garamendi: absolutely true. i was insurance commissioner in california for eight years and that theory -- it's the way insurance works, large pool, all of whom share the risks. and if you are risk pool as you described it, becomes older and older -- mr. tonko: with no senior coming in -- mr. garamendi: you have a very, very expensive pool. now, on the other hand, the very same thing occurs on the private insurance side. on the private insurance side, we're going to see in the republican budget plan, the ryan plan, a whole population of people that have become 65, no longer eligible for medicare and now they're going into the private insurance sector. mr. tonko: a community for whom we have not done insurance writing -- the actuarial science has not applied. 45 years of -- mr. garamendi: exactly right. will the insurance companies want to see those people? no, they won't, because those people are now at 65 and at an age where they are going to have higher medical expenses. and asking the private insurance compani

garamendi: mr. cicilline, it does not surprise me at all that you have a passion for this issue. you come from part of the united states that really started the industrial revolution. the northeast. and your state in particular, the industrial revolution started there. and over the years it gave great strength to this nation and it was the manufacturing that providing the economic underpinnings for the growth of the american economy. unfortunately your part of the state, perhaps for a variety of reasons, some of them having to do with national policies, began to lose its industrial base. but with your representation and your passion for this issue, i have absolutely no doubt that once again the northeast will find the resiliency and the right national policies to rebuild the manufacturing base there and across the rest of the nation. we're already beginning to see it as a result of the stimulus program and some of the specific laws that were built into that program are now rebuilding the manufacturi

garamendi: mr. speaker, i rise a point of order because it violates section 426-a of the congressional budget act. it contains a waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill which includes a waiver of section 425 of the congressional budget act which causes a violation of section 426-a. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california makes a point of order that the resolution violates section 426-a of the congressional budget act of 1974. the gentleman has met the threshold burden under the rule and the gentleman from california and a member opposed will each control 10 minutes of debate on the question of consideration. following debate, the chair will put the question of consideration as the statutory means of disposing of the point of order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to this point of order not necessarily out of concern for the unfunded mandates, although there are many in this resolution, 2021, the

garamendi: if the gentleman would yield. mr. kingston feather let me yield back to the gentleman from florida. >> i reclaim my time. if you would, allow me to speak for a second. states and counties and cities have figured out they don't have the money to spend. america's got to figure out, the federal government has got to figure out that we in fact have to cut spending. i hear this all the time that we have a debt of $14 there will an a deficit of $1.4 trillion, we hear the same arguments but we never hear how are we going to do it. other than one gentleman that said, we need to raise taxes. that's the answer to all our problems. that is not the answer. the answer to our problems is really about using the dollars that we have. spending them efficiently. and looking at ways to maybe work harder with less. i will tell you as a sheriff, we had to cut our budget and worked harder with less. and you know what? the federal government doesn't believe in that. the federal government believes that how we solve a problem is to throw mor

john garamendi said it's time to declare, mission accomplished. >> i'm profoundly disappointed. the president and his top military advisers have decided to stay the course. and missing an extraordinary opportunity to pivot. >> last night the president said he plans to pull out 10,000 troops by the end of the year. another 23,000 by the end of next summer. that will leave about 6,000 u.s. troops still in afghanistan. is ktvu.com has posted president obama's address from last night in its entirety on the front page. >>> a marine reservist has been linked to shootings last year. he was arrested last friday after spotted in arlington national cemetery in the early- morning hours when the cemetery was closed. he was carrying a backpack he said was full of explosives. that turned out not to be true. but police found evidence tying him to shots fired last year at military buildings in northern virginia. a marine recruiting system, the pentagon. the fbi suspected the shooter had some sort of gripe against the marines. >>> all four suspects in the corruption case were in court facing a l

garamendi: i thank the lady from new york, mr. speaker.later this morning going to be engaged in one of the most important tasks of congress and that is what to do about war. unfortunately, the administration -- and i think they would agree to this -- didn't adequately engage congress in the process running up to the beginning of the libya conflict and insufficient during the course of it. we are now in position where we will be making decisions today about how we want this nation to proceed. whether we want to proceed with a full-on war, a limited or a much more limited activity with regard to the support of nato in the libya fight. unfortunately, all of this is now being rushed upon us in the last day just before the break for the fourth of july. the amount of time to debate this on the floor is far too limited. it would have been our preference on the democratic side to have a more discussion along the lines that the gentlelady from new york discussed in her opening comments, a full-on discussion about how we are to proceed. we are basi

garamendi: thank you. i strongly object to this bill. in his second inaugural address, franklin delano roosevelt laid out i think a very good test for us, it was the test for this nation at one of its most desperate periods. we too find ourselves in a difficult situation, we do have a big deficit and we need to make some tough choices and today as we debate this piece of legislation we are indeed making choices and we are being tested. we're being tested about our values, we're being tested about what we think is important. franklin delano roosevelt suggested this be the test, the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much , it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. ponder those words and apply those words to what we are debating and what we will soon vote for or against on this floor. the test of our progress. add more to the abundance of those who have much we've discussed here many times in the last couple of hours, the options that are given to us on tax policy, contin

garamendi. california is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. garamendi: the distinguished chair of the budget committee spoke here a few minutes ago. he spoke about a moral obligation. an interesting definition of moral obligation, an obligation to maintain the benefits that the insurance industry has, an obligation to maintain the subsubsidy that the american taxpayer gives to the richest industry in the world, the oil industry, billions of dollars a year, an obligation to maintain the tax benefits to the wealthiest millionaires and billionaires in the world. apparently that's his definition of a moral obligation. we have a different definition on our side of the aisle. we have a definition on our side of the aisle that says, it is the obligation of this society to provide medical care to our seniors. our republican colleagues see their moral obligation as terminating, ending medicare for all americans who are not yet 55 years of age. say it any way you want, but that's precisely what your budget does. it terminates medicare. is that your mora

garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker and members, apparently the house has debated for more than almost 40 years now the war powers agreement or war powers law. what we have before us today is a way in which we can effect that and put it into position. there are four reasons. first, there is a humanitarian issue here, and that's why we went into this in the first place. the united nations resolution on the obligation to protect, and indeed there was a threat. secondly, this particular intervention is supported by the united nations, by nato, by the arab league and the most unusual situation asking for support of the european and the united states in an arab country. finally, we must continue our support of the effort, and we must do it in a very limited way. the resolution does that. it provides for a very limited scope and a limited period of time, and, therefore, it is in order and it appropriately p

garamendi. tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker and members, apparently the house has debated for more than almost 40 years now the war powers agreement or war powers law. what we have before us today is a way in which we can effect that and put it into position. there are four reasons. first, there is a humanitarian issue here, and that's why we went into this in the first place. the united nations resolution on the obligation to protect, and indeed there was a threat. secondly, this particula intervention is supported by the united nations, by nato, by the arab league and the most unusual situation asking for support of the european and the united states in an arab country. finally, we must continue our support of the effort, and we must do it in a very limited way. the resolution does that. it provides for a very limited scope and a limited period of time, and, therefore, it is in order and it approiately puts the congress, b

john garamendi is endorsing president obama's decision to commit u.s. forces in libya. but he says the president should have gotten authorization from congress and he wants the involvement to end in six months. >> the obligation, or the rights or the necessary to defend is very important. that's why we're there. we need to provide the president with the necessary powers to carry out that obligation in a very limited period of time. >> some other bay area democrats are siding with republicans demanding an end to u.s. involvement. more on that during my next update in more than an hour. for now we're live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> our time now, 7:16. a cell phone that belonged to osama bin laden's carrier had the names and numbers of a militant group connected with pakistan's spy agency. that cell phone was seized along with many other items when the us -- when the u.s. raided bin laden's complex in pakistan and killed him and his carrier. the cell phone is raising questions about whether the militant group helped hide bin l

garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker and members, apparently the house has debated for more than almost 4years now the war powers agreement or war powers law. what we have before us today is a way in which we can effect that and put it into position. there are four reasons. first, there is a humanitarian issue here, and that's why we went into this in the first place. the united nations resolution on the obligation to protect, and indeed there was a threat. secondly, this particular intervention is supported by the united nations, by nato, by the arab league and the most unusual situation asking for support of the european and the united states inn arab country. finally, we must continue our support of the effort, and we must do it in a veryimited way. the resolution does that. it provides for a very limited scope and a limited period of time, and, therefore, it is in order and it appropriately puts th

garamendi. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. farr. each piece of legislation that passes the house is really a reflection of our values. it speaks to our heart, it speaks to what we care about and what's important to us. this particular bill does that in a way that more than ever highlights values. is it about children, about infants? or is it about tax breaks for the very, very wealthy. is it about safe food or tax breaks for oil companies and subsidies for ail companies? is it about those people around the world that are hungry, and the food for peace program that provides them with enough food to be able to survive and to live? or is it about a continuation of very fat, unnecessary farm crop subsidies? it's about our values. it's about what we care about and what we think is important. and if there's anything that's important in life, it's food. it's the ability for our youngest children, i was on this floor not more than two hours ago with my granddaughter, 11 months old, out there in america, there are hundreds of thousands

garamendi.ro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker and members, apparently the house has debated for more than almost 40 years now the war powers agreement or war powers law. what we have before us today is a way in which we can effect that and put it into position. there are four reasons. first, there is a humanitarian issue here, and that's why we went into this in the first place. the united nations resolution on the obligation to protect, and indeed there was a threat. secondly, this particular intervention is supported by the united nations, by nato, by the arab league and the most unusual situation asking for support of the european and the united states in an arab country. finally, we must continue our support of the effort, and we must do it in a very limited way. the resolution does that. it provides for a very limited scope and a limited period of time, and, therefore, it is in order and it appropriately puts the congre

garamendi. >> thank you, mr. chairman. admiral and undersecretary, thank you very much for your service. i know that you worked long and hard on extraordinarily difficult challenges. and it's much appreciated. i want to just confirm, i think i heard you say, admiral mullen, a moment ago, that the mission remains a counterinsurgency mission. is that correct? >> that's correct. the strategy is a counter insurgency strategy. >> thank you. >> and that involves all that was just said just a moment ago, all of the clear and hold and all that goes with it. in other words, nation building is very much a part of this. >> it is -- from my perspective it isn't a very part of this. it is a counterinsurgency strategy focused on as the secretary laid out limited objectives. which is what it's been and what the president talked about in his speech in 2009. >> the notion of counterterrorism, that is to focus on the terrorists wherever they happen to be around the world, is -- seems to be secondary to this mission in afghanistan. >> i thin

garamendi: this bill is taking to one more step. first, the repeal of the affordable health care act with provisions in it to protect americans from the repatience appetite of the health insurance companies, providing protections. republicans would repeal that. and then the next step, which we just saw recently in the republican budget, the termination of medicare for those who are under 55 years of age. what are they to do? and for those who are already on medicare, a significant serious reduction in the medicaid program that provides essential funding for those seniors in nursing homes. will the assault then end? and here in this bill to protect the american homeland security, a deeming of the republican budget which clearly terminates medicare? is it never going to end? are we never going to step forward to actually -- to actually put in place legislation that will assist americans to get the america that they need? step one, way back. repeal the affordable health care act. give unraised opportunity to the insurance companies to

garamendi: america's intervention in libya was initially based on the international community's responsibility to protect a mandate agreed upon in the wake of the horrific rwanda genocide. this important international doctrine calls for the international intervention in a country where a government is unable or unwilling to protect its civilians or is actively assaulting and killing inhabitants in that country. i agree with this doctrine, and america's initial response to the gaddafi threat to wipe out a large segment of the libyan population. for three months the u.s. and nato have engaged in military action. at this time it is unclear if the mission is any longer one that fulfills the responsibility to protect doctrine or if it has changed into a larger and/or different role. given the continued military action and the lack of clarity of the u.s. mission's goal, i support resolution 292 which requires the administration to provide information on the american military diplomatic and humanitarian activities in libya and seeks clarity on america's objective and a strategy for that goal. i yield