amendment 191, sponsored by bennie thompson, on page 27, line five. the proposed amendment is to replace the following, "as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the conclusion of long-term nationbuilding with large military footprint, we will continue to get rid of outdated, cold war-era systems and ensure our security with a more agile and more flexible force. that will be replaced with the following. "we will seek a more agile and flexible force, advancing our objectives in iraq and afghanistan without large u.s. military footprint. improving civilian capacity for conflict resolution and stabilization, and ridding the military of out dated cold war-era systems." >> the proposer has one minute. ok, it's coming. >> sorry, mr. chair. getne moment as we try to to agreement with the other campaign. give me one minute. >> will give you a minute. there may be an agreement on this. mr. chair? >> yes. >> it is my understanding there has been an agreement reached with the sanders campaign. >> that means 191 is being withdrawn and will be on th

[applause] >> my name is bennie thompson. i'm a member of the united states house of representatives, and i one of those folks who will have to decide on this issue. to be very clear, i support the saunders amendment. i have never voted for any trade agreement since i have been in the united states house of representatives. nafta seen the impact of and a lot of other trade agreements that have been to the detriment of working men and women in this country. i will not support any agreement that denigrates workingmen and .omen in this country let me be very clear -- democrats cannot support anything less than fair trade. it is an abomination for us to even consider any trade supportt that does not working men and women. support the saunders amendment. >> pursuant to the agreement of on parties, i am now calling ben for the purpose of making an amendment to the amendment. actually, wait a minute. do you have that? you are going to do it from there. >> mine is really simple, y'all. i just want to add the words, "that's why we opp

behalf of this on bennie thompson as a representative of the american cities. we recognize the balance of supporting our world communities. seconds? may i ask does anyone intend to appear in opposition? are you done? did you while -- did you have anything else to say? great state ofhe louisiana. i will be quick. for too long the democratic party has really, they collect cocktail democrats. we ignore the needs of rural people for way too long. these people are democrats and they don't know it. we need to dress their needs and this amendment will help do that. >> we would like toffer a friendly amendment to say we will promote clean energy leadership to just renewable clean energy -- clean energy renewable leadership. >> we will accept that as a technical. added.enewable will be not necessarily. do we have an agreement on that? take a look. no agreement. it can only be done on a technical basis. the motion has been seconded. i'm going to call into question. in favor please lift your white card. anyone wishing to register a negative vote passes unanimously. sponso

[applause] >> my name is bennie thompson. i'm a member of the united states house of representatives, and i one of those folks who will have to decide on this issue. to be very clear, i support the saunders amendment. i have never voted for any trade agreement since i have been in the united states house of representatives. nafta seen the impact of and a lot of other trade agreements that have been to the detriment of working men and women in this country. i will not support any agreement that denigrates workingmen and .omen in this country let me be very clear -- democrats cannot support anything less than fair trade. it is an abomination for us to even consider any trade supportt that does not working men and women. support the saunders amendment. >> pursuant to the agreement of on parties, i am now calling ben for the purpose of making an amendment to the amendment. actually, wait a minute. do you have that? you are going to do it from there. >> mine is really simple, y'all. i just want to add the words, "that's why we opp

[applause] >> my name is bennie thompson. i'm a member of the united states house of representatives, and i one of those folks who will have to decide on this issue. to be very clear, i support the saunders amendment. i have never voted for any trade agreement since i have been in the united states house of representatives. nafta seen the impact of and a lot of other trade agreements that have been to the detriment of working men and women in this country. i will not support any agreement that denigrates workingmen and .omen in this country let me be very clear -- democrats cannot support anything less than fair trade. it is an abomination for us to even consider any trade supportt that does not working men and women. support the saunders amendment. >> pursuant to the agreement of on parties, i am now calling ben for the purpose of making an amendment to the amendment. actually, wait a minute. do you have that? you are going to do it from there. >> mine is really simple, y'all. i just want to add the words, "that's why we opp

amendment 191 sponsored by bennie thompson on page 27, line 5. proposed amendment is to replace the following: as we look beyond the war withs in iraq and investigation in the conclusion of long-term nation building with large military foot prints, we will continue to get rid of outdated, cold war era systems and ensure our security with a more agile and more flexible source that will be replaced with the following. we will seek a more agile and flexible force, advancing our objectives in iraq and afghanistan without large u.s. military footprints, improving civilian capacity for conflict prevention, and stablization and ridding the military of outdated cold war era systems. dated >>>> yes, the proposer has one minute. [silence] >> okay, it's coming. it's coming. sorry mr. chair. [inaudible] >> okay.y. one minute. going to give you a minute or two to may be an agreement on this. mr. chair, my understanding there's been a agreement reached in sanders campaign and put in the managers mark. so -- [applause] that means that 191 is being withdrawn and

as a public servant, i've not always felt this way, i've seen things in the congress, i know benny thompson, congressman thompson and congresswoman waters and holmes norton were here, we've all -- it's not always been that way. there have been many times where we've been embarrassed. we've seen colleagues of both parties vote against the poor and the infirm. against the homeless and the elpless. against the meek and against the weak. i've seen people vote against the america i live every day and the americans i proudly represent. and i know why they have done so, and you do too. for far too long, the powerful and the influential in our society have shaped the policies that have come out of our government. the overly influenced not only the laws that come out of our congress and out of our state legislatures, but also edicts and administrative orders that come out of executive offices in washington and across the country. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the real problem. it is a problem because the powerful and the influential have either built or inherited a position of privilege in our

amendment 191, sponsored by bennie thompson, on page 27, line five.he proposed amendment is to replace the following, "as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the conclusion of long-term nationbuilding with large military footprint, we will continue to get rid of outdated, cold war-era systems and ensure our security with a more agile and more flexible force. that will be replaced with the following. "we will seek a more agile and flexible force, advancing our objectives in iraq and afghanistan without large u.s. military footprint. improving civilian capacity for conflict resolution and stabilization, and ridding the military of out dated cold war-era systems." >> the proposer has one minute. ok, it's coming. >> sorry, mr. chair. getne moment as we try to to agreement with the other campaign. give me one minute. >> will give you a minute. there may be an agreement on this. mr. chair? >> yes. >> it is my understanding there has been an agreement reached with the sanders campaign. >> that means 191 is being withdrawn and will be on the