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>> we're waiting to hear from republican leadership, the new republican leadership kevin mccarthy, who will assume the majority leader position at the beginning of august when eric cantor steps down and the new majority whip will be steve scalise of louisiana. russell berman of the hill comments, tweets scalise, red state conservative in g.o.p. leadership for the first time since hensarling. those leaders should be coming to the microphones soon.

>> we're waiting to hear from house republican leadership and opening our phone lines to hear what you think about the newly elect leadership. 585-3886 for mocrats and all others 202-585-2887. the new leaders, kevin mccarthy of california will assume the majority leader position in early august.

as eric cantor steps down and elected new majority whip, representative steve scalise, four-term republican out of the first district in louisiana. he will likewise assume that position in the early days of august. let's hear from donna, who is in bloomington, illinois, on the republican line as we wait to hear from the leadership. donna, you're on the air government ahead. caller: i am. well, i'm a staunch republican and i wanted to thank and congratulate representative scalise. i must tell you we're so, so proud in this direct of peter rass come. he's done so much good. if you read the articles put out about him, he is a chief listener and he can work across e aisles and he's a quiet, hard worker. we want to send him our best from our district and tell him never give up, keep climbing the

ladder and do the work of the people. we're severely proud of of you, peter. >> moments ago the congressman from new york, peter king, in front of the cameras. let's hear from lucy from franklin, tennessee, democrats line. you're on the air. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i just want to comment on -- it as some gentleman, woman wants to impeach obama and why they're wanting to impeach him because he is black. and a black man don't have any business running -- leading the world like he's doing. and also, is john boehner running in this election, leadership election? >> john boehner is the speaker of the house so his position wasn't -- wasn't up for election. it may be the 114th begins, they have entirely new leadership elections. caller: that's what wanted know.

thank you. you have a blessed rest of the afternoon. >> this is alan, who is in tacoma, washington. independents line. hi, alan. caller: how are you doing today? >> fine, thank you. caller: i'm not impressed at all. cantor was a worm but this guy, all he really has to do is sit there and fold his arms and say oh, no. these republicans are looking like the biggest jokes i have seen in years. i say that because what do they spend their time doing. trying to suppress minorities' votes? lower taxes? it's ridiculous. have is the best they probably ever been in, certainly in my lifetime. it's a game of king of the mountain for these republicans. eric cantor got bounced because he was sucking up to the banks. and true conservatives, just regular people, hate that.

but what i'm seeing is just more of the same. crony capitalism, this is the worst the republicans have to offer. they're not conservatives. they are suck-ups to their buddies and banks fraternity brothers, whatever else. it's disgusting and i'm quite ashamed. >> a comments -- we will stay here live. there's joe bardin of texas coming out. members finished voting and speaking to reporters and more. this is shirley in bakersfield, california n. kevin mccarthy's district. hi, go ahead. caller: hi, yes, i'm in kevin's district. happens to be a good, down-to-earth man who also happens to be from a very conservative part of california, which most places are not in the state. and he's somebody that has served us locally very well. he is concerned about us and also concerned about the rest of

the nation. he's a fiscal conservative. he's also very concerned about immigration and high-speed rail which will affect everybody in the nation because of federal taxes. we're very proud that he's in the position and, go, kevin! thank you. >> clarksville, virginia, next up. donald's on the democrats' line. caller: yes, i just wanted to say i hope this guy is going to be a whole lot better than eric cantor for the simple reason is that, you know, most of these republicans, they are not concerned with trying to govern a country. all they're after is trying to bring obama done. and -- >> donald, i will let you go. we're watching speaker boehner come out and up to the microphone momentarily. thank you for joining us.

>> i want to congratulate the two new members of our leadership team, kevin mccarthy for california is our new majority leader and steve scalise from louisiana is our new majority whip. i want to thank all of my colleagues who did participate in this election. competition is a good thing. our job is to stay focused on the american people's priorities. we made their priorities our priorities. the american people still asking, where are the jobs? our job is to make sure we are doing everything we can to promote our economy, create more jobs and higher wages for the american people. now let me turn it over to our

new majority leader, kevin mccarthy. >> first and foremost, i want to thank my constituents and my colleagues for the trust they have instilled in me. america is struggling. we're struggling with a stagnant economy, a failed health care law and so many are living paycheck to paycheck. they are looking for individuals that put people before politics. i make one promise, i will work every single day to make sure this conference has the courage to lead with the wisdom to listen. and will turn this country around. i too want to thank my colleagues and my constituents for the honor they entrusted me to be the next majority whip. i'm looking forward to bringing a fresh, new voice to our leadership table and joining with this team to help confront the challenges that people all across this country are facing.

we have solid, conservative solution that's will solve the problems facing our country. we reached out to the president to join us in solving those problems but we're going to continue to move forward in the house as a united team building a stronger team to address those problems and continue to work to get our country back on track and economy moving again. >> this has been a big day for the republicans and i'm proud to stand with our new leadership team for the 113th congress and congratulations to our new majority leader, kevin mccarthy and our new majority whip steve scalise. and more than anything, we are united. we are united in our efforts to move america forward, make america strong. make sure moms and dads have more opportunities to provide, bring home higher paychecks for their children and provide for their families. we're united in getting americans back to work. we are united in getting the job done here on capitol hill. we want to be putting forward solutions, rather than continuing to see inaction out of the senate. we're going to continue to work

on behalf of the people that have sent us here to make them proud and give them more opportunity. >> a couple questions. >> the second ballot here, a lot of people say the tests that counted on leadership, how did you have this number down that you were able to get -- >> we built a strong team representative of our entire conference. i'm proud to be the chairman of the republican study committee, which is 176 members of our conference. and i have worked very hard over that year and a half that i have been chairman to build consensus, to move conservative solutions forward in a way that unes our conference and solves problems facing our country. the results hi in that year and a half had broad appeal

throughout our conference, and those who helped strengthen our time to address the problems that face america. we have built a strong team, a team very representative of our entire conference, which shows. the conference wants to move forward even stronger so we can do a better job of addressing the problems facing the country and now have the white house and senate start working with us to join in and addressing those roblems as well. this is a win for america because we're going to be a more united team moving forward. you look at a senate that's dysfunctional. there are so many bills that we passed to get our economy moving again, solve real problems facing hard-working taxpayers the senate doesn't even want to act on. the president doesn't want to engage, sit in the oval office with a pen acting like there's no legislative branch. people want to see people in washington working together to solve real problems. i think what this message sends is the house is very united to address those and now we're waiting, let the senate and president follow suit. >> mr. speaker, i have a

question for mr. mccarthy. sir, probably a lot of grass roots republicans out there, the kind that voted for dave against eric cantor saying are you guys kidding me? we got him out because we wanted a more conservative leadership and they elected a guy from one of the bluest states of the union in california. >> they elected a guy who is a grandson of a cattle rancher, son of a firefighter, only in america do you get that opportunity. they elected a guy that has only grown up through the grass roots. -- elected a guy that's spends his time going around recruiting individuals to get the majority. i have always had to struggle for whatever we wanted to overcome. i think that's the greatest part about america, they always give you the privilege and the opportunity. that's what this party brings as well. i think you you get an opportunity, people will be very

impressed about what we're going to do and where we're going to go. >> thank you, thank you.

>> we just heard from new republican leadership kevage mccarthy and new republican whip steve scalise of louisiana. we saw moments ago speaker john boehner exiting the hall. there's steve scalise coming out of the longworth office building and surrounded by reporters there. we will open up our phone lines, and keep them open and hear what you have to think about the new elected leaders for republicans. 202-585-3885 for republicans. democrats 202-585-3886 and for ll others, 202-585-3887. >> the problems facing our country, i think you have seen a lot of the results over the last year and a half. we will continue to work hard to build a coalition to solve

problems and get our country back on track. that's what we want to do and i think we have proven a way to do it. >> was it a first ballot win? >> one of the reporters asking questions of steve scalise said on twitter scalise's win was his first win and if you want to be whip, you have to be able to count the votes correctly in your own leadership race. let's go to a call. leesburg, virginia, what do you think about the new republican leadership? caller: i'm very disappointed this happened. we didn't vote cantor out to get another chamber of commerce, crooked chamber of commors guy in. to be honest about it, in theed that cochran race in mississippi, even bloomberg donated as well as mitch mcconnell. it's a huge cluster of guys that

are bought and paid for and us americans, i'm a veteran, we're sick of it and we're organizing to throw these guys out by going different places and voting -- >> leo, listen in and see if we hear something from kevin ccarthy. >> the whole package. this was probable floirge group in favor of immigration reform. been elected and starting putting out the appeal. >> what do you make of that and expectation because your position on immigration -- >> my expectation, you're all going to get hurt here. >> thank you. >> what's happening along -- >> whoa! >> are you ok?

>> some people do that as a red erring -- >> kevin mccarthy heading back to the capitol, probably to beat some of the severe weather on its way to washington. but more than likely to do his job, which is count votes. he's still majority whip and house will be gaveling back in shortly to resume and finish deliberation on the 2015 defense spending bill. we're asking about the republican election. what do you think of kevin mccarthy, now elected as majority leader and steve scalise of louisiana elected majority whip. noel is from washington on the independent line. >> yes, i'm very upset. kevin mccarthy is just another

one like cantor was and still is. it's time for the american voters to wake up and the impeachment of obama needs to happen not because he's black but because he thinks he's the king of the u.s., where he doesn't take control of power and congress has no input. that's going to stop. also, down in mississippi, cochran needs to lose and daniel craig needs to be open. dan needs to be voted out, karen, mccarthy and also mike reuters and peter king need to be voted out. >> a couple callers mentioneded that cochran in mississippi. political reports today indicate arizona senator john mccain will be campaigning this weekend for senator cochran. here's willow grove, pennsylvania. and this is colin on the democrats' line. go ahead. caller: yes, i honestly believe we kind of just got a worm for a worm or snake for a snake. i don't know too much about these two guys but i think

republicans are just liars and really they don't know what the american people want. they aren't working for the american people. i think we need to start doing what the american people want and republicans really are not for that. >> let's hear from our republican line, from jordan, minnesota. terry, hello. caller: hi, thank you for taking my call. i had actually called earlier today to find out how john kline, congressman was going to vote and they couldn't tell me. they said they were deliberating or something. >> you called his office? >> yes, earlier and got the run-around. i called after to find out how he was voting, how he did vote and they gave me the run-around. yeah, i have actually been a delegate to the state of minnesota republican convention. >> right. caller: i had signs of john kline in front of my yard many times. but don't know how john voted but i'm guessing he went with roys.

not only does the sign come down and never again to go up, goes in the dumpster but i will never send him anymore money. as far as i'm concerned i never, ever in my life voted for a democrat but this will motivate me too. >> terry, if you had your choice with john kline, who would you have him vote for in the majority leader race and majority whip? >> the -- the guy from utah -- >> idaho? >> idaho, exactly. i will tell you why. obviously, he's more conservative, number one. but the fact that the republicans actually had a chance to put a man up there that was a minority status and be able to say we are a country, we're a party that's together. we welcome everybody into this party and not just have some rich california slick operator to have that position to me just says what unfortunately what the democrats are saying about the party and as far as i'm

concerned, i called him and told him what exactly i would do. not only did they not care but they were rude. his staff was rude when i called congress. and also the local people were rude too. you know what, i have never, ever voted for one but that's -- whoever the democrats get to run against him, call me up because i'm going to be your man. >> terry, i'm not sure but there may be -- there may be a place where those votes are be announced, conference votes. not sure. some of the nominating speeches, i know "the wall street journal" had posted some of the nominating speeches from members but i'm unsure if there's a place where you can find out how your member voted. if you called your members' office later today, you may be able to find out. later today, by the way, within 10 minutes scombect the house to gavel back in. they will resume work on the commodity futures trading commission. and they will also finish up work today -- likely to finish up work on defense spending for 2015. a couple tweets from reporters

following the election today. peter from "the blaze" tweets louis gomer tellings "the blaze" mccarthy told him, quote, it will not be business as usual. just a note, we will cover that on the c-span networks that.s0 will be early afternoon. here's one from daniel new howser from "roll call" -- columbia, maryland, next up. nick on the independent line. hi. in 2012 m -- i think election, there was a big ron tol -- the libertarians need

get more into the republicans and try to get -- the libertarians need to get these positions instead of like having liberated e need a government and the government is way too big. by putting bigger government, we're just going to get bigger government. >> nick, thank you for that comment. this is chicago. pat is on the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to say i think the republicans get a bad -- a bad break on all of this. they vote on bills, go through the senate, harry reid tables it and a democratic president, what can they get done? i mean, i don't see why everybody is blaming the

republicans. i think they should blame harry reid and obama. but plus there's a woman who called earlier who said that people who want to impeach obama are doing it only because he's black and i was very offended by that. i didn't think that was a fair comment. >> appreciate that. back to some comments on twitter. josh hicks of "the washington post" -- not related to that leadership race but another story. kevin mccarthy is majority leader because he raised almost as millions of dollars as cantor. it is all about money. gop from the house hates us.

this is jeffrey on memphis, democrat's' line. i think we should not play the lame game. -- the blame game. we elected these people to represent us and everything else. coming this dark together as america. we are stronger than ever, and there is nothing we can overcome. come together and work together as one, we can get anything done . rouge, thebaton breaking news alert, scalise elected as with. -- whip.

democrats' line. caller: i wanted to say that the republicans are used to power. i say that somebody has got to be held accountable, otherwise -- nobody is being held accountable. watcher language there -- watch your language a. kalispell, montana. caller: hi. my question is this new group of people that are elected to the office, does this mean that we are not going to have a government shutdown again?

and if they are going to go ahead and get something passed on immigration to get this dealt with at our borders, and also if they are going to change the regulations to where if they do not show for work they do not get paid? week andot just work a a half out of every month and get a regular paycheck. fourhave to either work 10-hourays a week -- days a week? host: are you talking about congress? hopefully areguys going to change things and not shut the government down. host: appreciate your call.

a couple of tweets here. scalise's election to w on to red-stager gets that gop leadership team. another says congress could be forced to vote on iraq today, after the president's comments today, saying they will send up to 300 advisors to arak. -- iraq. it is expected there may be at least two amendments by barbara lee that would prevent any of that 2015 money emus for iraq. sarasota, republican line. the house is about to come in. myler: thank you for taking call. thank you for c-span. it is good for the republican ,arty because it brings it out

just what happened with cantor, he was a really good guy and i himk we should go on with and it is a good choice for the republican party. host: democrats' line. you make it a last word. what do you think about the election of mccarthy and scalise? caller: the democrats have to retake the house. the houses coming back in. thanks for all your calls and comments. business ite on adotchings house resolution 629 -- adoption of house resolution 629 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 113. house resolution 629. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 4413, to re-authorize the commodity futures trading commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide

end users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the commission, to help farmers, ranchers and end users manage risks to help keep consumers costs low and for what purpose does. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the adoption -- and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the adoption of the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 230. the nays are 184. he resolution is approved. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany h.r. 4903, a bill making appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 1 of rule 21, the points of order are reserved. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of i may 0 and that include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: is there any objection? the house ction -- ill be in order.

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise with many of the women of the house, both republican and democrat, the members of the congressional women's softball team, to share with our colleagues that last night at the sixth annual congressional women's softball game the members beat the press nd took back the trophy.

now, unbelievably -- unbelievably, the press seems to be absent in -- they want to cover us on everything else but seem to be absent in observing these proceedings. we are so proud to report to you that we didn't just beat them we beat them badly, 10-5, and we were able to raise the most that we've ever raised for the young survivor coalition which in total for the last six years we raised almost -- we raised just over $500,000 for the young survival coalition which helps raise awareness and help young women who are facing breast cancer. i know all of you know by now that i am a breast cancer survivor myself. was diagnosed at 41. so this is so personal for me and i want to thank all of my teammates who have become my sisters and friends and the best thing about this game

besides we're able to raise awareness for women all across this country is the friendships we all form, that many of us know would not ever have been made without us playing together on this team. it was so much fun, for such a good cause. actually, what we'd like to do, before i turn it over to my co-captain, mrs. capito, we'd like to get coach mack. she doesn't get the recognition she deserves. we love her so much. natalie gave us such incredible skill building drills this year. it really made a difference and our bats were hot. our fielding was great. we had very few errors. we geled as a team. if i could just say one thing before i turn it over to mrs. capito, we are really so proud of the fact that this is a bipartisan team.

and, you know, we hopefully set an example for how it really is possible to set aside politics and work together, and we're very proud of being able to do that. many of us work together in the chamber now we played together on the field. so we hope that we can continue to set an example and make sure that we can, as much as possible, put aside politics so we can do things together for the country. so with that the gentlelady from west virginia, my co-captain. mrs. capito: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. mrs. capito: i would like to thank -- i'd like to thank my co-captain and members of the senate that played with us as well. it was wonderful. the press, you all will be happy to know, that we did not exploit the youth and inexperience of the press too much. because we had several grandmothers on the team, which is repeated for the poor folks who aren't grandmothers, i'd

like to call down our other coach, mr. perlmutter. he's coming. thanks, coach. i'd also like to make special recognition to two new members of the team this year, kathryn and jamie. they did great. and for our members who did not play with us this year, they were dressed and cheering right by the sidelines. so thank you, all, for coming. thanks all who came out and supported us. thanks all of you who support such a great cause. sorry we beat you. not really. we're on to next year because we do enjoy it. it is a labor of love because we're up early in the morning and the wind and the rain and thanks for all the support you give us. thanks for your support. thanks, everybody.

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 628 and rule 18, the chair declares the house that the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4870. will the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, kindly esume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4870 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, june 18, 2014, a request for a recorded vote offered by the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, had been postponed and

the bill had been read through -- proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed and in the following order. an amendment by mr. gohmert of texas. amendment number 4 by in blumenauer of oregon. amendment by mr. nadler of new york. an amendment by mrs. walorski of indiana. the chair will reduce to two minutes for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. gohmert of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 130 and the nays are

292 and the amendment fails to pass. unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4, printed in the congressional record offered by the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed in a voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: the yeas are 178, the

nays are 240 -- the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 179, the nays are 244. the amendment fails to pass.

242. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, on which the further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by a voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nadler of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: the yeas are 187 and the nays are 233, the amendment fails to pass. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from from indiana, on which the further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by a voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. walorski of indiana. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having isen, a recorded vote is

ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: the yeas are 238, the nays are 1779. the amendment is adopted.

the chair: the committee will be in order. the committee will be in order.

the chair: the committee will be in order.

the chair: members will take their conversations off the floor. he committee will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will read the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. cotton of arkansas. >> mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order.

the gentleman from arkansas. >> i rise to -- the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from arkansas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. cotton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cotton: mr. speaker, this amendment -- >> mr. chairman, the house is ot in order. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cotton: mr. speaker, my amendment would very simply prohibit the use of funds in this legislation from being used to transfer detainees at guantanamo bay to their country of origin or any foreign country. there are two main reasons why this amendment is necessary. both related to the president's action in trading five senior

taliban commanders for private bergdahl. first, he's proven that section 1035 of the national defense authorization act is inadequate and, second, we need to review the conditions of release of the taliban five. on the first point, this congress granted the president last year expanded authority to release detainees from guantanamo bay conditioned on 30 days' notice to the congress as well as certain other conditions. the president abused that authority by releasing the taliban five without notification, even to the so-called gang of eight, the senior leaders of both parties in both chambers, the senior leaders of both intelligence committees in both chambers and both parties. the chair: the committee will be in order. the committee will be in order. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. cotton: the president, having duly signed the national

defense authorization act into law with those restrictions and then did not obey those restrictions, yet did not claim his article 2 constitutional powers to override them. therefore, it's imperative on our institution to reclaim on principle our constitutional authority. second, the taliban five had been released into the country of qatar. we need to take a year to review the conditions of those release. as many of you have seen, they appear to be moving about freely in the country of qatar without any restrictions on their movement absent the requirement they remain in qatar. this would allow them, senior commanders, remind you, to communicate freely with taliban on the battlefield against our troops in afghanistan. we should be able to take at least one year to see if such conditions are adequate to support the release of such hardened terrorist commanders. what does this amendment not do? this is not a permit ban on transfers of detainees from

guantanamo bay. nor does it authorize indefinite detention. it says we'll take with-on--year pause to evaluate the conditions under which five taliban commanders were released. who are these detainees? they are not goat herders who were innocently swept swept by the american military. nor are they foot soldiers. they are the worst of the worse which guantanamo bay says 120 of are high risk to return to the battle. in fact just this week, a former guantanamo bay detainee was arrested in spain, recruiting for the islamic state of iraq and syria, the terrorist group that's currently rampaging through both syria and iraq. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment, stand up for your honor as a co-equal branch, stand up for our national country, stand up for the safety of your constituents. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time.

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? mr. visclosky: mr. chairman, i rise to seek time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. visclosky: i appreciate the recognition. the gentleman would have a restriction -- and i would point out -- after today's vote this would now be the fifth restriction relative to the detainees at guantanamo bay. while the gentleman suggests that it's not a permanent ban, it's a mantra of, let's do nothing. these are human beings, whether we want to admit that or not, and to simply continue after 13 years to do nothing is wrong. we are a nation of laws. i believe the continued operation of guantanamo bay reduces our nation's credibility and weakens our national security by providing terrorist organizations with

recruitment material. also, we are debating an appropriation bill. and people ought to understand hat we are spending $2.7 million annually per inmate at guantanamo bay, which is about 35 times more than the cast of an inmate at a supermaximum federal prison in the united states. i would also point out that the united states has transferred 620 detainees from guantanamo since may of 2002 with 532 transfers occurring during the bush administration and 88 transfers occurring during the obama administration. at this point, mr. chairman, i'd reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. cotton: i yield one minute to the gentleman from florida. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman -- the gentleman from florida is

recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague, mr. cotton. i rise today in support of my colleague, tom cotton's amendment which would prohibit any funds to be used to transfer any detainees at guantanamo bay. we are a nation of law. i support this amendment for a litany of reasons. chief among them that it sends a clear message to the president that he cannot circumvent congress and he, the president, cannot override the law of the land of notifying congress 30 days prior to releasing as he did with the five prisoners in exchange for sergeant bergdahl. mr. yoho: the implications of this release will have a far-reaching impact on the national security of the united states. just recently, as mr. cotton pointed out, spanish authorities arrested a former guantanamo bay detainee on suspicions of running a terrorist recruitment network, the director of national intelligence said by january of 2014, about 29% of the 614

detainees released that were mentioned earlier from the prison at guantanamo bay have returned to violence. our brave men and women in uniform have fought too hard and sacrificed too much to have the president release these detainees who will likely return straight to the battlefield. we understand this and our constituents understand this and i support this amendment and i urge my colleagues to support this strongly too. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: mr. chairman, i'd point out relative to the gentleman's suggestion that we need to make sure the laws of the lands are followed, that's exactly what we do in this bill. chairman frelinghuysen had an amendment in the full committee that i supported and spoke on behalf of given the recent transfer of prisoners by the administration and the taliban and the fact is in section 9015 of the bill, as printed and

pending, says no more than 15% of the funds made available may be obligated until the secretary of defense provides the congressional defense and intelligence committees with a detailed spent plans for the funds provided. the chairman's initiative that i support and the committee voted for makes sure the law is followed. this amendment is unnecessary, and i will continue to reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve the balance of his time. the gentleman from arkansas has one minute remaining. mr. cotton: with respect to the gentleman from indiana on numerous points, this is the fifth restriction that this congress has undertaken. if it were to pass it simply shows the judgment of this congress, the people's representatives that these remaining 120 -- 149 detainees are too dangerous to be cavalierly release understood a country without adequate constraints or without notification of congress, as the law that the president signed demanded.

i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: mr. chairman, i'd recognize the gentleman from virginia -- how much time do i have, if i could ask? the chair: the gentleman has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. visclosky: i'd yield with -- two minutes to the gentleman from virginia. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in opposition to this bill. there are some facts that need to be put on the table that are inconsistent with what has been uggested by the gentleman. 18.6% of the people that were released by the bush administration were confirmed recidivism cases. but it needs to be made clear that the obama administration has released 95 people, and five of them have gone back to the battlefield. now, we don't want anyone to go back to the battlefield. there are 149 detainees still at guantanamo. 15 are clearly the worst of the

worse. nobody is talking about transferring them ever, but there are a number of muslim men who are innocent of any act against this country or our allies who are in the wrong place at the wrong time and kidnapped by bounty hunters. only 5% of the prisoners held at guantanamo were actually apprehended by u.s. forces. as many as 86% were delivered to coalition forces in exchange for bounty of millions of dollars per head. there are 78 people who have been cleared for release by the department of defense, and they are still under detention. that's a travesty. that's not right. that's inconsistent with everything we believe and stand for in terms of american jurisprudence. now, i think the gentleman has made it clear sufficiently by now that many of us know that the political and illegal expediency of this detention

center at guantanamo has not been worth the cost to america's reputation around the world, nor to the erosion of our legal and ethical standards here at home. far too long over the course of this war we've let our fiscal year and anger triumph over our commitment to the rule of law. every day we continue to hold these men without charge we diminish ourselves and cede our moral authority in the world. mr. chairman, this amendment is wrong. we need to exercise our judgment, not all are the same. not all should be there. some should be tried in our courts and this country has the ability to try and prosecute them. thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: both members have 30 seconds remaining. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. cotton: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i yield my remaining time to the gentleman from new york. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for 30 seconds.

national defense authorization act congress knows the dangers by these detainees. ever since magna carta we've denied the government to imprison and punish people on mere accusation. just because congress labels someone as a terrorist doesn't mean to make them one. they need to prove themselves in court. now we imprison indefinitely without trial. how can we be sure we are punishing actual terrorists, not innocent people? guantanamo should be closed and the inmates ought to be tried or released. it's time to close guantanamo to end this shame on american justice. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. cotton: 149 terrorists are t goat herders, but bomb makers and intelligence experts that have killed americans.

there have been releases in the past but they were of less dangerous terrorists. the joint task force at guantanamo bay says 120 of 129 are high risk to return to the battlefield and that is over 80%. put a pause on the president's lawsless release of the guantanamo five. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. mr. visclosky: i would ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on this amendment will be postponed. for what purpose does the

gentleman from indiana rise? mr. visclosky: i move to strike the last word and i would like to yield to ms. kaptur from ohio at this time. mrs. capito: i thank the gentleman -- ms. kaptur: i thank the gentleman for yielding, i support this bill and provisions therein which underscore that a free democratic independent ukraine is in the interests of everybody everywhere and the european continent that shares the values and respects the rule of law. ukraine faces enormous challenges in transitioning to a democratic society and now begins and russia sabtadges them. the ordinary incomes have dropped. onsumer inflation is up 16%. forcing private consumption top

drop and further pushing g.d.p. to decline. life for ordinary citizens has become increasingly unsympathetic. liberty hangs in the balance. economic pressures will further mount as russia restricts gas supplies to ukraine. this is the time for attention to ukraine which holds enormous potential to be the world's bread basket if only political conditions are stabilized to allow a better future to be built for all. one often ignored and by the world community is ukraine evilage women. despite all obstacles, they produce nearly half the food that that nation's citizens eat. on plots that are small and open pastures, these women, many of them grandmothers, toil, using hand tools, wearing old boots

and planting seeds. -drawn ime-worn horse wagon need tires. and they often lack water and indoor plumbing. life is survival and it is hard. empowering them to their life easier would be one step we would could take to allow ukraine to transition to a better future. for these reasons the appropriations committee included language in the defense bill directing the secretary of defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this act saying that the additional assistance including out of the surplus warehouses. the goal of our efforts to empower the women of ukraine who despite enormous obstacles is to

use humanitarian shipments from our country to anywhere where in the world to provide items to help them with food production and preservation. good seed, buckets, wheelbarrows, boots, hoes, rakes, fencing, carts, used tires that will fit the horse-drawn wagons. drying equipment, sizzors, grass clippers, hammers, hose, rope and strings and shortwaive radios? we anticipate with other provisions in this legislation states with capacity such as ohio, can arrange humanitarian shipments through the national guard partnerships to transport the tools and supplies to the ukranian women in their villages through charitable networks in their country. i recognize the important

inclues in this bill. i thank the chairman of our committee and the ranking member and all freedom-loving people to understand the vital consequence of these provisions at this moment in history. i would like to yield back any remaining time i have to the ranking member. the chair: the gentlelady yields ack. mr. frelinghuysen: i join in the ranking member in commending you for this this. as you know we share a love and represent a number of ukranian americans and we know their plight and salute your efforts and this is an important focus you have brought to our attention. ms. kaptur: thank you very much for your openness to this. mr. visclosky: i want to thank the gentlewoman for her service and for her commitment to this

country and to the ukranian people. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: at the end of the bill, insert the following, section, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act may be used to transferor prepare or plan for the retirement or divestment of the fleet during fiscal year 2015. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from new jersey and member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. runyan: none of the funds made available may be used to retire, divest or transferor to

prepare the kc-10. i have been a strong supporter of the ck-46a. during the transition, it is critical that we are able to meet all mission requirements. i'm strongly concerned by the air force's proposal to do a possible vertical cut and retire it. having the mission capability shortfall by eliminating the newest tanker in our inventory while the new one comes online is unacceptable. as many of you are aware, i'm proud to have the base in my district along with my colleague, mr. garamendi, which are both home to the kc-10. this is not parochial. air refueling and readiness issue. the kc-10 platform has more than

proved itself as a work horse in support of air refueling in iraq, and afghanistan and homeland defense and other missions as called upon. unlike other tankers in our inventory it can refuel the air force, navy with its dual boom and hose systems. it can be refueled while in flight, helping extend our global reach. this aircraft is critical to provide an air bridge to support our combat commanders. this amendment sends a message to the air force and d.o.d. that congress remains committed to active oversight over our air refueling mission and platforms, significant capacityity to support our war fighters. i thank everyone for working with me on this important amendment. i would highlight our appreciation and strong support

f the chairman and has shown strong support. there is no mission for our air refueling needs. mr. frelinghuysen: let me thank my colleague from new jersey for raising this important issue. we believe that this proposal to be an extremely risky proposition because the kc-10 provides particularly vital link in the air bridge that enables global operations of our armed forces. we could not have done what we did in afghanistan and iraq without this vital link. and to retire the entire fleet would be a huge mistake. this is the only tanker that currently uses the boom to fuel air force aircraft and the

basket to refuel the navy and marine corps fleet. it is darn important. i appreciate the work you have done to bring this to our attention. we have included language in our bill which re-emphasizes the importance of the kc-10 to national security. thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. runyan: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i rise to claim time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. visclosky: i appreciate the recognition and certainly at the outset, compliment the gentleman for his concern about the kc-10 and for his remarks about the performance of the aircraft as well as the value to our country. that is not in dispute and that certainly is not the reason i'm on my feet now. but the amendment, i believe, would preserve a specific element in-depth of defense's

force structure. the practice of the committee and in our bill, has been to avoid protection of specific weapons systems or bases and to leave the department flexibility as far as a path going forward, particularly as far as restructuring units as well as retirement of programs. this language does not comport to the general concepts of this bill. i would also point out that issues similar to this relative to a transfer of an airlift wing that was in one state of this great country and the department proposed it would be transferred to a different state in this country. was debated in committee relative to the reporting of this bill and we had a vote on that issue and the committee voted against interfering with the decision that the department

had made relative to their judgment. i would rejection to the gentleman's amendment with all due respect to the abilities of the kc-10 and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. runyan: i thank the gentleman for his comments on that and i would just tell the committee i have had many conversations with the air force about this exact issue and to be able to take a capability away from what we can do in our global reach and not have a legitimate answer in the near future, i think is -- it would be devastating to what we can do and how we can protect power globally. the readiness issue has not been answered and this is a step in the right direction to make sure that our national security is at the informationfront. with that, i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is goode to. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. moran: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to carry out sections 8107 and 8108. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from virginia, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia for five minutes. mr. moran: i yield myself three minutes. and explain that my amendment would allow the u.s. military to transfer to their home countries the 77 detainees who have been cleared for release by the

intelligence community and the joint chiefs of staff and to bring those not cleared for release to the united states to be charged, tried and sentenced. sergeant bergdahl exchange has brought this issue to center stage. but if we dealt with these individuals in a responsible and legal way, we wouldn't be in this discussion discussing the merits to release five of them. guantanamo has operated outside the checks of the american judicial system serving as a gap between the principles that define us as americans and our willingness to abandon those principles in the name of national security. the withdrawal of american troops, the indefinite detention f troops is and the we have to ask yourselves do we have the legal authority to hold them