mr. smith: i thank the chair. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, 40 years ago today marks the u.s. supreme court's infamous reckless and inhumane abandonment of women and babies to abortionists. 40 years of victims, dead babies, wounded women, shattered families. 40 years of government sanctions, violence against women and children. since 1973 more than 55 million children have been killed by abortion, a staggering loss of children's precious lives, a death toll that equates to the entire population of england. the pass afpblg time hasn't changed the fact -- passage of time hasn't changed the fact that abortion is a serious lethal violation of human fundamental rights and that women and children deserve better, much better, and that the demands of justice, generosity a

so when i walked up to mrs. smith and said the material did not look official she was, well, unsympathetic. charles, she said loudly, ostensibly to me but was facing the rows of desk to make sure the spire class could hear. if you had studied the material would look a lot more familiar. this was a compelling point. so, i slunk back to my desk. after a few minutes, brian -- we had these discussions -- a far better calculus student than i, walked to the front of the room and hisserred a few things to mrs. smith. she looked back and then a truly extraordinary thing happened. class, i need your attention, mrs. smith announced. it appears i've given you the second semester exam by mistake. we were far enough into the test period that the whole exam had to be aborted and rescheduled. i cannot fully describe my euphoria. i would go on in life to marry a wonderful woman, three healthy children, i've published books and traveled. still, the day mychal includes teacher gotmer comeupans was a top five life moment. now, by way of

so when i walked up to mrs. smith in the middle of the exam and said the material did not look familiar, she was well, i'm sympathetic. charles, she said loudly, to me that she was facing the rows of desks to make sure the entire class could hear, if you had studied, the material would look a lot more familiar. this was a compelling point. so i went back to my desk. after few minutes brian, and this is his real name, a far better calculus student and i walked to the front of the room and whispered a few things to mrs. smith. she whispered back and then a truly extraordinary thing happened. lass, i need your attention. it appears that giving you the second semester exam by mistake. [laughter] >> we were far enough into the test but that the whole exam had to be aborted and rescheduled. i cannot fully describe my euphoria. i would go on and left a merry a wonderful we have three healthy children. i publish books and visit places like the taj mahal. still, the day my calculus teacher got her comeuppance is a top five lif

population of the united states have discovered that they can call a filibuster and not do like mr smith goes to washington where they stand and defend their positions but they discovered that just by threatening a filibuster the leadership pulls the bill and if in fact they cloture vote is called they need sixty votes and here's a very important. illustration spring court in citizens united voted five to four to give corporations the opportunity to use corporate treasuries in political campaigns but eight of the nine justices when they signed that particular judicial decision eight of the nine justices said the house and senate should pass legislation for full disclosure so the white house worked on it the house of representatives passed a disclosure bill went over to the senate it got fifty nine votes the first time around the edges of which is clear it was a majority the second time around it got fifty five votes and what's interesting about the fifty five votes is that in nineteen sixty five when medicare passed it only had fifty five votes so it's important for us to recognize the f

who wish to filibuster to actually stand on the floor of the senate and talk the entire time bill mr smith goes to washington style another option spearheaded by more moderate senators john mccain simply reduces the number of redundant filibusters and gives more power to the minority to amend senate bills as an alternative to filibuster in that whichever course of action majority leader harry reid chooses will have a profound effect not just on the senate but the entire congress the nation and perhaps even the upcoming midterm elections so for tonight the bigger picture discussion going to tackle the issue of the filibuster what it is history how it's been used and abused what are the current dynamics shaping filibuster reform so let's get started joining me on the panel tonight bob edgar former member of congress from pennsylvania now president and c.e.o. of common cause kurt wallander research associate at the public campaign action fund and shane larson legislative director for the communication workers of america welcome to you all public campaign campaign. for you the jury and. so let

you've got to do what jimmy stewart in "mr. smith goes to washington" did.nd on the floor and make the case. however, that has been opposed by the group of carl levin and john mccain. >> there are a lot of competing interests here, and some folks for the compromise where instead just some nominees could be blocked, but each senator could have unlimited abilities to filibuster a nominee. again, with the republicans in the minority, they don't want to see any erosion of their kind of de facto control of the chamber. >> jennifer: do you think new senators--we've got a closer margin than last time. we have 55 democratic senators. they need 60 to overcome the senator. elizabeth war len, did she sign on with the filibuster reform. >> we have a new class of senators and she has experience with the filibuster. some of the reforms she was involved in crafts were blocked. foreclosure mitigation was filibustered, credit card reforms were filibustered, so she has an unique perspective. >> jennifer: she's able to help get that through. how is the use the right wing use o

. >> people like mr. smith feel so inadequate and so insecure that any event will set them off. >> reporter: while smith may have thought he was covering up the crime by setting the fire, police say it's possible he left some evidence behind, his hooded sweatshirt. reporting for abc2 news, new york. >>> now to a suburbing -- disturbing new trend where people are finding that pictures are online for the world to see. the women are joining together in a lawsuit. in addition to the pictures many of the women have their email address, phone number posted out of revenge. >> i can't imagine why someone would do this to anyone. >> reporter: dozens of women have filed a he fecial for damages. they hope to put together a class action lawsuit against the site and the company that hosts them, godaddy.com. >>> how much money they set aside for people who thought they were buying ultrafuel efficient cars. >> who doesn't want free money? i do. how many billions they're holding and how much could belong to you. >> i wouldn't

mr. smith you looked at different p.o.w.s in the theater. tell us about that. >> three of of them were prisoners of the japanese and three were prison ace -- prisoners of america. i thought it would be good to talk about both sides of the conflict. >> how long were these gentlemen held and where were they help? >> the americans were held for the duration of the war so that was a little less than four years. one gentleman was a young marine captured on the second day of the war and spent the war in four japanese prison camps in the last one working for a couple of years as a slave labor in the mitsubishi steel mill. that was a very difficult time and he was lucky to come out of that alive. the interesting one on the japanese side i i met and i knew a japanese straggler. this was a japanese soldier who elected to stay in the jungle after the war was over. the island of guam and he stayed there with another guy until 1960. he came out 15 years after the end of the war and went back to japan as a hero and had a movie made about him and all that.

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that's what happened when mr. smith went to washington. >> mr. smith is here to see democracy's finest show of filibuster. free speech in its most dramatic form. well, i'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. even if this room gets filled with flies. and if all the armies come marching into this place, somebody will listen to me. >> no longer. the rules were changed in 1975, and these days that one senator, or a clique of them, can bring the entire senate to its these without being there in person or saying a word. while our founding fathers believed in checks and balances, they feared that kind of obstructionism. alexander hamilton, the handsome, conservative man on our $10 bill, argued against anything like it. the purpose would be, he wrote, to embarrass the administration, to destroy the energy of the government and to substitute the pleasure, caprice or artifices, to the regular decisions of a respectable majority. that's just what the republicans have been doing. since 2007 when they lost the majority in the senate, they m

was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investigateed in california for corruption because you're spending more time on testing than taking care of the students particularly here at martin luther king. additionally this superintendent and the board is aware of the ongoing situation at martin luther king and the superintendent said there was no cover up and slander going on but the whistle blower said the principal laid on a student and injured as a result that was se

mr. shawn smith, mr. tyrone woods and mr.len doherty, you must have had tremendous pain and suffering as we expressed in our proverb meaning the stones in the earth wet. madam secretary know that you were not alone. we went with you and the families of our fallen heroes. it is true that the benghazi attacks is the first time an american ambassador has been killed in the line of duty. it is also true that the world changed significantly since 1979 and consequently the department of state is increasingly operating in high threat locations throughout the world. this is why the accountability review board observed that congress needs to make a serious and sustained commitment in supporting state department needs. the fiscal year budget, the house cut the administration request by $200 million. however had you been provided 2.6 billion in funding, i wonder if the congress did their part in fulfilling their responsibility in providing the stayed department with the necessary resources and funding to meet needs to provide security f

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the two-tiered amendment disaster relief bill we hoped to wring to the floor to get us to the $60 billion so desperately needed to assist families, businesses, and municipalities devastated by superstorm sandy, our appeal, and it's a bipartisan appeal, is that there is still time to bring this vital legislation to the floor for a vote and to the president for signature. numerous towns in my district as well as our friends in new york and further north, are still coping with and recovering from the most destructive storm ever in our region and perhaps the second or third most costly in all of american history. today's families lack housing, businesses are in shambles, and municipalities have been decimated. in new jersey, some 346,000 housing units were damaged or destroyed with 22,000 units rendered absolutely uninhabitable. 11,000 housing choice vouchers will be needed to ensure residents have a roof over their head this winter. approximately 100,000 new storm-related unempl

to physically stand on the floor of the senate and talk the entire time they filibuster you know mr smith goes to washington stop. it's crucial that harry reid says no and rejects the fig leaf and then says yes and sides with the democrats like jeff merkley elizabeth warren and tom udall who really want and are proposing a genuine and strong filibuster reform publicans will still be able to kill good legislation in the senate even as a minority in a way that's impossible in the house and frankly is not even in the constitution filibuster is not there and made up since then. they can do things like killing legislation will in fact they have to curb global warming created carbon cap and trade system as democrats in the house passed in two thousand and nine but was filibustered by republicans in the senate and includes the disclose act which democrats in the house passed in two thousand and ten to require disclosure who's spending money in our elections through dark money groups it too was filibustered by republicans in the senate as well as legislation democrats passed in the house in two t

i'd like to call up now the gentleman mr. smith. chris smith, bill pass pascrell, mr. -- and mr. king. mr. king, you still here. rest of you may have left to go vote, so jim,let get you up here . and mr. mcclinton, you're in this. we can have you join in there also. and bill, now begin with the gentleman mr. smith. mr. smith, you're recognize 8. >> thank you mr. chairman and member of the committee. i want to associate myself from the remarking about -- [inaudible] our delegation is very strongly bipartisan in a bipartisan fashion is supported the amendment. he talked about 346,000 homes have been destroyed. 11,000 uninhasn'tble. unbelievable. my district has been effected like so many others. i again would ask that the committee make that amendment in order when it votes. i do want to thank you you again for the opportunity to speak about amendment number 85, which would address a critical gap in overall assistance to energy of the vitally important legislation. the substantial portion of the assistance provided during the time of the emergency and this continues has been by fai

bring mr. smith back to washington and if you are going to do that continue to block the bill where it is open andeb can see it and it is it covered live on television and the pressure is on you. i think it lies with the majority leader who refused to put a bill on the floor. you talk about grid lock. harry reid can't put a budget together in three years. the other problem is blocks on it secretly. there is a lot of things can be better. it is it not really going to solve the problem because it allows them . it doesn't seem like the mcgain levin plan is a good one. it doesn't require the parking filibuster that jimmy stewart made so famous. the main point. if 61 senators want to act they will act. they ought to lower the thres hold from 60 down to 55 . say a majority rules . 51 votes. we will bring up a bill. and it is the 51 percent should do it it is the latest. it is it a good or excellent job. i wonder your thoughts . and now the debt sealing. and cuts to popular program. and i wonder if you thin

mr. smith's comments about general welsh and general rise. they have been most helpful and those who conducted the investigation. i couldn't commend them more for the seriousness in which they've taken and the leadership they've brought to this issue. this time now i understand we may have votes at any time. so what i would like to do in the interest of trying to make sure that we have time to properly conduct this hearing, if we just have one vote on the rule we will not break. we'll ask the members to go vote and keep moving so that we can expedite this. we'll hear from general welsh and he'll divide the time up between him and general rice. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. this topic is obviously a tough one. thewe don't have to enjoy subject to appreciate the privilege of being before this committee. thank you for the opportunity. and general rice and i are honored to be here. i'd like to start by having general rice give you an update on the basic military training investigations at lackland and i'll follow that

this surveillance photo is what led investigators to 36-year-old jason smith, as he walked through the neighborhood where mrnuti loved. abc news is learning more about smith, the exterminator who police say showed up at the home of ketunuti to handle her rodent problem. >> they got into some type of argument. it went terribly wrong. at that point, he struck her while she was in the basement, knocked her down, strangled her to death. and ultimately start the fire. >> reporter: smith admitted to the brutal murder. sources telling abc news affiliate wpvi, that smith told police that ketunuti had del belittled him. >> at some point, it was solemn. but other points it was sort of like he was in a fog. >> reporter: smith is now charged with murder, arson, abuse of a corpse, and risking a catastrophe. cory owns a coffee shop on ketunuti's street. they saw ketunuti walking home from doing errands. and just steps behind her, smith. >> 45 minutes later, we see the same guy walking past. he looked a little more disheveled and has gloves on. >> reporter: police say after the murder, smith circled ketunuti's block twice

mr. smithe officials he met and north korea to make the internet available to citizens and and its attempts to restrict information. a company spokesperson said there was no connection between the visit and the new map. >> present rock obama is taking the case for emigres reform to the public to a las vegas. he is trying to get support for its proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to the citizenship as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and were security. this is the hot topic where it seems like everyone has an opinion. here are it some comments from the kron4 facebook page liam says everyone should have the right to start a new life or future in this country. . but when you see an illegal immigrant work on the table in the government can't tell at collect taxes, that's where the line is drawn. patti says and if you're going to punish the boys for hiring illegals and you should also but as those will outsource jobs overseas. maria gillis says i

. >> people like mr. smithso inadequate and insecure that any received belittlement of them will set them off. >> at this point jason smith the suspect doesn't appear to have any prior criminal later we see record. >> let's check the traffic situation tonight. we have those details now. >> near lorton crossing the occoquan and over near triangle not bad. inner loop a little different store. you can see delays here approaching the legion bridge. a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane trying to get knew the area there. an additional inner record. >> let's check the traffic situation tonight. we have those details now. >> loop delays up toward the 270 spur. additional delays past connecticut avenue. over to 95 interchange in college park and 95 northbound and southbound. this is 175 howard county big delays between the capital and baltimore beltways. 270 northbound delays off the beltway as you work your way up to germantown near father hurley and seeing delays near 121 clarks park into frederick county. those

we did have flowers delivered to mrs. smith from a secret admirer just so we could see what would happen. and yes i did stop doing any homework cattle once i got into college. so i said the material to not look familiar she was not sympathetic. charles she said loudly, the of basing their rows of desks, if you had steadied, and the material would look a lot more familiar. it was a compelling point*. in a few minutes, a bright and, a better touch listed and then i and whispered a few things for issue whispered back in a truly extraordinary thing happened. class. i need your attention. it appears i have given you the second semester exams by mistake. you are far enough into the test period the whole eggs and had to be aborted and rescheduled. i cannot fully describe my euphoria. [laughter] i was going to marry a wonderful woman with three children and published books and visited the tires of the still the day that might calculus teacher got her comeuppance was a top five moment. now that i nearly failed the makeup exam does not d

mr. smith you look at six different pows in the theater. >> i felt that it was a venture to talk about both sides of the progress. as the mexico when , along with these gentlemen held, and where were they held? >> the americans were held for the duration of the war triet so that was a little less than four years. the one gentleman was a young marine captured and the second of war for japanese prison camps working for a couple of years in the slave labor and the mills. the was a very difficult time to come out of that alive. the interesting run on the japanese side of that and knew a japanese struggler to stay in the jungle after the war was over and the island in 1960 cannot 15 years after the end of the war i happened to find his diary share in washington and returned it to him some years later he came back to guam and i met him and give it back his long last diary. a very emotional as you can imagine. stat you'll get the prisoners on malae side and the japanese. how were they treated differen

she rings the intercom, his mrs. smith and she gives the bag.ad guy can't press the intercome but we know he is five feet within the school. >> neil: a lot of schools don't have the interest come? >> but our cameras create that boundary. so once you cross five feet within the school, we are watching you. >> neil: so you want to slow him down so he can't do bad stuff? >> to identify, slow down and man trap. we want to reduce the aggressive behavior and so he can't get to where the kids are. those doors are locked and we lock them instantly the second that any behavior that is criminal, aggressive a bullet comes out of that gun. we got him trapped. >> neil: not bad ideas here. we'll have a lot more including the latest on boeing next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay

mr. smith. >> thank you mr.chairman and i concur with all of your remarks and i thank you for that statement. i do have a statement which i will submit for the record to just summarize briefly here. i think general welch and general rice for being here and the leadership that they have shown on this issue and this very serious problem and being able to protect the men and women who serve in our military is job one. if there is not trust and of the people or serving do not trust the people who are supposed to be leading them than the entire system breaks down and sexual assault and sexual violence is a major problem throughout the military. i think that's one big point to keep in mind throughout this hearing. this is not just lack an. one. certainly this is an extreme example and one that i hope we can learn from and one that continues to need to be resolved. the cases need to be prosecuted and we need to get to the bottom of exactly what happened that this is a problem that has plagued the military for far too l

mr. smith, one of the most consistent and distinguished defenders of human rights in congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. smith: i thank my good friend for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the rule. when emergencies strike, large or small, americans can always be counted on to assist and support the victims. at our core we are a nation of good samaritans. after superstorm sandy came ashore in new jersey, and devastated the region, first responders courageously rescued people trapped in homes and cars, often with minimal regard for their own personal welfare, safety and well-being. everyone rallied around the clock. the governor, chris christie, emergency management personnel, the police and fire, lected officials, -- elected officials. our local mayors, they were like nfl quarterbacks running the plays, making calls, day bidet, hour by hour. faith-based organizations help feed and clothe and shelter, private voluntary organizations were

mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman and i concur with all of your remarks and i thank you for that statement. i do have a statement which i will submit for the record to just summarize briefly here. i think general welch and general rice for being here and the leadership that they have shown on this issue and this very serious problem and being able to protect the men and women who serve in our military is job one. if there is not trust and of the people or serving do not trust the people who are supposed to be leading them than the entire system breaks down and sexual assault and sexual violence is a major problem throughout the military. i think that's one big point to keep in mind throughout this hearing. this is not just lack an. one. certainly this is an extreme example and one that i hope we can learn from and one that continues to need to be resolved. the cases need to be prosecuted and we need to get to the bottom of exactly what happened that this is a problem that has plagued the military for far too

i'd like to call it now the gentleman, mr. smith, chris smith, bill pascrell, tom mcclintock, mr. ginger find, and mr. king. mr. king, you are still here before us, may have left. [inaudible] to go vote. jim, let's get you up here. and mr. mcclintock, uranus. we could have you join in their also. we will now begin with the gentleman, mr. smith. you are recognized spent thank you very much, mr. chairman, and members of the committee. i do want to associate myself with remarks of mr. frelinghuysen my delegation is very strong bipartisan. it supports the amendment. he talks about 346,000 homes that have been destroyed. 22000 are uninhabitable. unbelievable. my district has not been affected just like so many others, so i again would ask that the committee make that amendment in order -- i do want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about amendment 85 which would address a critical gap and overall assistance strategy of this vital important legislation. a substantial portion of the assistance provided during the time of the emergency and has continued has been by state

mr. smith's wrecking company. >> police did keep an eye on fans and public drinking. officers at times confiscated any liquor consumed in the open and they only made a handful of arrests last night. here's 9ers super bowl trivia, this is the first time we'll be playing in the game since 1995. reporting live in san francisco. cate cauguiran cbs 5. >>> it was a real come from behind effort for the 49ers. >> yeah, we had to kind of sweat this out. they were down 17-0. finally got it together and came storming back to complete the 4 4th quarter come back here, and frank gore scored what looks like an easy touchdown here, putting the 9ers ahead for the first time in the 4th quarter. and the defense shut out the falcons in the second half and that was your ball game. >> the best day of my life was when my kids game. it's been a long time. we came that long way as a team from being the last, to now we're going to the super bowl. >>> a lot of relief from frank gore for the 6th time in franchise history, 49ers headed to the super bowl. >>> jim harbaugh will be meeting his brot

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remember the movie "mr. smith goes on washington?" something like that.uiring senators to actually go to the floor and talk their mouths off, if they were actually objecting because right now filibusters are mostly done by threats, but the way that that proposal was structured was such that it caused a lot of concerns among democrats and it could eventually get rid of the filibuster. instead harry reid looked for another way out. a filibuster could be used in any number of situations and what he did was limit it in only a very handful of situations and the ability to bring bills forward initially for debate and after the bill passes the senate and moving into a conference committee with the south. he dealt with the issue on nominations, as well. what he thinks is this will end tactics that could be connected with minority senators and it was not close to what they wanted to lower the threshold from 60 to 51 votes to dramatically lessen it this week. >> do you expect a new push for filibuster reform or is the conversation over for now? >> this argument is

filibuster has to go into the well of the senate and speak for as long as jimmy stewart did and mr. smith goes to washington. just as they did in the old days. but time and the pir film exertion of such an endeavor would make a filibuster much much less likely, jon. >> we saw inspirational moment there today the return of illinois senator mark kirk. >> yes, you recall that senator kirk suffered debilitating stroke just about a year ago that nearly killed him. he has made it his mission over the course of the last year to undergo intense and grueling rehabilitation with the expectation of learning how to walk again so that he could climb the steps of the capitol and come right back here to this building. he did just that today. flanked and aided by his colleagues. they were very very emotional. what a scene it was. some hoped that it's a sign for a better future here not just for senator mark kirk but for the senate as a whole. john? >> jon: let's hope they are right. doug mckelway, thank you. the white house pushing back against critics of its long overdue regulatory agenda which it just

mr. smith writes despite the professionalism of marines, it would be distracts and potentially traumatizing to be forced to be neighbored in front of the opposite sex particularly when your body has been ravaged by lack of hygiene. in the reverse, it would be painful to witness a member of the opposite sex in such an uncomfortable and awkward position. combat effectiveness is based in large part on unit cohesion. the relationships among members of a unit can be irreparably harmed by forcing them to viteale societal norms. my first response was unit cohesion, used to deny gay and less lesbians the right to serve. >> a lot of the same arguments were used when we were integrates racially. when you're in a vulnerable situation whether that's hygiene or having bullets fly and you're watching your life flash before your eyes, any vulnerable position you're in, it is uncomfortable to have strangers next to you. that's the situation because women are in combat. we cannot accomplish the mission without

can see in his diary beginning 1803 he comes to washington thinking that thomas jefferson, like mrs. smith thought, was evil, was this terrible thing, bad for america. jefferson has him to dinner and has hinted dinner again and again. by the end of jefferson's second term they are exchanging the con recipes. they are talking about how they will plant the cons on their farms and their children's children will play beneath the trees they have planted. six years before, plummer would have voted to in each the guy. it was a case where the politics, what fdr called the science of human relationships paid off. that is hugely important. bitter does not always end well. talk to jesus about that. never mind about that. that is not here. last thing, quickly. the politics of hope. every successful american president has convinced us that present pain is really an investment and sacrifice in the moment is not simply to be austere for austerity's sake but to make tomorrow better than today. whatever they can they will, jefferson said of americans and the idea, he said i like the dreams of the future be

mr. smith tom mcclure talk, mr. king you were here before to go vote jim, let's get you appear. and you can join appear also. we will begin with mr. smith >> chairman and members of the committee. our delegation is here in a bipartisan fashion in support of the amendment. talking about the homes destroyed, a 22,000 are inevitable. unbelievable. my district has been affected so please make that amendment when it votes. thank you for giving me a moment to speak about amendment number 85 regarding strategy of this legislation. substantial portion of the assistance provided during the time of the emergency from face base communities. to give donations to their local synagogues and churches they trust the money will be quickly and efficacious lee used to help those in need. so that they turn first even though houses of worship that were damaged they are not eligible under regulations for funding. it is a serious oversight. the union of orthodox jews have supported this amendment. it is entirely appropriate to provide private nonprofit and the catholic conference interest them to make

. >> congress wam tulsi gabbard of hawaii, also an iraqi war vet, had news for mr. smith well, ryan, i respect you and thank you for your service. i've been honored to serve with many women who've already operated under these circumstances. this is not something new. some of the things that you've described are things that i and friends of mine and people that i've served with have already experienced. >> joining us tonight, goldie taylor, msnbc contributor, managing editor of the goldie taylor project and former marine. goldie, thank you for your time tonight. your response to some of the rhetoric you just heard. >> i frankly just find it astounding. you know, women have been serving in our armed forces and in military operations around the world for decades. the fact is we're doing the job. we're helicopter pilots. we're marine corps, you know, military police officers. we're military intelligence officers. we just don't get formally recognized for it, and we certainly don't get paid for it. there's a differential pay for someone who is formally recognized as being a pa

so people that know the movie "mr. smith goes to washington" this is not like that. >> exactly.was what liberals and progressives wanted the most. if you wanted to actually filibuster, you had to do it on the floor in person as long as it took. that was not part of the refor s s and that left some people disappointed. you can filibuster from your apartment, you can do it from wherever you wanted. >> face-time, mark murray. face-time it in! >> skype it. and there were people who wanted at least some action for if you believe to keep on talking and tie something up, you should be on the senate floor doing it for days and days. >> pretty amazing. thank you. good to see you, sir. >> thanks, thomas. >> more now on what some call the republican plan to rig presidential elections. republicans are looking to change the electoral college system and battleground states that democrats have won in the last two cycles and that includes the state of virginia where the president won all 13 electoral votes. now, get this. if the plan republicans are pushing was already in effect, mitt romney wo