rep lobiondo: it is enormous. just by way of brief discussion, the house intelligence committee is the smallest committee and congress. it is called the select committee because it is picked by the leadership. we are responsible for authorizing the programs that protect the country in the oversight of the agencies and the operations the conduct. the big ones are cia and nsa and fbi. as we look at afghanistan, we have seen where we have done a lot to take out top operational leaders. they have morphed. they understood what has happened. they have split into these affiliates. they are very effective. they are vying with other terrorist organizations to approve who is the most barbaric from a terrorist standpoint. when you look at what they have been able to do, to be able to lose the capability would be terrible. host: u.s. drone strike kills 11 at any taliban in what is the reaction that are i you look at the number of strike that had been taken over the last couple of years and what we're doing now, there are a lo

. >> reporter: congressman frank lobiondo, republican of new jersey, has introduced a bill that would grant every state the ability to opt-out of paspa, giving them a four-year window to explore and implement legalized sports betting within their own borders if they wanted. >> reporter: while lobiondo's bill hasn't got a lot of traction, not even a hearing yet in the two times he's introduced it he points to those recent comments by commissioner adam silver, and those by senator john mccain, who was a prior critic of gambling, but who recently said the senate should hold hearings on whether to rethink the federal ban. >> the country is ready for this debate. you've got a discussion that wasn't going on today that wasn't happening even a year ago. once we lay out the arguments lay out the talking points for people, i think people will come to the conclusion that this is ok. >> reporter: right now, new jersey's push is being argued at the third circuit court of appeals in philadelphia. if the court approves the state's appeal, a decision could be weeks away, legal sports betting could b

rep lobiondo: it is enormous. just by way of brief discussion, the house intelligence committee is the smallest committee and congress. it is called the select committee because it is picked by the leadership. we are responsible for authorizing the programs that protect the country in the oversight of the agencies and the operations the conduct. the big ones are cia and nsa and fbi. as we look at afghanistan, we have seen where we have done a lot to take out top operational leaders. they have morphed. they understood what has happened. they have split into these affiliates. they are very effective. they are vying with other terrorist organizations to approve who is the most barbaric from a terrorist standpoint. when you look at what they have been able to do, to be able to lose the capability would be terrible. host: u.s. drone strike kills 11 at any taliban in what is the reaction that are i you look at the number of strike that had been taken over the last couple of years and what we're doing now, there are a lo

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. >> thank you, congressman lobiondo. >> thank you, mr. chairman. is a critical week in terms of the budget resolution put together and frankly we are forewarned by you of being here and that is really important. secretary, i want to again acknowledge the fact that your testimony on page 16 points out during your tenure shipbuilding trajectory is on an upward angle contrary to some of the noise that is out there. i also want to make sure to note you do this with every public forum with the wall street journal which is not a chance to read through again points out the fact that compared to 2009 we have actually turned a direction in terms of ship loading, military shipbuilding under your leadership and i will have a benefit for decades to com. the question of the day is sequestration and the budget controlled caps, which is a better way to make sure people understand this. if you could briefly talk about -- if the department is sort of left with the bca caps what does that mean in terms of trying to again grow the size of the fleet. >> thank you cong

on the next washington journal congressman frank lobiondo of new jersey, a member of the armed services and intelligence committee, is here to discuss the war powers debate and the u.s. isis strategy. after that, congressman tim ryan of ohio talks about the house debate on the 2016 gop budget proposal. later, a look at the fiscal health of states and the impact of congress and washington on state budgets. our guests are the tennessee state treasurer and washington state treasurer. live every morning on 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. and you can join the conversation with your calls comments on facebook and twitter. wednesday, the afghan president addresses a joint meeting of congress. you can see his remarks live from the u.s. house of representatives at 10:45 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span two's book tv, author peter wallace and says that government housing -- peter wallison says that government housing policies cause the financial crisis and it could happen again. then sunday at 5:00 eas

. >> thank you, congressman lobiondo. >> now we move to congressman courtney. >> i think the witnesses for being here. a critical week in terms of the budget resolution being put together and frankly we are forewarned about you being here and that is important. i want to again acknowledge the fact that your testimony on page 16 points out that during your tenure the shipbuilding trajectory is on an upward angle contrary to some of the noise out there and also want to make sure to note that you are doing this with every public forum, you have that opportunity in the wall street journal article which had a chance to read through again points out the fact that compared to 2009 we have turned the direction in terms of shipbuilding under your leadership and it is going to have a benefit for decades to come. the question of the date is sequestration and the budget control taps which is a better way to make sure people understand this. if you could briefly talk about if the department is left with the b.c. a caps, what does that mean in terms of trying to grow the size of the fleet? >> thank

coming up in 45 minutes congressman frank lobiondo of new jersey is here to discuss the war powers debate in the u.s.-isis strategy. at 830 a.m., congressman tim ryan of ohio, a member of the budget and appropriations committees talk about the health debate of the 26th eop budget proposal -- of the 2016 gop budget proposal. and at night 15 a.m. eastern, a look at the fiscal health of state and the impact of washington in state budgets. our guest star david miller, the tennessee state >> i have decided that we will maintain our current posture of 9800 troops through the end of this year. host: president obama standing beside the afghan president. this comes after every was from the afghan president to remain in the country to ensure the region does not become a safe haven for terrorists. he will address a joint meeting of congress this morning.