mr. cole: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 352 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 55, house resolution 352, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the joint resolution h.j. res. 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. the amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. the joint resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the oint resolution, as amended, and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of

mr. cole, a member of our committee, and george, who has been so very helpful in these bills that we're talking about as he is in all of our efforts. so i thank mr. cole for his service. with that, mr. chairman, i yield. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. as you know we approached you at the beginning of the year and asked for your very best to serve on the rules committee as an advocate, and, of course, tom cole became the. not just natural choice, but lives up to i think the finest of both committees, and so with great respect we have accepted that and he's done an awesome awesome job. ms. lowey, as a ranking member get an opportunity to come and see the stalwarts of your party who represent you very ably and while on this committee. i want you to know that mr. polis is not here today but as i stated up front, it's only because of some circumstances that are well beyond his control. but we are delighted that you here and welcome your testimony, and do applaud you and chairman for bringing

what is the concern here, mr. cole?u start to use chemical weapons that they may not be as precise as using bullets or bombs? what's the issue here? >> well, i would see it as two issues about why chemical weapons as well as biological, nuclear or weapons of mass destruction. particularly are heinous and should be outlawed as chemical and biological are. even possessing them by international treaty is against international law as well as in the united states and several other countries domestic law. the manner of killing, for example, with sarin isn't just a matter of shooting. if there is such a thing as less humane ways of killing or dying, sarin gas surely is a perfect evidence. your body begins to shut down. your nervous impulses, nervous system impulses are stopped gradually as you are infused with sarin by inhaling it or letting it go through your skin. ultimately you begin to choke on fluids of your own, your lungs begin to fail. you get tremors. it's a horrible way to die. it's an unhumane way because the gas ca

and it is actually much more likely to put us in the position -- >> mr. cole, last question.ast week. >> and they didn't change your mind? >> no, they did not. >> docongressman deutsch, did y sit in on the briefs? >> yes. i've been briefed. the evidence is clear, first of all. the video footage, i hope that people have an opportunity to see the footage of bodies, young bodies, young children wrapped in shrouds as their mothers try to come to determine which is their child that was gassed to death. and we have to ask ourselves whether we're permitted, whether the world is willing to permit assad to continue to do that to his people. today it's 1400 people in damascus. next time it could be 14,000 or 140,000 in aleppo there is a moral obligation, a strategic obligation. and i'm not prepared to defer to the russians to let them veto our moral and strategic operations. that's what is at stake here. >> gentlemen, it's an honor to have you on. it's a great debate for america. congressman tom cole and congressman ted deutch. >>> doing real damage to their state's image. i went to sc

i mentioned this to mr. cole. frederick douglass -- 1847, starts the north starr niewp. he had a riff with william lloyd gareson. they a difference of opinion. douglass said i'm going to take matters to my own hands. he started the "north star." changed names a couple of times. he ran a newspaper in new york for 17 to 18 years. he retired ceased publication during the civil war, and he was looked on as most prominent newspaper man of his era. prominent black newspaper man of his era. john c. underwood and solomon p. chase, the chief justice of the supreme court whom he knew for many years. he was the governor of ohio, underwood and chase wanted douglass to come to stray to start a newspaper in virginia. he was reluctant he knew the financial burden it entailed. martin is one of the folks -- same thing with the douglass come down to washington. he was born as a slave. he ran away. he made his name in boston. he comes to washington. he was very influential and basically persuading douglass to start a newspaper. i don't know if i mentioned his name. his name is john martin.

mr. cole, let me kind of recap what brought us to this point because i don't think we're in a very good place to begin with. i begin with the album memorandum from 2009 which indicated it would not be a federal enforcement part to prosecute and a quote individuals whose actions are included an anna beatrice compliance with existing state laws. and then he gave as an example individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses. as another example, or those caregivers in clear and anna beatrice compliance with existing state law. it then distinguished commercial enterprises that unlawfully market and sell marijuana for profit and a close reading of the paragraph indicates the term unlawfully because the following sentence says talk, talks about operations in this is what the terms, conditions or purposes of those laws, meaning state laws. so we come out of the ogden memorandum with protection from federal prosecution for patients, caregivers and lawful commercial enterprises that are quote in clea

bishop, mr. cole. mr. cole. mr. woodall. mr. nugent. mr. webster. mr. burgess, aye. ms. slaughter, no. mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings. >> mr. chairman, we didn't have a discussion, and i'm want going to take long to say just what i want to say before voting no, and that is that you all are making much of the fact that you don't want to shut down, yet you're doing the exact thing that is going to cause a shutdown. i find that extreme. anyway, no. >> mr. hastings, no. mr. polis, no. mr. chairman, aye. >> i would like to say that if i did not clearly ask for any amendment for discussion, and i pologize, i thought i had. i want to make sure i offer fairness, thank you. the amendment will be myself. i will be on the floor in just a few minutes. the gentlewoman, the ranking member. the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i would think that we're going to be a little bit -- i believe that there will be a -- i'm sorry. yes. as always, in the filing, i'm sure you remember this. paperwork has to be together. as soon as that's gone, we'll go down and follow the rules. i would anticipate

one further question -- mr. coleyou mentioned, and i think it is important, that the administration is actually supportive of some additional advocacy function within this process. i think that is important for our consideration. that could be part of our bill. i certainly hope you would submit to us language, which will express how far you think it should go, under what circumstances, and i understand what you're saying is that the advocate should not be on every single case, but should be available to advocate for the public, if you will, or the privacy interests and policy cases. i commend you for taking that position. i hope you will give us some help in terms of specific language. i now, that is not in our potential bill. i would like to see some language that perhaps pursues that. >> we would be happy to work with you on that, senator. we think that could really be an added feature and strike the right balance and give a perspective that could be important. >> thank you, madam chair. >> thank you very much, sen

mr. cole, if i'm wrong, if you'd go ahead and speak no, that's correct, center. we want to get the content of any indication that on the person we have to go to the fisa court. and if it's a foreign intelligence matter and show probable cause that there is reasonable -- reasonably this person as a foreign agent or foreign our and this is a foreign intelligence investigation. if it's criminal we have to go to regular articles record and show that there is probable cause to believe this person is involved in a crime and will get the kind of evidence with in order of the court to listen. but this as a neutral magistrate and the probable cause standard. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator collins. you, senator king were the first year. you were the last right now, but i just want you to know how much your service on this committee is appreciated. it is extraordinarily valued, and thank you for being so patient. >> thank you. it's often an advantage to be last, madam chair, because then you can hea

i wanted to make sure -- the gentleman mr. cole will be representing republicans. and the gentlewoman from new york will be there for the democrats. i want to thank each and everyone of you for taking time to be here today. i will note that it is -- it should be noted that what has happened today i thank the members of the committee helped me to make happen and i want to thank each of them for being here today that we have now finished with our business for the day. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you when helen taft became first lady in 19091 of the first thing she did was address having cherry trees planted around the tidal basin. the tidal basin -- the japanese heard about her interest and they decided to give 2003 is to the united states in her honor. everyone was shocked. the trees that were sent were older and very tall and bug invested so was decided they would have to be

mr. cole, aye. mr. woodall, aye. mur. nugent, aye. mr. webster, aye. mr. burgess, aye. ms. slaughter, no. mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings, no. mr. chairman, aye. nay's.y's and four >> i will be managing this for the majority. the gentlewoman from new york will be managing that -- texas, miss texas. hearing,s to end this but with that said, i would advise all members as i have previously done that i hope that you would leave your devices on this afternoon and this evening for a possible opportunity to call you back. us.er, pray for this ends the meeting. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> live coverage of the house rules committee. they have voted to send an amended bill to the floor of the house of representatives. that means the house of representatives will probably be coming into session at some point in the next hour or two. perhaps voting on this amended till and sending it back to the senate. the senate is still in session and talking about the issue of the government

it was swift and if you think mr. colealogue about important issues, including hiv, war, and i'm well aware of the risks that come with this approach and if this encourages further awareness about these issues, all the better. >> no apologies from kenneth cole. in 2011, he made a similar tweet about egypt. he said there are millions on the streets looking for the new collection in stores about kenneth cole. >> and they have these provocative ad campaigns and he wants to stir debate about issues. but this time it was stirring debate about #footwear. >> and he at least went on camera to face the music. >> and i want to hear about what you think about that. go to today.com and let us what you know about kenneth cole and that tweet. >> interesting. earlier we showed you some highlights from last night's nfl kickoff between the broncos and ravens. but trending on google, is the touchdown the broncos did not score. it happened early in the first quarter. linebacker danny tervassen makes a great catch and celebrates in the end zo

chairman, i just want to thank my friend, mr. cole for his kind words. i will respond to every single point because i know there a lot of people that want to speak. but because it is so relevant to your district and to mr. paulus' district, i do want to say a word about those that the government is too big and we had to shrink government until you need it. there are those who are not willing to fund fema at a level that would give us the power to respond to the terrible disaster in your district in new york and now in colorado is just beyond comprehension. so i think we as appropriators and the wisdom of the people in this panel have to educate some of our colleagues who may not be her this long and just say it would want to cut government and cut a thin cut that. cutting fema and not providing the funds that are absolutely necessary would have been a disastrous mistake. and i certainly know your district, not as well as you know your district, but i know how needy. it's not as if the people there aren't strong. it's not as if they are self-reliant, but

mr. rene? >> before we leave today i would like to say something to rich van cole. dave left years ago and he had been running the alcoholic department. dave was extremely knowledgeable and level headed and fair and rich who i believe is leaving the department. he's one of these guys who is leaving with a big exodus. he has done an amazing job. i would like everyone to give him a round of applause because he has been [ applause ] a real friend and out there every time and always trying to reach solutions and i hope that we can get somebody in those positions that will continue with that where he see's the need for entertainment and public safety and he's always trying to balance and he's done it really well. thank you. >> we are slight looking constrained for time and although i wanted to ask a question of all of you about late night food, instead i will say that i would like to offer you all some food in our breakout session. a couple of pieces of business before we go. one, please be sure to pick up these and come to our breakout sessions. we are in the rooms out

mrs. villain and i are planning our... you scare me. and i like it. let's go what's in your wallet? >>> did you see what designer kenneth cole did on twitter?a lot of people enraged. boots on the ground or not? let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers, # footwear. he's using the syrian crisis to sell shoes. dana lash is host of the dana show. she joins us. >> thanks for having me back. >> are you part of the enraged or unenraged on this? >> i'm kind of in between. i just think it's so tacky. it's so tasteless. i don't want to hate on him too hard because my mom really likes his shoes. so at the risk of offending her, i'm just going to say it's in really poor taste and tacky, kind of makes me question his taste overall. >> i had a little bit of your viewpoint when i first dug into it. really? so they have one moron who tweets something from a company thinking that it was whatever. then i dug into it. now they're sort of serial tweeters where they make really tasteless remarks. there's one about the uproar in cairo. it says rumors they hurt our new spring collection is available online and that would be the reason. there's another on

cole" bombing. instead, the commission learned he'd ordered the development of a long-range plan to eliminate bin laden. >> thank you very much. secretary powell. >> mrh, and all of us on his team knew that terrorism would be a major concern for us. he wanted a thorough strategy to go after al qaeda. >> he made clear to us that he did not want to respond to al qaeda one attack at a time. he told me he was tired of swatting flies. the president says, i have no hesitancy about going after him, but i didn't feel that sense of urgency, and my blood was not nearly as boiling. >> every morning that summer bush received a president's daily brief or pdb outlining security threats to the united states. >> isn't it a fact, dr. rice, that the august 6th pdb warned against possible attacks in this country, and i ask you whether you recall the title of that pdb. >> i believe the title was bin laden determined to attack inside the united states. now, the pdb -- >> thank you. >> no -- >> i will get -- >> i would like to finish my point here. >> i didn't know there was a point. >> you asked me whether or not it warned of attacks. >> i asked you what the title was. >

mr. chairman, i think that's in government a long time. that's something that historically certainly in the case has to be worked out between the congress and the executive branch. >> admiral, if something like the coleattack occurred again today and congress said we want to speak to people on the deck of the ship today. would you believe we have a right to speak to those people in order understand the fact on the ground that day? >> i don't -- >> i'm asking from your experience. >> i understand as i that. >> i don't know what would limit you to do that, quite frankly. >> i'm in the process of issuing subpoenas because the state department has not made those people available. has played high and go seek. is hiding behind a thin i had israelied statement there's a criminal investigation. as you know there was a conversation on the any time that american were killed abroad. so the answer quite frankly is we are not being given the same access that you had or mr. sullivan and his team have. >> thank you. one second. i apologize. i have -- if you continue mind. it's come to our attention that there is a typo on page 25, majority staff report that lead to some misunderstanding about admiral mullen told th

. >> mr. cole, let me just kind of recap what brought us the point. i don't think we were in a good place to begin with. i begin with the memo from 2009 which indicated it wouldn't be a -- individuals whose actions are aren't clear and unambiguous imliens with existing state law. and that gave us an example of individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses. as another example the care givers and clear and unambiguous state law. because the following since talk about operation inconsistent with the purpose of those law. meaning state laws. so we come out of the memo with protection from federal prosecution, patient, care giver and lawful commercial enterprise that are quote, clear, and unambiguous compliance with state law. among other things it would include dispensaries. the next thing that comes out is the u.s. attorney letter. which i wouldn't assume is department of justice product. all the u.s. attorney letters that came out were identical phrased. i don't think it was a unique 2000 one to rhode island. those protected from federal prosecutio

mr. cole, let me justice recap what brought us to this point. i don't think we were in a good place to begin with. i begin with the og again memorandum from 2009 which indicated it would not a -- individual whose actions are aren't clear and unambiguous compliance with the existing state laws. it gave an example with individuals of cancer and other serious illnesses. as another example, or those care givers in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law. it then distinguished commercial enterprises that unlawfully market and sell marijuana for profit. in a close reading of the photograph indicates unlawfully refers to state law. the following sentence says talks about operations inconsistent with the terms conditions or purposes of those laws. meaning state laws. so we come out of the memo for patients, care givers, and lawful commercial comprises that are, quote, clear and unambiguous compliance with state law. among other things peoplely that would dispen i are. the next thing is the u.s. attorney letter. which i would say siewm i

and from thence to mr. cole.aring is a key part of the discussion our nation needs about legislation that provides the intelligence committee with -- the intelligence community with authorities to collect critical foreign intelligence and to protect privacy and civil liberties. all of us are very much aware that the recent unauthorized disclosures have raised serious concerns about our intelligence activities. we know the public wants to understand how its intelligence community uses it special tools and authorities and to judge whether we can be trusted to use them appropriately. we believe we have been lawful and that the rigorous oversight has been effective. we welcome this opportunity to make our case to the public. as we engage in this discussion, i think it is important that our citizens know the unauthorized disclosure of details of these programs has been extremely damaging. -- asy vantage as tni, these disclosures are threatening our ability to conduct intelligence and to keep our country safe. there is