conyers: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlen from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to my colleague from texas, mr. gohmert, who is also a member of t judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. my first daughter was born very prematurely. they rushed her over to shreveport to the i.c.e. level intensive care. the neonaytologist encouraged me because my wife couldn't come to caress her, talk to her, that it meant so much even though she couldn't see me. she grabbed my finger and held it for hours. she wanted to cling to life. for those of us who think it's wrong to kill children in utero , it is even more wrong to pry money from our hands at the point of an i.r.s. gun so that others can use our tax dollars to pay to kill those children. please let's stop it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madamspeaker, i con

conyers: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to my colleague from texas, mr. gohmert, who is also a member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. my first daughter was born very prematurely. they rushed her over to shreveport to the i.c.e. level intensive care. the neonaytologist encouraged me because my wife couldn't come to caress her, talk to her, that it meant so much even though she couldn't see me. she grabbed my finger and held it for hours. she wanted to cling to life. for those of us who think it's wrong to kill children in utero , it is even more wrong to pry money from our hands at the point of an i.r.s. gun so that others can use our tax dollars to pay to kill those children. please let's stop it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madam speaker,

conyers: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time.he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to my colleague from texas, mr. gohmert, who is also a member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. my first daughter was born very prematurely. they rushed her over to shreveport to the i.c.e. level intensive care. the neonaytologist encouraged me because my wife couldn't come to caress her, talk to her, that it meant so much even though she couldn't see me. she grabbed my finger and held it for hours. she wanted to cling to life. for those of us who think it's wrong to kill children in utero , it is even more wrong to pry money from our hands at the point of an i.r.s. gun so that others can use our tax dollars to pay to kill those children. please let's stop it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: madam speaker, i

one the senior detectives was john conyers. i spent many years when i saw conyers sitting alone. i'd want to talk to him about his years of service. he was the only living member of congress still serving who actually served on the water gate committee. whenever i would sit down and talk to john, he would blow me off. john was now the ranking democrat on the house judiciary. i knew he wasn't favorably predisposed to the republicans in general. but because i was a collector of political memorabilia, i wanted to break the ice with him. and i went home one weekend and shuffled through my collection and found something. and i sat down next to john one night on the house floor before the house lewinsky thing happened. as he started to walk away, i grabbed him by the arm. i said do you remember about 30 years ago, teddy kennedy coming to your district in detroit and doing a rally. he looked at me like how do you know that? yes, that was the biggest rally in the history of any district. never had a rally like that. do you remember seeing a yellow campaign button? it said the people's ch

conyers: madam speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. conyers: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 61 printed in house report 112-88 offered by mr. conyers of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of my amendment which would prevent funds altogether riced in the national defense -- authorized in the national defense authorization act for being used to fund any type of ground combat operations in libyan territory. my amendment would simply codify the policy endorsed by our president and the national- international community and thereby ensure that our involvement in libya remains limited in scope. i'm proud to report that this amendment enjoys the support of 16 bipart

conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: members of the house, the problem with this bill is that it reaches far beyond federal funding and that it subjects women to profound government intrusion, that it restricts women's access to health care, a that it targets small businesses for disparate treatment under the tax code. and that's why i have more than a dozen organizations ranging from the american nurses association to the ywca, all opposed to this legislation. in addition, this bill will punish women for their private health care decisions and will bject them to profound government intrusion. so this is not a democratic versus republican issue. it's a very important personal decision. now, the goal of this bill, and i'd like to suggest it from the outset of this discussion, is to make it impossible to obtain abortion serces even when paid for with purely private, nonfederal funds. and if there's anyone that has a different view about this, i hope it gets

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. >> a private service will be held this saturday at the springfield baptist church in conyers, ga., and will be strained live on-line credit a public memorial will take place at the mount pleasant baptist church next saturday, may 14. we oppose the time on our web site. the family of a teenaged girl who died after a freak accident continues to sound the alarm. back in 2006, deanna green was electrocuted by druid hill park after touching a fence that had made contact with a live electrical wire. her family is fighting for the right to see the findings of the city's investigation. >> we feel that we should have the right to know what happened to our daughter. the taxpayers need to know what happened. >> in a settlement agreement, douglas electric and lighting did not admit fault in the case. baltimore city was not sued, receiving protection under sovereign immunity. >> in our education alert, a new contract could make city school principals some of the highest paid administrators in the state. union officials ratified the deal yesterday, and a retroactive pay raise will be received of

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news comes the same day we're learning funeral arrangements a private service is set for saturday in conyers, georgia. it can be viewed online springfield baptist church web site at www.sb clive.org. a memorial service for barns is may 14th at mount pleasant church in baltimore. again, what we have learned just a few minutes ago, the medical examiner's office has determined felicia barns died by homicide. no one has been charged at this hour. of course, we will be following the story throughout the evening. we expect to get an update from state police in just about an hour. we're live in the interactive news center cheryl connora be c 2 news. >>> thanks a lot cheryl. president obama has decided not to release the photos of osama bin laden's body. on an international debate whether that would lower or raise the security threat to the u. s. >> reporter: president obama decided the gruesome pictures were more peril than proof. the president personally viewed the graphic pictures of osama bin laden's corpse. a gaping bullet wound in his forehead. >> america does not forget. america will ensure t

at a church in conyers, georgia, the family, friends and school mates of phylicia simone barnes say goodbye to the murdered 16-year-old. >> this is the time when everybody needs everybody. >> reporter: the teenager's family greets supporters, a video of phylicia simone barnes is played for those filling the church. >> mighty god, grant this family your strength. >> reporter: school counselors speak about her love for children and excitement about theater. >> it became that fierce, fiery girl, skipping over educational standards to reach her educational goals and not even stand for bs and cs. >> phylicia was highly motivated. she had clear goals. ♪ >> reporter: a family member reads a poem written by phylicia's mother, one as if the teenager herself is speaking from heaven above. >> if all of you knew how much fun i'm having living with my father god, all of you would be glad. so please, for me don't cry. it's only a temporary goodbye. >> reporter: phylicia simone barnes disappeared december 28th from her sister's apartment in northwest baltimore. back to you. >> suzanne collins live tonight

vote finally exploded expected in the house in the next three days on an amendment by representative conyers there would explicitly prohibited the introduction of u.s. ground troops in libya to the temp by some members of congress to put soem perimeter on what the what the u.s. media so the bombing administration in terms of this dialogue with camera turn or a good position to quote unquote grandpa to heat up you can say let's look if we were let's wonder what they're going to be this or that and out of our prime minister david cameron the u.s. and the u.s. and the u.k. say that they've drawn lessons from history they understand that people in countries for themselves pave the way to democracy but have they really learned this lesson some might say they've just failed miserably. well it's spectacularly obvious then the united states and its friends have different policies for different countries in the region notwithstanding the president's speech over course we've heard a lot of rhetoric about human rights in libya because france britain and the u.s. wanted to intervene while these countrie

now a vote finally exploded in the house in the next three days on an amendment by representative conyers there would explicitly prohibit the introduction of u.s. ground troops in libya so the attempt by some members of congress to put zone perimeter on what the what the u.s. mean here you've heard a lot of rhetoric about human rights in libya because france britain and the u.s. wanted to intervene in the case of bolivia war it was really britain and france they were pushing aggressively for action much more so in c. i do think we all have to be you know keep our eyes focused on the actual policy and there's always. special relationship of course the issue is not whether we want u.s. and britain to cooperate i certainly do is cooperate to do what so if the if there is special relationship means cooperate and do bad things then it's not in the interests of the majority of people in either country. you know with all to you it's good to have your company today and still ahead for you in the program a new battlefield in the middle east conflict look at how the israelis and palestinians accuse

going to expire someone disappointingly even the or the other signs and offering them moderately john conyers just introduced a bill that would make some of the sting from modification is that senator patrick leahy has proposed that would you know essentially make changes to parts of the law that courts have already decided are unconstitutional tata fi some practices that have to do with internal oversight and i'm going to say should innocent people's data but the truth is there's really not a lot of signs that we are going to see a significant change and it's badly needed we also just have. the latest report and these are national security letters obama has broken bush's record it's very impressive for the most americans citizens and permanent residents whose records were seized pursuant to national security letters so she's arresting lee he pledged to end it in the campaign so he's is also susceptible to change well looks like we're just full of all kinds of good news there and that means that the f.b.i. wants more data collection from where we are on our cell phones and more patriot act su

people like representative jan schakowsky of illinois was on the intelligence committee and john conyers who of course is a stalwart of many progressive causes in the congress he did raise this issue and what the lawmakers said in their letter was basically a request for hillary clinton to explain whether or not erik prince got the necessary licenses from the u.s. state department to provide these kinds of services to a foreign government technically when someone like erik prince or a company like blackwater or whatever he wants to call it these days runs to export the kinds of training services or armed services that are appearances at sporting to the united arab emirates and remember erik prince is a navy seal who's have access to very sensitive secret u.s. operations was allowed to go into cia headquarters under president bush and look at operational intelligence and then offer his services there whether or not he got a license for that is up for debate right now and we'll see how hillary clinton responds but blackwater has been fined in the past for not obtaining those licenses so we

conyers. other opening statements will be made. we're pleased to welcome eric h. holder jr. on february 3, 2009, he was sworn in as the a.d. second attorney general of the united states. he's had a long and distinguished career of public service. he joined the department in 1976, became one of the department's first attorneys to serve in the newly formd public integrity section. he served as a judge in the superior court and the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 1997, he was named to be the department attorney general by president clinton. prior to becoming the attorney general, he was a lit gauge partner for a firm in washington, d.c. he attended columbia university, graduating in 1973, and columbia law school, where he graduated from in 1976. we look forward to hearing your testimony and welcome you again to today's hearing. >> thank you, chairman smith, ranking member conyers. that was a wonderful introduction except for the date you mentioned that i graduated from college. other than that, thank you. but also, distinguished members of the committee. good mor

conyers. other opening statements will be made. we're pleased to welcome eric h. holder jr. on february 3, 2009, he was sworn in as the a.d. second attorney general of the united states. he's had a long and distinguished career of public service. he joined the department in 1976, became one of the department's first attorneys to serve in the newly formd public integrity section. he served as a judge in the superior court and the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 1997, he was named to be the department attorney general by president clinton. prior to becoming the attorney general, he was a lit gauge partner for a firm in washington, d.c. he attended columbia university, graduating in 1973, and columbia law school, where he graduated from in 1976. we look forward to hearing your testimony and welcome you again to today's hearing. >> thank you, chairman smith, ranking member conyers. that was a wonderful introduction except for the date you mentioned that i graduated from college. other than that, thank you. but also, distinguished members of the committee. good mor

not adding the civil liberties and oversight provisions that were found in john conyers' legislation and as well the chairman of the judiciary committee in the senate, chairman -- senator leahy. what is the rush to protect those whor in fact, citizens of the united states? what is the rush not to protect them. support a seven-day extension. don't vote for legislation that violates the civil liberties of americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield to the gentleman from wisconsin. the chair: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. sensenbrenner: i rise in support of senate 990 to re-authorize the three expiring provisions of the patriot act for four years. this legislation provides much needed certainty to our intelligence officials who rely on these tools to prevent terrorist attacks and prevent espionage. this bill does not go as far as legislation reported by the judiciary committee earlier this month. h.r. 1800, the bill i sponsored along with chairman smith and chairman rogers and chairma

conyers of michigan. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this question the yeas are 416. the nays are 5. the amendment is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 62 printed in house report 112-88, by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 62, printed in house report number 112-88, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the ch

conyers. mr. duncan of south carolina was inadvertently added as a co-sponsor to conyers amendment number 61, i want to clarify that mr. duncan is not a co-sponsor of that particular amendment. i appreciate the discussion we've had so far. i would like to remind my colleagues that if every amendment made in order in this rule were to have its maximum amount of time, we would have already approved a maximum of over -- we would have a minimum of 26 hours of debate on this particular issue. i am appreciative of the concerns of mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. i also want him to realize there are multiple amendments made in order dealing with this and similar subjects and i am very appreciative that mr. mcgovern, as a veteran of the house, understanding the rules of the house, has been wise enough to use this debate time also for speaking about that particular amendment which will vastly extend the amount of time he has to cover that issue. that's why -- i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the g

on the ballot and be in the debate but a lot of all of the shortfall in the vehicle when home john conyers member of the judiciary committee wanted to hold impeachment the speaker of the house nancy pelosi said john you can't do that we have to look at 2008. we don't want anything that makes us look radical, and there were no appeasement. they had to stylet, concentration of executive power and i testified at the hearing. moreover the invoked the parliamentary rules and said king george freakin' that you cannot bring the president of the united states into disrepute in the estimate. so the extricated my testimony and referred to the white house what 1600 pennsylvania avenue. we would have floated executive power. >> i hear the word impeachment i don't want people to leave the room thinking there's nothing they can do. when we talk about impeachment, is that really practical? what i'm trying to get that is what can people do -- is their something else we can do? what happened in wisconsin -- i know we are not going to impeach obama. we could impeach boesh. >> what's happening in wisconsin i

engulfed by members, some who had served with him, from michigan, chairman dingell, and chairman conyers who never served with him but wanted to greet him and welcome him to the congress. when i went up to pay my respects, i said, "mr. president, i have your job. i'm the minority leader." he said, "i knew your father. he was my friend." isn't that just like gerald ford? as president ford said himself, "the length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends." in his long life of great accomplishments, president ford was most proud of his family. today, we pay special tribute to his family -- michael, jack, susan, and steven -- three of whom are with us. we also send our love and respect to first lady betty ford. our nation owes her a great debt of gratitude for her role as first lady, but well beyond that affecting the lives millions of americans. please extend our respects to your mom. when we unveil a statue, governor snyder, it is always a special occasion for us in the capitol, but when it happens to be one of one who has served in the congress, that is a rari

some served with him from michigan, like chairman dingell chairman conyers.ith him but wanted to greet him and welcome him to the congress. when i went up to pay my respects, i said mr. president, i have your job. i'm the minority leader. he said, i'm your father. he was my friend. isn't that just like gerald ford? the president himself, ford said himself, the length of one day matters less to the love of one's family and friends. and his long life of great accomplishments, president ford was the most, most proud of his family. today we pay special tribute to his family, michael, jack, susan and steven, three of whom are with us. we also send other love and respect to first lady betty ford. our nation owes her a great debt of gratitude for her role as first lady but well beyond that, affecting the lives of millions of americans. please extend our respects to your mom whfment we unveil a statue, governor snyder, it's always a special occasion for us in the capital. but when it happens to be one who has served in the congress, that is a rarity and a president w

conyers of michigan. amendment number 62 by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 63 by mr. ellison of minnesota. amendment number 64 by ms. loretta sanchez of california. amendment number 111 by ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 148 by mr. turner of ohio. amendment 152 by mr. can vack of minnesota. the chair will re-- mr. cravaack of minnesota. the chair will reduce to five minutes the votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 38 by the gentleman from florida, mr. mica, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 38 printed in house report 112-88 offered by mr. mica of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote followed by 19 two-minute votes. [captioning made possible by t

conyers, that will specifically prohibit the deployment of ground troops in libya. we can't not afford any further expansion of this engagement. we owe it to the american people who are footing the bill, and, of course, our service men and women who are already fighting on two fronts. to keep this mission from mushrooming -- and from mushrooming into a full-blown ground war and military occupation we must stop now. we must not put boots on the ground in libya, and we must close any loophole that allows any president to do so. we still have combat troops in iraq. we're spending a staggering $10 billion every month on an ongoing war in afghanistan that has been a devastating, moral and stratenalic failure. we can't -- strategic failure. we can't keep doing this, mr. speaker. our military is at a breaking point. the american people's patience is wearing thin. two wars are already more than we can handle. let's define the mission in libya, let's complete it and let's get out. anything less is a replay of iraq and afghanistan where we must move as quickly to bring our tr