amash: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: warrants need to be particular and specific about the maces to be serminged. no judge would sign a general search warrant like the british did, allowing police to search every house on the block much less seize everybody's phone records but this is what has happened under section 15 under the government. government's gone too far in the name of security that the fourth amendment has been bruised. rein in government invasion, no

mr. poe: mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 26 printed in house report 113-170. for what purpose does woman from oregon seek recognition? ms. bonamici: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 26 rinted in house report 113-170 offered by ms. monday mitchy of oregon. the chair: the the gentlewoman from oregon, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon. ms. bonamici: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, the men and women of our national guard serve their dual federal and state missions bravely. it is essential that we appropriately equip them to succeed in both of those missions. the guard plays a critical role in supporting emergency disaster relief and i applaud their purchases of humvee ambulances

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the united states house of representatives is honored today to have dr. shane alexander of majea, texas, as the guest chaplain. he's the minister of the rtheast church of christ and has previously preached in other texas cities. e has been a resident chaplain in lieuville, kentucky, as well. he and his wife, kara, met at abilene christian university where both received numerous degrees. master's and.a., a a doctorate. they have three children, elizabeth, payton and he will vie. they're all here today, along with shane's parents and my wife. dr. alexander is active in the community from coaching the girls softball team and boy's t-ball to furthering the spiritual growth in central texas. r. alexander enhanced his life by marrying kara, also dr. alexander, who is a professor at baylor university. i say enhanced his life, because his wi

amash: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: warrants need to be particular and specific about the maces to be serminged. no judge would sign a general search warrant like the british did, allowing police to search every house on the block much less seize everybody's phone records but this is what has happened under section 15 under the government. government's gone too far in the name of security that the fourth amendment has been bruised. rein in government invasion, no more dragnet operations, get a specific warrant based on proximate cause or stay out of our lives. and that's the way it is. he chair: the gentleman's time mr. amash: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: this amendment stops the government from misusing section 215 to engage in the llection of all of our personal records. congress did not grant the executives to collect everything it wants. this amendment restores the requirement that are relevant to an authorized intelligence investigation and ignored by successive administrations

very good student. >> this is the grads from d.a.d.s., are byron poe. >> thank you, mr.. >> once i get out, i know i'm going to make it better. this probably is my last -- i won't even say probably. i want to say my last run at criminal activity, drug use. i'm going to do everything there is possible for me to stay out of here. >> congratulations to the march graduates. [ applause ] >> i'm kind of elated. i was kind of emotional. i was starting to cry. i didn't think this would bring me to things like this. but graduating here out this program allows me to believe that there're goals that i can achieve once i leave. >> congratulations, everybody. congratulations. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thanks, jen. >> one inmate previously enrolled in the jail's education program is not graduating today. alexandria mcbride was dismissed from her m.o.m.s. class for fighting with another inmate. >> she flew to the ground and i went crazy on her. she came into my room and told me she despises me and she wants to punch me in my face. then the other bitch came up behind me and s

mr. poe: i yield to the gentleman, mr. culberson. mr. culberson: we will continue to work with you and the community. i will continue to support the will of the voters, as i have supported federal funding for those rail lines and i look forward to continuing to work with you for my colleagues of the houston area to support those lines in their district that were on the ballot and approved by voters. mr. poe: i understand the gentleman and the positions of his constituents. i respect that representation. and also, the gentleman understands it, we have a disagreement as to what constituents want in the affected area. your constituents don't want the rail. my constituents do want the rail. i hope we can work together to get something built that is in the interest of all concerned. and i yield back. mr. culberson: thank you. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for his offer to work together. i respect his position and hopefully we can work together and not block federal funds that would come to the houston area. let's work with the city of housto

. >> but again, mr. poe, they could feed their people by opening their markets to the great american pork products that we have and, of course, they have chosen, and i understand they would like your brand. it's an excellent brand. one of the concerns or questions i have is whether or not your brand which will be put on chinese pork, which has been less than stellar, and is going to be a problem for your brands down the road. but i wonder if dr. haley and commissioner slane would like to talk about the economics of all of this? >> well, i don't think, as i said before, that china are shuanghui bought smithfield for the pork. it's just 3% of chinese production. but what i see happening, what's happened in other industries, such as paper, steel, glass, solar. we spent the past five is looking at these industries. higher value added manufacturing renews china. by that i mean processed products and they will use the cfius branding. we will continue to export pork. all sorts of negative action notice such as poll

mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to remove the gentleman from wisconsin, sean duffy, from h.r. 1962. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to have the name of mr. bishop of utah removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 2359. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as a co-sponsor to h.r. 2319. the speaker pro tempore: without bjection, ordered. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? without objection, so ordered. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of a marine who desperately needs our help, corporal armando torres was kidnapped in mexico more than two months ago. minimal attention here in the u.s. and in mexico has allowed armando's kidnapp

mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: madam speaker, in this sizzling summer of scandals, the evidence of no accountability continues to mount. someone in the federal government commits wrong doing, the white house denies involvement or knowledge, blames low-level operatives or somebody else, no accountability. exhibit one, fast and furious. the government smuggled guns to mexico, two americans and hundreds of mexicans were killed by those guns. white house blamed bush, an employee resigned, no accountability. exhibit two, benghazi. requests for increased security were denied both before and during the attack. four americans were killed, investigation bungled. a youtube video was blamed, an employee was placed on leave, but still collects a paycheck. no accountability. exhibit three, i.r.s. admitted targeting conservative organizations. employees in ohio were blamed

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, it was september, 1972. people from all over the world were gathered in munich germany for the olympic games. after world war ii worldwide there was a feeling of optimism and unity but overnight those feelings turned to turmoil and turned to terror. the world awoke to images of a deadly terrorist attack in the olympic village. a terrorist group called black september took 11 israeli hostages and massacred them. in response, the israeli government did not hesitate. the israeli policy was, you will not murder israelis anywhere in the world. so for 20 years israel hunted down the killers all over the globe from paris to london to beirut to stockholm. and with its response one thing came clear to these terrorists, you hurt israelis, there's ing to be consequences and the consequences will not be pleasant. israeli -- israel would find them and israel would find them. so flash forward 40 years on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 there was once again attacks on american sovereign soil.

mr. poe: mr. speaker, government agencies have been keeping track of american's whereabouts by amassing databases of millions of our license plates by using license plate scanners. unbeknownst to americans, government technology records our movement from the time we get in our car in the morning, to every place we stop in the day, to the time we drive home. but this data can be stored indefinitely. this reminds me of the tais when i was in the soviet union and saw how government spied on its citizens constantly. do we really want a government that has the authority to record us anywhere we go during the day or during the night? we know by recent experience abusive government cannot be trusted with dragnet information data files it collects on americans. to me, freedom includes government not keeping personal daily log on individuals and their activities. none of these activities are the government's business. the right of privacy and the right to be left alobe include the right to keep snooping go

. >> mr. poe, welcome. >> good afternoon to members of the committee. my name is larry poe.i'm the president and chief officer of smithfield foods, the global food company from smithfield, virginia. i appreciate this opportunity to offer testimony today and i would like to summarize my written testimony transmitted for the record. we are very excited about our new partnership. majority owner is china's largest pork processor. it is a partnership we are exporting high-quality pork products in the united states in this needs increased capacity for u.s. producers. more jobs in processing and more exports for the u.s. economy in the same time, we will continue to supply our same high-quality renown products to the u.s. consumer as well as other markets around the world. ensure this partnership is good for our business and for the producers with whom we work. the reaction from the agricultural community has been overwhelmingly positive from michigan, north carolina, the north american meat association industry leaders and numerous individual producers have expressed support for t

mr. poe: this new so-called president of iran is no different than ahmadinejad. he is slick and has lied to the united states in the past. he is not even in charge of iran. the eye tolla is in charge and is still calling the shots and is determined, determined to get nuclear weapons and eliminate israel and then the united states. and then what? are we going to say oops, we made a mistake. we need these sanctions and need a regime change. this ayatolla has hezbollah running all over the world. we need to pass this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: -- mr. ellison: i seek to introduce an article that iran is seeking to introduce talks. mr. engel: i'm pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: with all the various positions put forth, i support h.r. 850, a copy of which i happen to have in my hand, page 38, line 11 which deals with th

mr. poe: mr. speaker, a few minutes ago, i sent out an email, i tweeted about an hour ago and posted on facebook this morning. we have a world of instant, unlimited email storage, high speed broadband, social media and cloud computing. however, after 180 days, government agencies can snoop through everything i just mentioned. how in the cloud is this possible? because current law allows spying government to seize without warrant or probable cause emails over 180 days old. big government can demand a private company turn over a citizen's information without their consent, without their knowledge, or telling citizens later their emails have been seized. s that violation of the fourth amendment. that's why representative zoe lofgren and i have introduced legislation to protect a citizen's right of privacy against government. it will update the electronic communications privacy act. government can't seize and snoop through your mail it shouldn't be able to snoop through your emails without warrant or

mr. poe: all i can tell you is this, the -- mr. nugent: all i can tell you is, this is a ready project, this is one that the air force has tested in a positive manner which positive results in regards to actually eliminating a threat without destroying the building or without destroig lives. and if we had some like this when we went into iraq, we possibly could have done something without having to rebuild an entire infrastrubblingture while still doing what we needed to do to be able to do our military mission. and with this, all i can tell you, mr. chairman is that it is in fact a program that is working. it just needs a delivery vehicle. this is offset in regards to no additional funding, or spending, is required other than what comes from that fund that's sitting there. that's what that rapid development fund was designed for. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opp

mr. poe: madam speaker, the president says the country is being distracted by phony scandals. a more accurate statement would be the president is using phony distractions to cover up the administration's scandals. here are two of them, fast and furious. the a.t.f. with justice department knowledge smuggles 2,000 automatic weapons to a mexican drug cartel. americans are killed. 200 mexican nationals killed. including two police chiefs and a beauty queen. no one is held accountable. nobody goes to jail. lower level operatives blamed. eric withholder, held in contempt for withholding evidence from congress. the administration wants us to forget their fiasco. benghazi, libya, four americans killed by terrorists. the united states refuses to send help in the fire fight. four americans left behind. no killer is ever captured. the administration misleads the american public and blames the attack on a video. not the terrorists. no one goes to jail, no accountability, lower level operatives blamed, the administration wants taos forget their fiasco. are these distractions and phony scan

mr. chairman but before i yield i would read back a poe from the chairman on national television. does he just assured us that he never linked the president to this end i read this quote. this was the targeting of the presidents -- and lies about it during the election year so that it wasn't discovered until afterwards. that is the narrative and there is no evidence including from these two witnesses today that is true. so when the chairman cautions us correctly to withhold judgment and to be careful and that words mean something i wonder whether the chairman wants to retract his own statements including that one i just read on television. mr. chairman i yield. >> i thank the gentleman and i look forward to seeing evidence that the -- and anything more than then looked at but i will say this. i think it's fair to say today that with the harsh statements the president has made about tea party grooves and with the way the tea party groups feel about the president usurping of the constituconstitu tion and his expansion beyond his powers, yes, they are enemies of the presence politics

ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary poe ten sherry and the representative of the united states of america in the security council of the united nations. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk on calendar number 220. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the low tuition mother. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 2269 standing rules of the senate -- rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, meesh hoove to bring to a close the debate of samantha power to be the representative of the united states of america to the united nations, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary po of the united nations security council. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent again that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: extend my appreciation again to my friend from minnesota. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session. the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i first want to thank the majority