chuck colson truly was one of my heroes. someone i'm going to miss greatly. someone that impacted my family. i will think of him all the time when i look at my own son, colson, named after chuck colson, but i want to thank my friends for joining me tonight to honor this great man, honor this great life and be challenged together to follow the example that he left for us. thank you, chuck, we'll never forget you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, for 30 minutes. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much. mr. speaker, first let me suggest that i join with my colleagues in honoring the memory of chuck colson, a man who also meant a lot to me, as an individual and those of us who come from california and remember richard nixon coming out there and remember the great work that chuck colson did for our prison community in california, we're very grateful for that. and he taught us really the true meaning of christian

speaker, first let me suggest that i join with my colleagues in honoring the memory of chuck colson, a man who also meant a lot to me, as an individual and those of us who come from california and remember richard nixon coming out there and remember the great work that chuck colson did for our prison community in california, we're very grateful for that. and he taught us really the true meaning of christian compassion and i personally was a beneficiary of that knowledge and that spirit that he helped us understand and development within our open hearts. so i would -- our own hearts. so i would like to join my colleagues in that. but today i rise to call attention to the hundreds of millions of public dollars we have spent and continue to spend in the form of foreign aid to the people's republic of china. better known as communist china to those of us who have spent years trying to fight that

from a life in jail to a life on fire for jesus, we remember chuck colson, the man who went from a dirty politician to a prison evangelist. plus fleeing for the sake of freedom. why some home schooling families are packing up and moving out of sweden. >> the specter of war threatens the fragile peace of sudan and south sudan. hello everyone i am george thomas. attacks against the country by the islamic government of sudan amounts to declaration of war. president obama called on sudan to stop all military activity. he announced measures to prep vent genocide around the world. john waage explains. >> reporter: holocaust author ele vie zell. >> we must tell our children about a crime unique in human history. the one and only holocaust, six million innocent people, men, women, children, babies sent to their death just for being different, for being jewish. >> president said an individual commitment also extends to israel. >> when faced with a regime that threatens global security and denies holocaust, the united states will do everything in our power to prevent iran from getting a nuclear we

when i first came to the senate, i was here just two days and i received a call from chuck colson. he said, i have a gift for you and it is a precious gift and one i don't want to give, but i think this gift can be more useful as someone who can speak as a united states senator than someone like me who can speak as a head of a prison fellowship. that gift was a young man by the name of michael gerson, who had after leaving college worked for prison fellowship, helped both through policy decisions and through the written word, helped chuck with his ministry. and this young man worked for me for a number of years and was -- i was the voice of his thinking and the voice of his written messages. he went on to become a speechwriter for a presidential candidate and then chief speechwriter for president george w. bush. michael gerson wrote a piece that was published in "the washington post" on april 22 entitled "charles colson found freedom in prison." that piece, i think, is worth certainly reading and, mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that it be inserted in the record peedly

. >>> chuck colson passed away after a breathe illness.aul strand was there after loved one reflected on the redeeming work colson did in their life. >> thousands filled the national cathedral to celebrate the life of chuck colson. his daughter spoke. >> i am thankful to be old enough to have known my father before he became a christian and to see the change, the transformation in my father when christ ruled in his heart. >> reverend timothy george saw his faith up close. >> he never got over the wonder of jesus christ. >> he swore to his fellow inmates he would never forget them. he started prison fellowship. >> chuck made sure you had a bible in jail. >> he is now a chaplain in the same place he did time. >> he gave them a heart of gold, actually. a wag in the boston globe wrote, if mr. colson can repent of his sins, there has been to be hope for everybody. he turned it around and found it in everyone. >> emily read instructions for this time. >> i want my funeral services to be joyful. i don't want people to be sad, i believe in every o

people like chuck colson. he recounted a story from his days after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence that even with his record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get him situated. set him up once again as as important. his choice at a crossroads would make him, instead, a great man. the call to service is one

eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson, who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has

eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson, who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 f.m. nationwide on xm channel 119. and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> the u.s. house on wednesday will take up a bill setting out defense programs and policies for 2013. the legislation currently authorizes more than $642 billion, including $88 billion for the war in afghanistan and other overseas contingency activities. it also includes about $10 billion for the f-35 joint strike fighter. last week the house armed services committee met for almost seven hours to mark up the legislation, eventually passing it through committee by a vote of 56-5. we'll show you the afternoon session of that markup, which runs a little over three h

eastern hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key advisor chuck colson who passed away last month as they talk about george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff. >> no. i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster for his side. everything he has done is wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119. and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> c-span3 takes you now to george washington university where an overview of the 2012 nato summit is going to be held. we're going to hear from vice president bide's national security advisor, nato scholars and european foreign policy leaders all expected to speak. and president obama will be meeting with nato heads of state in chicago this weekend to discuss the direction of the alliances activities. this conference is hosted by the british committee counsel. looking at nato's new challenges including cyber attacks, threats to energy supplies and closing the gap between u.s. and europe on military capabilities. >> we're going to be hearing shortly from the group gat

nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson who pass the away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff? >> you really think so. >> i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster from his side, and everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119 and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> the federal government has ten inspector general vacancies, seven of which have been vacant for more than a year. the house oversight committee held this hearing last week on how the vacancies impact prevention of waste, fraud and abuse. committee chairman darrell issa says president obama has failed to nominate people for those positions. this portion of the hearing is an hour and 15 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. before we begin, this is an unusual hearing. and i hope you'll all agree that this is a hearing in which we're not talking about any particular problem that's occurred in the recent or not recent past. we're t

men and women working and witnessing to carry god's love in every light, people like the late chuck colsonnot long ago he spoke of his days when leaving the prison. he was sure a man with his prison record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably, they'd make some calls, get chuck situated, set him up once again as an important man. his choice at that cross roads would make him instead a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national care and culture. it has motivated every great movement of conscience that this hopeful country has ever seen. sometimes as dr. frankel observed in his book, it's not what we're asking of life but rather what life is asking of us chls how often the answer to our own problems so the help others with theirs. and all of these things, family, farkts work, service, the choices we make as americans, other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth, life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where they live, the work they do, and how many children the state will allo

people like chuck colson. he recounted a story from his days after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence that even with his record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get him situated. set him up once again as as important. his choice at a crossroads would make him, instead, a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national character and culture. it has motivated every great action of conscience. sometimes, as dr. victor frankel observed, it is what live is asking of us. how often the answer to our own problems is to help others with theirs. in all of these things, family, faith, work, service, the choices we make as americans in other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth, life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where they live, the work they do, and how many children they can have. all the more reason to be grateful. this and every day, we live in the united states of america with a talent god gave us and we

people like chuck colson. he recounted a story from his days after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence that even with his record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get him situated. set him up once again as as important. his choice at a crossroads would make him, instead, a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national character and culture. it has motivated every great action of conscience. sometimes, as dr. victor frankel observed, it is what live is asking of us. how often the answer to our own problems is to help others with theirs. in all of these things, family, faith, work, service, the choices we make as americans in other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth, life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where they live, the work they do, and how many children they can have. all the more reason to be grateful. this and every day, we live in the united states of america with a talent god gave us and we

one that robbie referred to, chuck colson.the other, his friend and loved to many of us here today, the late father richard neuhaus. in one of the last essays richard wrote for the journal he founded, he discussed what he called a new order of religious freedom. appealing to one of the distinctive traits of the american experiment. summarize and famous words that appear on our currency, not in god we trust, but a new order for the ages. at the heart of this new order, lies an instinctive respect for persons of faith. all faith. and an intentional policy of their access to the public square. free access, not only for individuals, but also for religious associations. for communities of faith. richard emphasized that the inspiration for religious freedom was itself religious. as he said in his own way, it is our belief that it is the will of god that we should not persecute one another in our disputes over the will of god. [laughter] [laughter] >> a wonderful new neuhaus-ism. nonetheless, i want to go back to that statement that

hear conversations between nixon and chuck colson who passed away last month as the talk about the democraticresidential nominee. >> you do not think so? >> no. >> he realizes he is on the verge of an impending disaster. everything he has done has gone wrong. >> listen 90.1 fm. >> over the past year, c-span's local content vehicles to work has taken it on the road. last month, in oklahoma city. june 2 and 1/3, watched from wichita, kansas. "washington journal" continues. host: with gay marriage front and center, we turn to chuck wolfe for a discussion of openly gay candidates running for office. first, tell us the role of the victory fund, the institute, and what you do. guest: we work to prepare day, lesbian, and transgendered individuals to serve public life. host: you are set to endorse a record number of candidates this year. what is the number? guest: we think we will endorse about 200 members running. host: where do you have the most running backs guest: -- running? host: right now we have endorsed about eight -- guest: right now we have endorsed about eight. host: talk to us about the

eastern, conversations between president nixon and chuck colson, who passed away last month, as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. [unintelligible] >> we are streaming at c-span radio.org. >> next, a forum between representatives of the u.s., britain, france, russia, china, and germany. this group last met in april to discuss their nuclear program. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> we would like to welcome you this morning to the bipartisan politics center. i appreciate all of the fighting through traffic to be here today. i welcome you to an informative and timely discussion about our n.forts as a natio an one of the core ideas encouraged senators to create this center five years ago is the idea we need to have forums in this country where we can have bridge discussions about the consequential and controversial issues facing the nation. nowhere has our work and more valuable or challenging than the ongoing effort led by chuck robb to promote a strategy to address the iranian nuclear ambitions. the u.s. and our allies are meeting in baghdad on may

people like chuck colson. he recounted a story from his days after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence that even with his record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get him situated. set him up once again as as important. man. his choice at a crossroads would make him, instead, a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national character and culture. it has motivated every great action of conscience. that is fair minded country of ours has ever seen. sometimes, as dr. victor frankel observed, it is what live is asking of us. -- it is not a matter of what we ask of life but what life that some of us. how often the answer to our own problems is to help others with theirs. in all of these things, family, faith, work, service, the choices we make as americans in other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth, life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where they live, the work they do, and how many children they can ha

people like chuck colson. he recounted a story from his days after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence that even with his record, a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get him situated. set him up once again as as important. his choice at a crossroads would make him, instead, a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national character and culture. it has motivated every great action of conscience. sometimes, as dr. victor frankel observed, it is what live is asking of us. how often the answer to our own problems is to help others with theirs. in all of these things, family, faith, work, service, the choices we make as americans in other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where they live, the work they do and how many children the state will allow them to have. all the more reason to be grateful, this and every day that we live in the united states of america, where the

my greatest pleasure was working with him and chuck colson on the manhattan dedication. next to him is bishop cordileone, a bishop of oakland, california. he is a leading figure in the american catholic scene. he is been very dedicated in fighting for religious liberty. and on the end, elder witt the clayton -- whiney clayton. he is a member of the first orkaur rahm. he has served as a member of the presidency since 2008 and has various jurisdictional responsibilities. he is also a lawyer. we will not hold that against you. he is a leading figure in a church that has been a leading institution in the fight for religious liberty, polling with far beyond its wake -- polling far beyond its weight. if you do not mind, i will begin with you and then we will work back this way. whitney clayton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you to brian walsh and also another word of thanks to the becket fund for all they are doing. we are grateful for their successes and we wish them well. [applause] i am also grateful we are far enough along in the program that i have been able to excite mo

[video clip] >> this saturday, hear conversations between president nixon and a key adviser chuck colsonwho passed away last month, as they talk about george mcgovern. >> i think he is on the verge of something. everything he is done has gone wrong. >> nationwide, xm channel 119. >> "washington journal" continues. host: representative marsha blackburn is our guest. thank you for coming in. we want to talk with you about jpmorgan chase and your thoughts about the banking industry. there's a big shareholder meeting today. what do you think went on? guest: i think we will find out what went wrong. it was jpmorgan losing money and not the federal government. that is one of the things we have to realize. the tooill dealing with big to fail concept. we look at the $2 billion loss. every day we learn a little bit more about it. they said it went to the clearing houses. host: president obama was in new york city yesterday and taped an interview with "the view." they have put out a preview. [video clip] >> jpmorgan is one of the best managed banks there is. jamie dimon is a smart banker and still

hear conversations from nixon and chuck colson, as they talked about the presidential nominee mcgovern. >> he does not have the stuff. he does not realize he is on the verge of an impending -- everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, listen at 90.1 fm. >> today president obama delivered the commencement address at barnard college. later this month the president will deliver addresses to a high school in missouri. the president's remarks are 40 minutes. >> want to take a moment to share guess that barred prevented to you. the first was a book entitled "pass it on," to sasha and malia obama. the seniors who were so thrilled to have you as the speaker have written their own messages to share with your children. we hope they will enjoy it together and we want them to know that they are welcome at barred any time. the second guest for you and the first lady was a slight -- was a little like summer reading. bard sprouts itself on extraordinary writers. when the to show -- share the wealth by giving a special collection of books written by barnard alumni and inscribed by the a

one, chuck colson. the other, his friend, and led to many of us here today, the late father's john neuhaus. and one of the last essays richard roe -- wrote, discuss what he called a new order of religious freedom. appealing to one of the distinctive traits of the american experiment, summarized and famous words that appear on our currency -- not in god we trust, but a new order for the ages. at the heart of this was an instinctive respect for persons of fate -- all faiths. intentional policy of their access to the public square. free access not only for individuals, but also for religious associations, for communities of faith. as richard was want to do, he emphasized that the inspiration for religious freedom was itself religious. as he said in his own way, it is our belief that it is the will of god that we should not persecute one another and are disputes over the will of god. [laughter] well, i am a baptist, as robbie has divulged, in fact, i am a southern baptist. that is the worst kind. [laughter]