mr. ellison, is recognized. mr. ellison: at this time we recognize jan schakowsky of illinois for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. ms. schakowsky: you know, there's a lot of talk and legalees of what's going on today. but the reality is what the republicans are trying to do underneath all of that language is to enshrine in law the republican ryan budget. by voting for it -- voting for the rule what you do is to put into force that budget. and what does that budget do? it ends medicare. now, you know, there are people who resent that term. oh, no, we're really going to save it. well, i tell you, when you take away the guaranteed benefits of medicare, that's what seniors get right now, for people 55 and under, they are thrown into the not so loving arms of the insurance companies and their costs will increase out of their own pockets by about $6,000. that's what the bill does. the bill also turns medicaid, which is not only the health care plan for poor

mr. ellison: i will yield. mr. dicks: i hope other members watching tonight will look at this amendment offered by mr. king last evening. there are over 300 organizations. what the gentleman has said here is why mr. price and i so vehemently opposed this amendment. this is guilt by association. there's no question about it. and these various groups, some of which were just mentioned in the media, and they offer this amendment -- the author of this amendment said repeatedly when asked about these groups by mr. price, he said i have no facts, i have no information, just the government oversight committee put together this list and we added some more names we found in the media. he couldn't describe one of these groups that had had a problem. so i hope that the members will look at this list. the chair: the time from the gentleman is expired. mr. dicks: i ask that the gentleman be yielded one additional minute. the chair: the gentleman is yielded one additional minute. does the gentleman yield? mr. ellison: i do. mr.

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mr. ellison won last time around what is he like? >> he is a great guy. s great to be a part of a team that has an owner like larry ellison that as a part of the sport. he is really in love with sailing. >> he must really be driven, at this point in his life he has everything that a man could want and he still wants to compete. >> he loves to compete he is a great competitor. i think the end game 0 was for him to win it. >> you guys favored to win again one more time? >> we will try as hard as we can. we feel like we have a great team and a great base here in san francisco. >> all right, to follow ups, pam said that was a silly question. when asked him what ellison was like. >> that is a logical question i was teasing you. >> i am very sensitive tonight. i was called unprofessional by a friend that i help through the years. >> who was that? >> i do not know it does not matter. but what if he said you expected him to say what is ellison like? like he was a jerk. >> that was a good question i do not feel that you need to tell everybody. >> what did your room

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the hastings resolution. i think it's important to remember that u.s. military force is a very awesome thing and should only be planned parenthood in very select circumstances -- should only be used in very select circumstances. we have used that in an improper way for too long in afghanistan. when people are being slaughtered by dictators around the world where massive loss of lives are at stake. i think it's important for the united states to step up and protect those people. yes, we have business in libya. we have a business of protecting mass murder from happening -- stopping mass murder from happening all around the world. we need to stop the destabilization of regions like africa. we have a business in making sure that the peaceful resolutions in egypt and in tunisia are not undermined. we have business of making sure that dictators, like al

mr. ellison, for five minutes. mr. ellison: thank you. thank you, mr. chair. mr. speaker, i rise today to stand shoulder to shoulder with the legitimate aims of syrian people for their request for freedom and democracy. ever since the syrian people demanded their rights against the assad regime, they have faced oppression. their nonviolent protest movement has been met with repressive force and this has been a disgrace on the world scene. the human rights abuses of the assad regime are unthinkable and they are historic and generational. it is torturing its own people at this time, including even children. . his genitals were cut off and severed. and he -- this young man only 13 years old will never really -- will never see his family again because he's gone on. what happened to here the people can't forget and his example has inspired people to stand up for democracy. over the past few months a familiar pattern has emerged. people organized public demonstrations to demand their god given rights. inevitably they killed peaceful protesters. viewers garner larger dem

mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the hastings resolution.portant to remember that u.s. military force is a very awesome thing and should only be planned parenthood in very select circumstances -- should only be used in very select circumstances. we have used that in an improper way for too long in afghanistan. when people are being slaughtered by dictators around the world where massive loss of lives are at stake. i think it's important for the united states to step up and protect those people. yes, we have business in libya. we have a business of protecting mass murder from happening -- stopping mass murder from happening all around the world. we need to stop the destabilization of regions like africa. we have a business in making sure that the peaceful resolutions in egypt and in tunisia are not undermined. we have siness of making sure that dictators, like ali salah in yemen and the one in syria are not embolden and the signal does not go to them that they can continue to wipe out their population and nobody cares. i believe if i was in t

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the hastings resolution. i think it's important to remember that u.s. military force is a very awesome thing and should only be planned parenthood in very select circumstances -- should only be used in very select circumstances. we have used that in an improper way for too long in afghanistan. when people are being slaughtered by dictators around the world where massive loss of lives are at stake. i think it's important for the united states to step up and protect those people. yes, we have business in libya. we have a business of protecting mass murder from happening -- stopping mass murder from happening all ound the world. we need to stop the destabilization of regions like africa. we have a business in making sure that the peaceful resolutions in egypt and in tunisia are not undermined. we have business of making sure that dictators, like ali

mr. ellison for a request. mr. ellison: ski unanimous consent to put a statement in the record in support of the amendment. the chair: without objection the statement will appear in the record. mr. cicilline: and i yield a minute to the gentlelady from north carolina. the chair: the -- the gentlewoman from california. the chair: the gentleman must remain on his feet. ms. hirono: if the gentleman -- the gentleman -- i move to strike the last word. the chair: if the gentleman will yield back his time. mr. cicilline: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: the move before us today was born out of need for reform. it provides for the secretary, it provides for requirements for spending languishing dollars. it provides $1.7 billion for homeland security first responder grants. however, as we are all aware, not all programs are funded at the previous year's level. the consolidation in this bill forces the secretary to examine the intelligence and risk and put scarce dollars where they are most n

mr. ellison.ro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the hastings resolution. i think it's important to remember that u.s. military force is a very awesome thing and should only be planned parenthood in very select circumstances -- should only be used in very select circumstances. we have used that in an improper way for too long in afghanistan. when people are being slaughtered by dictators around the world where massive loss of lives are at stake. i think it's important for the united states to step up and protect those people. yes, we have business in libya. we have a business of protecting mass murder from happening -- stopping mass murder from happening all around the world. we need to stop the destabilization of regions like africa. we have a business in making sure that the peaceful resolutions in egypt and in tunisia are not undermined. we have business of making sure that dictators, like ali salah in yem

mr. ellison: mr. chairman, we're told that we're broke. we're broke and because we're broke, we can't possibly pay for things like women, infants and children. we can't have a jobs bill. we can't build our nation's infrastructure. we can't, we can't, we can't. we have to cut because according to some, we're broke. but when we think about how the bounty of this nation is spread, we aren't so broke that committee can't give subsidies to oil inspects, that we can't ask the richest americans to do a little more, we aren't so broke that we call on people who are millionaires and say you know what? now your nation needs you. we are told no, those people don't have to sacrifice, but we're broke so women and infants and children and seniors, they have to sacrifice. they have to go without. they have to tighten their belts. it's a shame. we are not asked to be one america, to bear the burden together. if there is a burden to be borne, surely oil companies can bear it with the american people. if there is a burden to be borne, surely the wealthiest

mr. ellison: the american middle class wants washington to create jobs and put unemployed people out of work back to work. here we go again. the republicans show they aren't listening and don't care about protecting the middle class. today republicans are going to spend their time in washington helping speculators, speculators inflorida state gas prices and food prices making sure that oil companies keep getting unnecessary tax breaks. the agricultural appropriations bill to be considered today by the house is just another part of the republican agenda to reward millionaires while leaving everybody else behind. tucked away in the end of the appropriations bill we'll consider today is a provision that would cut money for the commodity futures trading commission. what is the commodity futures trading commission? it's a cop on the beat. it's a cop on the beat whose job it is to make sure that the speculators don't drive up the price of commodities like gasoline, like food, like wheat, things like that. and at a time when the middle class is being squeezed by high gas price, this is the wrong ti

mr. chairman, finally, i'd like to thank the co-sponsors of this amendment, representative reichert, tonko, ellison, moore, wasserman schultz, capps, slaughter, cuellar, fudge and wilson. i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from nevada, ms. berkley. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. berkley: thank you, mr. higgins. i rise in support of the amendment to eliminate a provision in this bill that would harm las vegas, phoenix, denver, miami, baltimore, detroit and a dozen more cities around the country. this bill before us would eliminate any funding for the urban area security initiative for all but the top 10 highest risk urban areas, leaving over 50 u.s. cities off the list, including my own city of las vegas, one of the greatest tourist destiny -- destinations in the world, with over 37 million visitors a year. for almost a decade uasi program has worked to help cities prevent acts of terrorism. not too long ago, over 60 u.s. cities received funding to help them purchase equipment, develop recovery plans and implement counterterrorism strategies. in my home city of las vegas, for example,

ellison has asked that a statement submitted into the record of the hearing. without objection, it is so ordered. >> as ranking member, do you see -- >> yes, mr. chairman, i would also like to welcome our new member from new york who is on the right side of this committee. i also would like to get into the record letters regarding our hearing. i would also like to enter an article entitled present islam in "the age of sacred terror." >> so ordered. >> good morning. today we hold the second in a series of hearings on radicalization of muslim-american community. specifically on important issue of the threat of islamic rattle cassation in u.s. prisons. i welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. it firsthand insights into this problem and we appreciate the ways to share the expenses with the committee. the issue of the islamic radicalization in u.s. prisons is not new. this is the third hearing on this palm in recent years. this is hitting which is necessary to cut the danger remains real and present. especially because of al qaeda's extension to intensify attacks within the united states. a number of cases since september 11 have involved te

consent request, congressman keith ellison asked to have a statement submitted into the hearing and without objection, so ordered. does the ranking member have -- >> yes, mr. chairman. i would like to welcome our new member from new york, who is on the right side of the committee. but i would like to enter into the record letters regarding our hearing. and i would like to enter an article, age of sacred terror. >> so ordered. >> today we hold the second in a series of hearings in radicalization in the muslim american community secondly on the threat of islamic radicalization in u.s. prisons. i welcome our witnesses. they have firsthand insights into this proper problem and appreciate their willingness to share their experiences with our committee. the issue of islamic radicalization in u.s. prisons is not new. in fact, this is the third congressional hearing in this problem in recent years. it is a hearing which is necessary because the danger remains real and present, especially because of al qaeda's announced intention to intensify attacks within the united states. a number of cases since september 11 have involved terrorists who converted to islam or r

request congressman keith ellison has asked to have statements submitted into the record of the hearing and without objection so ordered. as does the ranking member have any -- >> yes, mr. sherman. i would also like to welcome the new member from new york who is on the right side of the committee. but i would also like to venture into the record letters regarding our hearing. i would also like to enter an article and type of prison reform and the age of secret terror. >> good morning. today we hold a second in a series of hearings on radicalization and the muslim american community. specifically the important issue of the threat of islamic radicalization in u.s. prisons. i welcome our distinguished panel witnesses firsthand insight into this problem and we appreciate the willingness for the experiences to the committee for your witness, mr. ranking member. the issue of islamic radicalization in the u.s. presence is not new in fact this is the congressional kuran on the problem in recent years. the hearing which is necessary where danger remains real and present especially because of al qaeda's announcement to intensify attacks within the united states. a number of case