before i heard the fetal masturbation theory from congressman burgess today. i mean, we have had amazing theories. >> life begins, that horrible situation of rape, that is something that god intended to happen. >> if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low. >> now, to be fair to congressman trent franks there, the author of the republicans' abortion ban that passed the house today, to his credit, he has tried to make clear when he said that he wasn't making the exact same argument as todd akin. he wasn't saying effectively if you are pregnant, then you must have wanted it. because rapes don't cause pregnancy. what congressman franks said he was arguing is that you may be pregnant because you were raped, but he does not care. he wants to force you into childbirth after rape, regardless. even those remarks from him as the sponsor of the bill were overshadowed today by the male fetus masturbation theorizing from congressman burgess. i mean, really, have yo

burgess himself. thanks so much for watching this afternoon.where's waldo? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews up in boston. anywhere, we're up here at quincy market to mark tomorrow's special election for the united states senate. in just a few minutes, we're going to be joined by the democratic candidate, massachusetts kongman edward markey up here. first let me start with this. you can tell a lot about someone by knowing where they're headed in life. when

. >> about abdar-raheem was grilling burgesses yesterday afternoon when a man was shot. >> i am upset, in fact, it drained me. >> in the video you see people darting in every directions. one man got hit by a trailer and sending a shoe into the air. gunman continue shooting on the street and the shooter fired several more shots at the. >> he already shot him and he shot a boy across the street and he shot him again. that's kind of beasty. that was no regard for life. >> wrote friends wrote messages at the memorial. she and her children crouched down and they heard the constant bullets. >> what do we tell our kids now. you cannot grow up to be 17 and you cannot help where you live. you know what i am saying. instead of giving them some help and hope, the problem is we lost hope. >> reporter: two other people injured in the shooting are expected to survive. the suspect took off in a car, police telling us they're following the several active leads tonight. in oakland lorraine ktvu channel 2 news. >> just look under the link of the bay area news tab. >>> police department should ask the c

. >> we have in from republican congressman michael burgess saying something during a house bills committee hearing on a house bill that's gotten a lot of attention. why he supports the 20-week ban. take a listen to his thoughts. >> you watch a 15-week baby and they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. if they're a male baby they may have their hand between their legs. they feel pleasure. why is it so hard to think that they could feel pain? >> all right, we want to know that burgess is an obgyn trained medically and says the law -- to ban abortions at 15 weeks says that it should exist. the science, though, on that is uncertain. what do you make of the comments like that from our elected officials in congress and they go on record with those kind of statements? >> you know, that kind of statement is just shocking and deeply, deeply offensive to women, truthfully. suggesting that roe versus wade should be overturned because a man thinks that a fetus is masturbating. it's just -- it's just -- i mean, i had one of my staffers say that she thought their psychologists cal

guys who are large i think i'm kind of mainstream really and you know you march to a different drum burgess or you drum range of the drummer in the band i mean you you you don't trust how can you larry i've been lied to so often isn't it interesting when we lied to the government we go to jail when the government lies to us oh yeah we go to war seems we're getting the wrong end of the stick on both do you remember when you started to change. i mean you you went into service you were a navy seal. you were a governor a maverick where you were and this i think that is i think it probably happened right after the military when when i started to realize what a fraud vietnam was in the vietnam was based upon lies and going to course was confirmed to do thousand and four when i was teaching at harvard robert mcnamara kid through right before he died and admitted the gulf of tonkin incident didn't happen well that was the incident that put us into the vietnam war we're fifty eight thousand of my generation were killed and probably a million vietnamese killed who knows and so i would see i started t

gillette burgess was a humorous, a writer. he wanted to be known as a serious novelist but he was better known for his children's books and nonsense works. he wrote "the purple cow." have you heard of that one? it's an old san francisco one. but he got so sick of it. tive written down here. he hated people reciting it back to him so he wrote, "a, yes, i wrote "the purple cow," i'm sorry now i wrote it. but i can tell you anyhow, i'll kill you if you quote it." he used carville in two of his novels, scenes and characters. one is a romantic. a guy rents one and brings his dates out there for a little romantic rendezvous. and another one where an old car conductor rents a car and it comes to life. you have to read more in these books. another artist and musicians. this car on the left, number one, was called la bohemme rented in the sutro section by musicians who when they finished their work downtown in the clubs and theaters would go out to carville to this clubhouse in the night and drink and go skinny dipping in the surf and

burgess for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. it's a pleasure to join my friends from texas on the floor today to honor senator kay bailey hutchison and the work that she did with creating the spousal i.r.a. look, back in the 1990's i was just a regular guy practicing medicine back home in texas. what did i know about this stuff? well, not much. but what i did know for 15 years that i'd been in private practice my wife and i had shared our contribution to our i.r.a.'s every year. that meant each of us was able to deposit $1,100 every year into the i.r.a. account. well, i got to tell you it's pretty frustrating to try to save for retirement when every year your contribution is limited to that rather austere amount. so it was a very big day, and i remember that day when we actually both were able to make the full contribution to our i.r.a. accounts and it was because of the hard work done by senator hutchison. she never forgot her constituents back in texas. she never forgot the women who, yes, women in the work force but also thos

here with more is motor trend detroit editor scott burgess.dmit to you, i am a little bit on the fce. on the one hand i am a taxpayer o went to gm all o this money and now they are hiring people in mexico. on the other hand, i am a taxpayer from a shareholder and want them to the smart thing with their money andet the most bang for their buck. where you come down this? >> you get the best of both worlds. almost $700 million investment in mexico. they have been there for 70 years. they sell more cars overseas th they do in america. so this is just part of their obal empire that is gm. one of the largest car makers in the world. from the investor'standpoint you want them to get the most out of the money, and a lot of the cars and engines that they will produce at this plan are not even going to be sold in america. they're trying to develop south america. brazil be one of the most important places to go. on the other side, gm already announced it will invest 16 billion i the u.s. over the next four years. 700 million versus 16, i think you want t

. >> texas kongman michael burgess decided he was going to chime in on the debate and when he thinksre developed enough unfortunately he -- he -- he said this. >> you watch a sewn that gram of a 15-week baby and they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. if they are a male baby they may have their hand between their legs. they feel pleasure why it so hard to think that they couldn't feel pain. >> after hearing that i find it hard to think anything. >> michael: i agree with you. >> it is literally his argument is if you haven't pleasured yourself you haven't lived. that is his argument, so -- let's probably move on from that one. >> michael: why do you have anything else stimulating for us? >> i have something very stimulating. i always keep my eye out for new twitter handles. this is feminist taylor swift. here is one from taylor swift song, but you keep my old scarf from that very first week, because it reminds you of innocence and society fetishizes female virginity. it is great. there are a lot of confused taylor swift fans out there who think their idol has

joining me now scott burgess from "mor trend", and attorney patrick mcavoy. thanks for joining us. scott, let me start with you. what do you think about this? on one hand i'm impressed they're standing up to the gornment on the other hand the government says 51 deaths have been related to these gas tank fires. where do you come down? >> i actually think that it is a good move by chrysler to stand up for themselves. let's face it, the government is not always right. when they took a look at the numbers, they did a more thorough search of the numbers and they said look, it is not anymore likely to happen in a jeep than it is any of these other vehicles. in fact there are other vehicles it is more likely to happen. messa: pat, at do you think about that? chrysler says that the analysis is faulty. that the government didn't use all the data that was available. it made some incorrect comparisons. would hold up inourt? or does this feel like a class action late ready to happen the moment the next accident occurs? >> well, i think you would expect chrysler to have that type of response in

your colleague michael burgess bested the bill's author for most outrageous comment yet.to play it for you for those who haven't heard it. here it comes. >> you watch a sonogram on a 15-week baby and they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face, if they're a male baby they may have their hand between their legs. >> ma'am, i'm just asking for your reaction to that. >> so, martin, i think the reason they say these things is because they really believe these things. last week, the bill's sponsor said, well, you know, there's hardly any times a woman gets pregnant from rape. there be channeling i think akin from last year. and people ask me all the time, surely they know how ridiculous they look in the american public. why do they say these things. i say it's because they think them. this is what they think. >> even if there is no fact you'llule basis for their viewer. >> apparently science is not an impediment to this. >> indeed. diana degette, thanks you for your explanation. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. coming up, it's the end of the world as we know

and the third problem when idiots like michael burgess steps in.talks about how 9 baby feels pain and pleasure. >> a 15 week baby. they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. when they're a male baby they have their hand between thinks legs. if they can feel pleasure why would it be hard to believe that they can pain. >> cenk: is he saying that fetus and masturbation? feeling pain, you made that up. let alone feeling pleasure, let alone a fetus masturbating with something that he doesn't quite have yet. these lunatics are united states congressmen. if you're talking about the distraction game you're right i'm distracted distracted. i'm not sure that it's doing anything for him politically. >> can we get a doctor in the house of representatives. >> we're talking about how this argument is pointless. no matter what, the argument keeps getting pushed to the right. even though there is a threshold they want is 20, and legally it's 24. they can push it again. 20 is what we're going for, 24 is archaic. it's to push our brains to be i

i want to point out what texas congressman michael burgess said in the midst of this debate over thisal bill over abortion. what he said about babies and of all things masturbation. listen to what he said. >> you watch a sonogram at a 15-week baby and they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. this mare a male baby they may have their hand between their legs. they feel pleasure. why is it so hard to think they could feel pain? >> the media didn't put that in his mind or mouth. he said that. the democrats didn't do that. these are seemingly self-inflicted wounds if they are in fact wounds. >> sure. i think that even for folks who are sympathetic to the overall cause of limiting the number of abortions and restricting when in a pregnancy abortions are legal, comments like those are not helpful to the cause and certainly not helpful to the broader cause of making the republican party palatable to a broader coalition of americans. >> people should check out the article you put up. it's very interesting. >>> right now a new wave of p protests sweeping through brazil's

but michael burgess, the republican from texas, one of the outlandish things said on the floor, i want to play a little bit of his speech in his support. >> a 15-week baby, they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. if they're a male baby they may have their hand between their legs, they feel pleasure. why is it so hard to think they could feel pain? >> literally, please react to that. what did you think when you heard that? >> i can't even dignify, and choose not to tweet it out. i am a texan, i want to defend my state, full of reasonable people. unfortunately, not all of them are in the state legislature. the serious thing about these, we can laugh and say these bills are actually unconstitutional. the truth is a lot of people are getting hurt. texas is a good example where governor perry has cut more than 100,000 women off of basic health care, having nothing to do with abortion, literally, cancer screening, health care, he is on his own political mission that is absolutely devastating to the women of texas. and that is why we have to get serious about this. >>

. >> look, he could be idealistic, but guy burgess, you know, all those guys in england had these really idealized notions of the soviet union. this guy probably has idealized notions of china. he said china's not an enemy of the united states in that interview with "the guardian." so, clearly, i think here he's saying, look, it doesn't matter, i can trade information with them, you know, they're our friends. this is just a really bad story and it's going to get worse. >> that's a pretty amazing thing to say. chris lawrence joins us from the pentagon, and gordon, i wanted to bring chris in, because chris, you've been looking into this. how could this person or any person be getting all this top-secret clearance to get all this information that he had? he's one of 500,000 contractors, 500,000, according to your reporting, who have top-secret clearance. i mean, that seems incredible! >> it's a big number. and i mean, there's a million contractors with a clearance, 500,000 have the top-secret clearance, erin. i spoke with a former nsa official who went through that same background check tha

burgess: i thank you for yielding. i really thank you for bringing this important topic to the floor tonight. look, we're six months and six days away from the full-on implementation of the affordable care act. we're three months and six days away from the open enrollment period, october 1. you know, i just can't help but feel it's like a fast-moving train charging down the tracks, moving toward a head-on collision with the american economy. and it's going to be the small business that suffers the devastating effects that have head-on collision. we've had opportunities to talk to the people from the agencies, to the extent that they will. i'm worried. i don't see how they can have that federal hub up and running by october 1 and have it work the way it's intended the very first time, especially if they don't have time to test it before they turn it loose on the american people. very worried about what the world is going to look like after january 1. i got to tell you from the standpoint of a practicing physician and a

i think he finished something like ten or 11th in the voting in the house of burgesses. he is not one of the top figures. over the course of the next year , through his writing, he does get our water reputation as a very smart guy. and as somebody who is beginning to articulate a new conception of america's relationship with their mother country. a relationship actually not all that different from the one that was initially worked out between canada and the british sovereign . so, he comes to the congress in may of 1775. he had been in monticello for more than six months before that time. he is -- the delegates' votes to elect to the committee that is going to draft the declaration of independence. and jefferson receives the largest number of votes, which is interesting because he was really -- had not set almost anything in the town of congress before that time. >> there is supposedly this back-and-forth conversation between john adams and jefferson in which jefferson says to adams, you do it. you do it. back-and-forth. back-and-forth. jefferson and a letter later says,

congressman michael burgess republican of texas has made the argument that terminating a pregnancy --r after 15 weeks is immoral because fetuses are already masturbating in the womb. before 15 weeks, i should say. i've always felt self-pleasure begins at conception. that explains why babies are crying when they come out of the womb because they want to get back in there. i've heard female babies in the womb don't masturbate but they have the ability to say "what are you thinkin' about"? i know the topic of ma masturbating fetuses lends itself to comedy. let's turn it over to julianna for forlano jim david and harrison greenbaum. >> i'm glad you're here. the day that the hashtag masturbating fetuses is trending is a sign of the apocalypse. >> john: our republican friends have had ridiculous things about reproduction but this really takes the placenta. in fairness, i want to explain what the congressman meant because i do think he could have made a good point were it not so hilarious. he's a doctor. >> where did he get his doctorate from? the school of gynecology? >> john: he said he's

burgess himself. thanks so much for watching this afternoon. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> where's waldo? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews up in boston. anywhere, we're up here at quincy market to mark tomorrow's special election for the united states senate. in just a few minutes, we're going to be joined by the democratic candidate, massachusetts kongman edward markey up here. first let me start with this. you can tell a lot about someone by knowing where they're headed in life. when edward snowden went public with his u.s. intelligence surveillance program, he struck a mixed chord with the american people. some see him as a here rope. others called him a traitor. many questioned his motives even as they were gladdened to see light shed on what this country is doing in the cause of fighting terrorism. the question tonight is simpler. where is he? and what does that tell us about his purpose, his loyalties, his values, his future? david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine and analyst

burgess: i appreciate the gentleman for yielding. it seems strange for me to be lecturing you about a desert. but, mr. speaker, it is true, there are food deserts in both republican and democratic districts all over this country. people without access to fresh foods or healthy foods. look, i don't think it's right that people buy processed foods and soft drinks with food stamps but if they've got no other choice, what are they going to do? this initiative allows people to have the option to purchase healthy foods, get those micronutrients that they need to keep them healthy, let's keep them out of the doctor's office and out of the hospital. i thank the gentleman for the recognition. i urge defeat of the schweikert amendment. the chair: the gentleman from arizona has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. schweikert: thank you, mr. chairman. i'll try to be fast at this. and i want to also -- the gentlewoman from ohio actually, i want to be careful of my language because i did say purchase grocery stores. it's basically finance their acquisitio

burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to rise and address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, today the white house's permanent campaign machine released a television ad promoting the affordable care act and unfortunately it aims to completely mislead the public. the ad claims that americans are seeing better coverage and lower costs because of the affordable care act. that is pure fantasy. the fact is, premiums have been ratcheting upward across the country. on average, rates in ohio have gone up almost $200 per month because of this law and it's the same story state by state. these rising costs clearly have the administration worried that people are going toens how bad the -- to understand how bad the affordable care act act is. ru expected to spend hundreds of dollars in promoting this law. it's raised by having officials strongarm donations from health c

representative michael burgess republican of texas. the look on rachel's face was priceless.se he's seen male fetuses begin masturbating in the womb around 15 weeks of pregnancy. >> oh, my god. >> stephanie: he says, if a male baby has their hand between their legs, if they can feel pleasure is it so hard to -- could be floating in fluid and your limbs could -- okay. >> but he interpreted it to be -- of course, as you do. >> stephanie: where do you find good porn down there at that age? although, i guess it is porn because you're literally inside a woman. so this member -- >> member? >> stephanie: member. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] of congress. the atlanta wire writing this member of the u.s. congress has said on the congressional record that male fetuses at 15 weeks in the development are consciously touching their tiny fetal penises to give themselves pleasure. >> rubbing one out. >> stephanie: as it were. according to the g.o.p. doctor's caucus web site, he practiced as a ob/gyn. 20 years of tiny masturbating fetuses. that guy is leading the debate. [ applause ] on their side. >> wow.

burgess: 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 from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, there is both the president and the senate have immigration plans with a central component of amnesty of those who are in the country without the benefit of citizenship. past experiences have shown us that amnesty hinders us from creating the solution to our problems. remember congress in 1986 allowed amnesty during the reagan administration. we were then promised solutions, but knows have not been met. but let's focus fost just a minute about the reality and forget the rhetoric. which country has been the most welcoming to new citizens? which country has offered the oath of citizenship to more people who chose to legally enter that country? if you look at this chart you'll see on the far end it's the united states of america. in 2010, a million new resident

to work i actually support at speed five once i found out that fetuses masturbate for congressman burgess you know if they want to find that pleasure you know who might have been part of the trick is to work every bogeyman and every every conversation that we have but you know on this thing if somebody did something wrong you know it looks like the strategic advantage would have been to a republican and not to democrats i see what you're saying somebody would have had a way to make clerical error we didn't mean that that. but if anybody anybody hears that the majority hires the clerk and really sure of course the majority always look if somebody did something here it's all about government should be about transparency it should be on behalf of the people of anyone's playing games like this gamesmanship with what should be an open procedure that's just wrong. well not that i'm an expert on abortion or anything like that but i will say this we all know how how emotionally charged the subject of abortion is ok. do we all agree that there are women in this world who also oppose abortion for p

burgess, five minutes for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. kerlikowske, you sent a letter -- you heard me reference the alignment of our policies with those to our neighbor to the north, and you sent a letter about this. you got doctor, the hrockmorton deliberately working on deterrence and oxycontin, but how do we align our policies with canada to prevent the older generic form from coming across the border? because i, probably as we speak about this, i can see someone developing a business plan that would involve the importation of large amounts of generic oxycontin that didn't have an abuse deterrent. >> it's an important issue because the united states has done a lot to reduce the easy availability and also the fact that the opioid prescription painkillers here are not as easily manipulated. but the fact that canada has that was of great concern to us. so early on before they hit the market, we had written to the health minister. the health minister from canada replied that she actually didn't have the authorities within canadian law to l

in the house of representatives michael burgess who is a member of congress believe it or not, republicanever allow anybody to have an abortion because fetuses as young as 12 weeks old, are masturbating in the womb. >> watch a sona graham of a 15-week old baby if they are a male baby they have their hands between their legs. they feel pleasure. why is it hard to believe they peel pain? >> bill: yes, ladies and gentlemen, he is a member of congress. gary bentavoli, republican from michigan. he was presiding over the house, and wanted to call on the representative from american samoa, the problem is he wouldn't pronounce samoa. >> number three. >> the chair recognizes the gentlemen from american somolia, mr. -- [ inaudible ]. >> thank you mr. speaker it's american samoa. >> there it is. >> bill: dumbbell and last night it was game number seven, and the heat came through, winning two years in a row. here is the final call on espn. >> announcer: number two. >> the clock says four the clock says three, back-to-back, they have done it again. miami heat the nba champions again. the miami heat ha

burgess you have five minutes here opening statements to make the fact of the matter is we lose moreeople in this country to a drug overdose than automobile accidents and of those two-thirds are prescription and drug overdoses. we have a big problem with there is plenty we can do but so far there has not been anything more than as short-term approach but we need a comprehensive strategy focused on going after the bad actors. we could go after the pill mill, they may be hard to find but maybe not. they advertise. so we are fortunate they tell us where they are and there hours, the charges, if i can find them, how come the of board of pharmacy can or law enforcement can? take a hard look by ran a medical practice 25 years never wants to die offered discounts, dispensing on-site, high-coupon included and it warrants a hard look and it just does not fit the normal type of medical practice. we should reauthorize to fend it and it is the only authorizing legislation to encourage state prescription drug monitoring programs and that is the bipartisan committee it we should encourage qualitat

michael burgess. never heard of him before but he is a republican congressman from texas. he said there is another reason to be against abortion. we should be against abortion because mail fetuses masturbate. little male fe. uses inside the womb masturbate. this is a congressman from texas. >> mr. chairman, i thought the debate was far too late. we should be setting this at 15 weeks, 16 weeks. you watch a sono gram of a 15 week baby. they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. if they are a mail baby they may have their hand between their legs. they feel pleasure. why is it so hard to think that they could feel pain? >> bill: unbelievable. i mean these guys are so ignorant. i mean it's just -- it's just hard to even respond to something like that. these guys are members of congress and they are driving the train in the house of representatives. >> that's why we had this vote yesterday. i know barbara lead said it best, barbara lee from california said exactly what this is. what i want to know from you is -- and again, if you are calling to bedebate yes

burgess: her answers were questionable. last tuesday, secretary sebelius disclosed she solicitted three other companies, a drugmaker, johnson & johnson, a health care system, ascension health and a health care provider kaiser perm then tee. so it begs the question -- permanente. so it begs the question, how far will this administration ghow to fund the affordable care act. along with them, the department of home rand security, department of labor, these will be involved in sharing and tracking information to implement the president's law. do you really want to entrust this administration with the responsibility of controlling your health care and controlling your health care information? i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recks any? -- recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. >> we are all familiar with the recent i.r.s. scan

burgess: that's a staggering amount of difficulty people have to suffer because of the administration's shortsighted policy. the president and his allies were under the faulty impression that educating people about the affordable care act will make it popular and make it work. the truth is, people are already finding out far too much about this law as it costs them and their family members jobs. we have to continue highlighting the destructive parts of this law before it destroys an already weak economy. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1613, the outer continental shelf hydrocarbon agreement authorization act. over three years have passed since president obama and then-president calderon agreed on the need to finalize a transboundary hydrocarbons agreement which now needs to be approvedly bicongress

burgess. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. kerlikowske, you heard me reference the alignment of our policies with those with our neighbor to the north and you sent a letter about this. you have dr. throckmorton working on abuse deterrence in oxycontin but how do we align our policies with canada to prevent the generic form from coming across the border? as we speak about this, i can see someone developing a business plan that would involve the importation of large amounts of generic oxycontin. an important issue because the united states has done a lot to reduce the easy availability and also the fact that the opioid prescription as easilys are not manipulated. the fact canada has that was of great concern to us. early on, before they had the market, we had written to the health minister. the health minister from canada replied she actually did not have the authority to limit this but she had not only heard from us, she had also heard from the provinces that were concerned this would be easily available within the provinces. s