tonight, jeffrey lungren, the leader of a fanatic religious group.e and four of his followers are wanted by police. >> luff also professes to be a leading figure in the murder of the avery family. >> i want to reiterate you have the right to stop this questioning at any time. do you understand that? >> yes, i do. >> he makes his confession after hearing about the discovery of the avery's bodies. >> the statement that you gave us previously regarding your association with mr. jeff lundgren and others, was that statement done voluntarily without any threat or intimidation? >> completely voluntarily. >> he provides authorities with a detailed account of the murders as well as the motive behind their deaths. >> the whole reason for the avery homicides was that they had to what they call quench the fire of god, to make him refine his fire. and basically, jeff determined through his interpretation five had to be killed. >> lundgren convinced his followers the second coming of christ would only be possible through human sacrifice. >> earlier, you mentioned

lungren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california will control the remainder of the hour. lunln -- mr. lungren: might i make an inquiry as to how much time we have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: 26 minutes. mr. lungren: i thank the speaker. at this time i would recognize the gentleman from mississippi, mr. nunnelee. and we are trying to keep it to four minutes a piece. but that's the time we have. mr. nunnelee: i thank the gentleman from california for your leadership in this area. thank you mr. speaker. religious freedom in america is under attack. not from some outside source, but from within. and if we've learned anything from history, we should have learned that great civilizations are a greater risk at destroying themselves from within then he ever are from any outside peril. freedom of religion is one of the cornerstones of our society. in 1789 when james madison and the rest of the framers of our constitution were crafting that great document, their genius created the

lungren, you're not the chairman at this time. >> time is expired. we have four other members that would like to ask questions. >> excuse me, mr. lungren, you are not the chairman. i am asking to put the question on the record. i will not ask for an answer. mr. lungren is not the chairman. >> i would ask you to submit it for the record and let's go to mr. thompson for any questions he might have. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. pistole, i'm concerned that comments about privatized screening has resulted in a misunderstanding of what this would mean for the flying pub c public. we created this entity, tsa after 9/11. if a similar incident occurred today, would you have the authority to direct private screeners to other locations? >> under the existing contracts, no. they would be limited to the airport to which they are assigned. >> so basically the ability to respond based on incident is hampered by your inability to move private screeners where that situation could potentially be? >> yes. that is one of the limitations. that is part of the

lungren: i rise in support of h.res. 496. this resolution adjusts the amount provided for the expenses of the select and standing committees of the house of representatives in the 112th congress. last november, the committee on house administration held a full-day hearing at which we heard from chairs and ranking members. at that hearing, we discussed how each committee absorb the 5% budget reduction implemented at the beginning of the 112th congress and how, as we continue to reduce government spend, they will manage additional reductions this year. madam speaker, i know as a committee chairman myself that we face the difficult task of doing more with less. yet i also know that my states, all of our constituents, need us to do more with less and to rein in government spending. they can constantly, we have been required, that is, families have been required, to tighten their belts and they ask us to do the very same thing. they do not suggest it is easy because it has not been easy for them, but they ask of us that which they

lungren: certainly. mr.onyers: i will take back to everybody on this side of the aisle, don't rush out and trto do any last-minute deals because it's already illegal. if you do the same with the members on your side. mr. lungren:'d be happy to if they don't know that already. but when you read the newspapers, you would think that somehow it is proper and appropriate. and i want to make it clear not only to our colleagues but to the american public, it is against the law now. it has been against the law, and if anybody has evidence of this, they should report it to proper authorities because it is against the law. mr. speaker, the amendment before us, when applied to the underlying bill, creates the clarity and accountability necessary to ensurthat government officials, elected, appointed and otherwise adhere to federal insider trading laws. it prohibits members, officials and employees of every branch of government from using nonpublic privileged information for personal gain, and it creates a disclosure mec

lungren: certainly. mr.onyers: i will take back to everybody on this side of the aisle, don't rush out and try to do any last-minute deals because it's already illegal. if you do the same with the members on your side. mr. lungren: i'd be happy to if they don't know that already. but when you read the newspapers, you would think that somehow it is proper and appropriate. and i want to make it clear not only to our colleagues but to the american public, it is against the law now. it has been against the law, and if anybody has evidence of this, they should report it to proper authoritiesecause it is against the law. mr. speaker, the amendment before us, when applied to the underlying bill, creates the clarity and accountability necessary to ensure that government officials, elected, appointed and otherwi adhere to federal insider trading laws. it prohibits members, officials and employees of every branch of government from using nonpublic privileged information for personal gain, and it creates a disclosure m

congress lungren is offering a visa. it requires a visa, criminal background check and incentives for workers to abide by the visas and return home when the work is done. the closer a new program comes to replicating the way, the farm force moves now to the crops and it will meet the needs. to ensure the programs work, it will need to be submitted by the department of agriculture, instead of the department of labor. a workable program may meet the needs of the dairy and livestock industries. these operations have difficulty finding workers and their need is year round. any solution must avoid disruption of the industry and experience the labor force within our industry. any solutions must deal on a practical and humane way with current workers. the most important features of the solution for the industry will be to recognize that many of our work force want and need the ability to come to the united states and work on the farms and return. the consequences of getting it wrong are serious. make no mistake to feed our nati

lungren: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, let me just point out a couple of things in response to what has been said on the floor about the bill before us. had we adopted, had we accepted the senate bill, we would have had 16 drafting errors not corrected. 16 mistakes in the senate bill that drafted the wrong provisions of the ethics laws that already exists and would have ensured that what was said on the senate floor and is being said here would not be enforced in law, number one. number two, if we had taken the senate bill, the absolute prohibition about members participating in i.p.o.'s would not be before us. that is an addition we have in the house bill. that is an additional prohibition. that makes that an illegal act. it has not been in the past. the senate bill did not even talk about it. third, with respect to the question of political intelligence, i respect the senator from iowa very much. but i doubt he has ever prosecuted anybody and put them in prison for conflict of interest during a public serv

lungren has dropped out of subcommittee. can you give folks a sense of what's in the bill, maybe some of the differences and some of the belly button questions and the department of homeland security or other entities are addressed there. let's go from there. >> essentially the building on with thornberry it task force, the house homeland security committee took it upon themselves to draft a bill within its jurisdiction. not meant to be comprehensive in any manner, but strictly within the jurisdiction of our committee. it's essentially three big pieces. first the roles and responsibility of the department of homeland security with regard on a cyber security mission. i know the secretary is well familiar with the lack of legislative authorities that dhs has with its mission. it's been doing an admirable job based upon executive order and public expectation, but we wanted to codify that current mission of dhs and make sure that they have the roles and responsibilities clear to protect critical infrastructure in this country. t

lungren has dropped his bill. i know it's in the subcommittee.can you give folks a sense of what is in the bill and maybe some of the differences because i think some of the questions vis-À-vis the department of homeland security or other entities are addressed there and go from there. >> so essentially, building on what tom talked about with the thornberry task force, the house homeland security committee taught themselves to draft a the bill within its jurisdiction. not meant to be comprehensive in any manner but strict way within the jurisdiction of our committee. essentially with three big pieces. first their roles and responsibility of the department of homeland security with regard to the mission. no the secretary is well familiar with the lack of legislative authority that dhs has with its mission but it has been doing an ample job based upon executive order and public implementation that we want to codify that current mission of dhs and make sure that they have the roles and responsibilities clear to protect critical infrastructure in thi

lungren has dropped its bill.talked-about, the porn very task force, the committee took upon itself to draft a bill within its jurisdiction. it was not meant to be comprehensive in any manner, but within the jurisdiction of our committee. it was essentially three big pieces. burt, the role and responsibility of the department of homeland security. i know the secretary is familiar with the lack of legislative a authorityt dhs -- o4 that dhs has. we wanted to codify the mission of dhs and make sure they have their role and responsibilities clear. the second piece touches upon the various aspects we have already heard, including the protection of critical and infrastructure. we take a bit of a different approach to it. of the throne very task force found that while regulation is not our first choice, there is a role or the government in protecting the most critical. in trying to determine what was regulated, how it was regulated, and who did the regulating was the path we had to determine in the committee. what we tr

lungren: madam speaker, just a couple of weeks ago this administration announced a position that a amounts to an assault on religious liberty in this country. their narrow definition of what constitutes religious action, religious belief and whether or not the federal government can cause you to take actions against your own conscience is a serious matter that ought not to be determined by the friday release of a decision made by the secretary of health and human services. this is an issue that goes beyond the catholic church and catholic institution. it goes to the essence of the first amendment protections contained in the constitution with respect to religious freedom. we better understand exactly how important this issue is and we had better understand how it has to be addressed directly and cannot be compromised by saying we're not going to take away your religious liberty for a year. that is not a compromise. that is a form of political extortion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> i ask unanimous conse

lungren, and mr. chairman, i will defer to you but let me just put this question on the record. and mr. london, you are not the chairman at this time. >> the time is expired. >> we have four other members -- excuse me, mr. lundgren you one of the chairman and i'm asking to this question on the record. i will not ask for an answer. mr. lundgren is not the chairman. >> i would ask you to submit it for the record and go to mr. thompson for any questions he may have. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. pistole, i am concerned that the comments by some lobbying extension by the privatized screening has resulted in as understanding of what this would mean for the flying public. we've created this entity, tsa, after 9/11. if a similar incident occurred today, would you have the authority to direct private screening to other locations? >> under the existing contract, no. they would be limited to the later part to which they are assigned. >> so basically, the ability to respond based on incident is hampered by your inability to move private screening where the situation could poten

lungren has dropped in his bill out of subcommittee, can you give folks a sense of what is in the bill? maybe some of the differences? perhaps other entities are addressed there? >> essentially, building on what tom talked about, the house of homeland security committee took it upon themselves to draft a bill within that jurisdiction. it was not meant to be comprehensive with in any manner, but certainly within our committee. essentially, it was three big pieces. first, the rules and responsibility -- responsibilities. i know that the secretary is well familiar with the lack of authorities that vhs has with its mission, -- dhs has with its mission. we wanted to codify the current mission and make sure that they have the roles and responsibilities clear to protect infrastructure in this country. the second piece does touch upon various aspects that have occurred, and includes the protection of critical infrastructure. we have taken a bit of a different approach to it. the form very task force found that while regulation is not our first choice, there's a role in the government in protec

senator lungren has been working on that. we will try to move that this spring to get a line bill to go to the floor. we will work with the department and the administration to assure that we handle it as well as we can. in your appearance before the subcommittee this morning, you had an exchange with congresswoman on the department's uppercuts -- efforts on working with the financial services industry. the financial-services industry is vital to the state of new york and the nation. we could do more to create a better relationship. one area many of us have concerns about is the decrease in funding for the coast guard. approximately $600 million for fiscal -- from fiscal year 2012 funding levels. i do not know of any agency in the federal government that has had to respond more after september 11 that the coast guard. by all accounts, they have done an outstanding job. i am really concerned that cut which would eliminate over 1000 personnel and the commission numerous units and have significant reductions in operational hours

lungren has dropped his bill. i know it's out of subcommittee, can you give folks a sense of what's in the bill, maybe some of the differences 'cause i think some of the bellybutton questions vis-a-vis the department of homeland security or other entities are addressed there. and go from there. >> so essentially, building on what tom talked about with the thornberry task force, they took it upon themselves within its jurisdiction it's not to be comprehensive in any manner but strictly within the jurisdiction of our committee. and it was essentially three big pieces. first, the roles and responsibility of the department of homeland security with regard to its cybersecurity mission -- i know the security is well familiar with the lack of legislative authorities that dhs has with its mission. but it's been doing an admirable job with based upon executive order and public expectation but we want to codify the current mission of dhs and make sure they have the roles and responsibilities clear to protect critical infras