i loved it. >> having abandoned his family for gang life, kirkpatrick turned to other crimes.hen we met him, he was serving his second prison term, eight years for burglary. >> i know right from wrong. i'm not a stupid individual. i might make stupid decisions, but i'm not a stupid individual. >> during his time in prison, kirkpatrick still had his gang to fall back on, but like his biological family, he eventually left his gang family, though not totally on his own accord. >> i was holding contraband, and i was holding something, and i lost it. yeah. i had lost it. >> any specific enemies, names, numbers? >> no. >> kirkpatrick explained the contraband was a packet of gang information including a roster of current members. when he realized it was gone, he was afraid the gang might order a hit on him as punishment. >> i told the c.o., look, i got to go. he was like why? i said because i lost something i'm not supposed to. you need to get me out of here before something more serious happens. >> kirkpatrick turned his back on his gang. he requested a move to protective custody. r

kirkpatrick: i'm opposed to its current form. the clerk: mrs. kirkpatrick moves to -- mrs. kirkpatrick: i move to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the request? without objection, the reading is dispensed with. the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: i reserve a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: point of order is reserved. pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from arizona is recognized for five minutes. mrs. kirkpatrick: the tribal leaders in my district join me in calling for a vote on a clean funding bill to restart our government. arizona's district 1 has 12 native american tribes. these families are suffering and our economy is taking a direct hit as a result of this irresponsible, unnecessary shutdown. house leaders have wasted precious time but offering nothing but piecemeal bills. these partisan games show a reckless disregard for the people, communities and economies hurt by this shutdown. today, as house leadership puts forth yet another piecemeal bill, that will go nowhere, i would like to share some com

i'm in it too deep. >> camera operator kirkpatrick takes cover behind his news van but keeps rolling.aharath gives police the slip yet again. >> he was finally able to drive out of the parking lot. he headed northbound. went up to the next light, turned around and came directly back at the officers again. >> clovis officer abby pajent. >> he was no longer trying to flee. he drove straight into the back of another car sitting at the intersection. there were three or four lanes that he could have gone through, and he directly hit that car. >> the collision finally brings the chase to an end. >> the driver was actually laying across the passenger seat in the lap of the female passenger. >> he just, like, just hold me. just take me in your arm. just ready to die together. i was just, like, praying for my own life. >> officer acosta fears the worst for saharath's passenger. >> totally expected her to be shot. was greatly relieved to find out that she was not when i got to the vehicle. >> saharath is unarmed. he has been shot four times. >> when it was all said and done, i was, like, pattin

kirkpatrick: madam speaker, i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from arizona is recognized. mrs. kirkpatrick: madam speaker, doesn't the bill before us fund the federal government? my motion to recommit would open up the entire federal government so all of our needs can be met. if we are funding w.i.c., why aren't we providing funds for school safety? if we are funding w.i.c., why aren't we providing funds for supplemental nutritional assistance? why aren't we protecting food safety for every single american? can the chair explain why it is not germane to keep all of the federal government open instead of just a tiny slice? why are the republicans in favor of closing down the federal government and denying taxpayers the benefits they've already paid for? this makes absolutely no sense to the hardworking everyday people trying to make a living. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from the state of virginia seek recognition? mr. scott: madam speaker

kirkpatrick for an introduction. >> thank you, mr. chairman.i just wanted to welcome to the committee mr. and mrs. somers who were in the back of the room. their son, daniel, an arizona veteran committed suicide earlier this year. we are going to be doing a roundtable with them in this committee room at 1:30 p.m. so i just want to acknowledge their presence and committee welcome, and invite everybody to participate in the roundtable at 1:30 p.m. i yield back. thank you, mr. chairman. [applause] >> we welcome the somers to the committee room and to congress. we certainly had our condolences to you, and thank you for your son service, and for your extremely passionate and we are extra me sorry for your loss. with that, mr. amodei, you are recognized. >> thanks, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, going back to the cemetery thing for just a second. under the heading of triage until something changes. do your present procedures allow on a case-by-case basis if there is private funding available to go ahead and either compensate the va personnel at cemeter

kirkpatrick for an introduction. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just wanted to welcome to the committee mr. and mrs. somers in the back of the room, they're son daniel, an arizona veteran, committed suicide earlier this year. we're going to be doing a round table with them in this committee room at 1:30, so i just wanted to acknowledger that presence in committee, welcome, and invite everybody to participate in the round table at 1:30. i yield back. thank you. >> we welcome the somers to the committee room and to congress. we certainly add our condolences to you and thank you for your son's service and we are extremely sorry for your loss. with that, mr. am day, you are recognized. >> thanks, chairman. mr. speaker -- mr. secretary, going back to the cemetery thing, under the heading of triage until something changes, do your present procedures allow on a case-by-case basis if there's private funding available to orte compensate v.a. personnel to perform burials in a timely manner? is there anything to prevent if somebody said we want to pay the

. >> listen up, section williams, kirkpatrick, two alpine 24. >> since dropping out of his gang in '99 been charged with two separate counts of in-cell violence, stabbing one of his cell mates several times and cutting another one's throat. >> 14 months. >> probably. >> that's the biggest one i've had since i've been here. >> speedy is meeting with counselor gray to discuss a possible transfer and his behavior. the sessions are standard procedure for all protective custody inmates. >> you know you have life. so you have a life sentence now. you have 234 points. >> it went down. >> so then just the life of crime start escalating. still level four, and you have your mandatory score of 19 that still will stick for your life sentence. use your disciplinary while you're in here, down on your program, period, will be good, because you don't need any other, you know, disciplinary problems, because you know that just adds up. >> what was my last write-up? do you have it in here? my 115? that was -- >> it was in 2002. have you done anything recently? >> no. how about before that? >> you have a

kirkpatrick, for five minutes. mrs. kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, partisan games have serious consequences. one of the many consequences is in my arizona district where the grand canyon national park is closed and our local economy is taking a direct hit. instead of acting responsibly and funding the government with a clean bill, on monday night the house g.o.p. acted recklessly. it is a bill that they passed monday night so weighed down with partisan baggage that they knew it would lead to a government shutdown. and yet they chose this approach intentionally. the price of these part dan games -- partisan games is high, and the american people are now stuck with the tab. some estimates have the shutdown costing our nation about $300 million every day. in arizona and across the country, this hurts our working families, small business owners, veterans, and seniors. this hurts our tribal communities. i have 12 native american tribes in my district. all of these folks need and deserve to have elected leaders working to help them not hurt them.

kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, i stand here on behalf of my arizona district to once again make a simple request. allow a vote on a clean funding bill to reopen the government. in the past week house g.o.p. aders only allowed piecemeal votes on bills that went nowhere. yesterday they did it again. this time with head start funding, which is important for the 12 native american tribes in my district. schools on tribal land have already taken a massive hit with sequestration cuts, and now the shutdown is continuing this pain. not just with cuts to head start and impact aid, but with furloughs from the indian health service and with cuts in funding for programs that protect women from violence. these piecemeal games are a dead end. they only prolong the shutdown. if house leadership were genuinely concerned about programs like head start or impact aid, they would allow a vote to reopen the government. congress should stop picking winners and losers. this is not a game. we demand -- the speaker pro tempore: th

kirkpatrick for an introduction. >> thank you mr. chairman. i just wanted to welcome to the committee mr. and mrs. summers in the back of the room. their son daniel committed suicide earlier this year. we're going to do a round table with them at 1:30. i want to acknowledge their presence and invite everybody to participate in the round table at 1:30. i yeel back. [applause] >> >> we welcome the summers and we are extremely sorry for your loss. >> mr. secretary, going back to the cemetery thing for just a second under the heading of triage until something changes, do your present procedures allow on a case by case basis if there is private funding available to either go ahead and compensate the personnel at cemeteries to perform burials in a timely manner. >> is there anything that would prevent somebody to pay the expense instead of warehousing people, is there anything that prohibits that from happening in >> congressman, i'm not aware that there is anything that prohibits that. but again, we try to serve all the veterans that come to us and

kirkpatrick: when it's all other the huge costs will be tall lid and the hard work congress has avoided will remain undone. america will join the world in wondering, is that all there is? the only heroes in this tragedy are the americans who still believe their government can eventually do the right thing. mr. speaker, let's show the american people that this house is still capable of doing the right thing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized for one minute. ms. titus: 15 days ago, an extreme faction of the republican party, supported by its leader and aloud by its more complacent members brought about a shutdown of the entire government. it has since brought us to the brink of an unprecedented default and now it refuses to open up a compromise that will open up the government, put people back to work and lift the d

kirkpatrick: at the grand canyon, the transcanyon pipeline is in desperate need of repair and the canyon's maintenance backlog continues to grow. in the white mountains, we can revaive the timber industry by building on the momentum of the eager saw mill and the ford apache timber company. and with the new contractor onboard, it's time to shift the forest restoration initiative into high gear and help our forests. projects like these create jobs and help those in rural arizona. i urge my colleagues to work together on commonsense efforts to create jobs. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in august the explosive ordnance disposal lost joshua bowden of georgia, was killed in action on august 31, 2013, at the age of 25, while serving his country in afghanistan. staff sergeant bowden joined the

kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, the good people in my arizona district are disgusted with this congress. they see washington treating this shutdown as a political game. news reports now confirm that there are enough votes in the house, democrats and republicans, to pass a clean funding bill and reopen the government right now. yet the house g.o.p. keeps bringing up piecemeal bills that are going nowhere. designed to create campaign attack fodder. this week the house majority cynically used piecemeal votes on veterans and national parks. my district has the grand canyon, and many national parks, and as a member of the veterans' affairs committee, i'm disgusted with these dead end piecemeal games. and you know who else is disgusted? veterans. yesterday, the commander in chief of the v.f.w. said, and i quote, we expect more from our elected leadership and not a piecemeal approach that would use the military or disabled veterans as leverage in a political game. mr. speaker, we must stop the piecemeal games and restart our government now. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gen

representative kirkpatrick said the grand canyon generates $1.2 million in revenue every day. a lodge owner offered $25,000 to reopen the grand canyon. a few groups are working to find alternatives for travelers who do not want to cancel their vacations. the red feather properties owner has pledged $25,000 to keep the grand canyon national park opened to visitors, even if only partly. caller: good evening. >> go ahead. caller: hey. i've been a registered democrat for 35 years. i am very disappointed in the democratic party this week. that any american wants or needs health care insurance should be entitled to purchase it, i do not feel that toone should be forced purchase a product from a private industry rather than face the government penalty. that is not right. and shame onobama senator reid for supporting this legislation in the first place and making it part of the deal that is keeping american government entity shut down. i'm very thankful that the house on aecided to vote veterans bill. i'm a veteran. there are thousands of veterans in the country who are dependent on h

whether it is between ranking ember kirkpatrick and i on the oversight subcommittee or chairman millerking member michaud on the full committee, we all shear the same desire -- to help our veterans and do everything we can to help the v.a. operate more efficiently and effectively. fortunately for our veterans, this desire to help goes beyond the veterans affairs committee and is present in the entire house of representatives. earlier this year, i, along with 150 members of the house, sent a letter to the president urging his immediate action to reduce this backlog. today the house will have another opportunity to show its unify -- unity for veterans in passing houses relose 2189. this bill will aid the v.a. by establishing a task force to evaluate the backlog of veterans' disability claims, ensuring the v.a. will find innovative ways to reduce the backlog. currently there are over 400,000 claims that have been waiting for over 150 days to process. although the v.a. has made some progress recently, the pace is still toow for many veterans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recog