i appreciate armed services committee chairman mac thornberry for authorizing the delegation. we had the opportunity to meet to the israeli parliament and especially grateful as a senior member of the house foreign with committee to meet the parliament. we must work together to stop hamas terrorist attacks, using human shields financed by iran. with president donald trump, the alliance has never been stronger to protect american families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the virgin slands seek recognition?

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i hereby appoint i hereby appoint the honorable mac thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties, and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. b eyer, for five minutes. mr. beyer: thank you, mr. speaker. there is always hope. so ends every voicemail greeting on carl's phone in the 36 years i have known him. no better few words describe the resilient, optimistic man i love. i first met carl briefly during congressional congressional ca ira lester in 1982. he was friends and chill allies trust of the campaign, terrell and linda moore. a

congressman mac thornberry with me now, sir. you and thank you for coming back here on our program. i know you don't like the deal. the president doesn't like the deal. you would rather he stay in the deal. how come? >> well, you're right. i don't like the deal. iran already got a plane load of cash as well as sanctions relief. but the question is now what happens? and i'm concerned that if we completely withdraw from the deal, iran will have an excuse to kick out the inspectors. the sanctions will not be reimposed by our european allies and so we lose what insight we've got now. >> bill: how much insight do we really have? the inspectors are not -- they are not given full access, as you know. >> we don't have enough but it gives us more than we would have otherwise. and so if it were up to me i would tell the french and british okay, you have another two or three months to strengthen the deal. to get the inspectors into these other sites and to curtail their missile program. and -- but there is a range of options here. you can

rogers: i'd like to yield 30 seconds to mac thornberry for any comments he may have. mr. thornberry: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, the men and women of nnsa are like the military. they're going to get the job done. under whatever conditions are required. theiris amendment effects work environment, both their health and safety and whether we can attract and retain top-quality people. it's the people who would suffer under this, it's not the mission. i understand people are anti-nuclear. but it's the people who would suffer. as both gentlemen have said, we have a tremendous backlog. this just helps us catch up a little bit. the chair: the gentleman from colorado. the question is on -- oh, the gentleman from alabama. mr. rogers: i urge a no vote and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. polis: on that i request a recorded vote. the ch

mac thornberry saying that he thinks the new plan would involve many other nations. >> we see iran beingve in all sorts of fronts including israel. we need a broad coalition to push back against iran in a key component of that is military strength, but diplomacy is an economics actions have to be part of it, too. trade to the fellow foundation for defense of democracies. good morning. let's talk about this. the e.u., china, russia, they still want to do business with iran. without these countries involved in, iran has no economy. as the u.s. willing to open up discussions with allies to figure out something we could all agree upon? >> i definitely think we would be open for that are probably less so with asian banks and businesses which create a car about two u.s. tensions. but the west as one voice upon the arendt's nuclear program as well as regional friends. as a likely american diplomats are already in talks with the european counterparts on how to address the totality. train to the european council spoke up on this issue last week. listen to the tone of what he had to say here. >> a

another interesting voice was mac thornberry, a conservative republican.is the head of the house armed services committee, he said the same thing. he said the best option for the u.s. is to stay in the deal in terms of being able to monitor iran, better to be in them be out. he is somebody that hopefully they will listen to. haidi: what is the latest we know on president trump's planned summit with north korea's kim? do we know any details at all? ros: not really. timeink it will be some after president trump meets with south korean president moon, and that is in washington on may 22. there have been reports that the north korean summit possibly will not be until a month after that, and it could be in singapore, so there are reports of a meeting in singapore third week of june. that sounds later than what president indicated last week where he said it would be three to four weeks away, so we don't know. we have seen tension between washington and pyongyang this weekend. i am sure you have seen the story. north korea basically saying that the u.s. is mislea

third, h.r. 5515, the national defense authorization act, sponsored by representative mac thornberry. this bill supports the historic investments we have made to lee build america's -- rebuild america's military and ensures our brave men and women have the resources they need to keep us safe. flime, the house may take further action on dodd-frank reform, including potential action on the community bank regulatory relief bill passed by the u.s. senate. i look forward to both chambers additional policy actions in this space in the coming weeks as we continue to improve access to capital for american families and businesses. additional as soon as our schedule's finalized, i'll be sure to inform all members w that i thank my friend. yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for the information and for the bonus. of the little longer term view of what we might be considering on the floor of the house. one of the things i didn't hear on that, perhaps the -- i ask the majority leader about this before, is the majority expecting to offer on the floor or consider a budget resolution this ye

china is that longer-term strategic competitor, of course, and that's what congressman mac thornberry was talking about. but we can't just stop with china and north korea. we need to talk about russia, iran, the civil war and terrorist threat arising out of syria in the middle east. all of those are important in our deliberations on the defense authorization bill because the ndaa prioritizes military readiness across the globe where american leadership remains indispensable. it promotes security and stability in the endo-pacific, particularly through military exercises with our allies, and it improves taiwan's defense capabilities, keeping our commitment to taiwan that was established a long time ago. but the defense authorization bill is important for reasons that hit much closer to home as well. in past years this bill, as authorized, needed improvements that texas -- at texas military facilities like fort hood, joint base san antone yes, the red river army depot and ellington field. it has also given our troops a much-needed pay raise and advanced ships and ground vehicles. all of

urging him to stay in the deal and after republican chairman of the house armed services committee mac thornberry suggested, he delayed the may 12 deadline for making the decision. today, congressman thornberry suggested the president may choose a third option. >> i assume that he will at least withdraw from part of it, but that's why i say the question is how much of it. there's a range of options here. if you can either say all the way in, get all the way out, or a whole lot of in between and that's what none of us know. >> harris: kevin corke's life for us at the white house. kevin. >> good afternoon. you'd be hard-pressed to find just about anyone doesn't believe the president will ultimately pull out of the iran nuclear deal. if not in a hole, certainly in part this afternoon when he makes an announcement. at about 2:00 this afternoon and he can be unpredictable. he has pointed out to a chorus of calls for the u.s. to stay in and strengthen the accord, notably from the leaders of france and germany. in fact, fox news has been reporting this morning he spoke by telephone again with president

defendant jaw and white house special counsel lanny davis, and the service committee max committee mac thornberry, the story with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: thank you very much, john, breaking tonight, the primary election in west virginia, now just days away. and this race gets uglier this evening. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell clashing with coal country, don blankenship who has vowed to continue his racially charged attack on "cocaine mitch and his china family." it all began with this? >> one of my goals as u.s. senator will be to ditch cocaine mitch. >> martha: asking him to back that up, for politicians it is a cruel moniker. >> cocaine on a family owned chip should be not of interest, because cocaine deaths keep going up, and even though that chip happened at the end of the year, we still need to be aware of it the cocaine and other drugs moving on the high seas on commercial ships. if nothing else it to make us aware that we need to be careful when these commercial ships are talking. >> martha: not backing down, tonight he is doubling down with her this new ad.

defendant jaw and white house special counsel lanny davis, and the service committee max committee mac thornberryallum starts right now. >> martha: thank you very much, john, breaking tonight, the primary election in west virginia, now just days away. and this race gets uglier this evening. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell clashing with coal country, don blankenship who has vowed to continue his racially charged attack on "cocaine mitch and his china family." it all began with this? >> one of my goals as u.s. senator will be to ditch cocaine mitch. >> martha: asking him to back that up, for politicians it is a cruel moniker. >> cocaine o a

mac thornberry, telling chris wallace that the president should delay the decision and give them a chance to get a new agreement. you see giuliani use phrases like regime change, it does not seem the president is in a compromising mode. >> shannon: thank you very much. gina haspel, the president's pick to lead the cia will face some tough questions from the senate intelligence committee as a group of senate democrats is not pushing for details about her decades of secret undercover service at the cia. joins us live tonight with the very latest. >> haspel spent 32 over 33 years at the cia undercover, that's why so much of her record is classified. a few hours ago the cia dropped off binders for senators full of classified information that covers her career as a covert officer. but several democratic senators are still accusing the agency of selective declassification ahead of wednesday's hearing. they want more of her records made public. >> looking forward. >> the first woman ever nominated to be director of the cia tina haskell said monday up on capitol hill meeting with some of her fier

i'd like to thank chairman mac thornberry and also ranking member adam smith for their fine work on this and allowing know bring my amendment to the floor. my mindfulness amendment would create a pilot program to train members of the armed forces in mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques, before deploying to combat zones. according to the v.a., mindfulness practice has the potential to benefit individuals with ptsd. mindfulness to strengthen reaction mindfulness to strengt reaction to stress, together with existing empirically supported ptsd treatments, may allow patients to persevere through trauma processing. rather than waiting to apply these treatments after the traumatic event, why not prepare our brave young men and women who are being sent into combat zones ahead of time? a prior study with the marines suggested mindfulness training was beneficial for attention working memory, as well as mood. my amendment would expand this training to all branches of the armed forces, including the coast guard. it would require a report on the success of this training, with stress manageme

i appreciate armed services committee chairman mac thornberry for authorizing the delegation. we had the opportunity to meet to the israeli parliament and especially grateful as a senior member of the house foreign with committee to meet the parliament. we must work together to stop hamas terrorist attacks, using human shields financed by iran. with president donald trump, the alliance has never been stronger to protect american families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the virgin slands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: i rise in opposition to the roskam amendment to the nutrition act. contrary to the original intent of the animal welfare act of 1976, and that intent was to aid state and law enforcements in jurisdictions where game fowl eve

do you think mac thornberry was right saying that maybe kim jong-un has what he needs in terms of a in developed program. >> they've made a lot of advancements since they started playing games in the early 90s with presidents saying they would step away from the program. buying more time to do more development and research and frankly they've done a good job at keeping us at bay. the good news is we're finally pushing them through the table through isolation and economic sanctions. if we all want world peace the best way to get there is apply the kind of pressure that requires the north korean regime to bring back the curtains and let us watch closely what they do next. let us not listen to the words of the regime, let us watch the actions. >> bill: one more question on this and i think you're exactly right. i think the sanctions worked and the chinese pressure has worked and the military pressure on behalf of the president and james mattis have worked so far and what's all driving this. do you think this president would sacrifice some of the 13,000 u.s. troops serving in south korea t

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this two-hour hearing begins with committee chair mac thornberry. >> committee will come to order. for the last three national defense authorization acts reform, especially acquisition reform, has been a major priority. the purpose has to get more value for the taxpayers out of the money spent, but even more importantly, to make the department more agile in dealing with the variety of security challenges we face. as secretary mattis has testified, our technological position has eroded in recent years compared with our leading veafrs. we confront threats that don't con form to our traditional notions of warfare. and the historical evidence indicates we may well be a victim of our own success. as one writer put it when looking at the inner war years, the losers were forced by events, to re-examine everything. military losers are intellectual radicals. the winners, complacent in victory, feel the need for self-examination far less. the answer is, the department of defense must work to be more innovative in technology, in policies, and in thought. one of the many books offering advice

this two-hour hearing begins with committee chair mac thornberry. >> committee will come to order. for the last three national defense authorization acts reform, especially acquisition reform, has been a major priority. the purpose has to get more value for the taxpayers out of the money spent, but even more importantly, to make the department more agile in dealing with the variety of security challenges we face. as secretary mattis has testified, our technological position has eroded in recent years compared with our leading veafrs. we confront threats that don't con form to our traditional

yesterday i spoke with house armed services mac thornberry about concerns over china as it relates to their military. earlier this month, vice president of the u.s. dick cheney weighed in on what he thinks beijing is such a threat. >> china just doesn't take in all of government approach. they take an alternation approach. any company, any individual will be a tool of the chinese government to steal, to buy, to borrow, whatever it takes. intellectual property that can be used in their military against us. >> chinese long-term by the most serious in the most capability and make some phenomenal gains economically which they are now converting to better military capability and so forth. traded that was his answer to my question committee is biggest threat in terms of foreign policy right now out of all the things we discussed. >> it's a fascinating thing. we used to think china would keep to itself and now we have a whole new china clearly trying to expand its borders. i think what is so interesting about the trade were messaging is that he didn't consist of the in the messaging will mak

thornberry,w mac who is an important chairman of the house foreign services committee, talking about it is in the interest of the u.s. to stay in the deal. host: he was on fox news over the weekend. this is some of that interview he had on fox news. [video clip] andhe french, germans, british are basically pleading with president trump, stay in the iran deal and we will have some toughening side agreements that we will agree on unilaterally without going to the iranians, and these agreements would be to limit iran's ballistic missile program , sanctioned regional aggression, and end the 2025 sunset clause when iran can start resuming some of the program. i guess the question is, is the iran deal fixable, and if so, should the president's day in it if you can get these add-ons with european allies? would be very important. is it possible? hard to say, but you can try. of this the deadline month, and you have to put the french and british up to the test about whether it is possible to get this other sort of agreement. i think one of the key things going on here, and prime minister neta

third, h.r. 5515, the national defense authorization act, sponsored by representative mac thornberry. this bill supports the historic investments we have made to lee build america's -- rebuild america's military and ensures our brave men and women have the resources they need to keep us safe. flime, the house may take further action on dodd-frank reform, including potential action on the community bank regulatory relief bill passed by the u.s. senate. i look forward to both chambers additional policy actions in this space in the coming weeks as we continue to improve access to capital for american families and businesses. additional as soon as our schedule's finalized, i'll be sure to inform all members w that i thank my friend. yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for the information and for the bonus. of the little longer term view of what we might be considering on the floor of the house. one of the things i didn't hear on that, perhaps the -- i ask the majority leader about this before, is the majority expecting to offer on the floor or consider a budget resolution this ye

mac recently, we heard from thornberry, a representative in the u.s. house. he shares the defense panel, so he's very familiar with defense issues. he is not taking next steps into consideration. u.s. visibility will decrease pulling out of this deal. there have been other republicans who sounded notes of caution. recently, condoleezza rice said that she never opposed the deal. she thought it was a bad deal and would not have signed on, but that ending it might not be what she would do now that we are in it. she does not see the end of the role. republican voices are split. trump has his allies on both the hill and in the administration. ofin mccarthy is supportive leaving the deal. it's not a unified voice in the republican party for leaving. >> we learned that china's vice premier is leaving to continue these trade talks, so tell us are sending ae high-level delegation after refusing to meet the american demand last week? is this a little bit of an olive branch? greg: not much was accomplished in last week's trade talks. neither side agreed to anything exce

thornberry,w mac who is an important chairman of the house foreign services committee, talking about it is in the interest of the u.s. to stay in the deal. host: he was on fox news over the weekend. this is some of that interview he had on fox news. [video clip] andhe french, germans, british are basically pleading with president trump, stay in the iran deal and we will have some toughening side agreements that we will agree on unilaterally without going to the iranians, and these agreements would be to limit iran's ballistic missile program , sanctioned regional aggression, and end the 2025 sunset clause when iran can start resuming some of the program. i guess the question is, is the iran deal fixable, and if so, should the president's day in it if you can get these add-ons with european allies? would be very important. is it possible? hard to say, but you can try. of this the deadline month, and you have to put the french and british up to the test about whether it is possible to get this other sort of agreement. i think one of the key things going on here, and prime minister neta

's includes mac thornberry proposal to cut 25% from certain military support agencies, the so-called fourth estate. additionally, viewers may have of problems with military aviation. well, there is a bipartisan push for a commission that would ofestigate the causes military aviation mishaps that we have seen lately. so there is quite a bit in the bill. ands rather large, ultimately it is going to have to be reconciled with the senate version of the bill. the senate markup is next week. >> and it comes out of the committee, approved by the house armed services committee on this icky -- on a 60-1 vote, with four amendments. authorizations of the use of military force, barbara lee of california proposes barringing the a umf's, force against north korea and slashing funds for overseas contingency operations to $9 billion. why is this authorization of the use of force such an issue with congress? congress has been reticent to deal with the issue of the authorization of the use of force. the countries of still on the s and'/11 a umf's -- those i think have been stretched beyond their inten