mr. poe: mr.er, nick castle was a bright energetic 23-year-old who decided to teach in china following his graduation from u.c. berkeley. tranlically he became a seriously sick after becoming a peace corps volunteer in china in 2012. he was the victim of an inefficient, underequipped, and unresponsive peace corps-led medical team in china. after being described with a broad antibiotic, he began to experience brassic weight loss but told he was fine. he was then confined to his bed and the doctor never recommended he go to the hospital. after experiencing dangerously low blood pressure, nick was finally sent to that hospital. as the ambulance made its way to nick, the ambulance got lost. then after picking up nick, he stopped breathing before the ambulance arrived at that hospital. nick died a few weeks later in early 2013. investigations reveal the peace corps medical team misdiagnosed his illness. this heartbreaking death of a young man serving our country and the world could have been avoided ha

mr. poe, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: mr. poe is recognized for two minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman, the chairman, for yielding time. mr. speaker, during the peak of world war ii sandy thompson now a houston resident left her teaching job and received her aviation wings on september 11, 1943. she had just volunteered for the women's air force service pilots known as the wasp. these pilots towed targets for live anti-aircraft practice. think about that, mr. speaker. they are in the air and you got these young teenagers learning how to shoot anti-aircraft guns and aiming at the target behind this female pilot pulling this. dangerous occupation. these pilots helped deliver planes to overseas bases. they tested new aircraft that was used in the pacific, used in europe. and of course they trained male pilots who went overseas. of the thousand women who were wasps, 38 were killed during their commissions. 16 of these original pilots of world war ii now live in my state of texas

mr. poe: mr. speaker, peace corps volunteers are america's angels abroad. these unique volunteers are some of our best diplomats. they travel to the ends of the earth to spread the message of democracy in lands far, far away. sometimes they work alone and they help in remote regions of the world, areas where most of us could not even locate with google maps. they help small villages with sanitation and lack of water, for instance. and they do it all with great passion. these volunteers are called to serve. however, we must serve and protect these volunteers as well. sometimes bad things happen to peace corps volunteers overseas. if so, america must help with medical services, we must help with care and counseling, if they are assaulted in a foreign country. that is why congress passed the peace corps volunteer protection act of 2011. congress must continue to advocate for victims in the peace corps. we need to make sure that our volunteers with service-related medical conditions and injuries are cared for and compensated both in the field and when they retu

mr. poe: i ask false consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: a long-range missile test, 15 other missile launches, the test of a so-called hydrogen bomb and threats to destroy han mat -- manhattan. this is north korean sabers rattling in 2016 alen. it is probably safe to assume the iranians were on site as witnesses of the latest violation of international law. why? because the iranian scientists

mr. poe: mr.ker, the cold-blooded, calculating terrorists sitting at guantanamo murdered and plan to continue killing americans. since president obama took office he, has released 150 terrorists back to their home countries. in fact, spain and moroccan police just arrested four suspected members of jihad cell who recruited fighters for the islamic state. one is described as a former gitmo detainee who formerly fought with militants against americans in afghanistan. the 91 high security prisoners remaining in fwauntaun moe committed some of the most repulsive crime known to all of us. severely lacking in detail, the plan to close gitmo fails to describe where and under what authority and at what cost the relocation of these terrorists will be. it's against the law to transfer terrorist detainees to american soil without congressional approval. the united states should do everything we can to keep terrorists out of our country, not purposely bring them here. closing gitmo endangers our u.s. national

and i yield such time as he may consume to mr. poe. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman from new york, and it's an honor to be here to, as you say, recognize the people that have influenced our life and, of course, we're talking about the women that have influenced our lives to help us be what we turned out to be. and i want to talk specifically about some specific texas women who i consider rare breed. they are tenacious, strong-willed, nurturing and also kind. one of those is my mother. my mom and dad, i'm blessed they're both alive. they're 90 years of age. my mom was a red cross volunteer during world war ii, and she met my dad. he was in world war ii in germany coming back to the united states. he was being re-equipped for the invasion of japan. they met at wednesday night prayer meeting. we call that church in texas. got married and they've been married now 70 years. she not only started out as a volunteer, she's done all remarkable things, including be a school teacher and raising my sister and i and other wonderful things. we have in the

mr. poe: mr. isis, this evil group, has been intentionally targeting christians worldwide because of their religious belief. isis not only targets christians, it targets any religious group including some muslims who disagree with them. and as the previous speaker from new york mentioned, they are proud of the fact that they murder people, that they behead people, that they put their murders on television for the world to see. these atrocities committed by this terrorist group in the name of a perverted jihad religion, are the worst crimes we have seen in our lifetime. more than that, isis and massacres of religious and ethnic minorities fits the definition of genocide. the definition is clear. it is the deliberate and systemic destruction of a racial or cultural group, and that is what isis doing. isis has they have forces hundreds of thousands of christians to leave their home. for the first time since jesus, there are no christians left in this part of the world. there were a million and a half

mr. poe: 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 is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the veterans administration failed to contact thousands of veterans who submitted applications for health care. apparently those applications were incomplete, but the v.a. did not tell the vets to correct the applications and resubmit them, so the applications were left pending on a shelf with no action by the v.a. and no health care for the veterans. reports state that nearly 300,000 veterans died waiting for a resolution from the v.a. of course, the v.a. blamed the veterans. this is a farce. the veterans never even received a follow-up call to finish their supposedly incomplete applications. these mistakes are that of the v.a., not the veterans. the v.a. should be ashamed. government bunningling stood in bungling these -- stood in the way of health care. the v.a.'s dysfu

mr. poe: i ask false consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: a long-range missile test, 15 other missile launches, the test of a so-called hydrogen bomb and threats to destroy han mat -- manhattan. this is north korean sabers rattling in 2016 alen. it is probably safe to assume the iranians were on site as witnesses of the latest violation of international law. why? because the iranian scientists had been present nearly every time the north koreans have issued or launched missiles for decades. the rogue nations of iran and north korea have been working together since the 1980's on missile development. in the 1990's, they started developing long range ballistic missiles. by 2008 they were giving north koreans sensitive data from their own tests to improve north korean missile tests. north cree already had the ability to attack south korea and iran has the ability to attack israel. these long-range missil

mr. poe: mr. speaker, facing persecution, murder and torture each day, christians overseas are persecuted for their religious beliefs. these individuals are being slaughtered, raped and sold into slavery and forced to watch as their churches are burned down. this morning, the state department labeled these atrocities as genocide. this is mass genocide by isis and other radical jihaddist groups that is taking place throughout the world. less than a year ago, 30 eethyopequan christian men were marched to the beach, we e-- beheaded and shot by a radical islamic terrorist because of their religion. these killers proudly but the -- proudly put the video of the executions on youtube. in total over thousands of christians have been killed by the radical islamic state. these atrocious, cold-blooded massacres are an attack on the very nature of human existence, the right to practice one's religion. declaring the torture, crucifixion and murder of christians and certain religious groups genocide is the offi

mr. poe: mr. speaker, iran once again has scoffed at the west by breaking its agreements. just this last week, islam's revolutionary guard corps test-fired missiles which were reportedly to hit israel. under u.n. security council resolution 2231, iran is forbidden on taking any work designed to deliver nuclear weapons. let the iranians do what suits them. the west will do nothing. they break international agreements. under the same agreement. it is prohibited from buying arms for the next five years, but he broke his word again. the u.n. agreement has not stopped iran from negotiating an arms sail with the russians. mr. speaker, the ink is barely dry on so-called deal that the obama administration made with iran. iran is a rogue nation determined to destroy the united states and israel. meanwhile the united states sits by and wrings its hands. iran must be forced and the citizens of iran must change their government. and it's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida se

mr. poe: i thank the speaker. so we are of an independent mind and independent philosophy. and march 2 is an important day for us because our ancestors and eople we don't even know about decided that it was worth their afe to fight against tyranny, totalitarian government by a dictator. they were volunteers and normal people who had that flame of liberty in their soul. and they refused to have it taken away from them. we remember those folks that created texas, that fought for independence for texas. hose men at the alamo, davey crockett, jim bowie and 187 more individuals, the youngest was 15 , holland from ohio, the oldest was 68, that fought, died, for that liberty. so when texas became part of the united states, it had great debt because of the war of independence. so part of the deal for texas to be admitted to the union, even by one vote was this land that i mentioned to you was all sold to the federal government, the union, to pay off the debt of the republic of texas. thus, as we now know texas looks like this. all of these other areas became other states that were

. >> the chair thanks the jantle woman and recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here. fascinating, important discussion on this issue of as you say security and security. as you know, i'm a former prosecutor and former judge and dealt with warrants for 30 years either requesting them or signing them. and this particular case i think we're really talking about two cases now. we're not talking just about the san bernardino case but the new york case as well. different facts. different issues. fourth amendment we have discussed. fourth amendment doesn't really apply too much to this situation because the possession of the item is already -- is lawful in the possession of government. i do think it's ironic, however, we talking about privacy, united states is supposed to lead on the issue i think on the issue of privacy. we're the only one that has a fourth amendment, but we see that other countries seem to have more concern about privacy in their technology than maybe we do. i find that somewhat ir

pro tempore: the unfinished business is on the vote of the motion from the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 658 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 658, resolution condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks of brussels on march 22, 2016, which murdered more than 30 innocent people and severely wounded many more. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree on the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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 409. the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to an

. >> chair recognizes mr. poe from texas. >> thank you, gentlemen. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. i want to say amen to what our friend from california has said regarding the folks in iran that have been murdered by the regime. 2,300 have been executed. in my opinion, mostly for religious reasons or political reasons. i would hope the state department would condemn this action by rouhani and the iranian government. couple questions, dealing with georgia and ukraine. the russians occupy a third of georgian territory. they occupy crimea and they occupy parts of ukraine's eastern property territory. is it the u.s. position or not -- tell me what the u.s. position is -- that the georgia occupation is unlawful, crimea occupation unlawful and the eastern ukraine possession unlawful or not? >> that's correct, they are. >> it's our possession russians are unlawfully holding territory belonging to somebody else in those specific instances? >> in one case, not holding but engaged in intrusions which are assisting in the holding. >> that would be in eastern ukraine

mr. poe: mr. speaker, in a secret court, the f.b.i. quietly revised its privacy policy for searching thru data on americans collected by the n.s.a. the n.s.a., which i call the national surveillance agency, gives the f.b.i. access to not only data they collect but the content of personal communications like emails, texts, and phone calls. what the intelligence agencies have been doing is lawfully collecting information on foreign terrorists but at the same time creating large databases of information that also contains information on american citizens. this identifying information is then used for what the f.b.i. calls routine searches unrelated to national security. mr. speaker, the f.b.i. does not obtain a court-approved fourth amendment warrant for these searches. this leeway by the n.s.a. and f.b.i. for a back door allows spying on americans. thus the f.b.i. is ignoring the u.s. constitution. the n.s.a. and f.b.i. will continue to violate the constitutional protections guaranteed to all americans unless congress intervenes and prot

mr. speaker. nicholas poe in my constituency is one of several closures this year. both of whose carbon emissions are higher than ours are building brand-new, mega stations and much of that which we are going to import. it's very hard, mr. speaker, for me to explain the logic of this to my constituents. could the prime minister has the context of next year's energy crisis. >> my honorable friend raises the question. there's big change because we want to see an increase in renewable capacity and if room with the french president this week. he is right to security of supply must be our number one priority and that is why we announced to bring forward the capacity market to provide this extra boost to existing stations in this good and deep help itself. i would say to him and everyone across the house, all these decisions we take about energy health consequences of people. he mentioned cervone and german electricity prices are 40% higher than in the u.k. the level of subsidies makes up 30% of german bills. ours is less than half the level and redo have to think through

mr. poe: i strongly support this commonsense legislation. mr. speaker, thousands of europeans who have traveled to fight along side isis and other terrorist groups throughout the world pose a serious threat to our national security. one of the problems is making sure that those terrorists who go fight in iraq and syria and other places don't go back to their home countries in europe undetected, because once a person gets in europe, it's easier for europeans to travel to the united states than it is in some other countries. terrorists often travel to a number of countries before they get home and some of these countries have very good border security and others, agh, not so good. the united states has the technology to help our friends and allies track down these bad guys, but our bureaucracy, of course, has gotten in the way of national security. this bill expedites the process cutting through the red tape giving our partners the tools they need to track terrorist travel throughout the world and in their countries. terrorist travel is not a prob

mr. speaker. nicholas poe in my constituency is one of several closures this year. both of whose carbon emissions are higher than ours are building brand-new, mega stations and much of that which we are going to import. it's very hard, mr. speaker, for me to explain the logic of this to my constituents. could the prime minister has the context of next year's energy crisis. >> my honorable friend raises the question. there's big change because we want to see an increase in renewable capacity and if room with the french president this week. he is right to security of supply must be our number one priority and that is why we announced to bring forward the capacity market to provide this extra boost to existing stations in this good and deep help itself. i would say to him and everyone across the house, all these decisions we take about energy health consequences of people. he mentioned cervone and german electricity prices are 40% higher than in the u.k. the level of subsidies makes up 30% of german bills. ours is less than half the level and redo have to think through

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. >> chair thanks the gentle woman and recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. >> thank you, director. appreciate you being here. start with a little -- some basics. the fourth amendment protects citizens from government. citizens have rights. government has power. there is nowhere i see in the fourth amendment that there is an except for terrorist cases exception or fear cases that the fourth amendment should be waived. i signed lots of warrants in 22 years. from everybody, including the fbi. four corners of the warrant. what it's to be searched. and law enforcement typically would fulfill the duty or ability in that warrant, as far as they could. which is a good thing and return the warrant. now, we have a situation where the issue is not lawful possession. fbi's in lawful possession of the san bernardino phone. lawful possession of the phone in new york. you agree with me on that? >> yes. >> so we're not talking about whether the phones are in lawful possession. the issue is whether the specific issue is whether government can force apple i

poe: mr. speaker, ashley guinden was 28 years old when she reported for duty after being sworn in to the prince charles county police department the day before. on her first call she responded to a domestic violence disturbance. she and her fellow officers rushed to the scene and upon arrival, multiple gunshots came from the house. officer guinden was shot and murdered. yet another one of america's finest killed in the line of duty. here she is, a photograph of her, taken the day she was worn. in the next day, she was murdered. officers david mcgowan, 33 and jesse hempton, 31, also were shot but did survive. inside the house, the shooter's wife had been murdered by theout law. before having her life coldly ripped from her, guinden served in the united states marine corps for six years. officers who answer and respond to domestic violence calls respond to some of the most dangerous situations in america. those that wear the badge protect the rest of us from the evil that lives among us. in the

mr. speaker. nicholas poe in my constituency is one of several closures this year. both of whose carbon emissions are higher than ours are building brand-new, mega stations and much of that which we are going to import. it's very hard, mr. speaker, for me to explain the logic of this to my constituents. could the prime minister has the context of next year's energy crisis. >> my honorable friend raises the question. there's big change because we want to see an increase in renewable capacity and if room with the french president this week. he is right to security of supply must be our number one priority and that is why we announced to bring forward the capacity market to provide this extra boost to existing stations in this good and deep help itself. i would say to him and everyone across the house, all these decisions we take about energy health consequences of people. he mentioned cervone and german electricity prices are 40% higher than in the u.k. the level of subsidies makes up 30% of german bills. ours is less than half the level and redo have to think through