mr. shepherd said, i did do my part. >> that's very true. >> absolutely right. >> obviously it can't exchution-- excuse criminal behavior. but never's not talking about criminal behavior. they're talking about less than honorable, which is, that could be anything. it's not really a crime. maybe you just don't fit in well. >> it is a consequence of service. >> correct. and they didn't know about ptsd back then. and they go back to george paton slapping that soldier for having combat -- >> what is painful for me and probably for kerry as well since-- is that how come the american psychiatric community did not wake up to post traumatic stress disorder until the vietnam war? why didn't they see this earlier? so the whole medical community has been slow to responding to this, realizing how important it is so a lot of people contributed to the fact that it was a late-- . >> rose: are you asking why or are you saying -- >> well, i'm saying it, yes. >> what is also ironic as you brought up earlier that i really believe is that because of this awareness of the core symptoms being in this basic emotion

shepherds of the sea." the retired u.s. destroyer escort has been restored and is anchored in albany. mr. crust describes the role he played in winning the second world war. >> "shepherds of the sea" at the basically about the escorts in world war ii and the men who sailed them. destroyer escorts actually ended up being the most important, successful and valuable anti-submarine vessel in the united states fleet during world war ii. they are credited with sinking some 70 u-boats, 26 japanese submarines and they fought in every major battle in the pacific theater. so they were a very significant force in world war ii. and what is even more remarkable to me is the people who were manning those boats. these were mostly teenagers with little or no experience on the water. in fact some of them told me that the only thing they knew about boats was that the pointed and went first, so they were a remarkable group of teenagers. they were very courageous and they were being led by the skippers and their skippers were ivy league college boys who were naval reserve. they were more used to being aboard

mr. rogers who has helped shepherd this bill through our committee, and i know chairman pitts, ranking member waxman, and i appreciate their hard work along with all the members of our committee to get this bill done and to the floor this afternoon. madam speaker, this bill, the pandemic and all hazards preparedness re-authorization act of 2012 would re-authorize programs to design -- designed to encourage development of medical counter measures and improve the nation's health infrastructure to help us respond to a terrorist attack. this bill is very similar to h.r. 2405, the pandemic and all hazards preparedness re-authorization act of 2011 which passed the house last year. this bill, h.r. 6672, reflects common ground reached between the house and senate through months and months of negotiations, bipartisan. and i'm hopeful that the congress, house, and senate will enact the bill this week so that we can ensure our nation is prepared for the unthinkable. this bill re-authorizes the special reserve fund, the biodefense, advance research and development authority, and public health preparednes

mr. gowdy for the attentiveness to this legislation and shepherding it from the senate and accepting the senate amendment. i am on homeland security and i believe that the amendment that has been povided under this legislation originally h.r. 2076 will expand your intent and i believe that you believe it as well. i think it's very important to emphasize that we now have extra investigatory skills and techniques and a collaborative effort between homeland security personnel and those in the department of justice to be utilized by the homeland security secretary and the attorney general. helping to investigate violent acts or shootings that occur in venn injures such as schools, colleges, universities, nonfederal office buildings and other places of public use. this includes mass killings, three or more killings in a single incident. we all recognize the tragedy of newtown but there are tragedies that have faced us over the last couple of years. the president indicated newtown was the worst day of his administration but compounded was the aurora kill the killings in the sikh temple and the

. >> would the presidential teller of mary jo shepherd now collect the ballots from the electors? the secretary might need assistance, she needs it. mretary. >> boats have been cast on december 17, 2012. all 15 votes were for mitt romney as president of the united states of america. >> , very much. -- thank you very much. [applause] the electoral college votes have been taken for president of the united states. the results are now in. the floor is now open for nomination for vice president of the united states. i would like to recognize at this time james proctor of the first district for the purpose of nominating paul ryan for vice-president of the united states. [applause] >> mr. president, distinguished guests, electors, and i think i speak for all my fellow collectors when i say how honored we all feel to be here today in this historic chamber to participate in this ceremony was designed by our founding fathers to allow for the participation of the states equal and sovran branches of our federal republic or elections for president. i am pleased to nominate for the office of vice-president of the united states congressman paul rya