the first was offered by house speaker john bennett. they called for the president to detail his plans -- house speaker john boehner. they called for the president to detail his plans for the operation in libya. this is the last legislative action of the house for the next 10 days. a return on monday, june 13. this general debate runs about 2 1/2 hours. . ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. i rise in strong support of house resolution 292 sponsored by our distinguished speaker. . as the resolution states at the outset, the armed forces of the united states may only be used to defend and advance the national security interests of the united states. not to enforce, to quote the president, the writ of the international community, end quote. not -- nor because of the united nations -- nor because of the arab league. yet these are what the president has repeatedly pointed to in justifying sending u.s. forces into action in libya. but what he has not done is explain to the american people and to congress how the situation in libya, if allowed to spir

bennett will read our second in dallas today. -- tony's sister jacqueline will read our second of blessing today. >> this is a reading from 1st john. for this is the message you have heard from the beginning. we should love one another. we know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. whoever does not love remains in death. the way that we came to no love was that he said, he played down his life for us so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. someone who has a worldly means it sees a brother in need and refuses them compassion, how to love of god remain in him? children, let us love not inward or in a speech but in deed and truth. that is the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god. >> [music] okhots >> and the lord be with you. and also with you. a reading from the holy gospel according to lookluke. >> there was a scholar of the law who stood up to test jesus and said, a teacher, what must i do to inherit the tunnel life. jesus said to him, what is written in cobol, how do you read it? he said in reply, you shall love the lord, your god with all of your heart, with all of your been in with al

bennett, cnn political contributor, former education secretary, where is education on the agenda for republicans? >> well, there are a lot of ideas. i've spoken to many of them about education. maybe cnn and john king and everybody realized that the president doesn't have a lot to do it. that's not how schools become good. we know it's local action to connect up education, however, christine, with the economic issues, we have estimated a lot of studies have estimated that if you replace the bottom 5% of performing teachers, teachers who perform at the bottom 5%, you could increase the gdp by about a trillion dollars a year. over 10 or 15 years. that's a significant number. so, there are connections. i'm sure the issue will come up. but, you know, i have to say when you hear the debate, you realize how many important issues there are. >> and, you know, i agree with you there, because there are so many different things that connect to our economy and our personal economy. i wonder if the connection wasn't really made or hasn't been made in a broader political discussion yet about connecting education to all of these other issues, debt, jobs, our role in the world in the global marketplace? >> ab

[male narrator] before his injury, john bennett was a career soldier. while serving in iraq, he was shot by a sniper. i stepped out, turned back towards the humvee and as soon as i did, i got hit. [sound of gun shot] it shattered two vertebrae and fractured another one. i ended up losing my right kidney, my spleen, my colon and half my pancreas. [dena bennett] paralyzed veterans of america got us our benefits. [nso michael killen] i helped them fill out the forms. i hand carried the forms over to the v-a and walked them through the system. you're. you're just trying to survive and they help you. they help you along the way. [nso michael killen] it's very nice to see when your work pays off and you are very successful in it, because you can see the change in that veteran. [dena bennett] him starting a taxidermy business is accomplishing something every day. [john bennett] i gotta get up, go to a job and do something that i enjoy. i'm glad to be back to work. [male narrator] to learn more about paralyzed veterans of america, visit p-v-a dot org. the momen