mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department farm, and that close proximity begins to rapidly backup. mr. smith begins to advance on officer suguitan. of a suguitan continues to back up, but begin to officer fong and mr. johnson in the doorway. nor were they aware of it at this moment that their lives were in danger. officer suguitan, fearing for his life and that of his partner, and for ms. johnson, discharged at least two rounds of his firearms that mr. smith and his willful attempt to stop the threat posed by mr. smith. noticing that mr. smith was still advancing, officer suguitan discharged more rounds, mortally wounding him. mr. smith collap

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i am pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my colleague and friend for yielding. mr. speaker, i oppose this amendment and i urge every single one of my colleagues to vote no. every single one of the last five presidents including president reagan and bush understand the importance of the united states institute of peace. usip is not a think tank. they don't sit in a cloud shouting recommendations they jump into the conflict and work side-by-side with the d.o.d., department of state in afghanistan and iraq. listen to the commandos and yens who tell us usip saved the lives of soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. they saved american taxpayer dollars around the world. this is not a partisan issue. it is not hawk versus dove. this is basic common sense. prevent and stop conflicts, save lives as all of -- i ask all my colleagues to vote no. give peace a chance. give pe

mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan, mr. amash. the speaker pro tempore:he gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. mr. amash: thank you, madam speaker. free societies are founded on a corset of rights, rights that are beyond the reach of government and that no other person or group can take away. the founders created our government to secure these unalienable rights and chief among them is the right to life. presidents recognize this right when they wake carefully whether to put our soldiers in harm's way. our judiciary respects this right when they review each and every capital punishment case. th government authorizes and in some cases pays for the routine taking of the most innocent lives, the lives of the unborn. it is unconscionable that in a country founded explicly to protect individuals' fundamental rights we allow the regular violation of the right to life. worse yet, the government forces each of us to pay for the killing of innoce

mr. smith: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include other material in h.r. 3. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 237 and in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the judiciary printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in house report 112-71 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee of the judiciary. 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, will ea

mr. smith: this amendment is a reasonable request and making sure that minority and women-owned businesses is protected. and it is reflected in many different aspects of federal law to make sure that opportunities are made available for women and minority-owned businesses and this amendment does not presume that outsourcing is harmful. it simply wants to gauge the effect. and the effect is positive and create an opportunity for them that would not otherwise be created. the impact on these businesses is an important part of that and this amendment is not meant to restrict outsourcing. it just says when you do that, keep this important consideration in mind and i urge support for the amendment and i thank the gentlelady from texas in bringing it to the committee's attention. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: i would agree with the distinguished ranking member and i believe he supported last year in the national defense a

mr. smiththank you, madam speaker. first, let me recognize the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, the chief sponsor of h.r. 3, for his persistent leadership over the years on this issue. many members and the american people have strong feelings about the subject of abortion, but one thing is clear, federal funding of abortion will lead to more abortions. for example, in 2009, there the congressional budget office has estimated that the federal government would pay as many as 675,000 abortions each year without the hyde amount and other provision that is prevent federal funding of abortion. the american people do not want federally funded abortions. a zock bye poll found that 77% of americans feel that federal funds should never pay for abortions or should pay only to save the life of the mother. that is the policy of the hyde amendment which h.r. 3 would enact into law. h.r. 3 does not ban abortion. it also does not restrict abortions or abortion coverage in health care plans as long as thos

mr. smith: thank you, madam chair. i support the amendment being offered and with that i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. tonko: thank you. thank you, madam chair. the -- my amendment the d.o.t. medical research program to use the most advanced research technology possible when advancing diseases. they have made advances in diagnosticing relative to breast cancer and prostate cancer but drug therapies have had limited success. breakthroughs in r.n.a. treatments -- current medicines are only able to target a number of proteins. this would increase the effectiveness of drug treatments for these devastating illnesses. sciences and technical breakthroughs have advanced therapeutics. including d.o.t. to use this technology would make an invaluable contribution to the eight medical research programs. finally, madam chair, this new technology can help by identifying medical candidates in ptsd, including depression. with those re

mr. smith: thank you. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the ranking member on the air, land subcommittee, mr. rase. the chair: the gentleman from texas voiced for three minutes. raserase thank you and i'd like to thank the gentleman from -- mr. reyes: thank you and i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding and compliment both the chairman and ranking member for setting the tone to work on a bipartisan basis as has been mentioned by all three of my colleagues that have spoken here this evening. mr. chairman, each year the technical air and land forces subcommittee is charged with conducting oversight of hundreds of thousands of dollars in department of defense programs that total more than $135 billion. all the members of the subcommittee take this task very seriously because the troops in the field depend on congress to provide them with what they need. conducting this oversight is a challenge because the budget as we get it from the department of defense is often far from perfect. it is

mr. smith of texas moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to senate 990. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 281, the resolution shall be debated for for one hour with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the committee. the gentleman from texas, mr. smith an the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, will each control 20 minutes. the gentleman from michigan, mr. rogers and the secret from maryland, mr. ruppersberger each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on s. 990. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so order. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. spith: four months from now, america will mark the 10-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in u.s. history.

clearly -- mr. smith: it would be better if congress spoke but i woneder if this goes too far and expands that authority. i disagree with the arguments of mr. west of florida. the president has the authority for the bin laden raid as mr. amash pointed out within the existing branch of authority. i want to compliment the chairman of the committee for his hard work in working on this issue. i think it would be an important thing for the armed services committee, for this congress to speak on what the authorization of military use and authorization would be beyond linking it back to 9/11. when you put in associated forces and when you don't have any end date, it does confer on the president the potential for a great deal of power over a long period of time and it is important to point out, the president right now, forget the original aumf, the president under just the interpretation of the constitution and laws of the country absent of that has a great deal of authority. president clinton was the first perso

the chair now recognizes the ranking member mr. smith from washington. >> just quick that want to thank mr. garamendi for raising this issue because i'd be with both of his points in mr. thornberry's point. it is appropriate to look at this issue but it is something we need to look at harry carefully before we commit to doing it. i think it is something appropriate for the full house. this is an issue, the foreign affairs committee has jurisdiction over and once we get to full house they will have their say as well and i look forward to their debate and i thank mr. garamendi for raising that issue. with that i yield back the. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman withdraws his amendment. the chair now recognizes mr. johnson for the purpose of addressing amendment number 275. the clerk will please pass out the amendment. without objection reading the amendment will he dispense with. >> thank you mr. chairman. i offer amendment. >> the gentleman is recognized to explain his amendment. >> to strike section 1033 of the underlying bill.

mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewom ohio, mrs. schmidt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for one minute. s. schmidt: thank you. i want to thank chris smith for this bill. ladies and gentlemen, all this bill does is ending taxpayer funding of public abortion. h.r. 3 is to update long standing hyde amendment and ply it to programs that are fundamentally funded and replace the patchwork system into permanent law. it takes the hyde amendment, the helms amendment, the hyde-weldon amendment as well as others and makes them permanent. that's what the bill does. h.r. 3 enjoys great bipartisan support and had over 227 co-sponsors. so support of this bill is in the public's hands. a cnn oll recently taken last month said 61 of the respondents do not want their tax dollars used to pay for abortion and that's what this bill does. it ends the public funding of abortion. there is a host of other polls tt clearly states the same thing. the hyde amendment is in current law, but it simply -- needs to be broadened for all the

an amendment by mr. smith for the defense centers of excellence for psychological health and traumatic rain injury to enhance efforts to disseminate post-deployment mental health information. an amendment by mr. smith for collaborative military civilian trauma training programs. an amendment by ms. pingree to authorize the commissary agencies to conduct an enhanced commissaries tour pilot program that would authorize the sale of additional types of merchandise including alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. an amendment by mr. kissell allowing and authorizing army outreach efforts to increase the number of social workers and mental health service providers to train resilience in members of the armed forces. an amendment i mr. heinrich to increase funding for an education employment advocacy pilot program to engage wounded warriors earlier in their recovery. an amendment i mr. platts for the development of national medical guidelines regarding the rehabilitation of individuals with traumatic rain injury. an

shuster for army technology by mr. smithfor special operations equipment for combating terrorism support by mr. heinrich for weapons defeat technologies an amendment for medical technology development. for army countermine systems an amendment by mr. johnson for research and combat wounds. an amendment by mr. johnson for special operations technology development an amendment by ms. sanchez for semiconductor innovation. an amendment by ms. sanchez for combating terrorism technologies support. >> without objection reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. is there any discussion on the gentleman's amendment? the not, the question is on adoption of the amendment offered by mr. thornberry. so many as are in favor will ayea, those o poised no. the yeas have it and the amendment is agreed to. the chair now recognizes mr. thornberry for the purpose of offering an n-block amendment. >> call up package number three consisting of legislative amendments that have been worked and comprised of the following. >> will the clerk plea

. >> mr. smith? >> thank you mr. transferree guy willoughby brief. we've debated this at great length and i want to make two points in opposition to this amendment. first of all, we have secretary defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs as well as all the service chiefs say in the current system as it is setup with the secretary defended the chairman of the joint chiefs and the president signing off on this is acceptable. they don't need a separate authority. they are happy with the two people doing it and the second point i want to make is it is a very dangerous thing to say the president in the united states, a commander in chief, secretary defense and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff are somehow not quite qualified to make important military decisions and these are the same people that decide whether or not we go to war and made the decision whether or not to take out osama bin laden we do have civilian control in the military. there is a reason for that but i think it doesn't make a lot of sense to say that the reason we have to support

first we have mrs. smith. she's's senior advisor to mayor gavin newsom. david onick. malik senfero. director of bay view safe haven. children youth and families. cheryl davis. momagic. last but not least, we have jenay. >> we have tyre and then we have cheryl. john. i have a question for you. i hear there's a summer school safety plan that started in may 2007. >> they were 4 partners that collaborates on looking at summer school sites. the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth services with san francisco police department and the security guards through the san francisco unified school district and d.c. yf. we rolled out responsibilities and it was within the scope of work we were doing and to form what that looked like. they are going to be the primary lead but have support of m tap to deal with interventions outside the perimeter the school. and the police department was a supportive roll if it escalated. previous to this, there had been incidences almost riots at different schools. lots of arrests and last year there were minimal, if none. >> this was last summer? this was the fir

i yield back. >> chair recognized ranking member mr. smith of washington for five minutes. >> thank you, i yield to the gentleman from washington, mr. larsen. >> thank you, mr. smith. and i just want to respond to comments made earlier about the certification process. my understanding from the reading on page 5 section -- or line 12, c1 on prohibition and reduction of stockpile heads, the secretary of defense or energy may not obligate amounts appropriated or made available to the department of defense or energy to dismantle, retire, or eliminate any nondeployed strategic or nuclear weapon. until written certification. and then it goes through on pages -- page six, one through 22. to actually outline on subsection a, b, c, and d specific sections that have to occur, that must occur before the general provision can occur. in other words, this is not -- this provision is not something that says -- it's okay to move forward if you don't certify. it's a provision that says you have to finish the cmrr or you have to have two laps, you have to have

mr. smith, thank you for waiting to speak. >> thank you for this very interesting hearing. we take it as a very sincere question of how we can cut costs. one way that we can tell you is cutting $40 million of the city costs by doing one then. but you asked for an economic figure. i called my office and they brought it over. what do i do, but this sunday -- i want to make clear that these are zero well-deserved wages. we have an effect of work force. the hospitals in northern california, particularly in the bay area are the most effective anywhere in the country. that is because of our incredibly effective work force. here is the information you have asked for. nurses received about -- ken dollars more an hour. i want to look forward to working with you on reducing costs. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public that would like to speak? >> of what to say thank you for organizing this hearing. it comes at a very timely point in the city's development. i was blown away by some of these statistics. quality doesn't change. it is a factor of looking at the market. th

shawn it's just not for a long time it was like anything to buy different sensu a different story mr smith's famous shooting gallery which stands for state department store to show business resemblance to the nineteenth century stools of goons in the days today design is such as armani carbon klein and their russian counterparts feel the office building tied to a shopping mall at moscow city hall that was brand new seems to be making a push from christian already. in some of the ninety's shipping sands here long experience one on some visited many animals in the capital so we can actually compact it specious new and beautiful and the new crowds here which is now. sparkling you most like this x. as many cities and such against the question implies you complexes of emotions with open arms limited so taking into consideration the series extreme temperatures and traffic problems. moving to our next location we arrived to be mega it's easy to see how they came up with the name of one of the largest shopping malls in new york they'll close the maze like entertainment and shopping complex is . get

up it's just not for long it's going to take anything to go by different century different story mr smith's famous shooting gallery with stones to state department store to show business resemblance to the nineteenth century stools of coombes the early days today design is such as armani cotton klein and their russian counterparts feel the office building that's what most are city building was brand new seems to be making a push from christian already. in some ways i don't mind the shopping center long experience we also visited many animals in the capital so we can actually compare a species new and beautiful and there are new crowds here which is nice to. spawning the most like this. as many cities and such stark county question impose the complexities of being welcomed with open arms limited so taking into consideration the series extreme temperatures and traffic problems. moving to a next location we arrived at a nice young man's it's easy to see how they came up with the name as one of the largest shopping malls in new york well colossal maze like entertainment and shopping complex is

. >> smith: mr. speaker, we're going to take a break and we'll continue with speaker john boehner from the capital on "face the nation" right after this. we're america's natural gas. and here's what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. entertained dad, and mom, and a neighbor or two. kept watch on the house when they slept. and tomorrow we could do even more. we're cleaner, domestic, abundant and ready now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power today. learn more at anga.us. >> smith: welcome back to the special edition of "face the nation." i'm harry smith sitting in for bob schieffer. mr. speaker, one of the things that seems to be dragging down the economy-- you've got one in four mortgages in the united states that are underwater. some estimates say there may be another five million foreclosure

mr. smith: thank you. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the ranking member on the air, land subcommittee, mr. rase. the chair: the gentleman from texas voiced for three minutes. raserase thank you and i'd like to thank the gentleman from -- mr. reyes: thank you and i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding and compliment both the chairman and ranking member for setting the tone to work on a bipartisan basis as has been mentioned by all three of my colleagues that have spoken here this evening. mr. chairman, each year the technical air and land forces subcommittee is charged with conducting oversight of hundreds of thousands of dollars in department of defense programs that total more than $135 billion. all the members of the subcommittee take this task very seriously because the troops in the field depend on congress to provide them with what they need. conducting this oversight is a challenge because the budget as we get it from the department of defense is often far from perfect. it is

recognize ranking member mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i definitely see good arguments on both sides of this amendment. i just want to amplify a little bit some of the remarks that mr. cooper has made about the choice that we are facing on that program. because it's absolutely true that, as you slow down the number that you purchase, you drive up the overall costs of each individual unit. it's basic -- the benefits of buying in quantity. i certainly understand that, and that's the balance we're trying to strike here. but unfortunately there's a risk on the other side that's not being i think fully understood here. the risk is, when the mechanics are not worked out, when you don't know exactly what it is that you are going to buy because they haven't figured out how to make it work yet to the degree that we want it to, there is the risk that you buy something and then, as they're working on it, they figure out that they need to fix something in it and then you've bought something that winds up being more expensive because you've got to go

. >> the chair recognizes ranking member, mr. smith, from washington for five minutes. >> thank you, i yield to the gentleman from washington, mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. smith, and i just want to respond to comments made earlier about the certification process. my understanding from the reading of page five line 12c1 on prohibition of stockpiles says in general the secretary of defense and energy may not obligate or expend amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the department of defense or energy to retire, dismantle, or eliminate any nuclear weapon until written certification, that, and then it goes through on pages -- page 6, 1-22, outlined under subsections a, b, c, and d, specific actions that have to occur, but that must occur before the provision can occur. in other words, this is not -- this provision is not something that says -- it's okay to move forward if you don't certify. it's a provision that says you have to finish the cmr or have the two leps, and if you do not have those, then you cannot move forward on

a fun facts about mr. smith, professor smith i should say. he left his wife and the finished blackly a long week. [laughter] so professor smith, one topic of your book is that the population of the earth is going to grow 50% in the next 40 years to 9 billion people. so the question arises can the world support so many people? and should we be paying as much attention to overpopulation as climate change? >> guest: that is a great question. and i would actually -- i might surprise the audience by saying i feel we should perhaps worry less about the absolute number of people living on earth and think more about the material consumption and lifestyle choices because it is the truth of the matter is even if we do grow populations 30, 40% by the mid century and it isn't my projection that is the united nations population division model. the truth is that the rural to urban migration that's taking place and the dumping world of china, india and africa is amazing. thank you. is the better? i don't need to start over. should i keep my answer to three

. >> mr. smith. >> thank you very much madam chair and i especially want to thank you for calling this extraordinarily important hearing and for the bravery of the women who have testified here today. hopefully, this hearing, each of your instances, each of your trauma should have been the game changers and those of others who have suffered like you have. but if this hearing is and i don't know what else could be. the legislation is important and i'm sure our distinguished gentlelady from florida will take the lead on this. we know she will and we will do our parts, but i hope that the peace corps itself will realize that deploying young and very vulnerable young women and men, but mostly women obviously, to places where there is an enhanced risk on like state department personnel who are deployed, deployed to have access to the compound. they are much more likely to be in a protected state. get hazardous pay if they are in a more vulnerable deployment area. the peace corps volunteers and the charts

ii understand, mr. smith, you have a proposal for a higher level ambassador and new office. i'm happy to look at thatment i think that this initial position, from what i've been hearing, has help garner attention, and i think this ambassador has been able to play a particular advocacy role in the diplomatic community that's been important, but there may be enhancements in either changing the position or changing her powers that might be useful as well. case management has also been restructured to some extent at the state department. in the past, there were the last few years of 0 foreign service officers handling the heavy case load of about 150 cases a year. that has not changed, and they now have up to about 100 officers, not all of them are foreign service, but civil service, and they now handle no more than 75 cases. we should be seeing improvements in the reports from the families as a result of this, and so i think it's a concern that we're not, and i'm particularly concerned that this is some of what i heard when i was working on the committee as well, and i think wh

i've had the pleasure of working with her and know she brings a lot to the table. >> smith: mr. leader, we sure appreciate you coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> smith: thank you very much. we'll be back in one minute to hear what the head of the democratic party has to say about all that right when we come back. >> smith: we turn now to the newly elected chairwoman of the democratic national committee, congresswoman debbie wasserman shultz, who is in ft. lauderdale. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> smith: so you heard what congressman cantor said about the democratic response to this victory in new york 26. he called it "demagoguery." would you classify it that way, as demagoguery? >> well, coming from the majority leader, who was part of the architect of the 2010 elections focusing on scaring seniors about what democrats were doing with medicare, he would know. what we're doing is making sure that we can prevent the republicans from ending medicare as we know it. that's what kathy hoechal ran on leading up to her victory this tuesday in new york 26. we need to mak

um, i understand, um, mr. smith, that you have a proposal for an even higher level ambassador and potentially a new office, and i am happy to look at that. um, i think that this initial position has, um, from what i've been hearing has helped garner attention, and i think this ambassador has been able to play, um, a particular advocacy role in the diplomatic community that's been important. um, but there may be enhancements either in the changing the position or changing her, um, powers that might be useful as well. um, case management has also been, um, restructured to some extent at the state department. um, in the past there were, last few years about 20 foreign service officers who handled the heavy case load of about 150 cases a year. um, that has now changed, and they now have up to about 100 officers -- not all of them are foreign service, some of them are civil service -- um, and they now handle no more than 75 cases. we should be seeing improvements in the reports from the families as a result of this. and

mr. smith: i thank you for his leadership. madam speaker, america has changed and today is more pro-life than ever. by ever increasing majorities, especially among our young people, the megatrend is to protect the child in the womb from the insidious violence of abortion and protect women from the trauma often lifelong emotional harm from procuring an abortion. this paradigm shift reflected in all the major polls is a direct result of pro-life education, pregnancy care centers, pro-life laws, including funding bans, informed consent. the molding of consciousness by the faith-based community and advances in ultrasound that have shattered the pernicious pro-abortion myth that the baby in the womb isn't a human person or alive or of value. even planned parenthood's abortion clinic director was shocked into her new pro-life view by witnessing an ultrasound guided abortion of a 13-week-old baby who was dismembered and pulverized in real time right before her eyes at that texas clinic. but perhaps the greatest reason for the new shi

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i rise today to thank my colleagues for voting so overwhelmingly the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. america today is pro-life and the tread line improves by the year. on public funding a supermajority of well over 60% oppose public funding of abortion. clearly, americans get it and there is nothing compassion nature or nurturing about abortion, abortion methods, the actual deed of dismembererment, chemical poisoning is an act of violence against children. abortion hurts women. earlier today in the capitol we heard from a woman from silent no more awareness campaign who urged passage of h.r. 3. she spoke of her abortion and spoke of the emotional agony and foted over 10,000 women have come forward and have now spoken out publicly against abortion each and every one of those women have had at least one abortion themselves and they talk of the ongoing and enduring agony of that abortion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman yields back.

and mr. smith then, and his family refused to go then, and now what is he saying 64 years later? well, our "sound effect" now. >> i'm not leaving tonight either. i saw a lot of people leaving, and i just laughed. i said, they will be coming right back, because the water not going to come here. >> reporter: you know the national guard, the national weather service, they disagree with you. >> yeah. but having lived through one, i have to disagree with them. >> well, yes, the meteorologists disagree with the man cleotis there, and that is his opinion and a lot of things we see in the small communities where we will ride it out again, but a lot of folks say that is not the smart thing to do. if you want to evacuate, and somebody suggests, it might be time to go, end of story. well, we will keep an eye on the flooding in this hour, but we want to turn to news overseas. >>> in the uk, new evidence tied to the july terror attack on the london transit system. a british coroner is clearing the emergency cre

griffin, and now we'll hear from my colleague from ohio, mr. smith. >> [inaudible] >> she yields back her time. let me grue deuce the witnesses today. i thank you for being here and thank you for your patience. daniel benjamin was sworn in at the department of state with the rank of ambassador at large on may 28, 2009. from 1994 to 1999, mr. benjamin served on the national security counsel staff, and in 1994 he was the foreign policy speech writer. before entering the government, mr. benjamin was a foreign correspondent for "time" and the "wall street journal" -- that must have been an interesting switch from "time" to the "wall street journal," and someday i'd like to talk to you about that. mark is at the department of homeland security and responsible for coordinating the department's international programs for policy to achieve the international strategic objectives. he's served as director for european and multilat roll affairs in the department of homeland security office of international affairs from june 2007 to august 2008. prior to joining

thank you so much, mr. smith. 90, translated were all highly supportive of the great nation nation and the work of the peace corps. we want to make sure that it is a polished jewel, and that we will make the recommendations that we hope that the peace corps will implement to secure the safety of all of the volunteers, and change the culture from blaming the victim to supporting the victim, and holding the perpetrators of this violence accountable for the acts. and with that our committee is adjourned. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it's thursday, may 12 and the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to start the day. general speeches are the order of business for the first several hours. lawmakers will turn to a judicial nomination. that will be at 1 p.m. eastern. a vote on that nomination is scheduled for 2:00. 2:00. now live senate coverage here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. today's opening prayer will be offered by fathe

mr. payne for any questions he may have. >> as far as the office of children's issues congressman smith i have not. i have spoken with them directly. i have not gained or lost anything from them so there is no common i can make upon that. as far as the phonecall from the ambassador from japan i have not received a letter or heard any news of good or bad from him personally. >> briefly, has somebody called you at any time or has it all been away see or what? >> there is that ongoing investigation but for the past almost three years in december that my children have been gone i have not received anything upon an investigation or a call from their embassy directly from chicago or new york. >> mr. izzard, do you and the other left-behind parents whose children have been abducted to japan with the g8 summit shortly to be convened and the anticipated announcement by japan that they may sign the hague of course with reservations, could be catastrophic, how does that make you feel and the other left-behind parents whose kids are in japan? >> as far as citing the hague convention, i don't see it h

mr. smith. >> thank you very much, madam chair. and, again, thank you for calling this extraordinarily timely hearing because i think it will get results. sometimes nobody pays attention, this one will, so thank you. let me just ask you, mr. williams, you said there's good cooperation with local authorities when there's an allegation made. you mentioned that these countries are, quote, very interested, closed quote, in tracking down the perpetrator. could you define exactly what that means? for example, how many arrests are have occurred? how many convictions have occurred as a result of rapes of peace corps volunteers? what, if anything, was required of our peace corps volunteer as that court case went forward? and i mean be very, very specific because one of the things we've learned with

mckeon, as well as the raking member of the gentleman -- the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, for bringing the bill to the floor under a continuing tradition of bipartisanship and mutual cooperation. mr. speaker, sometimes the congress has a reputation of being contentious and partisan and that reputation is unfortunately occasionally deserved. however, as one who has been a member of the armed services committee and currently on leave from that committee, i have been pleased to note that when it comes for providing for the common defense of our country a core constitutional responsibility, partisanship has usually been checked at the door with regard to the conduct and product of the armed services committee in their annual defense authorization bill system of was this bill, having passed by a vote of 60-1 in committee this rule builds on that bipartisan position when it comes to the defense bill. as it makes more democrat amendments in order than republican amendments. yes, you're welcome. our nation faces some daunting channels. to provide adequate resources if our -- for

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chairman will invite him to com forwardñ to sit on the panel if he chooses, along with my colleague mr. smith a resolution calling on egypt to return your children such action poses to the mental well-being of the child. the international parental child abduction deterrence act of 2009 introduced by my colleague from new jersey, representative rush holt which i cosponsored is designed to deter potential foreign national parental child abductors by increasing the potential penalties associated with such abductions. proposed penalties against the parental abductors includes freezing financial assets of foreign nationals within the united states jurisdiction, in revoking or denying their visa eligibility to the united states. as well i look forward to your analysis of the convention and the opportunity for improvement, including u.s. legislative options. as we reflect on the risks of abducted children face internationally, i would like to further draw special attention to africa, where at times weak governments, poor legal and judicial systems and widespread poverty prevent adequate country resp

. >> mr. smith. >> thank you for calling this important hearing and for the bravery of the women who have testified here today. hopefully, each of your trauma'' should have been the game changers. if this hearing is not, i do not know what else could be. the legislation is important. our distinguished gentle lady from florida will take the lead on this. we know she will. we will all do our parts. i hope the peace corps itself will realize that deploying vulnerable young women and men to places where there is enhanced risk -- state department personnel are deployed and have access to the compound. they are more likely to be in a protected state. they get hazardous pay if they are in a warm vulnerable -- anymore global deployment area. the chart shows that there are areas of the world that are much more dangerous to women when deployed there. that ought to be a serious factor to find some other locale where these women could be deployed. the testimonies are chilling. i know every member of this commit

smith and mr. newton, in what way do you grapple with your own perm world view and judgments when you write history, when did you suspend it, and what times do you decide upon a theme that sort of shapes how you judge the subject of your work? >> well, when i say i suspended judgment, i really ought to say that i was held judgment -- withheld judgment. when you work in a field of this kind, in the beginning you have to retain a certain openness and a nonquarrelsomeness. if you have ideas where the book is to go and what it means, you'll miss a lot. you have to do that in a human way. hold back. when something comes up that makes you uncomfortable, listen to that, you know? pursue that, stick with that, so i was forming judgments all the time, but i did not the text to be a text of judgment. i wanted it to be a text of narrative so the events are there, the people say things at a certain time, so you see certain things. something's lying on the ground bleeding and people fight over it whether or not

mr. chairman smith and representative cohen for your leadership on this issue. this bill would establish a national framework for state and local taxes imposed on digital commerce. precluding multiple and discriminatory taxation. some might question whether this is a solution in search of a problem. indeed, in a prior position i might have suggested that but today digital commerce is a rapidly growing segment of our economy. this legislation will provide certainty and those that the digital goods and services. the thousands of providers required to collect taxes on the commerce and the state and local jurisdictions seeking to tax the goods and services. player to my appointment was the director, that will brought me the before the committee many times when it was considering various legislative proposals impacting state and local taxes. while i'm here today to testify in support of h.r. 1860, my approach to the consideration of these issues and possible solutions is the same today as it was then. congress should respect state sovereignty and the need for state a

erica hill and harry smith will interviewed president and mr. obama will take questions from the audience at the neuseum in washington, d.c. the meeting will be broadcast tomorrow morning on "the early show." >>> it is 4:47 now. the. >>> the president is finally about to have a big-name republican formally in the race to challenge him in next year's elections. former house speaker newt gingrich expected to announce online today he will seek the republican nomination in 2012. he will make his first speech as a candidate friday at a gop convention in his home state of georgia. gingrich admits his past marital infidelities could hurt his chances but hopes to emphasize his history of overhauling welfare, balancing the budget and cutting taxes. >>> all right, folks. just getting up we have a lot of gray around the bay area this morning as low clouds and fog have swept onshore and it is going to be slowly burning off. that means we are in for cooler weather, cool now. fog and drizzle at the coast, valleys and extending inland. this afternoon sunshine

chairman will invite him to come forward to sit on the panel if he chooses, who along with my colleague mr. smithtroduced a resolution calling on egypt to return your children. i want to thank all the parents here today for sharing their stories with us. furthermore, the convention promotes the prompt return of abducted children, long delays are often and still too common. we are not satisfied, and often parents of abducts children still face protracting legal battles with prohibitive legal costs. although international parental child kidnapping is a federal crime in the united states, the convention also fails to impose any criminal sanctions on the abducting parent. despite the serious danger such action poses to the mental well-being of the child. the international presential child abduction deterrence agent of 2009 introduced by my colleague from new jersey, representative rush holdt, in which i co-sponsored, it's designed to detour foreign abductors by increasing the penalties associated with such abductions. proposes punishments against the abductors include freezing assets and foreign nati