the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from california, mr. denham, is recognized for one minute. mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a great honor today to introduce to the house our guest chaplain, glen berto of modesto, from the house. glen currently serves as senior pastor in the house in modesto, church of more than 8,000, his congregation was name as one of the 50 top churches in america. the house's outreach has touched the lives of people all across the central valley. he's a leader who's pulled our faith-based community together and our pastors together to address so many of our issues in california's central valley. glen is a youth pastor and author of a popular youth manual and two books, "christianity life." he's a gifted speaker and eadvantage list and teacher, speaking not only in ca

mr. poe: the amendment is to train and equip syrian rebels. let's see how that's worked in the past when america has trained and equipped individuals. the united states has spent billions in iraq to train and equip iraqi soldiers. the first time they come in contact with isis member they cut and ran. this is isis propaganda that was on the internet. this is an american tank in the possession of iraqis when the iraqis cut and ran. -- in the possession of isis when iraqis cut and ran. these are four humvees that apparently have never been used that are now in the hands of isis because iraqis cut and ran. now we want to arm syrian rebels. let's see how that's worked in the past. september, 2013, "the wall street journal" reported that isis raided a syrian weapons dee depot, taking arms provided by the c.i.a. december, 2013, free syrian army weapons seized by the islamic front. they, like the iraqis, cannot keep up with american arms. second, some say in this amendment will give the free syrian army the -- will support them because they're going t

the chair appoints the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, to preside over the committee f the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 5078 which the clerk will report by title. -- to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the united states, and for other purposes. the chair: rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, and the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, will each ontrol 30 minutes. the house will be in order. take the conversations off the floor. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to yield two minutes to the congressman from florida, mr. southerland, who is the original sponsor of h.r. 5078, the waters of the united states regulatory overreach act, i think it is a thoughtful legislation and i yield the gentleman two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. southerland: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciates the efforts of you and ranking member rahall which ha

mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, evil isis has arrogantly beheaded yet another werner. this time a british aide worker, david haynes, was executed. his assassins with an isis masked outlaw with a british accent. isis has been turning those in canada and the united states. these american passport holders are particularly dangerous since they can easily slip back into our country undetected and bring isis' reign of terror to our homeland. that's why i introduced the f.t.o. passport revocation act. this legislation would authorize the revocation or denial of passports and passport cards to individuals who fight with foreign terrorist organizations. the benedict arnold traitors who have turned against america should lose their right to re-enter the united states. this bill will help law enforcement locate these individuals overseas by preventing them from traveling internationally so they can be captured and brought to justice. onc

mr. poe: america needs to dismantle, disrupt and defeat isis. victory should be the go isis has arrogantly beheaded two americans and sent the murder videos all over the world and now they say they're coming to america to kill us. once a small band of bandit thugs fighting the syrian civil war, these cut throat terrorist have fighters from many nations, including the united states. when americans go and take up arms with foreign terrorist organizations like isis, when they give aid and comfort to america's enemies, their passport should be revoked. tonight i introduce legislation that would prohibit the benedict arnold isis fighters from reentering our country. it's called the f.t.o. passport revocation act. those who go to war against america are not welcomed back in our land. further, isis fighters must be held accountable for their terror and we should track them down and make the consequences of their terror unpleasant. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york see

. >> obviously it is escalating he is poe then shexponentially. mr.lez will be back in court on october 1. he was in there something close to an hour. so they have a lot of details here that we have not heard before and you have to put it also in to the context, you know, we had sbon else who came over the fence and i can tell you i was right where i am now and he was walking toward me and there were agents with guns drawn pointed right in this direction. you have another incident afterwards where somebody in a car comes up to a barricade and refuses to get out. so all of that plays into the context of the threat that this man posed and what it might mean for this investigation. any changes that we'll see not just internally, because we've seen some of that already with increased patrols, increased surveillance, the front door now locked. but also what it might mean for tourists, for other visitors. and for the image of the white house. >> and hopefully you you can hang on. i want to go back to jim cavanaugh. in addition to having the president of the

poe of texas. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. the united states has made a commitment to protect ethnic and religious minority subject to isis in iraq. the unarmed residents of camp liberty have been attacked, as you know, seven times, resulting in the murder of 100 residents, the winning of 1000 others. myself and 26 members of congress have sent you a letter asking you specifically what now will be done to protect those members of camp liberty. i would like for you to respond to the letter in writing as opposed to this hearing today. so i would like to move on to specifically what we are talking about with respect to isis. it, is armingtand people in syria that have been withd with the intent of inpect to the feeding isis syria and the counter strategy to defeat isis in iraq at the same time. because webout that armed the rebels of opposition in libya, and now that has not turned out so well. libya, to me, is a failed state. . have a series of questions you have made it clear that this is not islamic philosophy. tell me and nam

poe laland has a lot to lose. their ability to look in two directions has said how far they are about to come. >> mr. chairman, doesn't this all necessitate a declaration of war? doesn't need a formal declaration with the chief and the congress? >> it depends on the scope of operations. the authorization the president has right now in erbil. what we want to see is the president and secretary of state come to congress and layout their plan. once we see that plan, we will see what type of authorization is needed. again, that authorization is not going to include u.s. combat forces in the region. there is no support in congress for u.s. infantry troops on the ground for military combat. >> general hertling, that then begs the question at least from this civilian. how do we know what to strike unless we have support on the ground? doesn't it necessitate some level of u.s. ground involvement? >> it does, but it can be in nuanced ways, michael. that is what the president has been formulating as part of the strategy. it is not just the european allies, but mr. hagel and kerry have been in the area to suppor

poe innocent john mccain got into something of a shouting match about the questions. i wanted to take a listen and then a question for you on did back end. >> sure. >> i'm astounded that mr. carney should say that the -- they have been -- >> that's not what i said, senator. if i could, sir, what i said is that we know a great deal more about -- >> come on. syr syria. we knew them. come on. you're the ones, it's your boss is the one that went -- the entire national security team wanted to arm and train them he turned them down, mr. carney, after a -- >> well, senator, look. i'm not -- i think we have to agree to disagree on this. >> no. facts are stubborn things, mr. carney. that is his entire national security team including the secretary of state said we want to arm and train and equip these people and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down. and the fact that they didn't leave a residual force in iraq overruling all of the military adviser is reason we're facing isis today. >> well, again, senator, we will have to agree to disagree and i think that the question of the residual force, you know, there was another player in that which was the iraqi government. b