mr. rangel's position. what is yours? his position was the president was wrong to draw this line in the first place. he shouldn't be asking congress to back it up. what is your view? >> well, charlie knows i love him, and we usually agree, but boy, i think you're wrong on this one, charlie. this is about much more than assad and syria. this is about the kind of world we leave to our children and grandchildren. can we really allow the use of chemical weapons to be the new norm of war fighting? it's not just the president that laid down the red line. the congress passed the syria accountability act half a dozen years ago and specifically cited the use of chemical weapons and told assad not to use them. we are the only country that can stop this. and if we have the ability, we also have the responsibility to stop it. >> jim, i tell you how much i love you. first of all, let's make it abundantly clear that no congress has ever voted to go to war because of what we think about chemical weapons being used against innocent peopl

mr. rangel, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rangel: thank you for giving me this opportunity. i was sitting in the back, i heard one of the republicans say that what moses would want, he was talking about some picture and i just came up to say that i just talked with moses and he's not in support of this legislation. as a matter of fact, he referred me to other biblical things about how do we treat the lesser of our brothers and sisters. and he directed my attention to the disparity between the rich that we have in this country and the very, very poor. and i got the impressions after reviewing matthew that if we're going to refer to moses, you can't ignore jesus, who had some concern about the rich people that did not treat his brothers and sisters fairly and i don't know how it ends but it seems as though they were trying to get into heaven and he told them to go to hell. i don't know how it spins out but everything

mr. ray dal and r. rangel, -- radel, mr. rangel, which will award security contracts now on the basis of best value rather than lowest cost. for our highest threat posts we need only the highest quality security personnel. not personnel that's going to flee in the face of a threat. this bill also requires the department to develop contingency plans for increasing security at high-threat posts. these plans must include options for deploying additional military personnel and equipment, to bolster security in response to a threat, as well as plans for a rapid deployment of assets in response to an attack. we need a rapid response force to be stood up so that they can be called into action if there's a threat in this part of the world. to our cons lates or to our embassies -- consulaets or two our embassies. the strong emphasis on this and over in the senate is timely and responsive to urgent needs. working in a bipartisan manner, this bill was able to authorize full funding for embassy security wlile still producing a fiscally r

mr. chairman, ranking member, rang e rangel, thank you for calling this hearing. i believe we stand at a pivotal moment where congress is going to uphold the duty to protect our national security or we will not. i believe our vote on ultimately what will be a narrowly drawn resolution will be whether congress stands up to human rights or puts us on a dangerous path. whether we allow our power to dramatically shrink. i stand behind the president's request for limited and targeted strikes without u.s. troops on the ground against a regime guilty of heinous chemical weapons attacks on its own people. i know this is a difficult division. i know that some of my colleagues wish we had done a lot more before now. i know that my colleagues, other colleagues, wish to do nothing now. i acknowledge the difficulty of being unable to predict assad's next move. secretary hagel, you spoke to that. this is a hard choice. i don't think any of us relish making it. no use of force can ever be taken lightly but inaction here, i believe, will dramatically harm our national security by

mr. obama prepares to travel to st. petersburg for the g-20 summit, russia is telling citizens to stay put. the foreign ministry issued a warning not to visit nations where an extradition treaty exists. >>> charles rangel is a leading voice. tuesday on msnbc, the democrat said this whole debate may have been avoided if it weren't for those now red line comments. >> of course, it's embarrassing. i wish it didn't happen. i guess secretary kerry is even more embarrassed than me after that speech that this was urgent and clearly as i said earlier, i couldn't see anything urgent about it. i'm glad the president reviewed his thinking. >>> connecticut lawmakers are pressing a law to ban firearms in the stores. starbucks has responded, but no details have been released. >>> diana nyad is receiving praise from around the world after her swim. hillary clinton tweeted her saying, flying to 112 countries is a lot and until you consider swimming between two. feels like i swim with sharks, but you actually did it. congrats. >>> and duquesne university is saying thanks, but no thanks to geraldo. it is all because of the twitter selfie. it has been seared in our minds. he was scheduled to appear on an october panel, b