becerra. mr. becerra: thank you, mr. speaker. offer my congratulations to my friend, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, on his nomination by his colleagues. and at this time as chairman of the democratic caucus of this house, i wish to place in nomination the name of a proven leader for the office of speaker of the house of representatives. a leader who has accomplished in this chamber and for this country what few can match, a leader who as speaker of this house secured passage of landmark economic recovery package legislation in 2009 which transformed a diving economy losing 100,000 jobs each month to one that's created more than 13 million 60 over the last consecutive months of job growth. a leader who has speaker accomplished what 70 years of congresses could not, enactment of our lifesaving health security law which has put 18 million more americans in control of their and their hildren's health care. a leader who had the foresight in 2008 to fight for the biggest investment in our troops since world war ii with the pas

chairman becerra: thank you very much. cias.dominguez: gra announcer: on the next washington journal, we look at how congress is reacting to the syrian refugee prices -- refugee crisis with congressman earl blumenauer. then a discussion about treatment for ptsd, with psychologist deborah vital -- fidel. airs at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ announcer: c-span presents "landmark cases: the book," a cases"o our "landmark series. it includes cases such as marbury versus madison, korematsu versus united states, brown versus board of education, miranda versus arizona, and more. written by supreme court , "landmarkny mauro cases" is available for $8.95 plus shipping. get your copy today at c-span.org/landmarkcases. announcer: secret service director joseph clancy testified before a joint hearing of house and homeland security subcommittee's about secret service employee misconduct involving the leaking of personal records about congressman jason chaffetz. also testify, home and security inspector general who investigated the inc

with that i'll turn this back over to chairman becerra. mr. becerra: i don't know if ms. dominguez has arrived. no? i know she was caught in some traffic. if she has a chance to come before we close this preps conference, we certainly will try to turn it over to her. why don't we do. this we will open it up for questions. if she arrives later, we can he -- we can see about having her present as well. any questions? reporter: [inaudible] mr. becerra: i think most of us respect the fact that the president's done everything to keep americans safe. keep american troops safe and if we get involved in any conflict, it's for the right reason. i'm not interested in voting to send american troops to fight a foreign civil war. but i am prepared to vote to send troops to a country, if i find that those people in that country are prepared to fight for themselves. at this stage in syria, and iraq, i will tell you that i have yet to see that the people of syria and the people of iraq are conducting themselves as a unified people ready to fight against a common enemy. and so for that re

:hairman becerra we are still looking for mrs. dominguez, but we heard that she was stuck in traffic. so we will take questions. i think most of us respect the fact that the president has done everything to keep americans safe, keep american troops safe, and if we get involved in any conflict, it would be for a good reason, and it is personally my opinion that i am a not voting to send american troops to fight in a civil war, that i am prepared to vote to send troops to a country that i find that those people in that country are prepared to fight for themselves . at this stage in syria and iraq, --ell you that i have let have yet to see the people of syria and iraq is conducting themselves as a unified people ready to fight against the common enemy, and so for that reason, it is tough to meet to see us moving forward. everything that the president has done from the airstrikes to port a nation with our allies on the ground to coordinating with france and our european partners and our regional partners to try to help those who are f

listen to what javier becerra, a member of the leadership in the house, had to say about the program.video clip] -- ithurts to see hurts to hear governor say don't bring those folks into my state. there is a question if the governor has a right to say that . in the united states of america, if you are here legally, you have the right to travel. i don't think a governor has the right to say, you cannot come into my state. thank god for the constitution, first. ,econdly, for someone to say you on this side of the room, you will be allowed in. you on the other side, no, you will not. therefore, your persecution may lead to your death. as the son of immigrants, that hurts. mr. bush got that idea, i have no idea. i am christian. i am catholic. we willan easily say accept christians, but not --lims, can we say in can we say as we did in 1939 we will accept christians but not jews? we will accept catholics? you are refugee, it is because you fear for your life. host: the democratic caucus chair, having your becerra. 750lso said there have been thousand refugees that have resettled in america

hillary responding to what she heard from the speaker -- xavier becerra saying -- bill foster saying- rogers says this -- stella says -- let's hear from pat in california, democrat. good morning to you. caller: good morning. dated a newspaper 11/11/1979. the los angeles times. daughter'sor my birthday every appeared on the front page, it states illegal aliens, endless cycle of insecurity. this problem has been with us since my daughter was born 36 years ago. thatis article, it states 800,000 mexicans had been apprehended in 1979. our politicians do not want to solve the problem. this is the biggest source of cheap labor. they've been able to destroy unions with this. entire lifestyle has changed and all the politicians are guilty. they don't want to solve this problem. host: how do you think the problem should get solved? caller: let me tell you -- i live eight miles from tijuana. i see a surge because of all the violence in mexico. people are pretty decent, but -- theple left money only document they need is a visa. they come in, buy houses and i know for a fact a lot of the cartels

becerra, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. becerra: the safety of our fellow americans and america itself is and must be our number one priority, our number one responsibility here in this chamber. the people of america have the right to expect indeed demand exactly that. our national security screening and background system for refugees is the toughest in the world. that is why so few refugees from syria have ever been able to receive their clearance to be accepted into this country. ut then paris, november 13 happened. we're reminded of 9/11. if i believe that this rushed legislation made our toughest of refugee screening systems work better, i would vote for it. but if this rushed legislation only adds another layer of bureaucracy that makes our screening process look tougher and then results in women and children who are fleeing the very terrorists we seek to keep out dereknying them of a chance to seek refuge here in this country, i cannot support that. our tradition and our values open our door to those as in the past wh

becerra, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr.erra: the safety of our fellow americans and america itself is and must be our number one priority, our number one responsibility here in this chamber. the people of america have the right to expect indeed demand exactly that. our national security screening and background system for refugees is the toughest in the world. that is why so few refugees from syria have ever been able to receive their clearance to be accepted into this country. ut then paris, november 13 happened. we're reminded of 9/11. if i believe that this rushed legislation made our toughest of refugee screening systems work better, i would vote for it. but if this rushed legislation only adds another layer of bureaucracy that makes our screening process look tougher and then results in women and children who are fleeing the very terrorists we seek to keep out dereknying them of a chance to seek refuge here in this country, i cannot support that. our tradition and our values open our door to those as in the past who fl

becerra, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr.becerra: the safety of our fellow americans and america itself is and must be our number one priority, our number one responsibility here in this chamber. the people of america have the right to expect indeed demand exactly that. our national security screening and background system for refugees is the toughest in the world. that is why so few refugees from syria have ever been able to receive their clearance to be accepted into this country. ut then paris, november 13 happened. we're reminded of 9/11. if i believe that this rushed legislation made our toughest of refugee screening systems work better, i would vote for it. but if this rushed legislation only adds another layer of bureaucracy that makes our screening process look tougher and then results in women and children who are fleeing the very terrorists we seek to keep out dereknying them of a chance to seek refuge here in this country, i cannot support that. our tradition and our values open our door to those as in the past who