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 has enhanced this bipartisan piece of legislation. i'd also like to thank subcommittee chairman gibbs for giving this issue an urgent attention that it deserves. for more than 40 years, america's waters have been made cleaner and safer by a balanced regulatory partnership between the states and the federal government. the basis for this partnership was a commonsense understanding that not all waters are subject to federal jurisdiction. and that the states must have the primary responsibility for regulating waters within their own boundaries. but now decades of success hav

mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i'm strongly opposing this motion to recommit. the purpose of h.r. 5078 is to uphold the federal-state partnership in regulating the nation's waters by maintaining a balance between the states and federal government in carrying out the clean water act. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house is not in order. mr. shuster: h.r. 5078 restriggets the administration's current administrative efforts to expand federal jurisdiction under the clean water act and requires the agencies to engage in a federalism consultation with the state and local government partners. however, this motion is designed to undermine the legislation by giving the e.p.a. unfettered discretion in making states' water sclault determination in order to allow the administration to i will plement its flawed rule. the amendment says the underlying bill will not apply that the e.p.a. decides that the bill should not apply. this amendment would erode the federal and state partnership that h.r. 5078 seeks to preserve. and

mr. shuster on this issue. >> i can't give you an opportunity to any right now because of rand paul. >> go for it. it will be interesting. >> not providing adequate security for bengahzi and for the consolidate. i think there is an american interest in defending our consolidate, and i want there to be some message going forward that there is obviously bipartisan support for defending american interests in iraq. however, i'm very disappointed in the president for not obeying the constitution. the constitution is very clear. it gives the power of war to congress. hey, we'll go to war for three or four months and we'll do what we please. that's not what the constitution intended. the interesting thing about the creative logic that is used to say that a vote in 2001 has anything to do with today is that it seems to be acknowledged that, well, that allows us to do anything with forces associated with terrorism or al-qaeda. one of the interesting things is if you look at ambassador ford's testimony he'll say that moderate forces and have will tactically connect with al-qaeda. if we use your logi

mr. shuster. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. shuster: i thank the chairman and i rise today in support of the mckeon amendment to train and equip vetted syrian opposition groups and to confront the threat posed to our nation by isil. isil, are thugs, murder -- isil are thugs, murderers and monsters. they must be stopped. their trail of destruction, slaughter of innocent men, women and children, must stop. isil has laid out its -- their goals and their strategy and that is to re-establish a caliphate and death to anyone who stands in their way or to use their motto, convert or die. they must be destroyed. now is the time for the united states to make clear our goals and our strategy. that we will not stand by idly, we will not watch and wait for the slaughtering of more innocent civilians. i am pleased that the president has finally committed -- is committed to some action. it should have happened months ago if not a year ago. the president has been far -- has been timid for far too long. it's time to act. and by coming together a

it's so nice to be here with senator casey and representative shuster, the representatives of one of the areas so affected and with our speaker, mr. boehner. thank you for making this occasion possible, mr. speaker, and with leader reid. leader mcconnell. i think we will all agree that as many ceremonies that we may participate in, this is singular in terms of how deeply rooted our sorrow is and how broad our respect is for our eroes. again, in the very center of our democracy in this capitol, we bestow these congressional gold medals to our memorials in new york, in pennsylvania and across the potomac as the sign of the never-ending commitment of the heroes of that day today we present those medals to the president, joseph daniels of the national september 11 memorial and museum in new york in recognition of the men and women who rushed up the stairs and into the smoke among many other acts of heroism. to gordon, president of families of flight 93 and recognition of passenger and crew who -- passengers and crew who charged up the aisle. to james, president of the pentagon memorial fund in recognition of those serving our country

mr. shaffer, the fire chief, his wife from california, so many distinguished guests who have sacrificed so much for our country, including max. it's an honor to be here with senator casey and chairman shusteresentatives of one of the areas so affected and with our speaker, mr. boehner. thank you for making this occasion possible, mr. speaker. and with leader reid. leader mcconnell. i think we'll all agree that as many ceremonies as we may participate in, this is singular in terms of how deeply how our sorrow is and broad our respect is. for our heroes. again, in this very center of our democracy in this capitol, we bestow these congressional als to our memorials in new york, in pennsylvania, and across the potomac, as a sign of the never-ending commitment to the heroes of that day. today we present those medals to the president, joseph daniels of the national september 11 memorial, a museum in new york, in recognition of the men and women who rushed up the stairs and into the smoke, among many other acts of heroism. to gordon phelp, president of families of flight 93, in recognition of passengers and crew who charged up the aisle as the senator and chairman described. to james latek, presi

it's so nice to be here with senator casey and representative shuster, the representatives of one of the areas so affected and with our speaker, mrg this occasion possible, mr. speaker, and with leader reid. leader mcconnell. i think we will all agree that as many ceremonies that we may participate in, this is singular in terms of how deeply rooted our sorrow is and how broad our respect is for our heroes. again, in the very center of our democracy in this capitol, we bestow these congressional gold medals to our memorials in new york, in pennsylvania and across the potomac as the sign of the never-ending commitment of the heroes of that day today we present those medals to the president, joseph daniels of the national september 11 memorial and museum in new york in recognition of the men and women who rushed up the stairs and into the smoke among many other acts of heroism. to gordon, president of families of flight 93 and recognition of passenger and crew who -- passengers and crew who charged up the aisle. to james, president of the pentagon memorial fund in recognition of those serving our country. with these medals, we honor

it's so nice to be here with senator casey and representative shuster, the representatives of one of the areas so affected and with our speaker, mr thank you for making this occasion possible, mr. speaker, and with leader reid. leader mcconnell. i think we will all agree that as many ceremonies that we may participate in, this is singular in terms of how deeply rooted our sorrow is and how broad our respect is for our heroes. again, in the very center of our democracy in this capitol, we bestow these congressional gold medals to our memorials in new york, in pennsylvania and across the potomac as the sign of the never-ending commitment of the heroes of that day today we present those medals to the president, joseph daniels of the national september 11 memorial and museum in new york in recognition of the men and women who rushed up the stairs and into the smoke among many other acts of heroism. to gordon, president of families of flight 93 and recognition of passenger and crew who -- passengers and crew who charged up the aisle. to james, president of the pentagon memorial fund in recognition of those serving our country. with th

mr. president >> who should answer for those people >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. david shusterere. you are looking at a live picture at the east side of manhattan. the president is headed there for a speech to talk about global climate change, and the president is also going to be delivering a major speech tomorrow at the u.n. on us-lead efforts to try to stop the fighters of isil. and no doubt the president's coalition that he was able to form will be a huge topic of conversation in the halls. the president -- well, we're going to get more details about the attacks last night from the pentagon. the pentagon briefing is expected in about the next 15 minutes. and when that happens we will bring it to you live. a lot of details still to be filled in. beyond the more general reporting that the arab countries participated in the air strikes in some fashion whether refuelling aircraft or using their own american-made f16s that they have in their arsenal. but we're still trying to pick up more information of what happened inside syria. and there is some information from syrian activi

mr. speaker, majority leader reid, leader pelosi, leader mcconnell, ladies and gentlemen and especially the families of flight 93. like congressman shusteri'm honored to be here today as a representative of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. we gather today to both pay tribute to and i believe to draw inspiration from what those passengers did on a bright sunny day, flying through pennsylvania facing the darkness and the horror that they were confronted with. in addition to paying tribute to them and drawing inspiration, we also express gratitude today, gratitude for what they did to save the lives in this building, this city and of course what they did for america. we also want to express gratitude to the families for what they've done since that horrible day to make sure we never forget the contribution of their family members, to our own national security and i believe to our own destiny. i think if i went to everyone in this room today, we would have one sentiment in common, not just gratitude and sorrow and expressing condolence but also i think we would have a federal reservent hope that each of these -- fervent hope that each of th