mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. salmon, who worked very hard on this agreement, five minutes. mr. salmon: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate this opportunity to address congress today. i'm really pleased that as the chairman of the subcommittee on the western hemisphere for the foreign affairs committee that we held a hearing on this issue, and afterwards we cided after some extensive consultation with folks from the obama state department we worked with the chairman of the resources committee and the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan, to develop this language. you know, there's an old ax yum that says let no deed go unpunished. nowhere can be true than here in washington, d.c. this language reflects the agreement that the obama administration signed almost a couple of years ago, and so maybe there's some buyer's remorse and maybe the fact we don't agree to this language a couple years ago but the fact is this reflects

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1157. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 169, h.r. 1156, a bill to ensure public access to the summit of rattlesnake mountain in the hanford reach national monument for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, cultural, and other urposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. h.r. 1157 directs t

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, my colleague began by saying that's as close to regular order as we can get. i will tell him close but no cigar. mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield to my very good friend from new york, 2 1/2 minutes, the gentlewoman, mrs. lowey, who has been on the appropriations committee at times when we didn't deem things and that we did in fact pass appropriations measures. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule. which would deem the discretionary spending levels in the ryan budget as law. the ryan budget endorses sequestration, is unrealistic, unworkable, economically misguided. the senate and the white house are using a different set of numbers. by adopting the rule and the ryan budget and breaking caps in the budget control act which passed this body, we guarantee gridlock. the house majority will pass a small number of bills at roughly the president's requested levels

mr. hastings: if the gentleman will yield? mr. rigell: yes. mr. hastings: we had discussions in the committee on the accuracy of the data and this legislation says that -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. rigell: i yield a minute to -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hastings: i thank the gentleman. and the point is that this legislation says that one ought to drill where the resources are. and the gentleman's amendment i think goes a long way in that direction, and i commend him for that and i support it and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. rigell: i thank the gentleman and thank you for your leadership on this bill. i'd like to yield to my friend and colleague from virginia, mr. wittman. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one minute. mr. wittman: i rise in support of the gentleman from virginia's amendment that sets the deadline for the bureau of ocean energy management to complete an environmental review to allow offshore atlantic seismic studies to go forward. i've joined 42 bip

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from connecticut, friend of mine, mr. courtney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. courtney: we are four days and counting until by law the interest rate for the subsidized student loan will double from 3.4% to 6.8%. it should be three legislative day, that's how long the house and senate are in session. and yet we are debating issues which hardly have the same time sensitivity and are tone deaf to what american families are concerned about. 7357b9 million college students use the subsidized stafford loan program. student loan debt is 1.1 trillion, higher than credit card debt, higher than car loan debt, incredibly this deadline is being completely ignored by the majority despite the fact that millions of students are making life decisions as we speak right now as they begin to enroll for next fall's semester. the bill which the house majority passed on may 23, is a bi

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 2231. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 274 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2231. will the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2231, which the clerk will report by tight. the clerk: a bill to amend the outer continental shelf lands act to encrease energy exploration and production on the outer continental shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal states, implement the reorganization of the functions of the former minerals management service, and two distinct and separate agencies, and for other purposes. the chair:

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous material on a bill, h.r. 1613. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings. or what purpose? the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 70, h.r. 1613, a bill to amend the outer continental shelf lands act to provide for the proper federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 274, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on natural resources printed in the bill is adopted. the bill as amended is considered read. after one hour of debate on the bill as amended, it shall be in order to consider further amendment printed in part a of house report 113-131 as modified by the order of the house today if ordered by the gentleman from fl

mr. hastings asserts that this generational change drove him to write the runaway general, the "rolling stone" article of june 2010. dooming the career of general stanley mcchrystal. can you put that into context? >> "the wall street journal" failed to disclose that the reviewer is a consultant for the u.s. military whose work include wall street journal and we have worked with people to take the book and did not disclose it. we are talking about ethics with exhibit a in what not to do. c-span: how do you know not what to do. >> guest: there is a counterinsurgency company that is part of it. i did write a letter to the editorial page. pointing out the oversight. but i think that that, to me, that was an eye-opening review. for a lot of reasons. i think he is right. i think there is a major difference between what they have done. and i think it is generational. i think that this is what it is. how do david halberstam and neil sheehan, they were in their 20s in vietnam, they saw the stuff firsthand and the disaster unfold firsthand. they saw the horrors of the war firsthand. so when they came b

mr. hastings, how do you ote? >> no. >> mr. hastings votes no. >> does anybody else think recognition for the vote? the clerk will report. > 20 nos, 16 ayes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. ince we have a vote on the floor, we will stand in recess -- we will do one more on the underlying -- we will stand in recess until five minutes after the last vote. >> pursuant to the previous nnouncement, the committee will come to order. is there anyone here who wishes to speak on the resolution? i'll be patient. i'll recognize myself. lest we lose the time. today we have had ample debate on the question of a traightforward resolution, did ms. lois lerner on may 30, 013, in all or part, proceed after asserting her fifth amendment privilege and if so, did she waive? that will be the question to be decided in the vote that will come momentarily. it is my assertion that she did. having heard the debate, i have not changed my position. and i will reserve pending -- for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >>

mr. hastings, as well as the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt, for his leadership on the agriculture appropriation bill. in short, this is a fair and good rule dealing with good pieces of legislation and, mr. speaker, these are good bills. i urge their adoption and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah reserves his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from utah, my friend, mr. bishop, for yielding the customary 30 minutes to me. this rule provides for the ntinuation of three bills as enunciated by my friend from utah. however, the only thing that these bills have in common is that they are overwhelmingly partisan in nature and fail to address the most pressing challenges facing our country. bottom line, we should be doing all we can to help struggling americans get back on their feet. the first bill, h.r. 1613, had been relatively noncontroversial and could have been addressed under suspension but instead, my col

mr. hastings. how do you vote? >> no. >> mr. hastings votes no. >> does anyone else seek ecognition for the vote? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, 20 noes and 16 ayes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. since we have a vote on the floor and wanting to leave ample time on the underlying resolution, we will stand in recess after -- we'll do one more on the underlying -- yeah, we'll stand in recess until five minutes after the last vote. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> pursuant to the previous announcement, the committee will come to order. is there anyone here who wishes o speak on the resolution? i'll be patient. i'll recognize myself. lest we lose the time. today we have had ample debate on the question of a straightforward resolution, did ms. lois lerner on may 30, 2013, in all or part, proceed after asserting her fifth amendment privilege and if so, did she waive? that will be the question to be decided in the vote that will

hastings. he has a new book coming out on world war i. up mr. up hastings, can we start with world war ii.there a scholarship coming out on this time. not we met. >> but i would never have guessed when i started writing about this book in 1979, which was a long time ago, that i would still be doing it. one reason is that almost everyone sees world war ii is a good thing. it is still true with some exceptions. that 270,000 people day died in world war ii. sixty people died and the whole conflict. this was the most greatest conflict. people are still interested in us. up. you can still surprise people. so he said, well, maybe 60%. and i said what percent of british casualties are american? he said maybe 20% percentage. i said, the true figure is that it was 2% americans and 2% british. so this includes the 21st century audience in the united states. i mean, i grew up when i was a young man. my father, who adored world war ii, he was such a proponent for a british magazine. he got me up to look on it as a great adventure. many people joined the war. they needed fighter pilots or tankers or wh

mr. hastings. i think he's right and you're right, but i'm not surprised. does that make any sense?the only thing i might disagree with you on, you're right, we've been reporting on it all along but whenever you talk to the government, they say oh, no you guys are crazy that's not happening right? and keith alexander from the n.s.a. came out and lied about it over and over in congress. holder, we showed you the clip. criminal charges against reporters, i've never done that. they lied through their teeth about it, so they never admitted it. if you went on major television station, cnn, et cetera, they said you are a conspiracy theorist. >> that i completely agree with. in general, there is a lag time when governments including our own tend to lie about their security and justify it by saying, about their surveillance and justify it by saying it's security. what we found over time is that we have to protect the freedom justice and report that go allow us to i have will in a free society, but we seem to forget that over and over again because it seems expedient to go ahead and just pro

mr. haste: -- mr. hastings: i thank the gentleman for his work, i look fwrd to continuing to work with him to ensure the new food safety regulations recognize the diverse way farms across the nation grow our food and keep them safe for e public. with that, i yield back the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. he gentleman from minnesota. >> i recognize the gentleman from california for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. chair gas: i thank the for his hard work. i have grave concerns about the cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, snap, i strongly support the provisions that expand funding for the specialty crop block grants, restore funding for the specialty crop initiative and maintain funding for disease control in organic agriculture. while the farm act provides for many positive provisions that support a strong agriculture safety net, the $25.5 billion cut to snap is unconscionable. it's estimated that nearly two millio

mr. hastings are still raising questions, questions about the l.a. pd and their conclusions this was an accident. what is the alternate theory, he was murdered, intentionally targeted by someone? >> i don't know that. i just know that from the e-mails the hours later dying, it's just not a coincidence like that. things don't add up. there's a lot of questions that need to be answered. i was contacted by e-mail mercedes today, asked if it is normal for their cars to blow up to that extent, if the engines fly out on a normal basis. these are the real questions we need to ask. >> what of the -- obviously, he was investigating a couple of high profile cases, looking into, he said, jill kelley, who was connected with the whole david petraeus and general clark -- go ahead. >> that's been -- his wife today said that that's definitely not true that he was investigating into jill kelley. >> michael hastings wife says he was not investigating that? >> yes. >> okay. what was he investigating, as far as you know, that would have caused any consternation whatsoev

mr. hastings statement into the record on this amendment. the chair: request will be covered by general leave. ms. kaptur: let me begin with the words of congressman hastings, no bees, no food. the amendment being offered today will help coordinate the response to the decline in our nation's bee population. specifically, the amendment would allow the secretary of agriculture to work with the secretary of interior and administrator of the environmental protection agency to ensure the long-term viability of our bee population. the amendment would allow the establishment of a task force on bee health and commercial beekeeping to coordinate federal efforts in addressing the significant bee population decline. preliminary results from a survey by the u.s. department of agriculture show that nearly a third of managed honeybee colonies in our country were lost during the 2012-2013 winter, that is an increase of 42% in honeybee losses. on average u.s. beekeepers lost half of their colonies this past winter. this was an increase nationally of over 78%

mr. mann votes no. votes no. hastings? no.woodall votes mr. massey votes no. mr. collins votes no. mr. meadows votes no? desantos votes no. cummings votes aye. tes aye.on vogtes votes aye. votes aye.ght duckworth votes aye. cardenas votes aye. jordan, you are not recorded. >> mr. hastings, how do you vote? >> no. no.r. hastings votes >> does anybody else think recognition for the vote? the clerk will report. 6 ayes.os, 17 amendment is not agreed to. since we have a vote on the floor, we will stand in resource -- in recess -- we will do one more on the underlying -- we will stand in recess until five minutes after the last vote. >> pursuant to the previous method, committee will come to order. is there anyone here who wishes to speak on the resolution? i will be patient. i will recognize myself lest we lose the time. today we have had ample debate on the question of a straightforward resolution did ms. lois lerner on may 30, 2013, in all parts proceed after asserting her fifth amendment from lynch, and if so did she privilege, and if so did she waive? what purposes the gentleman from ma

mr. hastings, how do you vote? >> no. [roll call vote]] does anyone else seek recognition for the vote? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman. 20 nos, 16 is. >> the amendment is not agreed to. since we have a vote on the floor, wanting to leave ample time on the underlying resolution we will stand in recess after we will do one more on the underlying, we will stand in recess until five minutes after the last vote. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the house oversight committee meeting this morning to determine whether irs official lois lerner waived her right to invoke her fifth amendment right to remain silent during an appearance last month before the committee. the question arises that she invoked the right after giving an opening statement in which she proclaimed her innocence relative to the questionable practices of the irs specifically targeting of certain conservative groups for investigation. since that time lois lerner has been placed on administrative l

mr. hastings of florida for june 19. mr. honda of california for june 19, and thursday july -- june 20. mr. garery miller of california for june 19 and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair announces the speaker's reappointment pursuant to 44 u.s.c. 2702 and the order of january 3, 2013, of the following individual on the part of the house to the advisory committee on the records of congress effective june 24, 2013. the clerk: mr. jeffrey w. thomas of columbus, ohio. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i yield to my friend, the majority leader. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman from maryland, democratic whip, for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet in pro forma session at 11:00 a.m., no votes are expected. on tuesday, the house will mee

mr. fung? haste magazine "wired" a great story this morning, i highly recommend it -- a profile of general alexander, the head of the nsa and u.s. cyber com, the united states cyber warfare division. i highly recommend reading it. i am only halfway through it myself but i definitely intend to finish as soon as i am off the air. he participate in the interview or is it just a profile? guest: he declined to be interviewed for that profile. host: general alexander is scheduled to speak at the black hat conference in las vegas at the end of july. are you familiar with that conference? guest: yes. host: what is that conference? guest: that conference is a collection of "hackers." a lot of what it involves is a conference where so-called black hat hackers and white hat hackers come together and discuss security vulnerabilities and how to promote security. terms are important to define -- black hat hackers involve hack, for allegedly malicious purposes, and white hat hackers involve people who are involved

mr. mayor, it was when we were in law school together, we were fellow janitors at hastings college of law. george moscone was amazing. he was just as aggressive about inclusionary activities. he was just as focused on sharing. and he had an immense pride in the city and county of san francisco like no other. i suspect that much of my love of the city comes from my exposure to george in those very early years. george went through a considerable amount of evolutionary process politically. he allowed john burton to talk him into running for the state legislature. an unsuccessful effort for the state assembly. he went on to become, obviously, a supervisor in the city and county of san francisco. and in those days it was a different city. it was dramatically different. there was no such thing as a so-called progressive, david campos. there was no such thing as somebody in that category. george moscone, philip burton, represented that which we all now richly enjoy. george went on to become a state senator. and in that capacity, scott, it was george moscone who shepherded the bill that removed c

decorating the winner of tonight's race, let's give a warm hastings welcome to the new mayor elect of vancouver, dominic da vinci. [applause] mryor... lloyd manning wants to say hello. sure. uh, no. lloyd manning? don't promise him anything, not even a meeting. he's going to try to corner you. okay, so no promises. no promises. and say hello to the singhs and the woos on your way back up. lumber, real estate. okay. the horses have now reached the starting gate. it's post time. hey, lloyd. hey. dominic. you sent for me? yeah. how you doing? who's this? suzette and tracy. oh, nice to meet you. you look great. you know glenn. how you doing? don't listen to him, because he won't know anything. how you doing? good. is everything okay? we're having some problems... we're having some problems, you know. i know that you really screwed me, and i want to set things straight. what kind of problems are you having? well-- how could i screw you? i just got elected. well, the thing... [bell ringing] i just want to meet, just you and the city and everyone, and i want to clear things up. just get ahold of me and we'll talk later. now's not the

mr. speaker. i'd also like to thank chairman hastings and the ranking member vital r work on this piece of legislation. i'm glad to be the co-sponsor of this bill, the boundary expansion act of 2013. the bill would expand the boundaries of the san antonio missions national historic park, including the espada mission. originally the espada mission was the front door. they grew the door, that raised the cattle, that fed the rest of the missions and it's the only mission that still retains its original property. this is a great opportunity for the redevelopment on the south side of san antonio. like the families of their founders, the missions can trace their history back to decades before the united states ever claimed its independence. all four of the missions, as congressman doggett have said, are within several miles of each other and individually they're mar vells of ark history. they are a treasure, allowing each of us to come face to face with our nation's proud past. enacting this legislation is critical to the completion of the world famous san antonio mission trail, which is a national example

but michael hastings one of the greatest journalists in the world died at the age of thirty three just after getting advice from wiki leaks hopefully this time the advice that we get it's gave mr snowden will mean that he'll be safe and sound whatever his destination is. why do you think snowden has chosen moscow as kind of a transit point do you think there was a. diplomatic reason for that. mr putin last week around time of the g. eight already made clear that any request would be considered and presumably the russian government and different diplomats have said the fact that they would consider it was good enough their being back channels here presumably president obama would love to be listening in on it while he tries in his desperate attempt to destroy the lives of anyone who will explain to the world about president obama's continuous operation of drone strikes torture and kidnapping around the world it seems the russian government and the chinese government only true only only two grateful to help in exposing the lie of an america that says in its mainstream media that it's something to do with the free world do you think moscow could be snowden's final destination. we

mr. snowden's legal team and are involved in the process of brokering his asylum in iceland. >> and another disclosure from wikileaks, the group is claiming the late journalist michael hastings said he was under fbi investigation just before he died. hastings was killed in an early morning car wreck on tuesday in los angeles. in a twitter message on wednesday, wikileaks said -- two of brazil's largest cities have revoked the public transit fare hikes that helped set off the country's largest protests in several decades. sao paulo and rio de janeiro made the announcement on wednesday as protests continued nationwide. the rallies are expected to continue as part of a spiraling movement against government corruption, inequality, failing public services, police brutality, and government spending on the 2014 world cup and the 2016 summer olympics. on wednesday, police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to block a bridge in rio de janeiro. protesters also marched on an international soccer match at a stadium in the city of fortaleza. .efugee day announcing a plea for $1.7 billion in aid, the u.n. high commissioner for refugees said the conflict in syria marks one of the worst