grayson: i have an amendment at the desk, grayson number 100. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. following this, we'll do the other 99. i'm just kidding. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. grayson of florida. at the end of the bill, before the short title, add the following, none of the funds used in this act may be used to force a journalist or reporter that the journalist or reporter has quashed an a subpoena receive as a journalist or reporter or that he regards as confidential. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. grayson spi i regret bringing this -- mr. grayson: i regret bringing this up at 10:30 at night. i apoll use for that, i think i is a weighty matter and think it deserves more consideration. this corresponds to the shield law already in place in 49 state bus not at the level of the federal government. a child law is legislation designed to protect a reporter's privilege or the right of news reporters to refuse to testify as to information and sources of information attained during the news ga

allen may grayson is a puppet for the liberals. person on capitol hill and this story makes me feel bad for him. till of a hun. >> i don't feel sorry for any of these guys. get elected. this is what they do? >> well, mcallister, too where for a while he thought he could survive. radel also thought that now we have the michael grimm situation and headache for republican leaders. just story after story makes congress look really bad. >> a little self-respect. walk down the hall. he says he walks down the hall everyone snickers and grayson walks down the hall there is the one. like 70 grade. >> leadership approaches this in ways. less patience for standing by your guys thee days. not quite vicious cutting people off think are liabilities. they have gotten better i think in the sense of accountability in saying this is not someone we want to associate ourselves and our caucus. >> stand by grim? >> not entirely. >> i think they should take him and throw him off that. >> the republican campaign committee has indicated they are not going

to representative grayson's point, they're also focus on the irs scandal. there's this new special-elect committee that's supposed to be like a trial. at least with most american trials, and you talk about them on the show, you're innocent until proven guilty. we know this has been a trial in the public eye for several months, and they've y et to take responsibility for their part in what's happening with benghazi or any other thing for that matter. so if this really was a associatist or fascist or marxist president -- you know what, what's funny is all the protesters today would be in jail. so there's that. >> congressman, you and angela brought up benghazi. and benghazi was certainly something that was brought up a lot today at this rally. listen. >> do you think it was just incompeten incompetence? or do you think we had criminal activity gong on. >> well, it could be that, too. >> criminal negligence at the very least? >> exactly. >> well, they've got to pay. but until we wake these people up in this building, we're not going to do it. that's what we're

grayson: mr. chair, just for the sake of perfect clarity, can i have the first few words of the amendment ead. the clerk: without objection, the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: at the end of the bill before the short title add the following new section, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to enter into a contract with any offerer or any of its principals if the offerer certifies as required by -- mr. grayson: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the chair: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. grayson: than you, mr. chairman -- thank you, mr. chairman. this is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote in every appropriation bill that's been considered under an open rule. this will expand the list of parties the federal government is prohibited from contracting with because of misconduct on the part of those contractors. they would include contractors convicted of fraud, have violated fede

was it a backlash against trey grayson and his chief supporter at the time, mitch mcconnell? does it show that there is still an electorate hungry for an anti-washington conservative candidate? joining me now is the kentucky republican challenger to mitch mcconnell, senate candidate matt bevin. mr. bevin, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning to you, chuck. great to be on with you. >> so here it is election day. every poll has you down double digits. some are narrow double digits, which your campaign touted yesterday, some have you in a deficit of 20 to 30 points. obviously you want to wait until all the votes are counted, but what's been the most difficult part of this challenge? >> i tell you, with respect to the polls, the only poll that truly matters really is the one being taken right now. it started at 6:00 this morning. it will end at 6:00 this evening. the voters of kentucky will decide who they want. you mentioned something a minute ago. you talked about a hunger that people have. it's for more than just some type of change. people are hungry for someone who is r

grayson: thank you, madam chair. i'd like to say at the outset of offering this particular perfecting amendment that i really wish this section 202 of 4 s bill located on page 5 didn't appear in it. it reads as follows. none of the funds appropriated by this title shall be available to pay for an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered, if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape. again, i disagree with this section of the bill in its limiting principle but i feel that we should at the very least perfect it in the manner that also includes the words or incest. in short, there is an allowance here for abortions in the case of endangering the mother, there's an allowance in the case of rape, but somehow or other this bill for bids abortions in the case of incest . throughout the u.s. code, whether it be in 10, u.s.c., 1093 pertaining to abortions for armed services personnel, jj, s.c., 1397-ee or dealing with exceptions to abortion limitations within the state children's health in

canadian john grayson spent 50 days in a cairo jail without charge last year. the canadian film maker described his experience to us here at al jazeera. >> my name is john grayson, and i am a film maker, and i spent 50 days in tora prison last august, september, october. myself and tara clabani were on our way to gaza. we got held up in a peaceful protest held what we thought would be 24 hours. it turned into 50 days. we were locked up with 36 other guys, held in a cell that was 10 meters by three meters. they were a cross section of egyptian society. there was construction worker. there was a currier. there was a college professor. really, ordinary students and doctors and citizens who had simply wanted to stand up and be counted. this watch glows in the dark, and so we actually would sometimes use it as a flashlight to, you know, make our way through the dark cell to the toilet. but for the duration of our time in the prison, i gave it to bader, who was our cell can'tip. he need the watch. >> day, that visit four weeks in, we heard that there had been a press

grayson 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 risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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 vote the yeas are 225, the nays are 183, the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment by the gentleman mr. duffy on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. duffy of wisconsin. the chair: a recorded volt has been requested. those in support of the record vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record t

let's compromise and send allen grayson and show people what a farce this is. would republicans like this? >> are grayson is somebody to contend with. he's the 11th wealthiest member of congress. he has a net worth between. $35 and $60 million. very smart, somebody who is easily able to combat with republicans to fight with republicans. the whole deal though, i agree with the committee chair. this ought to be just a joe friday just the facts police deal. >> the point is we have had those. >> i agree. if there's nothing there, it ought to just go away. at least the families ought to know the facts and people who care ought to know the facts so we don't make whatever mistakes were made for the future. >> this is going to be like repealing obamacare. this is going to be like the 100th benghazi committee. it was a tragedy. i think there was a lot to learn from it still. but i'm not sure that the things that we're learning from it comes from committees. >> do you think the democrats should boycott it? >> the thing is unfortunately because it was such a tragedy and i

reporters to you taking on more of china and africa is heinz chinese leaders to police attached to grayson importance to developing relations with countries in africa. this is by many chinese korean news joe and i was a milestone in china africa relations. he misses his ten african countries from the end of nineteen sixty three to the beginning of nineteen sixty four the said premier week or so this is to ethiopia nigeria angola in kenya combs at the freaking time. this is exactly the fiftieth anniversary of their performance into a nine page of the sea to african countries and also during his sentencing to africa. andy and angela nine the fullest of any favors. unlike the eight principles of kyneton as affording them the sistas the fa cup and also those that peaceful quiet peaceful coexistence of principles also has the purple of the people he said. most of the team is china and africa had enjoyed her from friendship to steal the fifty four countries in africa have established diplomatic relations with china. it's become africa's top business schoo and afric. s majort somany chinese compa

you wanted the truth, if i put together a democratic committee, say i wanted the truth and put alan grayson in charge of it, would you think that was the truth? you put a partisan attack dog in charge of this committee, number one, but number two, i don't understand, you're hanging all of this on one e-mail that has come forward. the judicial watch, they were able to get ahold of it. it doesn't change anything. why does this e-mail -- >> changes everything. >> while i was unsatisfied, anyway, you had the four committees gathered all this information together. it shows us information was with held from congress and the american people. what we need now is some people who are experienced at getting through the document, looking at documents. you several prosecutors and number of attorneys on there who will wade through the thousands of documents and find out what the truth is. that's all we want is the truth. >> you know what was withheld from congress, we went to war in iraq and there were over 4,000 americans who were killed in iraq. we were lied to. we were told that saddam hussein had wea

whistleblower thomas trigg who won this award back in two thousand eleven was there a member of congress alan grayson is there also. ralph nader a former presidential candidate was there i spoke with him about a few issues after the ceremony. also snowed in in law reporters themselves appeared live video into a dress that the conference noted that talked about his motivations for releasing these documents that he kept reiterating the point that he wanted to return these documents to the american people. that was the main message or to cross the doctor install a walk to us that they belong to the american people. it was necessary that the american people see these documents but we can have the sordid debate over their essays capabilities. law reporters talked about her first interactions with snowden about beating up or encryption knowledge that to handle these these documents um interesting thing there was hardly any other mainstream media that the events. this is something i ralph nader brought up when i talk to him afterwards it's a good reason the people god your words today for blowing the whistl

open 4-6, managed to recover well, managed to set up a next round march geneti against croan ivor grayson. >>> world number 2, novak djokovic is in failing to compete in the madrid open, because of a wrist injury. >> at the moment it's fine. it's very close to 100% and it's much better than it was one week ago. not an easy decision not to go to madrid, big tournament, playing there, i had to listen to the medical staff and of course to the experts that have splaingd to me that i -- explained to me i have a certain amount, quite high in the wrist. >> germany martin kaymer, 20-year-old who finished second in the masters in april could not keep his bogey 3 tournament going. final round score of 74 with first place level 1 kaymer held together enough, to finish one shot offer jim furyk. >> we have worked so lard and went through up and downs the last few years. it's very tough. you always want it now, you always want the success now. but in golf you just cannot force it. if you win one of those tournaments, it is a big relief that you have done something well. >> do you collect stickers by ch

. >> there is a lot of outrage when alan grayson said that on the house floor during the contentiousight about the affordable care act. it's uncivil the to say the other party wants you to die quick if you get sick. here is the uncomfortable truth about health care and its reform. lives are actually at stake. republican governors and legislators are blocking medicaid expansion. three are still considering it. they are blocking basic health care insurance for 5 million people. yesterday we learned just how the this petty obstructionism affects them. a new block buster study on the effects of the romney care p provides the strongest case that ensuring the previously uninsured saves lives. new york times reports the mortality rate, quote, fell by 3% in the four years after the law went into expect. the decline was steepest in counties with the highest proportions of poor and peacely uninsured adding to a growing body of evidence that people with health insurance could reap the ultimate benefit -- longer life. in other words there are people walking around today because of romney care wh

after the 2010 primary between rand paul and trey grayson, i believe it was 41% of republicans -- there was no way they would vote for rand paul. it's going to take some work on mitch mcconnell's part. i'm not sure it is a mountain he can't climb. >> what about outside groups in the general election the echo a lot of people are looking to november here. >> i was with senator mcconnell over the weekend and he kept saying this will be the most-watched race in the country. we are taking this risk and be anywhere between 75 to $100 million. thatke the news yesterday -- they arecks aligned with them to mcconnell of $5.2 million starting tomorrow. to see what you're going is this race is going to accelerate starting tomorrow. host: what do the costs look like for mcconnell? guest: o'connell is known for being a money machine. he has raised over $22 million. as of last report we got in april fundraising report, he had a little more than $10 million cash on hand. his aides would say he has been able to put in a lot of infrastructure that would pay off in november. allison grimes is also proven

he did so so he could be close to his two young sons, shepherd and grayson, and to his wife allison ase worked on a residency at u.k. hospital. still, pastor trevor has developed important ties with the community in and around london. hawk creek does a lot of work with the appalachian children's home. his church also has an important partnership with the local jail. pastor trevor's certificate pho*pbs are -- sermons are piped in live every day sun for inmates to hear. one of my staff told me she heard it piped in from a parking lot of that jail. i think it says a lot about hawk creek church and underscores something today's guest chaplain once said. whether you've messed up in the past, present, or future, you are welcome in this church. so i'm proud to introduce pastor trevor today. we've been pleased to have him here as he dignified our proceedings with a prayer. earlier this week the supreme court did the right thing by affirming his right to do so. i'm delighted to welcome this fellow kentuckian as he carries out this proud, proud american tradition. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. preside

one thing i would point out is after the 2010 primary between rand paul and trey grayson, which was verycontentious, i believe 41% of republicans said after the primary that there was no way they would vote for rand paul. ultimately, 91% of republicans voted for him. so it will take some work on mitch mcconnell's part, but i'm not sure it is a mountain he cannot climb. host: what about outside groups in the primary, but in the general election, i mean, a lot of people are already looking to november here. question, i was with senator mcconnell over the weekend and he kept saying that this would be the most-watched race in the country. outside groups, we're thinking this race could be anywhere between $75 million to $100 million, the most expensive senate race really in the country. i broke the news yesterday that are aligned with senator mcconnell and are putting in $5.2 million starting tomorrow in ads. i think what you will see is this race is going to accelerate starting tomorrow. the whole campaign will start right away. host: what do the coffers of mcconnell look like, as well as hi

they are so impressed with alan grayson, the congressman who lost and then won again, won, lost, andreat prosecutor and so direct in his questioning on iraq situations and something with the banking system that they have an idea. >> they're going to actually have him go as a spoke in the wheel to the select committee on benghazi where they're trying to get answers on how four americans, including ambassador chris stevens, died not quickly. they died horrifically and this committee is being led by trey gowdy and they're searching for answers. if he's going to prosecute and try to get in there and probe into someone, it should be why why no one knew about this and why these americans were left to die. but if his focus then at the center of the target happens to be republicans, is that a good idea to have this guy in there? >> here is the thing, this started out as a joke on twitter and the blogs and now essentially what they're saying is, let's go ahead and gum up the works. let's turn it into a kangaroo court and have this particular guy. move on.org says our interest is to have someo

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that and then the and the the louie gohmert of the world get more readily covered than the alan grayson'sof the outrages easier than information maybe. i'll even lightly disagree well i mean you know look at the difference between. the progressive caucus is budget which is like ninety members of congress that they propose this is a serious budget that actually balances the budget in ten years and completely different priorities than the paul ryan budget paul ryan budget was covered all over the place both on the right and on the left the progressive budget. but why don't they cover the fact that harry reid hasn't brought up a budget i mean how about that and the senate site well you know actually the you know the white house had a budget that was a pretty mediocre but i think the best of me of both of these quantities it's very subjective and i think that there are even some of the few studies that look at news coverage really comes out if he had to say it's really kind of half and half as far as consumption goes so it's really hard to say one way or the other well we'll see how it shakes

thomas drake who won this award back in two thousand and eleven was there a member of congress alan grayson was there also ralph nader a former presidential candidate was there i spoke with him about a few issues after the ceremony also snowden and laura portress themselves appeared live video link to address the conference snowden talked about his motivations for releasing these documents and he kept reiterating the point that he wanted to return these documents to the american people that was the main message you want to get across is these documents don't belong to the n.s.a. they belong to the american people and it was necessary that the american people see these documents so that we can have the sort of debate over the n.s.a. as capabilities laura poitras talked about her first interactions with snowden about beefing up her encryption knowledge to handle these these documents interesting thing there was hardly any other mainstream media at the events this was something that ralph nader brought up when i talked to him afterwards. it's significant isn't it that the the people who got th

i also thank co-sponsors of this amendment, representative rodney davis, tammy duckworth, alan grayson davis mckinley, marcia fudge. thank you for your commitment to provide every child access to quality education. i would appreciate your support of my amendment and i yield time o representative rodney davis. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: thank you to my colleague from florida for yielding time. and thank you for your leadership on this issue. at first i want to commend my colleagues on the education and work force committee, chairman kleine, ranking member miller, and all those who serve on that committee on both sides of the aisle for their work on crafting this bipartisan bill that promotes quality charter schools. my district is located in central and southwestern illinois. we are fortunate to have many effective public schools and also charter schools, including the public schools of my three children attended, taylorville, illinois. successful charter schools can partner with public schools and give children at all levels, in many of our areas of our country,