mr. reed: mr. chairman, amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part c of house report 114-14 offered by mr. reed of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 78, the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. reed: thank you, mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. reed: mr. chairman, private property rights are fundamental to our liberties and freedom as american citizens. these rights are recognized in the fifth amendment to our united states constitution. the overreaching actions from government on all levels, in particular here today, the federal government and its agencies, is infringing on these rights by limiting property use and impacting property values. this is not right and we must address this issue. my amendm

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mrs. reed is showing no signs of slowing down as she continues to prepare meals for those in need even today. the super bowl rivalry is going off the football field and into coffee shops. dunkin' donuts in massachusetts is known for giving away free coffee after a patriots win. unfortunately, freebies are only >> dry overnight, clouds increasing in. >> i think we will see a wintry mix moving in after seven for tomorrow night. roads may be a little slick leaving super bowl parties. it will be a rainy start on monday morning. >> stay with us. 30 more couric's president obama calling it a heinous murder. there is video showing the beheading of two hostages are quite's released just as the sun set in the middle east. >> let the nightmare for japan begin. >> he is purporting to be the killer of a hostage in a nice this video. his victim this time is kenji goto captured last year. jordanian officials called off a swap because they had no proof that a second isis hostage in the deal, a capture jordani

mrs. reed is showing no signs of slowing down as she continues to prepare meals for those in need even today. the super bowl rivalry is going off the football field and into coffee shops. dunkin' donuts in massachusetts is known for giving away free coffee after a patriots win. unfortunately, freebies are only

. >> and mr. reed was a very unassuming man who came into the coffee shop on a regular basis for his breakfast. so to find out he had left this money to the hospital, it was a great surprise. >> that is incredible. hospital and library workers say they are discussing what to do with the donations. >> that is so nice. >> very nice. >>> coming up next in our 5:00 hour, it has been more than 40 days and 40 nights without significant rain in san francisco but that is about to change. what people across the bay area are doing to prepare for the two storms that are heading our way. >> some call it hailful and discriminatory. the action being taken against controversial new rules for some bay area catholic schoolteachers. >> the commute is going to be effected by some of that rain later but right now we're looking at a golden gate bridge commute where the north bay drive is okay. we'll tell you more about that coming up. >> rain is on the way later. not sooner. in fact, most of the morning commute cloudy and

chairman. >> mr. reed, if you don't mind i'd also like to have another member of our commission to speak to that, he's a reservist, please. commissioner kerney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. reed, those of us who lived in rural areas, when we were on reserve duty, it wasn't tricare exactly, it was more like try to find care and this takes care of that. what we're offering now is a system that provides a network that is robust enough to care not only for the member when they are on their civilian side but also for the families when the member is deployed and that is exactly what we're trying to do here and do it in a way that is fiscally sustainable. medical readiness as well as dental readiness are critical aspects of the overall readiness mission and if we can do that with this kind of a system of a tricare choice system, then i

mr. reed. aye. >> mr. nelson. mr. mccaskill. mr. manchin. miss shaheen. mrs. gillibrand. mr. blumenthal. mr. donnelly. mr. hirono. mr. kaine. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials who served under republican and democratic presidents released their unanimous recommendations in a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us today two distinguished members of the national defense panel, eric adelman and michele flournoy each served under defense on policy and among experts on both

mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, first let me commend the chairman for his very fair, very thoughtful conduct of these hearings with respect to dr. carter and the reason we are here today on the verge of a very strong vote for dr. carter for the next secretary of defense is the contribution that chairman mccain has made to this process in an extremely thoughtful extremely bipartisan fashion and let me again thank him for that. mr. president, if i may one procedural detail. i would ask unanimous consent that mark babba a detailee on the finance committee be allowed on the senate floor for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you mr. president. again, mr. president i join senator mccain in not only commending him for his leadership but also to rise and express my strong support for the nomination of ashton carter to be the 25th secretary of defense. dr. carter is uniquely qualified to lead the department of defense at a time, when as henry kissinger recently sai

and mr. reedman who came into the coffee shop on a regular basis for his breakfast. so to then find out he had left this money to the hospital, it was a great surprise. >> reed's lawyer says he invested wisely in dividend producing stocks and lived frugally throughout his life and couldn't take it with him. >>> fans of the '90s sitcom "saved by the bell" can't get enough of the reunion of the cast on jimmy fallon. for more here's cnn's jeanne moos who's never seen a single episode. >> reporter: we heard there was an amazing "saved by the bell" reunion skit on the tonight show the sitcom didn't ring a bell. what's funny about that? i don't get it. but those who do get it couldn't get enough. cheering jimmy's entrance. the entrance of zach and slater. going nuts of jesse and kelly. and what is his name, the principal. >> mr. bel d'ing. >> reporter: for 25 years, he's had to let out his belt. but the others look remarkably unchanged. especially slater. still looking good in dance tights. two main cha

. >> mr. reed that came into the coffee shop on a regular basis for his breakfast. >>> we will talk about that power outage in campbell. it's effecting the 911 system and after a long dry spell we are on storm watch. up next we have live team coverage of the rain that is heading our way and how people are bracing for the storm. >> some call it hateful and discriminatory. the action being taken against controversial new rules for bay area catholic schoolteachers. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ending? get up to fourears interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>> after weeks of dry weather in the bay area, more rain, finally headed our way. we'll tell you how businesses here in downtown healdsburg are preparing for the potential flighting. >>> students at the university are shaken by a disturbing incident. the police are issuing a warning and students are on

mrs. marini reed for her service to the commission for many many years. also i gave the executive director report that the cda spoke with the representative of the advisory council to make sure that we and the commission were in synch with our communications around the guidelines that are taking place in our communications and i was very pleased to hear that we are and do very well. also mr. emmett nelson from muni came to share information about the free muni program and as he spoke with the council everyone was very excited and very pleased to hear that this will come into effect march 1. also deputy director mcspadden came and shared the information about the new hub program that's taking place and wanted the council to come to some of the group meetings and we were able to send representatives to those meetings. we had a report from our site visit committee and two sites were visited, the 30th center site and the cap street site and we got positive feedback on both of those sites. lastly, the education committee will be postponing our next class at th

. >> okay, can we go now mr. reed of wisconsin. >> thank you mr. chairman. this has been really an insightful hearing and i thank all three of you for being here. i would like to start with dr. brennan. we have heard from some of our colleagues here today that almost an implicit idea we should just leave this to the region. if we leave this fight to take care of isis to our regional partners and we kind of step back out of it one what do you think would happen as a result of that strategy, and would the u.s. homeland be put at risk implementing that strategy? >> thanks for the question, congressman. i think that if we -- since president carter the united states has taken on the responsibility of being the guarantor of regional scatter in that part of the world. we have vital interests with our partners as well as europe and our own economy that are at stake here. if we pull out it will create a huge power vacuum that will be filled by the very organizations we wish to stop. that would be the exact worse thing to do, and the perception unfortunately from the

chairman. >> mr. reedou don't mind, i'd also like to have another member of our commission to speak to that, he's a reservist please. commissioner kerney. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. reed, those of us who lived in rural areas, when we were on reserve duty, it wasn't tricare exactly, it was more like try to find care and this takes care of that. what we're offering now is a system that provides a network that is robust enough to care not only for the member when they are on their civilian side but also for the families when the member is deployed and that is exactly what we're trying to do here and do it in a way that is fiscally sustainable. medical readiness as well as dental readiness are critical aspects of the overall readiness mission and if we can do that with this kind of a system of a tricare choice system, then i think this is a good step forward. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman. say to my good friend steve buyer that i used to sit next on on the house armed serv

now to mr. reed ribble. >> thank you, mr. chairman mr. secretary, thank you for being here. my question is in relationship to the democratic republic of the congo. i know you've been involved related to exit permit suspensions. could you tell us what we could do here in the congress to facilitate the state department's work to help these families get their children home? >> and mr. brendan boyle of pennsylvania. >> thank you. i waited three hours here to ask this one question, because i was concerned that this issue might be overlooked with the plethora of issues that we have and that you have, secretary kerry, around the world. one of the great achievements of the last 20 years of american foreign policy was forging a peace agreement in northern ireland. we're now 15, 16 years on from the good friday agreement and tensions still remain. the house the senate on a bipartisan basis appropriated $2.5 million for the international fund for ireland. but the state department is hesitating in releasing it. secretary kerry, would you please commit to me and to congress that these fu

reid: i rise in support of the bill, america -- mr. reed: i rise in support of the america gives more act of 2015. in particular i want to talk about a part that's very near and dear to me, the fighting hunger act, a subpart of this bill. the ranking member and i had a conversation recently, last time this bill, this legislation was up before the house for consideration. we got a large, bipartisan vote in support of the fighting hunger provisions. i know the ranking member, the gentleman from michigan has worked extensively on this legislation. for years and years and years. and i know in our last debate and conversation here that the ranking member, the ranking member had some --s that i questioned whether or not he cared about the people that were going to be helped by this act. i want to make it clear here today i understand that the ranking member cares about those individuals. just as i do. just as all of us, as democrats and republicans should be focusing this debate not necessarily always about the arguments of d.c. but about the peo

but what i'm afraid of, even though reed -- mr. reedere's no regulation what i'm afraid of is they could enforce those regulations any time they so choose under title 2. in fact a new commission could take the open city approach that chairman wheeler has taken and impose rate regulation in our business which would totally be uncalled for. so when a guy like me i'm a private company, i've spent -- you know, i own 100% of the company. i have 4,600 beautiful employees that i'm proud of. we operate in the smaller markets of the u.s. we spent over $1 billion in capex over the last four years. i'm afraid if i don't know what the return of my investment is going to be i might think twice about what money i'm spending. >> the prevailing wisdom right now, rocco, is that this is going to be stuck in courts forever and it's going to be years before the regulations are put in place, in the meantime i'm wondering, knowing what you feel about all of this what are you going to do before these regulations go into place? >> well look we're not going to

mr. reed, those of us who lived in sort of rural areas and were on reserve duty. it wasn't tricare exactly. it was more like try to find care. and this takes care of that. what we're offering now is a system that provides a network that is robust enough to care not only for the member when they are on their civilian side, but also for the families when the member is deployed. that's exactly what we're trying to do here and do it in a way that is fiscally sustainable. medical readiness are critical as sects of the overall readiness mission. if we can do this with a tricare choice system, then i think this is a good step forward. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> to my good friend steve bouer who i used to sit next to, i agree with you except i'm more concerned about today's war than i am the war after next. right now is when we're having the problems that we're having. and we had a hearing last week. we had schlesinger, we had george schultz, madeleine albright. and they reminisced about what our capabilities were at that time, an

mr. chairman, senator reed members of the committee thank you. thank you for giving me the opportunity to come before you. if confirmed i will seek out your thoughts perspectives and combat experiences to help me do the best job. thank you. >> thank you very much, dr. carter. we will have multiple rounds, but we'll have short ones, five minutes, because that will give more opportunity for members to ask questions and in about an hour dr. carter would need a short break as we all know he's recovering from recent surgery. so we'll take a break then for as long as you need and we'll go into this afternoon so that all members are able to answer -- ask sufficiently the questions that they have. and to start with, dr. carter members of this committee met with king abdullah yesterday. he made a graphic statement about needing some weapons and the difficulties he's having with those and we will be signing a letter this morning and as i said it may require some legislation, but are you aware of the problems that jury danians are having with acquiring some

mr. chairman. >> senator reed. >> three quick questions. first, falling off this discussion of guantanamo as accelerator of terrorist activity or deterrents, mr. rasmussen, you mentioned in your testimony, guantanamo is consciously used by a host of terrorist organizations for propaganda. is that a fact? >> purely just judging by anecdotal evidence and looking at the material the terrorist organizations put out. we see something in english language, we assess they are trying to reach potential terrorists or extremists here in the united states or western european countries, and we see the issue of guantanamo featured in that propaganda. senator king asked a good question. we need to draw the line more tightly between anecdotal evidence of the way terrorists use this information and what we can say with more precision about recruitment efforts. but i would say this. the terrorist landscape we face right now is increasingly characterized by actors who are not necessarily affiliated or tied to terrorist hierarchy or leadership. or leadership. t

mr. chairman. >> senator reed. >> three quick questions. first, falling off this discussion of guantanamo as a accelerator of terrorist activity or deterrents, mr. rasmussen, you mentioned in your testimony, guantanamo is consciously used by a host of terrorist organizations, to prop -- to recruit and propagandize. is that a fact? >> purely just judging by an ek -- by anecdotal evidence and looking at the material the terrorist organizations put out. we see something in english language, we assess they are trying to reach potential terrorists or extremists here in the united states or western european countries and we see the issue of guantanamo featured in that propaganda. senator king asked a good question. we need to draw the line more tightly between anecdotal evidence and what we can say with more precision about recruitment efforts. but i would say this. the terrorist landscape we face right now is increasingly characterized by actors who are not necessarily affiliated or tied to terrorist hierchy or leadership. they operate on their o

mr. chairman. >> senator reed. >> three quick questions. first, falling off this discussion of guantanamo as a accelerator of terrorist activity or deterrents, mr. rasmussen, you mentioned in your testimony, guantanamo is consciously used by a host of terrorist organizations, to prop began da. is that a fact? >> purely just judging by an ek doe tall evidence and looking at the material the terrorist organizations put out. we see something in english language, we assess they are trying to reach potential terrorists or extremists here in the united states or western european countries and we see the issue of guantanamo featured in that propaganda. senator king asked a good question. we need to draw the line more tightly between an ek doe tall evidence and what we can say with more precision about recruitment efforts. but i would say this. the terrorist landscape we face right now is increasingly characterized by actors who are not necessarily affiliated or tied to terrorist hierchy or leadership. they operate on their own in many cases. in man

reid: i rise in support of the bill, america -- mr. reed: i rise in support of the america gives more act of 2015. in particular i want to talk about a part that's very near and dear to me, the fighting hunger act, a subpart of this bill. the ranking member and i had a conversation recently, last time this bill, this legislation was up before the house for consideration. we got a large, bipartisan vote in support of the fighting hunger provisions. i know the ranking member, the gentleman from michigan has worked extensively on this legislation. for years and years and years. and i know in our last debate and conversation here that the ranking member, the ranking member had some --s that i questioned whether or not he cared about the people that were going to be helped by this act. i want to make it clear here today i understand that the ranking member cares about those individuals. just as i do. just as all of us, as democrats and republicans should be focusing this debate not necessarily always about the arguments of d.c. but about the peo

reed. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming our new members and colleagues that return. also let me congratulate, mr. chairman, on your leadership role. i think the committee is in very strong and capable hands and i look forward to working with you. and also to underscore your comment about the nature of this committee. its bipartisan approach to problems to which i'm sure we'll continue under your leadership. thank you mr. children, general zbigniew brzezinski and mr. snowcroft, thank you for your service to your country and for your agreeing to be here today. let me commend general mccain for calling this hearing as a series of hearings for looking at the challenges which he outlines the challenges that he articulates here today and this hear la guardia provide us an opportunity to hear from leading experts and military commanders and key leaders in our country about the national securities issues that we face and i welcome a chance to take this broad perspective and broad view. the number and br

senator reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also want to welcome our witnesses, mr. ambassador, madam secretary, thank you for your service both in and out of government. thank you very much. over the years and especially since the initiation of hostilities in 2001, the quadrennial defense review like any strategy has had to contend with the challenge of an unpredictable and constantly shifting nature of the world and threats that we face. as military leaders pointed out we have seldom predicted with great accuracy where or when the next crisis might occur. however the department of defense's requirement to conduct security and defense analysis and planning means that assumptions must be made, objective threat assessments done, and guidance provided to our military that prioritize our national security interests. each q.d.r., regardless of the administration, has had to make strategy or resource tradeoffs. the work of the current national defense panel in its review of the 2014 q.d.r., provide an independent consideration of

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman.they give up on this very important hearing and for your very timely and insightful remarks. i would also like to welcome our witnesses and think these accountable for their extraordinary service to the nation and to the soldiers sailors, airmen and marines that the everyday represent and lead. thank you. this setting takes place as the administration and congress continue to wrestle with two intersecting policy problems and our debate on how to solve them. because of sequester we have a strategic problem. which senator mccain has illustrated very well. every senior civilian and military leader in the department of defense has told us that if defense budgets continue to be capped at sequestration levels, we will likely not be able to meet the national defense strategy without an acceptable level of risk. as senator mccain is indicated, we face a variety of new and continuing threats around the world from ukraine to syria to yemen and beyond. if we don't address the problem of sequestra

mr. chairman. senator reed hits exactly on the question i was going to ask. my question would be and if you've answered it already i will defer. what happens at the end of hostilities? what is the plan for taking care of the issues revolving that may still be there? combatants combatants. held as enemy blinlgelligerents and may have to be released. what is the plan to take care of the issue? >> what we're working on now, i went through in my opening statement, but you were still at the prayer breakfast. to transfer those approved about 50 or so, those will take sometime. and we have a periodic review board process that is re-examine re-examining several who were first looked at and determined to be held under law or detention authority. there is some number that we are unlikely to be able to release at the end of the day as we run through this process. following the president's charge that he wants to close guantanamo we've got to look at , all options. one would be the possibility of bringing remaining detainees back to the united states. we can't do that no

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming general campbell. thank you, general, for your service to the nation. beginning in the 504 and continuing today. since you took command of the u.s. forces in afghanistan last august, afghanistan has entered what ambassador cunningham yesterday called a pivotal period. the emergence of a national unity government under the leaders has had an immediate impact on security in afghanistan, with the signing of the bilateral security agreement and the nato status of forces agreement. 2/3 of the afghans polled want u.s. and coalition troops to stay to train the afghan security forces. your challenge is to successfully lead the u.s. and coalition effort to train, advise and assist afghan security forces and conduct counterterrorism operations. even as u.s. and coalition forces have gone down to postcombat levels in afghanistan. we would be interested in your assessment, whether you currently have the forces you feel you need to carry out these two missions. we're also seeking your best military judgment this mo

reed? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. one way to evolve a strategy is to first look at the threats. the middle east. do you believe the most immediate threat there to u.s. interests and to the region is isil? >> i hesitate to say isil only because in the back of my mind is iran, as well. so i think that we have two immediate substantial dangers. in the middle east. one is isil and one is iran. >> in terms of our current military operations they are clearly directed at isil. is that the appropriate response at this moment to the threats in the region? >> it is. >> and as you point out, there are two theories. one is iraq, where we have more traction and the other is syria. so you would think in terms of responding to the threat that our actions are vigorous support of the current iraqi government is appropriate in responding to this isil threat? >> it is appropriate. if i, as i said, whether and how to improve it will be my first job if i'm confirmed as secretary of defense. >> one of the issues in particular with respect to iraq is that not only improvement as you suggest in your co

reed. >> thank you very much. senator king, please. >> thank you. mr. rasmussen, it seems to me the key question here is weighing the risk of individual recidivism versus what i would call a reputational risk or recruiting risk of the facility itself. could you elaborate on what the director of national intelligence -- that's what -- that's what this is all about it seems to me, is it more dangerous for national interests to keep guantanamo open because of its use as a recruiting tool or greater risk of the people being released re-engaging. give me your thinking on that. is that the question? >> sure. happy to answer that, senator king. because the director of national intelligence does have a voice in the process to approve a transfer, he does look at, as i said earlier, all the relevant information related to the detainee's specific background. background while going to gan guantanamo and background in the course of detention at guantanamo and any information in which he might be transferred. at the same time he has that underlying analytic judgment

reed? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. one way to evolve a strategy is to first look at the threats. the middle east. do you believe the most immediate threat there to u.s. interests and to the region is isil? >> i hesitate to say isil only because in the back of my mind is iran, as well. so i think that we have two immediate substantial dangers. in the middle east. one is isil and one is iran. >> in terms of our current military operations they are clearly directed at isil. is that the appropriate response at this moment to the threats in the region? >> it is. >> and as you point out, there are two theories. one is iraq, where we have more traction and the other is syria. so you would think in terms of responding to the threat that our actions are vigorous support of the current iraqi government is appropriate in responding to this isil threat? >> it is appropriate. if i, as i said, whether and how to improve it will be my first job if i'm confirmed as secretary of defense. >> one of the issues in particular with respect to iraq is that not only improvement as you suggest in your co

reed? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. one way to evolve a strategy is to first look at the threats. the middle east. do you believe the most immediate threat there to u.s. interests and to the region is isil? >> i hesitate to say isil only because in the back of my mind is iran, as well. so i think that we have two immediate substantial dangers. in the middle east. one is isil and one is iran. >> in terms of our current military operations they are clearly directed at isil. is that the appropriate response at this moment to the threats in the region? >> it is. >> and as you point out, there are two theories. one is iraq, where we have more traction and the other is syria. so you would think in terms of responding to the threat that our actions are vigorous support of the current iraqi government is appropriate in responding to this isil threat? >> it is appropriate. if i, as i said, whether and how to improve it will be my first job if i'm confirmed as secretary of defense. >> one of the issues in particular with respect to iraq is that not only improvement as you suggest in your co

reed. >> thank you very much. senator king, please. >> thank you. mr. rasmussen, it seems to me the key question here is weighing the risk of individual recidivism versus what i would call a reputational risk or recruiting risk of the facility itself. could you elaborate on what the director of national intelligence -- that's what -- that's what this is all about, it seems to me, is it more dangerous for national interests to keep guantanamo open because of its use as a recruiting tool or greater risk of the people being released re-engaging. give me your thinking on that. is that the question? >> sure. happy to answer that senator king. because the director of national intelligence does have a voice in the process to approve a transfer, he does look at as i said earlier all the relevant information related to the detainee's specific background. background while going to gan guantanamo and background in the course of detention at guantanamo and any information in which he might be transferred. at the same time he has that underlying analytic judgment th

mr. speaker. i rise today to honor daniel reed simpson. unfortunately on january 24 of this year he lost a courageous battle with lou body demint & went on to meet his maker. mr. meadows: senator simpson as many of us knew him, was a father and a husband to mary alice of some 63 years, and he served the state of north carolina in the state senate for six terms, but it was not just his service to our great state that made this man truly a remarkable example of a community servant. some of his greatish -- greatest accomplishment as he would tell it introducing a bill and shepherding it through the state legislature to set up western piedmont community college. additionally, he helped set up the glenn alpine recreation foundation. and in 2007, they honored him for that work by naming the field the simpson field for not only the recognition of his great work for that community with kids who wanted to play baseball and football but also a life-long commitment to the folks of burke county. senator simpson served also in the military. he fought wi