meehan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, yumeds. -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, i rise in support of my bill, h.r. 3488. this legislation would require that the secretary of homeland security meet certain conditions and requirements prior to establishing any new u.s. customs and border protection preclearance operations in foreign countries. the custom and border patrol's preclearance operations overseas inspect and examine travelers and their merchandise in foreign locations prior to their arrival in the united states, and then once cleared of foreign soil, passengers do not have to clear customs upon arrival in the united states. congress has a long history of supporting

meehan says thousands of claims are not being met in a timely manner.er this month, meehan shared pictures of 96 boxes of unanswered male at the whistleblower says was concealed and ready to be shredded. >> if a claim was difficult to resolve, it would simply get passed on down and found its way into this pile. while those that were easier to resolve were moved forward so that the numbers were able to be maintained. >> the inspector general is expected to release a new report on this facility within the next month. >>> back to that breaking news right now. skyfox over the delaware river near market street. let's take look at these pictures live. all right. so you see the police marone unit right there on the river. this is right near pier three and there's an apartment complex right there as well. it's hard to see because the little walkway there is kind of blocking our view. but apparently someone whether it's a car or people somehow got into that water and the marine unit is hauling those people out as we speak. obviously scott williams has been talki

meehan. i'd like to thank ranking member thompson as well as ranking member clarke of the cybersubcommittee for their hard work in forging this bipartisan bill. these efforts once again prove that we can work together despite our differences to craft legislation that improves our national security and help prospect american critical infrastructure from devastating cyberattacks. just last week, the homeland security committee heard testimony that we in a pre-9/11 mindset, when it comes to cybersecurity, the government needs to do a better job of warning users about attacks on networks. that was from the 9/11 commission itself. cybervulnerabilities in our nation's critical infrastructures are our achilles heel in our homeland security defenses. let me be clear, the cyberthreat is real. it is happening right now. the internet has become the next battlefield for warfare. but unlike land, sea, and air, cyberattack occur at the speed of light. they're global. and they are more difficult to attribut

. >> reporter: representative charlie dent of lehigh county, pat meehan of delaware county and jim gerlack of berks county toured facility earlier and met with some of the young children september here illegally from central america. >> handing our young children over to a stranger to go thousands of miles, i just can't imagine. you must be desperate beyond all measure to be willing to do that. >> reporter: but despite how they feel the congressman say that their tour of the berks facility has pressure them to create new border securing policies in washington. >> policy based on the rule of the law as well, not on emotion but rule of law, and that is what our challenge will be. >> my objective is to learn the fact, better understand how we are being impacted in this region and be better armed to go back to washington for work on solution that is help us. >> reporter: in addition to bet henie children's home i'm told one other locationes accepting these an code minors, including a location in lehigh county, called kids, peace representative dent said he will be visiting them in the near fut

patrick meehan commented on the problem. pooh we're seeing the exact same type of cooking the books on the benefits side of the v.a. as has been exposed on the health care side, and this is a whole new exploration of the management problems at the v.a. >> unless fixed, it could cost $371 million over the next five years. >>> south african olympic blade runner oscar pistorius, well, he is currently on trial for the murder of his girl friend reeva steenkamp. he got into a scuffle, though, at a club over the weekend. pistorius's reps were quick to point out it was not a fight, as originally reported on social media. reports say a man walked up to pistorius at his booth and began aggressively interrogating him about the trial. after a back and forth argument, pistorius asked to be left alone and left soon after. the defense wrapped up its case last week. there's a delay of one month so the teams can prepare closing arguments. >>> dick cheney says the united states needs to spend more money on the military. at an event on monday

. >> congressman meehan came out to show his support. to ride next year. >> i started to cycle a little bit more this year and i'm trying to work my way up. next year the time may be better. i hope. >> this year's goals is to raise $700,000. to make donation or to get more information log on to our website at cbsphilly.com. in center city, syma choudhry cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin is back with a last check on the storms rolling through the region. also the cbs-3 sports zone starts up right a >> justin hopefully the wake up forecast looks better than the one from tonight. >> it will get better for the morning drive. so we'll start to dry out a little bit. now until about three, 4am we're going that be tracking strong to severe thunderstorms and again heavy rain going and right now in bucks county up into the lehigh valley. extends all the way down through chester, delaware county into northeastern maryland that is pushing east. look out who are in the city. probably the next half hour eventually into south jersey so it looks like e

now, 2,000 cyclists headed over there, right now, we talked with congressman, pat meehan, about the event. >>> i have a long history, as former us attorney, and da, with so many people in law enforcement. now the firefighters are part of this. this is a great tradition, and a great just great ride. and now a nice day for it, because not so hot. i think a lot of people probably make good time down to the shore. >> that's right. they are headed to the irish pub, in atlantic city, they left this one here in center city, 65-mile journey. they should arrive starting around noon, and then, from there, it is going to be a big old party at the irish pub over there. it is $20 to get in. they are still raising money right now, goal $700,000 for this year's event. live in center city, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thank you, syma. developing right now, in the middle middle east, hamas has just agreed a 24 hour holiday trues in the gaza war starting at 2:00 this afternoon. just this morning, hamas had resumed the rocket fire even though israel's cabinet had said it was ready to extends

meehan of pennsylvania. the chair: is there objection? without objection, the request for the recorded vote is withdrawn. accordingly, the ayes have it nd the amendment is adopted. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. crenshaw: mr. chairman, i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it, the motion is opted and accordingly, the ommittee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 5016, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 5016 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in rec "washington journal" continues. >> host: we are back with califo

meehan for five minutes. >> i'm not sure i understand that answer. you said you didn't know who they were, and yet their names are on the top. >> sir, the acting director at the time was familiar with the employees and wrote down their names to make sure that if they were in the office that day, and wanted to be addressed by the committee staff, that they be made available. >> you had the philadelphia office. you've heard testimony that there are 96 white boxes of essential return mail and eight small cabinets of military mail. some of which were holding claims that had been existing for as much as three years. were there, in fact, 96 white boxes in the cabinets with that kind of mail? >> sir, i was just appointed to the director's position in philadelphia. my understanding from the report is when that was initially raised, the undersecretary asked the pension fiduciary service director to send his staff up there, and i would need to review the final report to identify -- >> this was raised in february of 2012. >> yes, sir. >> it's now 2014. >> yes,

local representative patrick meehan questioned deputy diana reuben about mail bins piled high with disabilityred for three years. inspectors reportedly found that staffers at the philadelphia regional office were manipulating dates to make old claims appear into your. in response the va said it is making progress on the backlog. >> 6:37 now and breaking right now, we have just learned that hamas has rejected an egyptian proposal for a ceasefire with us roll. hamas says care roe did not consult with the group before brokering the dealing. it is roll had already accepted the truce. until there is a ceasefire agreement, the israeli military stress it will continue to counter any attacks from gaza. just hours earlier israeli rockets injured two people and sparked a fire at a resort along the red sea. at least 190 people have been killed in gaza and scores more injured. "good morning america" will have more on the efforts to broker is ceasefire in the you would -- middle east. >> let's turn to karen rogers. the storms last night, the storms today. >> strong storms last night. summer, a lot of peop

meehan of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 661, the member from pennsylvania and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. meehan: i offer an amendment to the financial services appropriation bill and -- i would like to commend chairman crenshaw to stopping the culture of spending and continuing the culture of savings that we have seen from his subcommittee chairmanship. given our country's current fiscal situation, we need to be mindful of limited resources and do more with less. one of the most basic concepts in budgeting is balancing wants versus needs. the need is something that you have to have, something you can't do without. a want is something that you would like to have. good example calcium. it is necessary for survival, but ice cream, on the other hand is a want. everyone needs calcium but people would do just fine without ice cream. this congress understands the difference between wants and needs. my amendment prohibits any funds from this bill being spent by the g

meehan for five minutes. >> mr. chairman i want to thank you for the courtesy of being able to be with you today and ms. ruell i see by your testimony you are warned by his supervisor that you were at the philadelphia management center that you are not permitted to report issues to your director and i greatly regret that and appreciate the courage of you being here today. in addition your testimony and those of your colleagues has opened the door to the appreciation of we are seeing exactly the same type of cooking the books on the benefits side of the va as has been exposed on the health care side. this is a whole new expiration of the management problems at the va. your testimony is very compelling. you've talked about improper shredding of documents documents and he you talk about beneficiaries getting improper payments and in many cases duplicate payments. you've talked about the failure to rectify once those payments have been improperly paid and you've talked about the failure to notify the irs of what could b

meehan vote aye. >> aye. >> mr. hastings votes eye. >> aye. >> mr. woodall votes aye. mr. massey. mr. collins. mr. collins votes aye. mr. meadows. >> aye. >> mr. bentovolio votes aye. mr. desantos votes aye. mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. miss norton. miss norton votes no. mr. tierney votes no. mr. clay. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper. mr. connelly. >> anyway. >> mr. connelly votes no. miss spear. >> no. >> mr. cartwright. >> i would like to associate myself with the words of the ranking mechanical b ining memb. >> miss duckworth. >> no. >> miss kelly. >> absolutely not. >> mr. davis. mr. welch votes no. mr. cardenas. >> no. >> mr. horseford. >> no. >> miss grisham votes no. >> all members voted? the clerk will call -- >> on that vote, sir, 14 -- 19 ayes. 14 nos. >> the resolution rejecting the claim that david psimos is immune from being compelled to testify before congress on matters related to his official duties is approved and we stand adjourned. >>> now a live picture from capitol hill as a house foreign affairs subcommittee is meeting to discuss u.s. policy t

congressman k, gerlach, meehan and i visited a resettlement program in pennsylvania.se children are treated compassionately. but let me tell you what will happen if we do nothing here today. the children who are coming into children willhese in fact keep coming into our communities and they will be treated humanely and then they'll be resettled and reunited with parents or family members who already -- were already in the united states and in most cases here unlawfully. that's what doing nothing means. the children will keep coming, they will be resettled throughout the country and they will basically reside somewhere within the interior of this country. that's what doing nothing means. it would be reckless and irresponsible for the house to walk out of here today without addressing this border and humanitarian crisis this bill is the right thing to do. it secures the border, provides humanitarian assistance and makes the necessary policy changes to stop this flow of children. s that tragedy that these children are leaving their countries in this way. i can't imagine

meehan. >> commissioner, thank you for taking the time to come up and be with us again today. i know you came here before and i know we're going through a lot of detailed testimony, but the baseline is accurate that to the best of your knowledge when you testified before that the e-mails were not available from ms. lerner during the period that they had been to the best of your knowledge that they had been destroyed because they were recycled on the tape. and i'm not questioning that testimony at this particular moment. but i think what has people interested is mr. kane came up here not so long ago, and he's a very sophisticated guy. his job is to produce documents for investigations and litigation and other kinds of things. therefore, he not only has a very detailed understanding of the process, but a deep appreciation of the implications to do or failure to do including exposure for failure to do things. he also has a very sophisticated understanding of how to answer questions with respect to this. appreciating that when he's under oath, anything he says will put him in a pa

meehan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i am grateful for your leadership of this agency at this particularly difficult time. you know my respect for you. i do respectfully disagree with you on this issue with regard to the deferred action on child arrivals. i've been, as you know, a prosecutor and we've been fighting violence and drugs for the last decade or more. the one changed factor has been the new permissive policy of this administration on deferred action for child arrivals. i also want to associate myself with the comments of my colleagues both here and on the other side. i hope every college kid who is sitting here with their visions of the important world they're playing with social activism and looking at investments for colleges or global warming will appreciate that when they're sitting in their dorm smoking dope purchased from these drug gangs, this is the implication, and maybe there is a little time for social activism there, too. regardless, let me ask you a question about your apprehending chil

meehan for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the courtesy of being able to be with you here today. and ms. ruell, i see by your testimony that you were warned by a supervisor that you were at the philadelphia management center. that you were not permitted to report issues to your director. i greatly regret that and appreciate the courage of you being here today. in addition, your testimony and those of your colleagues has opened the door to the appreciation that we're seeing exactly the same type of cooking the books on the benefits side of the va as has been exposed on the health care side. and this is a whole new exploration of the management problems at the va. your testimony is very compelling. we've talked about improper shredding of documents, beneficiaries getting improper payments. and in many cases duplicate payments. you've talked about the failure to rectify once those payments have been improperly paid and the failure to notify the irs of what could be the ability to recapture some of those. a

meehan, for five minutes. >> i remind my dleticolleagues, fitzgerald was a colleague of mine. there were people who were investigated and convicted as a result of that matter. we have gone a long way in this without even getting close to that particular issue. miss o'connor, i have great respect for your history as an attorney and you yourself have identified that you manage complex litigation matters before you came here, so i'm asking for some of your insight even though this may have been prior to your actual involvement, but in june -- early in june 2011, in fact, june 3rd, chairman -- ways and means chairman dave camp sent a letter to the commissioner in which he identified alleged discriminatory practices on the part of the irs, very specifical specifically. from your perspective when somebody alleges discrimination, do you think that there's ever a chance that that matter gets to litigation? >> allegations of discrimination do sometimes get to litigation, yes. >> yeah. so they do sometimes get to litigation. >> mr. chairman, could i please -- could i please -- >> around

congressman k, gerlach, meehan and i visited a resettlement program in pennsylvania. those children are treated compassionately. but let me tell you what will happen if we do nothing here today. the children who are coming into children willhese in fact keep coming into our communities and they will be treated humanely and then they'll be resettled and reunited with parents or family members who already -- were already in the united states and in most cases here unlawfully. that's what doing nothing means. the children will keep coming, they will be resettled throughout the country and they will basically reside somewhere within the interior of this country. that's what doing nothing means. it would be reckless and irresponsible for the house to walk out of here today without addressing this border and humanitarian crisis this bill is the right thing to do. it secures the border, provides humanitarian assistance and makes the necessary policy changes to stop this flow of children. s that tragedy that these children are leaving their countries in this way. i can't imag