speaker, will the inquiry be able to take evidence from mr. lance who used to work and said in 2006 when he worked there, he sometimes felt like rupert murdoch was the 24th member of the cabinet? >> i'm sure that lance will be available. i have to say the book he wrote about the last government is one the most depressing things i've ever read. >> if the will of the evening is carried and news international were to withdraw the bid for bskyb what steps would they take to persuade murdoch to do the decent thing? >> as i've tried to explain, i think the government has a responsibility to act within the law. we have to deal with each merger, acquisition, and process. that's what my friend has to do. tonight they are going to express an opinion. that opinion will be heated. >> roughly, the prime minister sated -- stated and will tell the house whether they have been in contact to express the opinion about views international and whether they are trying to investigate the company for possible breaches? >> i haven't had any contact with any u.s. politician

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance, for five minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. as our nation's debt now approaches its current $14.29 trillion limit, many americans rightfully ask how did this happen. in the past decade alone congress has authorized an increase in the debt 10 times. when republicans have controlled the white house and congress it was republicans who voted for it. when democrats have controlled the white house and congress, it was democrats who voted for it. the federal government has only managed to balance its budget five times in the last 50 years. most recently with president clinton, a democrat, and a republican control in the house of representatives. washington now borrows approximately 40% of every dollar it spends. foreign investors hold half of our nation's $14 trillion debt. not only from china but from great britain, saudi arabia and other places as well. admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff have called the national can he tell the single biggest threat to our national security. and f

speaker, will the inquiry be able to take evidence from mr. lance who used to work and said in 2006 when he worked there, he sometimes felt like rupert murdoch was the 24th member of the cabinet? >> i'm sure that lance will be available. i have to say the book he wrote about the last government is one the most depressing things i've ever read. >> if the will of the evening is carried and news international were to withdraw the bid for bskyb what steps would they take to persuade murdoch to do the decent thing? >> as i've tried to explain, i think the government has a responsibility to act within the law. we have to deal with each merger, acquisition, and process. that's what my friend has to do. tonight they are going to express an opinion. that opinion will be heated. >> roughly, the prime minister sated -- stated and will tell the house whether they have been in contact to express the opinion about views international and whether they are trying to investigate the company for possible breaches? >> i haven't had any contact with any u.s. politician

lanced way and let's ask for some shared sacrifice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, let me -- i yield myself two minutes. the gentleman, my friend from maryland, keeps talking about the reid plan, that the senate majority leader, i've got the c.b.o. score, it says $2.2 trillion. $2.2 trillion increase that means it doesn't raise the debt limit less than we cut spending, so it cuts less, but more importantly, $1.3 trillion of that money is accounting tricks and budget gimmicks. mr. speaker, the american people are tired of all the accounting tricks and the budget gimmicks that go on in washington. let me explain what $1.3 trillion of this does. it says that, imagine that we're at war for 10 years, in afghanistan and iraq at surge levels. we assume we're going to be fighting this war for 10 more years, with over 100,000 troops in afghanistan and oh, gosh, wait, we're going to withdraw our troops in 2014. $1 trillion in savings. i've got a better idea. let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. and then let's pass a bill t

lance corporal. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: thank you, mr. speaker. on june 26, the roadside bomb in iraq claimed the life of a young man from orville, california, army staff sergeant russell jeremiah procter, age 25, on his third tour of combat duty. he was laid to rest last week in silent ceremonies in california. sergeant procter leaves behind a grieving widow a devastated family and a 9-month-old son who will know his father only by reputation. and it is reputation i want to speak of today. i never met sergeant procter, i, too, know him only by reputation. it's a reputation commemorated by, amok other decorations, two army commendation medals, two army achievement medals, two army good conducted me thearblings national defense service medal, the iraqi combat -- campaign medal with bronze service star, two overseas service ribbons, a combat action badge, the bronze star and the purple heart. it's a reputation memorialized by those who knew him best, the men who served with. he wa

mr. nixon, what is your plan? i'm going to go to beijing, i'm going to go to moscow, and that is how we will deal with this. >> a free lance journalist was stationed with the 101st airborne in afghanistan. he was patrolling with them and in gauging insecurity. the president announced his plan to bring 10,000 troops home from afghanistan. >> this depends on where you are. my experience is mostly in the east, i only have little experience in the south. i and a stand that there is a lot of large-scale open combat -- i understand that there is a lot of large scale open combat. in the east, the kind of violence you place depends on where you are. there used to be how lot of the problems with transportation. i would call these bombing galleries. a large coalition presence is trying hard to lock those down and order to protect kabul. there are thousands of these ied's a year. as you move closer to the border, you had southeast towards pakistan, the threat changes. there are no roads, the train is really rough. the coalition troops and the taliban moved on foot. the coalition also has helicopters that can get them between mountain