i think mcgovern makes a very good point and quoting the security expert. the security experts opinion professional opinion is that nothing we could have done would have prevented that assault of that size from succeeding it was probably close to one hundred armed personnel who launched that assault there is no conceivable manpower the united states could place that that would have prevented well then why was there why it was even more truth why we see there than if he couldn't be protected. it was he'd come into benghazi by ship the rebellion was still underway he was used to taking these risks he thought he understood the risks he thought he thought it was a legitimate risk to take what he was at what his mission there was doing i don't know the expectation is that the cia mission there among its missions was to try to capture some of the surface to air missiles that may have been a large ship said miss lewis on the way south re jump in to look like you want to say something go ahead. i think that there's abundant evidence that there were all manner of re

if i mean if i can go to you would you like to react to what ray mcgovern said. yes on march eighteenth. as i've written in my book arab rebels and iranian dissidents president obama gave the order to commit us here. support to the to the libyan civilians and that was a turning point in the war because obama brought sarkozy and cameron along with him in order to complete the triad. of actors some western actors nato actors to help on seeing colonel qaddafi now with respect to the issue of reaching change it's different strokes for different folks in regime change i think can work in a place like iran now from within because there's an iranian opposition but there is no opposition there was no opposition in libya and therefore when the libyan people try their best to overthrow the regime they got in trouble what about the trouble in iraq said about the trouble in iraq what about the trouble in libya you're saying we should do it again ray mcgovern go ahead again. with syria i guess i think what let me go ahead bring it me a personal observation ok as an army offic

mcgovern: mr. speaker, here we go again. another day in the house where we are not focused on jobs. we are not focused on healing our ailing economy. where we are not focused on the needs of the american people. yesterday for the 37th time in 2 1/2 years this house passed a bill overturning the affordable health care act. for the 37th time my republican friends decided to take up time on this house floor supporting a meaningless partisan bill to overturn a law that will dramatically improve the health care of millions of americans and is already helping to lower our deficit. perhaps one day they will wake up from their tea party dream and move on to more important priorities. not only have they wasted time debating a bill that won't be considered in the senate let alone signed into law, they are willfully ignoring the budget process that they were so stridently defending a few months ago. it's been 55 days since the senate passed its budget resolution. yet the republicans refuse to go to conference

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have diplomatic cover they're not so easily to provoke so address that was retired cia officer ray mcgovern. well a lot of news is coming out of washington today the white house and the department of justice both help press conferences earlier today officials responded to a host of questions also dealing with allegations over the internal revenue service unfairly targeting tea party groups as well as announcements from the department of justice detailing a two month long investigation culminating the a collections of months of associated press phone records so to help me break all of this drama doubt political commentator sam sacks joins me now hi there sam so obviously there's a lot going on and a lot on capitol hill us is there actually going on as well let's start with the latest information about this i.r.s. candle here's part of attorney eric attorney general eric holder's press briefing today. the f.b.i. is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters related to the i.r.s. those for i think as everyone can agree if not crimin

came to with this our naive case for instance all four and some insight retired cia officer raising mcgovern joins me now raising you so much for joining us both so let's start with this this in challenge and gathering and the sharing of intelligence between the u.s. and russia obviously they've been working together but there's still a lot of distrust between the two you know the misconception is that there is such a thing as a friendly intelligence service there's no such animal you can cooperate very closely with another intelligence service but friendly is beside the point now there is a point for this kind of intelligence collection and there is a very i do do not to mean that at all when i first come on we did see a we had a soviet spy named costs. who gave us all manner of very very important information including information that helped avoid the cuban missile crisis so trade went better so there's a market for that the problem is supposed to be done with a degree of professionalism you're not supposed to get court you know especially with wigs and it looks like if you know if one as

. >> kevin mcgovern. >> a question to the deputy prime minister which may go against the grain for me. i have been vociferous in my report of the organization and unfortunately my constituency and ports of closure, it seems less in march advising procurement of deployment, some of them have done so successfully and rick given an interview and told they would not be allowed to leave and they would not receive severance package. >> the deputy prime minister, look into this. >> by rational secretary, looking to the specific issues as i said in reference to the response to the earlier question. the thinking behind this is to ensure those who work in unemployed factories find gainful employment in mainstream work. that is the recommendation that came not from the government but independent observers who said this is the best way to make sure we don't get allies those with disabilities in the labour market and what we will continue to work toward. >> millions of people are struggling with their electricity bills. and electricity infrastructure is creaking. we have a solution where we are de

. >> kevin mcgovern. >> a question to the deputy prime minister which may go against the grain for me. i have been vociferous in my report of the organization and unfortunately my constituency and ports of closure, it seems less in march advising procurement of deployment, some of them have done so successfully and rick given an interview and told they would not be allowed to leave and they would not receive severance package. >> the deputy prime minister, look into this. >> by rational secretary, looking to the specific issues as i said in reference to the response to the earlier question. the thinking behind this is to ensure those who work in unemployed factories find gainful employment in mainstream work. that is the recommendation that came not from the government but independent observers who said this is the best way to make sure we don't get allies those with disabilities in the labour market and what we will continue to work toward. >> millions of people are struggling with their electricity bills. and electricity infrastructure is creaking. we have a solution where we are de

author of the upcoming book arab rebels in iranian dissidents also in washington we have raymond mcgovern he is co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in atlanta we cross to jay bookman he's a columnist and blogger at the atlanta journal constitution.

closing down guantanamo why hasn't he used any of these waivers activists and former cia officer ray mcgovern has a theory a lack of moral courage president knows what's right. he says it all in his speeches and so we can and then he says i've instructed my staff to look into ways that we can get these people over the east come on mr president you know and if you don't know if you fire your staff you know that you have the authority to release these eighty six at least like this but should the president find this moral courage his next step will be lifting the prisoner transfer ban to yemen which his administration imposed on itself in two thousand and ten more than half of all the get most prisoners including nearly two thirds of those eighty six cleared for release or transfer are from yemen another option more than two hundred hippias corpus petitions have been filed on behalf of guantanamo prisoners the president could immediately stop challenging these cases in court and then there's going back to capitol hill in fighting with congress but going the congressional route again means the pr

and author of the upcoming book arab rebels in iranian dissidents also in washington we have been mcgovern he is co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in atlanta we cross to jay bookman he's a columnist and blogger at the atlanta journal constitution all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you first in washington is this is scandal or just incompetence or both. but the scandal is all out of proportion to what needs to.

mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, i rise today for the 12th time this year to talk about the need to end hunger now. i'm honored to serve on the house agriculture committee and last week the committee held a markup on h.r. 1947, the farm bill. i believe we need a farm bill that constains smart, forward thinking policy, a farm bill that ensures that farmers are able to make a living. a farm bill that benefits the american economy. a farm bill that ensures that the good -- food grown in america makes it to the plates of every american. and a farm bill that isn't ripe with fraud, waste, and abuse. the good news, mr. speaker, is that a component of that smart forward thinking policy already exists. it's called snap. this program ensures that 47 million people out of the 50 million hungry in this country are able to put at least some food on their tables when they otherwise couldn't do so. this program ensures that the food grown on our farms makes it to every americ

mcgovern, for 30 minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, next wednesday, the house agriculture committee is expected to mark up the farm bill. the farm bill is an important bill for many reasons, chief among them is the re-authorization of our anti-hunger safety net programs. the largest and arguably the most important is the supplemental knew trishon program or snap, as i continue to remind my colleagues through end hunger now speeches, hunger is a real problem in america. even as we slowly come out of this recession and as americans struggle to get back on their feet, there is still nearly over 50 million hungry people living in this country. nearly 17 million are kids. the hungry labeled by some as food insecure because they don't know where their next meal is coming from, aren't like those who starve in third world countries and that's primarily because of snap and other anti-hunger safety net programs. snap has prevented millions of people going -- from going without food. the population served by snap is not the rich and not

. >>> joining us is jim mcgovern who voted against the farm bill and those snap cuts. >> i actually challenged any member of congress seeking to cut snap to first take what they call the food stamp challenge. this is something you and your wife actually took several years ago. what did you learn from that experience? >> we learned it's awfully hard to be poor. you can't afford healthy food. you can't afford very much of food. i mean, the average food stamp benefit today is about $4.50 a day. $1.50 per meal. it's not a lot. i want to point out going back to what congressman fincher said. there are millions an millions of people on snap today who work full-time for a living. but they earn so little, they still qualify for this benefit. this is not kind of a get rich quick scheme. this is hard living when you're on the snap program. >> right. your point that people actually work, in fact, work full-time and still can't afford enough within their budget to eat. this is part of why it's so important. not just to feed people but because an economic stimulus effect, right. >>

democratic party after they lost in 1988, 1984, all the way back with the exception of carter to mcgovern. bill clinton reformed the party and the democratic party has been prospering to a large degree ever since. >> what do you think the processes are in the republican party that are driving it into sort of unelectable alley you're describing. what is the mechanism that keeps pulling it? >> well, i think it's a complicated question. there are a number of things driving that. one of it is campaign finance reform. we declare there are different categories of money. some bad, some good. but chiefly, we have removed money away from the political parties and the political campaigns. political parties have always been moderating influences in american politics. we've now pushed all this money to these outside groups. they're ideological groups, they're about enforcing issues discipline, they're the people threatening to primary you if you make a wrong vote. so both parties are more ideological than they used to be. and we also have the hyper partisanship of the internet. we have a conservative

we are also pleased today the american red cross, cal mcgovern is also joining us and the red cross has certainly played a very important role in our recovery efforts here in our state with a previous turning as we have been made, but for many, many years, always been there when they needed them can certainly help to their families and providing food, water, any assistance, shelter that those others property has faced. welcome. we're quite happy here. were also joined by congressman tom cole. he grew up in this area and represents this area. glad to have you back in washington. sorry for what has happened to this community and your hometown area. we want to start out by saying thank you to all of the personnel working on the ground site itself. certainly the first responders, fire, police, emergency personnel, law enforcement, various charities, entities, mayors, mark warner not come under tremendous job everyone has been doing is moving along very well. it is a big project and are certainly as a lot of issues that need to be dealt with that we are making some progress and i drove an ea

that very sharply in the republican party and you do wonder if ted cruz is to mitt romney as george mcgovernubert humphrey. >> i'm sorry, that's like way too much for me. >> the argument that the only way we're going to win is to give people the unadulterated purist. >> nothing concentrates the mind like losing five out of the last six elections. it happened with republicans now. they're getting to the point where they've got to settle this internal debate and i'm not sure if this next election cycle will be the one to do it because they're probably going to do very well in the midterms which means the party's right wing will be even more encouraged to stand fast, but they've got to move -- demographics are saying you have to do something to appeal to the hispanic community among others and immigration is not the key issue among hispa c hispani hispani hispanics. jobs the economy are. >> 30 states have republican governors, 315 electoral votes. 24 states have republican governors and republican legislatures. 51%. if you have 315 electoral votes, you are a national party. whether you can look

i worked with him a long time ago in the senate and with senator kennedy and senator mcgovern and they food stamp program to try to reduce hunger in america. and dole is right. for that, today, he would be a pariah in the republican party. secondly, the gop has this phrase, rhinos. republicans in name only. that's what they call dole. that's what they call nixon. but the truth is, they're the real rhinos. they're reaganites in name only. they love to invoke reagan, but this is a guy who made a deal with tip o'neill to save social security, worked with ted kennedy, made peace with the soviets. those would be great offenses today inside the republican party. the only reason we haven't moved faster on the filibuster is because harry reid is worried about trying to hold together a fragile coalition on immigration reform, which even if it passes the senate, will probably go to the house to die. but when we come back in july, we ought to do this. >> look at how many judgeships we have open in this country. look at the national labor relations board. it's almost their strategy to make sure th

we saw this with goldwater and mcgovern. left with no choice on election day, and left with the presidency that lacked an earned connection with the american people. one led us to vietnam, the other to watergate, it's far better to have elections when both parties were credible. i like it that way. i'd like to know if a candidate i start to campaign with ends up totally disappointing me, i have an option in november, someone i'd prefer to see president at that point. chris christie looks like he's gearing up to make a run. it's his political value system i suppose. he made it clear last year that he's willing to work with the other party to get things done. he and obama presented the one good picture of positive political news the entire campaign simply by working together as elected officials of our country should. so maybe the governor of new jersey is getting in shape to run or maybe just to improve his health. in any case, it will be good to have him as a prospect for 2016 if only because he's someone who many people on

walker at it's core the issue of food insecurity is a moral one as massachusetts congressman jim mcgovern recently asked a group of an audience of activists if our country isn't about trying to help the poorest among us and what is it about. writing. if we're not a boat. making sure that everybody this country. has enough to eat you know if we're not going to stand for poor people to make sure that they have adequate food nutrition for their families then i don't know what the hell we're broke other advanced western countries like sweden and germany have figured this out why can't we just take a look take a look at this pew research chart compared to the other developed countries the united states is like a third world nation in terms of the percentage of our population that suffers from unger cutting food stamps is cruel unnecessary and bad for the economy the libertarians like austin peterson want to do it anyway why is that i'm joined now by austin peterson director of production for freedom works at the editor of libertarian republic austin what do you hate about hungry children adult

mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, this is farm bill week. today, the senate agriculture committee is marking up their version of the farm bill, and tomorrow the house agriculture committee will do the same. although one bill is written by a republican and the other is written by a democrat, these two bills have one thing in common, they make hunger worse in america. there are 50 million hungry americans, 17 million are kids. yet, the senate is going to mark up a bill that cuts over $4 billion from snap, our nation's main anti-hunger program. but that cut pails in comparison to the cuts in the house farm bill. mr. speaker, tomorrow we are going to mark up a farm bill that includes a $20 billion cut in snap. $20 billion. mr. speaker, at a time when we have 50 million hungry americans, at a time when we have 17 million hungry kids, a reason-led congress is going to mark up a farm bill with $20 billion cuts in snap. mr. speaker, we were elected to solve problems and

mcgovern of massachusetts as co-chair of the tom lantos human rights commission. thank you for your attention to these appointments. signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize an exceptional hoosier couple, mr. betton and mrs. sandy marks who are being honored with the 2013 h.a.i. life distinguished service award by the hebrew academy of indianapolis. mr. marks has served as president of both the hue brew academy and the bureau of jewish federation, and president and as chairman of the state of israel bondses. mr. rokita: he has also served as a many of the nominating commission and has volunteered with other civic and professional organizations. mrs. marks has devoted her life to education, serving on the hebrew education committee and as a board member of the school. she recentl

i voted for humphrey in 1968 and mcgovern in 1962 and i thought they were too conservative.ter] it was again, trying to think things threw. i was more of a libertarian. i was triesing to figure things out but -- trying to figure things out but you're black you are not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre. why did we go to school? give us a the list of what we're supposed to think and that saves time. we just read, what am i supposed to think today? >> so you went from humphrey to reagan -- should we anticipate some future -- >> no. i returned to the way i was raised. i went from -- if you want to look at the transition it was a deviation from the way i was raised then a return to the way i was raised. as my grandfather said when i was involved in all sorts of radical things my boy, i did not raise you to be like that. i did not raise you to be disrespectful, uneducated, etc. he would -- when i came home talking nonsense as he called it, he would get up and leave the room because i was so far off the charts in his mind. >> before president bush was elected had you e

i voted for humphrey in 1968 and mcgovern in 1962 and i thought they were too conservative. [laughter] it was again, trying to think things threw. i was more of a libertarian. i was triesing to figure things out but -- trying to figure things out but you're black you are not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre. why did we go to school? give us a the list of what we're supposed to think and that saves time. we just read, what am i supposed to think today? >> so you went from humphrey to reagan -- should we anticipate some future -- >> no. i returned to the way i was raised. i went from -- if you want to look at the transition it was a deviation from the way i was raised then a return to the way i was raised. as my grandfather said when i was involved in all sorts of radical things my boy, i did not raise you to be like that. i did not raise you to be disrespectful, uneducated, etc. he would -- when i came home talking nonsense as he called it, he would get up and leave the room because i was so far off the charts in his mind. >> before president bush was elected ha

1973 that i started as a press secretary and legislative assistant agriculture for senator george mcgovernent to the committee in the senate and was assistant secretary of the usda during the clinton -- carter administration. and i started a new letter in 1981 and i've been reporting on this sort of thing ever since. >> host: jim webster and john cromartie are here to answer your questions on the changing world of rural america. let's go to the phones. edward is waiting from manchester, connecticut. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. >> host: go ahead. >> caller: the service you provide the american people is worth more than you pay, as usual. >> host: want to hear about rural america? >> caller: this is a philosophy to start this conversation. everything that happens in the center of the earth affects the earth's surface. everything that happens in the center of our nation affects the surface or the rural changes in our nation. i think our representatives should go after the banks first so that they have the money they need to run the

i voted for humphrey in 1968 and mcgovern in 1962 and i thought they were too conservative.\[laughter] it was again, trying to think things threw. i was more of a libertarian. i was triesing to figure things out but -- trying to figure things out but you're black you are not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre. why did we go to school? give us a the list of what we're supposed to think and that saves time. we just read, what am i supposed to think today? >> so you went from humphrey to reagan -- should we anticipate some future -- >> no. i returned to the way i was raised. i went from -- if you want to deviation from the way i was raised then a return to the way i was raised. as my grandfather said when i was involved in all sorts of radical things my boy, i did not raise you to be like that. i did not raise you to be disrespectful, uneducated, etc. he would -- when i came home talking nonsense as he called it, he would get up and leave the room because i was so far off the charts in his mind. >> before president bush was elected had you envisioned>> oh, god no. t

that was about it. 18 -- i was from georgia, i voted for humphrey in 1968 and mcgovern in 1972. i thought they were too conservative. [laughter] i was more of a libertarian. i was trying to figure things out the people were telling me, "you are black, we already have the views you are supposed to have. you are not supposed to read or think about things." that is bizarre. what am i supposed to think today? >> should we anticipate some future ambition? >> no. the way i wasd to raised. it was a deviation from the way i was raised and a return to the way i was raised. as my grandfather said when i was involved in all sorts of notcal things, "boy, i did raise it to be like that. i did not raise it to be disrespectful, to be an " ucated, etc. when i came home talking "nonsense," he would leave the room because i was so far off the chart in his mind. >> before president bush was elected to ever envision yourself that -- did you ever envision yourself as a judge? >> daughter, no. -- god, no. people who are seminarians understand what i am saying. you think you are called to do certain t

i also hope that our colleagues will join myself, representative jim mcgovern, our congressional black caucus chair, marcia fudge, congresswoman jan schakowsky, and democratic caucus vice chair, joe crowley, in taking the food stamp challenge. we need to raise the level of awareness of what is taking place here in washington, d.c. so what we are going to do is commit ourselves to limiting our food budget to the average snap benefits for a week. that's $1.40 per person, per meal. we will show how vital it is to strengthen and fully fund snap. we are asking all those who can do this to join with us. we've got to protect the most vulnerable, grow the economy, and snap is one of the best programs to do just that. it's time not to slash it but to support it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house >> michelle bachmann of minnesota is sponsoring the bill. live coverage of the house when they return. over on c-span3 right now, the senate judiciary committee continues consideration of over 300 amendments to the

i voted for humphrey in 1968, and mcgovern in 1972. and i thought they were too conservative. [laughter] >> it was again trying to think things through. i was more of a libertarian. i was trying to figure things out, but people were telling me that you're black, we already have the views, you're not supposed to read ayn rand. you're not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre. why did we go to school? does give us our list of what was supposed to think, save us a lot of time and we just read -- what i supposed to think today, you know? >> you went from humphrey to reagan. should we anticipate some future -- >> no. no. i know, i actually returned to the way i was raised. i went from, if you want to look at the transition, it was a deviation from the way i was raised and a return to the way i was raised. because my grandfather said when i was involved in all sorts of radical things in college, boy, i didn't raise you to be like that. i didn't raise you to be disrespectful, to be uneducated, et cetera. and he would literally, when i would come home, talking as he called it

guest: i started for senator george mcgovern. then i was assistant secretary at usda during the clinton and parker administration. then i started a newsletter in 1981 and i've been reporting on this short sort of thing ever since. host: they are here to answer your questions on the changing world of rural america. let's go to the phones and edward is waiting from manchester connecticut. good morning. caller: good morning. i thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. the service you provide the american people is worth more than you pay as usual. host: what do you think about rural america? caller: this is just a philosophy to start this conversation. everything that happens in the center of the earth affect it is earth's surface. everything that happens in the center of our nation affects the surface or the rural changes in our nation. i think our representatives should go after the banks first so that they have the money they need to run the country properly. host: do you think that would help rural america. do you think r

i voted in law school and college i voted at 18 because i voted for humphrey in 1968 and mcgovern in72 and i thought that they were too conservative. it was again, trying to think things through. i was a libertarian. i was trying to figure things out but people were telling me we already have the views you're supposed to have. you're not supposed to think about things. that's bizarre but we save a lot of time and read what am i supposed to think today? >> so you went from humphrey to write again. should we anticipate some future transition? >> no. i actually returned to the way that i was raised. the transition was a deviation from the way that i was raised and a return to the way that i was raised involved in all sorts of radical things in college i didn't raise you to be like that. i didn't raise you to be disrespectful and uneducated etc and when i would come home talking they would call that nonsense he would get up and leave the room because i was so far off the charts in his mind. schenectady ever envision yourself as a judge? >> those of us that were for mercenaries and people