mr. kucinich: another 30 seconds. mr. sherman: the boehner resolution just grudgingly acquiesces to an imperial vision of the presidency. the kucinich resolution enforces the war powers act andtarts us on a war powers act process. we owe it to our fighting men and women that when they risk their lives they do so pursuant to our laws and our constitution. when they risk their lives for anxtended period of time, they do so not because of a decision of one individual, but rather because of the decision of the representatives of all of the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: yes, madam eaker. i'm pleased to yield to the rankinmember of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from washington, mr. dicks. three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for th

mr. kucinich's resolution. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: could we get the amount of time remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 11 minutes remaining. the gentleman from ohio has 13 1/4 minutes. the gentlelady from florida has a minute and a half remaining. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, madam chairman. i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. moran: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, this resolution is not as much about libya as it is about us. wouldn't it be wonderful if we could control events around the world, determine the future, and always accurately predict the consequences of our actions? that's not what life is all about. the best we can do is to establish the values and the principles that define us individually as citizens and col

mr. kucinich: another 30 seconds. mr. sherman: the boehner resolution just grudgingly acquiesces to an imperial vision of the presidency. the kucinich resolution enforces the war powers act and starts us on a war powers act process. we owe it to our fighting men and women that when they risk their lives they do so pursuant to our laws and our constitution. when they risk their lives for an extended period of time, they do so not because of a decision of one individual, but rather because of the decision of the representatives of all of the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: yes, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield to the ranking member of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from washington, mr. dicks. three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognize

mr. kucinich: another 30 seconds. mr. sherman: the boehner resolution just grudgingly acquiesces to an imperial vision of the presidency. the kucinich resolution enforces the war powers act and starts us on a war powers act process. we owe it to our fighting men and women that when they risk their lives they do so pursuant to our laws and our constitution. when they risk their lives for an extended period of time, they do so not because of a decision of one individual, but rather because of the decision of the representatives of all of the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: yes, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield to the ranking member of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from washington, mr. dicks. three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognize

mr. kucinich. mr. kucinich: i would beg to -- prior to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, because there are those of us who oppose this bill in principle an we believe we are fighting for justice as well. i want to state that if you believe the war should end, then at least believe we should limit it today. that's what mr. rooney does. i oppose this war, it's unconstitutional, it's in violation of statute, and there's a way to end the war, vote for rooney step one and the kucinich-amash amendment which defunds the d.o.d. bill, you can do that when we come back. but to claim that the arab league is somehow asking for us to continue this attack on libya is plain false. the fact of the matter is we have al jazeera reporting that italy's foreign minister and outgoing head of the arab league have called for a halt to hostilities in libya. it was reported that two days ago, the outgoing head of the arab league, said now it's time to do whatever we can to reach a political solution and that has to start

mr. kucinich: i want to thank mr. rooney anthank my colleagues. i think this has been a very importandebate for this country and for our constitution. i'm opposed to this war and want to end it. i think mr. rooney's bill is a powerful stp in the direction of ending the -- step in the direction of ending the war, but it's not the only step we should take. it's the purse step. the first step is a vote for mr. rooney's. you limit the war, stop the mbat ops. then the secondtep would be to vote on a defense appropriations amendment that would strike all funding for the war. so we take two steps here. the first step today. and we have me of the best people inhis congress have been in this debate today and they don't agree with mr. rooney's bill, but what they have said is that this bill would end the mission in libya. and it's said if you don't have the ability to suppress, you couldn't continue th the bombing campaign. so tse are people on our side of the aisle who want to defeat this bill. they have made the argument, i think, as to why we should pass

mr. kucinich made it clear today he will offer -- >> mr. inich made it clear to you offer an amendment that would prohibit funding for anything in libya. many of the republicans opposed the authorizing bill that was modeled again by senator mccain they said, we should not abandon our allies and the support of the work we are doing in libya, but they did not like the way the president was doing it. we have yet to see if they will cut off support for spending. i also think there'll be some language on afghanistan and a variety of other issues in terms of the overall level of spending. >> i wanted to ask you about the war powers act. there are some who say it is time to revisit the way the war powers act is structured. some have said that our definitions of war are obsolete and that leaders around the world are not doing that anymore. >> the way the constitution was set up in the first place was almost purposely ambiguous. if congress has the right to declare war. if war is -- war is nowhere defined in the constitution. the president is the com

mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, good morning.nanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich, is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: we've been in iraq for eight leers and a long-term cost of at least $8 trillion. those who said we would be in libya for days are now wanting to extend it for a year. it is surreal that we are considering this war at a time when the government is collapsing in debt. those who told us the war in libya was to save civilian lives shifted to regime change. we launched hundreds of cruise missiles and dropped tons of bombs on libya. since nato took over, the u.s. has struck from the air at least 90 times including drone attacks. but these are not hostilities, claims the white house. so what business is it of congress? we must put an end not only to the war in libya but we must put an end to the thinking that the constitution is a door mat and our constituents must simply bear the consequences of the misguide

mr. kucinich. mr. kucinich: i would beg to -- prior to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, because there are those of us who oppose this bill in principle an we believe we are fighting for justice as well. i want to state that if you believe the war should end, then at least believe we should limit it today. that's what mr. rooney does. i oppose this war, it's unconstitutional, it's in violation of statute, and there's a way to end the war, vote for rooney step one and the kucinich-amash amendment which defunds the d.o.d. bill, you can do that when we come back. but to claim that the arab league is somehow asking for us to continue this attack on libya is plain false. the fact of the matter is we have al jazeera reporting that italy's foreign minister and outgoing head of the arab league have called for a halt to hostilities in libya. it was reported that two days ago, the outgoing head of the arab league, said now it's time to do whatever we can to reach a political solution and that has to start

mr. kucinich does.hat the resolution, my friends in the republican leadership, has drafted does is nothing. your resolution doesn't even have to go to the senate. it won't go to the senate. it directs the president to do a whole bunch of things that, quite frankly, he can ignore because this bill doesn't mean anything. what this is, let's be clear about what this is, this is a way for some of my friends on the other side of the aisle to cover their backsides. to be able to say to their constituents, we did something tough on libya. let me read to you how tough the language is in the bill that the speaker of the house has drawn up. all the tough language. sounds good except when you look a little bit more closely, you realize this is an h.res. which doesn't mean a anything. so if you are into symbolism, if you are into therapy, vote for the boehner resolution. if you are interested in action, if you are interested in actually living up to our responsibilities as lawmakers in the united states congress, t

mr. kucinich. mr. uld beg to -- prior to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, because there are those of us who oppose this bill principle an we believe we are fighting for justice as well. i want to state that if you believe the war should end, then at least believe we should limit it today. that's what mr. rooney does. i oppose this war, it's unconstitutional, it's in violation of statute, and there's a way to end the war, vote for rooney step one . . amendment which defunds the d.o.d. bill, you can do that when we come back. but to claim that the arab league is somehow asking for us to continue this attack on libya is plain false. the fact of the matter is we have . and outgoing head of the arab league have called for a halt to hostilities in libya. it was reported that two days ago, the outgoing head of the arab leagu said now it's time to do whatever we can to reach a litical solution and that has to start with a cease-fire under international position. you don't have the arab league here sayin

mr. kucinich and mr. kelly and mr. johnson. mr.owbarger, throughout this process what kind of interaction was there between the auto task force and -- because you were heading the pension guarantee board then. throughout this process you were involved with the delphi and this process, so what kind of interaction took place between the two of you? is. >> in regard to general motors? >> in regard to both, delphi/general motors overall. >> my recollection was that very early in the process pbgc had a conversation with mr. ratner, i believe mr. bloom was invite today that meeting but was held up at another occasion, at which we discussed the consequences of a general motors failure on the pension system of general motorses and what the impact of that might be on the pension insurance system -- >> what discussion did they have with you relative to the hourly being topped off and not the salary? is. >> none. >> any, any comments, any correspondence that they gave you on that specific question? >> i don't recall any, no. >> okay. ranking

mr. kucinich. mr. d beg to -- prior to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, because there are those of us who oppose this bill in principle an we believe we are fighting for justice as well. i want to state that if you believe the war should end, then at least believe we should limit it today. that's what mr. rooney does. i oppose this war, it's unconstitutional, it's in violation of statute, and there's a way to end the war, vote for rooney step one and the kucinich-amash amendment which defunds the d.o.d. bill, you can do that when we come back. but to claim that the arab league is somehow asking for us to continue this attack on libya is plain false. the fact of the matter is we have al jazeera reporting that italy's foreign minister and outgoing head of the arab league have called for a halt to hostilities in libya. it was reported that two days ago, the outgoing head of the arab league, said now it's time to do whatever we can to reach a political solution and that has to start with a cease-fir

mr. kucinich made it clear he will offer an amendment to the appropriations bill to movprohit new funding for anything. that will bring the issue. many republicans who opposed the authorization bill said they believe in the mission and agree we should not abandon our allies, that we have an important group of people were supporting in libya. they did not like the way the president was doing it. he will be interesting to see if they vote to cut off all funding. that is up or down with no wiggle room. that will be a big flash point. there may be some language on afghanistan. there will be other issues on the level of spending. >> i want to ask about the war powers act. some voices are saying it is time to revisit the way the war powers act is structured. there was a column today calling the reasons for obsolete. leaders around the world are not doing that now. >> the way the constitution was set up was almost purposely ambiguous. congress has the right to declare war. war is not declined in the constitution. it is one word. you decide what it is. president is, the curre made commander in ch

mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, my colleagues, what we really have here is a discussion, not so much as to which party has more superiority here, but it's really a deeper question about what's the purpose of our nation and whether we are aligned with the founding fathers' spiritual principles. because while the founders separated church and state, they did not intend our nation to be separated from spiritual principles. and i think that at this moment, if we really want to sincerely appreciate the dilemma we have created with these cuts, we need to reflect on some of our own spiritual training for those of us who are christian when in john. . 15, jesus was dining with his apostles and when they dined, jesus said to simon peter, let us thou mean more than these. he said on to him, lord, i love thee and jesus said, feed my lambs. he said to him again, the second time, simon, son of jonas, know it is me. he said, lord, i love thee and the lord answered, feed my sheep. he said unto him, simon, thou love me and

mr. kucinich: i want to thank mr. rooney and thank my colleagues. i think this has been a very important debate for this country and for our constitution. i'm opposed to this war and want to end it. i think mr. rooney's bill is a powerful stp in the direction of ending the -- step in the direction of ending the war, but it's not the only step we should take. it's the purse step. the first step is a vote for mr. rooney's. you limit the war, stop the combat ops. then the second step would be to vote on a defense appropriations amendment that would strike all funding for the war. so we take two steps here. the first step today. and we have some of the best people in this congress have been in this debate today and they don't agree with mr. rooney's bill, but what they have said is that this bill would end the mission in libya. and it's said if you don't have the ability to suppress, you couldn't continue with the bombing campaign. so these are people on our side of the aisle who want to defeat this bill. they have made the argument, i think, as to why

mr. kucinich. i appreciate him coming on and joining me. ed henry, let's not do that back and forth.on that front? >> well, this is more than footwear, to defend you there for a second. boots on the ground is a question about just how deep is the u.s. involvement in this conflict. the new information today is that the president's press secretary jay carney dug up this quote from 1999, where john boehner, the current speaker of the house said that the war powers act was constitutionally questionable. and so the white house is trying to say, look, it's hypocritical to start waving the war powers act. well, boehner's office responded by digging out a quote when then senator obama was saying when presidents fail to go up to congress to get this approval, you wind up with vietnam, or other big, big crises like that. i think the bottom line, though, is the whole legal argument that the white house has made, saying yesterday they didn't need congressional approval, john boehner today was very blunt, saying he does not believe it passes the straight-face test, you can't look them in the eye

mr. kucinich. mr. cinich: i would beg to -- prior to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, because there are those of us who oppose this bill in principle an we believe we are fighting for justice as well. i want to state that if you believe the war should end, then at least believe we should limi it today. that's what mr. rooney does. i oppose this war, it's unnstitutional, it's in violation of statute, and there's a way to end the war, vote for rooney step one and the kucinich-amash amendment which defunds the d.o.d. bill, you can do that when we come back. but to claim that the arab league is somehow asking for us to continue this attack on libya is plain false. the fact of the matter is we have al jazea reporting that italy's foreign minister and outgoing head of the arab league have called for a halt to hostilities in libya. it was reported that two days ago, the outgoing head of the arab league, said now it's time to do whatever we can to reach a political solution and that has to start with a

mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really achieves its full effect. >> congressman kucinich, i was going to the second question that was asked of you, do you foresee another presidential run and what is the status of ohio redistricting and you're talking about moving to washington? guest: i am not a candidate in 2012. i hope to continue my work in the house of representatives. ohio is in the middle of redistricting. it'

mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really achieves its full effect. >> congressman kucinich, i was going to the second question that was asked of you, do you foresee another presidential run and what is the status of ohio redistricting and you're talking about moving to washington? guest: i am not a candidate in 2012. i hope to continue my work in the house of representatives. ohio is in the middle of redistricting. it'

kucinich are stinking. it wasn't hard but it was interesting and somewhat difficult, you know. are you mr.preble or who are you? in the classroom you are mr. preble and through the summer have to start using the f-bomb more regularly, you kind of, you referred to your old ways, so during the summer i didn't really think about teaching. does in the back of my mind that i was a baseball player. i was competing for a championship and i wanted to win. on the last day of the season the day before i am set to go home i am offered a contract to be the first player to pitch professionally in the united states united states and it is a heck of a decision. it was something i poured my heart and soul into ever since i could walk and it really was an important thing in my life. so do you follow the boyhood dream, another shot to draft one last time, your boyhood dream or do you know when it is enough and went to call it quits? i came back home one day on american soil and i decided, and it made my decision. let's just say it was pretty obvious at this point that is interesting to lock in -- want to a

mr. eye kinison, you're up first. >> good afternoon, chairman jordan, ranking member kucinich and members of the subcommittee, i'm associate director of the center for trade policy stulds at the cato institute. since 2009 i have followed closely the auto company bailouts and bankruptcies, and i'm grateful for the opportunity to share my concerns regarding the lasting implications. the views i have today are my own. with help from some pundits and various media outlets, the administration is pitching the narrative that the auto bailouts were successful. the evidence in the support of that conclusion seem to be limited to the fact that gm's been profitable over the last five quarters and that chrysler has repaid much of its debt to the u.s. treasury. but it is to whitewash, one, the deversion of funds from the troubled asset relief program by two administrations for purposes unauthorized by congress, two, the looting and redistribution of claims against gm's and chrysler's assets from shareholders to pensioners, three, the unprecedented encroachment by the executive branch into the finest details of the bankruptcy process to

kucinich amendment to get out of libya. i voted no on that. not sure how you guys voted. i made my friend, mr. headquarter govern, has been an absolute -- i know my friend, mr. mcgovern, has been an absolute consistent critic on the money we're spending and engagement we're having in the middle east and i respect his philosophy on that. but the reason why i want to point this out is because it appears that when one side tries to cut the budget, they're either pushing children out the door, but when another side cuts the budget it's ok. >> would the gentleman yield? mr. kingston: the gentleman from florida controls the time and i recommend that he does yield to you. gloy yield to you. >> i thank the gentleman from florida and the gentleman from florida. let me serve comment on the $562 million that there have been several references to this in the course of the afternoon. ms. delauro: this is the truth of this effort. $562 million in unspent w.i.c. funds were cut last year. but the cut did not affect any participants. the reason it didn't affect participants is that w.i.c. foods cost less, ther

mr. speaker, talking about libya here for just a moment, was there a concern by republicans that this resolution that congressman kucinich would have passed had he put it on the 234r50r, which was the original plan, and number two, was there concern that you are mindful what's going on in libya but you didn't want to handcuff the president and that's why there's consideration of the turner resolution which would basically say we don't approve of what's going on? >> we are going to meet with our members this afternoon to talk about libya. i think we'll see what our members have to say, but i expect that this issue will be resolved tomorrow. >> the resolution, which one will survive when it's all said and done? >> we'll have a conversation with our members today and we'll see what they have to say about it. >> mr. speaker, what do you make of this twitter and congressman weiner, do you have concerns of a member serving in his official duties -- >> you'll have to talk to representative weiner about that. >> should the ethics committee look into the matter since its a member of congress? >> i think you'll have to talk to rep

kucinich, turner, which one is going to survive? >> we're going to have a conversation with our members today. we'll see what they have to say about it. >> mr. speaker, what do you make -- apologies -- what do you make of the controversy involving twitter and congressman weiner? do you have concerns of a member serving his official duty -- >> i think you'll have to talk to representative weiner about that. >> do you think the ethics committee should look into the matter? since it's a matter that should not reflect positively on the house? >> i think you'll have to talk to representative weiner about this issue. >> mitt romney is about to announce his bid for presidential contention. because he was one the original architects of what now the republicans call obamacare, and he now has since changed that position, i'm wondering how you feel -- >> more comments in the question that i'm comfortable answering. [laughter] >> let me finish. how comfortable are you with him running as head of the party, especially since there are now movements like tea party that say they are going to sock romney? >> i've got all i can do as speaker of the house. my

mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really achieves its full effect. >> congressman kucinich, i was going to the second question that was asked of you, do you foresee another presidential run and what is the status of ohio redistricting and you're talking about moving to washington? guest: i am not a candidate in 2012. i hope to continue my work in the house of representatives. ohio is in the middle of redistricting. it'