mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. : thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 2189, legislation that will provide relief to hundreds of thousands of our nation's veterans. i first want to thank chairman miller because this bill includes a provision that are a result of the g.a.o. audit we requested on the department of veterans' affairs due to new mexico russ plaints from veterans in all of our districts who had to wait months and often years for benefits. the audit confirms these veterans' worst complaint about the severity of the claims and the backlog. the g.a.o. identified the los angeles regional office which serves many of my local veterans in my home district as one of the worst in the country. according to the current data, 61% of the over 160,000 claims are still back logged. recent data from the v.a. shows the department processed 100,000 less claims than they planned for fiscal year 2013. clearly the v.a. is unable to implement needed reforms themselves. this legislation today addresses the backlog p

mr. mccarthy and finally revealing this fraud which lasted incredibly for decades and i know that we discussed about how quickly the offers were received by referral. and i believe that had it not been for the administrator, this fraud may never have been uncovered. his betrayal of the public trust for his own personal enrichment is truly shocking in the scope and duration and the sheer audacity and it is amazing. the gentleman defrauded the epa for decades. both republican and democratic administrations by claiming that he was a covert operative of the cia and one senior epa official during the bush administration after approved his request work off-site one a week so he could participate in an interagency special advisory group working on a project with operations of the cia. give me a break. and this was no ordinary readers. in addition to lying, he stole my, line to the epa officials with multiple administrations and also duped his own family members and his friends and even his own lawyer. that is a lot of duping. he did not come clean with his own criminal defense attorney until investig

mrs. mccarthy of new york. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 371, i call up joint resolution h.j.res. 79, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for certain components of the department of homeland security for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. i ask its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 79, joint resolution making continuing appropriations for certain components of the department of homeland security for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 371, the joint resolution is considered read. joint resolution shall be debatable for 40 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. the gentleman from texas, mr. carter, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. bryce, -

mccarthy was the first person executive added ever questioned mr. beale's relationship to the cia. >> you credit her for exposing its? >> yes, sir. >> in your opinion isn't possible this fraud could have gone undiscovered if it were not for administrator mccarthy actions? that's my last question. >> i think it's highly likely if it it not been ms. mccarthy raising the alarm this never would've been discovered spent so mr. beale would still be getting money? >> yes, sir. >> all right. spent if i could follow-up on the gentlemen very pretty because it's the same exact question, slightly differently. if mr. beale had single retired and not tried to get greedy and keep taking a full paycheck, he also would never have been discovered because he would have been gone for over a year before the administrator would've even thought to ask him is that right? >> that is 100% correct, mr. chairman. >> so is that the old saying, fat hogs get slaughtered? we now go to the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz. >> mr. chairman, i appreciate. mr. perciasepe, i hope i pro

mr. mccarthy as tol said you are telling us follow strategy, we will follow a strategy, even though they do not mean it. boehner said this is not a good strategy. unworkable.n to be he tried to come up with something, a medical device tax, delaying obamacare, and issues where republicans do well. we do well on fiscal issues, but not well when we delve into these areas. at the end of the day he made it clear he was not going to let the government default, and he is a state for keeping his word. talking about the roles of moderate republicans. here is nathan from ohio. caller: i am actually a she. unfortunately, the moderate republicans have been led around by the nose by a fraction of the tea party group, right, who did not go there to legislate. they went to obstruct. they are leading not just the republican party, but boehner by the nose. unfortunately, that is not how government works. they need to work within the process in congress to address laws that are broken or they do not agree with or to address agenda and not to do things like check down the government because they are not ge

mrs. mccarthy, ms. slaughter, ms. wilson, mr. rangel, mr. holt and mr. cohen, and working with chairman kline, mr. rokita's staff to clarify several provisions from the original bill that i introduced in may, including the states must periodically repeat and update background checks on employees based upon state and local policy that is publicly transparent. school districts may share background check results with each other for the same employee. school employees could appeal the results of a background check if it's inaccurate or incomplete and establish their ploit eligibility if the check -- employment eligibility if their check was corrected. congressman ellison and congressman bobby scott have introduced legislation that seeks to support this goal and i will work to ensure if this bill moves forward in the senate. i want to thank again chairman kline for his working on the sensible solutions that will protect children across the country and i also want to thank the respective staffs for their diligence and thoughtfulness in moving this legislation.

mr. speaker. we can help majority whip mccarthy with his job, the votes for a pathway to citizenship, i'm proud to report back to my colleague from texas which i know is part of republican leadership and my good colleague, were sessions, we can -- mr. sessions, we can report back that 29 house republicans have endorsed the pathway to citizenship. the principles included in h.r. 15 and the senate bill and many more citizens have privately committed their support. and yet we're hearing more and more about counterproductive measures that might be brought to the house. for instance, there's -- i heard there might be an effort to introduce the so-called safe act in an immigration package which would essentially turn undocumented people into criminals overnight. can you imagine trying to enforce a set of laws there were 10 million or 15 million criminals in our country? now, it's important to also distinguish, mr. speaker, when we look at our immigrant detention centers and we are talking about here legally that do crimes, we join with our republican colleagues in seeking deportation and punishment. whe

quickly his office received a referral that had not been for the administrator mccarthy this may have never been uncovered. mrbeale betrayal of the public trust for his own personal enrichment is truly shocking and scope in duration and the sheer audacity is amazing. mr. beale defrauded the epa for decades. under both democratic and republican administrations. by claiming he was a covert operative of the cia. when senior epa official during the bush and mr. shin actually approved at his request to work offsite one day per week so he could participate in the interagency special advisory group working on a project of operations at the cia. give me a break. this was no ordinary reuss. in addition to flying he stole an allied to senior epa officials across multiple of ministrations he also duped his own family members his friends even his own lawyer that is a lot mr. beale did not come clean to his own criminal defense attorney and tell investigators arranged and be the at cia headquarters at langley virginia to finally confronts him about his lies. but that is not all that mr. beale did. that is not all the he l

leadership, eric cantor, kevin mccarthy, for the strength they have had in regard to this and for being so inclusive for every single member of our caucus. all of these proposals, mr. speaker, that were submitted to the senate were rejected. they were rejected by harry reid and senate democrats. this morning, in the wee hours of this morning, the senate voted 54-46 against coming to the negotiating table with house republicans. the speaker just said -- and i'll refer to my colleagues to poster, i would like for all of you to take a close look at this poster, because this says it all in these hashtags. let's talk, if the president can talk to putin and rouhani, why in the world can't the president talk to conferees in the house of representatives? sit down and talk. you have rejected not one, not two, not three, but four of our proposals without even a response, without even a counterproposal. and what the speaker has said, let's talk. i've appointed, and he has appointed, the best and brightest minds on the republican side of this chamber to discuss this issue with the conferees. but, mr. speaker, harry reid, the majority leader, has refused to come to the table.

mr. sullivan, ms. mccarthy was at that retirement party and she was keenly aware that he was tiring, is that correct? >> yes, sir, that is correct. >> but he didn't actually retire, he continued on for how much longer on the payroll of the united states government enact. >> a year and a half longer. >> at that time, he was -- he reported directly to ms. mccarthy during the time? schenectady supporting a time? >> no. >> okay, let's put up slide number two, i'm sorry, slide number seven. okay. so this is a letter from the epa administrator and prior to that, she had this responsibility to inform mr. beale. the retirement party happened in september 2011. this is an e-mail that is dated january the 2013. as you are aware, we have been seeking confirmation for your employment status with the other federal agency and later goes on and says that we have been unable to confirm the existence of inner agency detail or any other kind of individuals. are you familiar with this? >> yes, sir, i am. >> okay. let's go to slid