mr. huelskamp: i don't know what that means.someone will stand up and say, hey, i'm a leader, stand up and say, how do we win this battle? because john boehner was taken down a path that was guaranteed -- >> i don't know, the next speaker will have a tough job. i'm not happy with the circumstances under which he's departing but clearly, you know, john boehner is a good and decent man. he's a principled man. and yet he understood he had a responsibility to lead and govern. mr. dent: and there are some around here who didn't share that vision. and all i can say is the next speaker is going to have to -- >> do you think he made a right decision? mr. dent: that's a personal decision. i'm not going to second guess his decision. it's his decision, not mine. i really don't like the circumstances under which he's leaving. >> what do you mean by that? what do you mean by that? does it have an impact of the possibility of a shutdown? mr. dent: we will have a clean bill next week. i feel reasonably confident that we're going to pass a clea

mr. huelskamp: we'll see what ill come out of conservatives. >> do you speaker leader mccarthy to -- mr. amp: i won't speak to that it's a matter of conservatives working together as a team. when we decide who we'll work for and hopefully get elected that will be made a decision as a whole, not one at a time. >> what roar possibilities are out there? -- what other possibilities are out there? what other members could be elected speaker? mr. huelskamp: i think 200 have that in their mind. i heard -- i'm not nominated. i was not there at the beginning of the meeting. this idea that happened in 2010. when i first came up here in 2010, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, there wasn't competition. hopefully there will be competition. if people move we'll see. >> do you expect the whole leadership to be shut down? mr. huelskamp: it depends. i do not know what to expect. i think house conservatives will be sitting down shortly. we've had many of these discussions for 1/2 years. i've been involved in many of those. a lot of them i have not. what happened with eric cantor in five days they ha

mr. huelskamp. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for one minute. mr. huelskamp: thank you, madam speaker. earlier this year many of my colleagues and i sat on this floor condemning car mitt gosnell for his murders of babies born alive during attempted abortions. instead of providing compassionate care for these little babies, gosnell muffled their cries by snipping the back of their next with scissors and we have people on the floor today defending that. no child should be treated with such violence and no woman or man should perform such heinous acts of murder. as a father of adopted children of four, i would have given ything to care for these babies. this bill rightly affirms the full protection of the law and punishes any abortionist who denies these infants their dignity and right to life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. yield back the balance of my time. the gentleman from virginia reserves. and the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. chu: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reser

mr. huelskamp. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for one minute. mr. huelskamp: thank you, madam speaker. earlier this year many of my colleagues and i sat on this floor condemning car mitt gosnell for his murders of babies born alive during attempted abortions. instead of providing compassionate care for these little babies, gosnell muffled their cries by snipping the back of their next with scissors and we have people on the floor today defending that. no child should be treated with such violence and no woman or man should perform such heinous acts of murder. as a father of adopted children of four, i would have given ything to care for these babies. this bill rightly affirms the full protection of the law and punishes any abortionist who denies these infants their dignity and right to life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. yield back the balance of my time. the gentleman from virginia reserves. and the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. chu: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reser

mr. huelskamp: do you think your taxpayer dollars, your hard-earned taxpayer dollars should be used to target minority communities? mr. speaker, i have adopted children. they don't look like me. they look like average americans of various ethic minority backgrounds and without a doubt if you look at planned parenthood's history as well as its current practices, they target minority communities for destruction and the elimination. that is the history of margaret sanger, that's the history of planned parenthood, that is the history that is being fronted and that is the current-day practice of planned parenthood to target minority communities with abortion, with destruction, with elimination. without a doubt, in my mind, i think in the minds of the american people, it is time to stop funding racism with our tax dollars. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >