the farmers do not own the land. that would be a big part of the solution. we're hurting ourselves multiple times. host: joan, democratic caller. caller: i have been trying to get on the show for three years now. i would like to hear just one time these people talk about trying to rescue people from things that are absolutely dropping people -- robbing people. host: this is a tweet from james parker. eli? an alternative energy that could succeed. guest: lithium batteries for laptops. host: super committee? guest: we do not actually think

we do not need them. this report highlights damaging technologies or technologies that are sold as green but are actually harmful host: thank you to you both for talking to us about your "weekly standard" article. that does it for "washington journal." chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, for five minutes. mr. defazio: well, i was initially very supportive of the president's proposed buffett taxed based on the premise that no millionaire or billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a checkout clerk at the albertson's supermarket or a small business owner that only earns $40,000 a year. seemed fair to me. but then i started listening to

the republican response. it's pretty heavy. it really gives you pause to think whether or not this is a good idea for our country. it's class warfare. it will hurt job creation. you know, these are arguments -- it won't raise money. these are arguments that is certainly very telling. in fact, i have some direct quotes from one representative. this is really the dr. kevorkian plan for our economy. it will kill jobs, kill businesses, yes, even kill the higher tax revenues. the suicidal tax increasers hope to gain. and another representative. class warfare may win political campaigns but it doesn't spur economic growth, raising the capital gains tax rate may garner political capital but it will not create any jobs. then finally, of course, when are we going to get it?

we don't have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. those are heavy criticisms. and just think if they proved true what a disaster it would be for america. now, of course, these criticisms all were leveled in 1993 the last time we had a democratic president propose that millionaires and billionaires should pay a fair rate of taxes in this country. the first one was from representative christopher cox, a total idiot who ran the securities and exchange commission while wall street gambled our economy into the tank. and he said the part about killing jobs and we wouldn't get jobs and we wouldn't get higher revenues. well, actually with the clinton tax increases we did get higher revenues, we did balance a budget, we did pay off debt and we had 3.8% unemployment and we were asking the job creators, the millionaires and billionaires to pay a fair

share. i guess chris was wrong. let's see, the second one was from former representative price from ohio about political capital not creating any jobs. well, we already addressed that. we had 3.8% unemployment. what have they done to create a single job so far this year? nothing. in fact, they have eliminated jobs, but, you know, that's because we want to give the job creators a break. we don't want to tax them. all to protect tax cuts. and then finally the final quote about we have a revenue problem -- we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem is from then-representative boehner, now speaker boehner. now, of course, our taxes are at 15% of our gross domestic product, considerable lower than the percent of taxes that were levied in the reagan era. and those, you know -- we do have a revenue problem.

$5 trillion of tax cuts over the last decade. $5 trillion. $5,000,000,000,000 of tax cuts heavily oriented toward the job creators, the millionaires and the billionaires. where are the jobs. where are the jobs? it doesn't work. first it was eight years of bush tax cuts, then two years of bush-obama tax cuts and now we have obama's further tax cuts. tax cuts don't create jobs. now, i think actually -- now i've considered their arguments, the president's right. billionaire hedge fund speculators on wall street. let's think about it. their rate of taxation is 15% on billions of dollars of income. small business owner, $50,000 a year, whoa. more than twice that. army captain just back from defending america in afghanistan, whoa, more than twice that. who gives more value to the

society? the pair site on wall street who's speculating and driving up the price of our fuel and making billions of dollars doing it or the army captain or the small business owner, the real job creators? we can by leftying a fair rate of taxes -- levying a fair rate of taxes, the buffett tax, the best investor in the country who thinks this is the best direction we can go, we can both create jobs, stabilize the economy, get down the deficit and continue to fund critical programs. ironically in the grand deal that was adopted back here a month ago that i voted against, it was one specified cut. one cut specified in that bill. graduate financial aid. that's because at the country club they can't meet anybody who can't put their kids through medical schools. we need doctors. we need other professionals. we need to help the next generation. we need money to pay for it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. pompeo, for five minutes. mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chair. i thank you, mr. speaker. i just wanted to talk about how our president has systematically and relentlessly attacked the general aviation industry. you know, since one of the few last great manufacturing gems left in america. it creates 1.2 million jobs. the gentleman before me was speaking about jobs. 1.2 million jobs in america and $150 billion worth of income and tremendous amount of exports. this industry is enormously important to my district, but not just my district, the air capital of the world, but all across the country. these are good jobs. these are middle-class jobs. there are jobs for machinists and weldists and purchasing people who make some of the finest airplanes in the world. but instead of supporting the general aviation industry and welcoming those jobs, the

president has attacked it. at the very least he could just leave it alone, but this is part of his larger class warfare effort. he demonizes general aviation users. he calls them corporate fat cat jet owners at every turn. but it's not impacting the people who is using those as business tools. it's impacting those who build those airplanes. they're productive. they're working to grow their businesses and growing jobs. his rhetoric kills sales of american manufactured goods and with them the jobs that are created when those airplanes are built. you know, he's attacked it in multiple ways. most recently the department of transportation issued something a program which has long ensured basic privacy rights for general aviation aircraft users by allowing them to opt out being tracked by everyone with an internet connection but on august 2 the f.a.a. changed

that rule and said, no, now anyone with an internet connection can violate the privacy rights of those who want to fly an airplane across the country unless they opt out and state a security threat. it will facilitate serious violations of privacy and it doesn't create jobs in america. i've introduced a piece of legislation called the bar act, along with kansas senator pat roberts, and i'd urge my colleagues to support that legislation. it will create jobs in america. and now the president most recently announced as part of his efforts to reduce the deficit, user fees on general aviation aircraft. over $100 per flight. not to mention the enormous bureaucracy it will take to collect these set of taxes. at a time when america has got unploit of 1-6 or more, it's not time to tax people to get from toe pico to des moines, to get to small towns, to support

american manufacturing. this president wants to put taxes on general aviation users. -- topeka to des moines, to get to small towns, to support american manufacturing. the president wants to put taxes on general aviation users. this president mistakes hardworking people to folks who are looking from something from the federal government. all we ask is to be left alone. we don't want the bailouts that the city of detroit received and that the automotive folks received. we are not asking for tax favoritism. all we're asking is you respect the hardworking people of kansas and those who build the finest airplanes in the world. we have $ trillion in additional debt and a loss of two million jobs upped this president. don't give us a bailout. don't give us a handout. we don't want special favors. simply, lieven us alone -- leave us alone to create good middle-class, hardworking

people's jobs in kansas and right in america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members are reminded to direct their comments to the chair. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. last week in a speech before the economic club of washington, speaker boehner had used this tried and true republican applause line, excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. but then he followed up with a real-life example. last month federal agents raided gibson guitar factories in tennessee. gibson is a well-respected american company that employs thousands of people. the company's costs were $2 million to $3 million. why? because gibson bought wood overseas to make i go tars in america. seriously. well, seriously, mr. speaker,

you were seriously -- well, not necessarily you. i know you can't write all your speeches, but you were done a disservice by your speech writers who could have done a little more research about the background of what was happening there. because the federal government was involved with enforcing the lacey act which actually makes it easier to protect american jobs and manufacture here at home. in 2008 i was pleased to be part of leading an effort, working with the bush administration in a bipartisan fashion to amend the lacey act which bars trade in illegally harvested species to include trade in illegally harvested timber. illegal logging threatens some of the world's richest and most vulnerable forests but more important it threatens tens of thousands of jobs right here in the united states. over 50 trade associations,

nonprofits, unions representing the entire range of the u.s. economy signed statements supporting this amendment to the lacey act and its proper implementation. this is serious business. people who cheat by knowingly using wood products that are brought illegally overseas cost american jobs. the estimate was over $1 billion every year in lost opportunities and lower prices because of the illegal logging. we wanted to increase american jobs here at home so we created a mechanism so that people would have an incentive to stop cheating, to stop competing unfairly against american businesses that are following the rules.

it's interesting to note that in 2009 when gibson was first brought to the attention of the enforcement agencies in a process started because of concerns that they may have taken illegal timber from madagascar on the floor of the house over 400 representatives voted in favor of a resolution i had condemning illegal logging in madagascar. we find that there are people right here in the united states who understand this dynamic. the success of the lacey act rests on a simple principle rewarding companies that follow the law while shedding light on bad actors. it ensures that american business using foreign wood, like guitar makers, pay attention to the sources of

their wood. we had very powerful testimonies of what happened in illegal logging. it doesn't just destroy fragile ecosystems and threaten a scarce and dwindling supply of rare species of wood, it destabilizes those country. the people engaged in the traffic of illegal timber, they threaten, they corrupt and sometimes they kill and it is possible to figure this out. people need to pay attention. . people need to take attention. guitar makers are strongly supportive of the law. i quote, i think the lacy act is a wonderful thing. i think illegal logging is appalling. the company's c.e.o., chris martin said, in a recent interview. it should stop. if this is what it takes to stop unscrupulous operators, i'm all for it. mr. speaker, this is serious business.

being able to have protections to protect american manufacturers from unfair competition by people who skirt the rules, people who cheat, is in everybody's interest. let's let the process undergoing -- ongoing right now work its way out. let's see if there's a problem. but by all means we ought to protect the integrity of the lacy act which is designed to save these tens of thousands of jobs here at home and the environment abroad. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. nugent, for two minutes. mr. nugent: mr. speaker, i rise today to emphasize one more time the federal government doesn't create jobs. it's small businesses and

entrepreneurs. you just heard my friend talk about gibson guitars. and vilify gibson guitars because they purchased wood from a foreign operator. an operator that violated the law of another country and brought that wood to america for gibson guitars. one of the oldest american producers of guitars today. gibson guitars employs people in america. gibson guitars has done things that may be reprehensible to some. obviously to those that are employed by their company, it's not. as we move alang, -- along, we need to remember about what jobs are created by small manufacturers. what is the federal government supposed to do? this fellow government not only

raided gibson guitars, told them to close down their lines, lay people off work, or, hey, they have a better idea. why don't you just move your operation to another country. that's what this administration's message is to manufacturers and the job creators in america. if you don't like it, just go ahead and move to another country. take those jobs and give it to someone else other than americans. i think we are just wrong-headed in our approach. we look at regulations as an end all to everything. just not commonsense solutions. when we talk about creating jobs in america, i have been across my district and i asked the small job creators, small businesses what can we do in d.c. to help you? and they said, mr. congressman, just get out of our way. allow us to do the things that

we need to do to create jobs here in america. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, for five minutes. mr. welch: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the house this week will take up a bill called the train act. that acronym stands for transparency and regulatory analysis of impacts on the nation. it's quite a mouthful. what it's going to do very specifically is delay the implementation of two very important clean air act standards that protect human health and the environment. now, we can have a lot of argument about proper regulation, which ones are good, which ones are bad. but can we really argue about the necessaryity of taking appropriate actions to protect the air we breathe? the clean air act has been very successful in improving air

quality around this country. obviously much more needs to be done. but the two provisions that are under attack by the so-called train act are, one, regulation that regulates cross state air pollution. now, if you live in one state and there is a coleburning plant in another state, the -- coal burning plant in another state, the law means the pollution will follow the path that the air travels. people in the state on the receiving end of polluted air ought to have some protection. this has a significant impact on health. and it is not as though you can have appropriate regulatory safety without having the federal government have some role since air does travel, according to the law of physics, not according to an act of congress. a second provision is the power

plant emissions of mercury limitation. mercury is a known carcinogen, extremely dangerous to our health, particularly of infants. and the success that we have had in limiting mercury pollution has had dramatic impact, positive impacts on our health. why? why would we delay the implementation of a mercury regulation that is going to have significant and immediate benefits? there may be some cost to this, that's true. but what about the cost in lives? what about the cost in health care exspen bye tures -- expenditures by allowing pollution to occur? you know, when we do something and price it cheaply by ignoring what the external impacts of allowing something to be theoretically cheap, in terms of lives lost, in terms of health care expenses incurred, we are not saving anybody money. we are making some money for the owners of the polluting entity,

but we are not making money for society and we are certainly not protecting it. we have to have careful regulation. we should always be willing to look at them. to get rid of things that don't make sense and aren't getting the job done, but we also need proper regulation, and when it comes to health and safety, clean air, mercury, those are two provision that is should not be delayed. this legislation would do that. it's harmful to our health t would be harmful to our economy. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from wyoming, mrs. lummis, for five minutes. mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today with a heart that is both heavy and full of pride. on september 14, former u.s. senator malcolm wallup passed away at the age of 78.

senator wallup brought to the congress his considerable influence, outspoken conservatism, and keen intelligence. the word statesman only begins to scratch the surface of malcolm wallup's accomplishments. of serving in the wyoming legislature for several terms, he was elected to the united states senate in 1976, a seat he held for 18 years. in the senate, he served on numerous committees. he was the ranking member of energy and natural resources, and was the first nonlawyer in the history of the senate to serve on the judiciary committee. his efforts on the judiciary committee led to the enactment of the first international parental kidnapping statute, protecting children from being abducted overseas by noncustodial parents. through his work on finance, congress cut inheritance and gift taxes in 1981, which among

other things ensured that ranching families could continue their operations upon the death of a family business partner. he was also a tireless promoter of free-throw -- free trade, making numerous trips abroad to promote gatt to reduce tariff barriers. due to his service on the intelligence and armed services committee, senator wallup served on the helsinki commission which was charged with negotiating a number of complex arms control treaties, including salt one, two, and three. senator wallup was one of the first persons outside of the old soviet union to meet with alexander shots needsin while he was still a prisoner in the gulag. in the cowboy state, senator wallup was a champion of protecting the person way of life, including an amendment to the 1980 clean water act prohibiting federal use of state

water rights and an amendment to the surface mining control act that directed the federal government to compensate owners of mineral rights for the loss of the right to mine. senator wallup was one of the first legislators to lead the charge against the war on the west which subordinated states' rights and severely limited multiple use of our public lands. in 1984 the republican senator partnered with democrat john breaux of louisiana to author the wallup-breaux sport fishing restoration act. to promote boat safety and fish habitat conservation, along with enhancing fishing opportunities, including those of the handicapped. senator wallup was also committed to education and volunteerism. in 1979, congress passed its legislation establishing the

congressional awards program, which is privately funded and is the only volunteer award given in the name of congress. wyoming is proud to have the most active participation in that program. upon his retirement from congress, senator wallup founded frontiers of freedom, a conservative think tank promoting individual freedom, fewer federal regulations, and smaller government. he was a man of supreme integrity, incredible intellect, and quick wit, humble to a fault, and exceedingly kind. i am told he always had time to ask a capitol hill elevator operator or police officer about their family on his way to a vote. he had a tremendously devoted staff, many of whom worked for him for the full 18 years of his tenure in the senate. finally malcolm wallup was a

descendent of a entrepreneurial pioneer family. senator wallup's grandfather served not only in england's parliament but the wyoming legislature. the first polo field in the united states was built on the familiar ranch at big horn, wyoming. senator wallup was a man blessed with four wonderful children, many grandchildren, and his wife, isabelle. my thoughts and prayers are with his family. in their time of sadness, let them be comforted in the knowledge that wyoming stands strong today because of senator wallup's untiring love of and commitment to our great state. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california, ms. woolsey, for five minutes. ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, yesterday was a truly historic

day in our country's struggle for equal rights for all people. leaders of the united states army sent a notice to soldiers serving around the globe that simply said the following, and i quote, today marks the end of don't-ask, don't-tell. the law's repealed. from this day forward day and lesbian soldiers may serve in our army with the dignity and respect they deserve. our rules, regulations, and politics will apply uniformly without regard to sexual orientation, which is a personal and private matter. mr. speaker, 18 years after this hideous policy was first implemented, it is now gone. and the thousands of soldiers who are shamefully discharged under don't-ask, don't-tell may apply re-enlistment. to the men and women whose service and sacrifice has made us so proud, we say as of

yesterday, you no longer have to live a lie. to them we say, you no longer have to choose between your personhood and your patriotism. to them who have had the courage to do right by america, we now say, your nation now has the courage to do what's right by you. air force lieutenant josh significant freed, a leader among gay and lesbian service members, described the oppressive nature of this policy in this way. he said, it consumes your thought process. it consumes your future because of the fear of getting caught. mr. speaker, it's incomprehensible to me that anyone in particular brave selfless members of our military should livni day in fear of being caught. this step is hugely welcomed and long overdue.

don't-ask, don't-tell was opposed by an overwhelming majority of americans because it violated the values we claim to stand for as a nation. it was not only tearing at our moral fabric, it was undermining our military readiness and national security as well. at a time when we are asking so much of our service members, putting them on the frontlines of two wars, we owe them. at the very least and we have finally brought them the dignity of discrimination-free workplace. . i salute president obama and i support our military brass for their leadership in reversing this injustice. i salute the members of congress, democrat and republican, who voted for the repeal. and, of course, we all owe a debt of gratitude to those who served with honor and integrity, those who defended america's rights and freedoms even though america wouldn't

afford them the same rights and freedom. so, mr. speaker, now there will be no sanction, bigotry or home phobia in the armed forces of the greatest country on earth. our military will accept everyone who demonstrates their fitness to deserve, their sexuality will be irrelevant. they may be as open about it or as discreet about it as they choose. good ridans to don't-ask, don't-tell, our country will be stronger, safer and fairer without it, and while we support our troops by eliminating this wrong-minded policy, let's take the next step and support all of our troops, regardless of their sexual orientation, by bringing them home from iraq and afghanistan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from puerto rico, mr. pierluisi, for five minutes.

mr. pierluisi: mr. speaker, the coming months represented a defining moment for our nation. responsible leaders from both political parties understand that we must come together on behalf of the american people to create jobs for millions of unemployed workers and to put our nation on the path to fiscal stability. president obama has transmitted the american jobs act to congress and i hope its key componeebts will be enacted into law. the supercommittee has begun its work of proposing responsible ways to grow our economy while reducing our deficits. the work that lies ahead will not be easy, but it must be done. with this i rise this morning to discuss the puerto rico investment promotion act which i will introduce tomorrow. the bill is designed to attract investment to puerto rico and to create jobs on the island where the unemployment rate over the last decade has

consistently stood six to seven percentage points above the national average. the bill will have revenue from the federal government and to promote job creating investment in the 50 states where unemployment now exceeds 9%. this bill is endorsed by puerto rico's governor, luis fortuno, the two political parties and the business community. at the outset, it's important to explain why i'm promoting legislation of this sort. like the states, the u.s. territory of puerto rico faces serious economic challenges. however, the economic problems of puerto rico have proven to be structural and chronic, not cyclical and temporary. i believe that puerto rico's economy will never unleash its tremendous potential under its current political status. and i support statehood for the island in part because history shows every territory that

joins the union experiences substantial increases in its economic activity and standard of living. however, until a majority of puerto rico's people express a desire for statehood and congress welcomes the island as a full member of the american family, it is incumbent upon me to take all reasonable steps to strengthen the island's economy within the severe constraints imposed by the current territorial status. my aspiration for puerto rico is that it will enjoy the political, social and economic equality that only statehood offers and i look forward to the day when it will no longer be necessary for puerto rico's leaders to petition the u.s. congress for customized, island-specific legislation to encourage job-creating investment and to compensate, at least somewhat, for the countless ways in which our political status does damage to our people. but until that day arrives, we

must be hopeful about the present as we are hopeful about the future. to explain the bill, a little background is in order. currently nearly all of the large u.s. firms that conduct business in puerto rico are organized as controlled foreign corporations, c.f.c.'s. they are taxed in the form of a dividend. a process known as repatriation. c.f.c.'s in puerto rico and foreign countries have little insent tifs to repatriate because those earnings are subject to full federal taxation. as a result, billions of dollars in c.f.c.'s earnings remain in foreign banks where they generate no federal revenue and create no american jobs. my legislation seeks to integrate puerto rico companies into the u.s. tax system. it would authorize but not require companies that are incorporated in puerto rico and

that earn at least 50% of their income on the island to operate as domestic u.s. companies. the bill would promote consistency and uniformity by bringing the treatment of -- over any electing puerto rico company in line with the current treatment of a puerto rico individual under section 933 of the internal revenue code. specifically, a company would be subjected to federal taxation only to worldwide income except on the income it earnings in puerto rico. because it is a domestic rather than a foreign firm, the corporation could district its earnings to the u.s. parent in the form of a dividend under section 243 of the tax code which allows the parent to deduct the substantial amount of dividends depending on the stake in the subsidiary. it is now more likely to be brought back into this country where they may be subject to

reduce but still have a full level of taxation under section 243 and use to create jobs in america. moreover, as i already noted under this legislation, electing companies will generate additional revenue and job creation in this country. i support -- i hope my colleagues will support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, for five minutes. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. this summer i took part in the speak out for good jobs now, rebuilding american dream tour. thousands of concerned americans packed rooms across this country to share their stories of hardship, unemployment and struggle. from these stories my colleagues in the congressional progressive caucus and i wrote the rebuild american jobs framework which outlines how we

will put america back to work and get our economy moving again. i wanted to take some time today to share some of the stories and realities that we heard on this tour. my first story is from one in my state of arizona. she says, i waited more than 30 years to finally receive a modest inherentans from my grandmother's property. i used money to make improvements on my home that my husband and i were buying and to open my own childcare business. it happened that that year i opened is the same year the economy failed. i struggled to hold on, but when the new governor of arizona stripped away childcare subsidies and at the same time raised licensing fees by 200%, i lost nearly all of my clientele. i lived in a town that relied on hospitality jobs which coupled with all else crippled the local economy and forced me out of business. my husband was laid off from the cabinet making job and now

after struggling our home is in foreclosure and set for auction. everything i hoped for had finally taken shape just to be ripped away. i have since left my husband and now searching for a job in california. i have been applying and sending resumes for six months and have had only two interviews. i'm 50 years old, sleeping on my sister's couch with nothing to look forward to in my retirement. i suppose i simply won't have that pleasure. the final -- the other story comes from one of florida. i live in palm beach county. i work for the largest hospital corporation in the world. i also have another job to make ends meet. i had a daughter that was born premature. the economy got bad. i lost money from the other job. took time off to care for my wife and baby and unable to make full payments to chase for

the mortgage, they eventually foreclosed my home. my wife and three girls moved out. chase got money from the federal government for my house and they got my house. do i owe them money if they sell my house for less than i owe? is that fair? have i worked hard since i was -- i have worked hard since i was 15 years old. i have provided for my family, gladly paid my taxes. is that fair? and the next story is also from arizona. tom. i am retired and moderately well-off financially. i have been doing a great deal of research on the economy and the history of these united states. i believe the middle class has suffered very much in the past 30 years. there has been a great shift of wealth. however, my greatest concern is for the present economy. we need to put people back to work. the second stimulus is needed but indirectly at the jobless. much of these funds should be given to states for immediate

relief, teachers, police, firefighters and many others have lost their jobs plus others that have to make -- have to -- and create jobs in infrastructure and our roads. also, those unemployed should be retained, retrained to do useful work while they are unemployed. thank you for listening. the american people are demanding we do something to get america back to work. these were just three of the stories we heard, and i hope that we listened and i hope that all of congress listens. the urgency is jobs, the demand from the american people is jobs, and our responsibility is to provide the american people with the opportunity of employment and a secure future and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, for five minutes. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to urge president obama to take a strong stance against the palestinian authorities' efforts to seek unilateral recognition for statehood from the united nations.

mr. speaker, israel is our ally, an ally that has proven time and again in devotion to freedom, democracy, peace and economic stability. indeed, mr. speaker, israel is our greatest ally in the turbulent middle east and we need to support their efforts to resolve their issues with the palestinians. the president must show that america is resolute in support of israel and he's determined that we find real solutions for peace in the mideast. mr. speaker, solutions between israel and the palestinians will come through good faith negotiations and cooperation. solutions and peace come through both sides sitting at the table with equal determination to reach an agreement. i hope that the president realizes all of this and that he will show america's support for israel and be a strong voice for peace reached through negotiations and partnership. the president should make clear to the palestinian authority that the way to a bright and stable future for the palestinian people will be through talking to israel, not unilaterally seeking statehood through the u.n. i urge all of my colleagues in

this house and the members of the senate to join me in this call and with that i yield back the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. seeing no further debate, pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. and child and family services. members will also tr a measure to continue funding through the federal government. we'll have live house coverage on c-span at noon. and across the capitol at the senate today they continue on a bill dealing with foreign trade. it extends and aid program that provides help to u.s. workers who lose their jobs to foreign competition. more votes are expected this afternoon. you can follow the senate live on c-span2. on c-span3 live coverage about

to get under way shortly. the house natural resources committee is holding a hearing to examine the potential for new jobs and revenue for the federal government by drilling for oil in a small portion of the arctic national wildlife refuge known as anwr. that hearing should get under way shortly. the president speaking now. you can follow that from the united nations on c-span3. also on c-span3 this amp at 2:00 p.m. eastern, google executive chairman eric schmid testifies on whether the search engine crowds out competition. the federal trade commission is currently investigationing google over antitrust complaints. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern. coming up at the top of the hour, 11:00 eastern here on c-span, we plan to take you live to a senate judiciary hearing to disrupt terrorist activities by identifying and cutting off their finance.

until then we'll take you to this morning's "washington journal" and a conversation with new york congressman charlie rangel. host: what's your take on the president's said, a plan aimed at the 2012 election, more of a political statement than a plan? guest: first of all, i'm glad we do have a plan. i'm glad that people have something that they can talk about. i'm glad that the unemployed and the hopeless would note that the congress has not forgotten them. quite frankly i don't believe that he has anyone to discuss the plan with. plans aren't just given to the congress. plans are discussed. hearings are heard. decisions are made. and most importantly, we need right now is that people think

that we're together in working out our differences. when the majority in the house, the republicans tell the president ahead of time that when the senate leaders say that they're going to reject all revenues, moving the post further and further away from any kind of talking, not solution to the problems, but talking about it, then it may turn out unfortunately 2012 because you need someone to talk with. host: we want to get into some of these republican concerns. guest: ok. host: and if you want to talk to congressman rangel, call us on the democratic line -- host: so let's go to these republican concerns. a program that the president introduced, a package he introduced on monday. let's start with raising taxes

right now is a jobs killer is what republicans are saying. it's the small business owners, these people making all this money that could invest to create jobs in america. your thoughts. guest: first of all, my own thoughts is that this is a perfect chance for the guy in the street, the religious leaders, the business leaders, those are concerned more about the economic future of our country than just 2012 and the election. and quite frankly they've been silent. as it relates to this historically low tax that we have on the wealthiest americans, it hasn't proven in the past, nor has it been proven recently that they created any jobs. there's no proof that they create jobs, and the banks are not along the money after the taxpayers have already bailed them out. if you want to create jobs, it appears to me that you got to have people with sources to purchase commodities and you

have to help the small business guy be able to continue to sell and to hire people for jobs. but if you say that you just have to cut spending and not raise revenue at the beginning as the republicans have said -- host: the republicans are saying that it's a spending problem that washington has, that i believe speaker boehner said this week that it's raising taxes right now, giving the government more money is like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine, that the government will spend this money if there's money to be brought in. guest: listen, we have rhetoric like they have. i don't know how it will grow the economy. instead of going back and forth, where don't he bring the bill to the committees of jurisdiction and represent the 12-member supercommittee and have economists talk about what we're doing here? i think it's just so unfair.

people that have now lost the opportunity to think they are going to get a job, to hear this badgering back and forth that this is a spending thing. this is like one in the first grade. not all spending cuts save money. and it is true that there's a lot of things that we can and should be doing, but the fact remains that if you close programs, if you cut back programs, if you put in the street a lot of policemen and firemen and teachers and people that work in these programs, if you make it impossible for people to meet their needs, who is going to sell anything to them? and if you don't have a buy and sell, you don't have an economy. so, listen, if you want to talk rhetoric, i'm prepared to do it based on the seemingly unfair tactic of them saying that wealthy people who pay a much

lower rate as we probably getting to buffett than his secretary is fair. if you work every day you should have the same rate as those who makes investments. host: is the president's plan, as the republicans are saying, aspects that they think is the drain on the economy, be it entitlement programs? he said we are not going to talk about social security. should some of these entitlement programs, there are cuts to medicare and medicaid in this package, should they -- guest: i've been here for 40 years, i've never seen any president present to a congress a program that's accepted. and the way you say that you should have had social security or i don't like this tax deduction or this tax increase is to accept it, put your hand out, send it to a committee, have republicans and democrats argue about it, have it argued on the floor, have objective criticism against democrats and

republicans. but talking rhetoric about what they don't like without having one republican bill that we can be critical of because some of it is politics but the most important thing to all americans should be getting us back to work and growing the economy. believe that everyone out there that benefits under the president's programs are democrats. host: is the president -- does the president have time to have that sort of back and forth? the timelines that has been put on the joint committee, that they have to have a proposal ready to vote on out of that committee by essentially thanksgiving and that the early parts of that program to get scored by the congressional budget office has to come -- we're talking about the beginning of november? guest: john, that is a tight timetable and i don't know what would happen if we unfortunately cut across the board without the ability to consider the impact of those cuts it's going to have on the

economy. it's the dumbest thing i ever heard of. with all due respect to the 12 members, they are no substitute for 535 elected officials that have this responsibility. but these cuts -- host: isn't the 535 elected officials have that responsibility during the debt ceiling debate that went on and this is what we came up with, essentially giving it to the joint committee to make these decisions? guest: who came up with it? people put the president's back against the wall, a gun to his head. host: haven't we tried that already, to give it to the 535 and let them debate it on the floor? guest: please don't give up on the congress. if the american people put their re-election in jeopardy, the congress can respond to that. the truth of the matter is that this president has been treated with such disrespect that you don't know how many times and neither do i that i voted to raise the debt ceiling.

to deny the president of the united states, the leader of the free world the opportunity to pay the interest of money that we already borrowed, most of which has just been borrowed by republicans, but it's the united states that have the obligation, it makes us look to the whole world as a very confused, insecure country. i am embarrassed, not only by how they performed in terms of the treatment of the president of the united states but quite frankly when i see the republican debate i'm embarrassed that the world would think that we would put our best foot forward for those who don't want obama as president. host: let's get to some of the comments the republicans made on this plan. this is senator jeff sessions,. his comment was, when you remove the accounting tricks and washington gimmicks in the president's plan you are only left with half of the $3 trillion of the deficit reductions that the president

promised. he's talking about some of the gimmicks here. one of the ones that's always pointed out is the president is claiming $1 trillion in reduction in the drawdown, the wars in afghanistan and iraq. is that a fair thing for him to claim of the plan that he's proposing even though he said already that he plans to do that? guest: is sounds a lot more fair than the bush administration that said it didn't cost a nickel and didn't even consider a price, much less the price of losing all of these lives. i really think if you are talking about gimmicks and america being involved in wars and rejecting a draft and having our young americans die when we know it's for oil and not for national security, i mean, don't talk about gimmicks. gimmicks, you have hearings, and if you got a gimmick and when i was chairman, we -- you bet your life i was looking for

gimmicks. but you got to have sworn witnesses. you got to have testimony. i say, john, it's totally unfair to criticize the president's proposal without doing one of two things. one, say, i'm taking your proposal. it doesn't make sense. i'm sending it to the committee. we are going to have hearings on this. and we will prove that you're wrong. two which would be better, you must be kidding, mr. president. this is not going to work, but we're going to take this and show you what we want to do. at least that gives some hope that there's a united congress. the partisanship that is taking place by a handful of people in this country i really think that the whole prestige of our country is adversely affected. someone once said, can we talk? i think that's the essence of the future, economic future of our country. just talk and not throw these bombs. host: callers are waiting to chat with you about it. first we have one from

lancaster, pennsylvania. terry, are you there. terry, hi. go ahead. you're on. caller: i was just wanting to say i really like mr. rangel and it's a privilege to talk to him and to you. it seems like it started in the reagan administration. the trickle down effect that he started and now bush put $780 billion or $790 billion and gave it to the rich. i'm still waiting for it to trickle down and it hasn't ever trickled down yet. and the people ought to know what they're talking about entitlements, they're talking about getting rid of social security, unemployment, workman's comp, everything. to give to the rich. it's really unfair. host: thanks, terry. do you have a comment?

guest: all i can say, we bailed out the banks and they refused to loan money. the wealthy has -- the disparity -- the poor have and the wealthy that's accumulated record standards in terms of the percentage of the population is a very scary thing. and this trickle down theory has never worked. it's unacceptable. and even with people that believe in trickle down, you should have hearings. you should engage the president, not just talk about it which is the political thing to do, but why not take the president's program, talk about it, send it to the committee? host: what would you like to see? what would you like to see in the next two months before that deadline, because if the committee doesn't come up with a plan and doesn't get voted on, then a whole slew of cuts will be put in place? guest: i think that triggers after 2012. and you know as i know the way

the constitution is written as far as the house of representatives is concerned, after 2012, everything stops. you can reintroduce things, but you don't carry over things. but if you ask what i would like to do, i would like for speaker boehner and the minority leader in the senate to sit down with the president and say, listen, we have enough differences to fight for 2012 the policies that we want. but right now millions of americans are suffering. they are not democrats and republicans. they are not just throwing these grenades at each other. they are not looking forward to an election. they don't go to sleep at night wondering about the debt ceiling. they want to know what is going to be possible for the kids to have a job, whether or not they would ever be retrained, whether or not we can get america back to where she used to be where we're able to at least not have luxuries but to

have the middle class -- to lose all of the things that they saved and dreamed and hoped for, that's not american values. talking about these things, differing about these things, that's my america and that's my congress. host: brian is a republican. >> follow today's "washington journal" at c-span.org. we are live now at the senate subcommittee, the judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism. sheldon whitehouse of rhode island chairing the hearing, looking at terrorist finances and we are -- they are just getting under way. we will have this live for you up until noon when the house comes in for legislative work. >> from various sources. states hostile to our country, wealthiest individuals who share their extreme ideology, charitable donors who may not know their donations will end up in the hands of violent terrorists, corruption or even criminal activity such as drug production, kidnapping or other cooperation with international

organized crime groups. terrorists also have used various methods for moving their money, including through use of the american financial system as well as through informal channels such as cash smuggling. terrorists may deliver it in the united states to fund an attack against our homeland. . this diversity of sources of terrorist financing and means and purposes for moving terrorist cash makes the vital challenge of choking off terrorist funds highly complex. it demands an integrated and well coordinated response by the united states government. to that end the united states has brought a sharpened focus to this fight in the decade since the 9/11 attacks.

legal authorities provided by statute and executive order have given the executive branch powerful tools to designate terrorist organizations and stop their use of the american financial system. reorganizations of departments and agencies have prioritized the fight against terrorist financing to ensure sustained effort in this crucial task. the federal bureau of investigation under the department of justice have investigated and successfully prosecuted cases of material support for terrorist groups. the treasury department, state department, and other agencies have worked to identify terrorist groups and freeze their assets in the united states and overseas. disrupting terrorist financing requires sophisticated analysis of bank records, meticulous study of available intelligence, careful assessment of foreign groups that may support terrorist organizations, and international partnerships that allow insight into the movement

of terrorist finances abroad. as i saw in a recent visit, this international work has reached as far as afghanistan. corruption, the diversion of funds from military contracts, and the poppy trade provide ready cash for terrorists in afghanistan and the region. so i was glad to meet in kabul with representative of the afghan threat finance cell. the testimony provided today by the treasury department describes the atfc's efforts to improve the targeting of insurgents' financial support and disrupt other illicit financial activities. their work throws into stark relief the tight relationship between terrorist finance and terrorist violence. this close connection with terrorist violence is the reason we must sustain focus against terrorist finance. in that sparet today's hearing will assess our past performance in the effort to disrupt and interdict terrorist funds and

evaluation ouriedness for future challenges. this is no partisan issue. every member of this committee and senate as a whole shares a commitment to disrupting and dismantling terrorist financing networks. and congressional oversight i believe plays an important role in ensuring that we are on the right track. with that in mind i'm happy we are joined today by representatives of the department of justice, the f.b.i., and the department of the treasury. the responsibilities and expertise of the witnesses here today promise a full discussion of where we stand in the fight against terrorist financing and how ready we are to take on the challenges ahead. i thank the witnesses in advance for their participation and i yield to the ranking member for any statement he might like to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman, because of the commitment the chairman mentioned i will have to depart from the opening statement. i want to make a point to the witnesses in particular. i appreciate your presence here and hope you take to your

colleagues our appreciation for all the entities with whom you work. i share all the views that the chairman just conveyed. would just comment on a couple things that -- i'll put my full statement in the record. the chairman referred to the material support staff. i'm delighted they have been upheld in the humanitarian law project decision because they are very important workhorse in our efforts against al qaeda, hamas, and other terrorist organizations. since we make it a crime to knowingly provide material assistance to these and other terrorist groups, these statutes have helped starve those groups of resources, as the chairman noted. and it makes it more difficult for them to carry out their plan, to do business with others. and they critically recognize that money is fungible, an important principle here because it's impossible to give money to al qaeda or hamas for example

without furthering these organization's terrorist schools regardless how it's done. not only is any given to hamas can be a dollar diverted to terrorism, but donations to this and other groups enhance their power and prestige which makes it easier for them to recruit terrorists. the rigorous enforcement of material enforcement statutes can make these groups radioactive, deterring others from working with them and ultimately cripple them entirely. as the chairman pointed out, finances are such a key part of this this is the way to go. right to their bread basketball in effect. the second thing i -- bread basket in effect. the sing thing is the long name for the acronym. here we have aimed particularly at iran, but there are others as well, but the treasury department is required to

prescribe regulation that is require our banks here in the united states to maintain -- banks that maintain foreign correspondentent relation -- correspondent relations to have an auditor or certification requirement that neither they nor their correspondents abroad are servicing designated iranian banks. i really appreciate the effort that treasury has made in this regard, but it did take nearly a year to draft the rule and we still need the issuance of the final rule to implement section 104-e of the act to address the vexing problem of foreign correspondents' accounts. i want to urge the office of management and budget to complete a expeditious review to get this done so we can take advantage of the tools that we have here in the congress and confront these illicit financing activities head-on. in addition we continue a

bipartisan effort to give the tools to the administration to fight the activities. we introduced 1048, the iran, syria consolidation act which would enhance existing measures and it targets the nexus of the proliferation between states like iran and syria and north korea. and would hope that my colleagues would consider it potentially act in this legislation so we can close all the loopholes we have identified that enable illicit financial activities. again i want to thank the chairman for calling the hearing, getting a good group of witnesses here, for all of those interested in the subject that are here. i'll have record -- questions for the record, mr. chairman, but i am going to have to depart in about 10 minutes here. >> understood. appreciate it. if we are ready to go to the witnesses, then i will first introduce lisa onoco, assistant

attorney general for national security. she previously served as principal associate deputy attorney general and prior to joining the deputy attorney general's office, she was chief of staff to f.b.i. director bob mueller. she has also served as special counsel to director mueller and joined the f.b.i. on detail from the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia. she served with me in the department of justice under attorney general janet reno, where she served as counsel to the attorney general providing advice and guidance on national security, law enforcement, budget, and oversight issues. we are delighted to have her here today. you are invited to proceed. >> thank you very much, chairman whitehouse, ranking member kyl, and senator gracely. i have a brief opening statement with your permission and if i could ask for my full statement to be entered into the record. >> without objection, it will

be. >> thank you chairman whitehouse and ranking member kyl for holding this hearing and inviting me to testify today regarding department of justice's rule in combat -- role in combating terrorist financing. the department's efforts to combat terrorist financing are closely coordinated with those of our interagency partners, including of course the gentlemen who are here with me today. our common objective is to deploy our counterterrorist financing tools in a coordinated, integrated way, to disrupt the flow of funds, and other material support to terrorist organizations. our efforts in this regard fall into three general categories. investigating and prosecuting terrorist financing and material support to terrorism, as the chairman mentioned. foreign capacity building, and technical assistance. and defending the laws and regulations designed to disrupt and punish terrorist financing. and i will just briefly mention each of these.

perhaps the department's principal role is encountering terrorist financing is to work with the f.b.i. and other law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute the individual, networks engaged in it. prosecution not only disrupts terrorist financing networks, it often permits us to gain valuable intelligence about terrorist networks. my full statement for the record cites several cases in which we have disrupted fundraising activity and in some cases those funds were actually earmarked to support specific violent acts of terrorism like the attempted assassination of the crown prince of saudi arabia. our ability to investigate and prosecute these cases relies on working with the congress to ensure that our investigative authorities, our evidentiary rules, and the substantive criminal provisions remain effective and up-to-date. i want to thank the members here today for your assistance. i want to thank chairman

whitehouse for your leadership in holding this hearing. although domestic prosecutions are important, the department also recognizes that because the networks that finance and support terrorist organizations are international, so must be our efforts. to disrupt terrorist financing networks and bring their members to justice, we rely on cooperation with capable foreign partners. toward that end, the department has currently -- currently has a network of 55 resident legal advisors in countries around the world. and those who are stationed in bangladesh, kenya, turkey, and in the united arab emirates are expressly focused on the problem of terrorist financing. we also frequently provide technical assistance to foreign countries who are drafting or amending their own terrorist financing laws, and we support and participate in training foreign governments and they are investigative and prosecutial services so that they, too, can

mount effective terrorist financing cases. finally, the department as ranking member kyl mentioned, defends the laws and executive orders used to disrupt terrorist financing. you will hear from assistant secretary glazer about how the department of treasury uses executive orders, 12947, and 13224 to designate individuals and entities that support terrorism and to freeze their assets. in addition, under the provision of the anti-terrorism and effective death penalty acts, which was enacted by this body, the secretary of state in consultation with the departments of justice and treasury, designates foreign terrorist organizations, or f.t.o.'s. f.t.o.'s assets are frozen and their members and supporters are barred from admission to the united states. as the committee well knows, it's also a federal crime under one of the material support statutes to provide anything of value to an f.t.o. and the

department has successfully defended these and other terrorist financing laws and executive orders against legal challenge. as you will hear from my colleagues here today, our efforts to counterterrorist financing has had some significant success in the past decade, but we have work yet to do. terrorist organizations and their supporters continue to adapt and evolve their operations, and in order to be effective, we must work with the congress to ensure that we maintain our authorities and capabilities necessary to counterterrorist financing. thank you very much, chairman, i welcome the committee's questions. the speaker pro tempore: thank you very much, miss monaco, we are delighted to have you here and we'll hold questions all the panel has had a chance to provide their testimony. our next witness is ralph bolter, who currently serves as acting assistant director of the f.b.i.'s counterterrorism division. mr. bolter began his career at

the f.b.i. up in new england as a special agent in the boston division investigating white collar crime, violent crime, and criminal enterprise matters. he's since served at f.b.i. headquarters in the criminal investigative division, and as special agent in charge of the minneapolis division where he manage add number of high profile investigations including significant corporate fraud and counterterrorism matters. we are delighted he's here and ask for his testimony. >> thank you, senator, chairman. good morning, chairman whitehouse, ranking member kyl, senator grassley. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today regarding the efforts of the f.b.i. to combat terrorist financing. as we commemorated recently the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of september 11, 2001, we are reminded that the f.b.i.'s

number one priority is the prevention of terrorist attacks against the united states. the mission of the terrorism financing operation section within the f.b.i., is to ensure that financial investigative efforts and techniques are applied in all counterterrorism investigations. and to manage investigative efforts into individuals and entities supervise funding to terrorists. they carry out this mission through the application of finance and investigative techniques and the exploitation of financial intelligence. to improve its ability to detect and disrupt those with the intent and capability to conduct attacks against the united states, they have undergone a significant shift in the way it addresses the threat of terrorism financing. rather than solely collecting evidence to solve a particular case, this new approach prioritizes the collection and utilization of intelligence to develop a comprehensive threat

picture, enabling strategic disruptions of terrorist financing operations. thus their exploitation of intelligence not only seeks to identify the scope and breadth of terrorist financing, but also it seeks to identify the members of the terrorist network. this enables the f.b.i. to enhance indicators and trip wires and develop actionable intelligence to identify and prevent terrorist attacks. to more fully utilize the intelligence we receive from our domestic intelligence and law enforcement partners, they recently added a targeting unit. the targeting unit works to identify currently unknown fundraisers and/or associates. in addition they have added a strategic intelligence unit to monitor threats, financial trends, and methodologies which are keys toe identifying possible terrorist financing transactions at the earliest point. in may of this year, someone

pled guilty in providing support to the f.b.i. they claimed to a f.b.i. informant they had moved money to lebanon and had high ranking contacts with hezbollah. akle told the informant, quote, she dreamed of dressing like hezbollah, carrying a gun and dying as a martyr, unquote. posing as an individual with access to investigators, the f.b.i. informant delivered $200,000 for delivery to hezbollah, both were arrested after the two were observed attempting to hide the money in a vehicle destined for shipment overseas. in addition, in the last year the f.b.i. conducted terrorist financing investigations that led to the indictment of individuals for providing funding to the pakistani taliban, al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula, and elshabab. these cases among others high lie the importance of providing techniques to counterterrorism investigations. of course we cannot accomplish this mission alone. our close partners in these efforts are members of the treasury department and in particular the financial crimes enforcement network, within that department, working closely with the treasury the f.b.i. conducts significant outreach to our financial industry counterparts. through these continuing partnerships, the financial industry is better able to identify and report trends or patterns of suspicious activity around the country. in addition, they coordinate efforts with our foreign intelligence and law enforcement partners around the world. through all the f.b.i.'s 62 legal attache offices, they jointly investigate terrorist financing matters with our foreign counterparts. these relationships are key to

the f.b.i.'s efforts to stem the flow of financial support to terrorists and protect the united states from terrorist attacks. in conclusion, the efforts of tfos in close coordination with our federal, state, and local partners, the financial industry, and our international partners have established an increasingly difficult environment within which terrorist finance years can operate undetected. -- financeers can operate under defected. we believe these efforts have reduced the funding for terrorist operations and made the concealment of terrorist related funds more difficult. as the terrorists adapt their methods to raids and transfer funds -- raise and transfer funds, the f.b.i. and its partners have also adapted its efforts and capacity to detect and disrupt these financial networks. to identify new and emerging networks in currently unknown subjects, tfos systematically tracks and analyzes intelligence to guide terrorists financing investigations.

tfos' coopive efforts with our government and private sector partners ensures an ongoing and coordinated approach to terrorist financing to prevent future terrorist attacks against the united states. chairman whitehouse, ranking member kyl, i appreciate the opportunity to come before you today to share the work that the f.b.i.'s engaged and to address terrorist financing. and counterterrorism in this country and around the globe. i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, mr. boelter, i appreciate your testimony. our final witness on the panel is daniel glazer, who is the assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the department of treasury's office of terrorism and financial intelligence. he has also served as treasury's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes. in addition to his prior roles at the treasury department, he's served as an attorney for the united states secret service, and as the head of the u.s.

delegation to the financial act task force, an intergovernmental agency charged with formulating policies to combat international money laundering and terrorism financing. mr. glazer, welcome. >> thank you, chairman whitehouse, for the opportunity to discuss our efforts to combat terrorist financing. in the decade since the tragic attacks of september 11, the u.s. government has worked toward developing a comprehensive approach to combat terrorist financing. critical to this evolution has been the recognition that the treasury department and financial tools it wields essential to our counterterrorism efforts and indeed national security as a whole. money is vital to terrorist organizations. the monetary cost of executing an individual attack may be low, but terrorists require substantial sums to recruit, train, and sustain opera tifts, procure weapons, compensate families of so-called martyrs, and garner support from local populations. this need to raise and move funds is a significant vulnerability that can be

exploited. the financial networks of terrorist organizations are susceptible to identification and disruption. it is our effort to do just that, that i would like to discuss today. prior to 9/11, the u.s. national security community had yet to grasp the full significance of the terrorist threat. not surprisingly, terrorist financing was not high in the national security agenda, but that changed quickly 10 years ago. a galvanized u.s. government recognized the importance of attacks terrorist financial infrastructure as a critical component of a critical strategy. treasury armed with new authorities to freeze terrorist assets played a significant role in its response. we designated various terrorist affiliated entities, crippling the financial nodes of al qaeda, hamas, and other terrorist organizations. today i can confidently say that the u.s. no longer remains fertile ground for terrorist prrg. -- fundraising. despite the initial success we recognize the treasury's full potential without a more competitive strategic approach

and framework to implement it. accordingly, in 2004, the treasury department working with congress created the office of terrorism and financial intelligence or t.f.i. the creation of t.f.i., the first office of its kind in the world, was a revolutionary development in the national security arena, and in less than eight years t.f.i. has had a dramatic impact on our national security and become a fixture within our foreign policy establishment. our mission is clear, marshal the treasury department's polcy, enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence functions to sever the lines of financial support to international terrorists, narcotics traffickers, organized criminals, and other threats to our national security. we advance this goal in many ways. for example, we worked in multilateral bodies such as the financial optask force to establish a framework that provides transparency and enables us to identify and address the various forms of terrorist financing, vulnerabilitieser flerblets and threats. we also -- vulnerabilities and

threat. we have systematically undermined terrorist financial networks by imposing targetsed nngs measures. we have coupled these with sustained outreach to private sectors seeking to freeze terrorist groups out of the financial system. in achieving these success, cooperation from foreign counterparts is essential. our engagement with saudi arabia exemplifies this approach. through our partnership in combating terrorist financing in earlier years in saudi arabia have not been good, sustained engagement over the years has produced strong progress. moving forward we must continue to build on this relationship and to encourage other regional players, in particular qatar and kuwait torques follow saudi arabia's lead -- to follow saudi arabia's lead. considerable challenges remain ahead. we are within reach of defeating al qaeda. their financial situation is dire and our goal is to make it worse. but some pillars of financial

and logistical support remain intact even as we make progress against al qaeda, we are finding the rise of al qaeda affiliates, the terrorist financing has changed and become more attractable. issues such as kidnapping for ransom and other terrorist groups that rely on nontraditional sources of funding will require innovative approaches. we must continue to work with our interagency partners and interarble counterparts to advance our mission. with the competitive striege approach i have outlined today, we will move forward to meet these challenges. thank you, mr. chairman. i look forward to answering any questions you might have. >> thank you very much, mr. glacier. let me turn right away -- glaser, let me turn right away to your observation some pillars of financial and logistical support for terrorist organizations remain intact. what are those pillars? and what way are they resistant

to our previous efforts? what do we need to do to bring them down? >> thank you for the question. mr. chairman, i think we have made -- we have to be vidge theant across the board -- vidge theant across the board on -- vigilant across the board on the way they move funds or continue to do so. but i think we have had a lot of success and made a lot of progress on the more traditional ways of fundraising through charities, moving through the financial sector, we have made a lot of progress and i think we have made it as i like to say costlyier or riskier, less efficient for them to raise funds and move them around the world. one of the results of that success has been to transform the problem. and one of the things we see, particularly as i said in my opening statement, with the

reliance -- emergence of not just al qaeda, groups like al qaeda and the islamic mad a, arabian peninsula, al shabab, is an increased reliance on localized criminal activities to support themselves. in particular, with respect to al qaeda and islamic kidnapping for ransom from which they derive substantial sums, so much so that they could survive on it. so while we need to continue to look at the donors and look at the ways money moves into these regions, it's also important that we come up with new ways of thinking about how a group like aqim is raising their funds. i think it's important that we engage with our partners in europe, for example, on the very substantial ransom sums that are paid. and come up with a common view and common approach on ransom sums that are paid.

that would be something that i think we need to focus on. there's other ways these groups, you have groups controlling territory. you have hamas who could raise funds the way the u.s. government raises it, through taxation. again that presents can challenges and how do we those financial systems. how do we find a way in to doing that? these are some challenges that we face. >> more geographically local ones provide new types of challenges. >> part of the -- one of the successes has been you smash the center, you make it harder for them to exert command and control and deliver potentially devastating attacks. one of the consequences of that that you have to face is a more disbursed threat with its own sources of financing which are

in some ways smaller and that's a good thing, and harder to sort of coordinate as an overall global a strategy. that's a good thing. in a lot of ways poor, that's a good thing, but then you have your new challenges of going after the localized ways that they raise funds. >> ms. monaco, tell me a little bit about how we are doing against the oli networks, these are financing networks that have lasted for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years supporting the trading communities in that area of the world and they have developed informal means of operating that does not require reporting and is hard to penetrate. given that, what are the techniques you find that we are using that have generated some success and can we be optimistic about encouraging further success against them? >> well, chairman whitehouse, i think that the -- we have had

some success as you allude to, as assistant secretary glaser's testimony discusses, we have also made some headway in ensuring informal networks are subject to registration requirements and trying to build in some of the same requirements that surround the formal system into the more informal system. so i think that is a success and that is a point of progress that we can recognize. i think we have been successful in some cases and in some of the statements submitted for the record recognize this as well. i would point to the unis case, an individual who pled guilty earlier this summer in new york, i think that's an example of the great efforts of the f.b.i. and the assistant u.s. attorneys in new york in focusing on all aspects of a particular threat

and following each threat, including the financial threat. and in that case the defendant in that case pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting operation in which eventually some of that money found its way to the attempted car bomber in time's square. that's an instance where the investigators very diligently followed every aspect of that operation, including where the funding was coming from, and in that case identified the use of the informal money transmitting system and disrupted that operation going on both here and in pakistan. i think we have had some successes. i think the treasury department's efforts to impose some of the requirements that exist in the formal system on to the informal system i think is a tremendous step in the right direction.

>> thank you. let me turn to senator grassley and then senator blue men tall and senator cloy by char -- klobuchar. senator grassley. >> i probably won't have a chance to ask all of you questions because i can only stay for one round, but i appreciate and i'll submit some questions for answer in writing. i'll start with ms. monaco. i sent a letter to the department of justice requesting information about the monday prosecution agreement entered into with the islamic investment of the gulf limited. i think it was an unusual move when the department issued a no press release about this agreement. the agreement was the conclusion of an investigation that had moved around the department from national security division to the criminal division's terrorism financing section, to the tax division, as of today i haven't had a response to the letter because -- i just kind of

expect answers to my letters. maybe it's a little soon to get them so i'm going to ask you. but i hope we can get answers because i want to make sure that the department's not trying to hide something. the silence on this issue of not issuing a press release i think kind of runs afoul with the claim that this administration's going to be very transparent. so what role did the national security division play in this investigation of the -- and of the nonprosecution agreement with the islamic investment? >> senator grassley, i do understand the department's received your letter and i was informed about that in preparation for this hearing. i will certainly take back the urgency with which senators

express a desire to get a response to that and ensure we get a prompt response, the department gives a prompt response to you. with respect to the national security division's involvement, i am not aware of a particular involvement in that matter, but, again, happy to go back and review that. >> then you can't answer the questions who were the individuals at the department that approved of the nonprosecution agreement? that's probably separate, but you probably can't answer that. >> i cannot, senator. >> you can answer this, at any time did you offer an opinion on it? >> i did not, senator, no. >> ok. there are reported connections between the islamic investment and known terrorist groups. surely the national security division would investigate those connections, wouldn't they? just as a matter of procedure? >> senator, i wouldn't want to speculate in this particular case. again, i am not aware of what

involvement if any the division had in that matter, but i would be happy to go back and take a look at that and we'll ensure we try to get a response to your letter promptly. >> it would seem to me like they would have something to do with it. you wouldn't know specifically what they had to do with it, but they had something to did with it. >> i wouldn't want to speculate in front of the committee. >> you can answer this question, how much money did the nonprosecution agreement involve? >> i do not know. >> can you tell us why they didn't publicize the agreement when they normally would? >> i am not aware of what the practice -- if it would be normal practice to disclose that information, senator. >> would it be possible because the department of got a bad deal and they are trying to hide it? >> again, senator, i'm not sure if it is in fact normal practice to disclose the terms of any

particular settlement agreement in that regard. >> in keeping with the spirit of openness and transparency that the president and attorney general promote, will you provide my office with a copy of the nonprosecution agreement with the islamic investment as well as answers to my questions contained in the letter, september 7? >> senator, i will absolutely go back and ensure that we get a response to your letter and provide whatever information is appropriate to provide to you and to the committee. >> could you tell me when i could expect an answer to that letter? >> i would not want to overpromise, senator, but again i would certainly go back and make sure we do get a prompt response. >> as far as you know, there wouldn't be any national security implications of -- about releasing the information i have asked for? >> i am not -- >> after all it was a grand jury

situation that was investigated. >> i am not aware of what the national security implications would be. it certainly would not be outside the realm of possibility that there would be national security implications in a grand jury investigation. again i wouldn't want to speculate. >> i had my staff ask the justice department yesterday whether the matter involved national security and if there was -- if that was the reason for silence on the nonprosecution agreement. the office of legislative affairs did not answer my staff's question despite notice that i would bring it up to date. we have the capacity to review classified information and if there's something about this and national security, since i have the capacity for classified information, i would urge you to use those channels, provide me with the information. >> i understand, senator.

>> ok. then i'll stop with this. on a related matter i understand that the department -- i understand that despite the hiring freeze at the justice department, more staff had been hiring for the national security division. how many people do you have in the national security division policy office? how many were hired since the hiring freeze? and who approved the hires? >> senator, the department is under a hiring freeze as you know given the current budget situation. there are, however, exemptions that have been granted based on -- to that hiring freeze. where department components can demonstrate they have the funding and the allowable position that is have been provided by the congress. i'd have to double check on the precise number, but i would say in the neighborhood of 30 individuals in the law policy

office. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you much, senator grassley. the next questioner will be senator blue men tall of connecticut who has a distinguished career in law enforcement as you-all know. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, chairman whitehouse, for your distinguished career in law enforcement and holding this hearing. i think that we are all gratified by the progress that has been made in this area, particularly in combating the financial institution's potential complicity in these transactions that involve financing terrorism, and i recognize that progress has been made and i want to thank each of you and the people who work with you for your continuing work and your accomplishment. all three of you i believe have made reference to the guilty plea by muhammad unis and the information that was developed about the sources of funding for

the shazad plot, and apparently a major source was in pakistan, possibly with the complicity of the financial institutions there, possibly with the knowledge of officials in pakistan. i wonder if you could comment on what information have been developed about the pakistani's involvement in financing terrorist organizations, and what steps can be taken to combat it. >> i'll just comment briefly on that, senator blue men tall. first, i want to make clear in the unis case that individual was prosecuted and has pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting

operation which i mentioned previously. he was not witting and the guilty plea, and that case did not demonstrate he was witting of the purpose of those funds but rather the unlicensed transmission operation. so i just wanted to make that clear for the record. as to development of information with regard to the pakistani end of that operation, i don't have anything that i would be able to offer to the committee. i'm not sure about my f.b.i. colleague. >> yes, senator. i would just say generally that one of our great challenges is a lack of visibility in the financial institutions and entities overseas. that is a challenge, i would limit that to pakistan, but globely. with respect to this case in particular, i think i would defer to talk to that in a more

-- speak to that issue -- >> in a different setting. >> yes. >> i appreciate the reasons for your preference, although your testimony does say, and i'm quoting, shazad advised that the funding was arranged in pakistan by associates of the t.t.p. and i take it from that fairly general statement that perhaps a follow-up in a different setting would be worthwhile, because i would be very interested in this instance and others where pakistan perhaps played a part with degrees of knowledge and intention that may be opened to question about the terrorist financing and let you follow up with you in another related area. what other countries would you say would bear scrutiny, and perhaps could cooperate more fully in making their systems

more transparent and therefore aid us in tracking down and stopping this kind of financing? >> i think i would defer to my treasury colleague to speak on that point, if i may, senator. >> sure. >> thank you, senator. we spend a lot of time at the treasury department on precisely this issue, trying to work with other countries on what should be the international standards for money laundering and putting systems in place to ensure the countries are actually taking steps to comply with those standards. we do that through an organization called the financial action task force. so the financial action task force has what's called 540 plus nine which is the 40 recommendations of noney laundering, nine recommendations on terrorist financing, taken together represent a comprehensive framework. includes criminal laws, international cooperation. and then we have worked with the

i.m.f. and world bank to make sure every country or virtually every country, north korea for example, hasn't ben reviewed, virtually every country in the world is subject to a very rigorous review process. on its website identified the countries which in particular have performed very poorly on this. pakistan is one of those countries that has been so identified and there's about 25 countries. coy tell you -- i can't rattle them all -- i could tell you -- i can't rattle them all off off the top of my head. but it's on the website which countries have work to do. i'm getting this basic framework in place. >> i know that information's available publicly. just one last question because my time's about to expire, does that risk coincide with the list of -- list coincide with the list of countries that are actually responsible or without

perhaps the knowledge of the government's themselves, does that list of the least transparent coincide with the least -- with the list of countries that also are the most complicit? >> exactly. >> i'm not framing the question very artfully, but you get -- >> i know what you're asking. i was about to make that distinction as well. with that group of countries that i was mentioning our con-- are countries that need work on their basic framework, regulatory structure, their basic legal structure. a lot are working to put those in place. then you get to the more difficult question of, which country's actually implementing it. which country's actually doing what they need to do. for example, kuwait is a country that doesn't even have terrorist financing. the only country in the gulf that doesn't have terrorist

financing. kuwait's a country that has work to do. qatar is making progress, but qatar has a lot of work to do in implementing its terrorist financing laws. i'm going to be visiting there later this month, or anybody, beginning, end of september, beginning october, to talk about the steps that they still need to take in order to make progress. then of course you have your state sponsor countries like iran which we have recently designated an al qaeda financial support network supported by iran. iran is the chief donor to hezbollah, hamas. so once you get to the state sponsorship arena, it's a whole different level. as you point out, i would say sort of three levels. countries that still need work on the framework, countries that are -- simply don't have the political will or need more political will to implement, and

the countries that are actually actively part of the problem. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much. i first want to welcome the assistant director, mr. boelter, he did an maizing job with our minneapolis office. and we have a very close law enforcement community in men mfpblet my very favorite is our secret service had a holiday bipartisan, you are invited to the secret service open house, which i thought was sort of funny. when we got there they wouldn't tell you how many agents worked there because it was a secret. but i really enjoyed working with you and i welcome you here today. thank you. i wanted to first start with you assistant secretary glaser, you were talking with senator blue men tall about some of the work that you are doing. i was just curious from a bigger picture question, what are the most common, like the two or

three most common forms of fundraising you are seeing to finance these terrorist entities? and i know that in your testimony you talk about how it's become more intractable, more difficult to find. what are you seeing now? >> thank you for the question. as i said before, all the methodologies we have traditional seen for raising and moving terrorist funds we are still seeing. so terrorist organizations continue to receive money from depack donors in the gulf, they continue to receive money through charities. they continue to move money through both the informal and formal financial sectors. all of that continues to go on even though we continue to make tremendous progress in those areas. i would just again point to saudi arabia as a good example of that progress. i have been at this for a long

time and several years ago we were quite frustrated with what we thought was saudi arabia not taking up as much action as it should be taking. in recent years we have seen saudi arabia have investigations, real law enforcement investigations, into terrorist financing and real prosecutions in a terrorist financing and put in place some of the strictest laws in the wormed with respect to how it regulates and -- world with respect to how it regulates and overseas its charities with respect to disbursement of funds. that's progress and that's one of the ways we have made it harder for terrorist groups to access the international financial system. as a result, we have seen -- we have seen the problem disburst and become more localized -- disburse and become more localized. some of the more traditional terms we use in sanctions in terms of engaging in governments, in terms of confronting governments are less

effective. and we have to come up -- >> because it's more disbursed. >> it's more localized, and it's more -- it becomes like a law enforcement issue. one of the things i point to is kidnapping for ransom. i know i keep mentioning like a broken record because it's really important. >> that money is going from these looser groups into terrorism. >> these looser groups are terrorist organizations. this is how they are funding themselves. >> they do it themselves. they kidnap people. they use that money and commit acts of terrorism. >> these are terrorist organizations that -- yes, in part into a large part support themselves through that type of ack fifth. -- type of activity. >> combining your old job and new job, organizationed crime what, do you seen as a relationship between financing terrorism and organized crime? >> i don't see a strong connection there. organized crime is not -- it's not actually paired with

terrorism because the objectives of organized crime are to make money, frankly, and the objectives of terrorists are really to inflict harm. on this country and our interests and other countries as well. it's not un-- it's not a natural relationship between those two entities. likewise i'm not saying there is no connection, but i don't think it's a significant connection. >> do you think some of the things that the -- mr. glaser was talking about with the funding? >> in the different modes of -- >> it's more disbursed with individual terrorist groups funding themselves? >> absolutely. and i think to some extent that we have moved them in that direction over the last few years. by shutting down the formal financial network or access to it, to them. so i think that's a product somewhat of what we have done. but, yeah, it's a changing landscape in terms of how they raise money. i think -- i wouldn't suggest

engaging in kidnapping would be their first choice, but it's something that -- because that's a high-risk activity, but that's clearly overseas in particular that's something we are seeing. >> assistant attorney general monaco, you talk about training and working with our partners internationally. and what response have you received, have there been changes over the last decade? have you seen changes to the foreign laws that make it easier for us to work with them? >> i think we have seen a growing level of cooperation and particularly in those areas where we have targeted our efforts. i mentioned bangladesh, kenya, and some other areas where we really are focusing almost exclusively with personnel in those areas on terrorist financing. i think areas like indonesia, there have been good strides made and i think while we are working in those targeted areas to bring out the level

specifically on terrorist financing, the areas i mentioned, our resident legal attache program across the world with the 55 folks i mentioned, is something we are trying to build up our counterterrorism cooperation generally build up the level of attention and cooperation across the board. >> i spent the evening of september 11 this year with the family of tom burnett, one of the passengers on the flight and one of the four guys that decided at that split second to wrestle the terrorists in the plane that landed in a field in pennsylvania instead of one ever our buildings here which could have killed thousands of people, and his parents actually are, mr. chairman, i'm glad you held this hearing, they very focused on financing issue and going after them. i just want to thank you for your work on their behalf and everyone else in this country. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you senator klobuchar.

i have a statement from chairman leahy on this hearing. i won't -- i would unanimous consent i will put the statement into the record. and it has two letters attached which i will also put into the record. ms. monaco i will summarize its conclusion which is the attorney general should issue prosecutial -- prosecutorial guidelines that would remove the uncertainty of the scope of the material support law. i would hope very much that the department takes that advice to hard -- heart. we have just had a vote in the last markup where the department was invited to issue prosecutorial guidelines, and did not. and the result was that a measure passed through the judiciary committee that the department disapproves of.

when the chairman of the judiciary committee invites the attorney general to issue prosecutorial guidelines on a matter, i think that's something that the attorney general should tend to with considerable dispatch and attention. because it is a device that leaves the control over this in the hands of the department as to how to design the very best response. if you fail at that, then you end up with us. so please take that as a very positive step and i would urge the attorney general to respond quickly and affirmatively to the chairman's request. back to the hawala for one second. it strikes me from the description of the areas in which we have had success that it has been in this country where the operation of the hawala violates in essence our banking laws, they are operating

unauthorized financial facility. once you get outside of that geographic boundary and into the area say between afghanistan and saudi arabia where funds are floting back and forth or other gulf states, have we had any success dealing with the hawala system? >> i think that some of our efforts i think have been in intelligence gathering vain and have allowed us some insights and i think my colleague may have more to offer on that. a lot of insight into those activities overseas, but i do think it poses one of the challenges we face in terms of the transparency or lack thereof of the operation of foreign, formal and informal networks. >> mr. glaser, would that be one of your pillars of financial logistical support that remains standing? >> sure. as you know the reason hawala

and other forms of informal remittances and informal money services exist is because there is large communities throughout the world that don't have access to formal financial service or affordable financial services. the long-term quote-unquote solution to hawala is a generational one. about building an international financial system that everybody around the world has access to. now, since that's a long-term solution we need to address the problem in the shorter term as well. as you point out, the first prong is having -- do i think we have an appropriate regulatory regime in the united states. the money service business is required to register, they are required to have an anti-money laundering program and suspicious transactions. there are international standards i mentioned before through the financial auction task force that apply to all countries. and we are working with countries to ensure that those

-- the next prong would be enforcement. i think we have taken -- you mentioned afghanistan. we have tried to be very aggressive with respect to international hawala that we think are problematic. in february of this year under the kingpin act, under kingpin sanctions we designated a network which is a major hawala operation in afghanistan which is moving billions of dollars in narcotics proceeds into and out of afghanistan. so there's a particular hawala hitwork we went after and we continue to -- network we went after and we continue to follow up on that. and the finance cell, they work directly, they have worked directly with special units of the afghan police to conduct raids on hawala. within afghanistan. so there is an important -- in addition to the regulatory component, there is an important enforcement component. the way we try to approach it beyond sort of long-term effort to make financial services

available to everybody, is regulatory prong enforcement, international standards, and general economic development. that's at least how -- >> follow that hearing later today in our program schedule and online in the video library at c-span.org. the u.s. house gaveling back in momentarily. they have several bills to deal with today, including several dealing with aid and services 20 families -- to families in need. the main legislation of the day is the continuing resolution. temporary extension of current federal spending through november 18, the 2007 fiscal year ends october 1, congress has not passed most of the 2012 spending bills. and the house today will consider the continuing resolution with republicans planning to add more than $3 billion in disaster relief to the bill, which would be offset by cuts. the senate meanwhile, will consider legislation with nearly

$7 billion in disaster relief. the senate today meanwhile continues to debate bills dealing with foreign trade. several amendment votes coming up early this afternoon regarding trade adjustment assistance. that's an expired program that would provide help to u.s. workers who lose their jobs due to foreign competition. that's live now on c-span2. and now to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered today by our guest chaplain, reverend judith rae, unitarian universalist church, northbury, massachusetts. the chaplain: let us pray. we gather this afternoon a rich

tappestry of faith woven together by diverse religious and spiritual beliefs. in the midst of this thee y lomb call diversity, may we choose acceptance and love toward one another and strive to live harmoniously and respectfully with all people of our great country and all living beings on our fragile, cherished planet. that which guides us toward the highest within ourselves, lead us on this precious day as well as every day of our lives to embrace compassion, love, and equity in all relations. may we respect the inherent worth and dignity of every person and grasp our profound

interconnectedness with all. may we ceaselessly help those who suffer for as they suffer, so do we. may people everywhere live in peace with each other and all living creatures without disturbing one another. in the name of all that is holy, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of aleems will be led by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: i ask everyone to join with me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. -- i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern is

recognized for one minute. mr. minnesota govern: i rise in honor of reverend judith e. wright, serving as houseguest chaplain today. for the past nine years she's served as minister of the first parish universalist church in massachusetts. she's played an important role in our community, encouraging her pa riggsers. under her leadership, the first parish has support maryland community programs including the meals program and habitat for humanity. as we continue to emerge from a damaging recession, it is more important than ever to assist our neighbors and helping to provide food for those who are hungry. rev repped wright's dedication to the cause of helping those who need help in the community is awe-inspiring. one of her parishioner's,

stephanie sullivan, who approached my office about her serving as a guest chaplain. her profound respect and dedication to the work of reverend wright caused me to nominate her for guest chaplain today. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: it is almost one year since david hartley was gunned down on a lake in texas. the family has no justice. david's wife can't get any answers from our government since it's apparently abandoned the investigation of her husband's mother. she has sued the government.

when ice agent zapata was murdered in mexico they pressured mexican officials to investigate. why is it not doing that now. tiffany hartley said, the men who murdered david are right across the river, they aren't in afghanistan, they aren't in iraq, they're in our own back yard. the united states hunts down terrorists around the globe, it's time we hold mexico accountable for finding the narcoterrorists in their country who murder americans. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. tsongas: yesterday marked the end of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. it forced thousands of service men and women from our armed forces and discouraged

countless other americans from enlisting. it weakened our military by eliminating highly skilled an trained service members from the ranks when we were sending our men and women in uniform on multiple deployments to fight two wars. today our country is stronger because we benefit from a military that takes advantage of all the talents this nation has to aumple this policy ended because of the work ofmark including my predecessor who introduced the first bill in the house of representatives to repeal this policy. our service men and women are first and foremost americans, protecting freedom throughout the world. today at last, all these brave people no longer have to hide who they are in order to serve their country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> israel was america's best and only ally in the middle east. now their security is being threatened by the rejection of the oslo peace accords. as they seek recognition directly from the united nations. america stands firmly with israel and believes that peace in the middle east can only be achieved through a negotiated solution. i call on the palestinian authority to make peace with the democracy of israel and a free world. mr. mckinley: and to reject the prime minister of the area. prime minister netanyahu should be recognized for his desire to have direct negotiations with president abbas. abbas should abandon palestine's push for a vote on statehood and re-engage with israel to form a lasting peace accord. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise?

>> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i stand before you today under the dome of our nation's capitol to applaud the final repeal of the discriminatory policy known as don't ask, don't tell. the men and women who fight for our country fight were what's right, what's fair and what's just. mr. quigley: they fight without asking at what cost, without asking why and how long they must endure this september 11 marked 10 years since that fateful day. as i returned home from chicago and landed safely at washington, i marvel at the dome that still sat, untouched by those who would do us harm because of those who have no fear and gave their last full measure of devote. -- of devotion. i'm further emboldened that our soldiers who fight for our safety can do so without having to hide who they are and who they love.

our soldiers fight for what's fair and what's just and finally we managed to provide the same for them. the speaker pro tempore: the house will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: the secretary: mr. speaker. the secretary: i'm instructed by the president to deliver a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> the president's plans to raise taxes on small business across america will hurt the economy and kill jobs. small business creates 70% of the jobs in america. unpliment is 9% in the country and even higher in my state of florida. we have the threat of a double dip recession that is greater than ever. mr. buchanan: the last thing we should be doing is raising taxes on job creators. the white house claims the $1.6 trillion tax increase won't

affect small businesses and jobs but as someone who's been in business 30 years and created thousands of jobs, they are wrong. millions of small businesses file their individual taxes through an individual tax code and that means that their taxes will go up. in fact, 48% of small business income will face higher tax rates under the president's plan. we need to enact pro-growth policies that create jobs, not kill them. i urge my colleagues to reject the administration's tax hikes on job creators and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> to revise and extend -- to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> the sun came up in america today even after we allowed people who are gay and lesbian to serve in the military. we had discussions about this for 18 years and now we have

taken a step forward to liberty and equality again. now we need to make sure that the new families serving in the military get their benefits like everyone else. mr. inslee: then we have to realize that the day will come when we recognize full marriage equality in this great country as another step forward, just like we had yesterday. when that great day comes, the sun will come up in the morning in america because we are continuing our quest to be a more just, more equal society. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: raising taxes on hardworking american families in this economy will in the create new jobs. the president already explained that raising taxes in a down economy does not make sense. washington's financial problems are not caused by a shortage of

revenue. washington's financial problems are a direct result of skyrocketing wasteful spending such as $16 muffins for the d.o.j. promises like the failed stimulus bill have been revealed as empty slogans. failing the promise of holding unemployment below 8%. 25 million americans are still seeking full-time jobs. the best way to promote jobs is to offer solutions focused on getting americans back to work, prviding certainty with regard to tax reform, while easing the burden of unnecessary regulations while enable job creators to hire once again. house republicans have sought to achieve the goal by passing legislation aimed at cutting red tape involved with running small businesses. reforms are being blocked by liberals with the threat of a presidential veto. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise to recognize the end a shameful and discriminatory policy, don't ask, don't tell, and recognize the brave men and women who served under it for decades. mr. cicilline: that our people are endowed by their create quor with certain inalienable rights. these rights have made our country more free. repealing done ask, don't tell is one more step toward full equality. regrettably, because of the defense of marriage act, service members will continue to face disparities for family programs and benefits even though they've made the same sacrifices as their fellow members of the armed forces. this is not right.

let us be guided by the words of thomas jefferson by providing them with the benefits they earned in service to our country. i commend president obama for bringing an end to this policy and the military who started to work on this the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's recognized for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection -- this -- >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor a soldier who made then the ultimate sacrifice and laid down his life for our country, chief warrant officer david carter. he dedicated himself to over 24 years of military service as a member of the colorado army national guard, he deemployed to afghanistan last summer, on august 6, 2011, he was piloting

a ch-47 helicopter on a mission to reinforce a unit under attack. on that tragic day he was one of 30 americans lost when their helicopter was brought down by enemy fire. mr. coffman: dave carter was regarded as one of the most highly trained aviators in colorado with multiple combat deployments and over 4,000 flight hours and he's remembered for the tremendous impact he had on his family, friends and community. . friends recall he was never too busy to had out with a problem. chief warrant officer david carter personifies the honor and selflessness of service as a citizen soldier. his bravery and dedication to duty will not be forgotten. as a marine corps combat veteran, my deepest sympathies go out to his family, his fellow soldiers, and all who knew him. mr. speaker, i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i'm proud to come before this body today to celebrate the end of the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy. for too long american service men and women selfishly fought to protect our freedoms without receiving the same freedoms and protections in return. under this flawed policy, we dismissed 14,000 patriots from our forces, and we turned away countless more americans who simply wanted to volunteer to defend the country that we share. mr. higgins: today our nation shows the world that we can rise above prejudice and fear and take a long overdue step toward protecting our service members and reducing discrimination in america. but i am sad to say that this weekend we received terrible reminder that our work is not done. a 14-year-old boy from my community who was teased his

classmates about his sexual orientation took his own life. this heartbreaking tragedy was needless and should be a reminder to all of us that there are many more like jamie who are made by some to believe that it's not ok to be who they are. mr. speaker, i am proud of how far we have come, but i know there remains a long road ahead of us. i am committed to continuing this fight for full equality for all americans and implore my colleagues to do the same. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, on friday, palestinian authority president abbas plans to seek recognition of a palestinian state before the united nations. a vote in the u.n. will bypass bilateral peace negotiations between israel and the p.a. and will threaten the success of a mutual solution. leaders in the united states,

israel, and the p.a. have long worked toward a mutual solution. mr. rooney: and the p.a. seeking unilateral recognition from the u.n. is not only harmful to these efforts, but also to the security of the state of israel. it's also important to note that the action coincides with the period of extreme volatility between israel and the middle east -- and their middle eastern neighbors. israel's alliance with turkey has continued to unravel over the past year, and its peace agreement with egypt is in jeopardy. the palestinian authority's move to circumvent direct talks with israel will undermine israel's right to exist. i call for president abbas to withdraw his request for a u.n. vote and will inted -- and will instead finally agree to sit down at the negotiating table with the u.s. and israel to develop a mutual legitimate solution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without

objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> as a former lieutenant commander in the united states navy reserve, i rise to applaud the repeal of the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy. this backward policy has turned away over 14,000 abled bodied men and women from our military while our nation is fighting two wars, mr. peters: it wasted over $1.3 billion taxpayer dollars through investigations, legal proceedings and wasted training for fighter pilots and translators. i'm proud to feel privilege to cast my vote to make this misguided policy a relic of the past. our military can now recruit and train qualified patriotic and courageous americans who want to serve our country regardless of their sexual orientation. curing my service in the united states neafer reserve, i served with many dedicated men and women who are always ready to serve their country. i was never concerned about their sexual orientation. implementation of repeal marks not just an increase in military readiness, but a significant step forward for civil rights

and equality. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the history and accomplishments of the kansas school for the deaf as we prepare to celebrate the school's sesquicentennial this week, it was 150 years ago that philip emory began teaching deaf students in a small two-room schoolhouse in kansas using the techniques of thomas galludet. they have been noted for their academic exlebs and precollege recommendation leading to job placement upon graduation. along the way the schools had many exciting moments, including almost being destroyed in the famous sacking of lawrence, kansas, and boasts of beating the university of kansas baseball team twice. as the 0e8dest educational institute in the state of kansas, the kansas school for

the deaf continues to provide world class education to young students and i'm proud to represent the school and its many families and students in the united states congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, september is the month in which we celebrate the many contributions latinos have made and continue to make to our great country. ms. roybal-allard 58ard: risk americans are our teachers, doctors, lawyers, health care providers, and small business owners and entrepreneurs. they are local and national officials providing leadership in the face of unprecedented challenges both at home and abroad. but perhaps our greatest pride comes from our impressive record of service to this country. when grave threats imperil america's freedom, latinos answer the call. this is highlighted by the fact that latino service men and women have earned more medals an accommodations per combat yant than any other group.

as we celebrate the contributions they have made to our country, let us not forget our future. the stories ever our nation's latino trailblazers, serve as an inspiration to young latinos, like all american children, they must have the opportunity to develop their talents and reach their full potential to keep our country great. i look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure all america's children are prepared to lead. only then can america realize its promise in the 21st century. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. honda: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the historic official repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell. today nearly two decades after its enactment, our lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members can finally serve and defend the country they love without the fear of being discharged. never again will members of our

mi forced to serve in the shadows. to lie about their identity, or be afraid to talk about the people they love. let us remember the 14,000 loyal service members who were discharged under this discriminatory policy over the years. for now they can serve alongside their military friends and family with dignity and honor. let us also remember those individuals who served in silence and sacrificed their lives so that we as americans can live freely. as vice chair of the lgbt caucus in congress, i see the repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell as another step towards assuring and ensuring that all citizens both inside and outside of the military are never subject to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. today signifies a crucial milestone in history and is a victory not just -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? without objection, the gentleman

is recognized for one minute. mr. kosta: thank you, mr. speaker. in september this is hispanic heritage month and we celebrate as members of the hispanic community the contributions that are made throughout the united states and throughout our history. the story of hispanic americans is truly the american story. our dream is the american dream. in america if you work hard, play by the rules, and dream big, there is no limit to what you can achieve. succeeding in all walks of life and serving as patriots in american armed forces, hispanics have enriched in so many different ways our way of life. their advances in universities, the knowledge and talent, and continue -- continue to play a vibrant role as we strengthen the fabric of america. hispanic americans commitment to faith, family, hard work, perseverance adds to that rich diversity and vibrancy. it makes our country a melting

pot like no other place in the world. today and every day, we should take time to note and to celebrate the wonderful contributions of the hispanic community in the san joaquin valley and across america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. velazquez cloverpb mr. speaker, -- ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, two decades after its enactment, don't-ask, don't-tell is finally no more. at last gay men and women can now openly serve in our military without having to hide who they are. eliminating this practice is a historic step forward in our pursuit of a more perfect union. with this progress, our country's military can now become a shining example of equality. an example to be followed by all sectors of our society.

just as important this change will make our armed forces stronger. young americans who have previously been deterred from joining our military will now step forward and -- enlist and serve the country they love. many formerly discharged members will now re-ernter to serve alongside friends and family. ultimately our military will ben forfeit from the broader and deeper pool of talent. now as we move forward in fully implementing this change, we must ensure that smex -- same-sex families receive the same benefits as other military couples. mr. speaker, although our work continues, today we are one step closer to the ideal that we are all created equal. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i rise today to say that democrats in congress continue to work tirelessly to improve the lives of america's latino families. during the 111th congress we passed historic legislation that made college more accessible and affordable and broadened the scope of health care for very many families. when democrats controlled the congress, we increased the maximum pell grant in a bipartisan vote from $4,050 to the current, $5,550 an increase of 37%. while i was chairman of the subcommittee on higher ed, i proudly stood next to president obama when he signed the historic health care reconciliation act of 2010 into law. this new law increased college aid for the 39% of hispanic college students who received pell grants each year. in contrast the proposed republican budget will cut college aid for nearly 10 million students slashing the maximum pell grant award by more

than 2,500. today i stand here with my colleagues in celebration of hispanic her taj month to say that we must pass the dream act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: you're recognized for one minute. mr. moran: mr. speaker, last year i read on the house floor a letter from an active duty service member in afghanistan. he shared how he and his partner of 10 years had managed the hardship that comes along with three deployments to iraq and afghanistan. despite their shared sacrifices, his partner received no support from the military and would not be officially informed of his death. while serving on active duty, he became aware of a number of other soldiers who were gay. one case it was only after a friend died of wounds from an i.e.d., received a letter from

the deceased soldier's partner expressing how much he had loved the army. of course, this letter had to be sent anonymously because until yesterday its very existence could have led to the soldier's discharge. the indignity of concealing who you are and who you love in order to protect your country has ended. no longer will we subject the brave men and women who volunteer to serve our nice to a shameful vow of silence asking them to lie about themselves. this policy was wrong. and now it's history. and our nation and our military are stronger as a result. to all who serve our nation in uniform, we are so proud of each and every one of you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. richardson: request to speak for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute.

ms. richardson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the 685,000 workers of the united states postal service who are facing a very devastating future without our action. if congress doesn't act now, we could potentially lose 120,000 jobs. imagine that, that are in jeopardy today. the united states postal service offers a very affordable system. but right now they are in jeopardy. why? because back in 2006 they were -- i would say in a discriminated way -- required to pay $5.5 billion in overcharge into benefits that are not incurred at this time. based on long-term projections, they have an estimated surplus, imagine that in this time, of $55 billion to $75 billion. without this mandate, usps would actually have a $611 million benefit that they could help out in this tough economy. .

there are 6 5,000 workers not at fault for -- there are 685,000 workers not at fault for this requirement and this does not need to continue. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i rise to hob honor ted williams, the last baseball player to hit .400 or better for a season, a feat he accomplished 70 years ago this month, in 1941. he wasn't just a remarkable baseball player, he was a remarkable american, who served his country as a marine corps pilot in world war ii and the korean war. he once said, a man has to have goals for a day or a lifetime an that was mine, to have people say, there goes ted williams, the greatest hit whore ever lived, enquote. mr. stearns: not only did he

have a goal, he harnessed the determination and hard work necessary to succeed. i honor a man who was a friend a constituent, and a great american on the anniversary of his greatest achievement. he will always be remembered as baseball's greatest hitter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. waters: i would like to thank my leaders in the lgbt caucus as we celebrate the end of a discriminatory era in the military with the official repeal of don't ask, don't tell. for too -- ms. lee: for too long this denied fundamental human rights to qualified individuals who wished to serve our country. as vice chair of the

congressional lgbt equality caucus i am pleased that the tireless work of our congressional colleagues resulted in the end of don't ask, don't tell. though this is a remarkable step forward, we have a long way to go to attain full equality. lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people continue to be discriminated against in our laws and society. i've always said that discrimination is un-american and we as a nation must continue to fight for policies that bring us closer to fulfilling the principles we espouse. i encourage all of us to stay committed to ensuring that sexual orientation and gender identity are no long aerocause for inequality. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> this week, i introduced h r. 404, to recognize latinas in the military. they have fought never united states military conflict that we have had and today nearly 163,000 latinos, and latinas, serve in the regular components of the armed forces. ms. sanchez thkspe contributions and sacrifices they make are often overlooked. i encourage the secretary of defense to increase promotion opportunities for latinos in the armed forces. it's my firm belief that the military should invest in outreach to minority communities and work to mitigate the barriers that hinder latinos from moving up the ladder in the armed forces because our armed forces need latinos. latinos like those who serve continue to sacrifice their

lives daily in various operations and we have lost lives of latinos, also, 539. i salute the dedication of our latino service members. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202d of the national emergencies act 50 u.s.c. 1522d provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless prior to the anniversary date of the emergency the president prints in the congressional record and announces -- to the federal register and the congress, stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism is to continue in effect beyond

september 23, 2011. the crisis constituted by the fwrave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists including the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, in new york and pennsylvania and against the pentagon and the continuing and immediate threat are further attacks on the united states nationals or the united states that led to the declaration of a national emergency on september 23, 2001, has not been resolved. these actions pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the united states. for these reasons, i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to persons who commit, threat ton commit or support terrorism and maintain in force the comprehensive sappingses to respond to this threat. signed, barack obama, the white house, september 21, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on

foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and adopt senate concurrent resolution 28. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 28, authorizing the use of emancipation hall in the capitol have itors' center to award the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the

111th battalion in the military service united states army in recognition of their dead cailted service during world war ii. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. harper, and the quelt from pennsylvania, mr. brady, each will control to minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi. mr. harper: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: so order. mr. harper: i ask unanimous consent to submit into the record a letter from chairman lungren that waives further consideration of the measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. harper: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harper: this resolution honors brave and courageous japanese americans who served in the 111th infantry battalion and 442nd combat team as well

as those in the military intelligence service. the 100th infantry battalion fought valiantly in the treacherous campaign, earning their nickname the purple heart battalion pause of their bravery and sacrifice. the 442nd regimental combat team was formed in 1943 from japanese americans living in ro location camps. a week after d-day, the 100th pa tallon and 442nd were merged into a sickle unit which fought heroically in europe as seen in their rescue of the lost battalion in france near the german border. these units suffered enormously high casualty rates and received over 18,000 individual decorations, including 9,486 purple hearts. for their service in eight major campaigns in italy and france, the 100th infantry battalion and 442nd regimental

combat team earned eight presidential unit citations. members of the military intelligence service were japanese americans who served this cupry by intercepting radio messages, translating documents, writing leaflets encourage og posing troops to surrender and helping our forces understand the enemy we were fighting. in fact, according to general douglas mcarthur's intelligence officer charles willoughby, the efforts of the military intelligence service shortened the war by two years. mr. speaker, second lieutenant daniel inouye who received a battlefield commission in 1944 was one of these brave men. gravely wounded -- wounded in april of 1943, the lieutenant received the distinguished service cross. it is fitting and proper that our distinguished colleague in the other poddy sponsored this legislation and i'm honored to speak in support of it here

today. i asked my colleagues to support this resolution authorizing yause of emancipation hall in november for this congressional gold medal for this ceremony and i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: on october 5, 201 -- 2010, president obama signed the law granting the 442nd combat team and military intelligence service the congressional gold medals. this concurrent resolution authorizes the use of emancipation hall for the ceremony in recognition of the dedicated service in world war ii. the 100th infantry battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, and military intelligence

service were comprised primarily of japanese americans, who were subject to internment and discrimination, yet they fought with valor. they became the most highly decorated unit of its size and length of history in the united states army, receiving seven presidential unit citations, 21 medals of honor, 29 distinguished service crosses, 560 silver stars, 4,000 bronze stars, 15 soldiers' medals and over 4,000 purple hearts. their contribution is not limbed to the frontlines. the military intelligence service provided critical information vital to the success of the united states military in the pacific theater. in recognition of these americans a befit -- emancipation hall is a befitting place to award this

medal. join me in supporting this concurrent resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise? mr. harper: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. brady: i would like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from american samoa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i ask unanimous consent that the full text of my statement be made part of the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: on maff of our chairwoman, judy chu, and the members of our congressional asia pacific caucus, i rise in support of senate concurrent resolution 28 a resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall in the capitol have itors' center for an tovept award the congressional gold medal to the 442nd regimental combat team and military intelligence

service in recognition of their dedicated service in world war ii. i want to thank senator inouye for sponsoring this and i thank my fellow members of congress and colleagues who join me in support of this important bill. mr. speaker, as a vietnam veteran and also as a former member of the 100 battalion 442nd infantry combat group out of honolulu, hawaii, i am proud to say we must recognize senator daniel inoueye and also the late senator montanagra who distinguished themselves in battle with the 100th battalion and 442nd infantry group in world war ii. after the surprise attack on pearl harbor, there was such an outrage and outcry for an all-out war against japan an days afterward, our president declared war against japan. out of this retaliation

againsta pan, however, tens of thousands of americans were caught in the cross fire. these americans just happened to be of japanese ancestry. the federal government immediately implemented a policy whereby over 100,000 americans of japanese ancestry, men, women and children, were forced to live in what we call relocation camps but were more like prison or concentration camps. their lands, their homes, their properties were confiscated by the federal government without due process of law. . there was a time in our history where there was so much hi tread and bigotry against americans who just happened to be of japanese ancestry. despite all of these, mr. speaker, over 10,000 japanese americans volunteered to join the u.s. military. despite the fact that their wives, their parents, their brothers, and sisters are in prison behind barbed wire

fences. as a result of such volunteerism, two combat units, the 100 battalion were organized and immediately sent to fight nazi germany in europe. mr. speaker, in my humble opinion history speaks for itself in documenting none have shed their blood more valiantly for our nation than the japanese american soldiers who served in these two combat units. these units suffered an unprecedented carbleuality rate of 314%. they emerged the most decorated combat unit of their size, in the history, military history of the u.s. army. the 100 battalion 442nd unit received over 16,000 individual decorations for bravery and courage in the field of battle. they were awarded 53 distinguished service cross, 560 silver stars, 9,486 purple hearts, and seven presidential unit citations, and the nation's

top award for combat units. and yet, yet ironically, mr. speaker, only one medal of honor was awarded to these soldiers. it was not until 1999 that congress took corrective action by mandating a re-examination of why just one medal of honor was awarded to these japanese american soldiers. as a result of this review process, president clinton awarded 20 additional congressional medals of honors to these brave japanese american soldiers and senator inouye was one of those recipients. mr. speaker, we should also note that while the 100 battalion and 442nd infantry were fighting on the for what purpose doeslines, thousands ever japanese americans also joined the first u.s. military foreign language intelligence school. the military intelligence service where they learned japanese. during the war about 6,000 m.i.s. agents formed an all army

units in the pacific and assigned to allied forces in australia, britain, canada, china, and india. they staffed the intelligence centers and their duties included the 442nd infantry. on october 5, 2010, president barack obama granted the congressional gold medal collectively to the 100 battalion and 442nd regimental combat group as well as the 6,000 japanese americans who served in the military intelligence service during world war ii. mr. speaker, i believe that each one of these americans, heroes, should be recognized for this high honor here in the heart of our nation's capital. the u.s. capitol, for their bravery, patriotism, and selfless service. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution to honor these men and women who valiantly served our nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi. >> mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania.

>> mr. speaker, i would like to yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, mrs. napolitano. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. napolitano: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. brady. i would like to add my support to the president obama's planning into law s. 1055 on october 5 of this year which grants the 110th infantry battalion, 442nd regiment combat team in the military intelligence service the congressional gold medal. and also authorizes the use of emancipation hall in the capitol visitor center to award this medal in the brave service men and women in recognition of their service do during wrorled war ii which my husband was a participant of. too long we tend to ignore the contributions of many of our military men and women simply because they don't look traditional. and i know that in california we

did the same thing with the fishing village in san pedro. there had -- they had been ignored. they lost everything and were put into camps during the war. so -- on another matter, mr. speaker, i would like to take this moment to address an issue that is very, very concerning to many of us, especially those in the latino community. may i have one minute? mr. brady: yield additional one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized one additional minute. mr. napolitano: mental health in our latino community has been ignored for too long, especially in all my minority communities but also hispanic. it's an issue we neat to take the stigma out and -- because we don't want to hear it, we don't want to see it, or speak about it. the third leading cause of death, 13th leading cause for hispanics of all ages. three-time world boxing champion, latino, affected by mental illness growing up, i was

the first generation in my family born in america. all i wanted to be was american. i had symptoms that professionals could have recognized. by the time i was 18 i was homeless and could have contemplated suicide. we have services for our youth which will share the message to never be afraid or be ashamed to ask for help. i ask for support for mental health and h.r. 7081. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from mississippi. >> i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'd like to now yield three minutes to the gentleman from washington state, mr. mcdermott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcdermott: -- three. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i rise as a very proud honorary member of the vets. the group that you are honoring today.

and in support of this resolution. seattle was the site of a roundup of thousands of americans. ordinary americans, had businesses, had truck farms, kids were going to high school, were going to college. one of them, young man named william nakamura, was 18-year-old kid at gar-field high school, rounded up, taken out in the middle of idaho to a camp out there, and then the government said, if you'd like to come back and join the military and serve, you can. there was lots of debate among the people in the camps about whether they should come back or not. as you heard 10,000 came back and were the most decorated unit in history of the united states military. they distinguished themselves

beyond any group that have ever served for this country. william nakumura took out two machine gun nests and was himself killed and the courthouse in seattle is now named after him. as a memorial to what this contrillion really stands for. the japanese -- country really stands for. the japanese americans set an example for this country we must never forget. as we look at our brothers and we sometimes can't distinguish just exactly you hearing -- hear ugly talk that's reminiscent of what went on in this country in the early 1940's, we must never will the us act again as we did against these japanese americans. they proved that an american is an american, no matter what his face looks like or her face

looks like, they are americans. and they deserve that respect. they deserve the due process of law. they lost all their property in seattle. give it to someone and say would you take care of this? some people did get it back at the end because other caucasian americans took it and held for them and gave it back after the war. they did not receive due process of law. there were all kinds of violations of their civil rights and that's why this memorial is important for us to remind ourselves of how real americans act. no matter where they came from. and how much they are willing to give to make this country the strong place that it is. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi. >> i have no other speakers. i am prepared to close. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania.

mr. brady: i have no other speakers. i'm prepared to close. again i urge all members to support this resolution. i'm extremely proud, myself is supportive, my father was a member of the united states marine corps that served in the pacific theater, and i'm sure he was very proud of the japanese men and women out there supporting him, helping him. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi. >> mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to senate concurrent resolution 28. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- mr. harper: mr. speaker. on this i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass senate bill 846. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 846, an act to designate the united states courthouse located at 80 lafayette street in jefferson city, missouri, as the christopher s. bond united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. denham, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. costello, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include

extraneous material on s. 846. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: senate bill 846 would designate the newly constructed federal courthouse at 80 lafayette street in jefferson city, missouri, as the christopher s. bond united states courthouse. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank senator blunt of missouri for introducing this legislation. i want to thank his colleague, senator mccaskill, also of missouri, for co-sponsoring this bill. senator bond has honorably served the state of missouri and this nation for many decades. he was born in st. louis, missouri, and went on to pursue his undergraduate degree at princeton university and his law degree at the university of virginia. after law school, he clerked for the honorable albert tunnel who was then the chief judge of the united states fifth circuit court of appeals in atlanta,

georgia. after a brief time in private practice in washington, d.c., he moved back to missouri where he was elected as missouri state auditor in 1970. two years later senator bond was elected governor of missouri at the age of 33, making him the youngest governor in state history. he served two terms from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. in 1986 senator bond ran successfully for united states senate where he represented the citizens of missouri for 24 years until his recent retirement after the 111th congress. during his time in the senate, he served on the -- on several committees and was chair of the committee on small business and entrepreneurship from 1995 to 2001. i believe that it's appropriate that we honor senator bond's dedicated service for his state and country. i support passage of this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, thank you very much.

i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i rise in strongs support of s. 846, a bill that names the united states courthouse located at 80 lafayette street in jefferson city, missouri, as the christopher s. bond united states courthouse. senator kit bond is a sixth generation missourian with a long and distinguished career in public service, spanning over 40 years, serving in many different capacities as an elected official at both the state and federal levels. senator bond served as a law clerk to the fifth circuit court of appeals. and missouri assistant state's attorney general, missouri state auditor, governor of missouri, and finally his longest serving post as united states senator from 1987 to 2010. from the state of missouri. in the senate, senator bond served on the committees on appropriations, commerce,