because of the recession the numbers moved up and it's really a scary situation, and we don't have a lot of time left before we have a debt crisis on our hands. all of those things we take for granted, the world's reserve currency, all those things are threatened. so i simply see it as my job elected by my colleagues to take this post to do whatever i can to address this issue, to be sort of a paul revere and to have this country get to have these conversations. with the president, i have a lot of respect for him but i don't respect the political tone that has been injected in this conversation which i think is counterproductive, not productive.

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>> i failed in my initial attempt at drafting language to include what i think is a central concept which is lgbt families which we need to discuss in an immigration context. second, i failed to offer a proper account of some of the great work this administration has already done. so, with the chair's indulgence if i may read the proposed amendment to my amendment. >> please. >> the new language would read as follows. the administration has said the word family in immigration includes lgbt relationships. in order to protect families threatened with deportation. this would be the first time families would tional

be included and it is a fitting reflex of what this president has done. i submit my amended amendment for the floor's consideration. >> so moved, correct? excuse me, hold on. you need sa seconds to get it in writing. i assume we have t. >> you do. >> give it to the parliament aaron because if she doesn't have it in writing i may not get back to newark. it is the amendment to the amendment. it is going there. the discussion is still open, correct. i need 15 seconds? >> moved. >> this is historic. can i hear it one more time very loudly. i want to hear it down in north

carolina. we will open it for discussion if anybody would like to discuss this very historic moment. no discussion. if my parliamentarian is happy. i live to make her happy. i will ask for ayes. >> aye. >> tobias, congratulations. your amendment has passed. applause] >> we are the party of we, not me. we are the party of inclusion, not exclusion. and as a part of inclusion you take us all as fractured and the failings that we have. i have many of them. my parliamentarian corrected me. i want to thank my party for letting me serve here. she connected me with a smile

but don't be fooled behind that smile. she told me what you did not approve. you approved the amendment to the amendment but not approved the amendment. if you are following that on tv we have done the amendment to the amendment but not the amendment so we must go back to do the amendment. >> moved. >> moved. >> seconded. >> no discussion. vote again. aye. >> aye. any nays. thank you to my party. the amendment has passed. applause again. [applause] i will now return to the good clerk to continue to take us through this section before i admit my second mistake. >> 24 is moment number one on page 27, line number five. sponsored guy faru shfrpb ansy.

ban on torture and timetable for the closure of guantanamo bay. >> we have an amendment and we have the gentleman who made the amendment to kocome speak. the other mistake i made is four people would come forward to speak on the whole section. perhaps i should have done that first but perhaps it will be better to do it after the amendments. i have not forgotten. i will bring you back up. thank you for indulging my faults and foibles. >> good morning. i'm from texas. what i would like to do in the interests of breakfast city withdraw amendment -- brevity is withdraw amendment number one and number two and i would like to say a few words. >> out of gratitude you can say more than a few. >> i would like to speak about the rule of law in honoring our values and protecting our citizen.

i think the presidential torture ban and intent to close guantanamo in conjunction with other agencies is clear on staying true it our evaluation at home. as far as the second amendment which i have withdrawn i feel there is a provision under tr s transnational crime under stronger and the safer and more secure home safeguarding u.s. citizens. i think that the implication is clear this applies whether the citizen is on u.s. soil or elsewhere. i think our values are well represented in this document. thank you very much. >> i'm grateful for your words and they are very important. please give him a round of applause. [applause] >> that is extraordinary. i would like to return to the dusd dulcet. >> amendment seven is as follows. following the text need for abortions insert we invite all

persons of good will whether across the political aisle or within our party to work together to reduce the incidence of abortion. >> i would like to invite the kind gentleman to come forward and give some remarks on this amendment. > yes, thank you, madam chair, chairman booker. i rise today as a catholic, feminist and someone who believes our work is a sacred effort. this election should be about ideas. ideas affecting the most challenging and serious issues facing our nation today. for too long the far right have used social issues to divide our nation while doing nothing to advance the cause of the common good. i'm here as a catholic, as a proud democrat to say that there's been no greater ally in the common ground movement in reaching across the aisle, across our philosophical

differences than president ob a obama. his ability to propose real solutions to our most challenging challenges of our day. i'm withdrawing my amendment. after having heart warming and serious conversations with of this committee about finding ways to achieve common ground and i'm here today to invite everyone to join me in a conversation about what it is to be a pro family, pro woman pa y party, to find actual solutions to the most challenging issue facing our country including reducing unplanned pregnancies. so, with that i withdraw my amendment. >> firm i want to give you a lot of congratulate todd. first -- gratitude. many of you do not know the background of this fine gentleman. he is a leader within one of the

most treasured catholic groups in the democratic party. he's been a friend of our president and a bridge build are within our party and i thank you very much. please, another round of applause. [applause]. >> amendment number 30 found on page 28, line 18 fp. it is sponsored by sean stevens. amend the voting rights section to insert the word photo before the phrase voter identification laws. >> very important parts of our platform here especially in what is going on in many states. i would like to again get a mover for this amendment. >> moved. >> i would like to get a whole lot of seconds. >> second. >> any discussion? no discussion. ayes inlike to hear any favor. >> aye. >> any nays.

the amendment has passed and we can move on. >> thank you. amendment number 22, this is found on page 28, line number 20. this amendment has been withdrawn. amendment number 24, this is found on page 28, line number 21. this amendment has been withdrawn. amendment number 25, this is found on page 30, line number 10. this amendment has been withdrawn. amendment number 38, this is found on page 30, line number 36. this is sponsored by matt haney and reads as follows. prisoner rehabilitation and public safety.

>> if matt haney would like to speak on this. matt, you are becoming a regular at open mic night here at the democratic party. >> i'm also withdrawing this amendment. i would like to say though that it is critical that we put rehabilitation at the forefront of our public safety policies. as a democratic party who believe in second chances we have to second -- stand up for second chances. we refer to local prison to work programs and talk about focusing on recidivism and have been folks come back to the communities and enter as full members of the community and make sure they are prepared to do that. as a democratic party i think we have stood up for that and we need to continue to stand up for that and i urge the president and democratic party to do that in the second term. >> you are very much on point. i'm going to get your applause in a second. i want to echo your concern to

speak on this like a new jerseyan should even though you are from california. but programs like there make streets safer and save taxpayer dollars and repair communities and empower the children of the individuals. it is the right policy. i as mayor have benefited from grants that barack obama has made possible. so you are speaking to the truth of what our platform is about and to the actions and leadership this president has and i want to thank you and i hope we will all give him a round of applause. >> amendment number 21 on page 31, line number four. this is sponsored by brad thompson. it has been withdrawn. chair, this concludes the amendments for this section. >> excuse me for a second. amendment number 30, which i

would like to invite the amendme amendment's sponsor to kocome forward, sean stevens from texas if i have this right. mr. stevens, it is good to see you again. i talked to you earlier. i would be privileged if you amendment.ss this >> i would like to move to reconsider the vote by which we adopted this amendment for this reason. in texas the emphasis has been on the photo voter i.d. laws that were imposed recently. what it essentially did is changed the definition of what it means to identify a voter. previously in texas a voter registration certificate would as identification at the polling location. but with the new laws passed in texas that are currently being litigated by the department of the ability of texans

in certain counties to get a photo voter i.d. is burdensome and suppressive of the vote. some counties in texas it is a 200-mile roundtrip to get a trip to the driver's license office. however, i have been informed in some states it is beyond photo voter that the laws are being put in place can lead to an oppressive result. so, for the interest of clarification, recognizing that one size fits all language provision including photo doesn't take into account the oppressive measures that are being enacted in other states. >> i understand you would like us to first reconsider the amendment then vote to retract the amendment to its prefer language? >> that's correct. >> we have two actions. first is can i get somebody to move to reconsider?

>> move. >> a bunch of seconds. >> second. >> discussion, none. we heard the valuable discussion. this is a vote to reconsider. can i hear the ayes in favor. >> aye. >> nay? we will take a vote to reject the amendment returning to its original large are more language. >> that's correct. >> do i have a motion? >> moved. >> do i have a lot of roomful of seconds? >> second. >> do i have discussion? yes. >> use that microphone. i would like to reaffirm this is probably the right action. i'm from colorado and in colorado we have a very, very narrow interpretation of identification and so if we