mr. royce: mr. speaker, on that, i would like to yield 10 minutes of my time to the gentleman from new york mr. engel. and i ask unanimous consent that he be allowed to control that time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york will control an additional 10 minutes of time. without objection. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i'm going to ask unanimous consent that all members of this body have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous materials on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i might consume. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this legislation to ensure that congress is positioned to effectively and decisively judge and constrain president obama's nuclear deal with iran should a bad deal be struck. i commend chairman corker and ranking member cardin for bringing this measure before their body. this bill received unanimo

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, chairman of the subcommittee on global health -- the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman sustain? >> we don't object to the gentleman taking the two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: i would like to begin by thanking chairman royce and ranking member engel, senators corker cardin, and menendez for doing their level best in the face of an administration which throughout this process has ignored and sought to exclude the legislature from its constitutional role in ratifying what is in essence a treaty. it is called an executive agreement, but it is a treaty, with the vicious rights abusing tray ran -- regime in tehran to salvage what we can from an egregiously flawed framework and process. it is clear from

smith, mr. royce, and mr. keating. its purpose is twofold.o bring together the agencies that have existing mandates to protect heritage, and to eliminate the financial incentive for entities such as isis to loot religious and cultural artifacts. i commend this community for its bipartisan leadership on this bill and i urge you to advocate for its final passage into law. i would like to thank the chairman for convening this important hearing at a very critical juncture in the preservation of religious and cultural heritage. i am happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you, dr. hanson. that legislation, by the way has been passed out of committee. it's on the floor. and we're going to move it shortly, and i would just make a couple of observations. one is that this isis phenomenon, another way it could have been handled was when isis originally was in raqqa as they were leaving raqqa. there were those of us on this committee, as well as some of our ambassadors overseas that suggested the overwhelming u.s. air power hit the isis fo

royce: mr. sherman? if i could interrupt for a minute. we did have a young yazidi woman, a young girl, slated to testify. she had to drop off of the trip because of health reasons. >> ah. rep. royce: but we will achieve your goal here. i'll relinquish the time back to you. sherman: thank you. miss kabawat, yazidis are giving the choice, convert, die, or be given an unfair tax. i put three in one category. something that muslim governments have imposed upon the minority communities for centuries and in prior centuries it has been a tax that was endurable, of course it's outrageous and unfair. is isis imposing a tax that is outrageous, unfair, but is a practical thing that the communities could pay, or is it just an excuse for them to say well, we want to confiscate everything on monday, that's your monday tax. on tuesday you don't have anything left so we're going to kill you? is isis offering to allow at least christians, the yazidis of course, would be treated differently under their roles, a chance to stay in their homes and pay a tax co

mr. royce: i rise in support of this amendment. i already expressed my deep concern for the rushed, almost frenzied manner in which the administration is emptying the detention center at guantanamo bay. we saw the dangerous taliban five transfer. just this past december, the administration released six guantanamo bay detainees to the small south american country of uraguay. these six detainees had been trained in munitions and document forgery. in quiet negotiations with them to take the six, the obama administration offered the president of uraguay reassurances that none of them had ever been involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities. . throwing out with a stroke of a pen the analysis that had led to their detention. these six former terrorists live only six blocks away from the u.s. embassy which forced the embassy to heighten its security posture. the obama administration effectively prioritized its political goal of closing guantanamo over our national security interests. the administration's best -- desperati

mr. royce: i rise in support of this amendment.lready expressed my deep concern for the rushed, almost frenzied manner in which the administration is emptying the detention center at guantanamo bay. we saw the dangerous taliban five transfer. just this past december, the administration released six guantanamo bay detainees to the small south american country of uraguay. these six detainees had been trained in munitions and document forgery. in quiet negotiations with them to take the six, the obama administration offered the president of uraguay reassurances that none of them had ever been involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities. . throwing out with a stroke of a pen the analysis that had led to their detention. these six former terrorists live only six blocks away from the u.s. embassy which forced the embassy to heighten its security posture. the obama administration effectively prioritized its political goal of closing guantanamo over our national security interests. the administration's best -- desperation t

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that debate under clause 1-c of rule 15 on a motion to suspend the rules relating to h.r. 1191 be extended to one hour. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, it is so ordered. mr. royce: thank you mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i do, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h.r. 1735. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house -- the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 255 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 1735. the chair appoints the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committ

smith, mr. royce, and mr. keating. its purpose is twofold. to bring together the agencies that have existing mandates to protect heritage, and to eliminate the financial incentive for entities such as isis to loot religious and cultural artifacts. i commend this community for its bipartisan leadership on this bill and i urge you to advocate for its final passage into law. i would like to thank the chairman for convening this important hearing at a very critical juncture in the preservation of religious and cultural heritage. i am happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you, dr. hanson. that legislation, by the way has been passed out of committee. it's on the floor. and we're going to move it shortly, and i would just make a couple of observations. one is that this isis phenomenon, another way it could have been handled was when isis originally was in raqqa as they were leaving raqqa. there were those of us on this committee, as well as some of our ambassadors overseas that suggested the overwhelming u.s. air power hit the isis

mr. royce: i rise in support of this amendment. i already expressed my deep concern for the rushed, almost frenzied manner in which the administration is emptying the detention center at guantanamo bay. we saw the dangerous taliban five transfer. just this past december, the administration released six guantanamo bay detainees to the small south american country of uraguay. these six detainees had been trained in munitions and document forgery. in quiet negotiations with them to take the six, the obama administration offered the president of uraguay reassurances that none of them had ever been involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities. . throwing out with a stroke of a pen the analysis that had led to their detention. these six former terrorists live only six blocks away from the u.s. embassy which forced the embassy to heighten its security posture. the obama administration effectively prioritized its political goal of closing guantanamo over our national security interests. the administration's best -- desperati

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there has been a lot of discussion here about the current liability, what it looks like. i guess one of the questions is what it should look like. and if i could ask governor pawlenty, i had a question here. when a data breach occurs, how should we allocate the financial responsibility for that breach? for example, if a breach of sensitive customer information occurs at a financial institution and it's shown that the institution did not protect the customer information as graham-leach-bliley requires, do you agree that the financial institution should be responsible for the cost of the breach? >> congressman royce, yes. we believe that the entity that was negligent or entities, plural, should be responsible for their negligence. >> okay. then governor, should the same be true of the merchant? if there's a breach with a high likelihood of harm being done to the consumer, should the merchant be responsible

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there has been a lot of discussion here about the current liability, what it looks like. i guess one of the questions is what it should look like. and if i could ask governor pawlenty, i had a question here. when a data breach occurs, how should we allocate the financial responsibility for that breach? for example, if a breach of sensitive customer information occurs at a financial institution and it's shown that the institution did not protect the customer information as graham-leach-bliley requires, do you agree that the financial institution should be responsible for the cost of the breach? >> congressman royce, yes. we believe that the entity that was negligent or entities, plural, should be responsible for their negligence. >> okay. then governor, should the same be true of the merchant? if there's a breach with a high likelihood of harm being done to the consumer, should the merchant be responsible

smith, mr. royce, and mr. keating. its purpose is twofold.he agencies that have existing mandates to protect heritage, and to eliminate the financial incentive for entities such as isis to loot religious and cultural artifacts. i commend this committee for its bipartisan leadership on this bill and i urge you to advocate for its final passage into law. i would like to thank the chairman for convening this important hearing at a very critical juncture in the preservation of religious and cultural heritage. i am happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you, dr. hanson. that legislation, by the way, has been passed out of committee. it's on the floor. and we're going to move it shortly, and i would just make a couple of observations. one is that this isis phenomenon, another way it could have been handled was when isis originally was in raqqa as they were leaving raqqa. there were those of us on this committee, as well as some of our ambassadors overseas that suggested the overwhelming u.s. air power hit the isis forces in raqqa or

mr. royce: thank you very much. i very much appreciate chairman thornberry and the armed services committee for working collaboratively on this amendment but let me also in speaking on behalf of this royce-maloney amendment, i want to recognize the leadership of representative maloney from new york who has been dedicated in the fight against boko haram and dedicated in terms of trying to raise awareness on this. and last year in our committee you know, many have seen on television the continued kidnappings of boko haram, the pillaging of villages, the taking of women and children as captives, i just wanted to tell you the story that we heard from this one young girl, a survivor from chebook and that touched the hearts, i think, of many people there that day. she gave this brave narration of what happened when boko haram broke in and before her very eyes killed her father, killed her 14-year-old brother. she is one of the few from her village who survived. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i yield the gentleman an additio

mr. royce: i thank the gentleman.nd ranking member defaws -- chairman shuster and ranking member defazio for getting this bill to the floor today. we are certainly proud to support the men and women of our coast guard they play a critical role in rescue, saving lives, and the role they play also in drug interdiction and in protecting our territorial waters. i would also like to recognize the cooperative way in which chairman hunter has worked to address concerns about how this bill would impact an important lifesaving program under the jurisdiction of the foreign affairs committee and that's the food for peace program. over the past several years, the effort to reform the food for peace program so we can feed more people in crisis overseas, in less time for less money, has been portrayed as a zero sum game between the intended beneficiaries of our generosity and the u.s. merchant marine, and that's unfortunate because that's wrong. what is career, though is that we need to fix this problem in thence that -- sense that

hansen has, the legislation of chairman royce, mr. smith who i'm proud to join. in working in this area i want to focus on one thing. i believe that we can do more of in the u.s. to stop this. these terrible actions by isil. that is to look into an issue that time and time again it has come to my attention as the ranking member on terrorism trade, and nonproliferation in this community. that is the issue where i sold is notsil is destroying religious heritage particularly in syria and iraq, it is doubling down on that activity by taxing criminals. they are financing their own terrorist operations again. so it becomes cyclical. and i saw firsthand, i just came back days ago visiting eight countries in the middle east and europe, just how this is occurring. i had comments from the leaders in these areas saying how smuggling in these antiquities is such a force of financing for these terrorists. so, what i am doing today as well as introducing legislation, it has geared in on one aspect we can easily move to gthwart. even agencies the cells i.c.e. and border patrol,

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. >> drama. there's been a lot of discussion about the current liability, what it looks like or i guess one of the question is what it should look like it if i could ask governor pawlenty i had a question here. whinny data breach occurs how should we allocate financial responsibility for the breach? for example, if a breach of sensitive customer information workers at a financial institution and it's shown that the institution did not protect the customer information as gramm-leach-bliley requires, do you agree that a financial institution should be responsible for the cost of the breach? >> congressman royce, yes. we believe that the entity that was negligent or entities, portal, should be responsible for the negligence. >> governor, should the same be true of the merchant? if there's a breach with a high likelihood of harm being done to the consumer, should the merchant to be responsible for the costs associated with that bridge to the

hanson has, the legislation of chairman royce, ranking member engel mr. smith who i'm proud to join, in working on this area. but i want to focus on one thing. i believe that we can do more of in the u.s. to stop this terrible -- these terrible actions by isil. and that's to look at an issue that time and time again has come to my attention as ranging member on terrorism trade and nonproliferation, and this committee as well as counterterrorism and homeland security and that's the issue where isil is not only destroying cultural and religious heritages, particularly in iraq and syria, but it's doubling down on that activity, either through tax criminals or themselves, they're trafficking in these looted antiquities and financing their own terrorist operations again. so it becomes cyclical. and i saw firsthand i just came back days ago, visiting eight countries in the middle east and europe how this is occurring and in fact had comments from the leaders in these areas how smuggling in these antiquities is such a force of financing these terrorists. so what

i want to acknowledge the legislation of chairman royce, ranking member angle mr. smith, who i am proud to join but i want to focus on one thing i believe that we can do more of in the us to stop this these terrible actions. and that is to look at an issue that time and time again has come to my attention as ranking member on terrorism trade and nonproliferation as well as counterterrorism and homeland security. that is the issue particularly in iraq and syria but it is doubling down upon that activity. they are trafficking in looted antiquities and financing heroin terrorist operations. it becomes cyclical. i saw firsthand just how this is occurring. in fact there were comments from the leaders in these areas how smuggling in these antiquities is such a force of financing for terrorists. so what i am doing today as well as introducing legislation hearing in on one aspect that i think we can easily move to thwart these activities the fact that even the agencies themselves and customs and border patrol they are saying that they are not as coordinated as they should

royce of california. we're talking about the battle against isis, a new military offensive aimed at trying to take back the city of ramadi. mrrman is isis winning on the battlefield right now? >> well right now isis controls after palmyra, after that battle half of syria and it's 70 miles from baghdad. now we've -- at least it won the last two battles, one in syria and one in western iraq. the question now is you know will this prompt a counterattack that is going to show success on the part of the iraqi units? if that's going to happen they have got to get the sunni tribes involved in a major way in that. and they're going to have to arm those tribes. i've met with the leadership of the sunni tribes. when they came to washington. they want to take back that province but they say they need the equipment and support from baghdad to do it. >> they see, what they see is this new operation to try to retake ramadi right in the sunni dominated area of anbar province. and the shiite militias backed by iran they announced this mobilization, if you will, and they give it a code name that is a shiite code name which can only anger the