MR. MCGOVERN FROM 635 00:19:30,001 --> 00:19:32,000 MASSACHUSETTS. 636 00:19:32,001 --> 00:19:33,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 637 00:19:33,001 --> 00:19:34,000 GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS IS 638 00:19:34,001 --> 00:19:36,000 RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES. 639 00:19:36,001 --> 00:19:37,000 MR. MCGOVERN: THANK YOU, MR. 640 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:38,000 SPEAKER. 641 00:19:38,001 --> 00:19:39,000 I THANK THE GENTLEMAN. 642 00:19:39,001 --> 00:19:41,000 MR. SPEAKER, IN 2001 I VOTED IN 643 00:19:41,001 --> 00:19:42,000 FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION TO 644 00:19:42,001 --> 00:19:43,000 AUTHORIZE THE USE OF FORCE IN 645 00:19:43,001 --> 00:19:44,000 AFGHANISTAN, TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT 646 00:19:44,001 --> 00:19:48,000 AL QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN FOR 647 00:19:48,001 --> 00:19:49,000 THEIR UNCONSCIONABLE AND UN 648 00:19:49,001 --> 00:19:50,000 FAVORABLE ACTS AGAINST THE 649 00:19:50,001 --> 00:19:52,000 UNITED STATES. 650 00:19:52,001 --> 00:19:54,000 I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IF FACED 651 00:19:54,001 --> 00:19:56,000 WITH THE SAME THING. 652 00:19:56,001 --> 00:19:57,000 AFTER EIGHT YEARS THE POLICY IS 653 00:19:57,001 --> 00:19:59,000 UNCLEAR. 654 00:19:59,001 --> 00:20:00,000 IT HAS BEEN A VERY HARD DECISION 655 00:20:00,001 --> 00:20:03,000 TO MAKE BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE 656 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,000 GOOD WORK OF CHAIRMAN OBEY AND 657 00:20:04,001 --> 00:20:07,000 MANY OF THE ITEMS IN THIS BILL. 658 00:20:07,001 --> 00:20:08,000 BUT I CANNOT SUPRT THE 659 00:20:08,001 --> 00:20:10,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 660 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:11,000 BILL. 661 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:12,000 I BELIEVE NOT JUST THE UNITED 662 00:20:12,001 --> 00:20:14,000 STATES BUT THE INTERNATIONAL 663 00:20:14,001 --> 00:20:16,000 COMMUNITY MADE A PROMISE TO THE 664 00:20:16,001 --> 00:20:17,000 PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN, NOT TO 665 00:20:17,001 --> 00:20:19,000 THE KARZAI GOVERNMENT, NOT TO 666 00:20:19,001 --> 00:20:20,000 THE REGIONAL POWERS, BUT TO THE 667 00:20:20,001 --> 00:20:22,000 PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. 668 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,000 WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD STAND 669 00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:26,000 BY THEM AS THEY REBUILT THEIR 670 00:20:26,001 --> 00:20:28,000 COUNTRY AFTER OUSTING AL QAEDA 671 00:20:28,001 --> 00:20:29,000 AND THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT THAT 672 00:20:29,001 --> 00:20:30,000 PROVIDED THESE TERRORIST SAFE 673 00:20:30,001 --> 00:20:33,000 HAVENS. 674 00:20:33,001 --> 00:20:34,000 EVERYONE I KNOW, INCLUDING 675 00:20:34,001 --> 00:20:36,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA, KEEPS TELLING 676 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:39,000 ME 677 00:20:39,001 --> 00:20:41,000 IN AFGHANISTAN, ONLY A POLITICAL 678 00:20:41,001 --> 00:20:45,000 SOLUTION AND I BELIEVE THIS TOO. 679 00:20:45,001 --> 00:20:47,000 SO I AM VERY CONCERNED WHEN WE 680 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:48,000 PUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO 681 00:20:48,001 --> 00:20:50,000 BUILDING UP THE U.S. PRESENCE IN 682 00:20:50,001 --> 00:20:52,000 AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT A CLEAR 683 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:56,000 MISSION AND WITHOUT AN EXIT STRATEGY. 684 00:20:56,001 --> 00:20:58,000 JUST AS I INSISTED THAT THE 685 00:20:58,001 --> 00:20:59,000 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE 686 00:20:59,001 --> 00:21:01,000 CONGRESS WITH CLEAR BENCHMARKS 687 00:21:01,001 --> 00:21:03,000 AND AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ, 688 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:04,000 THEN WE SHOULD DO THE SAME WITH 689 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:07,000 THIS ADMINISTRATION IN AFGHANISTAN. 690 00:21:07,001 --> 00:21:08,000 I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR AN 691 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:10,000 IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF OUR 692 00:21:10,001 --> 00:21:11,000 MILITARY FORCES FROM 693 00:21:11,001 --> 00:21:12,000 AFGHANISTAN. 694 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:14,000 ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS A PLAN. 695 00:21:14,001 --> 00:21:16,000 IF THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION 696 00:21:16,001 --> 00:21:18,000 FOR AFGHANISTAN THEN, PLEASE, 697 00:21:18,001 --> 00:21:20,000 JUST TELL ME HOW WE WILL KNOW 698 00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:21,000 WHEN OUR MILITARY CONTRIBUTION 699 00:21:21,001 --> 00:21:23,000 TO THE POLITICAL SOLUTION HAS 700 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:24,000 CONCLUDED. 701 00:21:24,001 --> 00:21:27,000 I APPRECIATE AND I SUPPORT THE 702 00:21:27,001 --> 00:21:30,000 REQUIRED REPORTS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN THAT CHAIRMAN OY 703 00:21:30,001 --> 00:21:31,000 HAS INCLUDED IN THIS 704 00:21:31,001 --> 00:21:33,000 SUPPLEMENTAL. 705 00:21:33,001 --> 00:21:34,000 BUT THESE REPORTS DON'T TELL US 706 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:36,000 ANYTHING ABOUT THE MISSION OF 707 00:21:36,001 --> 00:21:37,000 OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN IN 708 00:21:37,001 --> 00:21:38,000 AFGHANISTAN AND HOW WE WILL KN 709 00:21:38,001 --> 00:21:39,000 WHEN IT'S TIME TO BRING THEM 710 00:21:39,001 --> 00:21:41,000 HOME. 711 00:21:41,001 --> 00:21:42,000 I HOPE AT THE VERY LEAST THAT AT 712 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:44,000 SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE 713 00:21:44,001 --> 00:21:46,000 WILL HAVE A FULL AND THOROUGH 714 00:21:46,001 --> 00:21:47,000 DEBATE ABOUT OUR STRATEGY IN 715 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:48,000 AFGHANISTAN. 716 00:21:48,001 --> 00:21:49,000 SADLY, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN 717 00:21:49,001 --> 00:21:51,000 TODAY. 718 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:52,000 IN PREPARATION FOR THAT DEBATE, 719 00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:53,000 I'VE INTRODUCED THIS MORNING A 720 00:21:53,001 --> 00:21:56,000 BILL WITH 73 BIPARTISAN 721 00:21:56,001 --> 00:21:58,000 CO-SPONSORS THAT REQUIRES THE 722 00:21:58,001 --> 00:21:59,000 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO OUTLINE 723 00:21:59,001 --> 00:22:02,000 FOR CONGRESS BY THE END OF THE 724 00:22:02,001 --> 00:22:04,000 YEAR THE EXIT STRATEGY FOR OUR 725 00:22:04,001 --> 00:22:06,000 MILITARY FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN. 726 00:22:06,001 --> 00:22:09,000 MY BILL DOESN'T WITHDRAW OUR 727 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:10,000 FORCES IT DOESN'T SET A DEFINITE 728 00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:13,000 TIMETABLE. 729 00:22:13,001 --> 00:22:14,000 IT SIMPLY ASKS THE SECRETARY OF 730 00:22:14,001 --> 00:22:15,000 DEFENSE TO OUTLINE WHAT OUR 731 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,000 STRATEGY IS. 732 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,000 I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO 733 00:22:18,001 --> 00:22:20,000 ASK THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN 734 00:22:20,001 --> 00:22:22,000 MONTHS THAT OUR DEFENSE 735 00:22:22,001 --> 00:22:24,000 DEPARTMENT TELL US WHAT IS OUR 736 00:22:24,001 --> 00:22:25,000 PLAN FOR COMPLETING OUR MISSION 737 00:22:25,001 --> 00:22:26,000 IN AFGHANISTAN. 738 00:22:26,001 --> 00:22:28,000 MR. SPEAKER, WHEN I FIRST RAN 739 00:22:28,001 --> 00:22:33,000 FOR CONGRESS I PROMISED MY 740 00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:34,000 SEND PEOPLE INTO WAR WITHOUT A 741 00:22:34,001 --> 00:22:35,000 CLEAR MISSION. 742 00:22:35,001 --> 00:22:36,000 AND I'M STICKING TO THAT 743 00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:40,000 PROMISE. 744 00:22:40,001 --> 00:22:41,000 I AM SICK AND TIRED THAT WAR 745 00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:43,000 HAVE NO END. 746 00:22:43,001 --> 00:22:45,000 I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW 747 00:22:45,001 --> 00:22:47,000 LONG WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXTEND 748 00:22:47,001 --> 00:22:48,000 AND PAY FOR A MILITARY PRESENCE 749 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:49,000 IN AFGHANISTAN. 750 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:50,000 MR. SPEAKER, I SIMPLY WANT TO 751 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:54,000 KNOW WHAT IS THE EXIT STRATEGY 752 00:22:54,001 --> 00:22:56,000 THAT BRINGS OUR SERVICE MEN AN WOMEN AT HOME. 753 00:22:56,001 --> 00:22:58,000 UNTIL SOMEONE GIVES ME A 754 00:22:58,001 --> 00:23:00,000 CREDIBLE ANSWER I WILL BE VOTING NO. 755 00:23:00,001 --> 00:23:01,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 756 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:03,000 TIME. 757 00:23:03,001 --> 00:23:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 758 00:23:05,001 --> 00:23:07,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 759 00:23:07,001 --> 00:23:08,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, AS I 760 00:23:08,001 --> 00:23:09,000 YIELD, I WILL SAY TO MY FRIEND 761 00:23:09,001 --> 00:23:10,000 FROM WORCESTER IT'S VERY 762 00:23:10,001 --> 00:23:12,000 IMPORTANT THAT HE REALIZES THAT 763 00:23:12,001 --> 00:23:13,000 HE SHOULD BE VOTING NO ON THIS 764 00:23:13,001 --> 00:23:14,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION SO WE CAN HAVE 765 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:16,000 THE KIND OF DEBATE TO WHICH HE 766 00:23:16,001 --> 00:23:17,000 ASPIRES. 767 00:23:17,001 --> 00:23:18,000 WITH THAT I YIELD THREE MINUTES 768 00:23:18,001 --> 00:23:20,000 TO THE DISTINGUISHED RANKING 769 00:23:20,001 --> 00:23:22,000 MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, MR. LEWIS. 770 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:24,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 771 00:23:24,001 --> 00:23:25,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS 772 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:26,000 RECOGNIZED. 773 00:23:26,001 --> 00:23:27,000 MR. LEWIS: I FRANKLY HAD HOPED 774 00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:29,000 THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING THIS 775 00:23:29,001 --> 00:23:30,000 BILL TO THE FLOOR TODAY, THE 776 00:23:30,001 --> 00:23:31,000 SUPPLEMENTAL, FOLLOWING THE 777 00:23:31,001 --> 00:23:33,000 TRADITIONAL PATTERN OF 778 00:23:33,001 --> 00:23:34,000 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESSEES WITH 779 00:23:34,001 --> 00:23:36,000 AN OPEN RULE SO THAT WE COULD 780 00:23:36,001 --> 00:23:37,000 COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS SOME 781 00:23:37,001 --> 00:23:40,000 OF THESE VERY KEY ISSUES 782 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:43,000 TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY. 783 00:23:43,001 --> 00:23:45,000 AND AS THEHAIRMAN -- AS THE 784 00:23:45,001 --> 00:23:47,000 RULES COMMITTEE MEMBER SAID MAKE 785 00:23:47,001 --> 00:23:48,000 WHAT IS A VERY GOOD AND 786 00:23:48,001 --> 00:23:49,000 BIPARTISAN EFFORT SIGNIFICANTLY 787 00:23:49,001 --> 00:23:53,000 BETTER BY ADDRESSING A FEW KEY 788 00:23:53,001 --> 00:23:55,000 ISSUES THAT INDEED ARE GREAT 789 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:58,000 CONCERN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 790 00:23:58,001 --> 00:24:00,000 I'D SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO MENTION 791 00:24:00,001 --> 00:24:01,000 THAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO 792 00:24:01,001 --> 00:24:03,000 SUGGESTED THAT THIS IS THE LAST 793 00:24:03,001 --> 00:24:04,000 SUPPLEMENTAL. 794 00:24:04,001 --> 00:24:05,000 AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WATCHED 795 00:24:05,001 --> 00:24:07,000 THE HOUSE FOR ALL THE YEARS 796 00:24:07,001 --> 00:24:08,000 YOU'VE BEEN HERE, AND I KNOW 797 00:24:08,001 --> 00:24:10,000 THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED 798 00:24:10,001 --> 00:24:12,000 THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST 799 00:24:12,001 --> 00:24:13,000 SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT I WOULDN'T 800 00:24:13,001 --> 00:24:14,000 SUGGEST THAT OTHERS WOULD 801 00:24:14,001 --> 00:24:16,000 PERHAPS CONSIDER THAT TO BE A 802 00:24:16,001 --> 00:24:18,000 BIT NAIVE. 803 00:24:18,001 --> 00:24:19,000 BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I WAS MOST 804 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:21,000 INTRIGUED BY ANOTHER DISCUSSION 805 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:22,000 I HAD WITH THE GENTLEMAN 806 00:24:22,001 --> 00:24:24,000 YESTERDAY IN THE RULES COMMITTEE 807 00:24:24,001 --> 00:24:25,000 WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 808 00:24:25,001 --> 00:24:26,000 GUANTANAMO. 809 00:24:26,001 --> 00:24:28,000 INDEED, GUANTANAMO IS AN ISSUE 810 00:24:28,001 --> 00:24:30,000 THAT WILL BECOME A GREATER AND 811 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:32,000 EATER CONCERN TO THE AMERICAN 812 00:24:32,001 --> 00:24:35,000 PUBLIC AS WE GO FORWARD FROM 813 00:24:35,001 --> 00:24:36,000 HERE. 814 00:24:36,001 --> 00:24:38,000 THE RULE DOES SELF-ENACT A 815 00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:40,000 PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 816 00:24:40,001 --> 00:24:41,000 FULL COMMITTEE THAT ADDRESSES 817 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,000 GUANTANAMO. 818 00:24:42,001 --> 00:24:44,000 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS 819 00:24:44,001 --> 00:24:46,000 THAT DOES NOT, HOWEVER, ADDRESS 820 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:47,000 IN ITS LANGUAGE FORM AND INDEED 821 00:24:47,001 --> 00:24:50,000 AN OPEN RULE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED 822 00:24:50,001 --> 00:24:51,000 US TO HAVE DISCUSSION OF THE 823 00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:54,000 VERY THOUGHTFUL WORK DONE BY OUR 824 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:56,000 MEMBERS IN THE FULL COMMITTEE. 825 00:24:56,001 --> 00:24:57,000 THOSE MEMBERS' PRODUCTS WERE 826 00:24:57,001 --> 00:25:00,000 REJECTED ON A PARTISAN VOTE IN 827 00:25:00,001 --> 00:25:01,000 THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS 828 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,000 UNFORTUNATELY AND WE SHOULD HAVE 829 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,000 A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THEM HERE ON 830 00:25:04,001 --> 00:25:06,000 THE FLOOR. 831 00:25:06,001 --> 00:25:07,000 I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW 832 00:25:07,001 --> 00:25:08,000 OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE 833 00:25:08,001 --> 00:25:10,000 CHAIRMAN'S AMENDMENT THAT'S IN 834 00:25:10,001 --> 00:25:13,000 THE RULE DOES NOT DO. 835 00:25:13,001 --> 00:25:15,000 THE RULE -- THE RULE INCLUDES 836 00:25:15,001 --> 00:25:17,000 LANGUAGE FROM MR. OBEY THAT 837 00:25:17,001 --> 00:25:20,000 AMONG OTHER THINGS DOES NOT 838 00:25:20,001 --> 00:25:21,000 REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATION TO 839 00:25:21,001 --> 00:25:25,000 CONDUCT A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE 840 00:25:25,001 --> 00:25:27,000 DANGERS OF RELEASING GUANTANAMO 841 00:25:27,001 --> 00:25:28,000 DETAINEES INTO AMERICAN 842 00:25:28,001 --> 00:25:29,000 COMMUNITIES. 843 00:25:29,001 --> 00:25:31,000 IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY 844 00:25:31,001 --> 00:25:33,000 NOTIFICATION, INCLUDING THE 845 00:25:33,001 --> 00:25:34,000 CONGRESS, GOVERNORS, STA 846 00:25:34,001 --> 00:25:36,000 LEGISLATORS OR LOCAL COMMUNITIES 847 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:39,000 AS TO WHEN AND WHERE DETAINEES 848 00:25:39,001 --> 00:25:41,000 WILL BE RELEASED OUTRIGHTED TO 849 00:25:41,001 --> 00:25:45,000 THE GENERAL PUBLIC AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2009. 850 00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:46,000 AND ON AND ON I COULD GO FROM 851 00:25:46,001 --> 00:25:47,000 THERE. 852 00:25:47,001 --> 00:25:49,000 I WAS VERY FASCINATED BY THE 853 00:25:49,001 --> 00:25:50,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO'S 854 00:25:50,001 --> 00:25:51,000 REACTION. 855 00:25:51,001 --> 00:25:52,000 HE SAID, THAT'S WHAT OUR PRISON 856 00:25:52,001 --> 00:25:54,000 SYSTEM IS ABOUT. 857 00:25:54,001 --> 00:25:56,000 AFTER ALL, WE IN COLORADO HAVE 858 00:25:56,001 --> 00:25:57,000 SOME SERIOUS PEOPLE IN PRISON. 859 00:25:57,001 --> 00:26:00,000 FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIBOMBER. 860 00:26:00,001 --> 00:26:02,000 WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE 861 00:26:02,001 --> 00:26:04,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO THOSE 862 00:26:04,001 --> 00:26:05,000 CRIMINALS WHO ARE HOUSED IN 863 00:26:05,001 --> 00:26:08,000 COLORADO AND OTHER STATES WHO 864 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:09,000 ARE DOMESTICS, WHO VIOLATED OUR 865 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,000 LAW IN ANOTHER WAY, THE 866 00:26:11,001 --> 00:26:12,000 UNIBOMBER BEING A NUT CASE, FOR 867 00:26:12,001 --> 00:26:16,000 EXAMPLE, DO NOT REFLECT THE 868 00:26:16,001 --> 00:26:17,000 INTENSITY AND COMMITMENT OF AL 869 00:26:17,001 --> 00:26:19,000 QAEDA-TRAINED TERRORIS WHO 870 00:26:19,001 --> 00:26:21,000 ABSOLUTELY ARE DEDICATED THEIR 871 00:26:21,001 --> 00:26:23,000 LIVES TO TRYING TO DESTROY OUR 872 00:26:23,001 --> 00:26:24,000 WAY OF LIFE. 873 00:26:24,001 --> 00:26:27,000 THOSE PEOPLE IN THE HUNDREDS 874 00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:30,000 POTENTIALLY BEING RELEASED 875 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:31,000 WITHOUT ANY NOTIFICATION TO TH 876 00:26:31,001 --> 00:26:34,000 AMERICAN PUBLIC AND GOVERNORS 877 00:26:34,001 --> 00:26:35,000 AND LOCAL LEGISLATORS. 878 00:26:35,001 --> 00:26:37,000 IT'S UNACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE 879 00:26:37,001 --> 00:26:38,000 THAT WE FOLLOW THAT PATH. 880 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,000 AND BECAUSE OF THAT I AM GOING 881 00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:43,000 TO NOT ONLY URGE A NO VOTE ON 882 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:44,000 THE P.Q., A NO VOTE ALSO ON THE 883 00:26:44,001 --> 00:26:45,000 RULE. 884 00:26:45,001 --> 00:26:47,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 885 00:26:47,001 --> 00:26:48,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 886 00:26:48,001 --> 00:26:49,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 887 00:26:49,001 --> 00:26:51,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I'D HAVE TO 888 00:26:51,001 --> 00:26:53,000 AGREE WITH MY FRIEND, MR. LEWIS FROM CALIFORNIA. 889 00:26:53,001 --> 00:26:54,000 YOU'RE RIGHT. 890 00:26:54,001 --> 00:26:56,000 THERE WILL BE OTHER 891 00:26:56,001 --> 00:26:57,000 SUPPLEMENTALS. 892 00:26:57,001 --> 00:26:58,000 THE PURPOSE IS THAT THESE 893 00:26:58,001 --> 00:26:59,000 SUPPLEMENTALS ARE NOT GOING TO 894 00:26:59,001 --> 00:27:01,000 BE A REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS 895 00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:02,000 AS THEY HAVE BEEN AS IT APPLIES 896 00:27:02,001 --> 00:27:04,000 TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 897 00:27:04,001 --> 00:27:08,000 WITH RESPECT TO YOUR POINTS 898 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:09,000 ABOUT THE HOUSING OF THESE 899 00:27:09,001 --> 00:27:10,000 PRISONERS, NOBODY WANTS THESE 900 00:27:10,001 --> 00:27:12,000 PARTICULAR PRISONERS IN THEIR 901 00:27:12,001 --> 00:27:14,000 STATE OR IN THEIR PRISON SYSTEM. 902 00:27:14,001 --> 00:27:16,000 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE 903 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:19,000 VERY UNSAVORY CHARACTERS FROM 904 00:27:19,001 --> 00:27:24,000 TIME TO TIME IN VARIOUS PRISONS 905 00:27:24,001 --> 00:27:25,000 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 906 00:27:25,001 --> 00:27:27,000 FORT LEAVENWORTH MAY BE ANOTHER 907 00:27:27,001 --> 00:27:29,000 PLACE. 908 00:27:29,001 --> 00:27:31,000 NO MONEY WITHIN THIS 909 00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:32,000 APPROPRIATION WILL BE USED F 910 00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:35,000 RELEASE OR TRANSFER. 911 00:27:35,001 --> 00:27:38,000 AND SO THE AMENDMENT IS AN 912 00:27:38,001 --> 00:27:40,000 ATTEMPT TO STRIKE A COMPROMISE 913 00:27:40,001 --> 00:27:42,000 BETWEEN YOUR CONCERNS AND THE 914 00:27:42,001 --> 00:27:43,000 CONCERNS OF OUR CAUCUS AND 915 00:27:43,001 --> 00:27:47,000 THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS 916 00:27:47,001 --> 00:27:48,000 OF LEGISLATION IS ABOUT. 917 00:27:48,001 --> 00:27:49,000 MR. DREIER: WILL THE GENTLEMAN 918 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,000 YIELD? 919 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: NO. 920 00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:53,000 MR. DREIER: I'D BE HAPPY TO 921 00:27:53,001 --> 00:27:55,000 YIELD 30 SECONDS FROM OUR TIME 922 00:27:55,001 --> 00:27:57,000 -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 923 00:27:57,001 --> 00:27:58,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO CONTROLS 924 00:27:58,001 --> 00:27:59,000 THE TIME. 925 00:27:59,001 --> 00:28:00,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I WANT TO YIELD 926 00:28:00,001 --> 00:28:02,000 TO MY FRIEND. 927 00:28:02,001 --> 00:28:03,000 MS. HARMAN FROM CALIFORNIA FOR 928 00:28:03,001 --> 00:28:04,000 TWO MINUTES. 929 00:28:04,001 --> 00:28:06,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 930 00:28:06,001 --> 00:28:07,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNI 931 00:28:07,001 --> 00:28:08,000 RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 932 00:28:08,001 --> 00:28:09,000 MS. HARMAN: I THANK THE 933 00:28:09,001 --> 00:28:11,000 GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING AND TELL 934 00:28:11,001 --> 00:28:13,000 HIM WE MISS HIM ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE. 935 00:28:13,001 --> 00:28:15,000 MR. SPEAKER, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 936 00:28:15,001 --> 00:28:16,000 THE HARDSHIP THAT PEOPLE FACE 937 00:28:16,001 --> 00:28:18,000 AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE HEART 938 00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:19,000 FELT QUESTIONS BEING RAISED 939 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:20,000 ABOUT THE COSTS AND POLICIES 940 00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:22,000 BEING RAISED IN THIS BILL. 941 00:28:22,001 --> 00:28:23,000 AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW, HOWEVER, I 942 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:26,000 BELIEVE THE BILL IS NEEDED AND 943 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:28,000 THE POLICIES IT FUNDS REFLECTS A 944 00:28:28,001 --> 00:28:30,000 CHANGE IN DIRECTION FROM FAILED 945 00:28:30,001 --> 00:28:31,000 BUSH ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES 946 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:32,000 IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN 947 00:28:32,001 --> 00:28:35,000 AND THE WEST BANK, ALL LOCATIONS 948 00:28:35,001 --> 00:28:36,000 I HAVE VISITED ON SEVERAL TRIPS 949 00:28:36,001 --> 00:28:39,000 THIS PAST YEAR. 950 00:28:39,001 --> 00:28:40,000 . 951 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:41,000 WE ARE ENDING THE COMBAT MISSION 952 00:28:41,001 --> 00:28:43,000 IN IRAQ. 953 00:28:43,001 --> 00:28:45,000 A POLICY I STRONGLY SUPPORT. 954 00:28:45,001 --> 00:28:47,000 WEER WE ARE RAISING A STRATEGY 955 00:28:47,001 --> 00:28:48,000 FOR AFGHANISTAN WHICH MAKES 956 00:28:48,001 --> 00:28:49,000 GOVERNANCE AND NOT MILITARY 957 00:28:49,001 --> 00:28:50,000 FORCE THE TOP PRIORITY. 958 00:28:50,001 --> 00:28:52,000 MISSN SUCCESS THERE WILL ONLY 959 00:28:52,001 --> 00:28:54,000 COME FROM EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE 960 00:28:54,001 --> 00:28:55,000 CORRUPTION AND HELP THE CENTRAL 961 00:28:55,001 --> 00:28:57,000 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE 962 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,000 ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE AFGHAN 963 00:28:58,001 --> 00:28:59,000 PEOPLE. 964 00:28:59,001 --> 00:29:01,000 OTHERWISE THAT COUNTRY WILL 965 00:29:01,001 --> 00:29:03,000 REVERT TO A FAILED STATE AND A 966 00:29:03,001 --> 00:29:04,000 SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS INTENT 967 00:29:04,001 --> 00:29:06,000 ON ATTACKING THE UNITED STATES 968 00:29:06,001 --> 00:29:08,000 AND OUR ALLIES. 969 00:29:08,001 --> 00:29:10,000 PAKISTAN IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. 970 00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:11,000 BECAUSE OF ITS HUGE POPULATION, 971 00:29:11,001 --> 00:29:13,000 MILITARY LARGER THAN OURS, AND 972 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,000 ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL. 973 00:29:16,001 --> 00:29:18,000 THIS BILL FUNDS NONMILITARY AID 974 00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:20,000 AND COUNTER INSURGENCY TRAINING 975 00:29:20,001 --> 00:29:22,000 TO ENABLE PAKISTANI FORCES TO 976 00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:23,000 DEFEAT THE GROWING TALIBAN 977 00:29:23,001 --> 00:29:25,000 THREAT INSIDE THEIR BORDERS. 978 00:29:25,001 --> 00:29:26,000 A PROMISING SECURITY PROM IN THE 979 00:29:26,001 --> 00:29:28,000 WEST BANK IS ALSO SUPPORTED. 980 00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:30,000 A KEY BUILDING BLOCK TO A VIABLE 981 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,000 AND INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN 982 00:29:31,001 --> 00:29:33,000 STATE. 983 00:29:33,001 --> 00:29:34,000 THE BILL MAKES EXPLICIT THAT NO 984 00:29:34,001 --> 00:29:37,000 PALESTINIAN FUNDING WILL GO TO 985 00:29:37,001 --> 00:29:38,000 HAMAS, WHICH CONTINUES TO REARM 986 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:40,000 AND THREATEN ISRAEL. 987 00:29:40,001 --> 00:29:41,000 FOR THE FUTURE, AS HAS BEEN 988 00:29:41,001 --> 00:29:43,000 DISCUSSED, FUNDING FOR OUR 989 00:29:43,001 --> 00:29:46,000 TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY AND 990 00:29:46,001 --> 00:29:47,000 MISSIONS LIKE THESE WILL BE ON BUDGET. 991 00:29:47,001 --> 00:29:49,000 AND FULLY DEBATED THROUGH THE 992 00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:51,000 REGULAR PROCESS IN CONGRESS. 993 00:29:51,001 --> 00:29:53,000 THIS IS YET ANOTHER GOOD COURSE 994 00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:54,000 CORRECTION BY THE OBAMA 995 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:55,000 ADMINISTRATION AND ONE I HAVE 996 00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:58,000 LONG ADVOCATED. 997 00:29:58,001 --> 00:29:59,000 THIS IS A SOUND BILL AND A SOUND RULE. 998 00:29:59,001 --> 00:30:00,000 VOTE AYE ON BOTH. 999 00:30:00,001 --> 00:30:01,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1000 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:02,000 TIME. 1001 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:03,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1002 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:04,000 GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK HER TIME 1003 00:30:04,001 --> 00:30:05,000 OF THE THE GENTLEMAN CALIFORNIA. 1004 00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:07,000 MR. DREIER: AT THIS TIME I YIELD 1005 00:30:07,001 --> 00:30:09,000 TWO MINUTES TO THE DISTINGUISHED 1006 00:30:09,001 --> 00:30:10,000 RANKING MEMBER OF THE 1007 00:30:10,001 --> 00:30:11,000 SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND 1008 00:30:11,001 --> 00:30:12,000 SECURITY, THE AUTHOR OF THE VERY 1009 00:30:12,001 --> 00:30:16,000 IMPORTANT BORDER SECURITY 1010 00:30:16,001 --> 00:30:18,000 AMENDMENT TO WHICH I REFERRED 1011 00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:20,000 EARLIER, THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1012 00:30:20,001 --> 00:30:22,000 SUMMERSET, KENTUCKY, MR. ROGERS. 1013 00:30:22,001 --> 00:30:23,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1014 00:30:23,001 --> 00:30:25,000 GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 1015 00:30:25,001 --> 00:30:27,000 MR. ROGERS: MR. SPEAKER, THE 1016 00:30:27,001 --> 00:30:31,000 BORDER WAR IF YOU WANT TO CALL 1017 00:30:31,001 --> 00:30:33,000 IT, THE WAR ON THE 1018 00:30:33,001 --> 00:30:35,000 MEXICO, NOW IS MORE THAN TRYIN 1019 00:30:35,001 --> 00:30:36,000 TO STOP ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM 1020 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:39,000 COMING ACROSS. 1021 00:30:39,001 --> 00:30:42,000 IT'S TRYING TO PREVENT THE FLOOD 1022 00:30:42,001 --> 00:30:45,000 OF DRUGS COMING ACROSS. 1023 00:30:45,001 --> 00:30:46,000 MORE IMPORTANTLY TRYING TO 1024 00:30:46,001 --> 00:30:48,000 PREVENT THE SPILLOVER OF THE 1025 00:30:48,001 --> 00:30:50,000 VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE DRUG 1026 00:30:50,001 --> 00:30:51,000 CARTELS AND MEXICO COMPETING AND 1027 00:30:51,001 --> 00:30:54,000 FIGHTING FOR THE CONTROL OF THAT 1028 00:30:54,001 --> 00:30:56,000 TRADE INTO THE U.S. FROM 1029 00:30:56,001 --> 00:30:58,000 COMPILLING OVER -- SPILLING OVER 1030 00:30:58,001 --> 00:31:00,000 INTO THE U.S. 1031 00:31:00,001 --> 00:31:02,000 90% OF THE COCAINE COMING INTO 1032 00:31:02,001 --> 00:31:03,000 THIS COUNTRY COMES THROUGH 1033 00:31:03,001 --> 00:31:04,000 MEXICO, COMES ACROSS THAT 1034 00:31:04,001 --> 00:31:07,000 BORDER. 1035 00:31:07,001 --> 00:31:09,000 ANDO WONDER THE DRUG CARTELS 1036 00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:12,000 IN MEXICO ARE WARRING WITH EACH 1037 00:31:12,001 --> 00:31:14,000 OTHER AND THE GOVERNMENT IN 1038 00:31:14,001 --> 00:31:18,000 MEXICO TO CONTROL THAT TRADE, BECAE THERE'S BILLIONS AND 1039 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:21,000 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVOLVED, OF COURSE. 1040 00:31:21,001 --> 00:31:23,000 BUT ALREADY THOSE DRUG CARTELS 1041 00:31:23,001 --> 00:31:24,000 HAVE INFILTRATED MOST OF THE 1042 00:31:24,001 --> 00:31:28,000 AMERICAN CITIES, MOST OF THE 1043 00:31:28,001 --> 00:31:30,000 LARGE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY, 1044 00:31:30,001 --> 00:31:33,000 HAVE CELLS OR PIECES OF THAT 1045 00:31:33,001 --> 00:31:36,000 DRUG CARTEL ORGANIZATION NOW IN 1046 00:31:36,001 --> 00:31:38,000 THEIR COMMUNITIES. 1047 00:31:38,001 --> 00:31:40,000 YOU READ ABOUT KILLINGS AND 1048 00:31:40,001 --> 00:31:41,000 MURDERS AND HOSTAGE TAKING IN 1049 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:43,000 PLACES LIKE BIRMINGHAM AND 1050 00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:45,000 ATLANTA AND CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1051 00:31:45,001 --> 00:31:47,000 AND OF COURSE PHOENIX AND ALL OF 1052 00:31:47,001 --> 00:31:50,000 THE CITIES OF THE WEST. 1053 00:31:50,001 --> 00:31:52,000 THEY ARE HERE NOW. 1054 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:56,000 THIS BILL DOESN'T CONTAIN ONE 1055 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:59,000 PENNY FOR THE F.B.I., THE DRUG 1056 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:00,000 ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, THE 1057 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:02,000 ALCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARMS 1058 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:03,000 ORGANIZATION, ALL OF THE LAW 1059 00:32:03,001 --> 00:32:05,000 ENFORCEMENT GROUPS IN THIS 1060 00:32:05,001 --> 00:32:06,000 COUNTRY ARE SHUT OUT IN THIS 1061 00:32:06,001 --> 00:32:08,000 BILL. 1062 00:32:08,001 --> 00:32:10,000 AND THIS RULE SEALS IT SO WE 1063 00:32:10,001 --> 00:32:13,000 CAN'T GET INTO IT. 1064 00:32:13,001 --> 00:32:16,000 AND WE ARE IGNORING WITH OUR 1065 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:20,000 HEADS IN THE CANCUN SAND THE 1066 00:32:20,001 --> 00:32:24,000 CARTELS IN MEXICO THAT ARE 1067 00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:27,000 EATING AWAY IN THIS COUNTRY, 1068 00:32:27,001 --> 00:32:28,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITIES AS 1069 00:32:28,001 --> 00:32:30,000 WELL AS OLD PEOPLE. 1070 00:32:30,001 --> 00:32:32,000 SO I URGE THAT WE DEFEAT THE 1071 00:32:32,001 --> 00:32:34,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN 1072 00:32:34,001 --> 00:32:35,000 BE ALLOWED TO BRING THESE 1073 00:32:35,001 --> 00:32:37,000 MATTERS TO THIS BILL. 1074 00:32:37,001 --> 00:32:40,000 AND THEN FAILING THAT, I WOULD 1075 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:43,000 HOPE THAT WE WOULD DEFEAT THIS 1076 00:32:43,001 --> 00:32:44,000 RULE BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT IN 1077 00:32:44,001 --> 00:32:46,000 SEALING US TO WHERE WE DON'T 1078 00:32:46,001 --> 00:32:47,000 HAVE A VOICE FOR THIS EXTREMELY 1079 00:32:47,001 --> 00:32:48,000 IMPORTANT MATTER. 1080 00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:52,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1081 00:32:52,001 --> 00:32:54,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1082 00:32:54,001 --> 00:32:56,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. 1083 00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:57,000 I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MY FRIEND, 1084 00:32:57,001 --> 00:32:58,000 MS. WATERS, FROM CALIFORNIA. 1085 00:32:58,001 --> 00:32:59,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1086 00:32:59,001 --> 00:33:00,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS 1087 00:33:00,001 --> 00:33:01,000 RE 1088 00:33:01,001 --> 00:33:04,000 MS. WATERS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. 1089 00:33:04,001 --> 00:33:05,000 I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS 1090 00:33:05,001 --> 00:33:08,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. 1091 00:33:08,001 --> 00:33:09,000 THIS BILL SIMPLY CONTINUES AND 1092 00:33:09,001 --> 00:33:11,000 AMPLIFIES THE FAILED POLICIES 1093 00:33:11,001 --> 00:33:14,000 THAT HAVE CAUSED US TO BE CAUGHT 1094 00:33:14,001 --> 00:33:16,000 UP IN A CONTINUED OCCUPATION OF 1095 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:18,000 IRAQ AND AN INCREASINGLY LARGE 1096 00:33:18,001 --> 00:33:20,000 PRESSENCE IN AFGHANISTAN. 1097 00:33:20,001 --> 00:33:23,000 INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE TALIBAN 1098 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,000 SHELL GAME AND SO-CALLED CHASING 1099 00:33:24,001 --> 00:33:26,000 OSAMA BIN LADEN, WE SHOULD 1100 00:33:26,001 --> 00:33:29,000 DEVISE A SMART STRATEGY TO WIN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE 1101 00:33:29,001 --> 00:33:31,000 PEOPLE OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 1102 00:33:31,001 --> 00:33:32,000 THEY WILL HELP US TO LOCATE 1103 00:33:32,001 --> 00:33:35,000 OSAMA BIN LADEN. 1104 00:33:35,001 --> 00:33:38,000 AIR STRIKES THAT KILL INNOCENT 1105 00:33:38,001 --> 00:33:39,000 CIVILIANS WILL ONLY HARDEN THE 1106 00:33:39,001 --> 00:33:42,000 CIVILIANS AGAINST US. 1107 00:33:42,001 --> 00:33:44,000 THE TALIBAN ARE LEADING US INTO 1108 00:33:44,001 --> 00:33:46,000 PAKISTAN WHERE WE ARE ON THE 1109 00:33:46,001 --> 00:33:47,000 VERGE AFTER NEW FOOTPRINT AFTER 1110 00:33:47,001 --> 00:33:49,000 GIVING THE FORMER PRESIDENT 1111 00:33:49,001 --> 00:33:50,000 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE HE WAS 1112 00:33:50,001 --> 00:33:51,000 PLAYING FTSE WITH THE TALIBAN 1113 00:33:51,001 --> 00:33:54,000 AND ALLOWING THEM TO CONTROL THE 1114 00:33:54,001 --> 00:33:55,000 BORDER BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND 1115 00:33:55,001 --> 00:33:57,000 PAKISTAN. 1116 00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:58,000 NOW PRESIDENT SADARI HAS BEEN 1117 00:33:58,001 --> 00:34:00,000 PROVEN TO BE WEAK AND EFFECTIVE 1118 00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:02,000 YET WE ARE REWARDING HIM WITH 1119 00:34:02,001 --> 00:34:04,000 MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. THERE ARE TWO GOOD AMENDMENTS 1120 00:34:04,001 --> 00:34:05,000 THAT SHD HAVE BEEN MADE IN ORDER. 1121 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:07,000 THE MCGOVERN AMENDMENT WHICH 1122 00:34:07,001 --> 00:34:08,000 WOULD REQUIRE A SIMPLE EXIT 1123 00:34:08,001 --> 00:34:09,000 STRATEGY. 1124 00:34:09,001 --> 00:34:10,000 AND THE TIERNEY AMENDMENT WHICH 1125 00:34:10,001 --> 00:34:13,000 WOULD HAVE PLACED CONDITIONS ON 1126 00:34:13,001 --> 00:34:14,000 ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS GIVEN TO 1127 00:34:14,001 --> 00:34:15,000 PAKISTAN. 1128 00:34:15,001 --> 00:34:17,000 WE SHOULD BE TAKING OVER THE 1129 00:34:17,001 --> 00:34:19,000 MADRASAHS, REBUILDG 1130 00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:20,000 INFRASTRUCTURE, 1131 00:34:20,001 --> 00:34:23,000 DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION THAT IS 1132 00:34:23,001 --> 00:34:24,000 WILL SUPPORT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE. 1133 00:34:24,001 --> 00:34:27,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1134 00:34:27,001 --> 00:34:29,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1135 00:34:29,001 --> 00:34:33,000 ER THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1136 00:34:33,001 --> 00:34:36,000 CALIFORNIA. -- THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1137 00:34:36,001 --> 00:34:37,000 CALIFORNIA. 1138 00:34:37,001 --> 00:34:39,000 THE CHAIR WILL REMIND ALL 1139 00:34:39,001 --> 00:34:41,000 PERSONS IN THE GALLERY THAT THEY 1140 00:34:41,001 --> 00:34:43,000 ARE HERE AS GUEST OF THE HOUSE 1141 00:34:43,001 --> 00:34:46,000 AND THAT ANY MANIFEST TATION OF 1142 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:47,000 APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF 1143 00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:48,000 PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER AUDIBLE 1144 00:34:48,001 --> 00:34:49,000 CONVERSATION IS IN VIOLATION OF 1145 00:34:49,001 --> 00:34:50,000 THE RULES OF THE HOUSE. 1146 00:34:50,001 --> 00:34:51,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1147 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:53,000 MR. DREIER: AT THIS TIME I'M 1148 00:34:53,001 --> 00:34:55,000 HAPPY TO YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE 1149 00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:57,000 DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN LEADER, 1150 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:58,000 OUR FRIEND FROM WESTCHESTER, 1151 00:34:58,001 --> 00:34:59,000 OHIO, MR. BOEHNER. 1152 00:34:59,001 --> 00:35:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1153 00:35:00,001 --> 00:35:02,000 MINORITY LEADER IS RECOGNIZED. 1154 00:35:02,001 --> 00:35:04,000 MR. BOEHNER: MR. SPEAKER, MY 1155 00:35:04,001 --> 00:35:07,000 COLLEAGUES, I TOLD THE PRESIDENT 1156 00:35:07,001 --> 00:35:08,000 THAT WHEN HE DOES WHAT WE AGREE 1157 00:35:08,001 --> 00:35:09,000 WITH IN TERMS OF WHAT'S RIGHT 1158 00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:11,000 FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE 1159 00:35:11,001 --> 00:35:13,000 WOULD BE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. 1160 00:35:13,001 --> 00:35:15,000 THE PRESIDENT MADE VERY 1161 00:35:15,001 --> 00:35:18,000 RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS WITH 1162 00:35:18,001 --> 00:35:20,000 REGARD TO HIS MISSION IN IRAQ 1163 00:35:20,001 --> 00:35:21,000 AND A GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL OF OUR 1164 00:35:21,001 --> 00:35:23,000 TROOPS. 1165 00:35:23,001 --> 00:35:25,000 AND I BELIEVE THAT HIS DECISION 1166 00:35:25,001 --> 00:35:27,000 WITH REGARD TO HIS PLANS IN 1167 00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:28,000 AFGHANISTAN ARE SOUND. 1168 00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:29,000 IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT 1169 00:35:29,001 --> 00:35:33,000 LISTENED TO THE COMMANDERS ON 1170 00:35:33,001 --> 00:35:36,000 THE GROUND AND OUR DIPLOMATS AND 1171 00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:38,000 IS ENGAGED IN AN EFFORT TO WIN 1172 00:35:38,001 --> 00:35:40,000 OUR BATTLE AGAINST THE 1173 00:35:40,001 --> 00:35:42,000 TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN THE 1174 00:35:42,001 --> 00:35:43,000 UNITED STATES AND OUR CITIZENS. 1175 00:35:43,001 --> 00:35:45,000 ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT HE 1176 00:35:45,001 --> 00:35:48,000 ALSO MADE WAS A DECISION TO SEND 1177 00:35:48,001 --> 00:35:50,000 UP TO THE HOUSE A CLEAN BILL 1178 00:35:50,001 --> 00:35:51,000 ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR OUR 1179 00:35:51,001 --> 00:35:53,000 TROOPS. 1180 00:35:53,001 --> 00:35:55,000 AND I BELIEVE THIS BILL PROVIDES 1181 00:35:55,001 --> 00:35:57,000 THOSE RESOURCES. 1182 00:35:57,001 --> 00:35:58,000 JUST AS IMPORTANTLY DOES NOT 1183 00:35:58,001 --> 00:36:00,000 INCLUDE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED 1184 00:36:00,001 --> 00:36:01,000 RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD 1185 00:36:01,001 --> 00:36:03,000 HAMSTRING OUR COMMANDERS IN THE 1186 00:36:03,001 --> 00:36:05,000 FIELD. 1187 00:36:05,001 --> 00:36:06,000 REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THE 1188 00:36:06,001 --> 00:36:08,000 UNDERLYING BILL AND I THINK IT 1189 00:36:08,001 --> 00:36:09,000 DESERVES SUPPORT FROM MEMBERS ON 1190 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:11,000 BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. 1191 00:36:11,001 --> 00:36:14,000 BUT LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, WE'LL 1192 00:36:14,001 --> 00:36:15,000 BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY IN THE 1193 00:36:15,001 --> 00:36:17,000 WEEKS TO COME AND SOME MAY TRY 1194 00:36:17,001 --> 00:36:19,000 LOAD THIS BILL UP WITH 1195 00:36:19,001 --> 00:36:23,000 UNRELATED SPENDING OR LANGUAGE 1196 00:36:23,001 --> 00:36:24,000 THAT WOULD UNDERMINE OUR TROOPS. 1197 00:36:24,001 --> 00:36:25,000 THAT INCLUDES FONINGS MONEY FOR 1198 00:36:25,001 --> 00:36:28,000 THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. 1199 00:36:28,001 --> 00:36:29,000 THAT SHOULD BE DEBATED ON ITS 1200 00:36:29,001 --> 00:36:31,000 OWN MERITS NOT AS PARTF A 1201 00:36:31,001 --> 00:36:34,000 TROOP FUNDING BILL FOR OUR MEN 1202 00:36:34,001 --> 00:36:36,000 AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY. 1203 00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:39,000 I'M ALSO PLEASED THAT THE $80 1204 00:36:39,001 --> 00:36:41,000 MILLION IN FUNDING TO TRANSFER 1205 00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:43,000 GUANTANAMO PRISONERS TO THE UNITED STATES WAS REMOVED FROM 1206 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:46,000 THIS BILL. 1207 00:36:46,001 --> 00:36:48,000 IT DESERVED TO BE REMOVED. 1208 00:36:48,001 --> 00:36:50,000 AND I WILL ONCE AGAIN ASK A VERY 1209 00:36:50,001 --> 00:36:52,000 IMPORTANT QUESTION -- WHAT IS 1210 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:54,000 THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN FOR 1211 00:36:54,001 --> 00:36:59,000 THOSE PRISONERS WHO ARE BEING 1212 00:36:59,001 --> 00:37:01,000 HELD AT OUR DETENTION FACILITY? 1213 00:37:01,001 --> 00:37:03,000 WILL RELEASE OR TRANSFER OF THEM 1214 00:37:03,001 --> 00:37:05,000 COME AND ALLOW THEM TO COME TO 1215 00:37:05,001 --> 00:37:07,000 AMERICAN SOIL? 1216 00:37:07,001 --> 00:37:08,000 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY COMMUNITY OR 1217 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:09,000 NEIGHBORHOOD IN AMERICA THAT 1218 00:37:09,001 --> 00:37:11,000 WOULD WANT THEM. 1219 00:37:11,001 --> 00:37:13,000 THE LANGUAGE INSERTED BY 1220 00:37:13,001 --> 00:37:15,000 CHAIRMAN OBEY IN THIS BILL ON 1221 00:37:15,001 --> 00:37:16,000 THIS ISSUE I THINK IS 1222 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:18,000 INADEQUATE. 1223 00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:20,000 IT WILL DO NOTHING MORE THAN TO 1224 00:37:20,001 --> 00:37:22,000 PROVIDE COVER PURE AND SIMPLE. 1225 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:24,000 AND THE FACT IS THERE'S NOTHING 1226 00:37:24,001 --> 00:37:26,000 IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT WILL 1227 00:37:26,001 --> 00:37:28,000 KEEP THE QUANTITY QUANTITY 1228 00:37:28,001 --> 00:37:29,000 TERRORISTS OUT OF AMERICA. 1229 00:37:29,001 --> 00:37:30,000 NOTHING -- GUANTANAMO TERRORISTS 1230 00:37:30,001 --> 00:37:32,000 OUTS OF AMERICA. 1231 00:37:32,001 --> 00:37:33,000 NOTHING AND I THINK WE CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER. 1232 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:36,000 OUR SOLUTION IS TO KEEP THE 1233 00:37:36,001 --> 00:37:38,000 TERRORISTS OUTS OF AMERICA ACT. 1234 00:37:38,001 --> 00:37:39,000 OUR PLAN I THINK DOES WHAT THE 1235 00:37:39,001 --> 00:37:40,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY 1236 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:42,000 WANT. 1237 00:37:42,001 --> 00:37:43,000 IT ENSURES THAT THOSE TERRORISTS 1238 00:37:43,001 --> 00:37:45,000 ARE NOT TRANSFERRED OR RELEASED 1239 00:37:45,001 --> 00:37:46,000 INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. 1240 00:37:46,001 --> 00:37:49,000 AND MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 1241 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:51,000 AISLE HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST 1242 00:37:51,001 --> 00:37:52,000 THE RELEASE OF THOSE PRISONERS 1243 00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:54,000 IN OUR COUNTRY. 1244 00:37:54,001 --> 00:37:56,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. 1245 00:37:56,001 --> 00:37:58,000 WOLF, OFFERED SIMILAR LANGUAGE 1246 00:37:58,001 --> 00:38:00,000 IN THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 1247 00:38:00,001 --> 00:38:03,000 WHERE IT WAS DEFEATED. 1248 00:38:03,001 --> 00:38:05,000 AND I BELIEVE THAT AS WE GET 1249 00:38:05,001 --> 00:38:07,000 INTO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON 1250 00:38:07,001 --> 00:38:10,000 THIS RULE, THAT WE SHOULD DEFEAT 1251 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:11,000 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AND ALLOW 1252 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:13,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. 1253 00:38:13,001 --> 00:38:14,000 WOLF, TO OFFER HIS LANGUAGE ON 1254 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:16,000 THIS BILL. 1255 00:38:16,001 --> 00:38:18,000 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO 1256 00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:19,000 VOTE NO ON THE PREVIOUS 1257 00:38:19,001 --> 00:38:21,000 QUESTION. 1258 00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:24,000 LET'S HAVE A FAIR AND OPEN 1259 00:38:24,001 --> 00:38:26,000 DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE. 1260 00:38:26,001 --> 00:38:28,000 AND ALLOW MEMBERS THE 1261 00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:30,000 OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW THE HOUSE 1262 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:31,000 TO WORK ITS WILL. 1263 00:38:31,001 --> 00:38:33,000 BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE 1264 00:38:33,001 --> 00:38:34,000 UNDERLYING BILL DOES IN FACT DESERVE OUR SUPPORT. 1265 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:36,000 WITH THAT I YIELD BACK. 1266 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1267 00:38:37,001 --> 00:38:38,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BANCE OF HIS TIME. 1268 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:39,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1269 00:38:39,001 --> 00:38:40,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU. 1270 00:38:40,001 --> 00:38:43,000 MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD 90 SECONDS 1271 00:38:43,001 --> 00:38:45,000 TO MY FRIEND FROM NEVADA, 1272 00:38:45,001 --> 00:38:46,000 CONGRESSWOMAN BERKLEY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1273 00:38:46,001 --> 00:38:48,000 GENTLEWOMAN NEVADA IS RECOGNIZED 1274 00:38:48,001 --> 00:38:49,000 FOR 90 SECONDS. 1275 00:38:49,001 --> 00:38:52,000 MS. BERKLEY: I RISE TODAY IN 1276 00:38:52,001 --> 00:38:53,000 SUPPORT OF THIS RULE AND THE 1277 00:38:53,001 --> 00:38:55,000 UNDERLYING BILL BUT DEEPLY 1278 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:56,000 CONCERNED WITH THE FUNDING TO 1279 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:58,000 THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND TO 1280 00:38:58,001 --> 00:39:00,000 REBUILD GAZA. 1281 00:39:00,001 --> 00:39:02,000 BY GIVING THIS MONEY I BELIEVE 1282 00:39:02,001 --> 00:39:03,000 WE ARE SENDING PRECISELY THE 1283 00:39:03,001 --> 00:39:05,000 WRONG MESSAGE. 1284 00:39:05,001 --> 00:39:07,000 THAT HAMAS CAN PARTNER WITH 1285 00:39:07,001 --> 00:39:08,000 IRAN, ATTACK ISRAEL WITH 1286 00:39:08,001 --> 00:39:10,000 IMPUNITY, AND REFUSE TO 1287 00:39:10,001 --> 00:39:11,000 RECOGNIZE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO 1288 00:39:11,001 --> 00:39:14,000 EXIST ALL THE WHILE THE UNITED 1289 00:39:14,001 --> 00:39:15,000 STATES WILL PROVIDE AID NO 1290 00:39:15,001 --> 00:39:17,000 MATTER WHAT. 1291 00:39:17,001 --> 00:39:19,000 TALK ABOUT THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF 1292 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:21,000 LOW EXPECTATIONS. 1293 00:39:21,001 --> 00:39:22,000 AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD USE 1294 00:39:22,001 --> 00:39:25,000 OUR AID TO HELP MODIFIED THE 1295 00:39:25,001 --> 00:39:27,000 BEHAVIOR OF HAMAS BEFORE WE SEND 1296 00:39:27,001 --> 00:39:29,000 MORE MONEY TO THE GAZA, MORE 1297 00:39:29,001 --> 00:39:31,000 MONEY TO THE PALESTINIAN 1298 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:32,000 AUTHORITY, ALL PALESTINIAN 1299 00:39:32,001 --> 00:39:34,000 FACTIONS SHOULD RECOGNIZE 1300 00:39:34,001 --> 00:39:37,000 ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST AS A 1301 00:39:37,001 --> 00:39:39,000 JEWISH STATE, RENOUNCE 1302 00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:41,000 TERRORISM, RESPECT PAST 1303 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:42,000 DISAGREEMENT, AND RELEASE THE 1304 00:39:42,001 --> 00:39:45,000 YOUNG ISRAELI SOLDIER WHO WAS 1305 00:39:45,001 --> 00:39:46,000 KIDNAPPE BY HAMAS AND WHO HAS 1306 00:39:46,001 --> 00:39:47,000 BEEN HELD CAPTIVE FOR ALMOST 1307 00:39:47,001 --> 00:39:49,000 THREE YEARS. 1308 00:39:49,001 --> 00:39:51,000 WITHOUT THESE CONDITIONS, WE ARE 1309 00:39:51,001 --> 00:39:53,000 SIMPLY WRITING THE PALESTINIANS 1310 00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:54,000 ANOTHER BLANK CHECK TO CONTINUE 1311 00:39:54,001 --> 00:39:55,000 THEIR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE AND 1312 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:57,000 VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. 1313 00:39:57,001 --> 00:39:59,000 WHILE I SUPPORT THE RULE AND THE 1314 00:39:59,001 --> 00:40:02,000 BILL, I HAVE SERIOUS 1315 00:40:02,001 --> 00:40:04,000 RESERVATIONS ABOUT FUNDING AND 1316 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:06,000 URGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE NOT 1317 00:40:06,001 --> 00:40:08,000 CONTINUE THIS PATTERN OF 1318 00:40:08,001 --> 00:40:09,000 REWARDING UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR 1319 00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:10,000 IN THE FUTURE. 1320 00:40:10,001 --> 00:40:11,000 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1321 00:40:11,001 --> 00:40:12,000 TIME. 1322 00:40:12,001 --> 00:40:13,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK. 1323 00:40:13,001 --> 00:40:14,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1324 00:40:14,001 --> 00:40:15,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, THANK 1325 00:40:15,001 --> 00:40:16,000 YOU VERY MUCH. 1326 00:40:16,001 --> 00:40:18,000 AT THIS TIME I'M HAPPY TO YIELD 1327 00:40:18,001 --> 00:40:20,000 O MINUTES TO ANOTHER HARDWORKING MEMBER OF THE 1328 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:21,000 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WHO 1329 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:23,000 HAD AN AMENDMENT DEALING WITH 1330 00:40:23,001 --> 00:40:24,000 GUANTANAMO BAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY 1331 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:27,000 WITH THE STRUCTURE WE'VE GOT 1332 00:40:27,001 --> 00:40:28,000 WON'T BE MADE IN ORDER. 1333 00:40:28,001 --> 00:40:29,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS. 1334 00:40:29,001 --> 00:40:30,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1335 00:40:30,001 --> 00:40:31,000 GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS IS 1336 00:40:31,001 --> 00:40:32,000 RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 1337 00:40:32,001 --> 00:40:33,000 MR. TIAHRT: I THANK THE 1338 00:40:33,001 --> 00:40:34,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA FOR 1339 00:40:34,001 --> 00:40:36,000 HIS LEADERSHIP. WE ARE APPROACHING NATIONAL 1340 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:37,000 SECURITY ISSUES, CONGRESS HAS 1341 00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:40,000 ALWAYS ACTED IN A PRUDENT 1342 00:40:40,001 --> 00:40:43,000 BIPARTISAN MANNER TO PROCT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 1343 00:40:43,001 --> 00:40:44,000 LAST WEEK, HOWEVER N. A STRAIGHT 1344 00:40:44,001 --> 00:40:45,000 PARTY-LINE VOTE IN THE 1345 00:40:45,001 --> 00:40:46,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 1346 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:48,000 DEMOCRATS REJECTED BOTH 1347 00:40:48,001 --> 00:40:49,000 REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES TO 1348 00:40:49,001 --> 00:40:51,000 PREVENT TERRORISTS HELD AT 1349 00:40:51,001 --> 00:40:53,000 GUANTANAMO BAY FROM GETTING A 1350 00:40:53,001 --> 00:40:54,000 PLANE RIDE TO THE UNITED STATES. 1351 00:40:54,001 --> 00:40:56,000 THEN YESTERDAY THE DEMOCRATS ON 1352 00:40:56,001 --> 00:40:57,000 THE RULES COMMITTEE REJECTED MY 1353 00:40:57,001 --> 00:40:59,000 AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT TERRORIST 1354 00:40:59,001 --> 00:41:00,000 DETAINEES FROM BEING TRANSFERRED 1355 00:41:00,001 --> 00:41:02,000 OR RELEASED IN THE UNITED 1356 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:03,000 STATES. 1357 00:41:03,001 --> 00:41:05,000 SPEAKER PELOSI AND HER 1358 00:41:05,001 --> 00:41:06,000 LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE REFUSING AN 1359 00:41:06,001 --> 00:41:08,000 UP OR DOWN VOTE. 1360 00:41:08,001 --> 00:41:11,000 DO WE ALLOW HARDENED TERRORISTS 1361 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:12,000 TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED 1362 00:41:12,001 --> 00:41:13,000 STATES NOTHING THAT EVENTUALLY 1363 00:41:13,001 --> 00:41:15,000 SOME WILL BE RELEASED TO THE 1364 00:41:15,001 --> 00:41:17,000 STREETS OF AMERICA? 1365 00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:18,000 DEMOCRATS HAVE ITEAD OFFED A 1366 00:41:18,001 --> 00:41:20,000 FIG LEAF. 1367 00:41:20,001 --> 00:41:23,000 THEIR PROVISION SIMPLY DELAYS, 1368 00:41:23,001 --> 00:41:26,000 IT DOES NOT PREVENT, IT DELAYS 1369 00:41:26,001 --> 00:41:27,000 THE BOMB'S PLAN TO -- OBAMA 1370 00:41:27,001 --> 00:41:28,000 ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO RELEASE 1371 00:41:28,001 --> 00:41:29,000 TERRORISTS ON OUR STREETS. 1372 00:41:29,001 --> 00:41:31,000 THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY 1373 00:41:31,001 --> 00:41:33,000 AUTHORIZED THE RELEASE OF 30 DETAINEES. 1374 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:35,000 THIS IS NOT CONJECTURE. 1375 00:41:35,001 --> 00:41:36,000 THIS IS NOT SPECULATION. 1376 00:41:36,001 --> 00:41:39,000 THIS IS HAPPENING. 1377 00:41:39,001 --> 00:41:41,000 AND UNFORTUNATELY MY COLLEAGUES 1378 00:41:41,001 --> 00:41:43,000 ARE SIMPLY DELAYING THE REAL PROBLEM. 1379 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,000 75% OF THE POPULATION DOES NOT 1380 00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:46,000 WANT TERRORISTS RELEASED IN THE 1381 00:41:46,001 --> 00:41:48,000 UNITED STATES, AND 20% DON'T 1382 00:41:48,001 --> 00:41:50,000 EVEN REALIZE IT'S A POSSIBILITY. 1383 00:41:50,001 --> 00:41:51,000 CONGRESS SHOULD NOT ABDICATE ITS 1384 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:52,000 RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE FOR 1385 00:41:52,001 --> 00:41:54,000 THE COMMON DEFENSE OF THIS NATION. 1386 00:41:54,001 --> 00:41:55,000 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON 1387 00:41:55,001 --> 00:41:57,000 THIS ISSUE. 1388 00:41:57,001 --> 00:41:59,000 AMERICANS DESERVE AN UP OR DOWN 1389 00:41:59,001 --> 00:42:00,000 VOTE ON THE QUESTION, DO WE 1390 00:42:00,001 --> 00:42:02,000 WELCOME TERRORISTS ON THE 1391 00:42:02,001 --> 00:42:03,000 STREETS OF AMERICA OR NOT? 1392 00:42:03,001 --> 00:42:05,000 THIS RULE SIMPLY SWEEPS THE 1393 00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:08,000 QUESTION UNDER THE RUG HOPING 1394 00:42:08,001 --> 00:42:09,000 THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY. 1395 00:42:09,001 --> 00:42:10,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO 1396 00:42:10,001 --> 00:42:11,000 MENTIONEWE COULD SEND THEM TO 1397 00:42:11,001 --> 00:42:13,000 FORT LEAVENWORTH. 1398 00:42:13,001 --> 00:42:15,000 I HAVE BEEN THERE, I AM FROM 1399 00:42:15,001 --> 00:42:16,000 KANSAS, WE DO NOT WANT 1400 00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:17,000 TERRORISTS IN KANSAS AND I DON'T 1401 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:19,000 WANT THEM ON ANY STREET IN 1402 00:42:19,001 --> 00:42:21,000 AMERICA. 1403 00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:24,000 SO I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY FAIR 1404 00:42:24,001 --> 00:42:26,000 WE REJECT THIS RULE. 1405 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:27,000 GIVE US AN UP OR DOWN VOTE ON 1406 00:42:27,001 --> 00:42:28,000 WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT A PLANE 1407 00:42:28,001 --> 00:42:29,000 TICKET FOR TERRORISTS TO GET 1408 00:42:29,001 --> 00:42:30,000 FROM GUANTANAMO TO AMERICA. 1409 00:42:30,001 --> 00:42:32,000 I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY FRIENDS TO 1410 00:42:32,001 --> 00:42:34,000 VOTE NO ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION 1411 00:42:34,001 --> 00:42:35,000 TO ALLOW MR. WOLF AN OPPORTUNITY 1412 00:42:35,001 --> 00:42:37,000 TO PRESENT HIS LANGUAGE AND VOTE 1413 00:42:37,001 --> 00:42:38,000 NO ON THE RULE SO WE CAN HAVE A 1414 00:42:38,001 --> 00:42:39,000 CHANCE FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE ON 1415 00:42:39,001 --> 00:42:40,000 WHETHER WE BRING TERRORISTS INTO 1416 00:42:40,001 --> 00:42:46,000 OUR NATION. 1417 00:42:46,001 --> 00:42:47,000 . 1418 00:42:47,001 --> 00:42:48,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1419 00:42:48,001 --> 00:42:50,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1420 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:51,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1421 00:42:51,001 --> 00:42:52,000 >> MY FRIEND FROM KANSAS, I 1422 00:42:52,001 --> 00:42:54,000 KNOW, KNOWS FULL WITH WELL THAT 1423 00:42:54,001 --> 00:42:55,000 IT SAYS IN THE AMENDMENT, NONE 1424 00:42:55,001 --> 00:42:56,000 OF THE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE IN 1425 00:42:56,001 --> 00:42:58,000 THIS OR ANY PRIOR ACT MAY BE 1426 00:42:58,001 --> 00:43:00,000 USED TO RELEASE AN INDIVIDUAL 1427 00:43:00,001 --> 00:43:01,000 WHO IS DETINED AS OF APRIL 30, 1428 00:43:01,001 --> 00:43:03,000 2009, AT THE NAVAL STATION I 1429 00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:05,000 GUANTANAMO BAY INTO THE 1430 00:43:05,001 --> 00:43:06,000 COULDN'T NINL UNITED STATES, 1431 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:07,000 ALASKA, HAWAII OR THE DISTRICT 1432 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:08,000 OF COLUMBIA. 1433 00:43:08,001 --> 00:43:11,000 SO, THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT 1434 00:43:11,001 --> 00:43:12,000 SAYS, THAT'SHAT IS PART OF 1435 00:43:12,001 --> 00:43:14,000 THIS BILL. 1436 00:43:14,001 --> 00:43:15,000 >> WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD? 1437 00:43:15,001 --> 00:43:17,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1438 00:43:17,001 --> 00:43:23,000 GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS 1439 00:43:23,001 --> 00:43:24,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 1440 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:26,000 MR. KUCINICH: WE WENT TO WAR IN 1441 00:43:26,001 --> 00:43:28,000 IRAQ BASED ON A LIE. 1442 00:43:28,001 --> 00:43:30,000 WE WERE TOLD IN 2002 IRAQ HAD 1443 00:43:30,001 --> 00:43:33,000 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION 1444 00:43:33,001 --> 00:43:34,000 EVEN PURSUED TORTURE TO TRY TO 1445 00:43:34,001 --> 00:43:35,000 EXTRACT FALSE CONFESSIONS TO 1446 00:43:35,001 --> 00:43:37,000 TRY TO JUSTIFY THE WAR. 1447 00:43:37,001 --> 00:43:39,000 IT'S TIME TO TELL THE TRUE -- TRUTH. 1448 00:43:39,001 --> 00:43:40,000 THE TRUTH IS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE 1449 00:43:40,001 --> 00:43:42,000 PROSECUTED A WAR AGAINST THE 1450 00:43:42,001 --> 00:43:43,000 IRAQI PEOPLE. 1451 00:43:43,001 --> 00:43:44,000 THE TRUTH IS THE DEMOCRATIC 1452 00:43:44,001 --> 00:43:46,000 SENATE COULD HAVE STOPPED THE 1453 00:43:46,001 --> 00:43:47,000 IRAQ WAR IN 2002. 1454 00:43:47,001 --> 00:43:49,000 THE TRUTH IS WE DEMOCRATS WERE 1455 00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:50,000 GIVEN CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN 1456 00:43:50,001 --> 00:43:52,000 2006 TO END THE WAR. 1457 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:53,000 THE TRUTH IS THIS BILL 1458 00:43:53,001 --> 00:43:55,000 CONTINUES A DISASTROUS WAR 1459 00:43:55,001 --> 00:43:56,000 WHICH HAS COST THE LIVES OF 1460 00:43:56,001 --> 00:43:58,000 THOUSANDS OF OUR SOLDIERS. 1461 00:43:58,001 --> 00:43:59,000 THE TRUTH IS THE OCCUPATION HAS 1462 00:43:59,001 --> 00:44:02,000 FUELED THE U.S. IS. 1463 00:44:02,001 --> 00:44:03,000 THE TRUTH IS THE IRAQI -- 1464 00:44:03,001 --> 00:44:04,000 INSURGENCY. 1465 00:44:04,001 --> 00:44:06,000 THE TRUTH IS, IT WILL COST THE 1466 00:44:06,001 --> 00:44:08,000 IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE AMERICANS 1467 00:44:08,001 --> 00:44:09,000 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 1468 00:44:09,001 --> 00:44:11,000 DON'T TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 1469 00:44:11,001 --> 00:44:12,000 YOU'RE ENDING THE WAR BY 1470 00:44:12,001 --> 00:44:13,000 CONTINUING TO FUND THE WAR. 1471 00:44:13,001 --> 00:44:15,000 DON'T TELL THE AMERIC PEOPLE 1472 00:44:15,001 --> 00:44:18,000 THAT THE WAR WILL END WHEN 1473 00:44:18,001 --> 00:44:19,000 THEIR PLANS LEAVE 50,000 TROOPS 1474 00:44:19,001 --> 00:44:21,000 IN IRAQ. 1475 00:44:21,001 --> 00:44:22,000 DON'T TELL PEOPLE THAT THE WAY 1476 00:44:22,001 --> 00:44:24,000 OUT OF AFGHANISTAN IS TO 1477 00:44:24,001 --> 00:44:26,000 ESCALATE AND MORE 1478 00:44:26,001 --> 00:44:27,000 COUNTERINSURGENT -- INSURGENCY. 1479 00:44:27,001 --> 00:44:29,000 GET OUT OF IRAQ, GET OUT OF 1480 00:44:29,001 --> 00:44:30,000 AFGHANISTAN, COME HOME, 1481 00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:32,000 AMERICA, COME HOME. 1482 00:44:32,001 --> 00:44:33,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1483 00:44:33,001 --> 00:44:34,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1484 00:44:34,001 --> 00:44:36,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1485 00:44:36,001 --> 00:44:37,000 MR. DREIER: I GUESS FOR A 1486 00:44:37,001 --> 00:44:39,000 DIFFERENT REASON, MY FRIEND 1487 00:44:39,001 --> 00:44:40,000 FROM OHIO IS GOING TO BE 1488 00:44:40,001 --> 00:44:41,000 JOINING US IN OPPOSITION TO 1489 00:44:41,001 --> 00:44:42,000 THIS RULE AND I VERY MUCH 1490 00:44:42,001 --> 00:44:44,000 APPRECIATE THAT. 1491 00:44:44,001 --> 00:44:45,000 WITH THAT -- 1492 00:44:45,001 --> 00:44:46,000 >> WILL THE GENTLE 1493 00:44:46,001 --> 00:44:47,000 OF COURSE I'LL BE VOTING 1494 00:44:47,001 --> 00:44:49,000 AGAINST THIS RULE. 1495 00:44:49,001 --> 00:44:50,000 I WANT THIS WAR TO END. 1496 00:44:50,001 --> 00:44:52,000 MR. DREIER: I APPRECIATE THE 1497 00:44:52,001 --> 00:44:53,000 GENTLEMAN JOINING US FOR A 1498 00:44:53,001 --> 00:44:54,000 SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT REASON 1499 00:44:54,001 --> 00:44:56,000 REASON THAN OUR. 1500 00:44:56,001 --> 00:44:57,000 WE ALL WANT TO THIS WAR TO END 1501 00:44:57,001 --> 00:44:59,000 BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. 1502 00:44:59,001 --> 00:45:02,000 WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO YIELD 1503 00:45:02,001 --> 00:45:03,000 TWO MINUTES TO MY FRIEND FROM 1504 00:45:03,001 --> 00:45:05,000 ILLINOIS, MRS. BIGGERT. 1505 00:45:05,001 --> 00:45:06,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1506 00:45:06,001 --> 00:45:07,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM ILLINOIS IS 1507 00:45:07,001 --> 00:45:09,000 RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 1508 00:45:09,001 --> 00:45:10,000 MR BIGGERT: I THANK THE 1509 00:45:10,001 --> 00:45:11,000 GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. 1510 00:45:11,001 --> 00:45:12,000 MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN STRONG 1511 00:45:12,001 --> 00:45:14,000 OPPOSITION TO THIS CLOSED RULE. 1512 00:45:14,001 --> 00:45:16,000 I OFFERED AN AMENDMENT YESTERDAY TO ADDRESS AN 1513 00:45:16,001 --> 00:45:18,000 INJUSTICE AGAINST THE MEMBERS 1514 00:45:18,001 --> 00:45:19,000 OF OUR ARMED SERVICES THAT WERE 1515 00:45:19,001 --> 00:45:21,000 SHUT OUT BY THIS CLOSED RULE. 1516 00:45:21,001 --> 00:45:22,000 BRIEFLY MY AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE 1517 00:45:22,001 --> 00:45:27,000 INCREASED THE ACROSS THE BOARD 1518 00:45:27,001 --> 00:45:29,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL PAY FOR 1519 00:45:29,001 --> 00:45:33,000 2009, FROM 3.9% TO 4.4%. 1520 00:45:33,001 --> 00:45:34,000 THIS PAY RAISE WOULD HAVE BN 1521 00:45:34,001 --> 00:45:35,000 EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVELY FROM 1522 00:45:35,001 --> 00:45:38,000 JANUARY 1, 2009. 1523 00:45:38,001 --> 00:45:41,000 ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES BY THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, 1524 00:45:41,001 --> 00:45:43,000 THE PAY GAP BETWEEN MILITARY 1525 00:45:43,001 --> 00:45:45,000 PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS IN 1526 00:45:45,001 --> 00:45:46,000 EXABBLE POSITIONS IS 3%. 1527 00:45:46,001 --> 00:45:48,000 PARTICULARLY DURING A 1528 00:45:48,001 --> 00:45:50,000 RECESSION, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE 1529 00:45:50,001 --> 00:45:52,000 THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN 1530 00:45:52,001 --> 00:45:53,000 UNIFORM RECEIVE LESS THAN THEIR 1531 00:45:53,001 --> 00:45:56,000 CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS. 1532 00:45:56,001 --> 00:45:57,000 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST IN 1533 00:45:57,001 --> 00:46:01,000 AFGHANISTAN OVER THE WEEKEND 1534 00:46:01,001 --> 00:46:03,000 AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET 1535 00:46:03,001 --> 00:46:05,000 AND WORK WITH A WONDERFUL, 1536 00:46:05,001 --> 00:46:07,000 COMMITTED PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF 1537 00:46:07,001 --> 00:46:10,000 MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY. 1538 00:46:10,001 --> 00:46:12,000 THEY'VE BEEN SERVING US TO KEEP 1539 00:46:12,001 --> 00:46:14,000 US SAFE AND TO ESTABLISH THE 1540 00:46:14,001 --> 00:46:15,000 STABILITY IN THE MIDEAST. 1541 00:46:15,001 --> 00:46:17,000 GIVEN THIS SHORTFALL IN PAY, I 1542 00:46:17,001 --> 00:46:19,000 THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO 1543 00:46:19,001 --> 00:46:20,000 PROVIDE FOR OUR TROOPS SOME 1544 00:46:20,001 --> 00:46:22,000 SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME IN THIS 1545 00:46:22,001 --> 00:46:23,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 1546 00:46:23,001 --> 00:46:24,000 BILL. 1547 00:46:24,001 --> 00:46:25,000 UNFORTUNATELY THIS RULE WOULD 1548 00:46:25,001 --> 00:46:27,000 NOT EVEN ALLOW AN UP OR DOWN 1549 00:46:27,001 --> 00:46:28,000 VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT. 1550 00:46:28,001 --> 00:46:30,000 MR. SPEAKER, I CANNOT SUPPORT 1551 00:46:30,001 --> 00:46:31,000 THIS CONTINUED ABUSE OF 1552 00:46:31,001 --> 00:46:33,000 PROCESS. 1553 00:46:33,001 --> 00:46:35,000 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO OPPOSE 1554 00:46:35,001 --> 00:46:36,000 -- 1555 00:46:36,001 --> 00:46:38,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, I'D 1556 00:46:38,001 --> 00:46:39,000 SIMPLY LIKE TO SAY THAT THE 1557 00:46:39,001 --> 00:46:40,000 GENTLEWOMAN HAS OFFERED AN 1558 00:46:40,001 --> 00:46:42,000 EXTRAORDINARILY THOUGHTFUL 1559 00:46:42,001 --> 00:46:43,000 AMENDMENT AMENDMENT WHICH 1560 00:46:43,001 --> 00:46:44,000 REAFFIRMS -- REAFFIRMS OUR 1561 00:46:44,001 --> 00:46:46,000 DEDICATION TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN 1562 00:46:46,001 --> 00:46:47,000 IN UNIFORM AND ESPECIALLY AS 1563 00:46:47,001 --> 00:46:48,000 MEMORIAL DAY APPROACHES, IT 1564 00:46:48,001 --> 00:46:50,000 SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE 1565 00:46:50,001 --> 00:46:52,000 AN OPEN AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT 1566 00:46:52,001 --> 00:46:53,000 WOULD ALLOW US TO FULLY DEBATE 1567 00:46:53,001 --> 00:46:55,000 THE BIGGERT AMENDMENT AND IT 1568 00:46:55,001 --> 00:46:56,000 SADDENS ME THAT THIS STRUCTURE 1569 00:46:56,001 --> 00:46:59,000 AROUND WHICH WE'RE CONSIDERING 1570 00:46:59,001 --> 00:47:00,000 THIS ISSUE IS SO RESTRICTED AND 1571 00:47:00,001 --> 00:47:03,000 I THANK MY FRIEND FOR YIELDING. 1572 00:47:03,001 --> 00:47:04,000 MRS. BIGGERT: I THANK YOU AND I 1573 00:47:04,001 --> 00:47:05,000 YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY 1574 00:47:05,001 --> 00:47:06,000 TIME. 1575 00:47:06,001 --> 00:47:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1576 00:47:08,001 --> 00:47:09,000 GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1577 00:47:09,001 --> 00:47:10,000 BALANCE OF HER TIME. 1578 00:47:10,001 --> 00:47:12,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1579 00:47:12,001 --> 00:47:14,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: HOW MUCH TIME DOES EACH SIDE HAVE? 1580 00:47:14,001 --> 00:47:16,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1581 00:47:16,001 --> 00:47:24,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO HAS 13 1582 00:47:24,001 --> 00:47:25,000 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA HAS 1583 00:47:25,001 --> 00:47:26,000 10/2 MINUTES REMAINING. 1584 00:47:26,001 --> 00:47:27,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I'D LI TO 1585 00:47:27,001 --> 00:47:28,000 YIELD A MINUTE TO MS. WOOLSEY FROM CALIFORNIA. 1586 00:47:28,001 --> 00:47:29,000 THE SPEAKER 1587 00:47:29,001 --> 00:47:30,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 1588 00:47:30,001 --> 00:47:31,000 MS. WOOLSEY: MR. SPEAKER, I 1589 00:47:31,001 --> 00:47:32,000 HAVE SO MANY CONCERNS ABOUT 1590 00:47:32,001 --> 00:47:33,000 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL I DON'T KNOW 1591 00:47:33,001 --> 00:47:34,000 WHERE TO START BUT I'M GOING TO 1592 00:47:34,001 --> 00:47:35,000 START AT ONE POINT AND THAT IS 1593 00:47:35,001 --> 00:47:37,000 THAT -- AND I BELIEVE MOST 1594 00:47:37,001 --> 00:47:38,000 IMPORTANT POINT IS THIS 1595 00:47:38,001 --> 00:47:40,000 SUPPLEMENTAL KEEPS US INVOLVED 1596 00:47:40,001 --> 00:47:42,000 IN IRAQ AND IT SETS UP AN UNENING OCCUPATION OF 1597 00:47:42,001 --> 00:47:45,000 AFGHANISTAN -- UNENDING OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN. 1598 00:47:45,001 --> 00:47:46,000 THE COST OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS 1599 00:47:46,001 --> 00:47:49,000 JUST TOO GREAT WITHOUT A 1600 00:47:49,001 --> 00:47:50,000 DEFINED STATED MISSION, WITHOUT 1601 00:47:50,001 --> 00:47:56,000 REDEPLOYMENT PLANS. 1602 00:47:56,001 --> 00:47:58,000 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR AN END 1603 00:47:58,001 --> 00:48:00,000 -- UNENDLESS MILITARY PRESENCE 1604 00:48:00,001 --> 00:48:01,000 IN -- ENDLESS MILITARY PRESENCE 1605 00:48:01,001 --> 00:48:03,000 IN AFGHANISTAN. THAT GOING TO FUEL 1606 00:48:03,001 --> 00:48:05,000 ANTI-AMERICANISM THROUGHOUT THE 1607 00:48:05,001 --> 00:48:06,000 REGION AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO 1608 00:48:06,001 --> 00:48:07,000 PROMOTE THE INSTABILITY. 1609 00:48:07,001 --> 00:48:08,000 SADLY, THE RULE DOES NOT 1610 00:48:08,001 --> 00:48:11,000 PROVIDE MEMBERS A CHANCE TO 1611 00:48:11,001 --> 00:48:12,000 REMEDY THIS SITUATION, 1612 00:48:12,001 --> 00:48:14,000 PROPOSALS PROVIDING 1613 00:48:14,001 --> 00:48:17,000 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 1614 00:48:17,001 --> 00:48:18,000 FOR MY COLLEAGUE, BARBARA LEE, 1615 00:48:18,001 --> 00:48:20,000 FROM JIM MCGOVERN, FROM JOHN 1616 00:48:20,001 --> 00:48:23,000 TIERNEY, HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A 1617 00:48:23,001 --> 00:48:25,000 CHANCE -- HADN'T HAD A CHANCE 1618 00:48:25,001 --> 00:48:26,000 FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE, COULD 1619 00:48:26,001 --> 00:48:28,000 HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE 1620 00:48:28,001 --> 00:48:30,000 VOTED ON THE FLOOR TODAY. 1621 00:48:30,001 --> 00:48:32,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A 1622 00:48:32,001 --> 00:48:33,000 MUCH BETTER -- DESERVE MUCH 1623 00:48:33,001 --> 00:48:34,000 BETTER THAN THIS. 1624 00:48:34,001 --> 00:48:36,000 I URGE MCOLLEAGUES TO OPPOSE 1625 00:48:36,001 --> 00:48:38,000 THIS FUNDING AND PROMOTE A 1626 00:48:38,001 --> 00:48:40,000 FOREIGN POLICY BASED ON SMART 1627 00:48:40,001 --> 00:48:41,000 SECURITY. 1628 00:48:41,001 --> 00:48:43,000 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND DIPLOMACY. 1629 00:48:43,001 --> 00:48:45,000 I YIELD BACK. 1630 00:48:45,001 --> 00:48:46,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1631 00:48:46,001 --> 00:48:47,000 GENTLEWOMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1632 00:48:47,001 --> 00:48:49,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 1633 00:48:49,001 --> 00:48:50,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, AT 1634 00:48:50,001 --> 00:48:51,000 THIS TIME I'M VERY HAPPY TO 1635 00:48:51,001 --> 00:48:52,000 YIELD TWO MINUTES TO A 1636 00:48:52,001 --> 00:48:54,000 HARDWORKING NEW MEMBER WITH A 1637 00:48:54,001 --> 00:48:55,000 VERY, VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER 1638 00:48:55,001 --> 00:48:56,000 IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THE 1639 00:48:56,001 --> 00:48:58,000 GENTLEMAN FROM AURORA, 1640 00:48:58,001 --> 00:48:59,000 COLORADO, MR. COFFMAN. 1641 00:48:59,001 --> 00:49:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1642 00:49:00,001 --> 00:49:02,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADOS 1643 00:49:02,001 --> 00:49:03,000 RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 1644 00:49:03,001 --> 00:49:04,000 MR. COFFMAN: THANK YOU, MR. 1645 00:49:04,001 --> 00:49:05,000 SPEAKER. 1646 00:49:05,001 --> 00:49:07,000 AND THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMAN 1647 00:49:07,001 --> 00:49:08,000 FROM CALIFORNIA. 1648 00:49:08,001 --> 00:49:10,000 MR. DREIER, WHO HAS SAID AND I 1649 00:49:10,001 --> 00:49:11,000 AGREE WITH HIM THAT WE CAN MAKE 1650 00:49:11,001 --> 00:49:13,000 THIS BILL A BETTER BILL IF WE 1651 00:49:13,001 --> 00:49:14,000 OPEN UP TO THE AMENDMENT 1652 00:49:14,001 --> 00:49:15,000 PROCESS AND CERTAINLY AGREE 1653 00:49:15,001 --> 00:49:17,000 WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE 1654 00:49:17,001 --> 00:49:19,000 GREAT STATE OF COLORADO, MR. 1655 00:49:19,001 --> 00:49:20,000 PERLMUTTER, WHO SAYS THIS IS 1656 00:49:20,001 --> 00:49:23,000 NOT A PERFECT BILL. 1657 00:49:23,001 --> 00:49:25,000 ONE PROVISION OF THIS BILL 1658 00:49:25,001 --> 00:49:27,000 GIVES U.S. AXE TAXPAYER DOLLARS 1659 00:49:27,001 --> 00:49:28,000 TO THE -- TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO 1660 00:49:28,001 --> 00:49:31,000 THE GAZA STRIP IN THE AFTERMATH 1661 00:49:31,001 --> 00:49:35,000 OF THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRL 1662 00:49:35,001 --> 00:49:37,000 AND HAMAS FOR RECONSTRUCTION 1663 00:49:37,001 --> 00:49:39,000 AID. 1664 00:49:39,001 --> 00:49:42,000 AND IT DOES THIS BY GIVING $119 1665 00:49:42,001 --> 00:49:44,000 MILLION TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 1666 00:49:44,001 --> 00:49:45,000 IN 2004 PETER HANSON, THEN 1667 00:49:45,001 --> 00:49:47,000 COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF THE 1668 00:49:47,001 --> 00:49:49,000 UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS 1669 00:49:49,001 --> 00:49:51,000 AGENCY, REMARKED THAT I AM SURE 1670 00:49:51,001 --> 00:49:52,000 THAT THERE ARE HAMAS MEMBERS ON 1671 00:49:52,001 --> 00:49:54,000 OUR PAYROLL AND I DON'T SEE 1672 00:49:54,001 --> 00:49:56,000 THAT AS A CRIME. 1673 00:49:56,001 --> 00:49:58,000 HAMAS AS A POLITICAL 1674 00:49:58,001 --> 00:50:00,000 ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT 1675 00:50:00,001 --> 00:50:04,000 EVERY MEMBER IS A MILITANT AND 1676 00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:07,000 WE DO NOT DO POLITICAL VETTING 1677 00:50:07,001 --> 00:50:09,000 AND EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM ONE 1678 00:50:09,001 --> 00:50:11,000 PERSUASION AS AGAINST ANOTHER. 1679 00:50:11,001 --> 00:50:16,000 UNQUOTE. 1680 00:50:16,001 --> 00:50:18,000 HAMAS IS A U.S.-DESIGNATED 1681 00:50:18,001 --> 00:50:19,000 FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 1682 00:50:19,001 --> 00:50:23,000 THE UNITED NATIONS MIGHT NOT 1683 00:50:23,001 --> 00:50:29,000 CONSIDER HAVING HAMAS MEMBERS 1684 00:50:29,001 --> 00:50:31,000 ON THEIR PAYROLL A PROBLEM BUT 1685 00:50:31,001 --> 00:50:33,000 IT CERTAINLY IS A PROBLEM FOR 1686 00:50:33,001 --> 00:50:36,000 THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. 1687 00:50:36,001 --> 00:50:38,000 THE SUPPLEMENTAL BEFORE US 1688 00:50:38,001 --> 00:50:41,000 PROVIDES UP TO $119 MILLION FOR 1689 00:50:41,001 --> 00:50:42,000 UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS 1690 00:50:42,001 --> 00:50:44,000 AGENCY TO SPEND IN 1691 00:50:44,001 --> 00:50:45,000 HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA. 1692 00:50:45,001 --> 00:50:47,000 WHICH MEANS THAT HAMAS MEMBERS 1693 00:50:47,001 --> 00:50:48,000 ON THE U.N. PAYROLL WILL 1694 00:50:48,001 --> 00:50:50,000 EFFECTIVELY BE ON THE U.S. 1695 00:50:50,001 --> 00:50:51,000 PAYROLL. 1696 00:50:51,001 --> 00:50:54,000 I INTEND TO VOTE AGAINST THIS 1697 00:50:54,001 --> 00:50:56,000 RULE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALLOW 1698 00:50:56,001 --> 00:50:57,000 THE CHANCE TO AMEND THIS 1699 00:50:57,001 --> 00:50:59,000 PROVISION. 1700 00:50:59,001 --> 00:51:01,000 I FILED AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD 1701 00:51:01,001 --> 00:51:03,000 HAVE INSTEAD PROVIDED $119 1702 00:51:03,001 --> 00:51:05,000 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF 1703 00:51:05,001 --> 00:51:08,000 TO GO TO USAID. 1704 00:51:08,001 --> 00:51:10,000 THE RULE BEFORE US WOULD BAR 1705 00:51:10,001 --> 00:51:11,000 THIS AMENDMENT FROM BEING 1706 00:51:11,001 --> 00:51:13,000 OFFERED. 1707 00:51:13,001 --> 00:51:16,000 I APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPT AT 1708 00:51:16,001 --> 00:51:18,000 ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT PLACED ON 1709 00:51:18,001 --> 00:51:20,000 THE U.N. IN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL, 1710 00:51:20,001 --> 00:51:21,000 BUT IT'S SIMPLY TOO LI 1711 00:51:21,001 --> 00:51:23,000 LATE. 1712 00:51:23,001 --> 00:51:24,000 I WROTE TO SECRETARY CLINTON -- 1713 00:51:24,001 --> 00:51:25,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1714 00:51:25,001 --> 00:51:27,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1715 00:51:27,001 --> 00:51:28,000 MR. DREIER: I YIELD THE 1716 00:51:28,001 --> 00:51:29,000 GENTLEMAN AN ADDITIONAL 30 1717 00:51:29,001 --> 00:51:30,000 SECONDS. 1718 00:51:30,001 --> 00:51:32,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1719 00:51:32,001 --> 00:51:36,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR AN 1720 00:51:36,001 --> 00:51:37,000 ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS. 1721 00:51:37,001 --> 00:51:38,000 MR. COFFMAN: I WROTE SECRETARY 1722 00:51:38,001 --> 00:51:40,000 CLINTON IN MARCH NOTING THERE'S 1723 00:51:40,001 --> 00:51:42,000 NO WAY TO SPEND MONEY IN GAZA 1724 00:51:42,001 --> 00:51:44,000 WITHOUT BENEFITING HAMAS. 1725 00:51:44,001 --> 00:51:46,000 UNFORTUNATELY, OUT OF THIS 1726 00:51:46,001 --> 00:51:48,000 SEVERAL WAYS TO SPEND MONEY 1727 00:51:48,001 --> 00:51:49,000 THAT MIGHT INAPPROPRIATELY 1728 00:51:49,001 --> 00:51:52,000 BENEFIT HAMAS, WE ARE CHOOSING 1729 00:51:52,001 --> 00:51:54,000 ONE OF THE WORST. 1730 00:51:54,001 --> 00:51:56,000 MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD URGE A NO 1731 00:51:56,001 --> 00:51:57,000 VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, 1732 00:51:57,001 --> 00:51:58,000 A NO VOTE ON THE RULE. 1733 00:51:58,001 --> 00:52:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1734 00:52:00,001 --> 00:52:01,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1735 00:52:01,001 --> 00:52:03,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 1736 00:52:03,001 --> 00:52:04,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1737 00:52:04,001 --> 00:52:05,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. 1738 00:52:05,001 --> 00:52:07,000 SPEAKER. 1739 00:52:07,001 --> 00:52:08,000 TO MY FRIEND FROM COLORADO, 1740 00:52:08,001 --> 00:52:09,000 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE, I 1741 00:52:09,001 --> 00:52:11,000 WOULD JUST SAY ON PAGE 55 OF 1742 00:52:11,001 --> 00:52:12,000 THE BILL THERE IS A PROVISION 1743 00:52:12,001 --> 00:52:13,000 THAT SAYS NO FUNDING, NO 1744 00:52:13,001 --> 00:52:14,000 ASSISTANCE IS TO BE PROVIDED TO 1745 00:52:14,001 --> 00:52:16,000 OR THROUGH ANY INDIVIDUAL OR 1746 00:52:16,001 --> 00:52:18,000 PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY 1747 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:21,000 THAT ADVOCATES, PLANS, SPONSORS 1748 00:52:21,001 --> 00:52:22,000 OREN GAUGES IN ANY TERRORIST 1749 00:52:22,001 --> 00:52:23,000 ACTIVITY. 1750 00:52:23,001 --> 00:52:24,000 WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO YIELD ONE 1751 00:52:24,001 --> 00:52:26,000 MINUTE TO MY FRIEND FROM 1752 00:52:26,001 --> 00:52:27,000 CALIFORNIA, MS. LEE. 1753 00:52:27,001 --> 00:52:28,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1754 00:52:28,001 --> 00:52:29,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS 1755 00:52:29,001 --> 00:52:31,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 1756 00:52:31,001 --> 00:52:32,000 MS. LEE: THANK YOU. 1757 00:52:32,001 --> 00:52:33,000 I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR 1758 00:52:33,001 --> 00:52:34,000 YIELDING. 1759 00:52:34,001 --> 00:52:36,000 ALSO LET ME THANK CHAIRMAN OBEY 1760 00:52:36,001 --> 00:52:37,000 AND MURTHA FOR THEIR HARD WORK 1761 00:52:37,001 --> 00:52:38,000 ON THIS BILL AND FOR INCLUDING 1762 00:52:38,001 --> 00:52:40,000 PROVISIONS PROHIBITING THE 1763 00:52:40,001 --> 00:52:41,000 ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT 1764 00:52:41,001 --> 00:52:44,000 BASES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 1765 00:52:44,001 --> 00:52:45,000 I OPPOSE THE 2001 RESOLUTION 1766 00:52:45,001 --> 00:52:47,000 AUTHORIZING THE E OF FORCE 1767 00:52:47,001 --> 00:52:50,000 BECAUSE IT GAVE PRESIDENT BUSH 1768 00:52:50,001 --> 00:52:51,000 AND ANY FUTURE PRESIDENT AN 1769 00:52:51,001 --> 00:52:52,000 OPEN-ENDED BLANK CHECK TO WAGE 1770 00:52:52,001 --> 00:52:54,000 R ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE 1771 00:52:54,001 --> 00:52:56,000 STARTING IN AFGHANISTAN. 1772 00:52:56,001 --> 00:52:57,000 NEARLY EIGHT YEARS LATER I 1773 00:52:57,001 --> 00:52:59,000 CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE 1774 00:52:59,001 --> 00:53:02,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS FOR THE WARS IN 1775 00:53:02,001 --> 00:53:03,000 AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ BECAUSE IT 1776 00:53:03,001 --> 00:53:05,000 CONTINUES US DOWN THE WRONG 1777 00:53:05,001 --> 00:53:06,000 PATH AND CAN LEAD TO WAR 1778 00:53:06,001 --> 00:53:08,000 WITHOUT END. 1779 00:53:08,001 --> 00:53:09,000 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL 1780 00:53:09,001 --> 00:53:12,000 CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T 1781 00:53:12,001 --> 00:53:15,000 REPEEL THAT 2001 AUTHORIZATION. 1782 00:53:15,001 --> 00:53:16,000 I OPPOSE THI $94 BILLION 1783 00:53:16,001 --> 00:53:17,000 SUPPLEMENTAL BECAUSE IT FAVORS 1784 00:53:17,001 --> 00:53:19,000 MILITARY ACTIVITIES OVER 1785 00:53:19,001 --> 00:53:20,000 DIPLOMATIC, DEVELOPMENT AND 1786 00:53:20,001 --> 00:53:21,000 RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS BY A 1787 00:53:21,001 --> 00:53:22,000 RATIO OF NINE TO ONE. 1788 00:53:22,001 --> 00:53:24,000 AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT BE 1789 00:53:24,001 --> 00:53:26,000 STABILIZED THROUGH MILITARY ACTION AS NOTED BY THE 1790 00:53:26,001 --> 00:53:27,000 CARNEIGIE ENDOWMENT, THE 1791 00:53:27,001 --> 00:53:30,000 PRESENCE OF FOREIGN TROOPS IS 1792 00:53:30,001 --> 00:53:31,000 THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT 1793 00:53:31,001 --> 00:53:33,000 DRIVING THE RESURGENCE OF THE 1794 00:53:33,001 --> 00:53:34,000 TALIBAN. 1795 00:53:34,001 --> 00:53:36,000 THIS WAS COUNTER TO OUR 1796 00:53:36,001 --> 00:53:37,000 NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. 1797 00:53:37,001 --> 00:53:38,000 THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXIT 1798 00:53:38,001 --> 00:53:39,000 PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN. 1799 00:53:39,001 --> 00:53:40,000 IT DOES NOT FULLY FUND THE 1800 00:53:40,001 --> 00:53:41,000 REDEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS OUT OF 1801 00:53:41,001 --> 00:53:44,000 AFGHANISTAN. 1802 00:53:44,001 --> 00:53:45,000 IT DOESOT -- 1803 00:53:45,001 --> 00:53:47,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I YIELD MY 1804 00:53:47,001 --> 00:53:48,000 FRIEND ANOTHER 30 SECONDS. 1805 00:53:48,001 --> 00:53:49,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1806 00:53:49,001 --> 00:53:51,000 GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 1807 00:53:51,001 --> 00:53:52,000 MR. LEE: REE THANK YOU VERY 1808 00:53:52,001 --> 00:53:53,000 MUCH FOR YIELDING. 1809 00:53:53,001 --> 00:53:55,000 THIS DOES NOT -- PLEA LEE -- 1810 00:53:55,001 --> 00:53:58,000 MS. LEE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1811 00:53:58,001 --> 00:53:59,000 THIS DOES NOT HAVE A STRONG, 1812 00:53:59,001 --> 00:54:00,000 NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION EFFORT 1813 00:54:00,001 --> 00:54:02,000 IN PAKISTAN. 1814 00:54:02,001 --> 00:54:03,000 THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 1815 00:54:03,001 --> 00:54:04,000 BILL DOES NOT REFLECT A NEW 1816 00:54:04,001 --> 00:54:06,000 DIRECTION. 1817 00:54:06,001 --> 00:54:07,000 THEREFORE I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. 1818 00:54:07,001 --> 00:54:08,000 LET ME JUST MENTION THAT OUR 1819 00:54:08,001 --> 00:54:09,000 FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, 1820 00:54:09,001 --> 00:54:10,000 CONGRESSMAN PETE STARK, IS 1821 00:54:10,001 --> 00:54:12,000 UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAFOR 1822 00:54:12,001 --> 00:54:13,000 THIS IMPORTANT DEBATE SO I WISH 1823 00:54:13,001 --> 00:54:15,000 TO CONCLUDE BY READING ONE 1824 00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:17,000 SENTENCE FROM HIS STATEMENT. 1825 00:54:17,001 --> 00:54:18,000 HE SAID, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS 1826 00:54:18,001 --> 00:54:20,000 MOVING AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY 1827 00:54:20,001 --> 00:54:22,000 IN A BETTER DIRECTION AND HE 1828 00:54:22,001 --> 00:54:23,000 HAS SHOWN SUPERIOR JUDGMENT TO 1829 00:54:23,001 --> 00:54:24,000 PRESIDENT BUSH ON WHEN WE 1830 00:54:24,001 --> 00:54:26,000 SHOULD SEND OUR TROOPS IN 1831 00:54:26,001 --> 00:54:27,000 HARM'S WAY. 1832 00:54:27,001 --> 00:54:28,000 HOWEVER, I CANNOT SUPPORT ANY 1833 00:54:28,001 --> 00:54:30,000 MORE FUNDING FOR THESE WARS. 1834 00:54:30,001 --> 00:54:31,000 THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK THE 1835 00:54:31,001 --> 00:54:33,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1836 00:54:33,001 --> 00:54:34,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1837 00:54:34,001 --> 00:54:35,000 GENTLEWOMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1838 00:54:35,001 --> 00:54:37,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORA. 1839 00:54:37,001 --> 00:54:38,000 MR. DREIER: THANK YOU VERY 1840 00:54:38,001 --> 00:54:39,000 MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. 1841 00:54:39,001 --> 00:54:40,000 MAY I INQUIRE OF THE CHAIR HOW 1842 00:54:40,001 --> 00:54:42,000 MUCH TIME IS REMAINING ON EACH 1843 00:54:42,001 --> 00:54:43,000 SIDE? 1844 00:54:43,001 --> 00:54:44,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1845 00:54:44,001 --> 00:54:46,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA HAS 1846 00:54:46,001 --> 00:54:47,000 EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING AND THE 1847 00:54:47,001 --> 00:54:48,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO HAS 10 1848 00:54:48,001 --> 00:54:49,000 3/4 MINUTES REMAINING. 1849 00:54:49,001 --> 00:54:51,000 CRIRE 1850 00:54:51,001 --> 00:54:52,000 MR. DREIER: MAY I INQUIRE OF MY 1851 00:54:52,001 --> 00:54:53,000 COLLEAGUE HOW MANY SPEAKERS HE 1852 00:54:53,001 --> 00:54:54,000 HAS REMAINING ON HIS SIDE OF 1853 00:54:54,001 --> 00:54:56,000 THE AISLE? 1854 00:54:56,001 --> 00:54:58,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: AT LEAST THREE. 1855 00:54:58,001 --> 00:55:00,000 MR. DREIER: I ASK MY FRIEND TO PROCEED AND I WOULD RESERVE THE 1856 00:55:00,001 --> 00:55:01,000 BALANCE OF MY TIME. 1857 00:55:01,001 --> 00:55:02,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1858 00:55:02,001 --> 00:55:03,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA 1859 00:55:03,001 --> 00:55:05,000 RESERVES. 1860 00:55:05,001 --> 00:55:06,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1861 00:55:06,001 --> 00:55:07,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: MR. SPEAKER, 1862 00:55:07,001 --> 00:55:09,000 I'D LIKE TO YIELD ONE MINUTE TO 1863 00:55:09,001 --> 00:55:10,000 MY FRIEND, MR. PERRIEL 1864 00:55:10,001 --> 00:55:11,000 VIRGINIA. 1865 00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:12,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1866 00:55:12,001 --> 00:55:14,000 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS 1867 00:55:14,001 --> 00:55:15,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONMINUTE. 1868 00:55:15,001 --> 00:55:16,000 MR. PERRIELLO: THANK YOU, MR. 1869 00:55:16,001 --> 00:55:17,000 SPEAKER. 1870 00:55:17,001 --> 00:55:19,000 I RISE TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO WAS 1871 00:55:19,001 --> 00:55:20,000 VERY CRITICAL FROM THE 1872 00:55:20,001 --> 00:55:22,000 BEGINNING OF THE IRAQ WAR, BUT 1873 00:55:22,001 --> 00:55:23,000 NONETHELESS AM SUPPORTIVE OF 1874 00:55:23,001 --> 00:55:24,000 THE SUPPLEMENTAL BEFORE US. 1875 00:55:24,001 --> 00:55:26,000 I BELI 1876 00:55:26,001 --> 00:55:27,000 PROMISING MOMENT, A PROMISING 1877 00:55:27,001 --> 00:55:28,000 MOMENT IN TERMS OF THE TRENDS 1878 00:55:28,001 --> 00:55:30,000 IN IRAQ AND A PROMISING MOMENT 1879 00:55:30,001 --> 00:55:34,000 IN TERMS OF HAVING A LEADER IN 1880 00:55:34,001 --> 00:55:36,000 THE WHITE HOUSE WHO UNDERSTANDS AFGHANISTAN RIGHT. 1881 00:55:36,001 --> 00:55:38,000 HAVING BEEN ON THE GROUND THERE 1882 00:55:38,001 --> 00:55:39,000 IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I CAN ASSURE 1883 00:55:39,001 --> 00:55:40,000 YOU THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT 1884 00:55:40,001 --> 00:55:41,000 BEING ASKED BEFORE ARE BEING 1885 00:55:41,001 --> 00:55:43,000 ASKED NOW. 1886 00:55:43,001 --> 00:55:44,000 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY 1887 00:55:44,001 --> 00:55:45,000 STRUGGLE THERE. 1888 00:55:45,001 --> 00:55:47,000 BUT I SAY TO MY MORE 1889 00:55:47,001 --> 00:55:48,000 PROGRESSIVE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE 1890 00:55:48,001 --> 00:55:50,000 VERY CRITICAL OF THIS THAT WE 1891 00:55:50,001 --> 00:55:51,000 SHOULD GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE 1892 00:55:51,001 --> 00:55:53,000 CREDIT. 1893 00:55:53,001 --> 00:55:54,000 THE ERA OF ARBITRARY PO 1894 00:55:54,001 --> 00:55:55,000 THE BUSH DOCTRINE ENDED WITH 1895 00:55:55,001 --> 00:55:57,000 THE 2006 ELECTION. 1896 00:55:57,001 --> 00:55:58,000 A NEW PERIOD OF SMART POWER, 1897 00:55:58,001 --> 00:55:59,000 LED WITH GENERAL PETRAEUS AND 1898 00:55:59,001 --> 00:56:02,000 SECRETARY GATES, HAS MOVED US 1899 00:56:02,001 --> 00:56:03,000 IN A DIRECTION OF REAL NATIONAL SECURITY, NOT HOLLYWOOD 1900 00:56:03,001 --> 00:56:05,000 SECURITY. 1901 00:56:05,001 --> 00:56:07,000 AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOVE 1902 00:56:07,001 --> 00:56:08,000 AND THE A MOVE THAT CONTINUES 1903 00:56:08,001 --> 00:56:09,000 TODAY. 1904 00:56:09,001 --> 00:56:10,000 THAT CHANGE WAS ONLY SOLIDIFIED 1905 00:56:10,001 --> 00:56:12,000 BY THE 2008 ELECTION. 1906 00:56:12,001 --> 00:56:13,000 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEADLY 1907 00:56:13,001 --> 00:56:15,000 SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING NATIONAL 1908 00:56:15,001 --> 00:56:16,000 SECURITY RIGHT AND IN IRAQ AND 1909 00:56:16,001 --> 00:56:18,000 AFGHANISTAN, WHO UNDERSTAND THE 1910 00:56:18,001 --> 00:56:20,000 MILITARY'S JOB IS TO BACK UP A 1911 00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:21,000 POLITICAL SOLUTION AND ARE 1912 00:56:21,001 --> 00:56:22,000 LOOKING FOR THAT, WHO 1913 00:56:22,001 --> 00:56:24,000 UNDERSTAND THAT WITH HE -- WE 1914 00:56:24,001 --> 00:56:25,000 CANNOT SOLVE THE SITUATION IN 1915 00:56:25,001 --> 00:56:27,000 AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT DEALING 1916 00:56:27,001 --> 00:56:29,000 WITH CORRUPTION INTERNALLY. 1917 00:56:29,001 --> 00:56:34,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I YIELD HIM AN 1918 00:56:34,001 --> 00:56:36,000 ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS. 1919 00:56:36,001 --> 00:56:38,000 MR. PERRIELLO: WE WILL NOT END 1920 00:56:38,001 --> 00:56:40,000 CORRUPTION IN PAKISTAN EXTERNAL 1921 00:56:40,001 --> 00:56:42,000 AND WE HAVE A WERE THE 1922 00:56:42,001 --> 00:56:43,000 PRESIDENT WHO'S NEGOTIATING 1923 00:56:43,001 --> 00:56:44,000 FROM A POSITION OF SENGTH AND 1924 00:56:44,001 --> 00:56:46,000 NOT WEAKNES 1925 00:56:46,001 --> 00:56:47,000 I RISE TODAY WITH GRAVE 1926 00:56:47,001 --> 00:56:48,000 SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THE 1927 00:56:48,001 --> 00:56:51,000 SUPPLEMENTAL BEFORE US BUT A 1928 00:56:51,001 --> 00:56:52,000 TRACK WITH THIS NEW NATIONAL 1929 00:56:52,001 --> 00:56:54,000 SECURITY STRATEGY. 1930 00:56:54,001 --> 00:56:55,000 I BELIEVE THAT'S THE RIGHT 1931 00:56:55,001 --> 00:56:56,000 THING TO DO TO SUPPORT IT AND I 1932 00:56:56,001 --> 00:56:58,000 YIELD MY TIME. 1933 00:56:58,001 --> 00:56:59,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1934 00:56:59,001 --> 00:57:00,000 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1935 00:57:00,001 --> 00:57:01,000 BALANCE OF HIS TIME. 1936 00:57:01,001 --> 00:57:03,000 DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1937 00:57:03,001 --> 00:57:04,000 CALIFORNIA CONTINUE TO RESERVE? 1938 00:57:04,001 --> 00:57:06,000 MR. DREIER: IF I MAY, MR. SPEAKER. 1939 00:57:06,001 --> 00:57:07,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1940 00:57:07,001 --> 00:57:09,000 GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 1941 00:57:09,001 --> 00:57:10,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I'D LIKE NOW TO 1942 00:57:10,001 --> 00:57:11,000 YIELD A MINUTE TMY FRIEND 1943 00:57:11,001 --> 00:57:13,000 FROM MARYLAND, MS. EDWARDS. 1944 00:57:13,001 --> 00:57:14,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 1945 00:57:14,001 --> 00:57:15,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM MARYLAND IS 1946 00:57:15,001 --> 00:57:17,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 1947 00:57:17,001 --> 00:57:18,000 MS. EDWARDS: I RISE TODAY IN 1948 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:19,000 OPPOSITION TO THE 1949 00:57:19,001 --> 00:57:20,000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL. 1950 00:57:20,001 --> 00:57:22,000 I'M UNDECIDED ON THE RULE. 1951 00:57:22,001 --> 00:57:23,000 I RETURNED FROM AFGHANISTAN 1952 00:57:23,001 --> 00:57:24,000 JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND I 1953 00:57:24,001 --> 00:57:26,000 COULD SEE FIRSTHAND THE PASSION 1954 00:57:26,001 --> 00:57:27,000 AND COMMITMENT OF OUR SERVICE 1955 00:57:27,001 --> 00:57:28,000 MEN AND WOMEN, OUR DIPLOMATS 1956 00:57:28,001 --> 00:57:30,000 AND OTHER CIVILIANS. 1957 00:57:30,001 --> 00:57:31,000 BUT I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT 1958 00:57:31,001 --> 00:57:32,000 THIS DEBATE THAT WE'RE HAVING 1959 00:57:32,001 --> 00:57:34,000 HERE TODAY IS NOT ABOUT THEM, 1960 00:57:34,001 --> 00:57:36,000 THE ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED. 1961 00:57:36,001 --> 00:57:37,000 I SAW THE COMMITMENT AND 1962 00:57:37,001 --> 00:57:39,000 COURAGE OF AFGHAN WOMEN TO 1963 00:57:39,001 --> 00:57:40,000 BUILD A FUTURE FOR THEIR 1964 00:57:40,001 --> 00:57:41,000 COUNTRY BUT THIS BILL WILL NOT 1965 00:57:41,001 --> 00:57:42,000 GET US THERE. 1966 00:57:42,001 --> 00:57:44,000 LET ME QUOTE, GIVEN ITS 1967 00:57:44,001 --> 00:57:45,000 TERRAIN, POVERTY, NEIGHBORHOOD 1968 00:57:45,001 --> 00:57:46,000 AND TRAGIC HISTORY, AFGHANISTAN 1969 00:57:46,001 --> 00:57:49,000 IN MANY WAYS POSES AN EVEN MORE 1970 00:57:49,001 --> 00:57:51,000 COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT LONG-TERM CHALLENGE THAN IRAQ. 1971 00:57:51,001 --> 00:57:53,000 ONE THAT DESPITE A LARGE 1972 00:57:53,001 --> 00:57:55,000 INTERNATIONAL EFFORT WILL 1973 00:57:55,001 --> 00:57:56,000 REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT U.S. 1974 00:57:56,001 --> 00:57:58,000 MILITARY AND ECONOMIC 1975 00:57:58,001 --> 00:58:00,000 COMMITMENT FOR SOME TIME, END QUOTE. 1976 00:58:00,001 --> 00:58:01,000 THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF 1977 00:58:01,001 --> 00:58:02,000 SECRETARY ROBERT GATES AND NOT 1978 00:58:02,001 --> 00:58:04,000 MY OWN. 1979 00:58:04,001 --> 00:58:05,000 AND YET HERE WE ARE TODAY 1980 00:58:05,001 --> 00:58:06,000 PREPARED TO COMMIT OUR SERVICE 1981 00:58:06,001 --> 00:58:08,000 MEN AND WOMEN TO A WAR WITHOUT 1982 00:58:08,001 --> 00:58:09,000 END, PLACING THEM IN HARM'S WAY 1983 00:58:09,001 --> 00:58:11,000 WITHOUT A PLAN FOR BEING THERE 1984 00:58:11,001 --> 00:58:13,000 AND A STRATEGY FOR LEAVING AFGHANISTAN. 1985 00:58:13,001 --> 00:58:15,000 I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO 1986 00:58:15,001 --> 00:58:16,000 GIVE OUR PRESIDENT AN 1987 00:58:16,001 --> 00:58:17,000 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT A MESS 1988 00:58:17,001 --> 00:58:18,000 THAT HE INHERITED BUT DID NOT 1989 00:58:18,001 --> 00:58:20,000 CREATE. 1990 00:58:20,001 --> 00:58:22,000 UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONGRESS AND THIS PRESIDENT HAVE TO BE 1991 00:58:22,001 --> 00:58:23,000 HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN 1992 00:58:23,001 --> 00:58:25,000 PEOPLE, THAT THIS IS NOT -- 1993 00:58:25,001 --> 00:58:26,000 WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD? 1994 00:58:26,001 --> 00:58:28,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I YIELD ANOTHER 1995 00:58:28,001 --> 00:58:29,000 30 SECONDS. 1996 00:58:29,001 --> 00:58:30,000 MS. EDWARDS: WE HAVE TO BE 1997 00:58:30,001 --> 00:58:32,000 HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 1998 00:58:32,001 --> 00:58:33,000 THAT THIS IS NOT AN IN-OUT 1999 00:58:33,001 --> 00:58:35,000 MILITARY OPERATION. 2000 00:58:35,001 --> 00:58:36,000 IT REQUIRES A LONG-TERM, 2001 00:58:36,001 --> 00:58:38,000 SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO TURN 2002 00:58:38,001 --> 00:58:39,000 90% ILLITERACY TO LITERACY, 2003 00:58:39,001 --> 00:58:41,000 GROW FOOD PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF 2004 00:58:41,001 --> 00:58:43,000 PRODUCING HEROIN AND OPIUM, 2005 00:58:43,001 --> 00:58:44,000 BUILD A CIVIL SOCIETY AND RULE 2006 00:58:44,001 --> 00:58:45,000 OF LAW. 2007 00:58:45,001 --> 00:58:46,000 WE NEED A PLAN WHILE WE'RE 2008 00:58:46,001 --> 00:58:48,000 THERE AND A STRATEGY FOR 2009 00:58:48,001 --> 00:58:49,000 LEAVING AND WE DON'T HAVE IT 2010 00:58:49,001 --> 00:58:50,000 AND I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS 2011 00:58:50,001 --> 00:58:51,000 SUPPLEMENTAL. 2012 00:58:51,001 --> 00:58:54,000 THANK YOU AND I YIELD. 2013 00:58:54,001 --> 00:58:55,000 . 2014 00:58:55,001 --> 00:58:56,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2015 00:58:56,001 --> 00:59:00,000 GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 2016 00:59:00,001 --> 00:59:02,000 SPEAKERS REMAINING. 2017 00:59:02,001 --> 00:59:04,000 AND THEN -- 2018 00:59:04,001 --> 00:59:07,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THREE SPEAKERS. 2019 00:59:07,001 --> 00:59:09,000 MR. DREIER: SHOULD WE CONTINUE 2020 00:59:09,001 --> 00:59:12,000 TO RESERVE? 2021 00:59:12,001 --> 00:59:13,000 MAYBE WE'LL RESERVE FOR -- 2022 00:59:13,001 --> 00:59:15,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: BOTH SIDES HAVE EIGHT MINUTES 2023 00:59:15,001 --> 00:59:17,000 REMAINING. 2024 00:59:17,001 --> 00:59:18,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: HOW MUCH TIME? 2025 00:59:18,001 --> 00:59:19,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: BOTH 2026 00:59:19,001 --> 00:59:21,000 SIDES HAVE EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING. 2027 00:59:21,001 --> 00:59:22,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: WITH THAT I 2028 00:59:22,001 --> 00:59:24,000 YIELD 2029 00:59:24,001 --> 00:59:25,000 FROM OHIO, CONGRESSWOMAN SUTTON. 2030 00:59:25,001 --> 00:59:26,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2031 00:59:26,001 --> 00:59:28,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. 2032 00:59:28,001 --> 00:59:29,000 MS. SUTTON: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. 2033 00:59:29,001 --> 00:59:31,000 I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR 2034 00:59:31,001 --> 00:59:33,000 YIELDING ME THE TIME AND FOR HIS 2035 00:59:33,001 --> 00:59:35,000 LEADERSHIP. 2036 00:59:35,001 --> 00:59:37,000 TODAY WE CONSIDER THE LAST WAR 2037 00:59:37,001 --> 00:59:39,000 SUPPLEMENTAL PROVIDING FUNDING 2038 00:59:39,001 --> 00:59:40,000 FOR OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ AND 2039 00:59:40,001 --> 00:59:41,000 AFGHISTAN. 2040 00:59:41,001 --> 00:59:43,000 HOWEVER I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED 2041 00:59:43,001 --> 00:59:44,000 THIS BILL DOES NOT HAVE AN EXIT 2042 00:59:44,001 --> 00:59:45,000 STRATEGY FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS 2043 00:59:45,001 --> 00:59:47,000 IN AFGHANISTAN. 2044 00:59:47,001 --> 00:59:49,000 OUT OF FAIRNESS TO OUR BRAVE 2045 00:59:49,001 --> 00:59:50,000 SOLDIERS, WE CANNOT HAVE AN 2046 00:59:50,001 --> 00:59:53,000 OPEN-ENDED STRATEGY. 2047 00:59:53,001 --> 00:59:54,000 I SUPPORT THE BILL INTRODUCED BY 2048 00:59:54,001 --> 00:59:55,000 REPRESENTATIVE JIM MCGOVERN, TO 2049 00:59:55,001 --> 00:59:57,000 REQUIRE ONE. 2050 00:59:57,001 --> 01:00:00,000 BUT THIS BILL DOES HAVE SOME 2051 01:00:00,001 --> 01:00:02,000 PROVISIONS IN IT THAT I SUPPORT. 2052 01:00:02,001 --> 01:00:04,000 SINCE OCTOBER OF 2001, 2053 01:00:04,001 --> 01:00:05,000 APPROXIMATELY 160,000 SOLDIERS 2054 01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:06,000 HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO STOP LOSS 2055 01:00:06,001 --> 01:00:08,000 ORDERS. 2056 01:00:08,001 --> 01:00:11,000 SERVING ON INVOLUNTARY EXTENDED 2057 01:00:11,001 --> 01:00:12,000 TOURS OF DUTY. 2058 01:00:12,001 --> 01:00:14,000 LAST JUNE I INTRODUCED THE STOP 2059 01:00:14,001 --> 01:00:16,000 LOSS COMPENSATION ACT TO ENSURE 2060 01:00:16,001 --> 01:00:18,000 ALL OUR SOLDIERS AFFECTED BY THE 2061 01:00:18,001 --> 01:00:19,000 POLICY WOULD BE PROPERLY 2062 01:00:19,001 --> 01:00:20,000 COMPENSATED. 2063 01:00:20,001 --> 01:00:22,000 AND LAST FALL WE TOOK THE FIRST 2064 01:00:22,001 --> 01:00:23,000 STEP FORWARD FULFILLING OUR DUTY 2065 01:00:23,001 --> 01:00:26,000 TO THESE BRAVE SOLDIERS BY 2066 01:00:26,001 --> 01:00:27,000 INCLUDING STOP LOSS COMPENSATION 2067 01:00:27,001 --> 01:00:29,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 IN THE 2068 01:00:29,001 --> 01:00:31,000 CONTINUING RESOLUTION. 2069 01:00:31,001 --> 01:00:34,000 BUT TODAY I AM PROUD THAT WE 2070 01:00:34,001 --> 01:00:36,000 WILL EXTEND THE $500 A MONTH 2071 01:00:36,001 --> 01:00:38,000 PAYMENTS TO ALL 160,000 SOLDIERS 2072 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:40,000 THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY STOP 2073 01:00:40,001 --> 01:00:43,000 LOSS SINCE 2001. 2074 01:00:43,001 --> 01:00:44,000 MR. SPEAKER, ON THE HOME FRONT, 2075 01:00:44,001 --> 01:00:46,000 OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ANSWER THE 2076 01:00:46,001 --> 01:00:47,000 CALL OF DUTY IN COMMUNITIES 2077 01:00:47,001 --> 01:00:49,000 THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY OFTEN 2078 01:00:49,001 --> 01:00:51,000 THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND THE 2079 01:00:51,001 --> 01:00:53,000 LAST TO LEAVE, BECAUSE OF THE 2080 01:00:53,001 --> 01:00:54,000 CURRENT RECESSION, A LOT OF 2081 01:00:54,001 --> 01:00:56,000 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE 2082 01:00:56,001 --> 01:00:58,000 COMMUNITY ONE IN MY DISTRICT, 2083 01:00:58,001 --> 01:00:59,000 ARE BEING FORCED TO LAY OFF 2084 01:00:59,001 --> 01:01:02,000 FIREFIGHTERS, RESULTING IN 2085 01:01:02,001 --> 01:01:03,000 STAFFING LEVELTHAT ARE TOO LOW. 2086 01:01:03,001 --> 01:01:05,000 I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE WORKED 2087 01:01:05,001 --> 01:01:06,000 ON LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE IN THIS 2088 01:01:06,001 --> 01:01:08,000 BILL THAT WILL ALLOW SAFER 2089 01:01:08,001 --> 01:01:11,000 GRANTS TO BE USED TO REHIRE AND 2090 01:01:11,001 --> 01:01:13,000 RETAIN MUCH NEEDED FIREFIGHTERS. 2091 01:01:13,001 --> 01:01:15,000 THE O'LEARY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 2092 01:01:15,001 --> 01:01:16,000 ALREADY INFORMED ME WITH WITH 2093 01:01:16,001 --> 01:01:18,000 THIS CHANGE THEY PLAN TO APPLY 2094 01:01:18,001 --> 01:01:20,000 FOR A SAFER GRANT TO REINSTATE 2095 01:01:20,001 --> 01:01:21,000 THE 10 FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE 2096 01:01:21,001 --> 01:01:23,000 LAID OFF LAST MONTH. 2097 01:01:23,001 --> 01:01:25,000 THIS BILL WILL HELP US ENSURE 2098 01:01:25,001 --> 01:01:27,000 THAT STOP LOSS PAYMENTS FOR 2099 01:01:27,001 --> 01:01:28,000 THOSE WHO PROTECT US OVERSEAS 2100 01:01:28,001 --> 01:01:29,000 WILL BE PROPERLY GIVEN AND TO 2101 01:01:29,001 --> 01:01:31,000 ENSURE THE ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR 2102 01:01:31,001 --> 01:01:33,000 TH THANK YOU. 2103 01:01:33,001 --> 01:01:34,000 I YIELD BACK. 2104 01:01:34,001 --> 01:01:35,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2105 01:01:35,001 --> 01:01:36,000 GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HER TIME. 2106 01:01:36,001 --> 01:01:39,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 2107 01:01:39,001 --> 01:01:42,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, I GUESS 2108 01:01:42,001 --> 01:01:43,000 I'LL INQUIRE AGAIN OF MY FRIEND. 2109 01:01:43,001 --> 01:01:46,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I WOULD SGEST 2110 01:01:46,001 --> 01:01:48,000 TO MY FRIEND THAT WOLF. 2111 01:01:48,001 --> 01:01:50,000 MR. DREIER: YOU ARE INCLUDED 2112 01:01:50,001 --> 01:01:53,000 AMON THE TWO? 2113 01:01:53,001 --> 01:01:56,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: TWO ONE-MINUTE SPEAKERS. 2114 01:01:56,001 --> 01:01:57,000 MR. DREIER: I RESERVE. 2115 01:01:57,001 --> 01:01:58,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 2116 01:01:58,001 --> 01:02:01,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: I YIELD ONE 2117 01:02:01,001 --> 01:02:03,000 MINUTE TO MY FRIEND 2118 01:02:03,001 --> 01:02:04,000 CALIFORNIA, MS. WATSON. 2119 01:02:04,001 --> 01:02:05,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2120 01:02:05,001 --> 01:02:06,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS 2121 01:02:06,001 --> 01:02:10,000 RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 2122 01:02:10,001 --> 01:02:11,000 MS. WATSON: 2123 01:02:11,001 --> 01:02:13,000 MR. SPEAKER, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 2124 01:02:13,001 --> 01:02:16,000 IF THIS WERE SO THEN CONTINUOUS 2125 01:02:16,001 --> 01:02:18,000 FUNDING FOR COMBAT IS NOT NEEDED. 2126 01:02:18,001 --> 01:02:20,000 HOWEVER RESOURCES FOR OUR 2127 01:02:20,001 --> 01:02:22,000 MILITARY WITHDRAWAL IS. 2128 01:02:22,001 --> 01:02:24,000 THE SUPPLEMENT AS A MEANS OF 2129 01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:27,000 FINANCIAL SPORT FOR CONTINUING 2130 01:02:27,001 --> 01:02:29,000 CONFLICT IS A VERY DECEPTIVE TECHNIQUE. 2131 01:02:29,001 --> 01:02:32,000 FUNDING SHOULD BE IN THE BUDGET 2132 01:02:32,001 --> 01:02:36,000 SINCE IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS 2133 01:02:36,001 --> 01:02:38,000 NO END TO THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ. 2134 01:02:38,001 --> 01:02:41,000 COMBINING FOOD ASSISTANCE, AID, 2135 01:02:41,001 --> 01:02:42,000 FARM LOAN PROGRAMS, REFUGEE 2136 01:02:42,001 --> 01:02:44,000 ASSISTANCE IN THIS BILL WILL 2137 01:02:44,001 --> 01:02:48,000 GIVE THE BILL THE VOTES NEEDED 2138 01:02:48,001 --> 01:02:50,000 FOR PASSAGE, BUT HUMAN TEAR -- 2139 01:02:50,001 --> 01:02:51,000 HUMAN TARRY ISSUES SHOULD BE IN 2140 01:02:51,001 --> 01:02:52,000 SEPARATE LEGISLATION. 2141 01:02:52,001 --> 01:02:55,000 THEY ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO BE 2142 01:02:55,001 --> 01:02:57,000 DUMB NPPED THIS BILL. 2143 01:02:57,001 --> 01:03:00,000 TO MAKE MY POINT I WILL NOT VOTE 2144 01:03:00,001 --> 01:03:02,000 FOR ANY WAR FUNDING THAT 2145 01:03:02,001 --> 01:03:05,000 DEPRIVES MY CONSTITUENTS OF THE 2146 01:03:05,001 --> 01:03:06,000 DOMESTIC FUNDING NEEDED TO 2147 01:03:06,001 --> 01:03:09,000 IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. 2148 01:03:09,001 --> 01:03:10,000 THE RULE IS THE PASSAGEWAY FOR 2149 01:03:10,001 --> 01:03:12,000 THIS INJUSTICE. 2150 01:03:12,001 --> 01:03:13,000 THANK YOU. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2151 01:03:13,001 --> 01:03:14,000 GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK THE 2152 01:03:14,001 --> 01:03:16,000 BALANCE OF HER TIME. 2153 01:03:16,001 --> 01:03:18,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, LET ME 2154 01:03:18,001 --> 01:03:23,000 AT THIS TIME YIELD FOUR MINUTES 2155 01:03:23,001 --> 01:03:24,000 TO THE EXTRAORDINARILY PATIENT 2156 01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:25,000 AUTHOR OF THE AMENDMENT OF WHICH 2157 01:03:25,001 --> 01:03:26,000 WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING DEALING 2158 01:03:26,001 --> 01:03:28,000 WITH THE ISSUE OF GUANTANAMO, MY 2159 01:03:28,001 --> 01:03:31,000 GOOD FRIEND AND CLASSMATE FRO 2160 01:03:31,001 --> 01:03:32,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2161 01:03:32,001 --> 01:03:33,000 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES. 2162 01:03:33,001 --> 01:03:34,000 MR. WOLF: I WANT TO THANK MR. 2163 01:03:34,001 --> 01:03:36,000 DREIER F THE TIME. 2164 01:03:36,001 --> 01:03:38,000 I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE RULE. 2165 01:03:38,001 --> 01:03:40,000 I HAD AN AMENDMENT WHICH DEALT 2166 01:03:40,001 --> 01:03:42,000 WITH THE GUANTANAMO BAY ISSUE. 2167 01:03:42,001 --> 01:03:46,000 LET ME SORT OF LAY IT OUT. 2168 01:03:46,001 --> 01:03:50,000 THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES REALLY INVOLVED. 2169 01:03:50,001 --> 01:03:52,000 ONE, THERE ARE DETAINEES AT 2170 01:03:52,001 --> 01:03:55,000 GUANTANAMO BAY THAT ERIC HOLDER 2171 01:03:55,001 --> 01:03:59,000 WAS PREPARED TO RELEASE INTO THE UNITED STATES. 2172 01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:00,000 THIS IS NOT A KHALID SIKH 2173 01:04:00,001 --> 01:04:01,000 MUHAMMAD THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING. 2174 01:04:01,001 --> 01:04:03,000 TO RELEASE INTO THE 2175 01:04:03,001 --> 01:04:05,000 NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE UNITED STATES. 2176 01:04:05,001 --> 01:04:07,000 WHO ARE THE DETAINEES? 2177 01:04:07,001 --> 01:04:08,000 THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP 2178 01:04:08,001 --> 01:04:09,000 CALLED THE EASTERN TURNING STAND 2179 01:04:09,001 --> 01:04:14,000 ISLAMIC MOVEMENT. 2180 01:04:14,001 --> 01:04:17,000 MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN TRAINED 2181 01:04:17,001 --> 01:04:18,000 IN AL QAEDA TRAINING CAMPS IN TORA BORA. 2182 01:04:18,001 --> 01:04:21,000 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE 2183 01:04:21,001 --> 01:04:24,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. 2184 01:04:24,001 --> 01:04:27,000 ALSO THEIR LEADER IS A MAN NAMED ABDUL HAWK. 2185 01:04:27,001 --> 01:04:29,000 HAWK IS ON THE TERRORIST LIST OF 2186 01:04:29,001 --> 01:04:32,000 THE U.N.. 2187 01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:35,000 HE'S ALSO ON THE OBAMA 2188 01:04:35,001 --> 01:04:36,000 ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION -- 2189 01:04:36,001 --> 01:04:37,000 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUT HIM ON 2190 01:04:37,001 --> 01:04:39,000 THEIR TERRORIST LIST LAST MONTH, 2191 01:04:39,001 --> 01:04:40,000 ERIC HOLDER IS SAYING, SOME 2192 01:04:40,001 --> 01:04:43,000 PEOPLE BELIEVE HE WAS READY TO 2193 01:04:43,001 --> 01:04:46,000 DO IT TWO WEEKS AGORIDAY, TO 2194 01:04:46,001 --> 01:04:47,000 RELEASE THEM, TO RELEASE THEM 2195 01:04:47,001 --> 01:04:49,000 WITH FEDERAL PAY, IF YOU WILL, 2196 01:04:49,001 --> 01:04:51,000 SO THEY COULD LIVE ON THE 2197 01:04:51,001 --> 01:04:52,000 ENVIRONMENT, GO TO THE SHOPPING 2198 01:04:52,001 --> 01:04:54,000 MALLS, DO WHATEVER. 2199 01:04:54,001 --> 01:04:55,000 RELEASE THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. 2200 01:04:55,001 --> 01:04:57,000 WITHOUT EVEN TELLING THE 2201 01:04:57,001 --> 01:05:00,000 CONGRESS ANYTHING. 2202 01:05:00,001 --> 01:05:01,000 NOW, CONGRESS CANNOT BE LIKE 2203 01:05:01,001 --> 01:05:03,000 PONTIAS PILATE AND WASH THEIR 2204 01:05:03,001 --> 01:05:04,000 HANDS AND SAY WE DON'T WANT TO 2205 01:05:04,001 --> 01:05:05,000 BE INVOLVED IN THIS. 2206 01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:08,000 WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF 2207 01:05:08,001 --> 01:05:09,000 SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 2208 01:05:09,001 --> 01:05:11,000 THE CONGRESS, THE UNITED STATES 2209 01:05:11,001 --> 01:05:13,000 CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 2210 01:05:13,001 --> 01:05:14,000 WANT US TO BE INVOLVED. 2211 01:05:14,001 --> 01:05:20,000 THAT'S WHY THEY SENT US HERE. 2212 01:05:20,001 --> 01:05:22,000 SO THAT'S THE UEGHERS. 2213 01:05:22,001 --> 01:05:23,000 TERRORISTS, TORA BORA, ABDUL 2214 01:05:23,001 --> 01:05:24,000 HAWK. 2215 01:05:24,001 --> 01:05:26,000 THE OTHER ONE IS THEY WANT TO 2216 01:05:26,001 --> 01:05:27,000 MOVE SOME OF THESE TERRORISTS 2217 01:05:27,001 --> 01:05:28,000 LIKE KHALID MUHAMMAD THAT MR. 2218 01:05:28,001 --> 01:05:29,000 DREIER MENTIONED TO THE UNITED 2219 01:05:29,001 --> 01:05:32,000 STATES. 2220 01:05:32,001 --> 01:05:37,000 HE'S THE ONE, HE'S THE ONE WHO 2221 01:05:37,001 --> 01:05:41,000 BEHEADED, BEHEADED DANIEL PEARL. 2222 01:05:41,001 --> 01:05:42,000 HE'S THE MASTER MIND OF THE 9/11 2223 01:05:42,001 --> 01:05:43,000 WHICH KILLED 30 PEOPLE FROM MY 2224 01:05:43,001 --> 01:05:46,000 DISTRICT. 2225 01:05:46,001 --> 01:05:48,000 NOW, IS IT OK FOR ERIC HOLDER TO 2226 01:05:48,001 --> 01:05:50,000 SAY, WELL, WE ARE NOT GOING TO 2227 01:05:50,001 --> 01:05:51,000 GIVE AWE REPORT AND IT JUST SO 2228 01:05:51,001 --> 01:05:53,000 HAPPENS THAT NO MEMBER OF 2229 01:05:53,001 --> 01:05:55,000 CONGRESS, ERIC HOLDER HAS 2230 01:05:55,001 --> 01:05:57,000 REFUSED TO ALLOW THE F.B.I. 2231 01:05:57,001 --> 01:05:58,000 CAREER PEOPLE TO COME UP AND 2232 01:05:58,001 --> 01:06:00,000 BRIEF THE CONGRESS. 2233 01:06:00,001 --> 01:06:02,000 NOW, IF ATTORNEY GENERAL 2234 01:06:02,001 --> 01:06:05,000 ASHCROFT HAD PROHIBITED THE 2235 01:06:05,001 --> 01:06:06,000 F.B.I. FROM COMING UP TO BRIEF 2236 01:06:06,001 --> 01:06:07,000 SENATOREAHY, THIS PLACE WOULD 2237 01:06:07,001 --> 01:06:08,000 BE UP IN ARMS. 2238 01:06:08,001 --> 01:06:10,000 BUT HOLD'S PROHIBITINGHE 2239 01:06:10,001 --> 01:06:12,000 F.B.I. UP -- HOLDER'S 2240 01:06:12,001 --> 01:06:13,000 PROHIBITING THE F.B.I. UP UNTIL 2241 01:06:13,001 --> 01:06:15,000 MAYBE NEXT WEEK TO COME AND 2242 01:06:15,001 --> 01:06:17,000 BRIEF ON THIS ISS 2243 01:06:17,001 --> 01:06:18,000 EVERYONE SAID WE CAN HOLD HIM 2244 01:06:18,001 --> 01:06:20,000 WITH THAT. 2245 01:06:20,001 --> 01:06:22,000 DON'T FORGET OFFICER PEPPI WAS 2246 01:06:22,001 --> 01:06:24,000 STABBED IN THE EYE BY ONE OF 2247 01:06:24,001 --> 01:06:27,000 THESE GUYS AT THE WORLD TRADE 2248 01:06:27,001 --> 01:06:29,000 CENTER IN THE EYE. 2249 01:06:29,001 --> 01:06:32,000 AND DON'T ALSO FORGET THE SIKH, 2250 01:06:32,001 --> 01:06:33,000 THE BLD SIKH RAHMAN WAS 2251 01:06:33,001 --> 01:06:35,000 PROCEEDING AND THE INFORMATION 2252 01:06:35,001 --> 01:06:37,000 OUT WITH REGARD TO HIS LAWYER. 2253 01:06:37,001 --> 01:06:40,000 LASTLY MANY PEOPLE WOULD FORGET 2254 01:06:40,001 --> 01:06:41,000 BUT THE TERRORISTS WHO WERE IN 2255 01:06:41,001 --> 01:06:44,000 AMERICAN PRISONS WERE IN 2256 01:06:44,001 --> 01:06:46,000 COMMUNICATION TO THE MADRID 2257 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:47,000 BOMBERS WITH THE MADRID BOMBING. 2258 01:06:47,001 --> 01:06:48,000 ERIC HOLDER SAID WE ARE NOT 2259 01:06:48,001 --> 01:06:50,000 GOING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT. 2260 01:06:50,001 --> 01:06:52,000 THE CONGRESS SAYS, WE DON'T WANT A REPORT. 2261 01:06:52,001 --> 01:06:53,000 WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE 2262 01:06:53,001 --> 01:06:54,000 INVOLVED. 2263 01:06:54,001 --> 01:06:56,000 WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW. 2264 01:06:56,001 --> 01:06:57,000 SO YOU GO AHEAD AND DO WHATEVER 2265 01:06:57,001 --> 01:07:00,000 YOU WANT TO DO. 2266 01:07:00,001 --> 01:07:03,000 AND LASTLY THIS. 2267 01:07:03,001 --> 01:07:04,000 EVERYONE AT GUANTANAMO IS MEDIUM 2268 01:07:04,001 --> 01:07:07,000 TO HIGH SECURITY. 2269 01:07:07,001 --> 01:07:10,000 THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. 2270 01:07:10,001 --> 01:07:12,000 OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN 2271 01:07:12,001 --> 01:07:14,000 RELEASED, 61 HAVE COME BACK ON 2272 01:07:14,001 --> 01:07:16,000 THE TERRORIST FIELD, TERRORIST 2273 01:07:16,001 --> 01:07:18,000 ATTACKS AGAINST US AND AGAINST 2274 01:07:18,001 --> 01:07:19,000 OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. 2275 01:07:19,001 --> 01:07:22,000 THAT'S THE LOW LEVEL GUYS. 2276 01:07:22,001 --> 01:07:24,000 THESE ARE MEDIUM AND HIGH. 2277 01:07:24,001 --> 01:07:25,000 SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SAY THE 2278 01:07:25,001 --> 01:07:26,000 CONGRESS OUGHT TO BE INVOLVED. 2279 01:07:26,001 --> 01:07:29,000 WE DIDN'T GET INTO WHETHER OR 2280 01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:30,000 NOT YOU CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY OR NOT. 2281 01:07:30,001 --> 01:07:32,000 WE WERE NOT STOPPING IT. 2282 01:07:32,001 --> 01:07:33,000 WE WERE JUST SAYING LET'S GIVE 2283 01:07:33,001 --> 01:07:34,000 US A REPORT, LET'S LET THE 2284 01:07:34,001 --> 01:07:36,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW. 2285 01:07:36,001 --> 01:07:38,000 LET'S LET -- IF THE CONGRESS 2286 01:07:38,001 --> 01:07:39,000 DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW, LET THE 2287 01:07:39,001 --> 01:07:41,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WHOEVER MAY 2288 01:07:41,001 --> 01:07:42,000 BE RELEASED IN THEIR 2289 01:07:42,001 --> 01:07:43,000 NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'LL AT LEAST 2290 01:07:43,001 --> 01:07:45,000 KNOW. 2291 01:07:45,001 --> 01:07:47,000 LASTLY THE GOVERNORS AND THE 2292 01:07:47,001 --> 01:07:48,000 STATE LEGISLATORS OUGHT TO 2293 01:07:48,001 --> 01:07:49,000 PARTICIPATE. 2294 01:07:49,001 --> 01:07:51,000 FOR THAT REASON THIS AMENDMENT 2295 01:07:51,001 --> 01:07:52,000 SHLD HAVE BEEN MADE IN ORDER 2296 01:07:52,001 --> 01:07:54,000 WHEREBY WE COULD HAVE DEBATED TO 2297 01:07:54,001 --> 01:07:56,000 SAY DO YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE TO 2298 01:07:56,001 --> 01:07:57,000 RELEASE OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO 2299 01:07:57,001 --> 01:07:58,000 BE TRANSFERRED AND SHOULD THE 2300 01:07:58,001 --> 01:07:59,000 CONGRESS BE INVOLVED? 2301 01:07:59,001 --> 01:08:00,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2302 01:08:00,001 --> 01:08:02,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED 2303 01:08:02,001 --> 01:08:03,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 2304 01:08:03,001 --> 01:08:04,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. 2305 01:08:04,001 --> 01:08:06,000 SPEAKER. 2306 01:08:06,001 --> 01:08:08,000 I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MY FRIEND 2307 01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:09,000 FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, MS. SHEA-PORTER. 2308 01:08:09,001 --> 01:08:10,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2309 01:08:10,001 --> 01:08:11,000 GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE 2310 01:08:11,001 --> 01:08:13,000 IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 2311 01:08:13,001 --> 01:08:15,000 MS. SHEA-PORTER: THANK YOU. 2312 01:08:15,001 --> 01:08:16,000 I ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS 2313 01:08:16,001 --> 01:08:19,000 IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT LAST WEEKEND 2314 01:08:19,001 --> 01:08:20,000 I WENT TO AFGHANISTAN. 2315 01:08:20,001 --> 01:08:24,000 AND AS MUCH AS I WANT TO SUPPORT 2316 01:08:24,001 --> 01:08:26,000 SUPPORT THIS BILL, I CANNOT. 2317 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:28,000 THE PROBLEMS THERE ARE OVERWHELMING. 2318 01:08:28,001 --> 01:08:30,000 90% OF THE WOMEN ARE ILLITERATE 2319 01:08:30,001 --> 01:08:31,000 AND A HUGE MAJORITY OF THE MEN. 2320 01:08:31,001 --> 01:08:32,000 25% OF THE CHILDREN DIE BEFORE 2321 01:08:32,001 --> 01:08:34,000 AGE 5. 2322 01:08:34,001 --> 01:08:35,000 30 YEARS OF WAR HAS DEVASTATED 2323 01:08:35,001 --> 01:08:36,000 ANY POSSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP IN 2324 01:08:36,001 --> 01:08:38,000 THAT COUNTRY. 2325 01:08:38,001 --> 01:08:40,000 WOMEN ARE ABUSED AND BEATEN. 2326 01:08:40,001 --> 01:08:41,000 DRUG ADDICTION IS RAMPANT. 2327 01:08:41,001 --> 01:08:43,000 THERE'S CORRUPTION IN THE 2328 01:08:43,001 --> 01:08:45,000 GOVERNMENT, CORRUPTION IN THE MILITARY. 2329 01:08:45,001 --> 01:08:47,000 IN AFGHANISTAN, WE WERE TOLD IT 2330 01:08:47,001 --> 01:08:49,000 WOULD TAKE 10 TO 15 YEARS TO 2331 01:08:49,001 --> 01:08:52,000 TURN THIS COUNTRY AROUND. 2332 01:08:52,001 --> 01:08:54,000 10 TO 15 YEARS. 2333 01:08:54,001 --> 01:08:56,000 SO WE EITHER GO FULL THROTTLE OR 2334 01:08:56,001 --> 01:08:58,000 WE JUST SAY OK. 2335 01:08:58,001 --> 01:09:00,000 BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST STRING IT 2336 01:09:00,001 --> 01:09:01,000 ALONG LIKE WE DID IN VIETNAM. 2337 01:09:01,001 --> 01:09:02,000 THEIR NEEDS ARE FAR MORE THAN 2338 01:09:02,001 --> 01:09:04,000 ONE COUNTRY CAN GIVE. 2339 01:09:04,001 --> 01:09:06,000 IF OTHER NATIONS WOULD STAND UP 2340 01:09:06,001 --> 01:09:08,000 AND DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND 2341 01:09:08,001 --> 01:09:10,000 GIVE THE SAME COMMITMENT OF THE 2342 01:09:10,001 --> 01:09:12,000 PEOPLE, THE TALENT AFGHANISTAN 2343 01:09:12,001 --> 01:09:13,000 COULD TURN THIS AROUND. 2344 01:09:13,001 --> 01:09:15,000 AND WE COULD HELP THEM. 2345 01:09:15,001 --> 01:09:17,000 BUT THE WORLD WON'T APT 2346 01:09:17,001 --> 01:09:18,000 AFGHANISTAN AND WE CANNOT BE A 2347 01:09:18,001 --> 01:09:20,000 SINGLE PARENT THERE. 2348 01:09:20,001 --> 01:09:21,000 OUR FOCUS NOW HAS TO BE 2349 01:09:21,001 --> 01:09:22,000 PAKISTAN. 2350 01:09:22,001 --> 01:09:24,000 THE GREATER RISK. 2351 01:09:24,001 --> 01:09:26,000 AND SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 2352 01:09:26,001 --> 01:09:27,000 SUPPORT THIS BILL. 2353 01:09:27,001 --> 01:09:28,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2354 01:09:28,001 --> 01:09:30,000 GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2355 01:09:30,001 --> 01:09:31,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 2356 01:09:31,001 --> 01:09:33,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 2357 01:09:33,001 --> 01:09:35,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: 2358 01:09:35,001 --> 01:09:37,000 HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, MR. KIND, 2359 01:09:37,001 --> 01:09:38,000 FROM WISCONSIN, FOR ONE MINUTE. 2360 01:09:38,001 --> 01:09:39,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2361 01:09:39,001 --> 01:09:40,000 GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. 2362 01:09:40,001 --> 01:09:41,000 MR. KIND: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. 2363 01:09:41,001 --> 01:09:43,000 I THANK MY FRIEND FOR YIELDING 2364 01:09:43,001 --> 01:09:44,000 ME THIS TIME. 2365 01:09:44,001 --> 01:09:45,000 MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN STRONG 2366 01:09:45,001 --> 01:09:46,000 SUPPT OF THE RULE AND 2367 01:09:46,001 --> 01:09:47,000 SUPPLEMENTAL. 2368 01:09:47,001 --> 01:09:48,000 IN WISCONSIN WE HAVE HAD THE 2369 01:09:48,001 --> 01:09:51,000 LARGEST CALL-UP, LARGEST 2370 01:09:51,001 --> 01:09:52,000 REDEPLOYMENT OF OUR GUARD UNITS 2371 01:09:52,001 --> 01:09:55,000 SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 2372 01:09:55,001 --> 01:09:57,000 MANY OF OUR COMPANIES IN WESTERN 2373 01:09:57,001 --> 01:09:58,000 WISCONSIN HAVE HAD DELOIMED CEREMONIES. 2374 01:09:58,001 --> 01:09:59,000 TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE OUR TROOPS 2375 01:09:59,001 --> 01:10:01,000 ARE MAKING AS WELL AS THEIR 2376 01:10:01,001 --> 01:10:03,000 FAMILIES TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. 2377 01:10:03,001 --> 01:10:05,000 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL ENSURES THAT 2378 01:10:05,001 --> 01:10:06,000 THEY GOT THE TOOLS AND 2379 01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:08,000 AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO 2380 01:10:08,001 --> 01:10:09,000 DO THEIR JOB AS SAFELY AND 2381 01:10:09,001 --> 01:10:11,000 EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. 2382 01:10:11,001 --> 01:10:13,000 IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO GIVEN 2383 01:10:13,001 --> 01:10:15,000 WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR US. 2384 01:10:15,001 --> 01:10:17,000 I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND MY -- THE 2385 01:10:17,001 --> 01:10:18,000 DEAN OF THE WISCONSIN 2386 01:10:18,001 --> 01:10:20,000 DELEGATION, THE CHAIR OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, MR. 2387 01:10:20,001 --> 01:10:22,000 OBEY, BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THE 2388 01:10:22,001 --> 01:10:23,000 HUGE SHORTFALL WHEN IT CAME TO 2389 01:10:23,001 --> 01:10:25,000 FARM SERVI ADMINISTRATION 2390 01:10:25,001 --> 01:10:28,000 LOANS FOR OUR FAMILY FARMERS. 2391 01:10:28,001 --> 01:10:30,000 THE DEMAND WAS OUTCREEDING THE 2392 01:10:30,001 --> 01:10:32,000 -- OUTCREDING THE AUTHORITY WE 2393 01:10:32,001 --> 01:10:34,000 GAVE THEM TO GIVE OUT THESE 2394 01:10:34,001 --> 01:10:35,000 LOANS WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR 2395 01:10:35,001 --> 01:10:37,000 THEM TO HAVE ACCESS SO THEY CAN 2396 01:10:37,001 --> 01:10:39,000 GET THE SEED, PLANT IT IN THE 2397 01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:41,000 GROUND, AND STAY IN BUSINESS. 2398 01:10:41,001 --> 01:10:43,000 47 OF THE 50 STATES WERE 2399 01:10:43,001 --> 01:10:44,000 REACHING SHORTFALLS IN THIS 2400 01:10:44,001 --> 01:10:46,000 MANNER. 2401 01:10:46,001 --> 01:10:48,000 IT WAS BROUGHT TO MR. OBEY'S AND 2402 01:10:48,001 --> 01:10:49,000 OTHERS ATTENTION AND THEY TOOK 2403 01:10:49,001 --> 01:10:51,000 IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RECTIFY IT 2404 01:10:51,001 --> 01:10:52,000 OR WE COULD HAVE HAD A WHOLESALE 2405 01:10:52,001 --> 01:10:53,000 REDUCTION IN FAMILY FARMING 2406 01:10:53,001 --> 01:10:56,000 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 2407 01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:57,000 I COMMEND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 2408 01:10:57,001 --> 01:10:59,000 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, URGE 2409 01:10:59,001 --> 01:11:01,000 MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT SLELL. 2410 01:11:01,001 --> 01:11:02,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2411 01:11:02,001 --> 01:11:05,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. 2412 01:11:05,001 --> 01:11:07,000 MR. DREIER: THE GENTLEMAN WILL 2413 01:11:07,001 --> 01:11:08,000 BE CLOSING FOR HIS SIDE. 2414 01:11:08,001 --> 01:11:09,000 MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MY 2415 01:11:09,001 --> 01:11:10,000 SOUTHWEST BALANCE OF THE TIME. 2416 01:11:10,001 --> 01:11:11,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2417 01:11:11,001 --> 01:11:15,000 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES. 2418 01:11:15,001 --> 01:11:18,000 MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, I KNOW 2419 01:11:18,001 --> 01:11:22,000 THAT I SPE 2420 01:11:22,001 --> 01:11:23,000 COLLEAGUES WHEN I SAY THAT WHEN 2421 01:11:23,001 --> 01:11:25,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THAT HE 2422 01:11:25,001 --> 01:11:28,000 WANTED TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN 2423 01:11:28,001 --> 01:11:30,000 WAY, WE WOULD AGREE WHEN IT WAS 2424 01:11:30,001 --> 01:11:34,000 THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO WORK 2425 01:11:34,001 --> 01:11:36,000 WITH HIM IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. 2426 01:11:36,001 --> 01:11:39,000 CLEARLY SUPPORTING OUR MEN AND 2427 01:11:39,001 --> 01:11:42,000 WOMEN WHO ARE DAILY STEPPING 2428 01:11:42,001 --> 01:11:44,000 FORWARD AND VOLUNTEERING TO HELP 2429 01:11:44,001 --> 01:11:49,000 US IN THE EFFORT TO PRRKT THIS 2430 01:11:49,001 --> 01:11:50,000 -- PRRKT -- PRKT -- PROSECUTE 2431 01:11:50,001 --> 01:11:52,000 THIS ONGOING STRUGGLE DESERVES 2432 01:11:52,001 --> 01:11:53,000 BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 2433 01:11:53,001 --> 01:11:55,000 WE ARE PLEASED THAT PRESIDENT 2434 01:11:55,001 --> 01:11:57,000 OBAMA HAS MADE THIS REQUEST. 2435 01:11:57,001 --> 01:11:59,000 WE ALL HOPE AS MEMORIAL DAY 2436 01:11:59,001 --> 01:12:02,000 APPROACHES A WEEK FROM MONDAY, 2437 01:12:02,001 --> 01:12:05,000 WE ALL HOPE VERY MUCH THAT WE 2438 01:12:05,001 --> 01:12:07,000 ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS WAR COME TO 2439 01:12:07,001 --> 01:12:09,000 AN END AND WE ALL WANT TO SEE 2440 01:12:09,001 --> 01:12:11,000 OUR MEN AND WOMEN COME HOME JUST 2441 01:12:11,001 --> 01:12:14,000 AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 2442 01:12:14,001 --> 01:12:16,000 IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WHILE 2443 01:12:16,001 --> 01:12:18,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS AGREED TO 2444 01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:19,000 WORK WITH REPUBLICANS IN OUR 2445 01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:21,000 QUEST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 2446 01:12:21,001 --> 01:12:25,000 ADEQUATE FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR 2447 01:12:25,001 --> 01:12:27,000 OUR TROOPS, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC 2448 01:12:27,001 --> 01:12:31,000 LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN TO USE A 2449 01:12:31,001 --> 01:12:32,000 PROCEDURE THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY 2450 01:12:32,001 --> 01:12:34,000 ONE THAT WE NEVER ONCE USED WHEN 2451 01:12:34,001 --> 01:12:35,000 WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY IN 2452 01:12:35,001 --> 01:12:36,000 DEALING WITH A WARTIME 2453 01:12:36,001 --> 01:12:39,000 SUPPLEMENTAL. 2454 01:12:39,001 --> 01:12:42,000 THIS IS A CLOSED RULE THAT 2455 01:12:42,001 --> 01:12:44,000 DENIES US A CHANCE TO OFFER THE 2456 01:12:44,001 --> 01:12:46,000 VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT 2457 01:12:46,001 --> 01:12:47,000 THAT MR. WOLF HAS COME FORWARD 2458 01:12:47,001 --> 01:12:51,000 WITH. 2459 01:12:51,001 --> 01:12:53,000 . 2460 01:12:53,001 --> 01:12:55,000 IT'S CLEAR FOR THOSE WHO HEARD 2461 01:12:55,001 --> 01:12:57,000 OUR COLLEAGUE FROM VIENNA SPEAK 2462 01:12:57,001 --> 01:13:00,000 FROM THIS WELL ABOUT THE 2463 01:13:00,001 --> 01:13:01,000 DELIBERATION THAT HE TOOK IN 2464 01:13:01,001 --> 01:13:03,000 CRAFTING THIS AMENDMENT, THAT 2465 01:13:03,001 --> 01:13:04,000 IT'S ONE THAT SHOULD BE 2466 01:13:04,001 --> 01:13:06,000 CONSIDERED BY THIS FULL HOUSE. 2467 01:13:06,001 --> 01:13:09,000 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE RULE THAT 2468 01:13:09,001 --> 01:13:13,000 IS BEFORE US DENIES THAT. 2469 01:13:13,001 --> 01:13:17,000 OUR COLLEAGUE FROM HINSDALE, 2470 01:13:17,001 --> 01:13:18,000 ILLINOIS, MRS. BIGGERT, HAD A 2471 01:13:18,001 --> 01:13:20,000 VERY, VERY NEEDED AMENDMENT 2472 01:13:20,001 --> 01:13:21,000 THAT WOULD INCREASE THE 2473 01:13:21,001 --> 01:13:22,000 COMPENSATION LEVEL FOR OUR MEN 2474 01:13:22,001 --> 01:13:24,000 AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. 2475 01:13:24,001 --> 01:13:27,000 UNFORTUNATELY THIS RULE DENIES 2476 01:13:27,001 --> 01:13:28,000 A CHANCE FOR THAT TO BE 2477 01:13:28,001 --> 01:13:30,000 CONSIDERED. 2478 01:13:30,001 --> 01:13:32,000 THE DISTINGUISHED RANKING 2479 01:13:32,001 --> 01:13:35,000 MEMBER, THE GENTLEMAN FROM 2480 01:13:35,001 --> 01:13:37,000 SUMMERSET, KENTUCKY, MR. 2481 01:13:37,001 --> 01:13:39,000 ROGERS, HAD HIS AMENDMENT THAT 2482 01:13:39,001 --> 01:13:40,000 WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR A 2483 01:13:40,001 --> 01:13:42,000 TRANSFER TO DEAL WITH THE 2484 01:13:42,001 --> 01:13:44,000 PRESSING NEED THAT EXISTS ON 2485 01:13:44,001 --> 01:13:47,000 OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, TO SECURE 2486 01:13:47,001 --> 01:13:49,000 IT SO TH 2487 01:13:49,001 --> 01:13:50,000 THAT ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT 2488 01:13:50,001 --> 01:13:53,000 MEXICO KILLING LITERALLY 2489 01:13:53,001 --> 01:13:55,000 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 2490 01:13:55,001 --> 01:13:56,000 PEOPLE, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 2491 01:13:56,001 --> 01:13:58,000 PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THAT. 2492 01:13:58,001 --> 01:13:59,000 WE'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO 2493 01:13:59,001 --> 01:14:01,000 DEBATE THAT AMENDMENT THAT MR. 2494 01:14:01,001 --> 01:14:02,000 ROGERS, A HARDWORKING MEMBER OF 2495 01:14:02,001 --> 01:14:04,000 THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 2496 01:14:04,001 --> 01:14:06,000 BROUGHT FORWARD. 2497 01:14:06,001 --> 01:14:08,000 AND SO, MR. SPEAKER, I BELIEVE 2498 01:14:08,001 --> 01:14:10,000 THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS 2499 01:14:10,001 --> 01:14:13,000 DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION 2500 01:14:13,001 --> 01:14:15,000 AND IF MEMBERS WHO WERE 2501 01:14:15,001 --> 01:14:17,000 COMMITTED TO ALLOWING FOR 2502 01:14:17,001 --> 01:14:20,000 CONGRESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT TO 2503 01:14:20,001 --> 01:14:22,000 DEAL WITH THIS DIFFICULT ISSUE 2504 01:14:22,001 --> 01:14:23,000 OF GUANTANAMO, IF THEY SHARE 2505 01:14:23,001 --> 01:14:26,000 THAT CONCERN, DEMOCRATS AND 2506 01:14:26,001 --> 01:14:28,000 REPUBLICANS, WE SHOULD JOIN TO 2507 01:14:28,001 --> 01:14:30,000 DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 2508 01:14:30,001 --> 01:14:31,000 IF I'M SUCCESSFUL IN MY QUEST 2509 01:14:31,001 --> 01:14:32,000 TO DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS 2510 01:14:32,001 --> 01:14:34,000 QUESTION, I WILL OFFER AN 2511 01:14:34,001 --> 01:14:35,000 AMENDMENT TO THE RULE TO 2512 01:14:35,001 --> 01:14:36,000 SUBSTITUTE MR. OBEY'S 2513 01:14:36,001 --> 01:14:39,000 INADEQUATE LANGUAGE ON THE 2514 01:14:39,001 --> 01:14:41,000 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MR. 2515 01:14:41,001 --> 01:14:42,000 WOLF'S FAR MORE ROBUST SOLUTION 2516 01:14:42,001 --> 01:14:45,000 TO THE DETAINEE PROBLEM. 2517 01:14:45,001 --> 01:14:46,000 AND, AGAIN, TO BE VERY 2518 01:14:46,001 --> 01:14:48,000 SPECIFIC, MR. SPEAKER, THE WOLF 2519 01:14:48,001 --> 01:14:50,000 AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE REAL 2520 01:14:50,001 --> 01:14:52,000 RISK ASSESSMENTS ON THE DANGERS 2521 01:14:52,001 --> 01:14:55,000 OF RELEASING GUANTANAMO 2522 01:14:55,001 --> 01:14:56,000 DETAINEES INTO OUR LOCAL 2523 01:14:56,001 --> 01:14:57,000 COMMUNITIES. 2524 01:14:57,001 --> 01:14:59,000 IT WILL REQUIRE THE CONSENT OF 2525 01:14:59,001 --> 01:15:02,000 GOVERNORS AND STATE LEGISLATURES BEFORE THE 2526 01:15:02,001 --> 01:15:05,000 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES ARE SENT 2527 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,000 HERE AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A 2528 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:08,000 CERTIFICATION THAT BRINGING 2529 01:15:08,001 --> 01:15:12,000 DETAINEES ON U.S. SOIL WON'T 2530 01:15:12,001 --> 01:15:13,000 CREATE LEGAL REPERCUSSIONS THAT 2531 01:15:13,001 --> 01:15:17,000 COULD RESULT IN TERRORISTS 2532 01:15:17,001 --> 01:15:18,000 ROAMING FREELY ON OUR STREETS. 2533 01:15:18,001 --> 01:15:20,000 NOW, MR. SPEAKER, MOST 2534 01:15:20,001 --> 01:15:22,000 IMPORTANT 2535 01:15:22,001 --> 01:15:23,000 THE WOLF AMENDMENT HAS THE 2536 01:15:23,001 --> 01:15:26,000 EFFECT OF EXTENDING BEYOND THE 2537 01:15:26,001 --> 01:15:28,000 END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR BY 2538 01:15:28,001 --> 01:15:31,000 REQUIRING A DETAILED REPORT IN 2539 01:15:31,001 --> 01:15:34,000 ADVANCE OF ANY RELEASES OR 2540 01:15:34,001 --> 01:15:35,000 TRANSFERS WHILE MR. OBEY'S 2541 01:15:35,001 --> 01:15:46,000 LANGUAGE WOULD ALLOW TERRORISTS 2542 01:15:46,001 --> 01:15:47,000 TO BE RELEASED INTO THE WILD OF 2543 01:15:47,001 --> 01:15:49,000 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITHOUT A 2544 01:15:49,001 --> 01:15:50,000 SECOND THOUGHT ANY TIME AFTER 2545 01:15:50,001 --> 01:15:51,000 OCTOBER 1. 2546 01:15:51,001 --> 01:15:52,000 MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS 2547 01:15:52,001 --> 01:15:54,000 CONSENT TO INCLUDE THE FULL 2548 01:15:54,001 --> 01:15:55,000 LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT IN 2549 01:15:55,001 --> 01:15:56,000 THE RECORD AT THIS TIME AND I'M 2550 01:15:56,001 --> 01:15:58,000 GOING TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO 2551 01:15:58,001 --> 01:15:59,000 VOTE NO ON THE PREVIOUS 2552 01:15:59,001 --> 01:16:00,000 QUESTION. 2553 01:16:00,001 --> 01:16:02,000 IF THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DEALING 2554 01:16:02,001 --> 01:16:03,000 RESPONSIBLY WITH THE GUANTANAMO 2555 01:16:03,001 --> 01:16:04,000 ISSUE AND IF WE'RE NOT 2556 01:16:04,001 --> 01:16:05,000 SUCCESSFUL ON THAT, TO VOTE NO 2557 01:16:05,001 --> 01:16:06,000 ON THE RULE. 2558 01:16:06,001 --> 01:16:08,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 2559 01:16:08,001 --> 01:16:09,000 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE 2560 01:16:09,001 --> 01:16:10,000 GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2561 01:16:10,001 --> 01:16:12,000 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. 2562 01:16:12,001 --> 01:16:13,000 MR. PERLMUTTER: THANK YOU, MR. 2563 01:16:13,001 --> 01:16:14,000 SPEAKER. 2564 01:16:14,001 --> 01:16:16,000 I THINK I'LL BEGIN WHERE MY 2565 01:16:16,001 --> 01:16:17,000 FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA JUST 2566 01:16:17,001 --> 01:16:18,000 LEFT OFF AND THAT'S WITH THE 2567 01:16:18,001 --> 01:16:20,000 GUANTANAMO ISSUE, WHICH I THINK 2568 01:16:20,001 --> 01:16:21,000 IS -- HAS BEEN BLOWN WAY OUT OF 2569 01:16:21,001 --> 01:16:22,000 PROPORTION BECAUSE THE 2570 01:16:22,001 --> 01:16:23,000 AMENDMENT THAT IS PROPOSED AS 2571 01:16:23,001 --> 01:16:25,000 PART OF THIS RULE, NONE OF THE 2572 01:16:25,001 --> 01:16:26,000 FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE IN THIS OR 2573 01:16:26,001 --> 01:16:27,000 ANY PRIOR ACT MAY BE USED TO 2574 01:16:27,001 --> 01:16:29,000 RELEASE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS 2575 01:16:29,001 --> 01:16:30,000 DETAINED AS OF APRIL 30, 2009, 2576 01:16:30,001 --> 01:16:31,000 AT THE NAVAL STATION, 2577 01:16:31,001 --> 01:16:33,000 GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, INTO THE 2578 01:16:33,001 --> 01:16:34,000 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, 2579 01:16:34,001 --> 01:16:35,000 ALASKA, HAWAII OR THE DISTRICT 2580 01:16:35,001 --> 01:16:37,000 OF COLUMBIA. 2581 01:16:37,001 --> 01:16:38,000 IT GOES ON TO SAY THE PRESIDENT 2582 01:16:38,001 --> 01:16:39,000 SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CONGRESS IN 2583 01:16:39,001 --> 01:16:40,000 WRITING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2584 01:16:40,001 --> 01:16:43,000 REGARDING THE PROPOSED 2585 01:16:43,001 --> 01:16:46,000 WHO IS DETAINED AS OF APRIL 30, 2586 01:16:46,001 --> 01:16:48,000 2009, AT GUANTANAMO BAY. 2587 01:16:48,001 --> 01:16:49,000 SO, THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES 2588 01:16:49,001 --> 01:16:52,000 PRECISELY WHAT THEY'RE 2589 01:16:52,001 --> 01:16:53,000 CONCERNED ABOUT. 2590 01:16:53,001 --> 01:16:56,000 SO THEIR COMPLAINT IS ONE THAT 2591 01:16:56,001 --> 01:16:59,000 COMPLETELY BAFFLES ME AND ALL 2592 01:16:59,001 --> 01:17:04,000 THE RHETORIC AND THE 2593 01:17:04,001 --> 01:17:05,000 HISTRIONICS ATTACHED TO IT, THE 2594 01:17:05,001 --> 01:17:07,000 POTENTIAL OF TERRORISTS RUNNING 2595 01:17:07,001 --> 01:17:08,000 AMOK IN THE STREETS, SIMPLY 2596 01:17:08,001 --> 01:17:10,000 ISN'T ACCURATE UNDER THIS 2597 01:17:10,001 --> 01:17:13,000 AMENDMENT OR THIS SUPPLEMENT. 2598 01:17:13,001 --> 01:17:14,000 BUT THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE 2599 01:17:14,001 --> 01:17:15,000 DEALS WITH SEVERAL OTHER 2600 01:17:15,001 --> 01:17:17,000 THINGS. 2601 01:17:17,001 --> 01:17:19,000 LET'S BEGIN WITH WILDFIRE 2602 01:17:19,001 --> 01:17:21,000 SUPPRESSION, MAKING SURE THAT 2603 01:17:21,001 --> 01:17:23,000 FIREFIGHTERS CAN RECEIVE 2604 01:17:23,001 --> 01:17:26,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRANTS FOR 2605 01:17:26,001 --> 01:17:27,000 REHIRING AND PERSONNEL 2606 01:17:27,001 --> 01:17:29,000 PURPOSES, BORDER ENFORCEMENT, 2607 01:17:29,001 --> 01:17:30,000 THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO 2608 01:17:30,001 --> 01:17:32,000 THE BORDER ENFORCEMENT ALONG 2609 01:17:32,001 --> 01:17:35,000 THE MEXICAN BORDER IS BEEFED UP 2610 01:17:35,001 --> 01:17:36,000 AS IT WAS WITHIN THE STIMULUS 2611 01:17:36,001 --> 01:17:38,000 BILL. 2612 01:17:38,001 --> 01:17:39,000 THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 2613 01:17:39,001 --> 01:17:40,000 NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. 2614 01:17:40,001 --> 01:17:44,000 WE DEAL WITH THE INFLUENZA AS 2615 01:17:44,001 --> 01:17:45,000 PART OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL. 2616 01:17:45,001 --> 01:17:46,000 FARMING. 2617 01:17:46,001 --> 01:17:47,000 BUT THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT AND 2618 01:17:47,001 --> 01:17:49,000 THE REAL KEY TO THIS 2619 01:17:49,001 --> 01:17:50,000 SUPPLEMENTAL DEALS WITH OUR 2620 01:17:50,001 --> 01:17:52,000 TROOPS. 2621 01:17:52,001 --> 01:17:55,000 AND IT BEGINS WITH ALLOWING 2622 01:17:55,001 --> 01:17:56,000 ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR STOP-LOSS 2623 01:17:56,001 --> 01:17:58,000 SO T 2624 01:17:58,001 --> 01:18:01,000 STAY IN THE MILITARY BEYOND 2625 01:18:01,001 --> 01:18:03,000 THEIR ORIGINAL TOURS OF DUTY 2626 01:18:03,001 --> 01:18:05,000 GET ADDITIONAL $500 A MONTH. 2627 01:18:05,001 --> 01:18:08,000 THERE'S A POTENTIAL PAY 2628 01:18:08,001 --> 01:18:09,000 INCREASE AND THERE IS A FUNDING 2629 01:18:09,001 --> 01:18:11,000 FOR WARRIORS IN TRANSITION. 2630 01:18:11,001 --> 01:18:12,000 WE HAD THE TERRIBLE INCIDENT A 2631 01:18:12,001 --> 01:18:15,000 FEW DAYS AGO OF ONE OF OUR 2632 01:18:15,001 --> 01:18:16,000 TROOPS KILLING A NUMBER OF 2633 01:18:16,001 --> 01:18:17,000 OTHE BECAUSE OF THE STRESS 2634 01:18:17,001 --> 01:18:18,000 THAT COMES FROM THESE WAR 2635 01:18:18,001 --> 01:18:20,000 ZONES. 2636 01:18:20,001 --> 01:18:21,000 SO THERE'S DITIONAL FUNDING 2637 01:18:21,001 --> 01:18:23,000 FOR THAT. 2638 01:18:23,001 --> 01:18:24,000 THEN, OF COURSE, THE FULL 2639 01:18:24,001 --> 01:18:26,000 FUNDING OR THE ADDITIONAL 2640 01:18:26,001 --> 01:18:30,000 FUNDING FOR OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 2641 01:18:30,001 --> 01:18:32,000 WE REQUIRE REPORTS AS TO HOW 2642 01:18:32,001 --> 01:18:35,000 THINGS ARE PROCEEDING TOWARDS 2643 01:18:35,001 --> 01:18:36,000 THE PRESIDENT'S WITHDRAWAL DATE 2644 01:18:36,001 --> 01:18:38,000 OF AUGUST 31, 2010. 2645 01:18:38,001 --> 01:18:41,000 FROM IRAQ. 2646 01:18:41,001 --> 01:18:43,000 AS WELL AS REQUIRING REPORTS AS 2647 01:18:43,001 --> 01:18:45,000 TO RECONCILIATION AND POLITICAL 2648 01:18:45,001 --> 01:18:47,000 CONSENSUS IN AFGHANISTAN. 2649 01:18:47,001 --> 01:18:49,000 I URGE THAT MY FRIENDS AND MY 2650 01:18:49,001 --> 01:18:52,000 COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE CONGRESS 2651 01:18:52,001 --> 01:18:54,000 VOTE YES ON THE PREVIOUS 2652 01:18:54,001 --> 01:18:58,000 QUESTION, VOTE YES ON THE RULE. 2653 01:18:58,001 --> 01:18:59,000 I WOULD AT THIS TIME, MR. 2654 01:18:59,001 --> 01:19:00,000 SPEAKER, YIELD BACK THE BALANCE 2655 01:19:00,001 --> 01:19:01,000 OF MY TIME SEEKING YES VOTES ON 2656 01:19:01,001 --> 01:19:03,000 BOTH OF THOSE MEASURES. 2657 01:19:03,001 --> 01:19:05,000 AND I MOVE THE PREVIOUS 2658 01:19:05,001 --> 01:19:06,000 QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION. 2659 01:19:06,001 --> 01:19:07,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2660 01:19:07,001 --> 01:19:09,000 QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE 2661 01:19:09,001 --> 01:19:10,000 PREVIOUS QUESTION. 2662 01:19:10,001 --> 01:19:11,000 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 2663 01:19:11,001 --> 01:19:13,000 THOSE OPPOSED, NO. 2664 01:19:13,001 --> 01:19:14,000 IN THE OPINION OF NION OF THE CHAIR, 2665 01:19:14,001 --> 01:19:16,000 THE AYES HAVE IT. 2666 01:19:16,001 --> 01:19:17,000 MR. DREIER: ON THAT I ASK FOR 2667 01:19:17,001 --> 01:19:19,000 THE YEAS AND NAYS. 2668 01:19:19,001 --> 01:19:20,000 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 2669 01:19:20,001 --> 01:19:21,000 YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. 2670 01:19:21,001 --> 01:19:24,000 THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE 2671 01:19:24,001 --> 01:19:26,000 YEAS AND NAYS WILL A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING 2672 01:19:26,001 --> 01:19:27,000 ARISEN THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE 2673 01:19:27,001 --> 01:19:28,000 ORDERED. 2674 01:19:28,001 --> 01:19:29,000 MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES 2675 01:19:29,001 --> 01:19:31,000 BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. 2676 01:19:31,001 --> 01:19:33,000 PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 AND CLAUSE 2677 01:19:33,001 --> 01:19:34,000 9 OF RULE 20, THIS 15-MINUTE 2678 01:19:34,001 --> 01:19:35,000 VOTE ON ORDERING THE PREVIOUS 2679 01:19:35,001 --> 01:19:37,000 QUESTION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 2680 01:19:37,001 --> 01:19:39,000 FIVE-MINUTE VOTES ON ADOPTING 2681 01:19:39,001 --> 01:19:40,000 THE RESOLUTION, IF ORDERED, AND 2682 01:19:40,001 --> 01:19:42,000 SUSP 2683 01:19:42,001 --> 01:19:47,000 ADOPTING HOUSE RESOLUTION