all those in favor of the eshoo amendment say aye? opposed a no? the ayes have it. never go to your site. who has an amendment? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. it is shadegg 17 east. >> can i reserve a point of order? >> the gentleman from new jersey preserves a point of order. >> the clerk will report the eminent. >> the eminent author by mr. shattuck. >> without objection daemon that will be considered as red. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment is to a stealth provision of the bill. is a provision of the bill that no one has talked about in the press and no one has talked about in this room. it's a provision i'm betting that no one here really knows is in the bill or what it does. under current law, if an erisa covered plan, that means a union plant or a governed plan, negligently or even link willfully and in bad faith denies coverage to an employee and that employee is either injured or killed by the denial of coverage, that employee can recover nothing for their injuries. nothing, even if t

ms eshoo? so we have a bipartisan coalition, we have it my whip count is correct almost two-thirds of this committee in support of this bill. there will be sufficient time as we go to the process to continue to modify the bill of necessary but when you have a bill that has come out of the relevant committee of jurisdiction with its primary sponsor being senator kennedy who is one of the most loved and legislators in the healthcare bill, when we have almost two-thirds of this committee and support have it, one is an issue we have our town for years and years which is very important to innovation, their import into health care as we intend to practice in the 21st century, the fact that there's a disagreement that exclusivity should be 12 years or five years or seven years is not a reason to hold it up. the greater good, the larger underlying issue is that there is so much effort being put into this bill that we need to provide legislative serving tea and we also need to give enough time for those

congressman n rush hol congressn anna eshoo, and congressn pete ekstra. >>and also thihis hour, e eric cantor and jimclyburn. plplus, emttled new jersey governor jon cocorzine upor re-election. >>> good day, i'm area mitchehell live in washihington. cia direrector leon panettata rertedly told the intelelligence committee thatat he oy learnede about a covertrogram the day bere he came to the hillll, two weekeks agoon j june 24. thiss the first time since 2001 that any congngressiona member leaearned of is secret prprogram. in a letterer panetta released yesterday, seven mbers of thehe committee wwrote, recently you testifiethat you have deteterminedhat topia officials hahave concealed gnificant actionons fromll meers of coness and misled members for aumber of yearss from 2001 toothis weweek. leleon panetta dedenies it. democratatic ngresswomanand anna eoo and john holt from nejersey are both memembers of the house intetelligen committee joining now, both signed ththat letter. than for coming to talk to us. >> good t to be with you, andr. >> firstst of all,

senator mccain said we have to get these eshoos moving.that's really what my recommendations go to. we wou we would close a meeting when classified evidence is being introduced and add it to the sepa rules that has 20 years of practice. that's probably a better approach to get these commissions moving. one of the complaints is that the judges are demanding they do everything with written permission, instead of what cepa allows. that's why i remember the committee look at creepa plus. i do disagree with the administration on this. i think the committee has got it right on the rely ability standard that exists in the bill. i think there is a difference between a voluntary standard that grew up and a law enforcement environment. that's different from the law of work context. i am worried that a military judge that has a vol untarriness standard is going to look at a statement taking in front of a rival when a soldier breaks down a door and takes a statement from a detainee. >> i would look at a series of factors that would give the judge guid

eshoo: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from illinois. mr. kirk: i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished minority whip, mr. cantor. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, the legislation before us provides $2.22 billion worth of vital security assistance to the state of israel, our most dependable ally in the middle east. the funding in this bill will help ensure israel maintains its qualitative military advantage in the region. that means israel can defend itself against the threat posed by iran and against iranian terrorist proxies, hamas and hezbollah, both sworn to israel's destruction. a strong israel means a more stable middle east. a weakened israel only gives momentum to the radicals in the region determined to harm u.s. interests. joint cooperation with israel has also yielded tangible benefits to america since israel is a leader in methods of fighting terrorism and preventing civilian casualties in terrorist attacks. mr. speaker, there is no doubt in my mind

where in the world is congressman -- congresswoman eshoo said, where is the bipartisanship on these issues? why is it a public battle. >> why does it seem to be irrespective of the disclaimers part of the battle? >> lou, i think we've always within aggressive on getting oversight done. i've challenged president bush a number of times that he was forthright with the community and the american people as to what was going on in the intelligence committee. we have challenged the democrats on the committee to do an investigation as to the killing of two american citizens. my constituents that might have participated on that based on the report of the cia's own inspector general. >> do you believe there'll be a full hearing into the cia? >> well, as soon as we find out whether the facts warrant such an investigation. remember, general hayden, the former director of the cia came out yesterday and said i was never told not to brief congress. and the paid the line on this, lou, is this is a program that never happened. we weren't briefed on a program. >> i'm sorry. >> it was never executed. >> cong

i'm in strong support of the eshoo/engel amendment.the freely associated states, former residents of trust territories of the united states and in some instances, the marshall islands, they have been on the receiving end on many of our nuclear tests and have remain loyal -- loyal to this country throughout. there is a compact agreement between the united states and these freely associated states and i think the fact they were trust territories of the united states, these are not immigrants from a totally foreign country, they have always -- they historically been part of this country as residents of truster the toirs. the compact being in place, assistance to these freely associated states. supports this amtdment and providing medicaid to the freely associated states who are allowed freely migrate to the united states and placing an undue burden on the states where they decide. >> are we saying palau, is that an island in the south pacific? where it was bypassed already. but a general wanted to take it. >> palau -- >> one of the most b

. >> reporter: anna eshoo and six other democrats on the house intelligence committee say cia director leon panetta himself revealed that the cia misled members of congress. in a letter to panetta they say, you determined that top cia officials have concealed significant actions from all members of conditioning and misled members for a number of years. >> he informed us that there was an operation that was in place from 2001 until the day before he came to notify us. >> reporter: but pete hoekstra, the committee's top republican, downplayed the significance of panetta's briefing. >> i heard about a concept and a plan and some preparation on a program. a program that was never implemented. >> democrats and republicans wouldn't give specifics, because they say the information is classified. but house speaker nancy pelosi, who's already weathered republican criticism for accusing the cia of misleading members of congress, was less than eager to way in on the debate. >> the fact is is that there is a briefing that is of serious concern to members of the committee and they have their course

and it is signed, sincerely, a eshoo, rush holt, mime ompson and adam smith. it was signed by ln panetta january 5th. it was sent to him twoays after he briefed the house commtee. now, these sev signatories are considered allies of the speaker of the house, nancy losi. her contention thathe cia deliberately misled r and othemembers of the congress about waterboarding is wha prompted the cia to sue their "wdon't mislead anyone" rebutt way back in may. now these members ofongress are saying tt leon panetta directly contradicted at statement and mied that the cia has misled congress, bute did it in testimy behind closed drs. they now want hito say it in publ. for its part, the cia is sticki to its guns, releasing a statement toght, once again reiting, quote, it is not thpolicyr practice of the cito mislead congress. joining us now to follow all o this smoo its fiery source is "newsweek" inveigative correspondent and msnbc contributor michael ikoff. mike, thanksery much for joing us. >> great to with you, rachel. >> first, do you think that i've mmariz this right?

miss eshoo. no. mr. stupak. mr. stupak no. mr. engel? mr. engel no. mr. green? ms. degette? no. mrs. capps? mrs. capps no. mr. doyle? mr. doyle, no. ms. harman? ms. harman no. ms. schakowsky no. mr. gonzalez? mr. gonzalez no. mr. inslee. mr. inslee no. ms. baldwin? ms. baldwin no. mr. ross? mr. weiner? no. mr. weiner, no. mr. butterfield? mr. butterfield, no. mr. melancon? mr. melancon, no. mr. barrow? mr. barrow no. mr. hill? ms. matsui? ms. matsui, no. ms. castor, no. mr. murphy? mr. murphy no. mr. mcearney no. mr. braley no. mr. welsh? mr. welsh no. mr. bart? mr. barton votes no. mr. hall? mr. upton? mr. upton, no. mr. stearns? mr. stearns no. mr. deal? mr. deal no. mr. whitfield? mr. whitfield no. mr. shimkus? mr. shimkus no. mr. shaddock? mr. shaddock no. mr. blunt? mr. blunt no. mr. williams no. mr. radanovich no. mr. pitts no. miss bono mack no. mr. walden? mr. walden no. mr. terry? mr. terry no. mr. rogers? mr. rogers no. ms. myrick? [ applause ] myrick no. mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan no. mr. murphy of pennsylvania? mr. murphy no. mr. burgess? mr. burgess

and it is signed, sincerely, ana eshoo, and adam mith. it wasent to him two days after briefed the house committee. now, these sen signatories are nsidered allies of the saker the house, ncy pelosi. herontention that theia deliberatelymisled her a other members of the congress about waterboarding is what prpted the cia to issue their "we don'tmislead anyone" rebuttal way bac in may. now these membs of congress e saying that leon panea direly contradicted th statementnd admitted tt the cihas misled congress, but he did it in testimonyehind closeddoors. th now want him to say it in blic. for its rt, the cia is stking to its guns, releasing a statement tonight, once again reiterating, quote, it is not the policy or practice of the cia to mislead congress. joining us n to foll all of this smoke to its fiery source is "newsweek" investigative correspondent and msc contributor mhael isikoff mike, thanks vy ch for joining us. >> greato be with you, achel. >> first, do you think that i've summized this right? members of the house say that leon pa

eshoo? ms. eshoo, no. mr. stupak? >> no. >> mr. stupak, no. >> mr. engel? >> no. >> mr. green?>> mr. green votes no. ms. degette votes no. >> ms. capps? votes no. mr. doyle? mr. doyle votes no. nz harman? mst schakowsky? >> no. >> no. mr. gonzalez? mr. gonzalez, no. mr. inslee? mr. inslee no. ms. baldwin. >> no. >> ms. baldwin, no. mr. ross? >> no. >> mr. ross, no. mr. weaner? >> no. >> mr. weiner, no. mr. matheson? mr. matheson no. mr. butterfield? >> no. >> mr. butterfield no. mr. melancon? >> no. >> mr. melancon, no. >> mr. barrow? >> aye. >> mr. hill no. ms. matsui? no. mrs. christiansen? no. ms. castor? mr. sarbanes? no. mr. murphy of connecticut? >> no. >> mr. murphy, no. mr. space? >> mr. space votes no. mr. mcnerne sgl no. mr. sutton? >> no. >> ms. sutton, no. >> mr. brale y? >> no. >> mr. braley no. mr. wellch? no. mr. barton? >> aye. >> mr. barton aye. mr. hall? aye. mr. upton, aye. mr. sterns? aye. mr. deal, aye. ms. whitfield, aye. mr. shimkus? aye. mr. shadeg, aye. mr. blunt votes aye. mr. buyer, aye. mr. radanovich, aye. mr. pitts, aye. ms. bono mack, aye. mr. wal

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. >> reporter: anna eshoo and six other democrats say leon panetta himself revealed the cia mislead members of congress. in a letter to panetta they say recently you testified you have determined top cia officials have concealed significant actions from all members of congress. and misled members for a number of years. >> he informed us that there was an operation that was in place from 2001 until the tday before he came to notify us. >> reporter: the top republican down played it. >> i heard about a concept and a plan and some preparation on a program. a program that was never implemented. so basically we were briefed on a program that never happened. >> reporter: democrats and republicans wouldn't give specifics, because they say the information is classified. the partisan sniping reignites another controversy. nancy pelosi's accusation that the cia essentially lied to her in a 2002 briefing about so-called harsh interrogation tactics such as waterboarding used on terror suspects. after facing weeks of scathing criticism from republicans, pelosi was less than eager to reopen the debate. >

eshoo for the last five minutes of debate. >> thank you. i didn't plan to speak on this but cast my vote but i do want to say a few things. first of all, passions are high and i understand that. and i respect that. and i respect that. i think what mr. inslee said has had the most impact on me though. we are a nation of laws, and it seems to me that there is a law that is on the books that i would acknowledge has not been embraced 100% by the american people. there are a great tensions within that law and what it represents. from the safe side, i consider myself extremely devout, a devout catholic. some can't understand my of faith and some of my votes, but i am at peace about that. well i am especially struck with are the number of voices that leave out what women go through, and how complex women's bodies are and the variety of services that are so necessary to address what conditions they may suffer from. i don't hear people raising their ways is about any of that. i think every time an abortion takes place in this country it means we hav

the president and others have said that the events of the gates incident has detracted from the eshoos of health care -- eschewk of health care. as they talk about the various wranglings going on as far as negotiating health care legislation. talk to us on where we stand as of late. jennifer has been following this. out of all of the events of the past week, where do we stand as far as legislation being passed? guest: oh, man, that's a $64 million question. we're definitely farther back from achieving that bill than they were earlier this week. on friday we saw democrats fighting with democrats, trying to get this bill through the house. we saw the blue dog democrats and henry waxman and house leadership trying to negotiate a deal friday with one of those days in the house. they say passing legislation is like making faucets, nobody wants to seat details. friday was one of those days where it got really messy. each party was accusing the other of trying to stall the negotiations. but they ended the day saying they're going to go back to the drawing board and try to come up with a deal