mr. duncan: to address the house for one minute. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. duncan: too many of our leaders seem to want to be modern day winston churchills and think of themselves as war leaders. they are far too eager to be in war after they start it. but the americans don't want permanent forever wars and don't need such wars. i salute president trump's decision to bring our troops home from syria. with a $21 trillion national debt, we simply cannot afford to be the policemen of the world. our very unnecessary wars in the middle east have now cost us several trillion dollars that we had to borrow and have resulted in the deaths or horrible injuries to thousands of young americans and many more thousands of innocent women and children. they have created more enemies for our country around the world. the bible tells us in both old testament and the new to, quote, seek peace and pursue it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? mr. mckinley: i ask unanimous consent to address the house fo

mr. duncan: my thing to think we spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous.

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mr. duncan smith. >> mr. speaker, i would like to right honorable friend, the prime minister, about the issue of the backstop, because this is critical to whatever my right honorable friend negotiates with the european union. it seems to me she has essentially suspended the remaining part of this debate, which is incumbent on her government, to go forth to lead to the eu and remind them they have already said, no matter what, no matter what arrangements would be in place, there would be no hard border on the border of ireland, and so have the irish? given that, will she know -- will she now commit to going insert say they need to into the withdrawal agreement a commitment to open borders and take out those restrictions that would take away the power and control from this parliament to decide its future? >> hear, hear. prime minister may: thank you, to my right honorable friend. he is right. the european union has been , about thee have hard border between ireland and northern ireland. they have also been clea

mr. duncan: we spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on in 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous. i think these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would ave had. they've done more harm than good. mr. coffman: in the house of representatives there is simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged o accept based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there's too much power and too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch conversations with retiring members of congress saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> today is day you six of the partial government shutdown. president trump says he will only sign spending legislation to reopen the federal government if it includes money for border wall which congressional democrats oppose. the house and senate come into session at 4:00 p.m. eastern as the

good morning, mr duncan smith. minister has to do is conveyed to them the reality that their deal, their deal will no longer be on the table if they don't give her what she is after, and what she is and should be after, and what she is and should be after, i believe, is to say the backstop that exists right now, the northern ireland backstop, is intolerable. it puts northern ireland separately outside the uk. and it also means we have a problem because we can't leave it, and that would be a constitutionalfirst because we can't leave it, and that would be a constitutional first for us. germany would not accept that, france would not, why should we? they need to resolve that, that does not cost them anything. what will cost them, she should say, is if the deal goes ahead, they will have a huge black hole and they will end up with the process where we will not have an arrangement to suit them and sit their businesses. but after two and a half years or thereabouts of negotiations, why would we do something that places

history and duncan smith mr speaker i would like to focus my right honorable friend the prime minister on the issue of the backstop as this is critical to whatever my right old friend conducts with the european union does she not agree with me that now that she has essentially suspended the remaining part of this debate that is incumbent on her and the government to go forward boldly to the e.u. and remind them that they have already said that no matter what no matter what arrangements would be in place there would be no hard border on the border of our land and so have the irish so given that would she now commit to going back to them to say they need to reopen the withdrawal agreement and insert into with gold agreement a commitment to open borders and take out those restrictions that would take away the power and control from this parliament to decide its future here and i say to my right and befriend i think two things he's right that the european union has been clear as we have about how to ensure. there's no hard border between north and actually the european union have also been

smith --n duncan >> mr. speaker, can i recognize my right honorable gentleman and return her to the point about the backstop. does she recognize the genuine and real concern held on all sides of the house about what would happen if the u.k. was to be forced into the backstop? listen careful to what my right honorable friend said, she said the u.k. doesn't want it, the eu doesn't want it, and we heard that ireland said that no matter what agreement, they would never have any hard border. it makes you wonder, why is it in the withdrawal agreement at all? the question is this -- if the roadnment going down the toward negotiation is heading towards that point when the backstop will become invoked, does that not generally mean that mr. macron is right that we will come under total pressure to agree almost to anything to yvoid our entry into what m honorable friend says we never want to be in? myme minister may: to honorable friend, i do recognize the concern that has been and remains on the issue of the backstop

mr iain duncan smith?art of this debate, that it is incumbent on her and the government to go forward boldly to the eu, and remind them that they have already said, that not no matter what, no matter what arrangements would be in place, there would be no hard border on the border of ireland, and so have the irish. so given that, would she now commit to going back to them to say, they need to reopen the withdrawal agreement, and insert into the withdrawal agreement a commitment to open borders, and take out those restrictions that would take away the power of control from this parliament to decide its future. can i say to my right honourable friend. two things. he is right that the european union has been clear about ensuring that there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the european union have also been clear about the temporary nature of the backstop. so i think he is right, we should go boldly back to the european union on these issues, we have been rigourously and a robustly debatin

duncan golestani. our top stories: no brexit renegotiation in brussels but theresa may says the eu will provide further clarification on her deal. after continued brexit discussions mrsement. it is in the overwhelming interest of all our people in the eu and the uk to get this done as quickly as possible. it was crystal clear that nobody did the reopening in any way with the withdrawal agreement. also in the programme: strasbourg's christmas market re—opens, two days after a horrific

duncan golestani. our top stories: no brexit renegotiation in brussels but theresa may says the eu will provide further clarification on her deal. after continued brexit discussions mrs may emerged to say that both sides still wanted to secure an agreement. it is in the overwhelming interest of all our people in the eu and the uk to get this done as quickly as possible. it was crystal clear that nobody did the reopening in any way with the withdrawal agreement. also in the programme: strasbourg's christmas market re—opens, two days after a horrific gun attack which has now left four people dead. and donald trump's former lawyer says the president knew it was wrong to order payments to keep two women silent about their alleged affairs with him. hello and welcome to world news today. after a bruising encounter in brussels, british prime minister theresa may says she still believes she can get extra assurances from eu leaders to get her brexit withdrawal agreement through the uk parliament. eu leaders say they'll offer no renegotiation but will offer what they call ‘further clarifications' on the irish backstop which aims to avoid barriers to trade on the island of irel

one of those no doubt mrs may is hoping to win over is iain duncan smith, who joins me now.t sound enough to get someone like you on board to back the deal?” sound enough to get someone like you on board to back the deal? i think the main problem with what is being proposed, and i understand and recognise the attempt to try and find... they now recognise the backstop is a disaster. they agreed to it, but it's a disaster, and the attorney's paper says that. what she is proposing as fatal flaws in it. the first is that we will have signed the withdrawal agreement for the lead withdrawal agreement is a stand alone international treaty. so out stand alone international treaty. so our obligations within it are absolute. parliament cannot reach those obligations, and any attempt to do that would be struck down by the courts, quite legitimately, as has been done under european legislation, so it would be with this. so any parliamentary lock would have to be bound into the withdrawal agreement and, if you are going to do that, you might as well deal with the withdrawal agreement's b

duncan? yes, it sounds like a strange policy. he says it looks like we might be going into a period of chaos. do not go far! the irish prime minister spoke to mrsthe withdrawal agreement could not be renegotiated. the withdrawal agreement, including the irish backstop, is the only agreement on the table. it took over a year and a half to negotiate. it has the support of 28 governments and it's and it's not possible to reopen any aspect of that agreement without reopening all aspects. i think a lot of concession has been made along the way. most recently for example we agreed there would be a review clause. i do not think we should ever forget how we got to this point. the united kingdom decided to leave the eu and the uk government decided to take lots of options off the table, whether staying in the single market and customs union, or a northern ireland specific backstop. the reason why we ended up with the solution we have is because of the red lines which the united kingdom itself made them. let's speak to our europe reporter gavin lee, who's in brussels. that is the message from the eu, that the deal is the deal. the foreign minister ‘s of

mr dundas act of the sea the c.s.k. now she said that she was from china. which felt to me as if a light had been switched on. at each mcmahon and duncans of the so called minister i was a maoist at the time and i thought that she could explain to me what chinese society was likely feel i had my own ideas on the subject and i hope that she'd be able to confirm them of the soviet man. but that was not going to happen. he said that china was a great place and he couldn't understand why i left it and i told him all just pack up and go there you'll be arrested the day after you arrive that's right attack that i dispense. good turn did not marry sebastian until he renounced his malice views. see how we are still she told me in great detail what life in china was really like sinking not so great and that was a wake up call for me after me. mao tse-tung died in one thousand nine hundred seventy six at the age of eighty two huge crowds gathered in beijing to pay their last respects. but millions of people had been killed or imprisoned cheering his last attempt at social engineering the cultural revolution its legacy had a lasting effect on chin

duncan and then allegedly lying about it to investigators. >> they also gave credit where credit was due and credited mr.ting women. >> reporter: he said this is the first i'm hearing some of these allegations. i was not given the opportunity by cbs investigators to respond. he later told us this report showed 60 minutes is a good place for women and the record that it isn't were exaggerated. just days after "the times" reported open other allegations in the report against former cbs chairman and ceo lesley moie mo who reportedly destroyed evidence. the cbs board will have to decide if he's still inp titledo a severance. >> there's a lot of stuff in there, a lot of people mentioned. i don't think this is going to be the last story about the investigation. >> reporter: we reached out to the investigators as well as to spokespeople for cbs news, all declined to comment. in an e-mail, cbs pretz and the acting ceo told them it was frustrating it leaked before the board knew about it. he said we don't know the actual results. he understands the investigation is nearing an end. >> you know what else is frustra

what will the key is whether the sort of move to oust mrs may goes beyond the hard—core of brexiteers, and so the role are people like iain duncan far held back from demanding a leadership contest, is going to be critical. interesting, this morning he seemed to be raising, i thought, a bit of a question about whether mrs may really had it to force the eu to give ground on the backstop. i have said, as faras i'm concerned, i want to give her the opportunity, if she is going to delay this, to go and do this. i need to see from her that she seriously means business and is prepared to cut a broadband walk from the table. until she shows that, then she will leave people more in the view that this is a cosmetic exercise, and it simply can't be that. so lots of moving parts, we will find out today when is the final deadline, that is crucial in terms of how much pressure mrs may can actually put on her mps, and the other key thing we are going to be watching is whether we see new tory figures coming out, saying that mrs may has to go, because that is the other dynamic here, whether her decision to delay really doesn't spark a renewed pu

mr. chairman. this article and so many that have appeared in the san diego union-tribune deals with the wall that we in san diego with thanks duncan hunter senior making sure occurred years and years ago. i want to note for the record that in san diego, people periodically come to my office and say don't build the wall. not once has anybody said tear down that wall in san diego that has saved countless lives. in the case of san diego, this article and i would like you to comment on it shows the drop , in mortality and people dying coming across the border. with the advent of the wall that eliminated their coming across and dying. in addition to that we continue , in san diego with duncan hunter's own brother. to provide aid to try to help people from dying in the desert. i want you to tell us about what the border wall means where it is in place from a standpoint of safety for people like the late brian terry who was gunned down in an area that did not have a fence, or what it means for potential undocumented aliens coming into the country, their lives. sec. nielsen: yes, sir. in san diego and you used to -- examples, once we had

mr. duncan: my thing to think we spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous. i think, also, these wars and our foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. mr. coffman: in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi based on to accept my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there's too much power and too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch conversations with retiring members of congress saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> the united states senate, a uniquely american institution. legislating and carrying out constitutional duties since 1789. >> please raise your right hand. >> witness wednesday, c-span takes you inside the senate. learning about the legislative body and its informal wor