so this is lieutenant bh coffman, usa. "body in a decayed state, falling to pieces."which he's written each one of these descriptions of each of the bodies seems, you know, to be a herculean piece of work. the people of islay buried almost 400 soldiers and sailors from the 0tranto. they had more outside help this time but this disaster still required the whole island to pull together. you only have to look at the photographs of the bodies in kilchoman church to know that this was a real tragedy involving real human beings on a small island where the size of the tragedy, you know, would seep into the soul. growing up on islay, i neverfully appreciated how significant this year of double disaster was. i think when certain generations died off, it was forgotten. this has been revived now. i really don't know what effect it'll have on some people, because there were so many families touched by the whole thing. people, even in my home, rarely talked about it. there is one very visible memorial, built by the american red cross just after the war on the mull of 0a. the red c

membership introduce somewhat narrower aumfs, on the house side bipartisan group led by congressman mike coffman, he has drafted alternative that features a five-year sunset. the authority will actually expire unless it is permanently renewed. congressman adam schiff aumf has a three-year sunset. but both of these include fairly broad associated forces provision that allow the president to expand the target list which institutionalize mission creep. the aumf entities by senator jeff merkley avoids most of these pitfalls. it is about as tightly and smartly crafted as it were authorization can be. it's limited to two countries, iraq and afghanistan, three groups, the countries and targets must be published, cannot be classified, and it turns things right side up. for the most part the president is required to come to congress to add new countries and new groups. even so, even the merkley resolution bypasses the debate that we ought to be having about even the core groups that are included in each alternative aumf. that is, al-qaeda, t taliban and isis. we ought to be debating what continuing war a

must be a romney republican, fred uptown, republican of michigan, dave reichert of washington, mike coffmannevada, and leonard lance new jersey, costel lo pennsylvania, steve knight california, dave trott michigan, eric paulsen of minnesota, tom reed and brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. i mean, they're joining democrat s to bring that amnesty bill. joining us tonight is ed rollins from the reagan white house political director great america chairman, fox news contributor and super american, great friend >> thank you. to me this is the most treacherous thing these guys could possibly do two months before an election to go against your own leadership and own president if they want an maze bill a comprehensive immigration bill, he certainly has a show on this and if he don't give him his wall he will veto this thing so why go through this override a very weak speaker which is the perfect reason why he shouldn't be the speaker and put this up and embarrass republicans and everybody else. lou: i heard a number of republicans though say, ed, they just want to do something. i mean, this is the d

. >> chair coffman, ranking member speier, distinguished members tft committee, i thank you for the opportunity today to appear before you on behalf of the men and women of the united states army. i've submitted a statement for the record and now i'd like to highlight a few of the points. many of our army is one of the key components of readiness and army fight and win our nations wars. thank you for the fiscal year 2018 national defense authorization act which authorized army to grow by 8,500. also appreciate the two year budget deal which will improve readiness and ensure our formations are filled in the years to come. to build fuel tour army, we must recruit a diverse men and women high quality and character and competitive market as a chairman talked about, where only one in four, 17 year olds is eligible to join and one in eight has propensity to enlist in the military. maintaining the quality will continue to be our priority and the army will not sacrifice quality for quantity. our recruiters across the country are doing incredible work to achieve this mission. the army must also continue

coffman: >> i rise in support. the bill contains a variety of significant policies funding initiatives that continue our commitment to maintaining military personnel and family readiness and addresses issues important to our men and women in uniform. the provisions contained in this bill provide our war fighters, retirees and their families, pay and benefits necessary to sustain them in today's highly stressed force. this bill increases end strength across the services allowing the military services to increase mission readiness while reducing strain on service members and their families and extends bonuses in high demand fields, provides the military services with necessary tools to attract and retain critical talent, improves the transition assistance program to ensure that service members who are leaving the military receive training and resources talored to their plans, requires a comprehensive review of the wounded care and mental health care services and ensuring the highest quality to those who have sacrific

matthew scott coffman. >> austin d. >> gabriel john lackey. harris.er j. >> matthew a.edger. >> michelle a. katz. lohman.es edward >> finn j. ludwig. >> victoria j. >> travis marshall. m.ryan miller. e. >> charles m lindner. n.seven n. nathan -- devon nathan. >> caitlin s. >> c. norton. >> harrison reeves mathis. >> david alejandro. mcclinton. >> patrick s. wright. >> emma a. >> jacob thomas ruby. >> derek s. > zachary j. jesse e. sharp. >> mary catherine nelson. >> sean -- >> adam d. >> kimberly carlene smith. >> nicholas a. -- ared >> jared j. plummer. >> from the 27th company. avarado. cole j. al athaniel belch. -- tori aoria paris ary.ay -- victoria m >> ingrid c. barnum. e. victory rene >> gage a. butler. >> andre e. rodriguez. >> harold. >> james a. >> erin elizabeth evans. >> james timberlake. >> zachary michael. y. brian r. cob paige furlong. >> nathan q. egorian. y gr >> taylor j. >> andrew mark jones. >> from the 28th company. nathaniel r. malik. >> car -- tyler m. >> leeann margarita. >> jason chen. >> michael m. meehan. >> ashanti s. austin s. davis. >> alan

coffman votes aye. ms. gabbert votes no. plst heart votes aye. mr. o'roork votes no. mr. scott? mr. scott? mr. scott votes no. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. brooks votes no. mr. moulton votes aye. doctor whenstop votes aye. ms. sheaporter votes aye. mr. graves votes aye. ms. rosen votes no. ms. mcsally votes aye. mr. knight votes aye. mr. brown votes aye. mr. russell votes aye. mrs. murphy votes no. mr. connor votes no. dr. abraham votes aye. mr. o'halloran votes no. mr. kelly votes -- >> mr. gallagher votes aye. mr. panetta votes aye. mr. gates votes aye. mr. bacon. mr. bacon votes aye. mr. banks. mr. banks votes aye. ms. cheney votes aye. mr. mitchell votes aye. mr. jones. >> mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> aye. >> i change the vote to no. >> how is norcross recorded? >> recorded as voting aye. >> no. >> how is mr. moulton recorded? >> recorded as voting aye. >> good. thank you. clerk will report the tally. mr. chairman 33 aye votes. 28 no votes. >> the amendment is adopted. question now occurs on russell amendment number 328 regarding machine gun transfers. a recorded vote has

coffman: aurora has also become an even greater place to live, work, and raise a family. i met steve hogan 35 years ago when i returned home to aurora after having served in the marine corps. i have had the distinct pleasure to call him a friend ever sense. mayor hogan's career in public service has taken him from serving in the colorado house of representatives in the 16970's to serving six terms as an aurora city councilmember and finally two terms as the mayor of the city, a city i know he loved so dearly. mayor hogan exemplified the spirit of that -- of public service and my hometown of aurora will not be the wonderful place it is today without his vision and his leadership. we all are better off because of his decades of hard work. mr. speaker, i am proud to have been able to call mayor steve hogan a friend and his family will remain in my thoughts and prayers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, pursuant to section 233-e-1 of the social security act, as amended